Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-20

DR.. j. G. Orth OF Guthrie Center.
| secretary Of the Iowa branch OF, the
League to Enforce Peace, was named
state organizer of the league at
meeting held in Des Moines recently.
attended by members of the organi-
cation from all over the state. Every
county in the state will be organized
for the support Of the proposed.
league of nations. Letters are being
sent to men in every county putting
forth the purposes Of the league and
the advantages of complete organ
tzation in the state.
Miss Anna B. Lawther Of Dubuque,
president of the Iowa Equal Suffrage
association has stated that she feels
very much depressed and Inundated
over the action Of the senate in fail
ing to pass the primary suffrage bill.
Miss Lawther was not inclined to be-
lieve that the action in the senate
had anything to do. with Attorney
General Hayner' gubernatorial ambi-
tons. She declared that the women
had not lined up on the side OF any
prospective candidate.
Henry Hop, a Maurice, Iowa farmer
was the victim of an old game in
Sioux City recently. Two men and
two women were in the deal to work
Hop. He gave up the $95 in cash he
carried and wrote a check for 500
rather than let it be known that he
had been caught with the wife" Of
one of the men. He informed the po-
lice and the four in the game were ar.
rested and the money recovered. Hop
went home wiser man.
Iowa is about to establish system
of state parks. Slightly spots in al
most every county will be preserved
and made available for the pleasure
of the general public. Black Hawk
county is bidding for two of these
| parks and may ask for more. The
Cedar river is lined with beauty spots
and the people of the county believe
that they should be preserved. Other
counties are investigating possible
4 park sites.
The German Verein society of Man
lila has announced that it will be re-
organized as strictly Americanized
institution. The bylaws are to be
changed and all business will be con
Quoted in the English language. This
settles what threatened to be seri'
GUS situation in Manila, as loyal
Americans in the, town had announced
that the old Verein would not be toll
Grated.
4 The two young sons Of L. I. Ballan.
tine of Cedar Rapids are bidding fail
to place Iowa at the top of new In
dustry, that Of raising guinea pigs
The boys have large herd In the
basement Of their home and have
been supplying the other boys Of the
neighborhood. The pigs are Ecugh,
up by the pharmaceutical houses At 81
head.
The high school boys OF Iowa mus,
help out on the farms again this sum
mer, as they did last year, according
to II. w. Wells, associate director o
the United States boys working re
serve, who spoke in Des Moines re
Gently. A shortage of farm labor ii
b expected, due to many returned sol
diers going into other lines of work.
Atlantic sent one young aviator t.
France who saw but four days of act
ual service in the air while there, We
in those four days he brought dow
two German planes. He is Lieuten
ant Don Rigs, and his air wok wa
done at ST Mihiel The armistice wa
signed on the fourth day Of his sery
ice on the battle front.
Lieut.. Clarence Young. Des Nome
aviator, who won national fame be
cause of his daring flights OH the bat
tlefield has been appointed deput
state insurance commissioner. II
has had much experience in insuranc
work and is a graduate OF the Yal
law school
Attorney Clark of Ida Grove, VIII
defended Ernest Rathbun, s0bmitte
to the grand jury recently check
showing how he had spent the 500
given him by w. G. Rathbun. he boy
father. He showed that all tn, none
had been spent for his personsl use.
No seventeen year locusts will vis'
Iowa this year according TO autho
tiles at the state university. Easter
Iowa will have a recurrence OF tn
insect in 1922 and southern Iowa
! 1920
a hundred thousand dollars was r.
i II 7 NJ IA,
. Dodge for G55 acres of farm land /
Clay county, six miles north of Ay
shire recently.
Dubuque College and Seminary hs
y received gift of ss9.1OO from "
J. friend in Texas" The identity OF th
IS donor has not been disclosed
= The Pershing cross continent higl
way from Winnipeg to New Orlean
will cross Iowa and meeting wa
held at Ceday Falls recently to la
! out the route across the state. 1t we
laid out through Cedar Rapids, low
"a City, North Liberty, Riverside an
: Dubuque.
y An epidemic Of smallpox has bro
e en- out in the Dubuque public school
II While only six cases have been r
ported and the condition is not T
: garded as serious, ample precautioI
l. are being taken by the city healt
. officers.
J. After having lived in Iowa SIM
1850, e. " Wilson. Benton count
pioneer died at his home in Ced;
" d n;ar rnnnnt1,r nt tho aua Of % II.