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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1929
Page
4
The Des Moines sporting goods department holds licenses related to fishing in the state. Minnesota licenses cost 3.07 and cover stock loss or injury, with emphasis on the number of licenses secured. Earl Hayden noted the firm and licensing arrangements.
A broad Iowa generosity initiative sees Des Moines benefited by a notable donation from residents statewide. The gift supports community programs and public services across the capital and surrounding areas.
A log house built in 1837 by Roland Bonnifield near Fairfield was moved to its present site in 1906. The Two story, 16 by 28 feet, with walnut logs and clay chinking, hosted Gov. Lucas and secretary Parvin among others. The site, in Old Settlers Park, draws thousands yearly. Sugar beet harvests at Mason City plant set records this fall with 485,900 tons expected.
List of jurors drawn for the October 1929 term for the district court with instructions to report Monday November 4 1929 at 10 A M. Names include Anema Chas Perkins Breuer J E Hull Bartman Herman Hock Valley Charles Lottie Hawarden Clets Anton Granville De Kock John F Maurice De Kasier Johanna Hull Dirks Win Ineson Den Herder Sioux Center De Vries J L Rock Valley Dykstra John J Hull De Boor Jake Bay Dalgliesch Ben Hawarden Grooters John Boyden Baazeriot BR Hosper Geels James Orange City Harmelink Simeon Hes Hogan E P Hull Hu 10 Hosen Haze Ede Orange City Kertekamp Heure Boyden Kass Peter Alton Cydk HD P Orange City Lewis Florence Hawarden Moreé John Sheldon Muijenberg H T Orange City New Anthony Ireton Nemvan Ben Hawarden Peters J A Kasper Penning John Hospe Probst M P Granville Pas Frank Orange City Rozeboom Andrew Boyden Richter Wm Rock Valley Riter Minuie Ireton Boyden Schrader Will Boreda 1 Chatsworth R B Sioux Center Vandere Sioux Center Vande Stowe Join Hull Ooxt John J Orange City Van Zanien C Rock Valley a 1B 4 Aton cevix Paul Sion pes Vander ergaaren Je Winters Fra Suddon Toy aan arden
A Chevente dispatch says Boeing Air Transport will soon start passenger service between San Francisco and Chicago via Des Moines. The three motor aircraft will have three propellers and a capacity for 18 passengers plus two pilots, and will require 20 hours at day with Des Moines Municipal Airport ranked as a top route hub.
The town board approved the treasurer and weighmaster reports as read and instructed the clerk to notify property owners of assessments due by November 1, 1924. A culvert was assigned for Wynia & Dykstra’s shop rear, and a street light on Mitchell Street was requested. Town Clerk A. L. Halstead recorded adjournment.
The Omaha Conneil Bluffs Rai and Bridge company offered a tract of land south of Council Bluffs as a gift for a new state park. The 46 river area, Manawa backwater, was proposed to join the refuge and provide recreation.
W Miller of Independence cites two remarkable women near a century old. Mrs. Daniels, born in Massachusetts in 1834, moved to Bucher county in 1857 with her husband. The other is Mrs. Elsie Foti, wife of a longtime Congregational minister active in the church. Both women remain alert and engaged in community affairs. A separate item reports Paul Scholte of Pella searching golf greens for a lost diamond, enlisting 15 to 20 schoolchildren who aided at the beach. Anna May Hoeksema found the diamond, earning $30, and each hunter received a dollar.
Waukon reports beer in the area and a wider lease sought by the Mississippi Valley Iron Company of St. Louis. C. S. Bailey of Waukon moves that mines may reopen with the prewar workforce and a sizable office staff, plus weekly payroll, as the state awaits payment quantities.
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