Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-08-12

Iowa City's annual rabbit show will
20 held in the City Park Aug. %.
The City Council Of Iowa City is de-
batting on proposal gas rate of
S1.62M.
Fire destroyed the hardare store
OF J. e. vincent and the Smith &
Edgreen grocery store at Britt.
James Stevens was arrested at Bur
lington in connection with the MUIR
der OF Mrs. Mellor and her year-old
son.
Robert N. Dodge, 81, sang solo
at the Van Meter Methodist Church
ct Atlantic on his golden wedding an
niversary.
| Sheriff F. E. Marsh raided the
Charles Kennedy farm near Meservey
and captured still and quantity
Of raisin wine.
Dan Forris killed record rattler
at Waukon. The snake had II rat
ties and was four feet long and three
inches in diameter.
I Miss Ruth 'Anciaux Of Extra was
attacked by bulldog which bit deep
into her arm and held on until her
father killed 1t with a hammer.
Nine Hoot brothers. including A. G.
Hoot of Webster City, gathered at a
reunion In Toledo, where they met for
the first time in 81 years.
Walter Stafford, son of Mr.. and Mrs,
AL Stafford of Lamont was shot and
killed by Mrs. Leila Little on a ranch
fifteen miles south of Wagner, s. D.
Deputy Sheriff Nat Martin of Tama
! county accidentally shot and killed
himself at Gilman, while with posse
which was pursuing two auto thieves.
A number of farmers at Waterloo
patrol lovers lane each night to pre-.
vent such actions by motorists as
would be bad morals for their daugh.
ters.
DR.. Arthur M. Boyd has arrived
at Storm Lake to assume his duties
as president of Buena Vista College.
succeeding DR.. Stanton Olinger, re-
signed.
The Johnson county Republican
Central Committee has recognized
and reelected Lieutenant H. D. Evans
chairman and L. C. @. Chairman, sec.
Rotary and treasurer.
Consolidated schools in Iowa have
closed $500 one-room rural schools
and more than $4,000 school children
are daily being transported to these
schools during the school year.
A baby killed and four grown peo-
pie injured. one of them seriously
and two painfully, was the toll taken
by an automobile accident three miles
north and two miles west OF st. An
thony.
An unidentified motorist was killed
when his automobile turned turtle
near Tiff. Johnson county. Income
tax papers found in his possession in
dtcate he may be ]. j. Steele of Dav-
export
Articles of Incorporation will be
filed soon for the United States Bank.
new enterprise in Des Moines, with
capitalization of 100000 and sur
plus of $4,000, according to report
in financial circles.
General Otto Praeger, second as
s1stant postmaster, writes from
Washington that air mail service for
Iowa City is being considered. The
chicago Omaha line through there
handles no Iowa City mail.
Articles of corporation were filed
at Hampton for brick and tile COM
pany with authorized stock Of $500 900
with shares at 800. B. F. Goodman
Is superintendent and general man.
ager.
In an effort to defeat the high cost
OF harvest hands, Pauline Perry, 10.
daughter of A. B. Perry Of Colo.
mounted the seat of Fordson trac-
tor and cut oats while her father
| shocked.
County Auditor Ed Sulek's barn
near Iowa City was destroyed by fire
started by children playing with
matches. Loss Of grain, hay and tools
is estimated at $500, partly covered
by insurance.
Iowa City Canning Co.'s board of
directors met and decided upon Aug.
~ as the opening day of the factory.
One thousand acres in Johnson county
are producing corn under a contract
| with the company.
Lauren Gallagher, IL, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Gallagher of Fulton
was drowned in the Mississippi River
near Clinton, while playing tag In
the water and watching airplane
| stunts at the same time.
Iowa has received from the War
Department through the Bureau of
Public Roads Of the Department Of
Agriculture, nearly two and half
million dollars worth of war equip
ment for use in the road building
program of the state.
Fire destroyed property on the g.
w. Andrews farm a few miles south.
west of Perry to the amount of $4,000.
A big farm and double corncrib were
burned. The fire was OF unknown
origin. Some insurance was carried.
Rising from a newspaper carrier
boy to bank president is the record
OF Willis R. Armstrong, a former To-
wan, and one time student of Grin
nell College. Mr.. Armstrong was
elected president of the Colorado
Springs National Bank, of which he
was made cashier at the time of its
examination.