Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-12-27

hurled these words at Fred Orth,
man believed to be German sailor
from one of the interned ships In New
York harboE.. I'D scratch your eyes
out If | thought you meant what you
said about President Wilson and the
United States government! Orth
struck the defender Of Uncle Sans
tag in the face. Instantly two men
In the boarding house whore the
scene occurred jumped up and threw
0rth out. He took refuge at the home
OF Hans and Nick Wulf, farmers.
Hearing of the matter Deputy Sheriff
Cummings placed both OF the Wulfs
under arrest. Orthshad disappeared.
The'.Wulfs were brought to Denison
and placed under $1,250 bonds on
charge of harboring and comforting
an enemy Of the government. They
will later he arraigned in United
States court.
Homer A. Miller, state director Of
the war. saving stamp campaign, says
Get busy" in regard to the sale Of
the government stamps in Iowa. ITO
understand the magnitude of the cam
paign, it would; be interesting to know
that the entire subs ription of two
billions would mean the subscription
of one dollar for every thirty seconds
since Christ was born" Miller said.
Posters have arrived and will be dis
tributed this week. The first set of
posters displayed is a small child and
above are the words, Save your
child from autocracy and poverty, buy
war savings stamps"
A jury in the Woodbury. County
District court returned a verdict OF
$11,500 in favor of the plaintiff in
the case of Rudolph Holmvig against
the Edwards & Bradford Lumber
company. This is believed to be the
largest verdict ever returned in a
damage suit in northwestern Iowa.
Holmvig, who is 10 years old, sued
the defendant company for damages
for personal injuries sustained when
an automobile truck owned by the
defendant collided with him while he
was riding motorcycle He sus-
tained permanent injuries.
A 100000 fire loss was sustained
by the United States government in
the destruction by fire OF the main
laboratory at the United States biolog.
ical station at Fairport rec entity. The
large structure completed three years
ago is mass of embers. Muscatine
fire department. trucks plunged
through muddy roads on an eight mile
run when a call for aid was received
there. A lack of water pressure at
the station prevented the successful
fighting of the blaze.
There are eleven schools in the ru.
raj districts of Woodbury. county
without teachers, according to Coun
ty Superintendent Morris of SiouS
City. Mr.. Morris states the trouble
is not that there is a shortage OF
teachers, but that higher wages are
being offered in other lines and that
the teachers have taken up other
work. He believes there would be
plenty of teachers. if.the. school boards
paid wages equal to what is paid for
other kinds of work.
The building occupied by the Brins.
maid & company wholesale and retail
china store in Des Moines was prac,
tically destroyed by fire recently. The
stock of the company was a total loss
The fire started in the elevator shaft
of. the building about 1880 O'Clock in
the evening and burned for almost
two hours before it was completely
under control The loss of the Brins.
maid company is estimated at more
than 100000. Insurance will cover
part Of the loss
An escaped former fireman of the
German ship Vaterland,s Fred Orth,
sought by federal authorities, was
captured at Sioux City and brought to
Council Bluffs recently He was turn
ed over to Deputy United States Mar.
shall Floyd Hendricks. orth came to
America with Vaterland on Aug. IL,
1914. He remained with the ship
until June, 1915
The recently appointed county re-.
cordep, Miss Bertha Peck of Suther-
land, is compiling biography OF ev.
cry soldier of O'Brien county. She
has started on her work and when the
war is over the record will give the
history of every soldier from the time
he enlisted up to the time of his dis.
charge. 1t will become permanent
record of the. office.
There is serious congestion in the
stock yards at Logan, one man has
700 head of hogs in the stock yards
and another has five thousand head
Of sheep. They are unable to ship
the stock out due to a. shortage of
cars and the feed question has be-
come serious.
Harvey Lee has been returned to
the state prison after making his es.
cape from that institution. He was
brought back from Sacramento, CAL,
by Guard Phelan, announced his in
tention of settling down and earning
parole. ~ m
Last years captain of the Ames
basketball team, 'Bill" Boynton, has
enlisted in the aviation service and
it waiting to be called. He has been
at Ames recently and officiated in the
Camp Dodge and Simpson games.
During the recent coal shortage at
Lone Tree a man who had load Of
wood for sale on the streets had the
nerve to ask $40 cord for it.
A man known as Denver Harvey
was found frozen to death in the rear