Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-03-18

kossuth county has membsrshlD
n Its Farm Bureau Of 314s.
Fred G. schmitt has sold his farm,
one mile south Of Holland, for $685..
900. There are 10 acres In this
tract.
Sheep in Iowa have increased four
psr cent during the past year. This
10 .. greater increase than any OF the
! neishboring states.
John Carman of Rockford trapped
mink. the pelt Of which was SO inch.
- long and 3k inches wide, the lare
est ever caught In Iowa.
The Supreme Court Of Iowa has
convened for the March term. The
biggest case under consideration ia
the Bettendorf case Of Davenport, in.
volving $4.00Q0oo.
For the past two years Belle Plaine
school children have ranked high
among the 100 cities and towns Of
Iowa where gardening claAses havs
been maintained.
Sioux City 10 to have an aerial po-
lice force. Captain Sanford Willis
and Lieutenant Paul Hosrr have been
employed. They will be used to pur.
sue escaping criminals.
The Wright and Franklin County
Breeders Associations are backing .
pig club project for the children
whose parents are stockholders In
the big sales pavilion recently con.
structsd at Rowan.
The farmers Of Iowa have lost In
the last eight months $4,000. 900 In the
reduction in the price Of products on
the farm. The farmers Of the state
are just beginning to realise that II
10 just as necessary to get market
for their products % It 10 to produce
them.
Every high school In Des Moinss
IL now maintaining . completely or.
Eanized Y. NJ. CA Of its own. de-
vsloping community service, social
work and the regular physical train.
ing features Of the adult institution
One Of the largest single sales OF
land In Iowa. during the past yeaa
waeaihss of tih J.. g. Phxlips farm
of 500 acres, sbofdsfing Wayne and
Appanooss couhfiss, at $4,000. This
farm is mostly unimproved land. Be
sides this, 290-acre farm near
Humeston. in Wayne county. sold 70,
$4,000, OF $317.25 an acre.
At the meeting of the quadrennial
session. of the Methodist church to bs
held in Des Moines during, the month
OF May vigorous effort will be made
by the Iowa representatives to Sc.
cure resident bishopric in Des
Moines. This state is now in the
Omaha area. It has been many
years since Iowa was favored by q
resident bishop. The late Bishop j
r. Hurst was the last one.
New Hampton has an unusually
successful municipal electric light
and water plant. The electric plant
was purchased by the city in 1907
I for $4,000. At that time there war
a broad minded council Of busfne 4:
men who had vision of the future
Three thousand six hundred dollars
were received from customers the
first year This year the same plan,
with two more men at work turned
in $4,000.
Money spent in ornamental plant
ing Of trees and shrubs about the
country school is money well spent
The results Of the early training the
boys and girls receive in practica
and ornamental values of planting o1
shrubs and trees will be shown in tq,e
homes of the children. I Later. OF
more Of the homes Of those who re
main in the community will be bene
fitted in being more beautiful place.
in which to i've
Blackhawk county claims the small
est pair Of twins OF which there 1.
any record in this country. III,
combined weight OF the twins is onl,
eight pounds, Julia weighing thre,
pounds and 13 ounces and Michae
tipping the scales at four pounds ant
three ounces. They were born Febru
ary 10 and have been placed in ,
baby Incubator, where they appear t,
be thoroughly contented. They ar,
said to resemble animated dolls rath
er than real babies.
Recent county agent district con
ferences held in several counties O
the state demonstrated the fact. tina
the scope OF work to be performed
by county agents in Iowa in the fu
ture has been widened consid erab bl,
by the organization of township farm
bureaus. Much Of the activities o
the various counties in the state vii
be handled through these townshi,
organizations, leaving the count
agent free to work in an advisor
and supervisory capacity. XIX
r. G. McDuff of Monroe disposed q
his famous Duroc boar, Royal Path
finder, to Hankes & Bishop. New.Lo
don, for $4,000. He also sold tel
sows to the same parties for $4,000
After declaring a dividend Of z pc
cent, the Farmers Shipping Co. o
Kimballton has surplus OF $4,000 Il
the treasury to show for its $4,000
business transacted during 1919. Tn
company also successfully operate
feed store in connection with It
operations. During last year II shiI
ped 130 car loads Of stock and /:
cars Of teed