Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-08-12

Chick, democratic candidate for con.
gress. will not bs placed upon the hal-
lot.
Joseph Lewis Of, Lons Tree was
badly bruised In = runaway. He
chung to the dashboard, holding his
three daughters from being thrown
out. The horse was stopped later
BY Frank Kline, Jr.
William Alvin Burch and his sister.
Mrs. Harriet Grace German. both Of
Clarinds. have brought suit in DIS
trict Court to break their fAthsr's
will of his estate Of 100000. William
was bequeathed $500 and his sister
IS.
William Rouse. Is years old. eae
Of the oldest men In Perry, a resi-
dent OF Dallas county since Des
Moines was village. and . veteran
Of the Mexican war, Is dead at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. G. B.
Crane.
Eva vanleuvan, 10 ,is under arrest
at Council Bluffs on charges Of steal
ing diamond ring and other jswslry
from the home Of Mrs. Carrie Lock
wood while she was being entattaan-
ed by Mr. Lockwood during hts wics's
absence.
Miss Beryl Hart, former member
Of the Iowa University faculty. was
recommended by the Columbia w.
versity officials to the Belgian COM
mittee Of the Commission Tor Relief
in Belgium. and was appointed to
fellowship overseas BY the COM
mission. Miss Hart 10 the daughter
Of Former County Attorney w. q.
Hart, ST.. and sister Of Lieutenant
Hart, Jr.. of Iowa City.
George v. Puntney died at the home
of his daughter. Mrs. Nellie Sanborn,
at Cresco. Mr.. Puntney had reach
ed the ripe age Of one hundred years.
He was one Of the early pioneers Of
Winneshiek country. going there fron
Virginia. as millwright. He built
the first saw mill ON the Canoe crsek
in the year 1851. subsequently, hs
built flour mill at Plymeuth Rock
and ran 1t for number Of years.
Iowa has collected so, ore .s7B:ss in
license fees from 1911 to July Il. 1870
a period of ten years. from owners
of autos. trucks. and motor vehicles
that ply the highways OF the state.
During that period Of time, Iowans
have purchased 3o4.717 moro gasolins
and electric motor vehicles than they
had in 1911. Up to July Is, 1890, 10
vans had registered 414,7ee, motor
vehicles while in 1911 they registered
and paid license fees for only $1,000
motor vehicles.
One Of the most unique sathseiAgs
ever held will come together 1t Ro-
land on the afternoon Of 6unday, AuS.
20. In the forenoon beginning Ct II
o'clock there win b speciaa services
in the English Language q the bsP-
gen church. Immediately aetse the
services the survivors among tho re
men and women who have bseu CO.,
firmed by the Rev. @. Smsdai, pastor
of the Bergen Lutheran church, viii
gather on the Bergen parsonage lava
for a picnic dinner.
The activities Of the state educa-
tionol department Of Iowa. which has
attracted the attention OF cittzens
and educators in other states. prompt
ed Francis A. Stranger, Jr., an attor.
ney, of Bridgeton. N. j.. to visit the
state capitol to confer with 6upsria-
tendent McClsnahan on the plan o.
school consolidation Ia the country
districts. It Is his intention to sub-
NIT the Iowa plan for consolidated
schools to the board OF education in
his home county.
Railroads operating In Iowa win a
August 10th have in hand revised
schedules covering freight and pas
senger rates they wish effective n
this territory. On August II. the
Iowa State railroad commission viii
meet again. and either approve or dis
approve Of the schedules. Between
August 10 and II, associations Of ship
pers or others interested may have
time to study the rates asked BY the
railroads, and be ready on August II
to voice either approval or disappfev-
al in part or in total.
Fumes from the gasolene in paint
with which Merle Ferren, Of Colo.
was covering the walls OF cistern 1t
his home. came near proving fatal.
The young man had been working In
the cistern for some time. His mo.
Their, who was working in the kitchen
nearby, missed his usual noise Il
work after a time and going to tho
cistern found that he had topplsd
over and was lying in the bottom ap-
parently Unconscious. Help was at
once summoned and he was removed
In an unconcious condition.
Passenger travel between interior
Iowa points is likely to cost no more
than 1t does now, even after the 20
per cent increase in rates ordered BY
the interstate commerce commission
has been applied to interstate traffic,
on September /. Tho conclusion that
the Iowa railroad commission will re.
gard itself to be without authority to
increase passenger fares inside Iowa
in conformity with the interstate in
crease, was made very clear BY the
commission. upon rate increase petit
tions filed by the railroads.
Iowa will lose two pioneer families
this month when c. E. Smith and
Rev. w. M. Rose, both Of Pleasant.
Vile. in Marion county. leave. with
their wives, to make their future
home in Philomath. Ore, about 100
miles south of Portland.
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