Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-24

| Geo. W. stapleton. former post
master at Spirit Lake. died suddenly
after a brief illness at Esmond, s. D
Albert Haviland, 6S years old, and
| for forty-five years resident of LIZ
Mars, died of cancer. He was home.
| steader since 1870.
Pearl fishing along the upper Mis-.
! sissippi river is on the decline, as the
river bottom from Quincy to Lake Pip
pin has been thoroughly gone over
and the claims have become so scarce
that it is not a paying proposition tc
continue the search.
Explosion of kerosene lamp in the
home of James Manek, of Scion
caused a fire which destroyed the
house. A large crowd in town to wit
ness show in the opera house were
present. but could not check the rapid
progress of the flames.
" H. Phillips Of Keokuk has vol
ume, called the Archo volume, which
contains the translation of the official
documents made in the Jewish courts
in the days of Jesus. The manuscripts
from which the translations were
made are to be found in the Vatican.
Alonzo Nixon, who lives on farm
near Bonaparte, will bore for oil and
has arranged to get a drilling outfit
from Carthage, Mo. Mr.. Nixon states
there is every indication that the oil
veins locally are of size worth oper-
ating and that they are not far below
the surface
Pool hall operators at Sioux City,
convicted on complaint Of the school
board that they allowed school boys
to play in the places. were fined 800
each but the fines were suspended
conditionally. II the offense is re-
peated by any the fines will be i'm
posed together with one for the new
ofrense.
The Old Mill will be something new
for state fair visitors next year, the
State Agricultural society having en-
tered into a contract with Mahen &
Kesten, contractors, to erect the new
amusement device. The Old Mill con-
sists of ride of 1900 feet in canal
and during the ride the visitors pass
through fairy land of scenery.
When getting list of voters for
the poll tax list, Police Judge S. N.
Mcgowan Of Fl. Dodge discovered that
the new city directory omits 400 vot-
ers' names. Figuring that equal dis
crepancies are to be discovered in the
remainder of the list, he says the
population of Ft. Dodge would be in
creased to $4,000 rightfully counted.
Webster county dependents must eat
oleomargarine for butter and must go
without the majority of fruits and
such food of small nutrition as sal
mon. Miss Mabel Tribbott, Overseer
of the poor, has made out a new list
of edibles which the poor will be al
lowed. 1t includes all the staple ne
cessities and allows few extras for
invalids.
Two persons were injured at Stuart
when the car driven by Patrick Cullen
collided with one driven by ]. ]. Nc
Ginnis. Cullen suffered broken COL
lar bone and Mrs. Flynn, his sister.
who was riding with him, suffered a
broken arm. McGinnis' car was over,
turned in the crash and the occupants
were pinned beneath it. All of them
escaped injury.
Brighton is now being lighted by
electricity and within short time
most of the business houses. many
residences and the streets will be IL
Illuminated by the current to be gen.
Grated at the new plant built along
the Skunk river. A white way with
electroliers in the business district
will be one of the features of the ne'y
lighting system.
C.. Van Allen, a garage owner at
Calender and his helper, George Bar
Der, were overcome by fumes from an
automobile engine, and one or both
of them might have been dead. but for
the fact that the telephone bell rang.
Because Mrs. Van Allen was prompted
to call up the garage to talk to her
husband, at a critical moment. both
men are able to tell how it happened.
The state executive council adopted
resolution providing that the state
should take no action in any county
to collect back taxes from firms which
have been granted immunity by cities
to induce them to locate. However.
where counties take the initiative to
collect these taxes the state will claim
it's share. The council also directs
that in the future no immunity from
taxation be granted.
The total actual value of all prop
erty in Mahaska county is SAL ,547,94S.
The total value of the moneys and
credits is s3,S19,69S. Added to the
total valuation of all property it
makes total of $45,494 ,6S2. Mahaska
county has population of 29,232, ac-
cording to the last census report, and
these figures make an average wealth
of each man, woman and child in the
county, $1,556.
julius II. Herbold, who was found
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