Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-09-09
aHdstern ana "Mtke" are two ,lteers


ing season saw falling prices for the
great majority of Iowa producers.
These two steers are fac-simile mo.
dels in the exhibit booth Of Armour's
Bureau Of Agricultural Research. BUS
ter" was the champion steer Of the
Junior club contest at the 1919 Inter
national Livestock Exposition. while
Mike" was q venerable scrub aged
four years, secured on the Chicago
market. Each steer was purchased
last December and after slaughter was
stuffed and carefully mounted by an
expert taxidermist from the Field. Co.
lumbar Museum of Chicago. OF
interest to the farmer and feed
er are figures on the yield OF each
steer with reference to killing and
dressing per cents, and the weights
and values of the different cuts are
presented. The reason why "Buster"
was worth twice as much as Mike"
on last DEFENDERS market Is clearly
shown. On January list, 1920, Iowa had
2,715,000 head of beef cattle, whose
average value was $500 per head.
This gave a total valuation for the
state of nearly s1360Oo,000 In 1919
approximately s115V 100000 worth of
cattle were shipped to market from
Iowa. above 500 of the total valuation
on January LIST. If all OF the cattle
going out of Iowa had been OF "Bus-
ter's" sort instead of many of them be-
ing Of Mikes" type, as evidenced by
the average valuation Of $500 the
amount Of money coming into the state
would have been about 1915, 100000.
II Iowa housewives and farmers pay
full heed to the story told in this
exhibit the additional possibilities Of
cattle wealth realizable for their state
will be almost unreasonable.
The Iowa State fair closed and went
down in history as the greatest ever
held and proved by the large attend.
| ance. The honor days for the vari-
GUS organizations were attended in q
manner we'll known to the people OF
the state, showing their true appre-
citation of the honor given them. The
exhibits were of the finest obtainable.
The special features have never been
elualled. The stock shows held in
| the large stock pavilion will never
/, be forgotten by those who witnessed
! them. Never before were such beau
! tiful animals on exhibition. One Of
| the many new things noted by the
/ crowds was the new cattle barn. The
receipts of the season exceeded those
of last year by nearly one hundred
4 thousand dollars.
Fifteen-yearol Florence Wick Of
! DEBORAH, Iowa, carried off honors for
Winneshiek county, in the state spell
ing contest held at the fair grounds,
after an all-day battle. Thirty-two
contestants were entered in the tour
nament Representing as many coun-
ties. The first fourteen placing and
receiving prize awards were girls.
Blanche Frazier of Wall Lake took
second prize Miss Wick received $40
and Miss Frazier SIS. The state
champion will try for Iowa laurels in
the coming interstate spelling contest.
A third prize Of $40 and eleven prizes
OF SIS each were awarded in the state
contest
The grand jury has indicted Car.
mela Russo for first degree murder
Of Tony Matte on June Is. She Il
out on $4,000 bond and there is some
talk as to whether she will not be
required to surrender herself until
after her trial, as persons indicted FOL
first degree murder are not bailable
Judge Hunter has not been asked
to annul the bond. Court officials fee
that it will not be done.
Mrs. Olive Spoons, Of Waterloo. on
Of the Oldest women in the United
States recently endowed with thu
right to vote, is willing to let the mel
do it. The aged woman, who admit
being III years old, said, II am to-
old to think about such things. N,
new tangled things for an old fash
lionel woman" Isaac Spoons, her pres
ent husband is thirty-three years he
junior.
The Iowa State Chess Association
nas been organized with w. e. Tyl
rell Of Britt, as president, and Virgi
NJ. Kimm of Blairstown, IA, as secre
tary treasurer A tournament for tn
state championship will be held Il
Les Moines at the Hotel Fort De
Moines on December z. 3 and 4.
unique feature will be blindfold 81
hibiton and tourney.
The second annual state conventio
OF the Iowa department of the Amer
can Legion opened at Cedar Rapid
with nearly 1900 delegates and NOR
than 800 other former service me
{ present. Chaplain w. E. Robb pr
nounced the invocation. James +
!, Trewin welcomed the veterans. Stat
!, Commander M. A. FINLEY responde
+ for the legion.
a Miss Carrie Schneider was cut an
!. bruised and Miss Della He'll wa
d slightly injured when the car in whic
e they were riding was struck by a.
t other machine near Iowa City. TT
J. cars were wrecked.
/, Two bandits, in Ford car, WI
k held up the Shirley road constructt1
t camp mile and half south OF 4
e gan Iowa and made off with near
n $4,000 in money and jewelry, we
k captured and all of the loot was I
covered.