Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26

pTlSeS Ue UISCOullHueu3 lue StQle du'
yisory board of the United States en-
ployment service has adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions Whereas, not
less than an additional 10000 men
are needed for war industrial work
in the state of Iowa. therefore be it
resolved that the state advisory
board Of the United States employ
ment service earnestly suggests 10
all in official authority the wisdom
of Withdrawing from less essential
enterprises Of either public or pri.
vate character men whose services
might or should be better employed
in military or war industrial en-
deavor; and, be it resolved, That
no further unnecessary enterprise of
public or private character be here.
after undertaken in Iowa during the
duration of the war"
Two persons We're Killed and four
seriously injured as the result of an
automobile accident on the Muchaki
mock road, five miles south OF Oska.
loosa recently The dead: Warner
White, c. Elmer Mickey. The injured:
Dayton Smalley, Walter Johnson,
Harold Burke, Samuel Marks. All
are residents of Oskaloosa except
Marks, whose home is in Pennington
The car was travelling at Il high rate
of speed. When White, who was driv-
ing, attempted to negotiate u sharp
turn in the highway the car sh;.sded
and went over the road bank into
field. White and Mickey We're almost
instantly killed
An early seed corn saving campaign
is now being promoted by the Iowa
State college at Ames. cooperating
with the state dairy and food depart
ment. the director of agricultural yo-
cational education and the county
farm agents. 1t is proposed that the
farmers pick enough seed corn this
season 10 last for two years. 1t is
said that the quality of the corn this
year is exceptionally good, and il
picked at the proper time the farm
ers will be insured against a seed
corn shortage for two planting sea
sons.
BY eliminating the middle man,
members of the Farmers Union say
they can lower prices by opening 8
farmers exchange in Des Moines. The
executive board of the Iowa Farmers
Union at it's meeting in Des Moines
voted to move the state farmers ex
change from Columbus Junction to
Hes Moines. The farmers through
the exchange sell direct to each 9th
err. No time was named for the re-
moval of the exchange. r. A. Hough.
as OF Macedonia was elected state
organizer.
Herman Buelman, 43 years old,
Waterman at the Kelly canning plant.
Wayerly, was brought to Waterloo re.
Gently, by federal officer TO await
investigation by United States Com,
missioner j. E. Dempster. Buelman is
alleged to have said he wished some
German would blow up the factory.
He also is accused of melting EN-
fployes to strike. Buelman is believed
to have harbored grievance because
he received no additional pay while
other employees received advances,
A quartet OF salesmen engaged in
swapping monographs for cash OF
Liberty bonds struck a snag at Iowa
Falls when two of the number man
aging the campaign were arraigned
in Mayor Jennings court and fined
SIS and costs for merchandising With
out a license. The men Travelled ii
trucks and canyassed the countr,
thoroughly Several machines were
disposed of for which Liberty bonds
were taken The meu are said te
hail from Davenport.
The Red Gross was enriched by
1905 recently through the United
States food administration headQuar
ters at. Burlington. foliowlug yoiun
tary contributions made by bakers
who pleaded guilty to baking bread
without the legal amount Of substi
tutes. George fapantonoplous o
Mason City gave $50. Tony Coloff o
Mason City $40. j. F. Saur of Ciiutol
500, John Andon OF Clinton f45. ant
G. 4. Doolittle of Carson $40
The following Iowans have beef
killed i'll action or died of wounds
or disease during the last week: Her
| ny G. Campbell Usage; John H. JIG
hansen, Davenport; Leo Dominica
Des Moines: Donald D. Spar, Crom
we'll; William G. Schupp Counci
Bluffs; George Stack. Aredale; Irwil
Il. Larson. Detroit: Geo w Young
| Oelwein
Second Lieut.. William Aitkin. o
| Storm Lake. with the first division /
France, was promoted to first lie,
tenancy for valiant service in the re
| cent thrust against the crack Prussia
| guard.
With every local board heard from
the total number OF registration Sep
II in Iowa reported to Adj. Gen. /
G. Lasher, is 2S0,S03, of which 500
are negroes. The total estimated b
the war department for this state wa
2S$,354 Some additions are .expecte
to the total Of Iowa's registrantS whe
the cards FROM outside of the sta,
are received. Indians and Orlenta:
have not been reported from the loo;
boards and when the final total
known it is probable that it will |
in the neighborhood of $4,000, abov
4 5000 below the official governmel
estimate.