Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-06-03

sank.
"A double wedding which was also .
doubling up Of family relations,
through which the older bridegroom
became at once the uncle. and the
stepfather-in-law OF his niecs's Aus-
band and father-in-law to his niece,
while his bride. the mother Of the
younger bridegroom, became the aunt
to her son and ct the same time the
mother-in-law and aunt to her hus-
bands niece, has been solemnized in
Davenport. Will someone please
page Solomon.
After serving Black Hawk county
as Its agricultural expert for period
OF eight years, consecutively. A. A.
Burger has declined to accept the Of
fer OF the directors Of the county
farm bureau to remain in the office
another year at salary of $4.z5o and
mileage and will retire from the ofIice
Oct. 1. No successor has yet been
named. Burger is the pioneer county
agent in Iowa, Black Hawk county BE-
Ing the first county in the state to
maintain such an officer.
Two thousand lowe State College
students, out Of total Of 1895 who
voted on the question of proposed!
memorials for the union building.
more than 1000 voted for memorial
grove in conjunction with the union
The vote for monument. which
Was next highest, totaled only g.
Smaller numbers of votes were cast
for a fountain, q museum, an arch.
and an auditorium. Between IS and
30 per cent Of the undergraduate stu.
dents took part In the balloting.
The Rock Island arsenal will lay
off $50 men week until the peace
time basis Of $500 men is reached.
This will be attained about Juno 80.
The arsenal will discharge $500 men.
following war department orders to.
discontinue and dismanue certain
sections Of the plant The arsenal
reached Its highest point during the.
last days Of the war. when Is, 900 men
were employed there. Many OF the
arsenal employees are from eastern
cities and large portion will return.
What is believed to be the record
price paid in Iowa for hog OF the
same age. has just been received by
George o. Satire, Of Stanhope, for q
Poland China boar, Giant Wonisr, 3
years old last March. Mcdonald
Bros, of owatonna, MIMI. bou zht the
animal for $4,000. The animal has
never been exhibited, conse luently
has no prize winning record to bring
him into prominence. However. his.
full brother Giant Wonder I Am. was
the sweep stakes champion at the,
Iowa state fair last summer.
Iowa counties are taking steps to,
straighten smaller rivers in order to-
increase the land areas and to I'm,
prove the drainage Of bottom lands to-
prevent overflow. The agricultural.
engineering extension department OF
Iowa State College has already been
working on projects in Crawford.
Wayne, Decatur, Ringgold, Allama-
kee and Keota countfes. In most OF
these cases the riveps were shortened
considerably by the new system. Tho.
general plan Of the work fs to dix q
new channel for the river, straighten
1t out and then drain the adjoining
land to the ditch. Thfs imsures the,
land for use as the danger Of over
How is removed. say the extension
men.
The Waterloo Cedar Fails & North.
ern Railway Company have requested
the Waterloo city council to grant the
street car company an increase in fare
from to 10 cents. The company
agrees to furnish twenty-five working
persons tickets for 81 and twenty chill
dren's tickets for $1.00. The street car
officials also agree to purchase twenty
new safety street cars as soon as the,
increase is granted and viii take
other steps to improve the service.
No increase in fares have been grant
ed the local line since It was estab-
lished twentyfour years ago. The
street car officials submit q list of
ffty-nine cities where 1O-cent fare 10
in force. None Of the cities are west
Of the Mississippi river.
Sheep owners OF lows VINO are IN
need of a sheep shearer can be sup
Piled from their county ssent's ofice
on application. Many farm bureaus.
have secured an experienced. shearer
with good machine, and the price.
Tor shearing is 25 to 30 cents head,
or 20 to 35 cents whore fiocks are.
small It is suggested that owneYsl
OF small fiocks bunch sheep for Shear.
ing in their neighborhoods and save,
money. 1t has been found that shear.
ers have charged ag high as 80 to 60
cents head, which Is 10 to Is per
cent of the value Of the fleece. This
price Is considered exorbitant ana the
farm bureau has secured the servlee
of shearer to protect the farmess
against excessive charges.
Hamlin Garland and Octave Thanst
are 1owans and have written Of Iowa
Emerson Hough and Randal FsrYfsh
and Edwin L. Sabin came from Iowr-
Besides contributing novelfsts who1e
books are listed among the six best
sellers. Iowa has developed nistoriars.
and scientific writer's, has Scstere6;
poets like Arthur Davfsno g1tks aaAa
Edwin Ford Piper, and addsf KumorA
lists to the mixture. Bob Hrdetto;
reached fame thru the oolsmns, OF the,
Burlington Hawkeye and 11ltS rarIk,:,
or Butler was born ana efsN - r. ~.