Palo Alto Tribune (Newspaper) - April 10, 1935, Emmetsburg, Iowa Which Sees What It Pleases Cannot See What is Plain THE PALO ALTO TRIBUNE Volume 42 APRIL 1936 Number 43 Ayrshire Young Man Found Dead Morning It Was Probably a Case of Will Be Buried at Theodore Meek of Ayrshire was found dead in the barn ut the farm of and Harry Skog strum cast of Ayrshire where lie at about 11 Tuesday He had been shot through the His shotgun was lying neat his body and it is believed that the wound was He refused to come to his dinner Monday noon when Skogstrom call ad This was the last time lie was seen and were away from home ing the afternoon and it is believed thai the rash act was committed dur ing that went to room in the morning and found a note which read Tell Chris Thompson to have my suit cleaned nnd Give my ring to No motive was was given for his The Edna referred to is Chris with whom he and his lived after the death of their adopted As we understand Theodore and his sister were adopted by a brother of who lived in Their real name was When the note was became alarmed and called Marshall Kennedy from A search was made and the lifeless body found in the Sheriff Bert Montgomery and Cor oner were called and took charge of the Funeral services will be held at the church tomorrow afternoon and interment will be made tt Nature Takes a Hand in Soft Fish Removal Enjoy the Minstrel Show Thursday Eve ia all set for the big V Minstrel Show at high school auditorium here Thursday evening of this Re Beats aro already on sale at Drug and ob state there is much likelihood of a complete sell The 1984 attracted a very largo audi for two and this the addition of the musical re it is expected that every seat in the spacious auditorium will be it is recommended that call the Drug store as soon as possible to make your reser while choice seats aro still The Minstrels have been advertised in towns within a ra of no doubt a large number of people from a distance will be added to audi All those taking part in the produc tion have been working hard the last and a first class perform ance should be the a perform ance full of lively laugh provoking nifty and surprising from start to fin You can confidently look for ward to a full evening of fun for peo ple of all Dont fail to attend the 1986 Spring Heavy snow during the past winter and this spring interfered somewhat with the regular removal Of rubbish and waste material from premises the special importance at this of a thorough spring cleanup of and other build as also streets and Fire beauty and attrac of the community will be greatly improved by such There are many unemployed men today who can be given temporary at in a cleanup A comparatively email out lay on the part of every property own er will furnish work for the unem ployed for a Any selfrespect ing citizen now on relief would rather work and earn than receive Accumulations of rubbish are a menace to any Dirty alleys and buildings cause and aggravate an epidemic of A clean workshop promotes pre vents accidents and decreases the possibility of Waste material about an industrial particularly in basements and out of the way greatly increases the fire churches and oth er public as also and should be carefully inspected during the spring cleanup and all fire hazards corrected and disease conditions Need ed and building improvements should be That fire prevention pays big divi dends cannot be gain records show that a single year careless housekeeping in work shops and the home caused a loss by fire in the United States alone of hundreds of thousands of Good housekeeping pays for not only in dollars and but in the general upkeep of business and in as sisting in economic Municipal authorities particularly the health and fire service womens boy and girl and each individual can help in the spring clean up Representatives of these should together as thorough Dollars Was Received Here Today This sounds and may it the wheels moving checks to the amount of waa today for distribution among the An invoice of came from so the bal ance of is expected to be re within a few This con is the third al though 137 producers not re their second payment checks Chairman Lawrence Brennan sent a letter to the state giving the names and numbers of all producers who have not received their second The letter was sent to Washington where Harvey and district supervisors from went at the request the state committee to check up on delayed checks in all Iowa Brennan ia ex an answer from them within the next few days as to when the de layed second checks can be In nearly all cases they have mul tiple landowners or some other ques tion in regard to owner of a Brennan recommends all to check up on their corn acres so as to be in compliance this Junior College Students Will Present Play a comedy based on the novel by the same has been selected for the final play to be presented this year by the Jun ior College Julie the has herself adapted her successful book for stage and in doing this has selected from her novel the most telling incidents and infectious com edy The cast has been selected and rehearsals have started under the di rection of Maurine Larsons Niece Dies at Word came to Halver Lar son Monday conveying the sad in of the death of her