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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1929
Page
6
Several counties in northeastern Iowa unite to press for a large state park. The state board of conservation and lawmakers are urged to back the project. Promising sites exist and paving could make the area a regional attractor, with millions within reach.
A historical Iowa report notes 17 life insurers 10 fraternal societies 15 fire insurers 35 casualty and misc firms domiciled in Iowa plus about 160 mutual associations. It lists 77 foreign insurers licensed here. Receipts of the Iowa insurance department for year ending June 30 1928 from taxes and license fees totaled 1 6388 525 42 with current year estimates at least 1 806 000.
Arthur C. McGil of Des Moines on a trip to Sidney, Fremont County, noted a flock of peculiar birds unfamiliar to him. They are small flat, formed doves with white breasts and drab backs and wings, seasonally wintering in the area and seeming unfazed by the cold.
Fish and Game Warden Albert reports progress in conservation efforts including larger catches, fewer course dish recepts sold, and improvements at hatcheries. Purchases for hatcheries and additional rearing ponds are planned to expand game fish propagation and safeguard game laws. Accidents in Iowa rose in 1928 with 1460 deaths from accidental and external causes, up from 1494 in 1927. auto accidents caused 335 deaths, rail crashes added 120 deaths.
State department of public instruction issues order requiring school bus drivers to be at least seven years old. Provisions of Section 4947 of the Code state if a driver owns his own bus, he must obtain a chauffeur's license, but the chauffeur's license is not used by anyone under 18.
Regular stockholders meeting in Rock Valley Iowa on January 24 1929 adopted amendment to Article IV of the Articles of Incorporation. It strikes 1000 shares of 25 each and inserts 2500 shares of 10 each. President Fred De Jong and Secretary A Gaalswyk authorized to acknowledge the amendment at Rock Valley on January 28 1939.
Eastward and westward passenger trains listed with times and destinations. Notes advise purchasing tickets and checking baggage for eastbound No 4, as well as advance sleeping car reservations. Jacobs agent, phone 15, offers through-ticketing and baggage checks.
The superintendent of the Ochevedan public schools for five years has been appointed by civil service to a post in the Philippine Islands. The appointment increases salary and responsibility as he will head thirty provincial vocational agricultural schools on the islands.
Prof P H Edgood of Iowa State College leads a group urging the state board of conservation to construct a forty foot scenic parkway along the Des Moines river town corridor from Faenington to Algonarecreation. The plan envisions a scenic backbone studded with seven state parks to boost Iowa’s highway system.
Figures from the Iowa Department of Health’s Vital Statistics indicate fewer births in 1928, totaling 42,442 compared with 44,296 in 1927, while deaths rose to 25,517 from 24,532. The record notes 1,754 fewer babies and a loss of population due to mortality. The document also includes a long list of petit jurors for March 1929 reporting April 1.
To whom it may concern you are notified to appear at the Court House in Orange City Sioux County Iowa on March 25 1929 at 10 o clock AM to attend the probate of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of P P Leistra deceased At which time you will appear and show cause why said will should not be admitted to probate Clerk CG A Walhof attorney seal dated February 18 1929
Major Francis St Austell of Des Moines, head of the Radio Listeners League, spoke in Storm Lake about broadcasting charges and rates for station usage. He described costs to bring chain programs to Iowa and noted changes in telephone hookups and equipment. He also shared Boer War memories and remarks on African signaling methods observed by natives and the white man.
Davenport Mayor Metcalf convenes Des Moines meeting of city leaders and county legislators to press for paving U.S. Route 32 across Iowa. After the Des Moines session, a Ames visit highlighted the urgent need for paving the Davenport Des Moines Council Bluffs corridor. Route 32, Iowa’s first highway project, is largely paved except for two counties and a gap from Polk county line to Council Bluffs.
Fifteen neighbors in Buchanan County braved heavy snow to clear roads near Bryantsburg for the funeral of Mrs. Barney Moore. AW and F Miller of Independence noted neighbors’ help in time of trouble as teams pulled stranded cars from snowbanks along the route.
In a special election held February 12, 1929, the electors of Humboldt County voted to organize a consolidated school district. This marks the first consolidated district formed in Town. Buckingham date referenced 1923.
Tenry Bender, recently moving from Goshen Indiana to a farm in Kalona Washington County, received a ton of stale cookies from a mail order house. He plans to enter the dairy business and believes the cookies, shipped in large sacks, will boost milk flow for his cattle.
About 40 600 pounds of fish were pulled from Storm Lake by John Peterson and his crew. The haul, mostly sheepheads with carp and buffalo, included 230 boxes and was described as the largest single catch from the lake. The net was set on the south shore and the seiners worked day and night to load the catch.
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