Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-05-25

Inr00 Ft. M&OlSOn young men
have started on a 1000 mile mo-
torboat trip to the north and ex-
pect to be gone three months,
working in button factories on
the way.
Herman v. Kimher, a Des
Moines automobile salesman, was
instantly killed. While speeding
a car for a prospective customer
it struck a tree. His companion
was badly injured.
Frank Snouffer. an Atlantic
blacksmith, has just been notified
by the War department that he
will receive $500 for shoeing army
horses behind the battle lines
during the civil war.
James w. Campbell, ID. d., of
Boston has been elected presi-
dent of Simpson college at In
dianOla to I'LL the vacancy caused
by the resignation of President
Strickland about year ago.
While watching his brother
burn hedge at Imogene fire
brand fell beneath the shirt and
underclothes Of the 7-year- old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Leahy.
burning the lad very seriously.
Miss Minnie Drummer died al,
Dunlap from trichinosis, this be-
ing the third death in the family
from the same disease within six
weeks. Miss Brummer's suffer-
ings were intense for two months.
Former Secretary of Agricnl-
ture James Wilson of lama has
been offered the presidency and
monthly farm publication al New
York called the Agricultural Di-
gest.
The La Crosse, Tama and Kan
sas City auto trail has been or
ganized at Tama, and an extern
sive publicity campaign started.
II is proposed to make this trail
one of the most thoroughly mark
ed in the country.
A man giving his name at j. NJ.
Riley Of st. Johns. Kan, cashcd
a bogus check for 800 at Mont
rose. put his grips into his mort
gagged automobile and disap-
peared, leaving his i6-year-old
bride of several weeks.
BY order of the district court
Mrs. Harry Rutledge, only dangh-
ter of the late l.. S. Coffin, will
receive the estate valued at SI69,-
900, subject to claims of 500, 900.
These are mainly for requests 10
educational institutions.
Eber Smith of Omaha, form
erly of Iowa City. has been left
a fortune of 100000 by an aged
hermit whom Smith rescued from
a forest fire in California, having
carried him seven miles through
the burning timber.
James Bird, "a, veteran Indian
scout Of civil war days, was mar
ried to Mary Big Thunder at Sioux
City with ceremony combining In
dian and civilized features. Bird
was connected with regiment
organized at Omaha in 1861.
| d. C. Reel, Missouri Valley
farmer, upon returning from an
Omaha hospital found a finely
growing field of oats on thirty
acre plot of ground, the work OF
fifty farmers who did the work i'm
one day for their sick neighbor.
| When a little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Paxson of Cairo. Lou.
lisa county, stepped upon the COW
erinf of an old we'll abandoned
twenty years ago, it gave way,
p.nnging him to the bottom into
several feet of water, causing his
death.
The Farmers Dairy association
Of Waterloo has gone into bank
Niptcy. 1t is said that nine
farmer directors of Black Hawl;
and Bremen counties will lose ST.
900 each. The association was
formed by farmers TO distribute
their own milk production.
| Two years ago a burglar stole
a ring from Council Bluffs
music teacher. The setting was
button worn by her grand
mother on her wedding dress.
While passing pawnshop i'm
Omaha recently the teacher saw
the ring and recovered it.
For twenty years Thomas
Beggs lived with Mr.. and Mrs.
Carlton at Traer, taking care of
them and looking after their af-
fairs in general. In return he
was given mortgage for $1,000.
Three years ago Mr.. and Mrs.
Carlton died, but Beggs did not
foreclose the mortgage and re-
Gently the heirs commenced suit
against him for possession of the
farm. Beggs Immediately COM
menced an action to foreclosc the
mortgage and the outcome of both
suits is looked for with interest.
| At the end Of the period for
filing nomination petitions for
the state primary, 40 candidates
for state, congressional and Judi
cial Offices had filed. There is a
contest on in the republican ranks