Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-10-03

The fraternity houses at the Iowa
State University have been taken
over by the University for use as
dormitories for freshman girls.
Seventeen per cent OF the seventh
federal reserve district quota of the
fourth Liberty loan has been allotted
to Iowa, making the quota for the
state, s147,9O0,o00. Polk county's
quota of this amount is S7,964,l0o.
At The special election held in Ne.
yada at which the question at issue
was whether or not the city should
own its electric plant, the propositfch
won by vote Of 222 to SIS, or almost
four to one.
An address discussing methods for
reaching the public in educational
campaigns pertaining to preventive
measures against disease was de-
livered by A. E. Kepford, state lee
turer on tuberculosis and director
of the Red Cross, at conference
ON tuberculosis and Red Cross work
held in st. Louis recently.
The following Iowans have been
reported as killed in action or died
Of wounds during the past week: John
r. Livingston, Bedford; Martin e.
Behrends, Buffalo Center; Edward
Strunee. Creston; j. A. Howard,
Woodbine; j. A. Mccartney, Sioux
City; Edmund G. Naber, Arcadia; IL.
F. Peterson, Person
Lieut.. Paul Hyman added the thir.
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service flag, when he sacrificed his
life on the western front. He was
cited by General Pershing as worthy
of being honored for distinguished
service and loss of life in deeds of
gallantry. He was student in the
university for FIVE years.
Dr. Edna Whitcomb Brown of GIL
more City was the first woman ply.
stefan in Iowa to pasrlhe examine
ton of the medical board at Camp
Dodge for war service. She will be
sent to the prison hospital at Fort
Oglethorpe. Ga. She formerly lived
in Des Moines, where she was an of
fee assistant of DR. Lucy Harbach.
The Iowa Falls Electric company
sustained a heavy loss by fire recent
ly when the plant Of the Iowa Gas
company was totally destroyed by
fire. 1t is supposed to have original
ed by sparks from passing locomotive.
The company will rebuild. Many in
dustries in the city as well as private
of gas service.
As a result of the campaign by the
state fuel administration office and
the urgent need for fuel Of all kinds
more than 100000 cords of wood
have been cut in Iowa since Jan. !.
Most of it was cut in the winter
months before spring work opened
up. This cutting of 100000 cords
Of wood will result in saving OF
about 100000 tons of coal, the fuel
estimators declare.
Increase in the resources Of Iowa
banks at the rate of more than So,
100000 per month during the year
ending September l. is shown by the
banking statement just issued by
George Messenger, state superintend
ent of banks. The total amount OF
resources of the banking institutions
coming under state supervision on
September Z, was SGO9, 642O33 80
which is an increase Of S25,V53,9t1. Os
over what the amount of resources
was on June 20, and $67,Gl9,S22.9t
more than on September II, 1917.
In recent drive for funds for the
local Red Cross the farmers of the
vicinity of Kiron. contributed 101
loads of oats and one load OF barley
have already been shipped to Omaha
The first car of about LOO bushels
sold for the price of $1G5 per bushel
Besides the oats $3.50 in cash was
contributed by the farmers and $751;
by the people of the town and at d
sale held on Aug. 20, $3.50 was realiz
ed, e refreshment stand clearing $3.50
In all about $4,000 will be raised. kir
or is a small t.Hn in the north part
of Crawford county, populated prin
cipally by people of Swedish and Ger
man descent.
Iowa State college is to have nav
al training unit of 100 men. Thit
news was received at Ames by Gen
j. R. Lincoln, commandant of the
college, in a telegram from Washing
ton e.pprising him of the change il
plans. Originally it was stated tina
the state university would be the on
ly school in Iowa having a naval unit
The change means that young men
Is years of age or older, who prefe
the navy to the army may enter tn
naval training unit at Ames instea,
Of the students army training corps
They viii be provided with livinl
quarters, food and uniforms and viii
receive the pay of naval recruits. Az
plication for this unit should be mad
at Ames at once.
Delinquent licensees will be Gale
upon to renew their licenses or g
out of business by Representatives o
the state dairy and food department
during the next few weeks. "Ther
are a good many people required b.
law to secure licenses from this de
partment who fail to renew such Il
censes, and the department is goln
after Them" said w. B. Barney, stat
dairy and food commissioner. TIL,
establishments required to hold Ii
censes from the state dairy and foo
commissioner in order to do bushes
are bakeries, candy, ice cream am