Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-08-19

investigation.
The A. d. Hayes company of Mount
Pleasant which has chain of grain
elevators in this section, has purchas-
ed number Of railway cars with
which ii will establish it's own private
grain car line in the manner of the
larger packing companies. Shortage
of railway equipment and the almost
impossiblity of securing it when
needed is given as the reason for the
undertaking.
A. r. Corey, secretary of the state
fair executive committee states that
approximately ST5 Iowa horses would
be entered in the harness horse show
events at the state fair. Dean Cur
greatly interested in this part of the
state fair program and is giving all
aid possible to make the horse show
one of the leading events for state
fair patrons.
The farm bureau of Humboldt coun-
ty is making great preparations for
its picnic, which will be held on Sat
urdav, Sept. 4. There will be band
concerts all day long, a ball game in
the afternoon, farm bureau speeches
by some of the leading men from the
state, novelty races, ETC., and will
wind up at night with big bowery
dance. A sheaf-binding contest for
all farmers over 60 years young will
be one of the main attractions.
A special service at all Des Moines
depots will be maintained throughout
fair week by the Travellers Aid So
ciety under the supervision of the
public welfare bureau This service
will seek to care for the crowds COM
ing in on all special and regular
trains. Workers will be on duty
from 5 in the morning until II at
night. Special care will be given to
persons who are lost, children and
young girls who need protection. An
information bureau at each station
will be provided also.
The state of lowe made profit
of $52, ,SS3.59 at Fort Madison prison
from January 1 to July 1, 1920. The
total receipts at the state prison for
die six month period is listed at $16,-
| 229.93. The chair and furniture in
| dustry returned net profit Of $103,-
| 545.22 or major portion Of the net
| receipts. Total expenses for the pc
riod were S1G9,34G.34, thus leaving a
net profit of $50 2,SS359 for the state.
| The prison returned approximately
Will do as we'll if not better for 1920.
| This gives Iowa state institution
which not only pays its own way, but
returns money to the state on the
profit side of the ledger.
Iowa will produce over 100000
year. according to R. S. Herrick, sec
retary for the Iowa State Horticultu-
raj society. The average for all
fruits is 62 per cent which is 29.5 per
cent higher than the condition re-
| port of one year ago and per cent
lower than the July 1, 1920 report.
The average for summer, fall and
winter apples is 61 per cent which is
per cent higher than the July, 1920
report and Is per cent higher than
the August, 1919 report. AS near as
can be estimated at this time, there
will be something over 100000 bu-
shells of fall and winter applies pro-
duced in Iowa this year.
There were 1888 land sales in Polk
county, covering an acreage of 9S,-
$50 at an average price Of $202.09 per
acre, during the period from Janu-
ary, 1918, to June, 1920, according to
the report just made by Il. A. Pol
leys, tax commissioner of the North
western Railroad The average esti-
mated true value per acre, including
improvements of the entire country
is $261 and the average assessed val
ue per acre for 1919 was $95.40, ac-
cording to the report Saylor and
Webster townships show the highest
valuation, with SO transfers covering
2lS9 acres at an average price of
$320.I33. The true estimated value for
the two townships is $415 an acre.
The only tree known to have been
planted in memory of Abraham Lin
coin right after his assassination has
been nominated for a place in the
Hall of Fame for trees with his
tory" which the American Forestry
association is compiling A. S. Bail
ey of Decorah, where the tree now
stands, informed the association that
the tree was planted by one John
Finn, who is still living When Abra
ham Lincoln was assassinated Mr.
Finn was in Chicago and he returned
home much depressed A few days
later, on April q, 1865, Governor
Stone of Iowa declared day oi
mourning for Lincoln. Finn went in
to the woods and dug up a small
blackberry shoot which he transplant
ed on the street in front of his home
The shoot took root and today is one
, of the most magnificent trees in Iowa
1t is 110 feet high and nearly ~ fee
in circumference, to which facts the
American Forestry association points
, as a great lesson in what can be done
in tree planting.
The state superintendent of public
. instruction reports that Iowa school:
; are paying teachers higher wage
; this year than last year. A number
of teachers have been signing con
, tracts to teach at rate of pay be
, tween $40 and $3.50 per month
, Teachers who accept offers to teacl
vocational training of agriculture re