Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-03-01
SIOUX CITY SENATOR
HAS A DIVORCE BILL
Lytle's Measure Is Most strin.
gent Ever Introduced in
Iowa Legislature.

LES Mo!HeS. Ia. rep. ga Dill IN
troduced in the Iowa senate which has
created much interest in measure by
Sen. c. f. Lytle, Of Sioux City, which
would provide a heavy penalty for de-
sertion and non-Support of wives and
destitute parents -.
The bill, which is claimed to be the
most stringent and sweeping of it's kind
ever offered in any state, would make
desertion and nonsupport a felony pun
ishable by a fine of $1,000, or one year
at hard work in the penitentiary, or
both. At the present time nonsupport,
in Iowa, is notFa crime.
Any man who lives with a woman
outside the bonds of Wedlock is liable IL
he willfully neglects or refuses to pro-
vide for her support or maintenance,
the bill sets forth. The heavy penalty
also applies to children who do not sup
port parents destitute or dependent
upon them, as we'll as to men who ne
gleSt or desert their wives and depend
ent children.
The bill specifies that the court can
pay the whole or any part of the fine
collected to the plaintiff, or the court
can place the defendant on probation
under bond. If the defendant violates his
probation or parole or fails to provide
for the support of his family or other
dependents, he shall be confined to the
penitentiary for one year or to the
county Jail for six months, and the pro-
ceeds of his work while in confinement
shall be turend over to his dependents.
LYON COUNTY FARMERS
ARE BEING EDUCATED
Rock Rapids Ia. March 1.-The Iowa
State college agricultural lecture
course is being held at Rock Rapids
this week. The attendance from Lyon
county is large. w. ID. Carpenter, sec
retary of the Rach Rapids Commercial
club, is I'm eltarg gh. 1he speakers dur
ing the week are j. w. Jarnagin, edi-
tor of the Iowa Farmer; w. j. Ken
nedy, until recently of the animal hus-
bandry department at Ames college; j.
w. Coverdale, manager of county
agent work at A1nes, and others ia
miliar with dairy, grain and poultry
topics.
Two carloads of stock from Ames is
here for inspection purposes. The beef
cattle are COWS and baby beef of Short
horn, Angus and Hereford.
Glasses are being held in the opera
house, the old court house and the new
court house.
ESTHERVILLE = What might have
been a serious fire started in the First
Presbyterian church here during the
morning services Sunday morning. Rev.
r. G. Mitchell had just started his sermon
when smoke was seen coming from the
floor in front of the pulpit. The auditor
ium of the church was ordered cleared.
but before all were able to leave the
smoke was SO dense that the last ones
had to feel their way along toward the
door The cause of the fire is thought
to have been an overheated furnace. The
fire was exttngu.shed before much dam
age was done.
DENISON-All school houses in this
county will be supplied this spring with
p nj will 1,a
placed on each school house, or in the
yard. Provision is made for replacing
flags as they become worm This will be
done through a plan made by the organ
tzation of the Iowa patriotic fund.- whose
chairman Is W. *. Herrick of Cherokee
A fund of 100000 has been created, the
interest from which will be used to place
flags and maintain them. Teachers are
to be asked to see that the flag is raised
each school day when the weather will
permit.
GRAETTINGER--A new creamery COM
pany has been organized here at meet
ing held at the Hawkeye theater. The
capital stock of the new company will
be $4,000, divided into 100 shares of $50
each. Articles of incorporation will be
filed with the secretary of state at once.
The board of directors are Jorgen An
Bondlins and F. L. Lambe. AS soon as
weather will permit work will start on
| the new creamery building
| DENISON-John Il. Carey will become
] postmaster of Denison on March /. He
1 succeeds Alfred Wright. who has been in
| office for four years. Wright was nomi-
mated by President Taft in September. be-
fore going out of office, and had for q
time the distinction of being the only
| republican postmaster in Iowa in office
| during Wilson's administration.
| ESTHERVILLE-With the issue just
| published the Opera House Reporter, a
| magazine published in the interest of the
| stage, will close it's publication in Esther
| vile. L. c. Zelano, publisher. Is to move
| the plant to Des Moines.
| DES MOINEs-Attorney General Hav-
| ner, who was to have started the Villisca
| murder investigation, has postponed the
| inquiry until next week because of the
| death of Justice Deemer