Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-07-15

Mike Ford of Cedar Rapids, paving
contractor and theater owner is dead.
Two firemen were badly injured
when fire trucks collided at Water.
loo.
Estherville now has permanent
secretary for her Chamber of Com
merce.
William I. Chamberlain, president
Of Iowa State college from 1886 to
1890, died at his home in Hudson, O.
He was SO years old
Thieves entered clothing store at
Iowa City recently and stole articles
Of clothing valued at more than ST.
600. They have not been apprehend-
ed.
All officers of the Iowa Letter Car.
riers Association were reelected at
the annual convention at Clinton.
They will meet at Cedar Rapids next
year.
G. A. Finkbine, founder, and for
many years president and general
manager of the Wisconsin Lumber
company Of Des Moines, died at his
home recently.
Marion county has new county
engineer in the person of Robert
johnson, who comes to Knoxville
from Keokuk county, where he was
county engineer for the past year.
Eight are dead, two seriously in.
jured, 90 were taken to hospitals in
Humboldt, Ft. Dodge and Livermore
as the result Of wreck caused when
an NJ G. ST. l.. passenger train plung-
ed through trestle near Arnold.
Herbert Ashby and Carl E. Symon,
young bandits who shot Louis Fine
of Cedar Rapids while staging a hold
up of his store, were sentenced to 80
years in the state reformatory at Ana
mosa. There were taken to prison
Immediately.
Gov. ]. A. A. Burnquist recently
sent kilograms to the governors OF
North Dakota, South Dakota, Wiscon-
sin and Iowa, asking them to join
him In urging President Wilson to ap
point a temporary federal fuel adj
ministrator to solve the present coal
situation.
The body of Guy Rankin, wealthy
farmer living near Harvey, who was
drowned recently was found by po-
lice and sheriffs two and one-half
miles down the river from the point
where he went under. Rankin and
his wife were swimming about log
when he started across the river for
The third annual meeting of the
Lake Okoboji Ep*orth league insti-
tute will be held at the Methodist
camp grounds at Spirit Lake from
July 10 to 35. The Rev. w. H.
Spence of Morningside, who has serv-
ed as dean Of the institute faculty
for two years, will continue in that
capacity.
The league OF Iowa municipalities.
composed Of town and city officers
from all over the state, win convene
in Des Moines Aug. II. o 10 inclu-
sive. At about the sa3as time, the
state organization of county officials
will meet in Des Nloines and it is
planned to schedule combined enter
tainments for the two associati5ns.
another log, telling his wife to wait
The recent psschase of The only
general store at l'armer by the stock
holders Of TIE Farmers Cooperative
Elevator Co, has given them control
of the town. Besides the general
store they control the elevator, lum-
Der yard and blacksmith shop. The
town was formerly known as Glas-
gov and is located a few miles from
Cedar Falls.
Third in rank in the entire United
States in the civil service examina-
lions held by the United States geo.
logical survey was the position at
tanned by Waldo Clock, of Vinton,
who received his bachelors degree
this June from the State University
of Iowa. Mr.. Clock was one Of the
five in the college of liberal arts to
graduate with highest distinction
No republican nominee for COVER
nor will be selected at the state con-
vention in Des Moines July 20 until
the delegates have answered at least
five calls of the roll of counties Is the
opinion of those in authority Then
If deadlock between the Moore,
Kendall, Deems and Havner dele
gates still exists, dark horse may
be called into play.
Frank Hanson, aviator, who fell A.
| 900 feet to his death in an attempted
| parachute leap at Casper, Wyo., was
buried in Hampton Hanson was an
Iowa boy and leaves his parents and
six brothers. His death was due to
the failure Of new type of para
chute to open properly. When it fin
ally caught the wind the boy had
attained such velocity that the har-
ness was stripped from his body.
Leaning against loose screen in
the third story of his home, Ole Olson
81 years old, fell to his death below.
| His death was instantaneous a brok.
en- neck being revealed by the cor.
oner's inquest
Wool growers of Iowa will be Civ.
| en- the financial backing of the fed.
eral reserve banking system as soon
as definite plans to make loans to the
wool produces can be worked out
according to an announcement from
Washington received at Iowa Farm
Bureau federation headquarters at
| Ames
DIR. r. MEIER
Veterinarian