Algona Upper Des Moines (Newspaper) - January 9, 1929, Algona, Iowa 29 Druggists Mutual Insurance Company Now Doing Busi ness in Eleven ORGANIZED HERE TWENTY Al Organizer and Man Made Company His Life fife Asset for The Druggists Mutual Insurance Company of Iowa has issued its an showing total assets of Pew Algona folks realize the big insurance business be ing done in eleven states the Algona offices of this which was organized here just twenty years by M Falken has made it his lifes and lias reason to be proud of the wonder ful growth of the The com pany was ithe handling druggists and has constantly In 1914 the assets of the company were the next five years mounted to Dur ing ithe five year period from 1919 to 1924 the assets jumped up a hundred thousand dollars to and the last five years the statement shows a gain of over a hun thousand the total assets now being over A surplus of is now By careful management ithe cost of in surance has been substantially reduced and for the past eight years dividends of forty per cent have been returned to policy holders each The com pany owns its own building in Al listed at Mortgages and collateral loans are nearly government and other cash an banks at The company is now doing business in Min Missouri Seymours Sophia Ellis Underwood died ast Saturday morning at the home of her Addie on Minnesota Un il the evening before her death she had been in her usual She did not rest well Friday night and the fol owing morning about she the cause of her death being old Sophia Was born August at She was the daughter of John and Rebecca Me Arthur El After finishing her secondary work attended at She came to at of fourteen x She Was married to Myron un derwood on April at Steamboat Who a veteran of the Civil died about wenty years and after his death Underwood went to live with her daughter who was then residing at Underwood was a member of the Eastern Star Chapter and the Rebekah lodge of Eldora In 1925 she came to live with Seymour and during dence here has made many She is survived her and two Under wood of Wyoming and Underwood of Van Califor One was killed in the war at San Juan Another Robrt E of died in France during the World Underwood was the last survivor of her family except a niece who lives in Short funeral services were held at the home of Seymour last even ing with Seward officiat Seymour and her left this morning for where burial will be made They were to meet their Underwood at El Catherine and Boyden Under children of the late Robert Underwood of Tennes were unable to attend the funeral of their grandmother because of the death of mothers who a day or two before Underwood passed JUDGE DAVIDSON Told of Necessity of Nations Adopting Kellogg Pact to Abolish MODERN MACHINES OF WAR Mayor Ogren Wears Blue Denim Mayor Ogren is going around in blue denim and hardly has tittle to marry a couple or fine a booti He says he is painting the fami ly auto and promises to come out bright and shining Now that the weather has closed in and he is unable to put the finishing touches on Foit alias Number Three on the golf he found it to take up some other mayor is an active man and can still under any Next War Would be Against Not Said Judge Jrr The property by the Algona it appears Heise the highest bidder at sale of on West State street Bave Bad Judge Davidson of Emmets burg was in Algona Monday on his way to Humboldt where he convened the January term of with his who is court were the guests of the Rotary club and the judge gave a very inter esting talk on the Kellogg Early Judge Davidson told of the early in the history of the world men battles hand He described the Battle of Hastings when Harold crowned of England and in the war that followed Norway and Flanders when bat tles were fought with bows and arrows and how Duke the after an unsuccessful attempt to move the English forces said Shoot up Norman that your ar may fall down upon The king was mortally and the English broke and Then came the use of gun powder and men fought at a During the World the use of gas made it one of the deadly and destructive war lii the history of the Should other war take place it will be a bat tle against the people instead of a battle between armies and whole na tions may be The Kellogg Pact provides for a treaty between nations that will Senator Reed and he oppose the pact and hold that a treaty is a mere scrap of while Senator Borah and others are fighting It is Davidson pub Carl Carlson Asks for a Caroline Carlson of Titonka has filed a petition asking for a di from Carl Carlson on the ground of and inhuman She asks for a temporary alimony and v permanent The Carlsons have seven all mdn and Carlson asks the custo dy of five of three girls and two FARM BUREAU DOING GOOD WORK of Activities During Past Year Makes a Fine ITEMS DISCUSSED IN MUCH Strong County Delegation to Attend Annual Meeting at Des Moines Next NEW CONGRESSIONAL j REPRESENTATION Fenn Would Give Iowa Nine Congressmen Instead of DISTRICT WOULD BE District Would be Changed but Still Contain Fourteen By County Agent Annual reports are filed with the state and national departments each year by county agents in regard to work during that Kossuth coun ty is large and in a territory of its size local work may not seem so im but in the aggregate the amount of work accomplished during 1928 is The farm bureau ia cooperative and Kossuth county