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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1911
Page
7
State dairy convention to be held in Waterloo October 9 to 14 offers over 7500 dollars in premiums. Prof. Hugh G. Van Pelt serves as general manager promising square deal for every exhibitor. Ample provisions will handle stock and butter exhibits. The report of frost in Wyoming is dismissed.
Friends of former U S Marshal Bill Richards anticipate his release on parole when the state parole board meets next month. Richards has served over six years of an eighteen year burglary sentence and is described as a model prisoner. Leonard Haley, convicted of murder in Dubuque, is not expected to be paroled. A freight hearing docket in Des Moines seeks rate changes on cucumbers, eggs, eggs in cases, and other classifications, with farm and prison discussions also noted.
Cambridge Leader argues Cambridge should form a volunteer fire company to provide immediate authority on fire scenes until a paid department is considered by Ames. The letter urges readiness and local control in firefighting responses.
At a Thursday college meeting in Cie hall the women organized athletic plans for the year. Hockey practice began Monday night with tennis and basketball to follow later in the week. A slight rule change aligned women’s BB rules with collegiate rules. Many girls show interest and promise of developments.
Colonist offers one way second class fares to principal California Oregon Washington and British Columbia points from September 15 to October 15 inclusive. Travel via Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line with daily and personally conducted Pullman Tourist Sleeping Car tours. Tickets available through ticket agents in Chicago and North Western Ry.
Three thousand homesteads to be settled on 466,562 acres open to settlement in the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reserve across Bennett and Meade counties. Registration runs October 2 to 21. Chicago & North Western Ry provides routes to Gregory, Dallas, Rapid City and the border line. For details, contact ticket agents or A C Johnson, P T M, Jackson Blvd Chicago.
Official Proceedings show the Story County Iowa Board of Supervisors meeting September 11 to 14 1911 with members Johnson Scott and Jacobson. They approved refunds for erroneous taxes and cancellations of delinquent road poll taxes for multiple townships and Ames. Adjournments shifted dates and a road relocation petition was referred.
The records outline petitions in Howard Union and Nevada townships, tax refunds approved for delinquent and erroneous assessments, and road establishment actions. Interurban railroad schedules To Des Moines and Des Moines daily with multiple arrival and departure times listed.
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