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Washington Evening Journal (Newspaper) - April 27, 1920, Washington, Iowa Make a a or wont know Htow t it i of. Ming journal rim who role Man. Evening journal fair a might in we a woodsy preceded if a Man a a a port i to. Of ins temp Mimir Wolm warty and a i it it Jimh f into t cd . Mai in Washington. Iowa t1ks0av a in in al 1120 Nam bar 51 business shows Iowa moves up As schools Send in effects of strike a butter state entries for meet Iwan of w e. T. Last week of the meet at Ainsworth Traffie Miti Admix in Affet a ing Iii Hix fms is. I Foi sly i r t Dos Moines april 27.�? Iii us report on Burdiess cond Ilion a in flu Middle weal made Public today Tho Federal Reserve Hank of Chicago Nerving the seventh u Derat District Points out that the of torn in a gradual lightening of to. Money Mark d and that Tho Tref feb n ? a it ii Xii in sin i grading Xii u is it i to i \ int Amus a Rii 27,�? Fly producing it a i 4,633 pounds of butter valued i the following program in announced for Trio Ainsworth Wontong j Christian Temperance Union convention to be hold Thor Day and Friday april 29th and 3�th thursday al Crithon Julio do vol i on a i or. The m. I la via i appointment of Secretary and local a report or. J commute enrolling it member re rotary w. Of Huxford received ship and Union signal mail Tho outlines qui from february Champion. Churches do Well slogan contest on their canvass Fri it lint Iima Elvrd this Morss Ngy a of hair it a ii wild up Mick again Maxy id mus a Soho Good baptists and in and some vat so Good Large proportion i Ark fuming in daily f of Imi in Iii ill i fed Kalona River 7 20 p. A. Flinging. In thin morning s at $42,909,285, Iowa in 1919, moved j from Wellman _.z. Into second place is a butter prod tic and Ainsworth High heals for the i nth amendment a or it v. A it. M. Devling state. Minnesota Leeds end win a county track moot. Which will Law enforcement a a Conal to in third according to figures held at the Hall Park saturday after iter. A a. Mcclain made Public by the Itin Tod Staten de part tit of agriculture. For Iowa situation in seriously affecting Bual in is a decided Lacreasy of More Ness Tim report declare that a eth re is almost in inst la Hie demand for everything produced Quot hut fit Lack of freight service the Scarcity of t i material and the labor shortage Are ont Only making ii in teasingly Dif of still to prod och hut those things Are combined a prof by the turning of raw materials into Cash and Carli seems to in the than 3,,oho pot lids Over the pro duct Ion of i jul 8 when 84.888,404 pounds were marketed. Dairy products Aud Dairy cows Are much in demand in Iowa and Tho a Ness to i morning Accord ing to or i Mortonson i id of the Dairy depart intent at Iowa state Collen. A Quot never before have Dairy cows forager and i. One thine needed i my Quot a in tech in demand it a it a or. A a Ami la. Or .bort.,&Quot h., Pri. &Quot-., a. A a. Vital the increase it vented a free movement finished ,. Int land the Farmer a. Not Content manufacturing facilities by non re. Iii i j merely to Corn hut wants Wilt ret pts of materials fuel Aud sup1 plies declare the rept it. A the interruption of transportation by strikes Hart Brough about a More. Nettle condition. Coiler fans hut slow. <1 Down during the l is fifty Days hut a Hll a i explained to some can get ready Nion extent by Lite inability to deliver Farmer to reverts goods after they have Lee a mid and a a by the condition of roads in the country districts with More routed i weather conditions in the country districts Sobutt improvements May tie expected Quot t urn in citing t i edit the report declares that agricultural borrowings continue persistent and that Grain congestion is Freeling credit. I a nearly two months have elapsed Ainee the great demand in connection with farm land transfers became apparent rays the report a til liquidation which usually follows such activity has not taken place to the extent expected. There is no j question that tile Lack of transport tat Ion facilities has had much to do with this but it is quite possible that this one feature May be unduly emphasised. A government reports do not Tondl of Cate much More than a Normal per it Mage of Grain in the hands of the Farmers while their obligation to their Hanks Are much larger than a year Ugo. Advices in answer to sections of the Corn Belt support the government estimate and fail to indicate that the supplies of Grain and live Stock on the farms ready for Market Are abnormally Large compared with other years. Hence the perplexing feature of the insistent borrowings at the country Bauk and the demand i it on the Reserve Bauk in consequence. Real estate Lon ii heavy a it is difficult therefore to it Cape the conclusion i Dot Litany ban in i Ilia territory Are carrying a Lur Iron out than usual of real est a Loans bared on farm lands al big values or of unsecured paper give in connections Wmk such sat Dom which however Gnu in it Sci Tan in liquidated Only out of the proc it is of crops which a not be in the ground. A a in Rio in