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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
4
Iowa citizens face a fall vote on a $22 million state bond issue to fund adjusted compensation for veterans of World War I. The plan offers 60 cents per day served, up to 320 dollars per person, funded by a two-mil initial tax then tapering to one mil, costing landowners about eight dollars per year per quarter section.
The Cass County Board of Supervisors advertises for bids to supply and construct 21 reinforced concrete box culverts. Bids due August 7 1922 at 1 30 P M in Atlantic Iowa with 5 percent bid bond and 75 percent performance bond. Plans at County Auditor office with specifications per Iowa State Highway Commission standards.
The Cass County Board of Supervisors recommends to the Iowa State Highway Commission that a described road be eliminated from the County Road System and added to the Grant township Township Road System. A hearing is set for Monday August 7 1922 at 10 00 AM objections and petitions must be filed with the County Auditor before the hearing concludes. County Auditor Co E Kringel signed notice.
Chas M Blakesly of Gowrie Iowa and his son Claude visited Anita with wife and daughter recalling the old days. He plans to take over a stock of goods at Sibley Iowa and reopen a business by August 1st with support from friends and former partners. The Blakesleys were long time Anita merchants.
Misses Emma June Schör and June Robinson visited Saturday. John N. Reimers of Adair transacted business in the city Saturday. Mrs. Frank Eblen of Cumberland spent Sunday with her mother Mrs. M. Smith. Louise Harderson made a Saturday home paper payment. John Halli and wife of Valley Junction visit Anita area. Eddie Klemish left payment for the home paper Friday. L. E. Bean family spent Sunday in Casey. June Robinson visits Lincoln Center with brother Allen V. Robinson and wife. Bell Company unhooked from Musson system hurts service in Atlantic.
Jobo Baier and A H Ehle are listed as record callers. reports say the J W Dougherty building on Main street will be fitted up under latest post office department plans for post office use and leased for a term of years.
Joseph Klemisk sold three loads of choice hogs to The Farmers' Coop this week. Frank Eblen and wife of Cumberland visited Anita and Mrs. M. Smith and family. Chas Hockenberry and wife visited John W. Budd and family in Audubon. Miss Leila Mountain of Coon Rapids stayed with Miss Anna Whited and friends. Mrs. Mable Wood returned to Waterloo after visiting Mrs. Chas D. Robinson. Eddie Carlton harvested nearly thirty bushels per acre of winter wheat. W. B. Case and family hosted by J. T. Monnig. A cheap trip to Yellowstone suggested near Lewis. Supervisors Metz and Highley looked after county business in Avita. A. H. Ehle and family return to Cass county from near Puckwana, South Dakota.
We express our appreciation for the kindness shown by friends and neighbors during the busy season and through our long illness. Mr. and Mrs. Asa S. Johnson
E. M. Crane shipped ninety head of Hereford yearling steers and heifers from Omaha this week to J. B. Oberholtz who will pasture them well. Mrs. Adam Haist of Denver, long an Anita resident, visits town en route to Canada to see two daughters and families.
Mrs. Jacob Kuhn of Los Angeles California is visiting Cass and Audubon counties for a few weeks. She recalls her Cass County and Anita residence in the seventies. Her husband once owned The Anita Flouring Mill with Dr. W D Rood and A S Culver and represented Cass County in the state legislature while living in Anita.
Mrs. Laura Buerkin of Peoria Illinois spends weeks at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs John Row. She is joined by her niece Little Miss Mildred Striebeck also of Peoria who cherishes her annual visit with Grandpa and Grandma Row. Mrs Buerkin is an early Anita school graduate and long served Cass County schools as a teacher.
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