Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-10-28
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District court under $500 bonds.
Loomis brothers Of New Hampton
have just shipped five cars Of chick
ems to the New York market. Each
car weighed $1,000 pounds. This
shipment contained about 10000 ten.
der spring frys. New Workers are al.
ways eager to get hold of chickens
which are raised on these fertile
farms. Last year the firm shipped
seventy-six cars. Prospects are now
good to reach 100 cars in 1920.
Mrs. Josephine Stusac, who lived
alone at Ely was found dead on her
bed here by Mayor F. ]. Krob and
others who pried up the windows. Se
was last seen September 29th gather
ing mushrooms. The body was in a
condition preventing examination to
determine the cause of death. It was
fully clothed The windows and
doors were locked and barred on the
inside, so that foul .play is preclud.
ed.
Theodore Welch, seven year old son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Welch of Coun-
Gil Bluffs is dead from injuries sus-
tanned ON October s, when he was at
tackled by a young companion. 1t is
claimed that Everett Friede, 8 years
of age, beat him up and that Clar-
ence Friede, age Is, brother, threw
him from bridge into Indian Creek.
The Friede boys are held at the de-
tention home as incorrigible and
guilty of serious assault.
When Wilman Noble, 10, OF Garner,
who had gone upstairs to change her
dress, did not return, her mother in
vestigated and found the girl dead,
with her chin resting on her iron
bedstead. The neck had been brok-
en-. She is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Noble, and has been sub
ject to conclusions since an injury to
her spine over a year ago. A physi-
clan was called but was unable to
resuscitate the girl
The Tama county board of super.
visors is seriously considering an ap.
preparation for the Strengthening Of
the Iowa river in south Tama county.
Marshall county has already under.
taken the task within her borders, and
may continue the work to the Tama
county line. The Tama county SUI
pervisors are much impressed with
the project and many south Tama
farmers are urging drainage system
and Strengthening of the river chan
mel. The project would reclaim hun
dreds Of acres of rich land.
The big general store recently pur
chased by E. j. Denny Of Perry al
Bagley, was robbed Of merchandise
valued at $1,000. The thieves back
ed an automobile up to the rear dool
of the store and looted the establish
ment. The stolen articles include
several bolts Of silk and woolens, la
dies clothing, few mems suits
sweaters, sheep lined coats and leath
er vests. The town of Bagley ha!
no night police force and the stree
lights are extinguished at II O'Clock
The thieves were thus given ever.
a..
was traced out of the town on tn,
east road, but all clews were thel
lost.
How long will it take the farmer
of Iowa to get Independently ricl
selling wheat at the present marke
price of SLIGO bushel, when the ac
tual cost of growing it is $1.8S
bushel? How long can they keep ou
of the poorhouse growing oats-Iowa
the reader will remember, is the lead
ing oats producing state in the III
ion-at the present price of Al cent
bushel when the actual cost of pre-
duction is - cents a bushel? AZ
cording to figures announced by tn
Iowa Farm Bureau fcderation's spe
cial committee on cost or production
/ the farmers of the state selling oat
now would lose not less tlian $4,000
000 on their 1920 o. crop, due to tn
fact that the pre- ent market price /
far below tho actual cost of CROWN
them.
4 Eradication of tuberculosis in ca
tie was unanimously urged by bi
meeting of the Columbia TOWNSHIP
farm bureau. II gathered togethe
the cattle of three OF my neighbors,
says Joe Haynes of Garwin, "and W
had the herds tested by local veter
marian. Not by the federal men b,
cause, although our application wa
int ct to
busy so we were in d position t
slaughter all infected animals on ou
own account and therefore we did nc
receive any remuneration as W
would have had we waited for th
federal tester ANY farmer in low
can do the same Therefore l b.
lieve that we should have legislatio
compelling the tuberculosis test an
every tuberculia animal should b
slaughtered at the owners risk el
tirely." This idea was heartily II
dorsed, as the most important wor
to be done.
The barn on the farm owned
Smith Brothers, three miles south ,
Anamosa was destroyed by fire, t
gether with ten head of young ca
tie, fifty tons hay. several sets /,
harness and various farm implement
The loss is estimated at $4,000, wit
$1,000 insurance
T. 4. Hughes, SO years old, a ia
mer near Griswold, was seriousl
burned on beth arms and left side
an aXnlnsinn of gas from lanfar1