Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-06-10
Iowa News
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rom the Mason City High schoo
June 4. President Flint Of Cornell
College was the speaker.
Reports indicate that the financia
stringency in Iowa is less apparen
now than q few weeks ago, and tha
the tight money condition is I'm
proving.
Forty-two head of Angus cattl,
We're sold at the w. H. Cooper sal,
barn In Hedrick at an average of So,
zlO. The top COW Elluna E, brough
$4,000. All Of the cattle came from
MI. Cooper's reserve stock. He hos
Approximately 70 per cent of Iowa,
1920 corn crop is now in the ground
In Carrcl. Buena Vista, Pocohonta,
and some territory in adjacent coun
ties, 80 to 95 per cent of the corr
/ is planted and the first planted is two
inches high.
More than $1,000 worth Of auto
mobile tires were tolen from the
Charlottesville garage by thieves who
loaded the tires on truck and drove
away. The tires were all corded ant
the most expensive carried by the
sales company.
The Iowa state highway commission
VIII not approve any more highway
paving contracts than it believes car
be completed this year. Neither vii
1t approve any more projects for this
year than those that already are un
der way and are about to be let.
In preparation for the establishing
OF free mail delivery system al
Belle Plaine on July 1, the announce
ment Is made that civil service ex
animation will be held in Belle Plaine
for two carriers and a substitute car
rier.
$3.50. 900 worth of stock in fire.
=. Clark Coleman, Hepburn butcher
was smothered to death under the cal
whea he drove his Ford into II
.s1bes S6llsy north of Clarinda. He
was pinned beneath with his face in
mud and water.
Eighteen persons were injured when
two street cars loaded with Rock
island arsenal employees figured in a
rear end collision at the entrance OF
the arsenal in Davenport. All of the
victims were rushed to hospitals
where 1t was later reported that all
would recover
In several Iowa counties farmers
have taken the examination which
will authorize them to do their own
vaccination of swine. The matter is
under the authority Of the animal
husbandry department at Ames. From
Polk county there were fifteen applt
cants tor the examination.
Admitting that he had sold his wife
for $1,000 In cash, Raymond Dawes
Of Davenport barred the details Of
one of the most shocking violations
OF law and the rules of society at the
coroner's inquest over the dead body
of the woman he sold, Mrs. Leota
Dawes. The woman died from an
overdose Of choroform.
A book Of poems written by Earle
Sloan Smith, former Fort Madison
school principal but for the past three
years missionary at Illiolo, Japan,
has been issued. The poems, which
were written for the Fort Madison
Democrat, were obtained for book
use by a San francisco publishing
house. All OF the poems deal with
child and animal life.
Hog production in Iowa will be re.
duced SO per cent this year, due to
losses this spring. The cold, rainy
weather has caused many farmers to
lose the greater portion Of their pigs
before they could get them started.
Iowa did not breed as many sows as
usual. due to the high cost Of corn,
80 that the pig crop shortage will be
greater than ever before.
Steps to reclaim 700 acres now in
Lake Peosta for the city of Dubuque
have been taken by the city officials
Advocates of the plan say they see.
no reason why the city's debt of $780,,
600 may not be paid by the reclaimed
land. The city owns the lake by viz
tue of deed from the Iowa genesal
assembly. Not only would sale of
the land bring the city big revenue.
but would give more land Tor growth
At the annual meeting of the Iowa
Association of the Blind at Vfnton
a movement was started to raise a
loan fund to assist blind people, who
have mastered trade, in starting In
business. The association discussed
the newly adopted uniform type for
the blind. as compared with the New
I, York point system, which has been
used in Iowa for more than FORTY
years, and unanimously favored the
latter system.
/! During the year ending March 1,
40 county agents Of Iowa resigned and
LOT this number 10 have returned to,
1.-THE farm. Others went to county
work in neighboring states, two went
to farm papers and three went tu
other organizations as secretaries
This number is on an average witn,
the figures Of 1919 since in that yeur
~ resigned. At present there are two
vacancies in the county agent fopee,
Many times an agent will resign nfs
position in one county and go ~ q
nearby county 30 that he is stii1. n,
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