Missouri Valley times., 1920-06-17

"Shsy SAOuodAV VOlloEO D6QSk00
Is asked from Story county and the
city of Ames BY the estate Of the
late Frank H. Niforatos, who was
drowned in the accident on Squaw
Creek bridge on April Q, whom tAe
Frank Coukoulis car went OF tho
bridge into the waters below.
Three insurance companies have
been added to Iowa's rapidly growing
list. The new concerns are the Uni.
versal Life Insurance Company Of
Dubuque, the q. 8. Automobile Com.
pany Of Des Moines and the Midwest
Automobile Insurance Company Of
Cherokee. The combined capital
stock of these companies totals 81
150,000. Licenses have already been
issued to the three companies.
Iowa's strawberry crop is now De.
ginning to ripen, and will be 30 per
cent Of full crop. according to pres
ent indications. The cherry crop Is 81
per cent. red raspberries, Sc. and
black raspberries, 81. Apple crop
prospects indivate an s5 per cent crop,
'blackberries, SO; gooseberries, 80; cur.
rants, s2;a grapes, IS and American
plums, 7S. Three untmportant fruit
crops In Iowa, peaches, domestic pluns
and Japanese plums cut down the aver
age of all crops since the peach crop
will be only about Oper cent of Z
full crop, domestic plums. 50. and
Japanese plums. 81. These bring
down the average for all fruit to 7S
per cent, which is IA per cent higher,
than the May report.
It is definitely announced that work
on 81 new building at the government
proving grounds opposite Bellevue
will be started July Is. Congress and
the war department have placed the
stamp Of approval on the plan to e.
tablish there giant magazine dump
for reserve ammunition. The fol-
lowing buildings will be erected:
Forty-four ammunition magazines, 80
hig hexplosiye magazines. combine
ton barracks, post-otfice and ex-
change buildings. remodeling Of pres
ent headquarters into a double set Of
officers quarters. erection of q new
double set Of officers quarters, addt.
tion to hospital, two double sets OF
commissioned officers quarters; three
100-man capacity barracks buildings.
The Fourth division of the SECULAR
army, now stationed at Camp Dodge.
will put on an elaborate display Of
the machinery of war at the Iowa
state fair this year. The exhibit will
occupy more than half block and
will include demonstrations Of prao-
tically every piece of fighting ma.
chfnery now being. used by the Unit.
ed States army. War trophies and
special equipment not OF regular is-
sue will also be lLcluded In the saow.
Arrangements 70. the military dts.
play were completed recently. The
divisions class in agriculture Will
camp at the fair grounds in August.
Other large sp.c,. reservations Tor
this years fair just announced are
1900 feet for the U. 8. department
of agriculture under the grandstand
and 1000 feet for the Iowa State col
lege under the grandstand. The COW
testing exhibit will be in the new
cattle barn, 1t has been announced.
With the freight car shortage ap-
parently more acute than 1t was even
a few weeks ago, bankers, farmers,
manufacturers, merchants and grain
dealers throughout Iowa started
movements to combine in vigorous
appeal to the government. While
conditions seemed for several weeks
to be getting better an extereme re-
lapse has been noted and those in
terested are admittedly worried.
The Iowa State Bankers associa-
tion sent out letters to the lowe Farm
federation and to the Iowa State
Manufacturers association requesting
them to join in appointing delega-
ton to go to Washington. The dele.
CATION would have instructions not
to request relief, not to seek advice,
but to demand that Immediate and
drastic action be taken to overcome
the present car shortage, q shortage
that, IL sustained, bankers claim will
result in the worst financial Difficult
ty yet encountered.
It took two years of political strug.
gle to elect the first United States
senators from the state of Iowa. A
volume on the History Of Senatorial
Elections in love-" published by the
State Historical society, tells the
story of this contest. In the first
session in December, 1916, the gen.
eral assembly met in joint conven-
vention and ballot showed neither
party with sufficient votes to elect.
Indications however seemed to favor
the Wings. Whereupon the Democra.
tas moved an adjournment and for
the rest OF the session the Demo.
cratic senate refused to come to q
Joint convention. At the next ses.
sion, in January. 1848, the Democra.
tic prospects were favorable and the
Wing house of representatives turn.
ed the tables by refusing to 60 into
joint convention. In December Of
that year, however, . new general
assembly convened, this time clear
ly Democratic, and the state which
had been for two years without rep
resentation in the United States sen
ate finally elected two longtime
Democrats-Augustus Caesar DODGE
and George Wallace Jones.
When G. M. vanhorn, 10, Of Sioux
CAY, was arrested on q charge al