Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-03-25
Iowa News
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i q Busy Readers Is.
Twenty-nine new bridges will be
Duilt In Marion county this year. Con.
tracts totaling $4,000 have been let.
me Iowa State bank, Fort Madi-
sons newest banking institution, with
capitalization Of $4,000, has opened
ats doors to the public.
The Ireton High school debating
team won the northwest Iowa cham
p1onship by defeating the Storm Lake
team In the final debate at Ireton.
A total Of $11,323,611 worth of farm
lands and town property, all Story
county real estate, had been filed for
record with the county recorder at
the end of the second week Of the
first Of March period
Contracts have been awarded in
Marion county for the construction Of
twenty-nine bridges for $4,000. Pric-
es are about go per cent higher than
last year. But is about the lowest
Did In Iowa this year. Bids ran as
high as $4,000 on the work.
The best thirty ears Of corn at the
annual Polk county corn show brought
$50 to its owner. It cost Marion Cop.
pock OF Ankeny $35 to buy back the
bushel Of prize corn which brought
him first prize at the show. l.. e.
Proudfit of Altoona sold his bushel
OF corn for $18.
Allison, the county seat of Butler
county is the smallest as to popula-
ton in Iowa. Butler county has an
other distinction. 1t has a jail In the
basement under the court house. Dur.
Ing the year of 1919 there were but
two occupants Of that Jail and these
were but for few days.
Congregational churches of Iowa
Will launch drive for their quota of
$S.OG0,000 to be raised this spring by
the Congregational church in connec.
tion with the Congregational world
movement. This movement provides
for the raising of fund of $5O,OOO,.
700 during the five years of recon
struction period.
approximately $1,000 head of cat.
tie are now under government super.
vision for tubercular tests in Iowa.
The cattle. which include 1915 herds.
are being tested by eight veterinar.
ians in accordance with federal regu.
1ations for accredited herds. Winneba.
go county is in the lead for tested
herds for 40 are now enrolled for
supervision.
East Waterloo, having 1853 farmers
on 1858 acres, makes good show.
ing in the Iowa farm crop statistics
record for 1919. On these farms are
127 automobiles, nine tractors, four
farm trucks. Down the capacious
throats of SO silos were crammed S..
1898 tons of ensilage. In II homes
are bathtubs, in 80 furnaces and in
Is electric lights.
These statistics are few showine
some of the more important items
In the billion and a half crop Iowa had
last year. Corn, $407 100000; Spring
wheat, 100000; Winter wheat. 81,
100000; Hay (tame), s91,0OO,Ooo; AL
falfa. s11,00o,00o; Dairy products
$113,00O,0O0; Poultry, 5000, 900;
Horses $133,0OO,oo Mich cows
$119,OO0,OOo; Swine, s226,0O0, 900.
Iowa is right now in need of nearly
thousand farm laborers. Iowa far
mers now want 377 married farm
hands and 43S single men for farm
work. About onefourth Of the coun
ties of the state are yet to be heard
from. Never before have the farmers
been ready so early in March to take
. on farm help nor has there been such
large per cent, asking for married
workers.
Tearing down of the north shore
Of Smiths island below LeClaire tt
secure the requisite width for the
new government ship canal between
the island and the Iowa shore has
been commenced. This portion O
the big reclamation project will bt
completed by this summer. A retain
ing vail will be erected along thu
north shore OF the island, running
westerly to join the dam at the lowel
end of the island, where the big lock!
Will be located.
A good many Iowa farmers will b,
interested in report from Webste
City stating that Judge H. E. FIR,
has declared unconstitutional that par
of the drainage act which seeks tt
empower Judge to fix drainage dis
trict boundaries. The section is 1883
a-26. The case In which the decision
was made was brought by farmers ii
Hardin county, Alex Mccoy and F
! E. Baker, who asked the establish
ment Of drainage district by tn,
Judge. The supervisors of Hardil
and Hamilton counties had disagreed
and under Section 19S9-a-36 the cour
wes empowered to make the district
This Judge Fry says court has NJ
constitutional authority to do.
A big jump in the price of low,
farm lands the past year is indicated
by reports of the correspondents o
the Iowa cooperative crop reportin,
service. The average value Of poo
plow lands March 1, 1920, was $151
compared with 1929 year ago; aver
age Of good plow lands, 1857, compar
ed with $1S6 year ago. All farm
lands with Improvements on Marcl
1, 1920. averaged ts55. compared witt
1892 q year ago, and all farm land