Pocahontas Democrat (Newspaper) - August 1, 1929, Pocahontas, Iowa INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER THE INTEREST OP THE RURAL EDITED TO AID IN THE FIGHT FOR THE ECONOMIC EMANCIPATION OP Pocahontas Thursday August 1, 1929. 25 Petition Filed by Franchise Granted By Votes New the filing of a petition of intervention with the clerk of the district Pocahontas by the attorneys for the Northwestern Bell Telephone the telephone franchise takes on a new The petition is made in the matter of the injunction suit of George and J. the council of ithe town of Pocahontas the a franchise use the and alleys of the town during the iod of 2& telephone company's out that their in the injunction suit arises that they now own and are a telephone system in the town Pocahontas that the suit places a cloud on the title to their franchise it alleged in the was granted ' them at the 21, The section of the ferred to reads intervener shows the ' by of the adoption of the said public measure at said it is vested with the right to operate and maintain a phone exchange in ed Town of to occupy the f public places of said city for such purpose for the period of J twenty-five years from date acceptance said public I subject only .to the exercise of the assuming to of e Town of ated Town assert that acquired no reason of the adoption Continued on Page 7) are being completed for a new school to be built The decision to build the school was definitely July 1*7, when the town voted of new The plana for a to be ready for use in as ninth and tenth grades will be added to the regular school course with the opening of the new Formerly the pupils were only able to complete the grammer grades at An additional teacher will be added to the school faculty making a total number of AND HAVELOCK MEN TRADE W. local real-estate dealer reports a. deal by - which F. Miller of Havelock traded his building there to a business in the latter Miller took possession of his new business Friday of His family has moved to Harvest Over ing Reports Indicate Great Variation in SeU Last cars collided at the comer two- blocks east of the Four-Way comers morning about 11 Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Haider and daughters on primary highway number lO started to turn to their when 1 the oncoming car William of crashed into the Pocahontas who was driving the caj from here judged that he had to turn who was also had the front fender and axel bent and Nope of the people in the cars were WINS IN BASEBALL GAME SUNDAY Is Caught in of Joe Gillett haH the fingers of right badly cut last it caught in an He had been cleaning the sickle of the machine when tractor slipped i into started the binder on the fingers wa's badly torn and is not expected cutting oats on the worked as a fann ' Bowers ref county day at Mand harvest practically over one threshing outfit started Saturday and several pulled intp shocked fields Monday to begin season of 1929. Democrat elevator managers to gain most of harvest and threshing All three Frank Koenig of the Farmers D. Easier manager of the Davis and Potter and Roy Horton the Oats stated that the oats varied greatly in ranging from 22 to 33 The late oats are the reported the first threshing near Pocahontas to have been done at the H. C. Bhrens He also reported the threshing of 35 acres of winter wheat by W. Farlow which averaged 20 10 E. receiver for the closed First bank in Pocahontas and the First National bank of Gilmore is announcing the publication of official in this issue of the the approaching sale of the assets of the will be made at the Office of the receiver in The one for the Gilmore City bank wil be held tomorrow at 2:00 p. and that of the Pocahontas bank will be on Aug. 12, at the same final liquidation of the banks will be these Cedar's Relic of the Reporter Interviews Herman 5 Year Perfect Attendance at only er of P. B. was Helen Linnan Des Moines Sunday the most interesting relic of pioneer in Pocahontas county - in Cedar is on a small all comprising thirty-three surrounded by in width from 100 rods to a half A lane leading to from the main shore all that prevents the bit of- land totally who has owned and made his home on the ' the local Sunday school and this time weighed 58. lbs. and graded The first year she won a No. 2. the second a with her fifth last a years perfect attendance at Sunday school at the Methodist ast thirty tells how Miss Thompson has com- road was graded up with her fifth year in attendance - - - ed most Of the dirt Festival at St. mission festival of the St. Lutheran church will be held here ' The days program will With the regular church services at ten The E. Hanff of Tripoli will preach the sermon at the morning the ladies of the congregation will serve a dinner in the basement of the Afternoon services wll begin at 2:15 with sermons in both the and The Rev. E. Hanff will preach in German and the Rev. Langholz of will deliver the English The Rev. W. J. pastor of the has extended invitation the public to WORMS TAKE FIELDS OP GRAIN NEAR Park Bair Discusses the and of army worms entered a 20 acre field of oats on the i. N. Inman four miles northeast of and stripped the The heads of the were cut off together with and timothy which had been seeded in the A small patch of potatoes nearby was also cleaned of pigeon grass by the but Fariow had pin and the last been - receiving received the lightest oats so j Edna Dillemuth eldest daughter They received some Esther Dillemuth has the oats having bteen year of perfect on alkali and has a wreath D. stated he had I and two Both girls attended received some 23-Ib.