Camp Dodge Desolation Marks End Of An Era
The last frame buildings at Camp Dodge have been torn down leaving two brick warehouses as remnants. Government spending of about 9 million dollars created a vast encampment once hosting 45,000 to 60,000 soldiers. 2,100 acres were leased for farming, then reverted. Hospital land became oat fields, a former community center site now a corn field, and other facilities vanished. The state owns 575 acres at the south end for future permanent shelters and 650 acres for a rifle range. Access to Camp Dodge is forbidden, and future generations will not grasp its former scale.
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Camp ‘Dedge
National Guard
Great
Knight
Columbus
State of
Iowa
Camp Dodge
Snake Infestation Found While Plowing Onion Plot
Sam Spurrier of Mont Ayr reports a live snake nest in four by four foot soft ground in Middle Fork township. On April 4 E. J. Humphrey encountered a patch while plowing. Snakes emerged as plowing continued, four varieties identified. A total of 145 snakes, six to fifteen inches long, were killed.
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Sam Spurrier
Mont Ayr
Ringgold County
E. J. Humphrey
Middle Fork Township
Appanoose Leads Iowa In Coal Production 1922
Appanoose county produced about one million tons of coal in 1922, despite a strike period with no mining, leading the state. The county employed 3,527 miners, the most in any Iowa county. Monroe followed with over 2,500 miners, Polk about 2,000. Iowa mine accidents in 1922 caused eight deaths. Twelve inspectors oversee districts in Ottumwa and Des Moines. In 1921, 13,155 men were in mining. figures rose slightly in 1922.
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Appanoose County
Monroe County
Appanoose
Polk County
Towa
W. E. Holland
Albin
R. T. Rhys
Ottumwa
Edward Sweeney
Des Moines
State Board
Army champion horse Marshal Ney tours the nation
The United States Army’s top jumping horse Marshal Ney, based at Ft Des Moines, won the Air Sports cup at Madison Square New York for two consecutive years. Major W H Shepherd of the Ninth Field Artillery rides the horse in all performances leaping over a table with six men watching. The famed pair are in high demand nationwide.
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United States Army
Ft. Des Moines
Marshal Ney
Madison Square
New York
W. H. Shepherd
Ninth Field Artillery
Shepherd
Woman Recalls Rescue. Seattle Lumberman Gifts $1000
Mrs Am elia Ransom of Sioux City recalls saving a child from a runaway team years ago. A well dressed middle aged woman later visited and presented her with a $1000 check, asking that the act be publicized if she ever needed help. The donor is Mrs James Keller, wife of a Seattle lumber man. In Iowa City a similar tale involves Mrs Mary Pardue who rescued the three year old son of Mrs Anna Beranek. Pardue was injured in the attempt and Beranek, now widowed and ill, moved to California after gifting Pardue a luxury automobile. Des Moines city employees receive wage increases from 10 to 25 percent aligning with craft pay. New hourly rates for skilled trades set by the Trades and Labor assembly reflect eight hour days.
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Sioux City
Amelia Ransom
Ransom
James Keller
Seattle
Iowa City
Mary Pardie
Anna Beranek
Cedar Rapids
Pardue
Beranek
California
Des Moines
Trades and Labor Assembly
Assembly
Runaway Horses Trigger Gas Station Explosion in Council Bluffs
A runaway team crashed into a gasoline filling station pump in Council Bluffs, knocked the pump from its base and sent flames shooting as they struggled to rise. Firemen extinguished the blaze, two fuel pumps were wrecked, and the horses finally stood and fled as onlookers watched.
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Council Bluffs
Armory Theft Case Dropped After Arson Verdict
Story county Attorney Arthur Buck dismissed the state versus John Cenic on charges of larceny by embezzlement tied to alleged thefts from the Iowa State College armory which burned last winter. Cenic had been tried for arson in the same fire and was acquitted. Testimony from the larceny case largely appeared in the arson trial and was deemed insufficient to proceed.
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Arthur Buck
Story County
John Cenic
Iowa State College
Cenic
Record Hog Truck Deliveries At Sioux City Stockyards
A weekly report shows motor trucks delivered 10 422 hogs to Sioux City stockyards setting a transport record. Daily hog receipts ranged from 2638 on Saturday to 2777 Friday, with heavy rain dropping weekend volumes.
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Sioux City
Weather bulletin record of March storm peri
For comparison in coming years it were well that the March weather bulletin issued from the Weather and Crop service in Des Moines be made a matter of record. The storm peri.
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Weather and Crop Service
Des Moines
Farm Bureau Notes Big Conference in Emmetsburg
Farm Bureau notes a large conference to be held in Emmetsburg on Friday May 11 as part of a statewide effort with districts hosting sessions. The tenth district schedules a second Emmetsburg meeting due to distance from Fort Dodge, featuring registration at 9:00 and a 9:30 call to order. A Round Table discussion on gathering crowds follows, chaired by the district executive committee member and a woman district chair.
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Farm Bureau
Emmetsburg
Fort Dodge
Iota Sondern
Jack Creek Farm Bureau Program Set for June Visit
At Center school on Monday a large audience attended a profitable testing session in Jack Creek High Lake township. Mrs Otis Paugh was elected township secretary replacing Miss Carlson who moved away. The program planned for Spring Grove schoolhouse in High Lake township will be presented in June.
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High Lake
Jack Creek -Farm Rau
Center School
Otis Paugh
Miss. Carlson
Spring Grove School
High Lake Township
Twelve Mile Farm Bureau Meeting Draws Large Local Crowd
The Center school venue proved too small for the crowd that attended Tuesday evening’s Farm Bureau meeting. Mrs. Cushing led an excellent program and will assist in the June rollout. Good agricultural films were shown as several farm topics were discussed.
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NfKe Township
Farm Bureau
Caching
Cushing
Club Leaders Meet at Amesway to Outline Year Program
Miss Ida Ahrens of the Extension Department joins Estherville Saturday afternoon as the Committee of Girls Cub Work attends a meeting of the Club Leaders and Club Committee of the Girls Clubs. An outline of the year’s program was presented with three parts: a business session conducted along parliamentary lines.
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Ida Ahrens
Extension Department
Amesway
Estherville
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Maquoketa
Sueroueciee
Elia
In & A
Weather Department
40Th General Assembly
Kendall
J. L. Buser
Muscatine
Rep
Volney Diltz
Don J. Bingham
Secret
Reinbeck
United States
M. L. Healy
Bingham
Lewis Wagonseller
Webster City
George Nichols
Ames
Texas
Sodal Wilson
St. Joe
Missouri
Sioux County
Sioux County Student Activities League
Tye
A.—Lloyd Spooner
Lou McHenry
Harrison McHenry
National Society
Farm Bureau Notes
Burt & Jones
Estherville, Iowa
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