The Minnesota fiery cross., 1924-05-16

College at Ames The building Wa
cost approximately $1,000.
The town of Yale is doing ava
with telephone poles on Main sire,
and is placing all wires of the tele
phone company underground.
Flowing for corn in Bremen county
is about so per cent completed, !
was estimated here today. All early
oats are up three to four inches high,
Examinations totalling 13,50S were
made at the Des Moines Health Cen
ter in 1923 as against 1854 in 1922,
according to the report OF DR.. A. ID.
Mckinley, medical director Of the in
stitution.
Lieut.. Gov. George Richard Lunn,
OF New York, who sold papers on the
streets of Des Moines thirty-eight
years ago. was visitor in the city
recently for the first time in that
number of years.
An art exhibit Is being sponsored
by the Des Moines Federation Of Col
| ored Women's Clubs. Proceeds Of
sale OF handicraft will be donated for
the benefit of the colored girls dormi-
tory at the University of Iowa.
With total of 3O4 permits, issued
and representing q total valuation of
$964,000, the month of April has set
a new record In number of building
permits issued. The best previous
record was 2s5 permits issued last
May.
At a recent meeting of bus opera
tors June 18th was set as the date for
the Fageol safety coach to leave Des
Moines for twelve-day trip of 1000
miles through northern Minnesota.
Twelve couples have made arrange
ments to make the trip.
Shipping rats with a .22-caliber rife
In the city dump as snipers fire on
enemy soldiers at the battle front, E.
X. Walizer Of Des Moines won The
Registers fourth annual rat killing
crusade with total kill of 1883 rats.
The total killed In Iowa is estimated
at 1,500.000.
Railroad mems unions comprise the
latest group to enter active opposi-
tion to the expansion of bus line
transportation In Iowa. These un-
ions are said to have Joined with the
railroads, chambers Of commerce and
boards OF supervisors In arguments
against the granting of q bus line per-
mits to companies which desired to
operate between Des Moines, Boone
and Fort Dodge.
Poppies made by disabled vetsr-
ans Of the world war will be sold in
Des Moines on May 20 by Veterans of
Foreign Wars. The proceeds of the
sale will go toward the aid of service
men and their dependents, the pur-
chase and upkeep Of burial plots,
military funerals, hospital relief and
entertainment, and service bureau
work.
The one hundred and forty-fourth
anniversary Of the birth of Chief Keo-
kuk from whom Keokuk takes its
name, will be celebrated by local citi-
zens this month. Although the ex-
act date Of Keokuk's birth has never
been established, historians and re-
search workers are practically agreed
that the powerful chieftain first saw
light Of day in Illinois In Rock River
in May 1850.
Supporting evidence Of the best
sort that Iowa IL on a fundamentally
| sound basis and one of the real lead
ers Of all the states is supplied by the
recent tabulation Of national wealth
OF the federal census bureau-the first
In ten years. Iowa furnishes more
than $10,500, 100000 of the total ma
tional wealth Of roughly $500 0,0O0, ,000,-
600, represented in tangible assets of
all sorts, being exceeded by only
eight other states.
Speakers at the meeting of the
Gas association Of Iowa, at Atlantic,
have been stressing the fact that the
utilities Of the country, the light,
power, telephone and traction com.
panies, as well as many others which
furnish service to the people, are
passing into the hands of the people
they serve, who are buying their
stock and securities and are partici-
pating in the profits of the business
their own patronage has built up.
The acreage of early potatoes was
reported to be 96 per cent of that
planted last year and 98 per cent of
a normal acreage by the Iowa weather
and crop service of the state depart.
ment Of agriculture there recently.
The report states that peaches In
most sections of the state were bad.
ly injured by winter freezing and
blackberries were also damaged In
some sections of the state. There
will be per cent more orchard spray.
ing done this year than In 1928. the
report estimates, and about s Der cent
more orchard spraying done than u.s.
ual.
The complete premium list for the
1924 Iowa state fair, Aug. 20-29, con.
stituting an unusually large array of
cash offerings is announced by the
fair management. This years premi-
iums total S137,962.25, or S14,s47 more
than the amounts offered in last years
fair and the second largest ever an.
nounced in the history OF the Iowa ex.
position. The cash offerings of the
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