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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1929
Page
7
At the Drake relays a move to secure Gen John J Pershing as a referee gains momentum. Prominent American Legion members push for his consent to officiate the nationally known event.
Residents of Kossuth county press to include Union Slough in the refuges program as the Norbeck bill advances in the Senate and eyes a House passage. Union Slough spans about eleven miles, half a mile wide, with water draining north to Blue Earth river and south to the Des Moines river, and wind direction reportedly governs flow.
Statewide reports show cash sales dominate farm trading with many sales totaling over a thousand dollars. Notable figures include a $5 000 plus sale in Audubon and Rex Davis sale receipts between $4 200 and $4 300. Horses average $150, work horses $140, Colts $100, stock cows $85, yearling heifers $53 60, summer calves $38, mules $330, milk cows $85 to $95, and sows $22 average.
The annual report of Buena Vista County Engineer shows 522 miles of graveled roads 290 miles of township graveled roads and 164 miles of county roads surfaced in addition to all primary roads.
Gov Hamill’s message highlights Iowa’s 1927 shipments to Boston Chicago New York and Philadelphia totaling 61 324 000 pounds of dressed poultry and 175 387 000 pounds of creamery butter with volumes surpassing home-state figures. The Snow King snow plow built by the state highway commission opened primary routes in Mahaska and Jasper counties, tearing through snow and ice and causing property damage.
At the Little Brown Church in the Vale Bradford Chickasaw County the 1928 tally shows 592 marriage ceremonies and 32 baptisms, including 5 adults and 27 children. Over 30,000 visitors registered, with estimates suggesting actual attendance exceeds registrar figures by about one third. The church charges $5 for matrimonial ceremonies.
Kalona and Dexter in Iowa show 1928 shipping totals: Kalona moved 1152 cars of livestock and articles including hogs 515 cattle 45 horses 12 sheep 14 and others 25. Dexter sent 731 cars of livestock grain and produce with hogs 416 cattle 163 and 60 from a canning factory. State taxes and revenues figures follow, with a note on the Voice From the Sky aviation demonstration in Des Moines.
The first case before an Iown court for illegal transportation of liquor by airplane is now closed. Milo Hilton, accused air plane rum runner, was convicted of violation of the prohibition amendment and given the maximum penalty, one year in jail and a fine of $1,000, by Judge B. F. Cummings.
Leonard Carrothera, a Cedar Rapids pilot who rode with the Hilton plane captured at Marshalltown on November 27, was freed by the Marshall County court. He had been fined $500 in a Des Moines federal court in December after conviction for illegal transportation, and the Marshalltown jury found him an innocent bystander.
The Terra Bella California church and home hosted the golden wedding celebration for Mr. and Mrs. R Gerdes on January 21 1929. Grandchildren led the procession as Lohengrin’s march played. A lavish banquet followed with a four story sponge cake and a Monticello Iowa fruit cake bearing best wishes 1929.
Monticello high school will host the Jones County basketball tournament on Friday and Saturday with eight schools including Anamosa Martello Morley Monticello Center Junction Oxford Junction Onslow and Wyoming. Morley has seven straight wins and the winner receives a silver trophy while the consolation prize is the basketball used in the series.
Boy Scout notes outline a shift to alternating meetings with whole troop sessions on one Monday and patrol meetings on the next. Beavers, Rattlesnakes, Eagles, and Ravens receive half hour slots at 6:30 to 8:30 under patrol leaders supervision. Scores and antics from a game called Freeze are noted along with top patrols and individual point leaders Rickless, Bart, Hutton, Kuentzel, and Roberts.
January delivered a new high for snowfall at the Dubuque station with 34.2 inches, surpassing 32 inches in 1887. The month also posted an 11.0 inch daily peak on the 4th–5th, and helped push the season total to 39.6 inches with two months remaining. January averaged 9.6 degrees, the coldest in 11 years, and featured frequent sudden temperature drops with only three days reaching freezing.
Deeds filed for record show Sheriff of Jones County transferring property to Gard ner H. Dutton and P. S. Dutton as executors of the Estate of Robert Dutton. The filings cover transfers recorded in Jones County for the week ending January 26.
Deeds show transfers including parcels in sections 4 7 83-1 36-84-1 and 28 21 with buyers such as Fred H. McClure Oxford Junction Savings Bank and John Eichholtz. Amounts range from 1 to 15850 dollars dated 1929 and earlier.
An undivided interest in land located in parts of Clark county within sections 21 and 22 including east half southeast quarter of section 21 and west half north west quarter of section 22 is offered for sale at $15,000 dated January 21, 1929. The property is subject to an existing mortgage.
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