Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-07-01


solidation by the board Of education
OF the Norwegian Lutheran Church Of
America.
Four applications OF Iowa boys
have been approved for the six weeks
summer school at the naval training
station at the Great lakes. Over .
score more applications are on hls.
The allotment of Attythree boys for
Iowa will be filled very soon. There
will be total attendance at the SUM
mer school Of 1000 boys. They will
receive pay at the rate Of $SS month
for the six weeks they are Ia school
and will be put to practically no OK
pense. The work will include physi-
cal development, discipline, education
of character, and the cultivation Of
naval traditions Religious education
will not be neglected.
Members Of the Iowa State veterin-
ary association met in Des Moines re-
Gently to discuss matters Of import.
ance to the live stock interests Of
the state. E. H. Cunningham. secre-
tary of the Iowa Farm Bureau fedora
tion, presenting the side Of the farm
ers, and expressed hope that the
deliberations would result in closer
and more confidential relationship in
the future between the farmer and
the veterinarian. Mr.. Cunningham
pointed out, in his address, that serum
is now being sold by the manufactur-
ers at 1c per cubic centimeter. The
farmer is able to purchase this serum
at the state biological laboratories at
cost The veterinarians. In an ex-
ecutve session after Mr.. Cunning
hams address, voluntarily recon-
mended that the charge for serum to
the farmers In the future should car
ry a profit not exceeding Is per cent
OF the manufacturers cost. or INC
per c. c.. exclusive Of professional SER
vices.
It has been years since Iowa has
had as many plank roads as she has
now. Probably very few counties
have gotten this far through the year
without having mud holes which It
has been utterly impossible to make
passable without laying board paths
for the car wheels. In the Immediate
vicinity of Ames on two of the main
roads where drainage has been taken
care of in the ordinary fashion with
side bitches and which for several
i seasons have given no trouble, It has
been necessary to bridge over the
i spots with plank pathways. Sleepers
were laid upon the mud and upon
these two lines Of 2x12 boards, two
planks wide, making path two feet
wide for each side, were laid. The
J most extensive road of this kind so
! far reported comes from Marshall
county. where the stretch of bottom
road south and west Of LAmoiNs was
planked for several hundred feet.
Planking road In Iowa seems like q
rather primitive way of road mainten-
ance but 1t was probably the only
method possible for making some
stretches Of road passable for cars.
All sorts Of things Of more than
common interest are happening In
Iowa. For instance, growing two bu-
shells of corn where one grew before.
Speeding up the hen. Competing
with other states for the supremacy
in dairy products. Buying more au-
tos than other states. Building pala-
tial modern schools out upon the
prairies Starting new banks by the
score while the old ones grow might
Ter than ever. thus becoming inde-
pendent Of the money centers. And q
thousand other things. Quietly and
unostentatiously, few persons have
launched a movement that will In
time receive recognition as of equal
value with any Of the others. There
Is a Beautiful Iowa movement started.
There are no boomers behind 1t. It
will not be exploited as some other
movements are. But It will gain
strength and adherents from day to
day. For the time is ripe. Iowa ia
growing wealthy. Perhaps Weather
than most Iowans are aware of. The
necessities Of life are provided for,
!, The long hard struggle for mere ex.
istence lies behind the people. They
have conquered Iowa in the fullest
sense of the word And they are
very proud of it. The next step is ia
make themselves perfectly at home
in Iowa. To provide for all mannei
of conveniences and to make Iowa
not only a richer Iowa, better Iowa,
, but also Beautiful Iowa. Here peo
pie are arriving at that period when
! they begin to hunger for beauty, az
they fought for the material things In
past decades. They want the finest
! houses, the finest Of everything II
their houses. they want the best au
tos and they want good roads to ride
upon and then they. will want more
!. than all else beautiful country to rid,
!, thru, beautiful spots to visit. In {
, little while Beautiful Iowa will be en-
listing many thousands, where ther,
}. are few score today and then Iowl
will again become what the Red Ma1
!. found her "The Beautiful Land"
The federal reserve board hai
granted the plea Of wool growers from
;. all parts of Iowa that the federal RI
|. serve banks lend financial assistance
to the sheepmen and has made pos
. !. sible the granting Of loans on WOO
held in storage. Western wool mel
!. were especially hard hit and wtthou
government aid would have had /,
. food the market with cheap wool Il
: order to meet feeding loans contracl
ed last winter. This movement