Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-06-03
Iowa News
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Fire. caused by lightning, destroy.
ID the Lingo garage in Norwich to.
gether with twelve valuable trucks,
and tools and other property, causing
. loss of $25, 1000.
Kenneth Kelly, 5-year-old son Of
Mrs. T. L. Kelly of Atlantic, suffered
skull fracture when, on his way
nome from school, he darted into the
street in front of an automobile.
Traer is to have semi-professional
baseball team this season. Business
men have contributed between $4O0
and $500 toward the support of the
team, and the fund will be increased
before the canvass is completed.
The Population of Burlington, has
decreased 267 in the last 10 years.
according to announcement made BY
the Census Bureau. The 1920 popu-
lation of Burlington was announced
rs 24,057. This is a decrease of IL
per cent.
Although crops in northern and
central Iowa are now about two weeks
behind normal, the present wave Of
warm weather has done much to
bring them up and there is little dan.
ger of them being injured seriously
by the unusually cool spring.
Fourteen Iowa boys will be includ.
cd in the class of 461 cadets to be
admitted to the West Point Military
Academy July 1. They enter as the
result of high marks in the March
competitive examinations and also
thru appointment by Senators Cum
minis and Kenyon and lowe congress.
men.
According to the 1919 county crop
report just published locally Johnson
county hens laid 5,z5s,8 eggs, OF
1888. 239 dozens last year. With eggs
selling at AZ cents dozen this would
mean $541.060.3S. II all the eggs were
laid end to end they would reach $40
miles or nearly three time across the
state of Iowa at the point of its great.
est width.
Practically every county in the
state will be visited by experts from
Iowa State College, working in con-
Junction with the Iowa State Dairy
Council, this month and next in an
effort to get over to the people Of
Iowa the value Of milk as food. In
Linn county the campaign will be con.
Quoted thru the schools and business
interests in Cedar Rapids.
Eb Dickson's suit against 35 West
Grove citizens for their alleged con.
spiracy to force him to salute and
Kiss the American flag and give 5000
to the Red Cross in May. 1918, was
lost when jury returned verdict
OF not guilty. Dickson and his bro.
ther claim they were attacked and
threatened with ropes and yellow
paint for alleged disloyal remarks.
The recent edition of the compiled
code Of lowe put out by the code con.
mission is now available to. the pub.
lie for So per copy. The book con.
tains the laws of Iowa in proper form
and will serve as single edition of
Iowa laws until such time as the code
is revised by the legislature next year.
It originally sold for $3.50 and the
secretary of the state has only limit.
ed number of copies available at So.
The city Of Ames and Story county
are to be made defendants in sait
for $4,000 damages to be brought In
the Story county district court by
Frank Coukoulis, driver Of the ill.fat.
ed car which went thru the railing
Of the make-shift Squaw Creek bridge
on Lincoln Way at noon on Friday.
April 2, seriously injuring Coukoulis
and killing his companion, Frank H.
Niforatos. The body of Niforatos
was recovered on Sunday, May 9,
thirty seven days after the accident.
Two Iowa milk records were broken
recently when Princess, purebred
Holstein cow in the herd of the
Holmes Dairy Company produced
1874 pounds Of milk, or nearly Is gal.
Ions on March 1st, breaking the form.
er record of one days production BY
over Z lbs. Recently she again pro,
duced 7SS pounds Of milk which bet.
ters the former mark fol! weeks
production by 48 pounds. These rec,
ords were made under the supervision
of the state tester and are therefore
official.
At recent meeting OF the trustees
Of Iowa College at Grinnell two new
trustees were elected, Clyde L. Herr.
ing, Of Des Moines, and George e,
Roberts. vice president of the Ma
tional City Bank Of New York. Rev.
T., o. Douglas, until within a few
years resident of Grinnell but now
of southern California, was made
trustee Emeritus because Of inability
to be present at trustee meetings, and
Mr.. Roberts fills the vacancy thus
created in the active ranks. Mr
Herring fills the vacancy created BY
The American Legion post at La
motto wanted q home which they
could use for meeting place, club
rooms, etc. and they went about &C.
curing It in thoroughly practical
and businesslike manner. They
bought building for $1,000 and in
order to finance the deal they issued
certificates OF stock at 800 per share,
They stipulated that no membe,
should be allowed to purchase more
than five shares and that NO shares
:ha sold to anyone outside OF the L.e.
zion. The result was that all os the