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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1929
Page
7
Shingle fire risks prompt cities to require fire resisting roofs and repair of fire damaged structures. Manchester Delaware county enforces new rules while Des Moines reports 400 factories producing diverse goods and a record 204,385 cars moved by rail and truck nationwide.
Hunters near Sutherland bag a 72-pound wolf suspected to be the big timber wolf seen around Peterson. The animal’s presence coincides with heavy losses in the area, with 18 sheep killed in one night and days later 12 hogs and many calves found dead.
East Pleasant Plain reports Fred W Morrison in charge of liquidating a defunct bank closed on September 30 1926. The final report shows all deposits paid in full with accrued interest and stockholders received a dividend on a 100 percent assessment they paid after closure. The record is said to be the best of any closed bank in the state and proves local losses were recovered.
Adj Gen W E Bailey announced the Camp Dodge big swimming pool will open early summer not under Camp Dodge but under Des Moines Play Ground Association. The pool will be at the disposal of National Guards during August encampment and officials say supervision by the Play Ground committee keeps it in better order. The pool draws long-distance visitors in hot weather and is regarded as a premier military pool in the United States.
W. F. Lindsey of Leon Decatur county reports a taxi driver named Clif Peters who, with two traveling salesmen, drove toward Grand River as water rose and the road became impassable. He navigated three miles along the railroad track toward Leon, crossing the river by the bridge before returning to the road. No trains were scheduled that day.
A corps of painters works on a Knoxville sign at the fair grounds amphitheatre. The orange letters are seventeen feet high ten feet wide and five feet apart, spanning 130 feet with a black background. The Commercial Club directs the project. Flyers will mark a nearby emergency landing area alongside a north field large enough for larger planes.
Walter Walliams of Audubon reports severe orchard losses after deep snows. At a twenty acre orchard west of Audubon, established about three years ago by F. C. Sampson, Arthur Farquhar and Frank Battey, 300 to 4100 trees ruined and to be replaced. Alfred Allee, in charge of planting, estimates at least 100 more trees damaged but potentially salvageable by grafting.
Edwin C. Lane of Clarinda cites Dr. Brown from Iowa State College at Ames who mocks easterners ignorance of Iowa. He quotes a eastern woman who said Iowa is a state you ride through at night to California. Brown argues Iowa’s strong book interest proves intelligence.
Much corn remains unharvested in southern Iowa as rain and heavy snows in January and February prevented field work. Husking crews are in demand once soils firm. Stalk corn quality is fair, but ground corn is badly damaged.
C L Leas of Madrid Boone County discusses native timber tracts valued by early settlers. He gives Corys Grove as an example naming a grove after the first settler nearby, a local official and Story County leader who was grandfather to evangelist William A Sunday.
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