Sioux County Court Notes Summary of Probate and Civil Filings
Probate matters include the estate of Peter Halverson with deeds to Lots 5 and 10 in Ames Addition to Calliope, and a transcript of Kate Schloeige and Hessel estates. Probate set for Paul Hentels will on March 20, 1928. Lynn W. Hollenbeck named administrator of H. C. Hollenbeck estate with bond $1,000. Jurisdiction notes involve rent arrears, mortgage foreclosures, and debts. Civil actions include Gertrude Victoria et al debt of $4,000 secured by mortgage on West Eighty Southwest Quarter Sec 25-97-46. R. Fylstra notes totaling $180. Fleury Walters debt of $976.49. and a divorce suit alleging cruelty and separation grounds filed by W. Nienhuis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena Oden
Peter Halverson
Ames
Calliope
Kate Schloeige
O’brien
Hessel
O'Brien
John Edwards
Plymouth Couny
Stong County
Paul Hen Tels
Lynn W. Hollenbeck
H. C. Hollenbeck
Frank Hemen
Leo
Edmund
Arnoldly
Mary Hemen
Bee Et
Stra
Gerrit Drangom
Gertrude Victoria
Et al
West Eighty
Perkins Christian School Board
R. Fylstra
MM. P. Nymeyer
le Mars
Car Load of Honey Shipped from Jackson County Farms
Frank Coverdale and Recard Benton shipped from Maquoketa a car load of extracted honey to Sionz City recently. The load weighed 45 500 pounds and ranged in price from 15 cents down. It was of good quality though last year was not an especially good honey year. The pair maintain 400 bee colonies on their farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Frank Coverdale
Benton
Maquoketa
Sionz City
Rock Valley Council Minutes March 7 1928 Iowa
Rock Valley Iowa council met March 7 1928 in town hall with Mayor Murphy and aldermen present. Minutes from February 1 1928 approved. Bills approved including salaries coal street work rent lights and disposal charges. Treasurer and weighmaster reports accepted. Election judges appointed for March 26 and a grader blade ordered. Council adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Valley
Iowa
We Murphy
Vugteveen
de Ww. Jacobs
Steve Vander Well
Vander Well
Dick van Eldik
John Kersbergen
J. A. Weimer
Peter de Jong
N.W
Star Printing Co
Mdse
R. Y. Luter Co
Farmers Lumber Co
Rock Valley Bee
Acme
Matt, Parrott Co
Orpheum Theatre
Rent
Ila
Electroliers
Pub. Ser Co
Jacobs
Miller
Sioux County Board of Supervisors
Mars. Mulvey
Junges
J. A. Gartland
Fred Miller
C.roxzeboom
A. L. Halstead
Light Company Lowers Rates For Rock Valley
The Town public Service Company reduces lighting charges in Rock Valley effective immediately. The rate schedule: first 25 KWH at 12 cents per KWH, next 25 KWH at 10 cents, over 50 KWH at 6 cents. Minimum monthly charge remains $1.50.
Plato Township awards graveling contract to Namara
Trustees of Plato Township award graveling three miles at 299 cents per cubic yard. Me Namara of Sioux Falls is to gravel Garfield Township roads first, starting near Garfield and continuing five miles south of Rock Valley. Connecting road graveling may be attempted this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plato Township
Me Namara
Sioux Falls
Ma Me Namara
Garfield Township
Plato
Garfield
Tim
Genter School House
Rock Valley
Nile
Highway Bonding Bill Clears Senate in Heavy Debate
The 100 400 000 road bonding proposition passed the Senate and was messaged to the House where a lengthy debate and numerous amendments delayed a vote. Supporters and opponents seized the chance to present their cases as the measure moved toward final action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Jarangin
House
Senate
Legislation Passed Despite Pledge On Bond Proposition 25
The state bar association moved three emergent measures through the general assembly via judiciary committees in both houses. They include an updated form of notary acknowledgements, a rule to legalize defective acknowledgements, and a revision codifying lien sections of state and federal courts. The changes respond to federal decisions deeming prior acknowledgments defective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bar Association
General Assembly
Notares
Amendment Battle Over Surplus Funds In Senate Debates
The senate wrestled with a plan by Breakenridge to divert 3 million dollars a year from the surplus to a state aid secondary road fund. The air county distribution would shape graveling and maintenance, fueling a costly fight with 21 in favor and 28 against, Seator Shinn absent. In the house Knudson later pressed the measure. Atty General opinion sought to settle constitutional questions raised in Will l in the houses. Lovrien Rumboldt Forsling and Reimers sponsored a resolution for formal opinions on disputed points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Breakenridge
Kossuth
Illanez
Clay
Palo Alto
Dickenson
Friends of the Secondary Roads
Vom
Seator Shinn
Crawford- Flarrison-Monona
Knudson
Hamilton County
Atty. General
Lovrien
Rumboldt
Forsling
Woodbury
House
Judiciary Committees
Reimers
Lyon County
Jution Tabled as Court Test Feasibility Considered
The bill was postponed after it became clear it would pass. If challenged in court the attorney general would be required to defend it, a position that would disadvantage him should he have previously advised the legislature.