Caisy every Hank replying to a general inquiry reports tha there a been a greatly increased tire of credit by Farmers a Well a . This situation j particularly no Gravani a1 in some of Iii agricultural districts where farm Era have not item Able to Market their Grain because of bad roads and adequate ear and where elevators Are filled to capacity. The report declares that Bankers Are disc rim Itta Ting in extending credit hut thai a this discrimination if followed throughout Hie Middle West t. Holt id result in a considerable contraction in Hie volume of credit without injuring those engaged in legitimate business or impairing the ability to obtain credit where it is tin report further Points oui that ii the present volume of business causing a Strain on the resources of the nation failure on the part of any Factor in the situation to properly function increases Tho demand for credit and adds to the financial Burden resting on tile Bat King system. I think who it it or a the inert ase in Dairy production t also is an indication that the farm Jers a preparing for harder times. I history has show it that whenever the noon. These four school enter jul men. Twelve or from Kalona Thor teen from Wellman five from River ride and seven from Ainsworth. Washington a entries will lie in this afternoon and or Huxford expects 9 to Thor from Keota and Brighton be ii a a fore night Washington will Prole j report of Jubilee fun ably have about al Ftp a n men. Keota mrs eleven and Brighton not so Many. Treasurer s ice a Mart. . Outer six athletes who i Mac Muon what Awat ii i shall were in last years county meet. In win this year eluded in the list Are i Grady who dinner. Won the mile and placed in the pol 1 30 devotional services 11. Vai it year Howard who won a Model . V. Nine Points a year ago a. Do Oner extended plans of w. A t. It. I Frye Snider and Page. I Washington Trade slogan contest will close mix saturday night at a o clock. The stack of slogans that have accumulated during the Pant three week and those that arrive Between now and the end of thin the fall of the . Jew a will then in tabulated by the if a a Var it Hervey committee and presented to the and address mra. Lama Hartzler Wallace ver tining club at their meeting next offertory and email a Ion tuesday night. Frk Tay a. M. He we or of la it winning slogan mewling of commutes. I la Ltd a Chawk for 2ft.oo. Til Baptist canvassing committee for the inter Church world movement report having Cati a u de about Otie to it i re of the congregation with sub scrip Potts amounting to one third of a Nota. The Outlook is excellent for souring the whole allot men of Gas Plant i destroyed one killed firl and exp on tax in Gam Plant Thim Mohning halt a ttys a Industry j of 8 a to the pre mews. Mcconnell byte Laos who have an allotment of approx mutely $12.hon. Which id dudes their regular Church expenses. Have already raised $7,000. He re who have hoi yet submitted j pm Only two fifth of la re Arch a slogan have just As Good an oppor j canvases. The larger part of Gila was from voluntary Pledger Modo War in jug0-slay1a we Tennity to win die prize us those who have. In the voting the names of the contestant will to withheld and the slogans will in judged purely on their Raedith at the Church sunday afternoon. The whole w til i Lul a without doubt. At the second United presbyter bids Levist revolutions break out Wlms i Ltd at Belg de by Miichi Iii Gunnn y it to Nini Tsiun a Lum minks Iowa april Iii. A . A. N gained i., or. To a Ork few Ltd a a Quot a a a a Quot a other. In. Quot to till i at. La ll.,. A. A a a pro Parem for hard times to the Dairy business a Market that is always open i Ower Irir. S forecast a the demand for Dairy products particularly butter will continue Strong adm the Price will drop off woman enters thirteen men in-1 child welfare eluding five of the 1919 team. Spra americanization Gar mesh Cnoc r. Coffey and i i Mer. Sprague was the Only one of thou i who made any polio for his team. A neither Riverside nor Ainsworth were in the meet la year. Or. Huxford stale that the meet of Washington want Chi met to that can but used in Day to Day in thir advertising slogan that Wilt to ply att in Vita i int in Cut a lion if Trade in Washington or no re t the advantages of trading Here Iii a most acceptable altho the phrase should in Brief pointed Aud a v to rom mls r. The Dogan nip ii appears Iii the a canvass a a completed last night and the drive started this morning under the do Belion of f. L. Stewart director or the congregation. Mrs. Wallace r. Of Mckier Nati mrs s. A Stephens scientific tem Para Nee. Mrs. Mcblain social morality. Dizur Ion world Proli i bit Ion. M is. A. K. Sands publicity mrs. H. L. Mcconnell adjourned. Journal again today and will Contin. Be to appear. Ach Day until Satvir t air t j Day. Use it in fending in your aug i night with t loll. Saturday afternoon. Momb it re of the striking hey club Aie gelling student a la k again at court House it in Advance. These will bring 25 it. Cent. Adults ticket and All tickets t the town cd Church will build a $150,000 building hat the Large importations it 0,1 i of danish butter will not last. Thy rent Are being sent Here at present be-1 cause the american Dollar will buy More than any other Money will. Denmark it not in n position to Supply a Market is production which in 1914 amount la to six a a a a a Pound exported diminished to 3 4.