Vindicator And Republican (Newspaper) - May 22, 1934, Estherville, Iowa ci Vindicator and Republican volume Emmet Own Published Every Tuesday EMMET may 22, 1934 NUMBER 40 HOTEL RENTAL CASE SETTLED BEFORE JUDGE Estherville Company to Pay in Pull to June 1,1934 An agreement was readied Saturday In a hearing Before Judge Davidson at Emmetsburg in a suit involving and Hie Home Investment company were the plaintiffs In the case with the Estherville Hotel company and A. Boss the plaintiffs claiming that the sum of money was due on rent for the In settling the hotel company is to pay for all and up to June 1, 1934. They are also to pay all costs of the action with the exception of plaintiff's attorney's lease on the building which Is to run for 10 years following April 37, 1937 to to continue a per month An additional clause in trie agreement permits the hotel company a year from now to deduct per month from the rent to redecorate the CITY TO LET CONTRACT FOR BAND SHELL will have a band shell in Riverside park it has been announced by city clerk R. O. The shell will be fifty feet across forming a half circle and will have a The plans call for a shell similar to the one that has been erected at There will eb a strainer In front so that the programs can be heard Sealed bids for the construction o this new band shell will be at the office of the City Clerk until one o'clock May 38. Ac. cording to regulations governing the wage scale of 40 cents an hour is the minimum can be The construction must start within five days after the bid has teen accepted and Is to be finished by the 20th of ENJOY BANQUET AT GARDSTON BUM ATTEMPTS TO STEAL BOLT OF DRESS GOODS The Seniors and faculty members were royally toy Juniors at the quet at the hotel day Using Noah's ark as th central dea the whole affair was built around this The guests seated at tables for eight with an Ark in the center and the animals all The dinner menu banquet the and the dance program all had covers that were signed with sketches of The following banquet program was carried to the Miss Jeanne Hay Miss Margaret Kennedy responded with of the by Miss Ruth Man J. S. Ninety Days and Ninety Miss Mildred Drown Harlan Brody and Ark She Miss Barbara Following the banquet and pro. gram the adjourned to ths Roosevelt auditorium which was ed in senior colors of gold ana white and danced to music furnish ed by Al orchestra which played from Noah's Ark. Miss Florence Chambers is or of the Junior Clay Couny WiU Have Quiet Primary With but one county officer with an opponent on his own ticket the primary election in Clay county will receive its in tenet from the state A full is in the field and present Republican Incumbents will have opposition this Minnesota Truckers Forced to Buy Iowa Licenses Lack of reciprocity between the two states caused two Minnesota truckers to pay license fees to the state of Iowa of Harry state auto picked up a 10 ton truck load of beer being hauled by a Mankato Transfer company truck tractor and trailer headed for Sioux City this week and a Hubbard Mining company truck from Mankato with a load of near This Utter vehicle was of the 11,380 maximum load class and must pay Iowa 113328 for a license for the remainder of the The beer truck license costs for the tractor and for the Mr. Brown Is at Ft. Dodge for the next two days In charge of an Dr. W. E. Foiled by L. H. assistant manager In his attempt to make off with a bolt of dress goods from the J. C. late Friday a bum made get away to the jungles south of town and efforts of the to locate him were without Coming into the store In the late afternoon the stranger made a small purchase evidently to get the of the and went He in a short bought a handkerchief and slipped a bolt of goods off the counter as he B. F. store was out at the time but Mr. saw the ttKf t and pursued the man out of the overtaking him at the corner of Sixth and He was able to get back the solen goods but could not keep his hold on the fellow long enough for the police to get to RAIN RELIEVES LONG HOT SPELL Monday's Rain Breaks Record Period Light showers Monday brought to a close the long bat spell which has oppressed northwest Iowa along with the middle wast since the first week in While the rain Is not as yet to do any real good for the the relief to human and animal suffering was enough to wreath the faces of the populace in Temperatures as read by observer A. O. Peterson for the preceding 34 hours of each date High May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22 Inch of rain fen WEATHER OUTLOOK For the period May 21 to May 26 For the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys and the Northern and Central Great Plains Not much precipitation although probably some local showers especially In northern mostly warm In southern and seasonable temperatures in northern - - CREAMERY WELL IS POWERFUL STREAM Low 60 67 65 68 65 39 MEN LAY OUT FINE IN COUNTY JAIL Lon Huntley and Son of Wallingford Steal Big Tarpaulin In the justice court of Tom Lon a farmer living east of Wallingford and his son Darrow were fined and costs when they pleaded guilty to stea tag a tarpaulin 16 feet square from John Pluth some time of paying the fine tW men are going to lay it out tn The tarpaulin was taken off a corn crib and the men had cut it in two pieces and were using one to cover a Information was obtained from a youth whom the sheriff arrested on He has been released and his identity kept a PLANS COMPLETE FOR CLOSING OF LOCAL SCHOOLS KANSAS CITY U. 8. Senator A. Reed of the opinion that he in