Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-27

MeCuOu. QueS(lOunclTeS received Dy
the officers of the chapters are to be
filed out by each member, who must
have worked stated number of hours
subsequent to April 6, 1917, in order
to be eligible to award of the honor
badge
The state-federal free employment
bureaus have practically gone out
of business all over Iowa owing to the
failure of congress to pass the appro.
priation bill. The state is taking i'm
mediate steps to remedy the matter
and continue the service during the
spring season when it is SO necessary
to put workers and employers in
quick touch with one another 1t is
practically sure that state employ
ment offices will be opened in FIVE
cities at least.
At sale Of pure bred Ayrshire cat
tie held at the Cattle Congress sales
pavilion in Waterloo recently, Rose
buds Pride, eleven and one-half
months old Ayrshire bull, drought
the sum of $4,000, being purchased
from c. H. Peverill by Lewis Heisler
Of New Hartford. Mr.. Peverill bought
the mother Of Rosebud's Pride about
a year ago for $1,000 and many of his
friends thought he was paying an
enormous sum for her
Everyone is urged to get the names
and addresses of all persons and COM
panies offering them speculative or
doubtful stocks and securities, partic-
ularly in exchange for, Liberty bonds
Or War Savings stamps, with copies
of their literature" This informa-
ton should be mailed to the Federal
Trade Commission, Washington, D. C..
By doing this you will help the Vic
tory Liberty Loan.
Fred A. Heintz, one Of the first
story county boys to be heard from
in active service in France has re-
turned to his home near Collins. He
was severely wounded and reported
among the first casualties AS an ev-
tdence of his heroism in the service
Heintz brought home with him a
French croix de guerre, awarded him
Tor bravery In actlOn.
Second Lieutenant Clarence s.
Schide of Charles City has been cited
for extraordinary bravery. Although
severely wounded Lieutenant Schide
continued to lead his platoon over
open ground and subjected to heavy
artillery and machine gun fire until
he received second wound making
it necessary for him to be removed
from the field in critical condition
Belmond will soon have $780,.
900 sugar beet factory. Work is to
start on the plant about June 1. In
addition Belmond is having big
boom in other building. A $4,000
farmers elevator has been started.
Preliminary work for from fifteen to
twenty blocks of paving is being
pushed. Three new, modern business
blocks will be erected this summer.
Ice will be scarce in the vicinity OF
Atlantic this summer according to re
ports from the ice dealers of that To-
| cality. This is due to the open winter
as very little ice was put up and that
| harvested was of very inferior quail
lty. A number of towns are organic
ing companies to build plants for the
| manufacture of ice.
Vadlay Sheker who died recently a.
ais home near Fort Dodge holds the
record in that county for the number
| IF living descendants. He is survived
by IL children. 70 grandchildren and
Is great-grandchildren Sheker was
born in Bohemia SO years go and came
to this country in 1870.
Roy Baker, 80 years old of Sioux
4 City, who was sent to the penitenti
airy recently, convicted of automobile
1 thievery, stated that during the last
three years he had stolen at least
one thousand cars. He did not try
to dispose of all of them he says
but did realize on an average of one
a week.
William Maxwell recently paid the
record price of S475 an acre for q
forty acre farm near Adair.
The cooperation between public and
/ private agencies of relief under {
trained worker is an Iowa idea" and
originated at Grinnell in 1912 accord
Ing to Miss Ada M. Palmer who ad
dressed the regular meeting of the
social agencies in Waterloo recently
Many cities and states had adopted
the plan of combining public and pri
vate relief work but Grinnell was thu
first place where this kind of an or
i ganization was completed by the addi
ton of a trained worker as leader
The idea has now spread to all part!
% the country
Aurelia is planning to erect gran
lite shaft as memorial to the soldiers
from that town who served in thu
war. The shaft will be ready for ded
| tcation by Decoration day.
4 Carl G. A. strenstrom, a young
swede of Council Bluffs, has forfeited
| his right to citizenship in this country
by Withdrawing his application FOL
this right while in the army, accord
ing according to decision by Judge
| o. D. Wheeler, in district court II
that city. It is the contention of tbs
federal officers that Strenstrom ha.
also barred himself from Citizenship
In Sweden.