Pella Press (Newspaper) - August 2, 1928, Pella, Iowa Rep Pella tional Newspaper of Its Educa JHE PELLA PRESS is supreme as an advertising medium in Pella and trade Let The Press be your PUBLISHED AT PLANE CRASH AT PER YEAR PILOT UNHURT WHEN SHIP IS FORCED ON ACCOUNT OF HITS FENCE The eastbound mail which passes over Reasnor shortly before 3 oclock each crashed there yesterday when Pilot Briffel of Oma ha attempted to land at the The plane was wrecked but the pilot was The accident occurred during the dense fog which forced the pilot to seek a The beacon light at the field is reported to have failed just before the pilot attempted to He had flown from Earlham in the fog and was planning on landings at Reasnor but passed the field flew to before he realized hi er Briffel turned back but in at to misjudged the dis tance and struck the boundary mark er at the edge of the Word of the accident wao sent at onco to Omaha and another dispatched to picked n ail at 8 oclock and continued the trip Ai Dough Briffel was unhurt the was seriously damaged and the the opinion that it would be impossible to repair The plane was loaded with pounds 01 first class mail beside a siral of Pilot Briffel reported that just as ho was attempting to land the n light on the field failed as well as the illumination at the boundary In the darkness and fog he was not able to determine just the and his plane struck the The ship turned tearing the wings and The plane was crated and will be shipped to Omaha where it will bo inspected ti determine if it can be placed back in AUTO ACCIDENT AT SULLY Byers and William Wyatt both of were involved in an automobile accident near Sully Sun day afternoon which resulted from a chicken flying through the windshield of the The automobile was being driven west on the Diamond about half a mile west of Sully when a chicken flew against the windshield with sufficient force to break the Eyers who was driving lost control of the machine which ran into the ditch and turned heading Little damage was done to either or the Byers sustained a scratched left arm and bruised right Wyatt was Aside from the broken and a crumpled the automobile was unhurt and after being placed upon the road was able to make the trip to a garage at Sully under its own PLENTY OF AUTO THE FAIR MARION FREE FAIR WILL GIVE SPECTATORS ALL KINDS OF EXCITEMENT IN VARIOUS AUTO Indications are that the dispute over the speed merits of the four popular priced light cars will be set tied at the Marion county free fair if the plans of secretary of the associa The fair board is plan ning to open the fair this year with stock car and the feature of the afternoon will be the tenmile race between Star and According to Louie Zoutte and his wellknown red Ted Wolfe with his Ford and a Whip pet automobile owner have already signified their willingness to As many owners of each variety of auto mobile as may care to enter are eli Scott said although there will be time trials for No special gears of any kind will be al Scott for the fair association will have experts from Des Moines to examine each car to see that they conform to the stock car In addition to this race there will be as many other auto races staged as the drivers care to participate There will be a race between six cylinder and the heavier cars They may possibly stage a truck There will be numerous specialty races for Model T Fords if the entries are We plan to make this a great af said and well hang up prizes enough to make it attractive for any Those desire to enter their cars should see me at Cars of every type will be and we want a lot of for the spec We will probably have a race between the oldest Fords of the county If enough women care to enter to make up a race they will stage an event for women drivers The days racing program will be closed by a ten mile free for all The racing program for Saturday will be staged by Fred Younkers of Cedar Younkers has promoted the races at Cedar Rapids for several years and he has secured some of the fastest drivers in the mid ley Are Getting Doggone Tired of This Job ANTIQUATED MARKETING GAS COMPANY HARD AT WORK ON MAINS SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE CENTRAL STATES UTILI TIES WORKING HARD TO GET GAS SERVICE TO PELLA Superintendents of the different de of the Central States Utili ties Company are busily engaged in surveying and making estimates of needed materials and organizing their working forces to commence the work of putting in the main line from Knox to this city and placing the mains throughout the town in order that the citizens who have applied lor gas may have the service some time in The work CENTRAL ATS 0 AT FAIR CENTAL COLLEGE LOCAL COLLEGE ASSIGNED SPACE IN NEW EDUCATIONAL BUILDING AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR Central College is numbered among twelve leading independent and de colleges of Iowa which have been assigned a special section of the new Educational at the Iowa State 22 to according to definite appor somewhat delayed on account of the I of space to the local school which was received today from the Slate Fair The exhibit by