^ oats and also Pocahontas high school reported the first that had graduated with this finished his oat T. of. Grant Basler received of Cepter grain tested 44 Kansas came Wednesday of who had taken on auto- last for a visiti with her trip to Stormi erj George saw a great many uncut grain between The editor of the Democrat has a letter from State Representative J. Park of has recently been prominently mentioned as a possible candidate for state senator from the Mr. Bair enclosed a signed newspaper article in which he discusses the political in the The letter its as a news J. Bair State Representative from Buena Vista County ' - is considerable speculation going on among ' operation ' - in 1868 and 1870, when pioneers first settled in the southern part of the Sunk grove wooded spot in miles to supply of were to pay a a small sum for the acre of and soon the entire island was goes the told by who claims the supposed owner was the first locate in the He says the records transfers - but none as early as 1870. of the large trees which grew on the island is shown % old rotted many of which than four in- - of and other politicians in re- gard who should be state the BOth district next down at the state last I understood that Fred Gilchrist would not be a but lost to Palmer by score of nine in a bagOT ' The contest staged at the baseball park in W. Gilchrist was southeast of Rolfe last Thursday and stated he saw many fields that had been seriously damaged by rust and were still damage has been or less serious in the neighborhood of Marathon according to County Agent C. R. Bowers and others who have received word from that and Tuesday's Business Shows Growth in Few W. J. proprietors ' of and left to attend annual convention at The convention last four days the last session to be held The latest hatchery equipment brooder be displayed at the convention tod the best care and of the Pocahontas men have few annual reunion place last Sunday at Grove park at The who attended include a neighborhood old friends who formerly lived near They and Mrs. S. L. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. and Mr. and were busy for Prank and Donna A. Theo - ' on the part of the and pilots of the Miss Zipper was the cause of a- between the speed boats on Okoboji Sunday and the cause of of 12 a Dickinson county jury decided accident of fhe other on the When came over would he a candidate for res presentative in the Stated congress from district of. Being an ambitious naturally occurred to f me that it would nice if be a short time I talked quite freely that ' i of would be a ' to succeed Senator ' Now Fred Lovrein has always a particular of hesitated that t John Henry Matt A. P. and Max according te this newspaper was able to from Pocahontas elevator to com tellers Peterson and B. C. the Henry Pierce farm - was late last 2400 which tested 64 lb. and graded No. 2. , is at jail in of. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. and family of Mr. Mrs. James Doris and Mrs. Anna Larson and Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Larson all Mr. Mrs. Ward Leister and Darrell ' - who gives tin - to atten Mr. Gehrt and and Bert and Calvin all of Mrr and Mrs. F. of and Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Peters and Mr. arid Mrs. Joseph Peters and Mrs. Hattie Mrs. John Mrs. Frank Kopriva and ' Mr. and Mr. Mrs. Joseph Klem and About families were attend this years arid is. held I Sauter to this trees were has grown an assortment of - white and red red and burr and No been made in the arrangement of the and the timber which covers twenty-eight of the thirty-three acres is Indians once made their home on the island is shown by dozens of some arrow heads which Mr. The few pieces of pottery which have also been found indicate that the tribe was A measuring more feet in with - the well rounded top - and blunt horns of a was found in the by the island' cultivating five of land - on the and raising hogs the 64-year-old spends the hunting and He said the beat winter was ' years ago he trapped 1,700 muskrats all on his own Times so good sauter last year only 1,000 muskrats were caught that number through the united of eight of land adjoining tlie outskirts of the shallow water is six sections of land nearby flows into the I pool outlet at one side into ' the Cedar dredge reach out from the shore for more ' Later Odd tod lafe rescue 12 oi the 24 that had the sunken speed Miss a rebuilt sub sank quickly into 110 feet of water andi her no time to secure life from their The Zipper sank for below the surface but her air tanks kept the boat off the young Morris of Des Moines rescued five with his small far nine of the 12 bodies have been Esther strom of Nell 11, Arnolds Melvin Koench of Milo Nelson and Tom Christian Luela Adams of Henry of. Arnold Steinke of Floyd Cummings of Another reason why L to run be ' the fact that I do really could get votes to so I made ho mention of it ' Fred Loverin has on Page 2) ' Poultry Farm at Officials Hire ' After deciding to hire a trained and full-time lobbyist for the next Iowa county for their meeting in Fort Dodge on Thursday and Friday of last J. both of the farm of Mr. and E. L. Ruring The have a flock of More than 1000 chickens are raised on their farm The poultry business has to be very profitable tp the Curings who are able to command of from up for cockerels and proportionately high prices and for the eggs Roy Matthews arm evening PorS The engine ' ' ' ' back ithe the members of the 43rd general ' who fs county treasurer of Black Hawk was harsh with Walter of Tama chairman