needed in to curb trendi anil reported an being in to regain his Senate INFANT SON OF 0. R. KINT DIES Passes Suddenly Sunday Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for James Henry six months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert at their The Rev. P. A. had charge of tire The babe passed away in a local hospital ois Saturday afternoon after a few hours He was born 1933 and was the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Besides his parents he is survived by a brother SENIORS TO PRESENT PLAY THURSDAY EVE Jay F. S. Barbara M went to South Saturday to drive bom a new Work of drilling and casing the new well at the Estherville Cooperative creamery was completed A fine flow of water was found at 350 feet which should be adequate for the needs of the institution for many years to The well was put down by Frank Bombarger and his crew of The creamery board at its meeting last evening purchased a pump and piping the water into the building will be done upon the arrival of the m. & St. L. Railroad to Be Sold at Auction By order of the United States court the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad which extends through therville will be offered for sale at public September 5, 1934. The railroad Is sixty years old and has 1,637 miles of quarters are In Minneapolis with lines south to Albert Lea and to Storm Lake Fort Mason and Oskaloosa and east to 111., and west through Aberdeen Leola and S. D. By the 1931 report of the interstate commerce commission the road was valued at Its capitalization consisted of of stock and of funded and other In case there Is no bid on September 5 it is expected that an effort to reorganise the road ana readjust its debt and capitalization will take says the Humboldt Wallingford Auxiliary Will Sell Poppies Annual poppy day will be observed by American Legion auxiliary .at May 20 Members of the group will sell the flowers during the day and ing on the streets of the Pro. from will be used In welfare work among the disabled world war veterans both locally and In In the evening the ladles will will serve Ice cream and cake and pie and coffee In the dining room of the Proceeds of the clal go tc 'the auxiliary to carry on their All arc Invited to Boy Scout Chairman Here John P. Wallace of Des chairman of the National Executive committee of Boy Scouts was in Is Friday conferring with Miss trying to straighten out the difficulties of the local Boy Mr. and Mrs. Norman Sandven returned home Sunday from corah where they spent a few days Miss Cleta 16, wias the triple im the eighth high school of the girl to Estherville high school in choosing a play to be given on Thursday at the Roosevelt auditor lum have made a happy the Next Best has enough of drama and romance to hold any and a most capable cast has been chesen headed by Margaret Kennedy as Irish tomboy Harlan Broadie the rich suitor who finds his money more than His efforts to win the heart of furnish no small part of the delightfulness of the Use of Water for Lawns Banned at Algona Algona many other towns in the northwest to the use of city water for lawns and Under normal conditions 125,000 gallons of water are used per day there but use this has sprung to 250,000 gallons says the This is two-thirds the capacity of the new wafer Water at Is secured from two one 1800 feet the other 1375 feet The city also has a shallow well which is not used because of the small supply and difficulty in Assists at Spirit Lake John Warrington who has charge of the National Reemployment of. flee in Emmet county announced today that all registrations and renewal of cards must be Mondays and as he Is assisting at the Dickinson ty office on Tuesday and During the past week 11 men have received permanent jobs and 32 men temporary work on the of highway 17 north of Hans C. director of the national reemployment service was In Dickinson couty last week perfecting arrangements for a new district set up for the county will be in. eluded In a district with headquarters at and instead of tha unemployed registering as fore at the county engineer's of. floe any time they will be asked to register cn Tuesday and Thurs. day when a district representative will be present to take their tration and Trauger of Algona will henceforth be district Estherville People to Attend Convention A Urge delegation of Estherville people will attend the convention of the 30th and 31st districts of the Rebekah lodge which la being held at FATHER SAVAGE Delivers Baccalaureate Sermon at Graver POSTER AWARDS Harriet Baldwin Get First In their annual poppy drive the Legion auxiliary will place in the stove windows of posters made by thie pupils of the Junior high school and the fifth and sixth Cash will be given for the best eight of the four in each at the final assembly program of the school Friday June 1. Mrs. Irving award chairman will make the presentation to Arlene James 1�1t}to After spending four glorious years In high school the Seniors are now starting on their last round of social activities to conclude their secondary school The banquet was held Monday evening In the dining Following this the annual prom was held in the gymnasium of the Roosevelt school with Al orchestra furnishing the Thursday evening the senior play Next Best will be Baccalaureate service will be held Sunday May 27 In Rev. F. W. will deliver the Tuesday May 29 will be class night and the class breakfast wilt be held on Wednesday the closing of their school careers for the seniors to which they have looked forward for a good many