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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1924
Page
3
G L Caswell reports the Fortieth General Assembly faces slow progress on Code revision despite the holiday recess. Committees and amendments delay bills, with few large measures passed and added political campaigning emerging as deadlines loom.
Iowa Senate battles over a bill authorizing state printing included an amendment to cut 560 dollars for the Iowa State Teachers Association annual meeting report. Senator John R. Price led the attack with critics claiming undue influence, while supporters defended the association in a 26 to 19 vote.
The Iowa State College forestry department urges winter attention to evergreens and new plantings. Forester J T Bode notes trees lose moisture in winter, stressing mulching while ground stays frozen with straw corn stalks or manure as suitable materials.
Farmers may purchase up to 1 000 pounds of Sedator from A W Glyde at Iowa State College extension service before February 1. Price is 6 dollars per 100 pounds F O B Cedar Rapids with remittance to Mr Clyde. Delivery expected late February. Sedator resembles 40 percent dynamite but is slightly stronger and non freezing. Cartridges come in 50 pound boxes. Sedator, a war surplus, replaces exhausted picric acid and is sold without profit to help farmers buy in bulk.
Dearborn Independent reports Alvin Owsley former national commander of the American Legion refuses to run for Texas governor. He is a Democrat and says election would break him spiritually mentally and financially if he won. The piece praises his war service restraint and notes Iowa corn and global wheat comparisons.
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