Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-03-13

Arthur koerner, Washington, D. c.,
and A. Gross. member OF the Arm OF
Gross Bros, Minneapolis have been
arrested and held under $4,000 bonds
in Dies Moines, charged with an en-
| deavor to obtain contract for the
sale of blankets at Camp Dodge by.
irregular methods. Both pleaded not
guilty to charge of interfering with
an officer Of the army in the official
execution Of his duty. They will be
tried in the United States court in
Des lMoines.
A man may hold as much liquor as
he wants to for personal use in his
home, according to ruling by Dis.
trict Judge George Jepson of Sioux
City. This decision was made in the
case of L. H. Miller of that city who
was found to have ninety-six bottles
OF beer and twenty-four quarts OF
whiskey in his home. The judge de-
clared that as long as there was no
| evidence Of his selling 1t, there was
no law to prevent his keeping it in
I his home. 9lse
The 10 leading states where sur
\ plus of corn is raised had 1854 900
hogs on Jan. 1, an increase OF 1922
900, or rs per cent. over the year Of
1917 as shown by tire government re
port, as given by states and issued
last week. AS compared with 1917,
the increase is 5.761,00 hogs, or 16
per cent. Iowa Is the banner hog
state with 1925, 900 hogs, an increase
Of $4,000, or per cent over last
year.
Mr.. A. L. Urick, state labor COM
missioner. Is i'll and has been con-
fined to his home for about week.
The physician attending him is not
able to state how long he will be alb
sent from his Office. Mr.. TRICKS du-
ties have kept him very strenuously
at work, especially during the period
of unemployment which is just pass
ing, and the strain from overwork
has undoubtedly aided in his illness.
Col. -. r. Bennett believes that
Iowa should have state emblem. He
declared that every other state in the
union except Wyoming has state
emblem and Wyoming is now consid-
erine the matter too. He feels that
the banner which the D. A. r. are try
ing to have the Iowa legislature au-
thorize should be adopted in order
that it may be used to identify the
state troops Of Iowa.
Because, when he was seriously i'll,
he fell asleep at his post, Private
Beresford Davis, Cedar Rapids, was
! given sentence Of ten years. He was
in the hospital for three months af-
terward. Through the efforts of Sen
ator Kenyon. Representative Good
and Judge Advocate General Crowder
justice has won out and Us sentence
will be RENTED by General Crowder.
with an honorable discharge.
The losses from turebculosis in the
hogs of Iowa in 1918 are placed at
t$4,988,5SS by A. E. Kepford, tubercu-
losis lecturer for the State Board OF
Control. These figures represent the
farm value. The market value would
be nearer SS,OOO,OOO. Kepford sug-
gests law for the testing Of cattle
with tuberculin and compromising
owners for losses.
| Charles Veal, native OF Lithuania,
was fined 800 at Cedar Rapids re-
Gently on a bootlegging charge. Veal
declared that the suitcase which he
was carrying when arrested, and
which contained the booze, belonged
to stranger who had asked him to
carry it for him Veal has decided
| that it does not pay to be good sam
| aritan.
/ Four people were killed when q
big car in which they were ioy-rid-
ing hit the center girder on a bridge
4 over Indian CreeI at Council Bluffs
The dead are Mrs. J. G. Brook, James
Allen. Edgar Hutchins and j. c. Shank
The force of the impact when the cal
hit the bridge was so great that the
car was thrown seventy-fiye feet.
Cedar Rapids Is going to have bic
boom in home building this spring
Permits have been issued for small
homes totaling $4,000 and the Cham
per of Commerce announces that II
Is certain that 500 moderate pricec
homes will be built during the mex
six months.
McGregor and North McGregor are
considering the advisability Of going
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school building to serve both towns
This could we'll be done in other sim
llarly situated towns.
1t is expected that Senator Cum
Minis will spend much Of his time be
tween sessions of Congress in low
and it Is thought that he will be aske'
to address the Iowa legislature on tn
proposed league Of nations.
A psf acre farm south Of Alta wa
sold recently for $500 an acre. Thi
farm had been owned less than a yea
by the man who sold it and he mad
a profit on the deal of nearly $40 q
acre,
Two COWS owned by farmers nea
Cherokee have produced nine calve
within a year. All of the calves al
alive and thriving. One Of the COW
belongs to William Rae and has give
birth to four calves, two pairs {
twins. The other belongs to Willial
Hanstbarger and has given birth
five calves, twins and triplets.
Chief Ironthunder, from the Bul
head reservation in Northwestern