Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-12-30
Iowa News
} Items II Interest.
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a bill providing for an amortiza.
ton plan Of farm loans will be pre-.
sented to the legislature by c. B.
eantee, representative.
Lora Nrsman, 3-year-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore Kirsman of Ottum.
We, died recently from effects of fall.
Ing into kettle Of boiling water.
9. n. Peppers of Centerville, is su.
lng his mother-in-law, Mrs. Holmberg
for $4,000 in Los Angeles now, for
alternating his wife's affections.
The Woodbury. county board OF SUI.
1erv1sors recently completed letting
. contract for paving seventeen miles
Of country road at total cost Of
800, 900.
John Dsspennett, of Oskaloosa, pa
rolled from Anamosa, was sentenced
to life imprisonment by Judge Dewey
for entering home with loaded
weapon.
Paul B. Anderson, nephew of Pro-
lessor and Mrs. G. q. Seashore Of
Iowa City. will sail for Europe Christ
mas Eve, where he will join the In
ternational Y. M. G. A. staff.
Bad roads Jared loose a seam in
the gas tank OF car belonging to
frank 4enneka, garage man of Ma
Quoksta. which caused a gas leak.
The gas ignited and the car burned
up.
Cut OF with $500, when the will of
his brother. w. L. Paup, left $4,000
each to the other brothers, Joseph
Paup Of Harlan is contesting the will,
charging undue influence and mental
incapacity.
Three Iowa people are among 100
heirs to the $s,0o0,O00 Wycoff estate
In New York. They are H. E. Wy
con, Cedar Rapids; ]. A. Walker, SO,
. laborer, Atlantic, and Mrs. j. w.
Lucas Of Glenwood. All Of the heirs
have been summoned to gather in
Glenwood at the Lucas home to dis
cuss plans for having the estate di-
vided.
Wapello county's first tragedy Of
the hunting season occurred recent.
y when Peter Polls living in OF.
tumwa was instantly killed when the
TRIGGER Of shotgun he was remov-
ing from wagon caught on the end.
gate and discharged the weapon. The
shot entered the right side He was
dead when his companions reached
his side.
g. B. Slaughter, well known farmer
Of Shelby county. topped the Omaha
market recently with load of finish.
ed Angus yearlings which sold for
s1s.76 and averaged 958 pounds. The
cattle were the first OF their class
seen on the market for some weeks
and the price paid was not only the
top for that day, but the highest paid
In some weeks.
The creation of the Office Of state
archiest is proposed by P. E. Nc.
Clenahan, state superintendent of pub
lie instruction, who is arranging to
have the matter brought to the atten-
ton Of the Legislature. His duties,
% outlined by McClenahan, would be
to inspect and approve the plans for
all public buildings including school
houses, and to supervise their con.
struction.
Edward Brady, who was arrested in
Dies Moines, has confessed that he
slipped the guns to the five bandits
who. escaping jail at LeMars, killed
tho son Of Sheriff Maxwell a year
ago. He is said to have implicated
others. The bandits are now in Fort
Madison for life, on their pleas OF
guilty to the attorney general after
their capture q. few days following
their escape.
The board Of supervisors in special
session at Corydon awarded con.
tract. for the building of eleven miles
Of road in Wayne county to the Lit.
tig Construction company Of Daven.
port. The contract price is 494 cents
9 yard, 10h cents below the contract
Price for road work in Wayne coun-
~ year ago. There are 125,OOO
yards Of road, making the total cost
Of the improvement about $4,000.
Seven inspectors, appointed four
months ago by the state auto depart
ment to apprehend license evaders,
have collected fees amounting to $685.
80, according to the report of Chief
Inspector w. c. Merchens, made pub
lie. In addition the inspectors, the
report shows, visited 1907 garages,
inStrueting the garage owners in re-
gard to the state laws relative to rec
f!ording the license numbers of autos,
| engines and the names of owners and
drivers OF machines left in storage
repaired or rented. The fees collect
q inelsde license payments for 1,452
suites. ST. chauffeurs, 1,475 ownership
transfers and 146 requirements of
lost license plates.
THE picture theater, a residence
Belonging to Clarence Smith and an
Old building formerly used as movie
house were burned at Carson. The
Corning IRE department could not
help because of the bad roads.
Charles and John Zhorne, farmers
Aear Tama, have recently finished
husking 5000 bushels of corn on their
place and in addition have filed a
large silc. The former husked 100
bushels OF corn day a number Of
tinss,a while his average was 80 bu.
sAsls day. John Zhorne husked on
a svsrage Of 20 bushels each day.