The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-02
Iowa News
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Washington, Iowa, has new golf
course and a contract has been let for
a new club house.
| Kanawha business men are advocat-
ing the paving of their main street for
several blocks from the railroad north.
The Fort Dodge district convention
of the Women's Foreign Missionary
society win be held here May 9Th and
7th.
ID. A. r. chapter members planted
three large wild crab apple trees on
the newest of Charles City's small
parks.
March building contracts In Iowa
amounted to $3,74O,3O0 according to
figures compiled by the F. w. Dodge
company.
New Market is without a pool hall,
following the passing of prohibitive
ordinance.
Page, Fremont and Taylor county
American Legion members will bold
a rally at Clarinda May 18th.
A recent survey shows that there
are 100000 persons living within a
radius Of 100 miles of Des Moines.
The nrst annual Industrial expo
sition Of Fairfield manufacturers, will
be held at Fairfield May 18th, 18th
and 18th.
Following a six weeks revival cam
paign at Perry an organized effort is
being made to close Sunday moving
picture shows.
In one weeks evanagelistic SER
vices at the Methodist church at Cla-
rinda, there were seventy-five acces-
sions to the church.
Minerva Junction has owned a per-
fectly good and well appointed Jail for
many years but for more than a year
it has known no occupant.
Henry Larson, living near Postville,
has some hens that do" their bit" In
two weeks he sold SIS worth; one
week S41, and lost week $34.
"Out of the Shadows" the tubercu-
losis film from the United States de-
partment of agriculture, was shown in
Page county by the farm bureau.
A baseball diamond, bathing beach,
dancing pavilion and restaurant will
be included in Knoxville new amuse-
ment center on the Des Moines river.
The Salvation Army, the national
Shrine home for crippled children
| and the Public Welfare Bureau of
Des Moines each received $1,000 from
the fund raised at the Shrine circus
at Des Moines.
Ground has been broken at Knox
vile for the first of the 1924, and the
largest program of paving in the city's
history. The project calls for total
of forty to sixty blocks.
Nonresident dependents of Des
Moines and Polk county will be re-
fused aid by the welfare organiza-
tions II plans approved by the welfore
representatives are accepted by the
board of supervisors.
Laborers are busily engaged in over.
hauling, repairing and redecorating
the structures in Riverview park, Des
| Moines, so that II will be In first class
condition for amusement seekers
when it opens on Saturday, May 18th.
This years records for horse prices
at the weekly sales that have been
held at Cedar Rapids went to smash
when big drafty we'll matched team
of Belgians sold for $555 and a bay
gelding weighing more than a ton
went for s317.50.
Purchase ow the Willet farm of $50
acres adjoining the Mount Pleasant
State Hospital for the Insane, at 5000
an acre, was approved by the state
executive council late Monday. A re-
cent bill passed by the assembly au-
thorized the purchase.
Ten meetings will be held by
groups Of Iowa bankers during May.
The southern group meetings will be
at Council Bluffs, Creston, Ottumwa.
Muscatine, Marengo and the northern
group meetings at Elkader, Algona.
Iowa Falls, Nevada, Sioux City.
Des Moines led all Iowa cities in
number Of building permits issued
during March, survey of the Iowa
bureau Of labor statistics shows. Du-
buque was second with 1877 permits
against 206 for Des MONIES. Cedar
Rapids issued 113 and Davenport 1o2.
Grand Junction gravel DIT, long IA
nous for fits fishing, is no more. The
pit and adjacent territory have been
purchased by four Boone men. who
have re-christened it Spring lake and
have formed company to develop the
place into one OF the finest summer
resorts in that section.
or the 132,000.O0O pounds of cream.
cry butter produced by the 435 cream
cries In Iowa. during 1923, over 1875.
100000 Of pounds were manufact.
ured in Des Moines. To produce that
amount Of butter 100000 pounds of
cream or approximately 500 900 gal.
Ions OF milk were required.
Haverhill claims the UNIQUE distinc.
ton OF having more churches and re-
ligious denominations than any other
town Of Its size In the state. The
town boasts q population OF bu. a
trifle over 800 souls.
Articles OF incorporation for the
Iowa Agricultural corporation. with A
capital stock OF $500, 900 and head.
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