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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1923
Page
1
The article surveys hotel operations in Des Moines, noting annual pest control costs for five Miller hotels and typical expenses for smaller hotels. It explains pest extermination methods, dust powdering, and the labor involved in keeping rooms pest free, highlighting the public’s ignorance of these costs.
It is estimated 18500 delegates will attend the National Christian Endeavor convention in Des Moines from July 4 to 9 with about 15000 visitors expected that week. Eastern railroads report special trains arranged from as far away as Massachusetts. Oklahoma Endeavorers announce their quota of over 300 delegates has been reached. Two postconvention trips offered: the northern tour to Denver Colorado Springs Pikes Peak Yellowstone Park and a western trip to Glacier National Park.
Maynard Barnes, Grinnell College graduate and vice consul at Smyrna, aided Americans during the Smyrna fire. He found a new location, raised the U S flag, and began daily consular business, keeping nearly continuous service as the city burned. The New York Times notes the consulate remained open despite the disaster.
Miss Susan D. Orvis, Grinnell College graduate of 1900, just returned from the Near East where she directed the last group of orphans deported by the Turks from Caesarea in Anatolia. Refugees traveled 250 miles by horse and wagon to the seacoast. She encountered a thousand refugees and learned that originally 3000 were in the column, two thirds having strayed or died during the two months of desert travel.
Prof. C. B. Finley of the Iowa State dairy extension reports Iowa produced 25 million more pounds of butter in 1922 than in 1921. He cites a rise in per capita butter consumption from 14 pounds during the war to 17.5 pounds in 1922, while oleomargarine per capita use fell from 4 pounds to 2 pounds.
Records show 98 marriages were performed in 1922 at the Little Brown Church in the Vale Chickasaw County. The famed church attracts summer visitors from across the country with about 25 000 visitors last summer. Couples came from Iowa and neighboring states. one bride traveled from the Atlantic coast while the groom came from the Pacific coast.
The state supreme court ruled against the First National Bank of Guthrie Center in a Guthrie county case, holding that counties may tax capital stock invested in United States liberty loan bonds despite claims of tax exemption. The decision is set to guide a broader settlement of a multi year dispute.
Mitchell county now leads the state in onion production surpassing Scott county and rivals Muscatine in other vegetables. In 1922 St Ansgar shipped 643 cars of vegetables with cabbage 92 cars, potatoes 226 cars, carrots 1 car, mixed 24 cars, onions 300 cars. Two 40 acre tracts bought four years ago at $1,000 per acre yielded 10 to 50 percent yearly returns.
The Des Moines Employment Bureau placed 15,789 people in 1922, up from 10,841 in 1921 and 11,952 in 1920. It sent 21,039 employees to positions, with 18,204 calls received. Costs per placement totaled $1.58, lower than $1.96 in 1921 and $1.88 in 1920.
W M Calladay head of the motor vehicle department says Polk county will match the entire state’s 1911 car count. Polk may reach 30 000 registrations by year end, while Iowa totals about 500 000. Estimated investments total roughly 40 million dollars at an 800 dollar average car value.
Ora Clayton Moore of Clarinda recounts Tay lor Kraut death and a room of squalor that hid 2400 dollars in old and new bills. 1100 remained on his person despite a yearlong illness. Bills were bundled in hundreds and sent to Washington for replacement. The search continues for more treasures and odd collections including up to fifty pencils and numerous jack knives.
The Elsie Ferguson company visited Des Moines and was entertained by the Fourteenth cavalry at Ft. Des Moines with dinner and an exhibition drill for theatrical guests. Marc Launcelot, an American with several battle medals, is the sole non British veteran.
In Allamakee county the town debates Sunday films as the supreme court upholds local option. The city council of Waukon has refused to pass an ordinance legalizing picture shows on Sundays despite public urging to submit the matter to voters.
State Fire Marshal J A Tracy reports Iowa fire losses in 1922 at 10 151 011 an increase of 541 856 over 1921 There were 5 553 fires in 1922 vs 4 769 in 1921 The per capita loss was 4 22 compared with 3 99 in 1921.
Revenue officers tour every county to help taxpayers prepare 1922 returns. March 15, 1923 is the filing and payment deadline. Forms 1040A and 1040 available from collectors. returns required for many individuals and households with specified net or gross income. Read instructions carefully to file correctly.
State case load at the University of Iowa has more than doubled since 1920. Figures released by President W A Jessup show 2,884 state cases for the year ending July 1, 1920, rising to 2,995 for the half year ending Dec 31, 1922.
The legislature backed indigent care from 191 with Perkins Law and later acts expanding to adults, yet current University care demand outpaces space. Forty patients in houses and fifty in a wooden shack highlight fire hazards, with 400+ county cases awaiting admission as of Jan 15. A new hospital would save costs by freeing the old for dorms and classrooms.
A. L. Anderson outlines satisfactory rations for brood sows and gilts. Key mixes include 50 percent ground oats 5 percent tankage and 45 percent shelled corn or ear corn fed separately. Mineral matter is essential with self feeders offering lime salt bone meal and wood ash. Additional rations feature 40 40 15 5 and 45 40 15 splits with gradual weight-based feeding and iodide supplementation to reduce hairless pig occurrences.
John B. Wentz of Iowa State College promotes the rag doll method as a surer cheaper, less labor intensive way to test seed corn. He says the method can be used at minimal cost to evaluate the 1923 supply and notes the main precautions to be observed in its application.
A year of reports to the Biological Survey shows moles damage lawns gardens and truck farms. Mice following mole runs worsen injury by eating sprouting grain vegetables and bulbs. Moles lift soil into ridges killing grasses and roots. In the West males pile dirt hindering crops and harvesting. Practical control methods have been shared via correspondence literature and demonstrations.
Farmers planning to grow small grains for certification this year are urged to ensure the seed they use is certified to meet standards and avoid penalties or rejection of the crop.
The Iowa Seed certification notes that in 1921 about 7 600 acres were certified and that few yields of 108 and 105 oats met standards from the Iowa Experiment Station. It emphasizes purity requirements including noxious weeds and 99.76 percent seed purity, with limits on weight and weed seeds per pound.
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