The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09
Iowa News
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now totals ffty-fve blocks.
Iowa now has % Of its 90 counties
enrolled in some kind of project work.
The annual migration Of Mexican
laborers into the beet fields Of north
ern Iowa has begun.
At Charles City the d. A. r. chap
ter members have planted three wild
crab apple trees In q park.
A camp ground has been provided
for the many Iowa farmers who drive
to Ames on sightseeing trips.
| The annual convention Of the Iowa
State Federation Of Labor will be
held in Waterloo June 18th to 21st.
The school Of journalism at Grin
nell college will forecast the Clsve-
land G. o. p. convention In farce
play.
The semiannual distribution Of
government funds at Traer left each
Of the 21s Indians participating $22.s4
| richer.
Telephone calls In Des Moines dur
ing 1923 averaged more than $50 each
for every man, woman and child In
the city.
Sales Of farms at Alta. Shenandoah
and Charles City at $40. $3.50 and
$226 an acre respectively have been
reported.
The Newton graduating class will
leave fund of 31eo interest on 1t to
go into q substantial book for the II
brary every year.
Scholarship requirements to mem
bership in Iowa Wesleyan college
Greek letter fraternities have been
banned at Mt. Pleasant.
| To live long enough to rejoice In
the holden wedding Of his son. IL the
unique record Of Charles M. Hubbard.
81 years old of Cedar Rapids.
Reports from over the state shsw
that the farmers are too pre-occupisd
with crop planting and other duties
to pay much attention to the political
fight.
Leslie M. Shaw. former secretary Of
the treasury, viii give the commence
ment address at Teachers college
June 8. The college will have about
500 graduates.
| In the tremendous production Of
beef and cattle necessary to satisfy
Uncle Sans prodigious appetite for
this meat, Iowa, as usual, IL playing
leading part
The building committee Of Za-Ga-
Zig temple is busy gathering infor-
nation and formulating plans for
the new Shrine temple to be erected
In Des Moines.
Miss Mary Albert of Lansing,
nurse at the Cook County hospital In
Chicago, is home for a month. She
bobbed her hair and was suspended
for that period.
Books dealing with the intimacy of
government life at Washington and
those outlining the various depart
mental activities Of the government
are In great demand throughout Iowa.
The fight against typhoid fever in
Iowa is gaining ground. Reports
which are printed in the current Iowa
Health Bulletin, issued by the state
board. show that typhoid deaths have
steadily decreased.
Contrasting with the gubernatorial
campaign two years ago, Des Moines
VIII be the hub Of campaign actiyi.
ties for the eight candidates In this
years race. i've Of whom are plan.
ming headquarter there.
The Iowa travelling library of Des
Moines Is composed Of thousands of
volumes which are made available to
unorganized library communities. 10
cfeties and groups of people not In
close touch with a public library.
For the fifth time in as many years
Iowa schools are leaders in health
education work. according to an
nouncement received at the Office Of
the Iowa tuberculosis Association
from the national association at New
York.
The road building and paving cam.
'aign program Of the Iowa Good Roads
association, launched at a Meeting Of
leading business men of Iowa IA re-
ceiving the unqualified support Of all
or those cities which were represent.
ed at the conference.
announcement Of the second an
nual training course for teachers IN
vacation Bible schools, which WIN be
held May goth to 22nd at the Iowa
Bible Training school, has been
made by the executive secretary OF
the Polk County Sunday School Coun.
ell OF Religious Education. Dea
Moines.
The 1924 crop in Iowa has started
under fairly favorable Conditions
The early spring was rather cold and
backward, but Notwithstanding. the
oat crop was practically all IN ON
time. Only certain portions OF thu
state were delayed with the seeding
Of this crop. There appears to bs
some Increase in the amount of oats
sown In the state.
Camp Dodge swimming pool WIN
open either on June 7th or June 1ltb
according to the weather. II a An.
nounced by the Des Moinss PLAY.
ground association now engaged in
choosing the manager. iies Su..A. 80