Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-10-10
". A. Smith and Bert Hoag,

SnAloIH4d JuuCtlou. i uG jury return
ed verdict for $6,70054. This is one
Of four damage cases brought to re-
cover losses for shipment of diseased
stock into Iowa.
Des Moines county authorities have
decided to use voting machines at the
coming election. The county owns
twenty-seven machines which were
purchased eleven years ago, but which
have seldom been used, but this mum.
Der will not be sufficient for the TWEEN.
ty-seven voting precincts in the coun
ty, including the city of Burlington,
as some of the larger precincts will
need two machines.
The committee appointed to solicit
all state house employees for contri.
buttons to the fourth Liberty Loan
adopted different plan from that OF
preceding committees. Instead OF
calling on each official or employee.
a notice was sent to each person In
the state house asking them to call
at the treasurer's Office and subscribe
for bonds or explain why they can.
not do so.
James B. Weaver, Jr., Des Moines,
has been appointed industrial adviser
of the southern district draft eXemp.
ton board, and William L. Bradley,
Dubuque, has been assigned similar
ly to the north district board These
appointments were made by the fed
eral department Of labor and were an.
nounced by II. ]. Metcalf.
Line officer candidates at the Uni
versity of Iowa military college, will
be given training in infantry, field and
coast artillery, air service, ordnance,
quartermaster, chemical warfare, mo-
tor transport, military law, sanitation,
map making, modern ordnance and
business management. Secretarial
courses for women admit to the eligi-
BILE list of the u. S civil service with
out examination.
Ten thousand dollar bulls and TWEEN
ty thousand dollar horses are fairly
familiar terms to Iowa folk, but ten
thousand dollar hogs are less COM
mon. A. D. Severe, q Poland China
breeder, living near Bows, held q
sale recently, during which fifty-one
animals offered for sale brought to.
tai of $35,904, an average Of sos for
every hog sold. One bear which
brought the top price, sold for $40, 200,
With impressive ceremonies in
which Governor Harding was par
ticipant, the military authorities re-
Gently inducted neaEly a,7Oo men into
the student arpy tfa,ning corps at
Iowa State college. Fhey were as.
sembled before stand erected on the
campus where Gen. j. r. Lincoln adj
ministered the oath of allegiance, fol
lowing which they We're addressed by
| Acting President Stanton and Gov.
| ernor Harding
Arriving every day in New York
and being received at the National
4 Training school of the Y. w. C. A.
are the French women students who
have been appointed for the 23O schol
arships which universities and col
leges of America have offered tc
French girls, seven of whom are as
signed to Iowa. Miss Marian James
student secretary of the United Wa,
Work Campaigns in Iowa, has beer
notified to this effect, Girls who will
attend the Iowa colleges are. Grin
nell-Gabrielle Guillaume and Nelly
1 Noble. Cedar Rapids, Coe college
Renee Menny and Louise Pollard. Mt
Pleasant, Iowa Wesleyan college
Jeanne Seigneur. Iowa City, Uni
yersity of Iowa.-Jeanne Terras.
The government posters used II
advertising the Liberty Loan have
been complimented by everyone
There are ten of these posters. These
posters were selected by voluntar.
competition of American artists
Eight hundred pictures were present
ed; ten only were chosen by com
mittee Of artists and others. One pic
ture is entitled Remember Belgium
1t represents German soldier drag
sing young girl by the hand. TIL
picture is in silhouette. The artist i
Ellsworth Young Of Chicago. who is
son of the Hon. Josiah T. Young, fol
merly secretary Of state The artis
has made his home in Chicago TO
more than twenty-five years. He ta
illustrated many books and maya
zines. He was born in Abba, Iowa
and educated in the schools of Eas
Des Moines.
New quarters for the several n
Gently created departments that OF
cupy committee rooms at the stat
. house was discussed at meetin
!. of the executive council. These de
t partments will all have to give u
: their present offices when the legi.
! lature meets this winter. Some {
!. them will probably take up thei
1 abode down town. This is the cas-
: with the district exemption boar
!. and the fuel administrator. Other
!. will share the offices of other depar
: ments. Among the departments no
:. occupying committee rooms in add
|. ton to those already mentioned al
t the publicity bureau of the adjutal
Z; generals office, the secretary of tt
t. state council Of defense, the sta
t. secret service and the United Stat.
disbursing officer.
It AS corn picking time approach,
9. the local exemption boards find thu
It more and more farmer fathers
It soldier boys are filing applications +,
d the ,furlough of their sons to con