years will be the evening of May 31. Dr. Arthur C. president of Upper Iowa University will deliver the The promotion excretes win be held on Friday morning June 1 and school will be over until The Junior college will have their annual prom Wednesday evening VIEWS CHICAGO FIRE FROM AIR Munson Circles City With Passengers WELFARE ASSOC. ELECT MONDAY NIGHT Mrs. Mon. The Estherville Welfare met Monday night to elect two directors to take tho place of two who had moved Mrs. Walter was circled to take the place of Mrs. J. S. Hillard and Charles Bixby was elected to succeed Rev. Stein who left here last Other members cf the board are F. A. Mrs. Rev. Frank Nels Mrs. Fred Mrs. L. L. Henr Mahlum and Miss Irene A regular business meeting will be Monday June 4 at which lime committees will be appointed and plans for the ensuing year will be SUNDAY FOR H. L. LOWMAN PURPOSE AND IDEAL address to the graduating class of High Sunday May 13, 1934). By FATHER SAVAGE I am always happy to have the opportunity to speak to a graduating Commencement is occasion of since as the word signifies Is another beginning in the life of the Commencement is a time of mingled happiness and It is a time of happiness for the young man and woman who is finishing is a time of happiness son and Arnold Benson of the Junior high whose posters were placed by the Judges In the order named and to Harriet Harold Ellen Knutsen and Kenneth Williamson of the fifth ana sixth J. S. Jess Cox and Wallace Westbrook acted as judges All posters were numbered and the awards were made by them without knowing tire names of the The auxiliary poppy day will be held on May 26. PEOPLE ASKED NOT TO FEED ANY TRANSIENTS According to a bulletin recently received by Miss Irene Kohl county welfare worker from the Iowa Servce Bureau for Emmet county will no longer feed such transients that apply to the police as they have been doing the past This new ruling apples not only to single transients but to the families that are wandering around the The and You graduates are happy tonight you 1 thai you have accomplished something worth because you have reached a at an Important Your teachers rejoice with because you bore them out In their Your relatives and parents ore delighted tonight because you have been found worthy of honor and And yet there comes to the mind of all of us the serious side of the Life's stern purpose la about to itself to you in bolder your teachers are reluctant to see you while your relatives and parents feel somehow that the little boy and girl of are about to play the role of the man and woman oi It isn't the easiest thing to break away from school with all Its pleasant associations and fond while it Is still more difficult when the time approaches for us to sever the ties that bind us to the sacred place we call I do not wish to over emphasize the Importance of this ana still I feel that a business as important as the great business of life must be I may say that you are standing on the threshold of the future and that It has many and difficult and every one of them offers particular Each of you desire to be able to meet these problems and solve thai purpose you were in Ac you must have a definite PURPOSE and something to go -AN It has been said that there Is nothing new under the that the principles and truths which affect our conduct the most are principles and that A local orchestra will furnish the CARS DAMAGED IN COLLISION TUESDAY A M. for the friends hopes that It it will be able to do something to prohibit the wandering of so many people one place to If the transients are ill then aid win be given them otherwise they will obtain no help in this Tile intake centers whew they can obtain food and lodging Des Sioux City and Council Ottumwa and Waterloo are reference centers where the transients may apply for aid and In some cases If titty have proper cards they may receive Miss Kohl requests that the housewives not the people that come to the doors asking for food as that only encourages them and an effort is being to stop the Mr. and Mrs. Homer Munson and children of are guests at the parental E. M. Munson They arrived there Sunday Homer Munson who is visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Munson viewed the fire from a point of vantage as he was leaving that city on his return flight to Omaha as a transport pilot With the Boeing To give his passengers a view of the 1,1 marriage to Louisa Ken. services were held Sunday afternoon for H. L. 73 at the E. E. home Mr. Lowman died Friday afternoon at his home near Ruthven from Mr. Lowman was bom in He was caust he circled the city at as an altitude as Smoke rose above them to a height of 5,000 to 6,000 feet and the flames roared air to such a height that to the spectators from the air It seemed a marvel that the firemen could combat at Air piloting has been exceedingly difficult all this spring says Mr. The dust which Is in the air to a distance of 10,000 feet has U en to Sometimes he flew through the dust at the usual altitude taken by and at other times hje attempted to get above It. PROJECTS EMPLOY 2 MEN AT SCHOOL WORK been known from time Borne of these are so simple ano that we lose sight of them and never rea lice the important part they play In our development and education I propose to recall three of these and try to show and value In application and They Innate tendency to learn or find Is one of the most natural traits of to copy our conduct and life after the conduct and lives of desire to equal or excel on page Tuesday morning a car driven by