Central college will located on the mezzanine floor of There will be open competition to and Scott believes there will be a great racing treat for Marion county speed MANY ATTEND FUNERAL ROAMERS DEFEAT VALLEY BOOSTERS LAST SUNDAY At a game of base ball played on the Red Rock diamond last Sunday between the Marion County Roamers and the Valley Junction Boosters the latter was defeated by a score of 6 to The main feature of the game be ing the work on the mound of Ford of the he being invincible at all the Boosters fell one by j one at the plate by the strikeout route until 18 had hit the dust while the two twirlers for the Boosters only scored 6 strikeouts in the Another feature of the game was the batting of Crabby Gibson who plenty of good base ball around second he securing 3 hits in four Those from a distance who attended the funeral of the late Mayme Van Vliet last week were and Frank and Mike and John and John Worth ington and Leonard of and Flannagan of and Sheehy and and Walker of and Bert Art Ver John Ver Steeg and and Flannagan of Tom Sheehy if Albert Frank Sheehy and daughter of Kansas and Sparks of Oska and Shaub and daughter GE Elizabeth Williams and Miss Cecil Sheehy of Valley DEATH A IS B VAN PROM I NENT RETIRED FARMER CALL ED TO HIS ONE OF PELLAS OLDEST AND HIGHLY RESPECTED CITIZENS Jan Van Houweling who for years held the distinction of being of the farmers and promi nent members of the par sed away at the home of his laugh Mrs Van 604 Libery street on Wednesday August Isr at after a short 86 2 months and 4 The deceased was among the first settlers of this having en in farming in his youth am continued in the vocation until a few years ago when he that he was entitled to enjoy his de free from the toils of his wife and helpmate having passed to the great beyond sonr IOWA DEMOCRATS IN HARMONY ENDORSE NATIONAL TICKET AND STRONG FARM AID PLAT RECOMMENDS MODIFY ING VOLSTEAD The democrats in convention at Des Moines last Friday left nothing un said or undone in order to put their and squarely before the people of the The meeting unanimously endorsee Governor Smith and the ticket from President down to town State officials were criticized for highhanded methods used in conduct ing the common wealth the convention was harmonious even among the Polk county delega years All the boys should have lots of credit for the brand of ball they dis played during the It was a fast game up to the 7th when the Boos ters blew up and the Roamers scored 5 in the there being only one hit on both teams and no runs up to this The Roamers will meet the East Side Merchants team of Des Moines on August 5th at the Red Rock Lloyd Phone 7816 TENT MEETING TO BE HELD IN WEST PARK TENNIS MATCH AT OSKALOOSA Fellas Tennis Team defeated the Nesters in a well matched game at the Oskaloosa Country Club on last Throughout the match many bnl liant and kills were made by both The intense heat o the afternoon slowed the game some which finally ended in Pella s favor Tysseling and Van der Ploeg were the men representing Sunstrom of Oskaloosa defeated Baron of 86 Kuyper of Pella defeated Haines gf 61 Tysseling of Pella defeated Pres ton of 61 Vander Ploeg of Pella defeated Laughland of 62 Doubles Sunstrum and Haines of Oskaloosa defeated Baron and Tysseling of Pella and Kuyper Pella defeated Preston and Laughland of the milch the Pella A big tent meeting will be held in the West beginning 3rd under the auspices of the Young Peo ples departments of the church of the Dodson who is pastor of the First of the Naz areno of Oskaloosa will be the evan Dodson is a man of wide exper having served his church as district and president of one of the church col The music will be in charge of Miss Pearl chorister of the Oskaloosa There will be special music and singing each The services will begin at e has made his home his and Van Gorp fr some years He taken ill a short time ago and because of his advanced age was unable to overcome the ravages of his He was uncomplaining and trusted his future in the hands of his Maker and as his life he gen tly fell asleep to awake no He leaves to survive one son Van and two daugh Mesdames Van Gorp and Nicholas all of this and a host of relatives and The funeral will be held from the home 604 Liberty street on Friday afternoon at 1 30 and from the First Christian Reformed church at 2 John De officiat The remains will he laid to their last rest beside those of his loved ones HARRY DIXON GETS PATENT were entertained at a dinner at the Oskaloosa Country PLANT ALMOST COMPLETED Construction of the Iowa Power A Light companys new power line from NeV Sharon to Taintor is in the last stages and the line will be ready for wee in another week or 03y will this line serve farm Si w to bme the circuit but ition of electric in the Taintor elevator and conveniences and in and about We noticed in the Des Moines Reg ister that Harry Dixon of this city been granted a patent on a spring roller Dixon is very successful in his inventions and has added much to the manu in this It has only been a short time ago when he was awarded a patent on a screen which can easily be installed in any CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY John Rieveld celebrated her 85th birthday anniversary on Sun July All her children were present to make the day a pleas ant one for her and thirty relatives and friends gathered at her home on North Broadway in the Re were and the af spent in a social good The Press extends congratulations and wishes for many more happy A marriage license was issued Tues day July by the Davis county clerk of the court Ira Baldridge at Bloomfield to William Ringlestein arid Miss Jeanette both of Os The was performed at noon at the home of the officiating Polle of the Methodist NARROW ESCAPE FOR CONVICTS J he committe on resolutions made it plain that there was to be no ques tion as to where the democratic party stood on all by placing every thing fairly and squarely before the people of the which leaves no argument as to what the party means in case of a successful this The farmer knows that he will get a square the people at large knew that the party will endeavor to the Volstead law so that it wiil meet with the endorsement of the at large and prevent the in of private homes and the wholesale arrest of technical small violators and the prosecution of the The convention selected its central and completed the busi of organizing for the coming campaign and it is safe to say that there will be nothing left undone this jear to bring about the return to the sovereign states their right to govern themselves again instead of permit ting a few to do the governing at If the state candidates are success ful they promise to clean up the pres ent methods of squandering the of the people regardless of re sults and to bring the state to a successful business basis and a more representative government of state Feeling that the people of Iowa should at least experiment in a change of political aspect for once In seventyfive years and watch the re There would be no harm and it might culminate in a great good for HAS MADE MIS MILLIONS AND IS READY TO SETTLE TO SOME LEGITIMATE BUSINESS SOMEWHERE Gene heavyweight champ ion announced his retirement from the ring Tuesday at a luncheon given in honor of William 82 year old of the New Sork State athletic I have fought my last bout as a professional boxer his statement Staging a farewell party to the commissioner and than 50 men Declared definitely that the time had come to stn out of the game that made him a Reports that Tunney was about to retire had been circulat ed since he crushed Tom Heeney in an 11 round technical knockout at the Yankee stadium last Thursday Feeling still young enough to make another start in new declared himself grateful for benefits conferred and anxious to the game better than he found securing of the mains necessary t complete the The company expected to have gas in service by the first of September I u u but this will he next to as new Wing m the heart of a the preliminary work has been de ay f f ed considerably on account of the J education in Iowa and the hard rains during the two the boys but every moment haV been who are between showers university We notice that our merchants have WI an been on the job as we have noticed different makes of gas stoves displayed in the windows of those who an engaged in the stove and they are as the citizens who ex 1 ect to use gas stoves desire to be in shape to use the gas as soon as it can L connected and they are interested in gas stoves and all other things that burn gas which are The company is to be complimented rn its activity in getting the service the people of Iella and after a time we are sure that there will he a few homes in the city that will no use gas for H is a step forward in the homes of our people who feel that they can af ford to use gas as cooking an attractive way the various courses which are offered and will likewise serve as a headquarters fur alumni of the school who will attend the Several members of the local ty will be on duty with the exhibit to council with prospective students and to meet alumni and old friends of the The new Educational Building at the State Fair is said to be one of the largest and most beautiful of its kind in the It comprises more limn squaw feet of floor in addition to providing space on its northern side for more than seats in the new Railroads have announced for this year the lowest State Fair rates of recent and it is expected that i IIL till JL in LI UU T this vicinity will attend the exposition at Des Moines this DODGE AND CHRYSLER MERGE wo were doubtful about the use of electricity and now we can safely say without that lf per of the homes and business houses use it and would not do without Iella is fortunate in being able to as it is about the only way that smaller towns can secure this as capital is shy of invest ments in but the Cen tral States Company says that they lire willing to take the chance of vi rking up their business to a point by Walter Chrysler to where it will pay a fair interest on money and at the same time pay their taxes to A new third largest in ils entered the automobile in today as a result of the rati fication by the stockholders of Dodge of the