where over twothirds of the people live on farms where towns transact from 65 to 98 per cent of all the With farmers the addition of a few dollars to the average farmers net income means many thousands to the banks and busi ness houses of the The assessed valuation of farm pro perty in Kossuth county is over and supports a business that adds between eleven and thirteen mil lion dollars to Kossuth county busi ness each In working with this business the agent held 246 meetings with a total attendance of A to tal number of 623 farm visits were made 2866 individual were written 3486 bulletins were ed circular letters written and 126 blue prints Almost 2500 farmers called at the farm Respected Hurt Pioneer IB Charlotte Godden died last Wednesday at the home of her daugh Fred who lives on East McGregor street in Godden came to Algona a few months ago to spend the winter with her She contracted the flu and died after an illness of about two brief mention of her death was made in last weeks Charlotte Victoria Hudson wag born January at She was the daughter of Washington and Rosana and was youngest of twelve three sis ters and nine all of whom have proceeded her in except one Squire of She came to Iowa in 1867 and three years later on May she was married to Moses Godden died at his home south of April and Godden were the parents of nine eight of whom are The Godden fam ily has for years been one of the most highly thought of in the Burt neigh Funeral services were held at the Bunt Presbyterian church Saturday afternoon at two Aten and had charge of the Interment was made at the Burt The eight who are left to mourn her death are Ja and Isenberg all of Burt Gutknecht of Iowa Ryther of Al gona and Ole Kristofferson of Mason Another Cora died May Methodists Will Hold Rally Meeting The meeting of the Methodist minis ters of the Algona district will be held in the Methodist church next Monday for a day of prayer All the pastors of the Al gona district are expected to In the evening there will be a great mass meeting with a delegation of A known as the Fenn has been introduced in congress to reap portion the congressional districts in the various Under the con the ratio of congressmen for each based upon popula state entitled to I sd at the farm bureau for ithe excellent pro office and over 4900 telephone calls Evangelism f The were answered in regard to farm merits a large Work is divided into major Members of other communities are in for by Harry Wilson dur automobile IB e Webster County by tew It is the building be completely cov twp and should reas worth is after They were crossing the intersection at the corner of Dodge and streets and al most across when the end of heir model A Ford sedan was struck y another Ford by Dix on of Both cars were turn ed completely around and over on their sides against the It is under stood that coming from of speed M failed to notice carin time to swing out and around it as le probably could hafe doneas there were no other cars in sight The Shirleys received a of bruises from as the result of jut were Dix oh was but not seriously injured The cars quite badly and the Shirleys have traded their car in on new They were fortunate that the accident more John Shirley was able to return school work at Iowa City ago Amie After ill was Miss received a them last week in which lhat Galbraith js better and on the road to re w j evening after the Father of i Hough returned home Monday where he was called last Thursday by the death of his John The elder Hough was eightyseven years of age time of his He was a veteran of the Civil War and the service was held at tne funeral Since his W Drive Here from and of are visiting at the home of the formers and The from California by the southern route arriving just before Their trip took them through El Fort Worth and Kansas City and on up through Deg At they made a Jittle side trip to see Rooseveldt and at El Paso they crossed the bor der to They took their time in making the trip and arrived in Algona after being on the road ten was th former Zada and is a Mark Another now Clarence The other sis ters all in the has been in the electrical retail and contracting business at sold out The will remain in Algona until some time in They plan tp return Glendale toy the northern Thig is first visit in Al gona since her Victory Day Program Given by projects and are summarized as lows Legumes and our soils are some of and should profit by The following program will be car ried out the that Make only veterans living Mr rather Mr Hough died Hough is still living Time Once again the Upper Pea wishes to thank its for their in paying their subscriptions nd remind those as yet paj that the month of January js fpr and that we are them at any n wish to pr a lo tiie fey We a enjoy short visit with our su SS of whom taken forty Of those Wo pay wp Statement we but sent We can save magazines w clu greeting to The ninth birthday of national pro falls on January The Algona church bells will ring for nine minutes at day in celebration of the A covered dish supper to which members and others Interest ed are will be served in the Methodist church dining room at six thirty in the Following at the following will be given the and wilk have but districts in stead of The Monkey Wrench The Third congressional district in Iowa is known as the Monkey Wrench It comprises Dela Black Brem Wright and