Miss Jean Johnson of who with her spent the last two summers at the Larson home Her death was caused from Brights Miss Jean would be 16 years old in She was very and was an exceptionally talented She was a member of the AllState as well as a member of the high school orchestra and glee club in She played the violin Her father is at the head of the physics department in the Butte high We ore sorry to learn of this death and extend sincere sympathy to the bereaved Commends Our Atti tude on Local Affairs A letter from Refsell brought She compli the Tribune upon its attitude on local affairs and added I commend your stand in regard to the metal Your efforts had good Refsell has not been well since she returned from the hospital recent She hopes to come to Emmets burg vention in Had Refsell April 23rd would be their SPA close Tons of soft fish have been removed from Iowa lakes during the past win ter by Dame The severe weather which caused thick ice to form on thc lakes which were at a low stage because of the to gether with thc sleet and snow which sealed the lakes brought about conditions that were very able to carp and According to the fish and game de with the help of FERA la they have hauled away and buried about pounds of carp and buffalo and about black 100 catfish and thousands of bullheads which perished in Medium lake during the At Storm Lake the de buried 243 tons of sheep Storm Lake lost very few game Medium lake lost about game practically none compared to the large numbers of less desirable the in game fish may be much more seri ous than this report owing to the fact that the fish and game de brought a seine here Mon day and made a few hauls to deter mine the There were no game fish brought up by the seine and only a Just as soon as the lakes became frozen over fish and game de started testing the water to determine the oxygen content and just as soon as the lakes showed danger ous conditions oxygen pumps weru started and kept running day and night to try to save the In spite of the pumping the above lakes lost large numbers of However pumping was started in Medium Lake until the winter was quite well ad While it is a loss and many could have eaten these soft it is really a blessing is disguise because these fish have been eliminated as competi tion for more desirable game fish and Medium should prove better fish ing for the more desirable kinds when it is completely Will Present Easter Drama Here Sunday The Easter Whom Seek Ye which was presented at a Ves per service at the Episcopal church in Spencer last Sunday by a group of students from the local junior col will be repeated at a five oclock service in Trinity Episcopal church in this city next Sunday under the tion of Miss Maurine tor in the junior Those who take part in the drama are Thomas Lyle John Lu verne Betty Kath erine Ricky Sauder and Helen Milo Henkels is The local Congregational church group will merge its Vesper service with the Episcopal service for next The members of the Algona Episcopal church will be guests at the The DeVere dine of who is the rector of the local Episcopal church will con duct the Vesper service and has in the Cornell of the Congregational church to Antone Johnson Makes Change Antone formerly su of the who has for the past years been located at Council engaged in the life insurance business with the Equitable Life Assurance So has accepted a position as field supervisor for the Northwestern Mut ual Life Insurance company of Mil Johnsons territory will be Palo Alto and four other north central Iowa He will devote considerable of his time in Emmets together with his will be located at Algona at the close of the present school John son attended the regular weekly ing of the Rotary Tuesday of this week and many of hia him on his recent pro Three Fires Here Within Four Days There was a fire at the Spies residence Friday It came from an overheated furnace and burned a small hole in the Little damage was done before the fire was put under Of course there was smoke and gas which was not wholesome for tho ehil Kelly and Marian Mitchell Wed The marriage of Thomas son of Daniel to Marian Mitchell of was MAYNE The death of Mayne which Bennett in the publication Wednesday April j of thc Palo Alto In 1S9S at Minneapolis Saturday was mentioned in the last isi Bennett retired from the busi April in the rectory of thc sue of the He had been ill ness and Mayne continued tho Notre Dame dc Lourdes Catholic j for a lone time and suffered of the Reporter for a num with the Father DuChene The couple was attend ed by Edith Gamble as maid of and Walter fraternity bro ther of the as best both j to leave his bed and come downstairs j thers took charge of the paper and of Following tho cere was Christmas mony a wedding breakfast was served I pressed the fear that to tho wedding party and a few inj be able to do so friends at the Norman Stewart He suffered from hardening of His Clifford and the His condition was such George leased the paper and as to give hopes for his at published it for several In The last time that he was 1925 George Flood and Warner Bro j thers took charge of the pi He then for several years operated In 1929 he would not Warner and George Flood bought the Mayne retiree In the a seven oclock