-ooo.bfht in of the. Altho this will greatly increase it will not come up to the production in 1914 for Many years. Other european butter producers Are not up to their pre War Standard. This will keep the american Market up to Iowa a at present 1.30 on Dairy cow producing on la 1 average of Lff a pounds of butter fat per seat. It is estimated that each person Chi Numes three gallon of 20 per cent Cream Worth 80 cents per gallon. Milk is consumed at rate of 1.1 pint per person. Thi consumption is increasing at present due to the it clip flip a being waged in the state for the greater use of milk for Childr it n if Iowa a cow produced �00 Pound bul i r fat annually they would require no More outlay for Horning and labor and Little Mote or feed than now. The Row testing Mocia torts Are making the tight or better cow and greater prod Helen per capita. Ice Cream increases ice Cream la steadily increasing in to value As a Dairy product. Last Sar $27,��,�� Worth was con a timed in the stale. Cheese is the vim of the Dairy products Only Avine a value of $330,00�. It is a reduced mainly in the northeastern Airt of the state where the Hilly Seo porn provide Good pasture Btu poor naked for milk. Other Dairy products credited to own for 1919 Are Market milk t81.000.000 condensed milk to skim and Buttermilk $888.-400 and cottage cheese and other Oft cheese $400,000. Will cd by in Ess at its ii ing out of Cortni Ion since last fall a i when former die in the Supalo i1 again doing governor Harding stand. After i to quit Iowa politics and income ref the members. There Are ten teams of two men each. The membership of the congregation liar been divided let it Ween the t Sii is and cliche member will lie solicited. The canvassing committee of the United presbyterian Chare ii 35 persons in attendance. After considering various a Laos. It was voted to equalise j the individual allotment by assign Iii them on the basis Ort the property thy method of fixing the allotment will i mime i null red lid morning when tin City Gas Plant was destroyed by fire. An explosion resulted from Lite fire that wrecked the Wir torture and Caus d the death and injuries above referred to. La s Moines newspapers and inns dial plants Are at a standstill today is a re i of the catastrophe. Ottumwa la april 27. The Purchase of to is today in or erection of the new $15o,o�0 first Bra Swyt Han f Linof hero in the near future. The inability to teen in a desirable location has to id up building pin be. For several years. Fix minimum 11 pm. Iowa try. La april 27.the thirty fourth annual Cor rent Ion of the Iowa Academy of science is la session her today. Tho committee on compensation for teachers reported through hair a Man a. S. Kinney of Drake the report fixed $4.0�0 As the committees idea of a proper mini mum salary for fait professors a hut j it rec urn mended too standardize-1 lion of work primarily and proper j preparation for All educators. Of the Academy handing was torn Down it began striking at three u k of a noon. Ago and is preparing to in it Baa Bern keep-1i>oluteg al the it a of i i make the apportionment just and fair and with everyone giving a inc Tim but the striking apparatus Dos Moin iss la., april 2 governor Harding is following out his plans As announced some twin cording to his Means the Congo it retire from Tioy a allotment it is believed can his term this easily raised. Further organization Yar. The governor returned from a id planning will be conure cd and will Ghert the first of wad not in commission ant i yester i �u8jbi�s8 trip in the Southwest in time Day. La o. Minion who has Burnt in amp Uma the g Der publican con aged in re-in1 ailing the big time Jaa week but was not partic , Eft for Chicago last night and a Early a Tive in the work of ule conic. 8. Lemmon who is in charge of a a a a. Veil i Ion. The Dock for the City. Will see Ilia a governor has recently become interested Iii the promotion of a rain a Road line to extend from Oklahoma a eau the nations which fought be a Jay for a Destanee of sumo lived in the Justice of their ensure l0 a Jeg it Iru a territory now not Ling at a Cost of $15,000 and has a and a Rule with a courage jul Uchto Railroad and capable of quota of $22,000. Hut no doubt Vinea belied the alleged degeneracy Mir j agricultural development it it expressed that the whole of the human race. None of the re Portal Jwili be secured is properly regulated. The Canvas next week. Or. J. My Wishart has received very encouraging word from other United Prezby Tyrian churches Tho Oulu mum a by congregation a raised $19,000 of its quoth of $26,-�00, four men giving $18,500. Ains Worth has a a a d Torfs Arnodd ii. It ii i is $37,000 a read the evening journal. Pourer save Russia fell Short of their previous Fame a say prof. A. I