Hardin coun ties and takes the shape of a monkey hence its When this district was Dubuque for in was almost unanimous demo By adding several strong re publican counties near the central part of the the district had a republi Under the Fenn Dubuque and Delaware would be a of the Third district and would take in the northeast counties and the Monkey Wrench district would pass out of The Tenth The Tenth congressional district is at present the largest district in the state and is composed of the follow ing fourteen counties Palo Alto and Under the Fenn the district would be known as the Eighth district arid would contain the following fourteen counties Palo Poca Benua Crawford and We would lose and have added Sac and Beuna Under this a number of states would gain in the number of congress men while others would sous are some ot tne that Make I Workers less Effective with used on sour soil farm Barker with soils held sixteen meetings and during the past have assisted in the use of phosphate on peat and potash on alkali to burn these two dif ferent soils into land that will pro duce good The reclam ation of these spots over the adds greatly to the income of the coun ty as a whole as well as to that of the individual and with the new land be ing opened in other parts of the coun try to compete with our farms it is certainly imperative that Kossuth county acres be most economically uti and by sixty bushels of corn to forty acres instead of forty bushels of corn to sixty acres the farmer is able to release some land for Thus he builds up his raises more of his own protein feeds for live stock and adds to his farm value rather than the careless method of depleting the soil and reducing his production and thus production cost per bushel of grain or pound of live stock year after By cooperation with elevator and shop Frederick Neb Fellowship dinner at the Song and What Price Frank 3 00 Four Resolutions for the New Capitalizing our Laymens mass Special choir and Big Four male Frank Lay Bishop Frederick Scripture Reading arid Demonstration by the Loyal Education and Superintendent male Business and Milton Legal Attorney Algona Normal School in Old is Fathers and little Meander Lone January Special The picture of a gymnasium class which was found by Shackey of City and which was printed in the Des Moines Register on Sunday is a picture of the class of the Northern Iowa Normal school at Jt was taken about forty years ago in 4888 or Cot ton of Lope who was then Miss Jessie is seen standing at the right of the picture in the second Two other members who are Here are who then Miss Abbie and Hardy Buell pf who was Miss Rena Am Jo Beav lays at the of from the Quarton and the returned to Des Moines tMs about a weeks vis it at the home of Quartons sis They re turned with and Frank who had driven up from Des The Warners were and shipping association and creameries and by meetings on egg marketing and wool pools the marketing problem has been discussed and prices to pro ducer Boys and Girls Club Over boys and girls took part in club work and this item alone is of interest when results as published in all periodicals shows its Boys and girls learn to know learn to manage and feed the type they as they go out on their own farms and plan their own systems of feeding with selfconfidence and abi Through feeding through meetings on diseases and ailments with Stouder of through three cow test associations and personal ser vice dairymen of the county have been helped during State re ports also show that our state produc tion of dairy products have more than doubled with only a small increase in total number of cows kept for the average cow in Iowa has greatly increased her efficiency during the past few years by better feeding and In the face of this great increase in production the price has also increased due to better mar keting and widening of the consumer market by good While this cannot all be credited to tive work all the agencies have played a major role in bringing these extra millions to out state and coun County Mutual Holds Annual The annual meeting of the Kossuth County Mutual Insurance Company was held at the court house Tuesday All of the old officers were reelected except vice The following is a list of the of Bode vice Mawdsley Paxson Droessler and Miller were re elected Those holding over Nick Joe Harry Potter and Thompson Yards Will Close Here This The Thompson Yards are closing up the local office as fast as possible and will probably finish some time this Miss Lola Moser and Sidney Carlson will go to the Thompson Yard office in Mankato as soon as the office here is Carlson has already rented a house in Mankato and moved his household goods Morrison has County Agent rented the Spongberg house in which Carlson was Koe and Glen the other two employees of the firm have not yet made definite Manager Near is not just decided as to what he will but thinks of going into business for Farm Corn variety tests have shown that with the same care in the same field thirteen different farmers seed corn varied nineteen bushel per acre in final The five high varieties past three years will berried further during 1929 to assist local men Father of Dailey George at one time a resident of this died at his home in Dodge aged eightytwo years He was the lather of Dailey of and Hugh Smith pf Baptist Continued on page services the cordially SiiSS
