Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-12-09


and stock buyers, are the managers
OF the new exchange. The fame
of Marion county are getting we'll or
genized.
Lloyd Shilling, aged about "a years
of Knoxville is dead, and his fellow
workman Lewis Riddle, OF Des Moines
aged so years, was seriously injured
When they were buried alive in
ditch which caved in upon them while
preparing drain from Whitebreast
creek to coal mine located at the
Burch bridge five miles north Of
Knoxville.
The first hunting season fatality oc-
Cured in Dubuque county near Cen
tra.ia, Iowa when Alfred Hayes, IA
years cd, was instantly killed by
.22-caliber rifle bullet which penetrat-
ed his heart. Hayes was out hunting
when his rifle became jammed. In
trying to remove the bullet he dis.
charged the gun, the projectile enter.
ing his side.
Linn county will have the most
modern courthouse in the state, 1t is
believed, when the structure author.
iezd by the people at a recent cleo
tion is completed. Plans submitted
by All illinois architect have been &C.
cepted by the board of supervisors.
and a special election has been call
ed for December 81, to vote on a
bond issue Of s1,300000.
Mrs. Ella Nichols, .4S years old, is
dead and Mrs. Martha Oxberger Is
in the Sioux City jail, held for in
vestigation in connection with her
killing, which occurred at Mrs. Ok
berger's home. The II year old
daughter Of Mrs. Oxberger, who Is the
divorced wife of Henry Nichols, hus-
band Of the dead woman, said her
mother shot in se.f-defense.
Poultry culling in Iowa during the
last year has effected net gain of
$4,000 in eleven counties where work
was carried on by home demonstra-
tion agents. The agents examined
659 focks, 1856 bids were handled
and 2S,5s9 birds were culled out with
out reducing the egg production.
Birds sold at an average of Is cents
per pound, resulting gain of $751;
600.
Thirteen dairy cows were slaught-
cred at Cedar Rapids recently from
one herd as they were found to be
afflicted with tuberculosis. The hull
Of this herd was found to have the
disease in his intestines and lungs.
The milk from these cows has been
distributed to consumers In the city.
Three dairy herds have been slaught.
cred, all being infected with the tu-
bercular germs.
Mrs. II. L. Monty of Marquette has
started movement to secure
legislation requiring part of the
auto license fees to be turned over
to the township road fund Of the
counties. A meeting was called by
her short time ago. attended by q
number OF men and women living
along road they had tried for years
to get work done on, to make 1t pass.
able in all kinds Of weather.
Thomas A.. Box. president of the
Bankers Investment Trust Co. of st.
Paul, Mimi, and fiscal agent Of the
Society Of Equity, has agreed to as.
sist in the reorganization Of the Mid
land Packing Co., Sioux City concern
now in the hands Of federal receiv.
ers, by paying the company's out
standing Indebtedness amounting to
s1,50O.0o0 and putting strong pack.
ing company in to operate the plant
Iowa is in the grip Of an arson
wave unparalleled in Its history, &C.
cording to records in the offices Of
J. A. Tracy, state fire marshal. So
serious is the situation that the fire
marshal said that he will be forced
to appeal to the legislature for d
greatly increased appropriation in or.
der to augment his present limited
field force with additional trained in.
vestigators. With human torches"
spreading terror throughout the state
the fire marshal says the fire losses
for the present year probably will ex
ceed last years total Of $4,000, 900
which included the $2,500,0OO IRE al
Cedar Rapids.
That he will strive toward the
greatest degree Of economy compat
ible with the highest possible eff
cheney in the administration Of state
affairs, was the announcement made
by Governcr-Elect Kendall. The gov
ernor was in Des Moines to confer
with Adjutant-General Lasher or
plans for his inaugural to be held ear
ly in January. There will be nc
freak innovations at my inaugural,
said the governor-elect. "The fact i.
l intend to be guided throughout my
administration by determination t.
obtain efficiency and bring about the
greatest possible economy. 81 will
exert every bit Of my influence Will
the general assembly toward these
ends" The governor said that he haG
made no definite decision in regard
to appointments. but might have al
y announcement to make along these
lines when he returned to De.
!Noines.
George Arthur Stoltz disappear
ed from his home in Waterloo re
Gently. Since that time the polio,
I have been searching for him AT
considerable searching he ha be
located in the Nebraska industri
: school
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