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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1907
Page
1
The opening of school at I S C marks a record rise in attendance with 134 new students this term, boosting total enrollment to about 1600. Departments fill up rapidly as President Storms and Rev A Cobb address students and praise the growth.
Story county assessors met in Nevada on Monday to set farm stock values including horses cows hogs and cattle feed costs. The counties North and Poweshiek propose a daily pay raise for assessors and urge E B Clark and G E Grier to seek legislative amendment.
District seeks decision from Superintendent Welty on pupil transportation costs. Fourth ward patrons have formed a committee with attorney B. H. Addison and will present the plan in proper form. A state official may be asked to resolve, with a survey showing some pupils must walk about two and a half miles if rides are not affordable.
The school board met Monday night to discuss the fare proposition but no fair solution emerged. Prof. A B Noble presented the Fourth ward view. no definite action will be taken. The issue likely moves to the county superintendent as procedure, with the losing side possibly appealing to the district court.
Clay Foster and J. D. Murphy cheerfully prepare for ice cutting as thick ice forms on their ponds. The two men fill, cut, and stock supplies while frost shakes from trees and plans for customers’ coal and ice bills unfold.
Mr James Lee travels from Newton to observe his son's court in Story county where Saturday sessions are questioned. The bailiff notes no Saturday court yet the father argues the pattern aids preparation and family chores. He asks about trains to Ames as the judge splits elm for pine to rethink a sentence for a Kell y fruit tree peddler.
Bert Bisbee remains seriously injured after a 18 foot fall at a mining camp 40 miles from Tucson Arizona. His wife in Ames reports legs damaged with one severely shattered knee and other ankle broken but expected to heal with no lasting issues.
Frank Lang resigns after nine years as Ames and College railroad engineer to take control of Story county farm February 15. He ran Dinky lines from six to seventeen daily trips, with eleven by him, and never caused an accident. He plans to welcome visitors and run the farm with his father’s methods, aiming to keep friends connected.
Tilden Bros and Company advance their mercantile operations by incorporating after a year of planning and a deliberate New Year’s resolution to strengthen the business footing.
The third annual Iowa cement users convention convened at the college on Wednesday and runs through Friday with demonstrations and talks by engineers and industry leaders. Topics include cement tests, post data, concrete versus wood for county culverts, monolithic construction, and cement tile.
A dynamite device is placed in a barn near the Interurban causing alarm as Mayor Sheldon, distracted by a wireless dispute, answers a call about explosive danger. A irate caller, posing as a spirit, demands action and disrupts the bank's afternoon operations.
A telephone dispute between Mayor Parley Sheldon and a farmer’s wife escalates over alleged dynamite stored in a barn. The mayor denies any dynamite involvement and cites outsider contractors, while the woman demands removal before night. Spectators react as the call ends with frustration.
Fire reports detail Ames and Nevada blazes with total property losses of 17 300 in Nevada and 18 500 in Ames. Heavy losers include D F Whipple J Mills Otis Briggs K W Brown Thomas Bros and Mr Booth. Insurance coverage was low prompting calls for investigation into incendiarism.
B B Belles of Fairfield a civil engineering student at the College fell from the belfry of the Congregational church Tuesday afternoon after mounting a ladder to adjust a trap door. He slipped and fell sixteen feet, bruised, with a broken nose and a badly wrenched left ankle. He was taken to Dr Maxwell's office for treatment and is not expected to suffer serious results.
College authorities report the end of hazing in the short course after inspections and suspensions in 1905 06. President Storms and officials aim to extend the success to long courses and cleanse the entire campus.
Prof. C. T. Curtiss is in Denver for the American National Livestock association session with about four thousand stock men expected to attend. The page also notes THE REQUIEM.
The Dam family, led by a railroad mogul who rides and avoids payments, keeps walking while sister Jane and brother Wil join in as Hepburn’s tax bill changes the scene in Chattanooga.
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