C. L. Hanson was run into by young Edwards causing consider able damage to the Hanson which had the front wheel broken the fender bent and the front axle The Edwards car was only slightly E. H. county treasurer was riding with his brother and ho received a bruised arm and His brother was not Hanson was driving south on Sixth street and a car went around Ed. was coming north and was not room to get by so he ran Into the Hanson Edwards was driving a Bulck and Hanson has a Model A Will Undergo Second Operation grandson of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Gordon who lost a leg when he fell under a freight car while going from his home at to Is undergoing a cn the limb today at the university hospital at Ann The first amputation was a hasty one made while the boy's lifo hung In the balance from the shock and loss of This time the leg will taken off at the knee by the most skilled surgeon that the university Attend Coal Convention Coal dealers of Estherville returned from Minneapolis Friday evening where the had attended n convention there since Those making trip were White and L. J. Bennett of the Northern Lumber Ed Stockdale and B. H. Brackett of Jones & Herman Jensen of H. N. Jensen and 8ons and McKay of the H. McKay and Sons Co. Dedicate Historical Grove in June Miss Marie Sorum announced to day that plans aru being made to dedicate a Historical June 18th. This grove Is situated In a plot of ground that has been set aside in tbK Ft. Defiance state park with permission of the state park It is hoped to have the scouts take part in this The trees were planted there a few weeks Mrs. Harmon Veldey of Sheldon spent a few days last week with and Mrs. Harry Mr. Veldey came down Sunday and accompanied her projects ad&d to the Federal Work Relief plan for at Armstrong and The projects both employ one The one at Armstrong Is pairing the school grounds and the one at Is the building of a tennis Meeting of Home Owners Company Friday will be a meeting of all those who are interested in securing a loan on home from the Home Owners Loan Company on Friday afternoon In thv court There will be Istome one here to Interview the and explain anp tnat the people may General P. T A Meeting on Wednesday A general meeting of the Parent Teachers association held Wednesday in the General Assembly in the Roosevelt The quartet will sing and Mrs. George will give a report of the national Parent Teachers convention which she attended last week in Des As this Is the Inst meetng of tht year there will be election of cers for the coming Is urged to attend this Farm Bureau Committee to Plan Picnic The members of the Farm Bureau will meet with a committee from Armstrong Tuesday night to discuss plans for the annual Farm Bureau picnic which will be held about the middle of Tine committee is composed of A. V. Owen Everett M. A. ema and Miss Marie Attend District Municipal Meeting Mayor M. K. Paul R. O. Clark and J W. Van enburg went to Algona today to attend the district meeting of the League of Iowa Municipalities which is convening there Attends Meeting Floyd Horton was in Cedar Sunday to attend a meeting of clerks from the different points along the Rock Clarence Lewis accompanied They spent the time with Liquor Store Gets Location at Algona The state liquor control commission has signed a lease for part of the Kohlhaas garage building ut The building will be re modeled including the digging of a 60 foot Algona folks think that this will be a sort of district supply in 1882. He moved to Ames tn 1903 and In 1913 moved to where he lived until 1918 when he came to Emmet county and lived on a farm near Last they moved to to make their Beside his wife he Is survived by nine Roy Lowman of Mrs. E. E. Ware of Mrs Reasoner of Mrs Merlin of Mrs. Louis Holland of Des Mrs. Frank Curry of Robert Lowman of Millard and Harold who lives at home with his Also a sister Mrs. Martha Latimer of Des Moines and a brother Harrison of Kan. fire Truck Farm Grove The Estherville fire department chemical truck was called out Friday afternoon to fight a lire In the grove at the John Darling farm east of Corn and straw blown by the heavy winds of the winter and spring were heaped among the trees of the grove to a foot or more In depth and fire in them the efforts of eight men who had been to The fire was quickly extinguished by the chemicals and damage to the trees was comparatively High School Band Has Annual Picnic The senior band of Estherville high school enjoyed their annual picnic following school hours Supper was served on the shores of Lake at Little 8tony and the evening spent at Arnolds Park on West Roller skating and swimming provided the Transportation was furnished by Hanson with his school Miss Shubel Earl Frank Albert and Florence 25 Counties Have No Fatal Auto Accidents Emmet Is not among the 25 counties of the to be without fatal automobile accidents sines Jan. 1, 1934. The counties that have perfect record Palo Wiu Van Adams and Superintendents Meet at Tuttle Lake Emmet Co. superintendents held their monthly meeting Saturday at state park near A picnic lunch was served at o'clock and a business meeting and social hour Doctor M. T. Morton is ill the Call Truce in Twin | ies Strike A truce of 24 hours has beien allied In the Twin strike this The pickets are culled off for the 24 hours and no trucks to move except ice und those carrying supplies to the hospitals and to the It Is hoped they will be able to settle the matter In this One man C Arthur a volunteer deputy policeman was killed by the rioters this
