Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-05-13
State News;
Of Iowa Z.


Aberdeen Angus cattle broke the
the worlds record when r. W. Plum.
mer sold q COW for $11, 100. In the
sale Of 40 head the average price was
1856.
a o0pound catfish Is now on dis.
play at the store of Davenport fish
company. The monster was caught in
10 net by fisherman Of Nahant. It is
the largest fish In the Mississippi in
the vicinity for 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
Smith. 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
We're for homes. Schmidt's foundry
was the biggest item, at $4,000. A
year ago 81 permits were issued in
April.
Dubnque'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 30 cents is an Increase from
s. cents or four rides for 25. The car
men will be raised from AZ cents to a
maximum of 60 cents.
A movement is on foot for a public
library for Primghar. Petitions have
been circulated and signed by prac.
tically all the citizens, men and WON.
en-, for a special election and the
mayor and council have acted accord.
iingly. This is one Of the great needs
OF Primghar and had 1t not been for
the, war, plans would have been com.
pletedS by this time for city library
Travellers waiting at the Union sta
! tion In Cedar Rapids for trains either
have to patronize: the depot soda foun-
tain OF go thirsty. Railroad authorities
advised the custodian of the station
TINT Cedar Rapids water was unfit to
drink, although the city chemist, who
makes Q daily analysis, has not found
! t'fp be that bad and physicians have
not traced any sickness to such cause
sAnyway,sgt the bubblers at the depot
aren't; working.
III The state hospital at Iowa City
which operates under the Perkins
law and cares for children Of the poor
lis in need Of more money for daily
expenses. The secretary Of state has
srecomnae aended to the executive council
that they allow the hospital $3.50 pei
tday per patient. The hospital has
sbeen receiving $2.79 per day per pa
tient, and deficit Of $4,000 has. re
snlted.., The. executive council will
probably Increase the allowance pei
patient.
Street car fares in Des Moines may
once again be submitted to the voter.
::of the city. Several months agt
whether the fare; should be 5 cents Of
A 8 cents was voted upon. The increase
was denied. The question of wages fol
the mOtormen and conductors has beer
before board of arbitration recently
The men under the old. contract re
1ceived 81 cents to 81 cents an hour
The street car company said 1t coult
mot afford to pay, more than AZ cents
the old scale, and the men demanded
80 cents.
4 "A purebred dairy calf club has beer
formed at Colwell, backed by the farm
.ssbureaY,and a bank. All boys and girl.
FIN Floyd county between the ages o
ten and nineteen years, are eligible
The bank will loan the members tn,
money to buy their animal at yer!
/ p;reasonable rate of interest. The. heif
.er must be purebred Holstein O.
Jersey, bred to freshen this fall a
(which time a sale will be held ant
there should be three animals to sci
|sfrom each member as result Of tn
|i0riginal purchase.
.;, A recent storm drove some strang,
fowls under cover in the vicinity O
cascade. One Of the wanderers wa
captured and 1t was identified as ,
might heron. Two years ago larg,
flock 6f sea gulls visited that commu
Unity. something never before heard OF
According to bird specialist Of ma
itional repnte, during certain season
there are flocks Of birds CONSTANT,
passing to and fro above, far too higl
!, to be discernible to the naked eye
going from coast to coast and from
) tropics to the north.
Iowa nearly doubled her averag
rainfall in the month of April thi
/. year with the result that farmers hav
been badly delayed in beginning thei
! spring blowing and planting. In spit
/. Of an average precipitation Of Al
inches reported from 20 stations ii
( the state, this year has not been a
abad as April, 1919, when but four o
1--we days were available to farmers
The normal precipitation for the state
.i6ased upon records for the past
years. is 2.88 inches. Alta distric
had the largest rainfall with SO
& inches and. Fort Dodge district wa
& low with 2.13 inches. In Des Moine
territory the rainfall was 400 inches.
Erastus Coffin. seventy-eight year
: old pioneer Mahaska county settle,
ended his life by hanging himself ii
& the barn at the rear Of his Oskaloos
home. No reason for the suicide I
{ known. He was an active Republican
Z. a.yeterans of the Civil war and prom
inent resident Of Oskaloosa.
81 Eleven girls and not one boy is tn