Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-06-10

The land boom in Iowa was part
OF general increase thruout the
United States during the past year.
amounting to, 81 per cent. The In.
crease was more, extreme in Iowa
than elsewhere, gveraging $S3 an
| acre. or 80 per cent from March. 1919,
to March. 1920 While there were .
few sales at unusually high prices.
less than, per cent were at $500 an
acre or more. Contrary to general
belief, probably less than 10 per cent
Of all farms changed hands during
| the boom. About 05 per cent Of the
farms for which figures were obtained
were sold twice during the boom. At
per cent three times, 2.1 per cent
four times or more.
For the second time this year,
county treaurer onfMuscatine county,
finds shortage of.Automobils license
plates staring him Tin the face After
being .out of them. fora more than two
months, the treasurer received con-
signment of three aaidred some time
ago. But ten pairs senain, however.
and this will only lbe a1ncisnt 70 last
him the week, as now oars are being
registered at the lFate tof about nve q
day. The county nowsyhas in excess
of four thousand sautoa and motor
trucks.
Iowans will pay s8ee4s6:236.s2 IN
city, county and state taxes Of all
kinds this years %on tho 1919 levy.
This will be $14.Sn3. .o7o.a2 more than
was collected for state taxes OF all
kinds In 1919 on the 1918 levy. Tho
taxes to be collected this year for the
1919 levy are nearly three times as
large as the 1910 collections. In 1910
the taxes. city, county, and sthte, were
$31.s59,32S.W. The, 1919 levy to be
collected this year lis. therefore, e48,-
635,907.85 in exec es of the 1910 f.
gure.
Members Of the tPolk County Farm
Bureau are expe rimenting with va
rious kinds of fertilizers. A car Of
'acid phosphate has been received at
Mitchellvilles bought by several farm.
ers living I'm that; vicinity. Most of
this Is to be used lon corn In order to
secure little earMer maturity and
finish. Some interesting data should
be the result of thes use of the phos-
,phate. as this is chez first time It has
been used to any extent in this copn-
try.
Regardless Of how long an army
FOR navy service MANS war risk In.
,surance has lapsed, orAbeen cancelled,
and regardless of how, long he has
been discharged from service, q epe-
cial ruling. just received. permits him
to reinstate It at any time bofere
July l, 1920. upon application and pay
ment of only two monthly premiums
on the amount of insurance he wishes
to reinstate, together with q salts
factory statement OF health.
There has been much loss In Iowa
this spring from. securing Of young
pigs on different farms. Muddy wet
and filthy pens, with securing feed,
Is unclean. open, trougAs, Kills many
pigs each year. sSome Of this could
be prevented by remembering that
the big problem after Throwing 10 to
keep the pigs healthy and strong and
ito do this they mast have pdenty OF
fexercise and above all. do not let
them get chilled while every young.
I The southeast corner Of Fourth and
Court avenue. DeS Moines, sold the
first time for gallon Of whishey.
Capt. Frank de Ford Of Valley juno
ton, oldest resident in Polk county.
who arrived in Dep Moinep seventy
four years ago remembers this hiGA
4 fyer In city real estate Aftyshve pears
ago Frank Allen. Des Moinesf drst
+ banker andS millionaire, owned the
!. whiskey (which then, had q buying
value OF, a. few cents. This property
was for years the home Of the Rss1s.
ter, and later The Register ana Tra'
tharua