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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
2
A cyclone struck west Ames Monday between 1:30 and 2:00 am from the northwest causing severe damage. Homes and barns were destroyed or badly damaged, porches blown away, livestock killed by lightning, and downed trees reported citywide with significant damage south of the college as police and residents surveyed the wreckage.
A letter urges Ames to refurbish the city park turning it into a clean well lit space with swings seats and play machines. It argues for protective policing and durable iron seating to deter vandalism and protect a fountain while stressing parks as essential for children and community well being.
Prof. A. V. Storm is elected head of a new department to train teachers for agricultural and domestic science work in secondary schools. He brings extensive public school experience and ties to the extension department. Demand for qualified teachers exceeds supply, with salaries ranging from $1,000 to $1,500 in Iowa and higher elsewhere.
Improvements on the Fort Dodge Des Moines Southern interurban aim to create a premier western electric railway. Work overseen by Judge Smith McPherson, with a receiver in control. A new boiler arrives for the Frazier power plant. six weeks to install and reach full operation by August first. A sand dredge at the power house extracts sand and gravel for commercial use. Coal handling machinery already installed and functioning well.
Ames Chautauqua runs August 9 to 18 featuring The Raweis Robert B Glenn Midland Jubilee Singers Lenora M Lake Frank Dixon Thatcher’s Royal Hungarian Orchestra Edward Amherst Ott Rev Herbert Moninger Norton's Chautauqua Orchestra and Band Mohammad Ali Shungapavi Emerson Winters and Iowa State Carriers Band. Citizens urged to fund a city park with safe play areas and willing to support youth recreation.
Roy Weatherman of Allan's bakery sustained a facial wound after riding rapidly down the cellar steps behind the Tilden store. He turned into the alley from Douglass avenue, tried to dodge two men, struck the cellar entrance and required stitches for a forehead cut.
Milton Childs fourteen year old son of Mr and Mrs M A Childs died at the family home in Des Moines from heart failure on the 16th. He had been ill about a year but could be about recently. The family, once long settled in Ames, is remembered there where Mr Childs worked for the telephone company.
John Driscoll a laborer at the college was arrested by Officer Art McCoy Friday at 9 o clock. He refused to cash wages and said he earned the money. Justice C. E. Haverly ordered five days in county jail at Nevada.
Assistant County Attorney John Larson of Nevada dismissed the case State of Iowa v Al Stoops last Friday morning stating the facts did not warrant prosecution. Prosecuting witness J J Ferguson testified.
David C. Allan leased his cafe to Levert Johnson, an experienced hotel man. Johnson will take possession Saturday and aims to run a modern, up to date establishment.
The electric crane aids coal handling as crews rebuild overhead lines. Thirty five linemen work on the overhead system with more to join. Three months remain for the wire stringing portion. Track ballast proceeds along the entire line. Sub station work doubles north of Boone once finished. Roberts substation moves to East Fort Dodge, Rinard gains a new unit, and Hope loses its unit. Power house capacity doubles with new motors arriving soon. Three locomotives will join existing engines for freight. Passenger cars are being completely overhauled with new motors, making them practically new. Event schedule follows with concerts and sermons through August 15.
F. B. Spence, local fruit man, found guilty of assault and battery on Mary Dvoracek by Justice C. E. Haverly. He was fined ten dollars and costs. The incident began when Spence tried to access the second floor of a building he had just purchased, with Dvoracek, a tenant, opposing him on Main Street. Representation by J. Y. Luke. case brought by J. Larson and C. H. Pasley.
City council opened bids Monday evening for water main extensions. The lowest bid was W E Rosecrans at 941 dollars and 25 cents, awarded the contract. other bids included Mead Robinson 1,164.51 and Andrew G Anderson 994.57. Also approved a building permit for C G Lee to erect a structure on lot 23 and west twelve feet of twenty four block 12 Ames for the Princess Theatre.
The Methodist churches of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island vote 101 to 9 at their annual convention in St. John to consolidate with the Presbyterian and Congregational churches of Canada, making a church union likely to become a fact.
Engine number 1781 pulling C. N. W. freight 120 from Boone to Belle Plaine ran off the track in the east yards at noon. Freight traffic was tied up until about two o clock when the engine was replaced on the rails.
Henry Woodruff purchased a new five passenger Hudson automobile from the Nevada Auto company on Saturday.
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