dinner honored the bride and groom Funeral services were held for thc newspaper business Mayne at his home Wednesday but continued as postmaster for sev noon followed by a service at the i eral at the Gamble They left for at Edward j In 1898 he enlisted for service in a short motor trip to the Minnesota his conducted these j thc war and served after which they arrived in Em It was a military funeral i until thc war He was a mem where they will be at home War Veterans Dcr of the local of He after May The active pallbearers was a a member of the Blue The bride is a sister of David j WE Q Lodge and the He was formerly of and w Tom a devoted member of the church of Mallard and i and served as a lay minister for 25 now of and her fam ily is affiliated with son company of She at tended Oak girls finishing school of later spending four years in For thc past few years she has lived in Paul and The groom is a graduate of thu Em high school which he rep resented in a series of declamatory and was awarded first place Stillman of The honorary pallbearers were Fred Gay Smith and i Thr American Legion members at years or On July 1907 Mayne and Miss Florence Mabel Davis of Sioux who was a teacher in the local united in She Palo Alto probably bad no hence they were all taken to in the stato finals at Dos Moines sev Graettinger to grandpa and grandmas years entered the State This was a great delight for them and they were unanimous in the opinion that a file is not a bad thing after A fire broke out in the basement of the Don Cooke home The only damage was the burning of The Tom Murray home was visit ed by a fire Tuesday It was inside the wall but nothing was The fire company got to the home and put the fire under con trol before it got a good New Athletic Track April 13 The first track of the season will be held on the local schools new athletic field April All of the towns of Palo Alto also Algona and Spencer will partici Pole broad jumping and high jumping pits have been built and ready for Aside from this work has been done on the track in preparation for the All events are included in the pro They are 100yard 220 yard 440yard mile 440 880 mile pole shot high jump and broad The local athletics who will partici pate in the different meet are as follows events at the Clark and dashes Roberts and middle distances half and fourth mile dash mile run middle distances pole vault Donahue and high jump Clark and broad jump Clark and shot put Discuss Roberts and j Presidents of Rural Schools Met Saturday The presidents of the rural school boards held a meeting Saturday after They proposed a minimum wage scale for the rural school teach ers that compensate teachers in ac cordance with their training and ex Those present were Will Highland Joe Dennis John Lost Chris Laymon Freedom and Tiet Interest Reduced On Federal Farm Loans Not very long ago a reduction in farm loan interest rates from 5 to 4 per cent was made by the Palo Alto National Farm Loan association of which Barringer is secretary Today another reduction of X per cent is being Loans are granted for purchase of build ing and PLAN NOW TO First Maintain your house and buildings by and repairing and Provide protection from fire and Second Repair and remodel for greater comfort and Third Then plant for new work and major re modeling a Sound University of Iowa where he was prominent in journalistic and was named editor of college humorous in his junior Hc was a member of a fam Iy There were He was also a member of the two younger than swimming holding i In the family moved to and while hia a record He was a member of i dota I1 Twelve years later they Sigma Nu and Delta Sigma moved to a farm in Adams national journalism i near In a year 1 Later he took advanced journalism at Mayne returned to Illinois and en the University of where Eureka College and later he at graduated three years At the University of Indiana at sent he is assistant bank receiver for five national banks in The Tribune extends hearty and sincere good wishes to and More About the Drake Estate Otto is one of the five men detained by the Chicago police as authorities investi gated to determine if they had oper ated together with the convicted Oscar Hartzell in the Sir Francis Drake fortune sentenced to 10 years for mail was accused in Iowa courts of fleecing several hundreds ox persons in exploiting the mythical Assistant Prosecutor Morris Meyers and Postal Inspector Walter Johnson eaid that at least had been collected in the Drake They questioned the men in at tempts to learn if a similar swindle was being worked in Author said about had been collected from a Chicago According to investigating the Drake swindle was operated through trustees of the Francis Drake descendants trust fund and that fees were collected from the gull The scheme was explained as a variation of the Ponzi swindle in early subscribers were reputed paid dividends through funds ob f j om later Police quoted Yant and Short as saying they were employed as audi tors by the and asserted they had believed the enterprise was an honest the prosecutor added that he knew John Jensvold In Auto Accident John Jensvold of this city met with an accident Friday morning which might have been very As it his head was neck and