Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-02-13
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Interesting Items Of News asse1
Gathered From oil Parts Of Iowa 4


A 10, of reporters have wanted to
snatch their city editors bald headed,
but it remained for Cyrus Kettle, po-
lice reporter of the Sioux City Trib-
une, 10 do the Job. His feat was
part of battle which resulted from
the replacement of e. d. Swain by
George Murray, formerly of the Oma-
ha News. as city editor of the Trib-
une. When Murray gave Kettle an
assignment the latter yawned in .
bored fashion and said: Il don't feel
like working today" In the tight
which followed Kettle snatched. the
city editor literally bald headed, for
the wig worn by that individual roll
ed on the floor A sympathetic walk
out of seven members of the staff,
five men and two women, resulted
from the replacement of Swain.
Three families at Fayette have or.
dered milk goats and it is promised
that there will be quite colony of
them in that town by spring by
householders who are trying to COM
inexpensive to keep and can be hous-
ed IN a Grygoods box and fed on what
ever happens to show up in the back
yard. One milk goat will supply milk
enough for ordinary use in small
family. The cry is likely to be soon
heard in the streets of Fayette,
Who's got my goat??"
The l6Sth infantry, the old Third
1 Iowa National Guard regiment with
the Rainbow division, suffered the
heaviest casualties of all the infantry
organizations in The And division,
! war department figures show. The
! war department statement does not
include men severely or slightly
wounded, those who were permanent
y put out of action, as follows: 437
killed in action, 101 died of wounds,
40 missing in action, taken prisoner,
totaling 673
/ The highest priced load Of popcorn
I ever brought into Ida Grove, which
boasts of being the popcorn center
of the world was marketed recently
! by Adam Roeder, living near that
/ city. He hauled in four horse load
weighing 1870 pounds, for which, at
! the market price of 10 cents pound,
ne received s4G7. 1t was an especially
/ choice variety, and was Immediately
shipped by the elevator to fill spe-
cial order
I Three sales of farms have taken
!, place in Cass county the past few
days at 5000 an acre. F. r. Donohoe
has sold 10 Supervisor Mike Metz and
District Engineer l.. NJ Martin his 260
acre farm near Lewis. James O'Con-
ners has sold a 40 acre farm near
GriswoM. All three OF these farms
brought $500 an acre. They are choice
farms. The Donohoe farm is excep-
tionally we'll improved
Fire which broke out recently in a
drug store at Nodaway, six miles
from Villisca, destroyed the entire
business district OF the town with the
exception of the Nodaway bank. The
telephone office was destroyed ano
ali communication with the town was
cut off. Assistance was rushed from
Villisca TO help fight the flames. The
loss is estimated a 100000
Revised plans of new 100000 Ma
sonic temple liz Burlington have beer
submitted TO the association and pro
nounced satisfactory in every way
. phe building committee has alread,
4 purchased a site at the intersectio,
OF Fifth and Washington streets, ant
the foundation for the structure viii
be laid as soon as practicable
The formation Of the university ca
Diet regiment Of the II. o. 7. c. tool
place at Iowa City recently under tn,
. direction of Capt. Harry Lane, for
merly of Ames. who is acting Their
awaiting the return of Col. Morton {
Mumma, formerly commandant there
but late OF the small arms trainin,
school of Ohio.
World wide prohibition will be tn
next objective Of the Iowa Anti-sa
loon league. and the energy and re
sources of the organization will b
ueNOleu during lIle coming year
| creating sentiment in favor of it, az
cording to plans formulated at the al
nual meeting of the board of trustee
of the league.
For the purpose Of rejuyenating tn
Atlantic Commercial club the bushes
men held booster supper and ge
together meeting. 1t resulted in pu
ting new life in the club and addin
twenty-three new members to the rol
, Nearly three million meals wer
l served at the base hospital, Cam
Dodge, including the general detac
ment and the nurses messes durin
the twelve months, ending Dec. 3
! 1915.
\ P. NJ. Schooley of West Liberty
( president of the American Herefol
/. Breeders association, which recent
held its annual convention in d.
Moines. Mr.. Sehooley is an expel
j. enced stockman and has been promi
D. emily connected with the national a
y sociation for some time.
The Commercial Hotel at Ogde
:. was closed recently by orders of
nv B. Heefner, hotel inspector. Coz
plants from travelling men were ma,
1T to the State Board of Health and a
er an investigation by inspectors, Il