Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-11-17

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NEWS BRIEFS
David Jordon, aged IS, crawled int
. hay stack on the John ellison farm
two miles southeast Of Knoxville, sc
fire to the stack and was burned t,
e crisp.
The unimproved farm OF John Grill
doen consisting Of 107 acres, north
west Of Prairie City was sold recently
to Neal Kwikens for 1865 an acre. :,
The fifty-fourth annual convention
OF the State Grange will. be held in
lDes Moines, December 14-17, accord
ing to call issued by A. B. Judson,
master.
/, The will Of the late John c. Kelley,
editor of the Sioux City Tribune, be-
Queathed the bulk Of his estate to his
children. His three sons will manage
the paper.
Consolidation of schools will be the
big subject discussed at the Iowa
consolidated school conference at the
Iowa State Teachers college Decem.
Der and 10.
Col. D. G. CHASER, at one time on
the adjutant generals stan Of Iowa,
died at Rochester, MINI. He was a
prominent Iowan and well known
throughout the state.
The George H. Wheeler store at
Woodstock was robbed recently. The
thieves helped themselves to dry
goods, sheep-lined coats, shoes,
sweaters, etc, amounting to about ST.
900.
/ Joseph A. Moore OF Waterloo and
former member OF Company F, One
Hundred Sixty-eighth Infantry, Rain.
bow division, received official notice
'of having been awarded the French
icroix de guerre with bronze star. Mr..
Moore enlisted with Company F while
residing in Cedar Falls.
= The sixty-six annual convention Of
the Evangelical Lutheran synod OF
Iowa, the fifth annual convention Of
the lutheran Brotherhood OF the
Iowa synod. and the forty-sixth an
lnual convention OF the Women's Mis-.
sionary society met in joint session
ct Newton recently. The convention
opened with banquet at which H.
Q. Zepland presided as POSTMASTER.
/ Some strange things have been
brought out OF the recent election.
Chaplain Robb who ran for sherif on
the Democratic ticket in. Polk coun.
~ was elected by more than 10000
majority and was the only democrat
elected In the county while Harding |
carried the county by nearly 10000.
ALI other republican county candi-
dates were elected by large major.
titles.
Myron 3. Cottrell wealthy Iowa
banker was shot and dangerously
wounded during a holdup in Chicago
Mr.. Cottrell was passing along the
street while bandits were firing at a
bank messenger whom they had held \
up and robbed Of 100000, and one
OF the bullets entered his side. He
Is president Of the bank at Logan
and Of the State Bank at Clarion, !,
iowa, and is well known throughout
the state. n
For the second time within week
II. F. Osterland Of Faulkner won the
title OF champion corn grower Of Ii
Franklin county. He took the blue {
ribbon at the corn show put on by
the Citizens National bank. Hamp-
ton. Mr.. Osterland's Reds Yellow
Dent, which he has been raising for I
years for seed, won over a field Of
over. 100 entries. R. F. Sleer OF
Hampton won first in the white corn.
c. g. Taft OF Ames judged the show. !
!. Simon Van Holm Of Pella who left Z
for the Netherlands seven years ago q
for a visit with relatives, returned toll
make his home. While in Holland
the war broke out and he was unable Z
to return until now. He says the peo. 7
pie in that country are in bad con. :
dition, as they are unable to secure I
sufficient necessities OF life to- live d
as prices are abnormally. #
high. He is of the opinion that Hol. e
land suffered more than any other y
country in endeavoring to maintain q
peace. III
Iowa state institutions milk lot ri
Of cows-7S3 altogether during the s.
year ending September /, last. The s
cows are maintained at profit, ii y
the cost OF feed and the value of the h
milk, alone, are compared. The fit. 81
teen institutions got $21O.767 worth q
Of milk from the 783 cows and the y
cost of feed was $s3,9S5. The net b
profit, therefore on this basis was II
$126,S72. OF course the labor costs Il
the state nothing and interest on the y
is not included In the y
report. There was decided increase ID
In the average quantity OF milk got Fl
ten from the cows in 1920 as com. =
pared with 1919. It grew from $685. y
pounds to 1859. It Is the purpose y
Of the state to improve the grade OF 81
the live stock held by the institutions r
~ rapidly as possible. During the =
year. 106 cows gave more than TO- y
900 pounds and in the year previous 10
only eighty. The net value OF the n
milk in the past year was nearly =
$4,000 more than the year before, y
The s year-old son OF August Die. u
trich Of Rodman was caught in a :
corn shelter tumbling rod and killed. .