spine Jensvold was driving his Chev rolet car and going east on the main who was go ing north from Quam corner in Fairfield when he struck the Jensvold car and turned it Jensvold will soon recover As we understand it Nelson was not Both cars were badly Frederickson Secretary of of At a meeting of the board of di rectors of the Emmetsburg Chamber of held Friday Frederickson was chosen as secre tary for the coming A meeting of the of will be held at which all their wives and friends will be Tho date of this meeting will be set by the board of directors and The time and will be announced In the Month ending March farm prices declined sufficiently to cause the index figures drop three ia aU products the funeral in a body and as who could outdo in the burial ceremonies Buri to During his ial was in Evergreen 43 yara of residence here he was T TT notorious for his keen interest in everything that was for the good of waa boin state and He f KLaT gave of time and strength to the New on September of everything of public His inborn patriotism urged him to do He was state representative at one views were not laways in accord with those of many he fearlessly espoused any cause in which he He served as postmaster here for about 18 Mayne was a true blue Nothing would sway him from He was earnest ana sincere in his He was a strict temperance man and a supporter of While there were many who did not agree with Maynes views on many there was no self respecting citizen who could take is sue with him on moral He was admired and respected for his earnestness and hia fearless His memory will long linger in the minds of Emmetsburg who will recall his words and deeds in be half of the better things in Besides his widow and three chil Mayne is survived by three The Tribune extends sincere sympathy to the ber Four horn to this died here He taught school for a number of years in Illinois and then entered the railway mail He united in marriage with Miss Isabel Jane VanderVort on Septem children were One in The others survive their They are Clifford Mayne of Miss Isabel who is teaching school at Olivia and Winifred Van Etten of Mayne died July and Mayne came to Al gona in shortly after their mar Mayne as mem ber of the in the Upper Des Moines A year or so later the family came to Emmetsburg and Mayne formed a partnership MARTIN KANE His many friends at Ayrshire and throughout the county will be sorry to learn of the death of Martin Kane who died at his home in Ayr shire at April from heart He was very ill for a month preceding his death and had not been well for a His illness really dated back to two years ago when he met with an auto accident near Gillett A man driving on the wrong side of the road ran into him injuring him quite From that time he failed Funeral services were held at Sacred Heart church at Ayrshire at Monday The Mason conducted the service and celebrated a solemn requiem high Very Finnegan as as Phillip Dailey as Burial was in the Ayrshire The pallbearers were Thomas Edward Mike James Deg nan and Frank Martin Kane was born at Ne November He jrew up in that vicinity and later lived at where on November he united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Stan They established their home there and remained until 1890 when they came to Iowa and located on a farm four miles west of In 1892 Kane bought a farm in Silver Lake township and they moved onto Eight children were born to this Seven survive their A preceded his parents in The living children are Jack Wessar of Vin cent Trusty of Eagle David Latt of Frank Alexander of Martin and John of and Kane of Kane died August Kane left the farm in 1909 and established his home at On June he married Miss Cath erine McGowen at They have made their home there Kane was a capable man and very industrious and He was a farmer for many years and an exceedingly successful He worked in the Farmers Elevator at Ayrshire for two He bought a furniture store at Ayrshire and op it for several He was of the telephone company there for 12 The large attendance at Kanes funeral gave evidence of the high re gard his friends and acquaintances had for The church was crowd Many from Emmetsburg were Father Mason preached an ex Kane lived his life within the span of 80 true and faithful to every an ideal husband and kind and devoted to his loved his mem ory will ever be sacred to Kane was a good neighbor and a loyal He was a good Christian and a devout He was a of for 26 years and the members of the Border attended his funeral in a He is survived by his seven children and 23 grandchildren to all of whom the Tribune extends sincere sympathy in their Dan Sibrel in Bad Again For the fourth time Dan Sibrel of West Bend has been fined on liquor charges Palo Alto The last fine was an outgrowth of a raid on his home by state and coun ty officers some months It was learned that a of liquor had been taken there by but he dls appeared before the of fleers His whereabouts hadnot been Ho to through his Judge George Hoald placed last at It will that was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years In prison some years He was charged sett ing poison liquor to a man who died from tihe effects of drinking As we recall ha did not serve full Ha has kept pretty limelight M