Amendments Adopted in Senate on Road Bond Provisions
Senate amendments clarified prohibitions on issuing county primary road bonds after the state bond issue begins. Interest diversion to the sinking fund for public deposits under the Brookhart Lovrien act was prohibited. A provision was added to prevent delaying the six year paving program by diverting roads designated for gravel paving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Amendments Adopted in House Tighten Bond Interest Rate
The House approved amendments notably reducing tie bond interest from four and a half to four percent. Proponents argued that state backing would secure a lower rate and add solid sid medium to further decrease interest costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Refunds Planned for Culvert Costs Across Iowa
Iowa lawmakers amend a road finance bill to include culverts in the reimbursement from primary road funds. The amendment, approved 40 to 9 in the Senate and awaiting House concurrence, expands eligibility for county culvert refunds, with northern counties expected to gain most. The four year program may total about 2.5 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Kline
Davis County
Iowa
Stoddard
Woodbury
Breakenridge
Palo Alto
Senate
House
Towa
What The Session Costs The Special Road Bond Session
The special road bond session in the state legislature cost about 2000 dollars per day, as estimated by Deputy Auditor Fred Porter. The 108 representatives and 50 senators in the General Assembly are paid 10 dollars daily, with chief clerks earning the same, general clerks 7 dollars, and other clerks and stenographers about 4 dollars daily. Continued on last page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Porter
General Assembly
Students showcase spring themed Dutch project and debates
First grade children completed a Dutch project and are making health booklets. Debates Wednesday yielded a Rock Valley Affirmative 2 1 in the afternoon and Sioux City 2 1 in the evening with listed speakers, judges, and a sub district declamatory event slated for Sibley on March 15. Rock Valley will send a Girls Glee Club and soloists to Hawarden on March 24 for a music contest168
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrel Booher
South Dakota
Lyle Gould
Sioux City
Shirley Green
Rock Valley
Irving Passman
Laurence Singer
Eliner Schouten
Rena Kosters
Ben Golden
Burnell Koolish
Margaret Turnman
Eileen McNamara Oun
Utterback
Lock
Walhol
Hue
Dennis
Isler
Sibley
Reva Kosters
Helen Ruth Walhof
Henry Ver Meulen
Scelsior Consolidated
George
Harris
Inwood
Lake Park
Hawarden
Girls Glee Club
Cher ‘Ixia
A Silhoquy of a Senior Boy After Examinations
A distorted parody echoes a senior student response to semester exams. The text satirizes teachers, exams, and the school’s testing culture, noting a battlefield of questions and a vow to persevere despite challenges.
Reduction in Transatlantic Rates Cuts Three Minute Call Cost
Local Manager Evans announced a 40 percent cut in the three minute transatlantic rate effective March 4, 1928, reducing calls to London by 530 and to European cities including Belgium, Holland, Sweden, and Germany. The Belgian and Dutch rates are listed as 54 dollars and 54.75 dollars respectively, with ongoing physical extensions expanding service to major continental points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
London
Belgium
Holland
Sweden
Rock Valley Town Election On March 26
The Rock Valley town section election will be held March 26. Only one ticket is nominated, comprising all current town officers, suggesting broad satisfaction with the present administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Valley
Jefferson Highway to Connect With Missouri Paving
W. F. Lindsey of Leon Iowa ends controversy over the southern extension of the Jefferson Highway He says the road from the Harrison county Missouri pavement No 69 to the Iowa state line will be hard surfaced this year to meet pavement planned through Decatur county thus closing a three mile gap over the line in Missouri C G Alleman Albany Mo district highway official confirmed the information
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. FP. Lindsey
Leon
Iowa
Mr. Lindsay
Harrison County
Alissouri
Iowa State Line
Decatur County
Missouri
C. G. Alleman
Albany, Mo
Missouri State Highway Commission
Lincoln witness to Gettysburg address told by C M Young
C M Young, secretary of the Iowa Humane Society, recalls witnessing Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address from a close distance. He describes standing near the president as the words were spoken, Lincoln’s reassuring gesture to a boy, and the emotional memory of the event for a lifelong witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Young
Iowa Humane Sociey
Gettysburg
Mende
Mr. Young
Lincoln
New Birth of Freedom at School under Mr Smylie
A historical note declares the school under Mr Smylie will renew its emphasis on freedom and reform. Teachers will examine pupils for red letter grades, ensuring that such grading practice does not perish from the earth.
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Sioux County
Council Proceedings
State Bank of
Loans
U.S
RR. M.schutz
Astrid Lundgren
Eileen McNamara
Margaret Tuynman
Europe
Jefferson
First Nationals Bank
Owa
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