plan by which thi Dodge concern is consolidated with the Chrysler corporation headed that we can secure these modern appliances without and expense to ourselves per IN FULL BLAST The farmers throughout this par part of the state are very well pleased with the quality of the small grain harvested this Many threshing rigs are busily en the fave There is no contender at the prcs time who appears capable of at a real public he If there I might delay retirement long enough to face iirp in the ring hut it looks as if it night be two or three years a opponent is is too long to stand and Tunney gave high credit t Tex Richards ability as a promoter and as a man who could find his H declared it his desire to place in Richards hands a belt of other suit with a little dry weather the grain will all he in the While the stem of the oats is usu ally small the heads are very good above the Corn in this district is in a very fine condition and if it can have some of the regular summer weather for merger in the history of the automobile manufacturing busi ness became a reality only as required by 90 per cent of the Dodge stock had been in approval of the The stockholders meeting was held Tues day at The enlarged Chrysler company now ranks with General Motors and the Ford Motor company as one of the giants of the Its resources trial approximately and hud in working capital with a capacity of cars and in Wall Street that thf new companys earning power might reach There stockholders and Read New York bahk a short time make a bumper crop in fact the crop w large that it will call on all the avail ai le space the farmer has to store it emblem of achievement In awarded by him to that boxer wh through a series of elimination bouts or victories over the most formidable opponent that can be obtained shall prove himself deserving of Gene made no definite mention of his future plans and paid no attention in his statement to rumors that he was about to enter In ending his statement he said I have no thought of trying to nominate my To the vic tor belongs the 1 merely step and say May the best man There is nut much corn sold on the in this neighborhood and it is necessary that it be stored so that it be fed into cattle and hut it now as though there be so much of a surplus thai it will be to market considerable of the Of course the tendency of the mar Keis downward on some grain and the farmer can expect that he will not get the high prices that is now it is hoped that the price will be such as will relieve the condition of the middlewest until such time as Mich measures can be taken to protect the farmer from robbery by organized three years ago for were estimated to have profited forty to fortyfive million dollars on the SOUTHERN IOWA THE OSKALOOSA FAIR ASSOCIA TION FOR A BIG EX BIG EXHIBITS AND PROGRAM BEING AIR MAIL HOLDING BOARDS SHOOT In the shoot which took place last week at Oskaloosa with Oska oosa and New Sharon competing for honors was won by The team from this place consisted of Harry Van Ger ald Walter Butt and Earl Pella broke 288 out of Oska oosa broke 232 out of 250 and New Sharon 226 out of Pella only had five shooters while had 11 and New Sharon New Sharon leads by with and Pella 3rd Four convicts of the Blue Ridge state prison farm were at the point of death near Sunday burned almost beyond as the result of fire which broke out when a lighted match dropped into a container of motion flim during a weekly convict show Saturday Two men were burned to and seventeen others received serious The convict dining room was turn ed into the wildest confusion when two explosions occurred and the room was enveloped in Guards struggled to unlock the only padlock ed which the prisoners stormed to with Harry Boland was on 50 tar fct breaking Twentythree convicts sitting be tween the explosive film and the door way were into a fighting mass of confusion at the door that hindered its Flames lick ed at their rough prison and when the doorway was finally unbar red they rushed forth living Meanwhile thirtythree other white prisoners and several Mexican trus ties had been driven to the opposite end of the where they were to powerless to help their shrieking companions Guards with drawn pistols stood outside the battered door to prevent a wholesale while the burning convicts rolled in the dirt and The flames which threatened a dor in which 180 Mexican were caused near mutiny until a bucket brigade brought the fire under control within the din ing tho taxpayers of Iowa by showing those who have been in charge of the business of the state so long that they have been in a rut and to the detri ment of the DUTCH SORGHUM IS POPULAR Operation of the Maasdam sor ghum mill northeast of Sully is ex to start early in This is the third year for the mill to operate and a considerable business has been built up through the The mill is owned by Maas dam of who has 20 acres in sugar cane this Last year with 22 acres a yield of more than 100 gallons to the acre was The mill turned out gallons of sorghum and later more than 10 tons of cane seed was sold from the The cane is reported to be ripening rapidly