Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-02-20
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Jail in Davenport, charged with at
tempted blackmail. With them is a
woman claiming to be kendalps
wife. The trio adopted an old plan.
according to the police, in an effort
to get money from E. A. Horrigan, .
Davenport undertaken Recently q
brother Of Kendall's died at Newport
News and Horrigan took charge of the
body on its arrival at Davenport for
burial. The undertaken claims that
recently he was summoned to the
Kendall nome regarding hts bill He
says Mrs. Kendall threw her arms
about him. whereupon the husband
and Rico sprang from a closet and
threatened him with death unless he
gave up $500. Horrigan promised to
pay the men. notified the police and
passed out the marked money.
A bill for 1928 was presented to the
board of supervisors OF Plymouth
county recently for the loss ofsthfee
cows belonging to Henry 'Darville, a
farmer north of lie Mars The cause
of the claim is the most unusual in
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cident that has come to the attention
Of the board for some time. 1t seems
that employees Of the county last sum
mer were engaged in painting bridges
with red paint, and while at neigh
boring farm house for dinner the
three cows took it into their heads.
to break through the fence and SAM.
pie the paint. They Tapped 1T up like
tippler does bootleg whisky The
paint proved more sudden in it's ef-
fects than the whisky, however, and
the cows succumbed as result of
their debauch. The bill to the coun-
ty was the result, but the board of SUI
pervisors failed to allow it, claiming
the cows were trespassing.
Demand on the part 81 boys and
girls of the county for cattle under
terms of the calf club is so great that
the Black Hawk County Shorthorn
Breeders association will have to pur-
chase ADDITIONAL animals. Each day
the banks receive letters from boys
and girls who were not enrolled whom
the drawing was made. The Cedar
! Valley Fair association, at whose
| grounds the cattle are to be exhibited,
is considering plan to have. owners
of the animals camp at the fair
! grounds in September The breeders
are expected to have lecturers present
to talk on cattle.
Plans have just been completed for
/ o. Of ho NIL nr
the central division Of the Iowa State
Teachers association to, be held in
Dies Moines April B, and 5 at the
Auditorium There is am unusual ar
ray of talent for this conference, ana
it is thought that more than 1000
delegates will be present Among
the speakers who will address this
conference are. G. E. Chadsey, super.
intendent of schools at Detroit; DR..
/ w. A. Jessup. president Of the State
University of Iowa; Dean r. w. Kel-
ly of the department of education at
University Of Kansas
Farmers from the surrounding dis
trict met recently in the Odd Fellows
+! hall in Creston for the purpose Of or
.ganizing a buying and shipping asso
citation to be known as the Farmers
cooperative company of Creston. The
organizer is Frank @. Stuart Of Chart
ton, president of the commercial club
Of that city The bylaws and rules
of the Essex, Iowa, association were
adopted and stand to be amended te
fit the local situation.
For the first time women have had
full charge Of the office of the CLERK
OF the court at Waterloo for full
week. That young ladies can do ever
this form of eMacting service success
fully is Indicated by the Fact that dur
ing that time two Judges were hold
ing court, the grand jury was dis
charged applications for citizenship
were taken care of, hearings in insane
cases were arranged lor time of tria
and jurors was certified.
A government land bank Is to b.
established in Linn county. accordtnt
|, to advices from Washington T.
Davis has been placed at the heat
of the organization. which will b.
completed soon, it was said. A loca
deposit box will be maintained at Ma
rion. and the bank proper will func
ton from Cedar Rapids
One-quarter of a million dollars
worth Of horses and mules were solt
at auction at Camp Dodge remoun
station recently. Fifteen hundred AMI
4 mails were sold. Harness sets, whicl
, were put OF sale, brought $1,50G
There will be another horse sale II
about three weeks, remount official
) announce.
! Ike Smith of Collins has sold hi
farm of 12O acres to Orville Sarsfel
: for 1920 per acre. This land lays tiy
miles southwest of Colo and FIVE mile
northwest of Collins.
Herman Pieper of Morley is dea
!. from kicks and bruises said to shav
a been inflicted by A. c. Gray. A wa
e rant has been issued for Grays a
b rest and sheriff departed for Chic,
:. go, where Gray said ne would Civ
= = himself to the sheriff of Jones coua
.. ty. Gray, according to officials, de
!, to Chicago Immediately after the trol
BILE at the Pieper farm.
= II showing of the colored troops
II uhe war wins equality OF industri,
opportunity for the men when the
return home it will have been a "a
greater issue for the colored Peep
than the winning of the war, in %
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