Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-01-30
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interesting Items Of News Xxx.
Gathered From all Parts oflowa

pany, cooperative store, run by
working people for the benefit OF
working people, will be opened in
Fort Dodge within the next ten days.
If Traer people had only purchased
$10.05 worth more stamps pin 1918
than they did the postoffice would
have reached the second class. As
it was the receipts exceeded the rev.
enues of 1917 by 1855.
Flue is more rampant at Emmets-
burg than at any time in the past.
The court has been forced to shut
down following the death of one OF
the jurors, and the illness of lawyers,
jurors and court attaches
At the invitation of community
leaders at certain points in and near
Fairfield, Parsons College is organ
iZing Community Bible classes under
the auspices OF the college Bible de-
partment.
Wapello county will hold soldiers
Homecoming celebration after all the
soldiers have returned home from
overseas. Attorney John w. Lewis
of Ottumwa has been appointed chair
man of the committee to formulate
plans for the celebration.
Two drayloads of hog remedy were
confiscated by United States deputies
recently in Des Moines. The hog
remedy has been in the possession
of the Iowa Drug Company, but was
declared as not conforming With the
pure food and drugs law Of congress
recently by Judge Wade.
Ottumwa will be one of the cities
where billboards will bear church ad-
vertising, according to authorities OF
the local Methodist Episcopal church
es, who will aid in the nation wide
publicity campaign to raise 500, 0UO,-
900 for world upbuilding and the ex-
tension OF home and foreign mission
airy work.
The highest price believed to have
ever been paid for Des Moines coun-
ty land, $3.50 an acre, has been hand
ed out for forty five acre tract on
the. Agency road west of Burlington
known as the E. j. Swords farm. 1t
was purchased by H. M. Crawford
and F. W. Walter, two well known
Henry county farmers.
Eighteen Drake university men
made the supreme sacrifice in the
great war, according to statistics just
| published concerning the $50 students
| and graduates represented on the
service flag of the school. Half OF
the gold star men died in France, one
in far away India, and the remainder
In army camps in this country
For injuries received when an au-
tomobile in which she was riding
! was upset when Sed Lezek's dog ran
out in the street, Mrs. Anna Mellicker
! OF Iowa City asks s52S.75 damages,
4 The plaintiff says the dog had a
!! mean habit of running out in the
street and barking at passing motor
cars"
Definite steps were taken at Z
massmeeting OF the citizens OF Grun.
dy Center recently toward the. cree.
ton of corn canning factory in that
city Nearly the full $4,000 neces
i sary to insure the project is now sub
scribed and more is in sight. A can
! vass of the farmers i'll the vicinity
has resulted In contracts for l,ODu
acres of sweet corn.
Roscoe McHlhinney, an extensive
stock farmer in Geneseo, is losing his
valuable herd of hogs. First the AMI
mails appeared to have the influenza
then cholera followed About l2l
4 have died to date, making an est
mated loss of $4,000. Andrew Irvine
4 also Of Geneseo, is another sufferer
from the same cause, though not 81
many have died as yet.
At a recent Red Cross hog sale
held at Boone the sum of $5,224.4
was realized which is to go for Bel
4 gian and French relief. Farmer.
throughout the county donated thu
swine and they were sold in Chi
cago market, bringing $5,2yG.S1. Aft
err all expenses had been deducted ,
total Of s5,g2446 was left for the re
lief work
One of the largest hog sales eve
held in the vicinity o. Emmetsbur
was that on the H. S. Fain farm re
Gently when herd OF Durocs nette,
$4,000 MIR. Fain held a $4,000 sal
five months ago. A. worlds recor
was established at the last sale. H. A
McCaffree of GAINESVILLE paid $l,76
for spring gilt, the highest pric
ever paid for hog of this age sol
at auction. Mr.. Fain has a $l,2O
hoghouse which is steam heated an
wired for electricity.
In the belief that during demobi
ization large numbers OF men will b
discharged from military camps e,
cry month many of whom are nc
regularly or formally prepared 10
college but who are undoubtedly {
exceptional intelligence and who du
to their army experience viii aspir
to more advanced training, Crime
college has let down her bars an
will admit the returned soldiers q
war Specials" These men will. b
allowed to undertake college wor
upon the presentation of eyidenc
which will show them capable Of pro
iting by the work.
Final construction work at Cam
Dodge was turned over to the go
eminent by Charles Weitz & Son
when government inspectors accerte
the construction work done by tt
contractor since August 1, 191
| While the total cost of cOnstructiC