f. Pollard one of the British bin the supreme peace Council has . Tartan of la. War. The . Acha Dule of to Quot plan re vrc1 a a a. Will the announcement of the sailing in a increased Cost of living. In of the first America destroyers was France 3ob per cent in Italy Over published in Berlin four Days before too r r it in great Britain 170 they reached Queenstown a rays and per cent in Japan 160 per cent in Intra Sims America 120 per cent. Invading the Rural districts d a Moines papers of monday evil Ning say that the first United pros a quota of $50,000, was the Urt Hurch in Des Moines to raise it allotment turning in n report of $50,-c50, pledged Lam we and on sunday. \ last night 13� congregations in the United presbyterian Church with a quota of a t.265.ooo, had subscribed $2,250,000. Boushk Vith Wagh War pin la loth likening journal Mundon april 517.botshevtet i have broken ont in in go a a Lavia. Machine have killed Hauler is Iii tit Grimh according to i received Lier today. Summer school at Ames opens june 12 it off dad Slick a a and a strike to costly the report declares. Tile High Levo of prices and the shortage of available raw materials necessitate it is estimated double tie amount of capital or credit for a Siren volume of Trada it nor al thi fun aught los Ang flus april 37.russel King 16 year who says his parents live in Kansas City i under Arr t Here charged with being the a funeral thief vim has robbed More than thirty Homes hot re recently. The police declare they recovered More than $5,000 in loot in Kings room. King is said to have watched the newspapers for death notices and robbed Oniest of mourners while this condition is what makes rail a they were at the cemetery. Wurster it Khz is Fen us figures said to la Pele and unfair Lucern Webster City. April 27.the final report of the census department in ars out the fear expressed on ail a ides during the time Tho census was being taken. It was Felt at that tines that a Fol count was not boing made Bitt a pig headed census department would permit of no real assistance being Given census takers hence the showing. Ten years ago in that fed Oral census Webster cite showed a population of 5.20k, which As Tho above dispatch states would give the City an increase of 4 49 in ten years. However the last stale census made five years ago showed a population of 5.834, so the census tills year Means a Lom of 197 in five year. Ames. April 27.the Iowa stat College Hummer school which open june 12, will give Especial attend to Tim training of teacher of vocational subjects and to course for returned Soldier who got behind with their College work daring their period of service according to prof. G. M. Wilson director of the summer school. The summer school is divided into two a Salon by the first will close july 21 and the second will run from july 22 to August 28. Protea Sor Wilson estimate that about i too students will attend the two sessions. A t ital of Over three Hundred different courses will be offered. Thee will cover the same ground As the regular Semio a of live school year and will in taught by members of the permanent faculty. Two important conference or be held in connection with summer school the Rural life err Ference a meeting of Rural churn a worker from seven states which opens june 14, and the state conference on vocational education july 12 to 16, which Wilt be attended by vocational teachers of the state. A feature of the sessions Wilt be the series of lectures by or. C. A. Prosser formerly Federal director of vocational education and now president of the Dunwoody Institute Minneapolis. Or. Prosser according to professor Wilson is the Foremost authority in the country on vocational education. Kendall sets a pm up in the Hall near Din Headquarters in the Savory hotel during the state convention a a drinking Fountain. One dear old woman a Ciega a came alone and tried to manipulate it but could not make it work. Hon. N. E. Kendall came to her Rescue and while kept the live year ago when the state Cen water running a whole army of peo so was taken there was no special i ply stepped up to quench their Effort toward combing the City to thirst. The situation soon be earn that the figure obtained at that1 funny but note enjoyed it while his time were unusually conservative friends circulated thru the crowd that Webster City should now show and announced that the Monroe i loss Over five years ago is candidate for governor a inconceivable. It is conservatively a setting Mem up to the the estimated that Over a Hundred new j joke had the effect of bringing Mer Homes have been erected to that people from All parts to tie state time. Houses and living suites were i to his Headquarters than a bras never scarcer than now. Every to band would have Don�.Oskaloosa a dbl place where a family can live is occupied. Men who Are competent to judge believe that this City should Quot a Hie any trouble show a population u. Goo Herald. The usual easter bad a fight occurred Iii Jerusalem near the dul onal bite of the lords Tomb. A

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