Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-05-12
State News
Of Iowa

o. Iowa II
Aberdeen Angus cattle broke the
the worlds record when r. w. Plum,
mer sold a COW for 100. In the
sale OF 40 head the average price was
$3.50.
IA 6O-pound catfish is now on dis
play at the store Of q Davenport fish
company. The monster was caught In
net by fisherman Of Nahant. It is
the largest fish in the Mississippi In
the vicinity for a number of years.
The bodies OF the three high school
students drowned In the 20" railroad
reservoir at Charlton were recovered.
The victims Of the tragedy were Grace
Massman. Hazel Hulse and Clyde
Smiti,. None was more than eighteen
years old.
Des Moines building records Of April
one year ago were Quadrupled last
month. One hundred and forty-four
permits were issued. Most Of them
were for homes. Schmidt's foundry
was the biggest item. at $4,000. A
year ago 81 permits were issued In
April.
Dubuque's street car strike was set.
tied with an Scent fare allowed by
the city commission and seven tickets
for so cents. The Scent fare, seven
rides for 80 cents Is an Increase from
cents or four rides for Is. The car
men will be raised from z cents to q
maximum Of 60 cents.
A movement Is on foot for public
library for Primghar. Petitions have
been circulated and signed BY prac-
tically all the citizens, men and WON.
ca, for . special election and the
mayor and council have acted accord
ingly. This IL one Of the great needs
OF Primghar and had Il not been Tor
the war. plans would have been COM
pleted by this time for Z city library.
Travellers waiting 1t the Union sta
ton In Cedar Rapids for trains either
have to patroniss the depot soda foun-
tain o. 60 thirsty. Railroad authorities
advised the custodian Of the station
that Cedar Rapids water was unit to
drink, although the city chemist who
makes daily analysis. has not found
It to be that bad and phyliciass have
not traced any sickness 70 such cause.
Anyway. the bubblefs at the depot
aren't working.
mo state hospital a4s Iowa City,
which operates under the Perkins
law and cares for children Of the poor.
q In need Of more money for daily
expenses. The secretary Of state has
recommended 10 the executive council
that they allow the hospital $3.50 per
day per patient. The hospital has
been receiving $2.D per day per pa
tient, and deficit Of $S8. 600 has re-
suited. The executive council will
probably increase the allowance per
PATIENT
Street cars1Ales An Des Moines may
once again Be submitted to the voters
OF the city. Several months ago
whether the fare should be 8 cents Or
6 cents was voted upon. me increase
was denied. The question q wases Tor
the nsotormen and conductors has-he1f
before a board Of arbitration recently.
The men under the old contract re-
.ceived 81 cents to 81 cents an hour
The street car company sid II could
not afford to pay more than ~ cents,
tho ID scale. and the men demanded
81 cents.
A purebred dairy calf club has been
formed at Colwell. backed by the farm
bureau and q bank. All boys and girls
In Floyd county between the ages Of
ten and nineteen years. IRE eligible.
The bank VIII loan the members the
money to buy their animal at a very
reasonable rate Of interest. The. heif-
er must be a purebred Holsteln or
Jersey, sbred to freshen this fall at
which time sale will be held and
there should be three animals to sell
from each member as result Of the
original purchase.
A recent storm drove some strange
fowls under cover In the vicinity OF
Cascade. One OF the wanderers was
captured and 1t was identified as q
night heron. Two years ago large
flock OF sea gulls visited that commu-
nifty, something never before heard OF.
According to bird specialist Of ma
tional repute, during certain seasons
there are fiocks Of birds constantly
passing to and fro above, Tar too high
to. be discernible to the naked eye.
going from coast to coast and from
tropics to the north
Iowa nearly doubled her average
rainfall In the month Of April this
year with the result that farmers have
been badly delayed in beginning their
spring blowing and planting. In spite
OF an average precipitation Of 4.12
inches reported from 20 STATIONS In
the state, this year has not been as
bad as April. 1919, when but four or