Manchester Democrat., 1921-03-30
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now a law. Governor Kendall has al
fixed his signature to the bill.
A report has been issued by the
Census Bureau that the density OF the
population of Iowa is 43.2 people to
the square mile.
Gale Peppers of Groton, who was
elected auditor last fall, has notified
the board of county commissioners
that he will not qualify for the Of
fee.
Senator Smiths bill, increasing
from 5 to 10 mills the state tax on
moneys and credits, was decisively
defeated by the senate by . vote
OF IS to 9.
John G. Anderson, living on farm
north of Pomeroy, purchased forty
three acres from r. J. Bunting for
the consideration of $4,000, or nearly
$400 an acre.
Parents of Harold Zimmerman,
Davis, Iowa, have asked for search
he made for him. He left his home
recently and has not been heard OF
since. It is believed he is in Des
Moines.
Fire destroyed the home Of Albert
Hospodorsky, in Monroe township
close to the Iowa county line, and de-
stroyed all of its contents. The fire
was due to a defective flue.
The greatest violin recital ever
heard in Grinnell was given
by Miss Erika Morini, the young
Galician girl who has been the sensa-
tion of the music season in the east.
Eastern Iowa Retail Lumbermen's
association met In annual convention
in Clinton recently and elected E. G.
Franklin OF Delmar, president, and
w. E. Edwards Of Wyoming, secre-
tary.
Mrs. l. Schooley, pioneer OF Iowa
City, was burned when gas stove
exploded. Her face was blistered, her
hair singed, and her eyebrows and
eyelashes were burned of. Surgeons
believe her eyes will be saved.
Thomas Howard, IS years old,
farmer of Churdan, Iowa, was instant
ly killed when struck by Northwest
ern passenger train No. Is at Ora
labor, six miles north of Des Moines.
Eddie Wehr, IL, who was arrested
in Des Moines after he had escaped
from the epileptic hospital at Wood
ward, was turned over to authorities
from that institution to be taken
back.
Heart failure caused the death OF
Louis L. Smith, 55, Zanorville, Iowa,
who was found lying unconscious IN
the rear of hotel in Des Moines
He was taken to Samaritan Hos
pital and died in few minutes.
Calvin and Albert Gran, OF Hum
boldt, Iowa, narrowly escaped drown
ing when their canoe upset in the
Iowa River at Iowa City. They were
rescued by Fred w. Colby of Des
Moines who padded to the scene in
another shell.
The fate of Ira Pavey now rests In
the hands of Governor Kendall. Judge
Hutchinson of Orange City, Iowa,
has issued an order that he should
be hanged. Pavey was member OF
the famous Burzette gang OF bandits,
whose headquarters were Sioux City.
He was put in the penitentiary Tor
the murder Of Claude Letner, Sioux
| City runner.
According to figures Just compiled
by the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation,
Iowa has the largest surplus OF corn
ever carried at this time OF the year.
| Conservative estimates fix the sur
plus at 25O,OOOOOO bushels. This is
at least 10O, 600, 900 bushels more than
the normal carryover, based on the
ten year average. A similar s1tua
ton is reported throughout all the
corn belt states.
A moonshine plant with a daily
capacity of fifty gallons was raided
by the Sheriff of Fremont county
near Farragut recently. Three fully
equipped stills, 500 gallons Of mash
and complete paraphernalia for the
making of whisky were found. The
equipment was in cunningly con
cealed cave on the Wellington Zim
norman farm, about 200 feet from the
Nishna river bank.
When one of several men visitors
at the home Of Mrs. Sadie Dillon o
Sioux City at 2:30 in the morning
made a light remark about her, she re
sented it with a Smash on the nose.
In the gun battle that followed more
than 100 shots were fired and so IA
as police have learned but one per
son was injured. That person wa
Mrs. Dillon's brother, Elmer Ding
man, who received a bullet through
his lung and cannot live.
William E. "Pussyfoot" johnson
world.famous prohibitionist, seriousl
i'll at Hampton with acute bronchitis
will be unable to leave the hospita
before April /, DR.. J. F. Powers, nj
physician, predicted. Johnson's viii
has been constantly at his bedsid
since her arrival from their Obi
home. DR.. Powers described his ps
tient as "a very sick man." His ten
perature continues high, the docto
: said, and he is unable to sleep.
George P. Johnson, former "fscs
agent" of the defunct Ajaja and c.
real Milling company of Sioux Cit!
was arrested recently. Johnson
charged with embezzlement of $1,000
of funds belonging to the compan,