and it is believed that it will be ready to work early in operation of the mill gets un der way it will have a capacity of 200 gallons daily and from 12 to 15 per sons will be After operation is the mill will be open to many of whom drove long distances last sum mer to see the manufacture of the It is located on the three and onehalf miles north and three quarters of a mile east of Maasdam has a wide demand for the sorghum and last year ship ped to all parts of the An even greater call is expected for this NEW MONEY IS COMING Every one is waiting expectantly Jor the new paper money we are informed in dispatches from will soon be with The new money will be standardized in de sign and about twothirds the size of the present This is in line with the record of the treasury department for cy and The new money will economical because millions of dol lars will be saved annually in cost of and time will be saved in production because 12 bills can be printed on one press at one impres sion while only eight of the present bills can be Standardizing the designs will als be a big help to the public in counting and watching its For instance there are now five dif ferent kinds of Under the new system of currency there will be but one kind and it wil hi easily The will have a design en different from the designs of the bigger denominations and will be at a This is especially sensible in view of the fact that it will then be im possible for a counterfeiter to raise a to a or a of a The design would be recognized at The will carry George Wash face and the will With the opening up of the air mail routes throughout Iowa and other states we are pioneering air freight and express as well as passenger ser H is true that there are some ac to those who but we are only getting ready to care for the dangers of intoxicated and in a few years we will have for jotten the statements made during the present There is not much doubt but that within the next five years a large part of our people will either be driv ing flivver planes or riding in ger air so what will the poor automobile do then You can now send an ounce of first class mail by air mail for 5 cents am the service will beat any other method of mail delivery in the TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY The officers and directors of the Southern Iowa Fair Association are engaged in getting everything n readiness for the largest fair that has been held in Last year the fair suffered consid erable on account of but it s hoped this year that the weather will hold off all his bad luck until in the fall so that the people of this section have had their 1or several years past Oskaloosa has given the people of this part of the state an unusually fine fair in although county have Franklins photograph on the front with an entirely different de sign from the in the Each of the eleven denomi to be printed will have the face of a different patriot on the front and a separate and easily dis design on the and John Wynberg will be 25 years on the 18th of Aug ust and will celebrate the event with relatives and friends by havinga pic nic dinner in the Paul Ver Meer Grove of and were married in Holland and lived there four years before coming to DEMOCRATS REPORT CONTRIBUTED TO CAMPAIGN Contributions of had been made to the campaign fund of the democratic national committee up to July Herbert chairman of the finance revealed on the work of his commit The two largest contributions list ed were each by John Ryan president of the Anaconda Copper and John Smith general councel of the General Motors The democratic national committee expect to report every month giving the names of donators and the amount received This is done in order that the public may and district fairs have been somewhat overshadowed by the State Two years ago the association had hard luck and lost but they gave the fair in all its leaving noth ing undone to entertain the The people who are letting them Relve be led away from the county and district fair are themselves an injustice as these institutions are but stimulants for everybody to do things just a little better by coming in competition at these places with their pantry delicacies and everything that is used and raised by that particular They induce us all to do better the next and generally we do and when we are successful we feel that it is worth all the time and at tention that we have spent in accom the Everyone in this part of Iowa should make it a point to attend the Knox ville and Oskaloosa They are worth You do not need to attend the races or any other department which you do not but you can attend the fair have a good old fashioned visit your neighbor and take a day or wo from your work and feel better for having done Lets all attend the STAGE SHOOT AT PELLA A registered trapshoot will be stae here with twentyfive target events on the pro y the ana Den Adel and little daughter of arriv ed in Pella Wednesday evening and are spending today at the home of and Will and Mrs Den Adel are on their way to where they will at the home of Den Ed many Pella friends are glad to see his once face in the old home
