Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-12-23


be responsible for the disappearance
from Buck Grove Of Fritz drummer,
farmer.
. Harry B. Howard of Sioux City is
deadsfrom injuries received when he
/, was struck ON the head with a reyol-
vec@by bandit whom he resisted.
Charles Miller, IS years old, re-
tired farmer Of Hudson, was killed
recently when wagon load Of
wood he was hauling to town over
turned on high grade, pinning him
beneath.
The independent school district Of
DEBORAH has issued call for an cleo
ton on Jan. 10 for the purpose OF
voting on the proposition of bonding
the district for $4,000 for the cree.
ton Of new high school building.
Ma r. 0sgNeur, widow of the
/. late Cantaini Neur, who lost his life
in the world war. has been selected
AZ one # the deputies in The tax col
lection department of the county
treasurer's office, e. r. Bennett. trea.
cuJ0Is0ASCI 6UnOuuC0U.
Scores OF Iowa busi1 css men, far
mers. and corporations will bs fore
. ed -t9apay the penalty for late pay
ment Of the last instsllment of their
!. income taxes. owing to the tight
!, money situation over the state which
makes borrowing exceedingly diff
cult, said B. D. Ramsay, chief field
deputy for Iowa.
An indictment on statutory CHARGE
TwesAreturaed~against August Melz,
,'faFmessof Agona,s by the grand jury.
A4bonds Of $4,000 for his appearance
y ats4he January term Of the District
sGpurts was signed by his brothers.
/; .Mels. H. alleged to be the father of
baby born. to his sister, who came to
keep house Tor the children, Oldest of
whom is 10 years old.
= A. statewide rural life conference is
] to be held at Ames for several days
during the month of January for the
purpose Of discussing all phases of
ssah ~pFOSlems Of rural life. Matters
relating tosthe country school church,
j. farmland social5hfe will all be taken
up and! prominent men along these
various lines of activity will be pres.
/. ,ent 20 deliver addresses.
The, fourth annual session of the
Marshalltown Swine and Corn con-
gress held the boards with large ex-
hibits, especially in corn. Twenty
fves7 exaaabltors at the international
livestock exposition in Chicago ship
ped their exhibits from Chicago to
eMarshalltown.. Among the exhibits
hUf swineSthe competition in the
\ ,Hampsirs class was the keenest.
mNith2salls the gas Jets In the room
q tyraed on d. H. Wales. formerly OF
Des Moines, was found dead in bed
j, In his apartment. at Cedar Rapids.
Wales. was 50 years old and moved
there with his wife two months ago,
to make their home. His wife had
been visiting at Tama. Iowa He left
q -ote;cwritten to his wife, in which
Tho dpbraided -her> for leaving him.
nThefeAwill .not4be many farm sales
hold. this swtnter or spring according
to the auct!oneers In the vicinity of
q Creston sowing to the banks being
unable, or, unwilling to handle the
paper. A lsrSeanumber OF sales which
:, had been listed have been cancelled
until the money situation Is relieved
in. spite OF the fact that many were
being held to pay the high rent and
mortgages.
Police. OF Mason City are seeking to
'send the person who stole into a box
tcars ins the NJ. & st. L. yards and at
tempted to murder with an ak two
Mexicans. Abeleno Peno, sugar
beet worker. aid comrade who gave
> the-~name Paul Pierce, are both in
leach bearing painful
rtwouads,t9Pe no Is not expected to
4 i've; ono cash across his head being
esosdseps that his brains are exposed.
Mrs. Frank Kimberly. who resides
near Collins, Iowa, does not know
the whereabouts Of her husband and
has not known where he is since
about three days following their. mar
Rage in les Moines in September.
1915.S,She alleges her husband left
.hefa because Of; influence exerted by
1is father. John Kimberly, and be-
qcanse OF this faot,she is suing the fa-
{ ther ,,toY, c3ss, 900 on y the grounds of
alternating her. husbands affections
The total cost Of the Iowa primary
elections Of June, o20, was $172221.-
sc as compared with total of $149,-
1898 for the primaries Of 1918. This
is an increase for the state of s22,-
i 70s.3s :esThe only counties in the
state which showed decrease in ex-
penditures were Boone, Calhoun,
Glass;, Cerro Gordo. Clay, Dubuque,
Greene. Hardin jackson, Jones, Ly-
ona Madisonss Mahaska, Mitchell Mo-
mona. Montgomery. Polk. Story, Web
!. ster and ,.W3nnebaso. The increases
made by the other counties prepon-
derated' these decreases.
The Block Coal Co. yard at Iowa
Citysotook Are due. to spontaneous
combustion. The loss was slight
Dan NJ Overholz OF Iowa City, has
been elected vice.president of the Ma
tional Tamworth Breeders Associa.
ntion. which recently met in Chicago.
-l2:Thsatwo cooperative shipping as.
soelstton organized In Polk county
isstnsprins have had a most success
full season. ~ At Mitchellyille, more
than $50 900 worth of stock has been
shipped since. March Is. At the Run.