Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-19
HAW K Ely
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Interesting items of News Xxx
Gathered From all Parts Of Iowa

on charges of violating the espion.
age act, when he appeared before
Commissioner James Martin AT Fort
Dodge recently. koe&enhoff is said
to have declared he would never
fight for America, that the kaiser is
the best man in the world, and that
the United States couldn't whip Ger
many In is years koekenhof has
lived at Mallard for seren years. His
wife and four children live in Ger
many.
Four girls are working as news
agents on interurban trains between
Des Moines and Camp Dodge. Mrs.
Anna Warrington il; supporting her
self in this way while her husband
is in military service overseas. The
others are the Misses Edna Nichols
and Mary and Sarah Mann. They
are better statesmen than men; it's
funny to me there weren't girl news
butchers before, they're so well suit
ed to the work" r. Il. Lanigan, who
employs them and who has had four.
teen years experience selling on
trains, says.
Federal Food Administrator ]. F.
Deems, OF Iowa. telegraphed recently
from Washington the following ruling
on feeding mixtures Of wheat and
open grains. Where wheat is mixed
up with other grains, and there is
less than 80 per cent of wheat in the
mixture, such mixtures may be
ground and used for feed with6ut re
striction. Mixtures containing a larg
er percentage of wheat than 80 per
cent should be separated. This rul
ing is made on account of the search
ty of feed grains
Fred w Crazy has been organic
ing a civilian rife club in Boone fo1
the purpose of promoting rife prac
tice. Almost a dozen local men have
already enrolled in the club and a
great many more are expected The
local club will be affiliated with the
| National Rifle Association, and al
clubs i'll good standing with this as
ISOLATION, will be able to secure krae
rifles and ammunition through re
! QUESTION go the extent OF one rifle
| to each five members and 100 rounds
OF ammunition to each member
| Iowa is responding wonderfully IL
| the appeal for the establishment o.
war savings societies, according tt
| news received at the Des Moines wal
| savings committee headquarters from
| Macy Campbell. director Of the schoo
thrift campaign for the state. H,
reported that 305 savings socit:es hat
| been organized in one week of school
| Dewitt, a small town in Clinton coun
ty, reported 1,l7o members in on,
war savings society, which break.
the state record.
Hearing of evidence in the Council
man w. R. Hamilton custer suit a
SIOUX City came 10 an abrupt end re
Gently when it was announced tina
! an appeal will be taken to the Su
preme court on the jurisdiction is
sue alone. Hamilton was ordered re
moved from office by Judge Mccall
| Hamilton, VINO was head of the pub
/ lie safety department. was accuse,
i OF grating and drunkenness.
Additional authority to all stat,
/ and county councils OF defense TO
the stopping OF unnecessary buildin,
/ construction will be forwarded t,
state officials soon. according to
( telegram received recently by II. j
Metcalf, secretary of the state dc
Tense council and Iowa director of tn
public service working reserve Tk
telegram was signed by D. NJ. Rey
, nolds, director at Washington.
Suits for damage aggresating 500
1 000 have been filed III the aistric
court at Red Oak by Detective j. n
/, Wilkerson against fourteen prominen
residents OF Montgomery county. Ii
bel is charged for alleged defamator
statements in affidavits filed whe.
| Attorney General Hayner made hi
fight to prevent Wilkerson from be
| ing admitted to practice law in Iowa
Judge Vermillion in district cour
at Ottumwa recently overruled tn
motion Of Detective j. N Wilkersor
of Villisca ax-murder fame, to hav
the lewdness case against him dis
missed. 1t was announced at tn
| office Of Attorney General H. NJ. HAY
ner that the case will probably com
| to trial during the September tern
| of court.
w. B. Barney, state dairy and foo
commissioner, is expecting action O
| the part of the federal government i
the matter OF an investigation of tn
high cost of living in Des. Moinee
Investigations have been made i
that similar action be taken here,
said Mr.. Barney.
More than half the corn crop
northwest Iowa already is safe fror
the frost according to the crop bull,
tin issued by the federal crop an
weather bureau. BY October 1Otl
the average date for the first KILN
frost IS per cent of the corn GRO
in the entire state will be safe,
adds.
Iowa's official war work quota wi
Se $4,610,0O0 or 50 per capita, CIR
ham Stewart announces. Mr.. Stewal
returned to Des Moines recently frol
Chicago, where he attended the NEE
ing of the united war work car
paign leaders.
The S04th Pioneer Negro Infant
regiment. commanded by Col. S.
Lyon. comprising more than a.Ol