Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-04-29

Is May AetADeA e1A LQ4e s9
nAA 6 0sase. The startltA9 tA1oo
lbeut Il is.tla ass Of the ct1pie. ~
bride being ls and the etcen M
The wedding Was tie resnit of O.
the couple going to Watss
loo to 30 married. The licsn1e TO
ord shows that 0lsnda Wilson was ~
witness. She swors that the parties
were OF legal age. Tho young poo-
pie were married BY Judge q. ~.
Wood Of the municipal court. 0lenda
Wilson and E. F. Feely were witnesi- 1
% according to the marriage return.
J. w. Thompson, deputy clerk Ct
courts, who issued the license, said
he observed nothing unusual IN the
groom's appearance % to boyishness.
Iowa spent, for road and bridge
during 1919 total Of $1s.1s4,-
07s.45. While the year 1918 showed
. decrease of 1894, 1929 from the pre-.
vtous year. 1919 showed an increase
over 1918 figures totalling Sl.s21. 7e5..
u. Roads, county and township. cost
$500 .35S.22 Bridges and culverts
cost Ss.ss4,722.ls. This is but 346.-
so4 moro than the bridge and culvert
expenditure for 1913. 1t Is 32,444,63Ss-
~ less than the concurrent expendi.
ture for roads; county and township.
In 1919. The total, 316, 154, 07s.45 was
the largest for road and bridges for
single year in the history Of the
state. Whether there was more work
actually accomplished for the increae-
ed expenditure or not is question.
Prices were considerably higher on
the average than the year previous 30
that 1t is also possible that even with
the larger expenditure In 1919 there
was less actual road and bridge con-
struction than in the previous year.
The Kellerton farmers cooperative
store IL one Of the best known sue.
cessful institutions Of its kind In the
state and. while young venture, ID
doing from $4,000 to $1,000 worth OF
business a month. Business is stead.
lily improving and the prediction ID
that the store will be doing 100000
worth Of business before the close Of
1870. The Kellerton store, owned BY
farmers. IL operated along modern
and progressive lines. There ts NO
attempt made to undersell the local
merchants of Kellerton, but loSiti.
mate pr0fit is charged and dividends
Of the end of the year. Where mer.
chand1se 1s taken direct from the car
and delivered reductions are made,
The farmers surrounding KellortOn
have built up successful co-opera,
tive store, but not without their dit.
acultiss. As one man expressed It:
'stickinSsto 1t has been . big factor
II our success. There we're times
whom We felt like throwing over the
whole business, but We had good
bunch ofsdirectors and by sticking to
them We have come out on top.
4 metropolitan delegates to The
national convention were instructed
By their convention to cast theil
votes at Chicago for Governor Low
den Dc . presidential candidate
Senator Cummins was the only speak
Of, Chairman Tobin declaring the con
ventien had met for business. JAnaei
Dewitt Of Oskaloosa placed in nomip
atioa- the=names Of Mrs. Frank ppd
son Of Des Moines. Mrs, James d
witt Of Oskaloosa. Charles p. Curtisi
ef Amss. q. A. Burgess Of Sioux City
Charles Pickett OF Waterloo, Charlei
A. RAwson of Des Moines, Col. CLAUDE
Stanley Of Corning and H. o. Weaver
Of Wapellp as delegates at large
. They were elected without question
or debate. The republicans Of low,
intellectually indorss the candidac!
Of Gov. Frank o. Lowden, of Illinois
.. for president Of the United States
This state knew him in his youtl
and has watched him in his matuI
ity. Il knows his worth, has pride Il
. his achievements and believes in hi
sound judgment. patriotic purpose, n
publican conviction, and administrs
J tive capacity.
J It costs more to keep COW an
moro to produce q yearling calf i
Iowa than in Kansas, Missouri or NJ
graska. The records cover tire
J years. Tho best cows were found 4
: lows and Missouri, where the averag
i value for 11,197 head was SCI, as con
; pared With ts6 in Nebraska and I
; linois, ts3 in Kansas. ISL in Sout
: Dakota, .$57 in Minnesota. and Is
}, In Indiana. The best bulls were ais
Q found "a iowa, where the averaS
Q value was $125. In Iowa the calf
: charged with 312.0s for feed. 31.9
d for labor, S1.08 for equipment, l1.a
. for interest. and rs cents for othe
charges, making a gross cost Of l5a
}. St against which q credit Of $l.97 Il
. manure makes net cost of S51.99 1
l. against $42.37 in Kansas. 1851
L Missouri and S4l.5s in Nebraska. 7.
. great deal Of this difference is q
|. counted for by the charge of S12.l
. IN Iowa for feed, which cost only $9.1
4 in Missouri. 1884 in Kansas and 81
a Is In Nebraska. On this basis, Isl
J. beef cows ON 48 farms in Iowa ave
> aged per head for feed, SASS; labo
. S4.46; equipment. $2.8S: interest, 81
t. ~; other charges. 1921, or a tot,
It Of 3se.22. Against this q credit
o $3.50 for manure leaves the net CO.
It 5000, 40 against SA.t5 in Kansa
D S2s.T in Missouri. and 323.S7 in N
braskA.
t With total Of 3l31. 1861 paid, U
= to April !. by owners Of motor '
. hicles In Black Hawk county for pc
= mission to operate their cars duriI
- loon a. vo-a tina rvnunoct "a hri~,