State Park Board Reviews Work Already Accomplished
Ames July 12 state board of conservation report details park acquisitions across Iowa. Notable sites include Boneyard Hollow, Devil's Backbone, and Roosevelt Park with local citizens contributing cash and land donations. The volume quotes prominent writers on recreation and outlines 1460 acres bought near Maquoketa River and Des Moines River regions, plus several roadside and park creations aided by citizen gifts and state purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
State Board of Conservation
H. Pammel
J. FB. Ford
Fort Dodge
Joseph Kel
Bellevue
EB. Rh
Harlem
Des Moines
George W. Clarke
W. L. Harding
John F. Lacey
Franklin K. Lone
Fred J. Lazell
Thomas H. Mcbride
Stephen Heather
Mark Twain
Iowa
Palisades
Boneyard Hollow
Woodman’s Hollow
Webster County
Des Moines River
Manchester
Lamont
Strawberry Point
Good Roads
Maquoketa River
Farmington
van Buren Co
Dee Moines
Lepley Park
Hardin County
Union
State
Irvin Lepley
Oakland
Pottawattamie Co
Republican Named by the Democrats
Muscatine Iowa July 11 Co W Mull of the American Savings bank declined the nomination for county treasurer tendered by the democrats at their county convention. He said the nomination came as a surprise and he had no intention of running, noting he usually votes the republican ticket.
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Muscatine
Co. W. Mull
American Savings Bank
Mull
Boys Held Up and Robbed of Touring Car
Logan July 12. Two Missouri Valley boys Culver 13 and Red Cummings were beaten dragged from their auto three miles north of Logan Wednesday afternoon and the car stolen. Local police investigating motive and suspects.
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Logan
Culver
Red’’ Cummings
Missouri Valley
Bridge Watch Spawns Car Theft After Denison Crossing
On Lincoln highway north of Logan a Dodge touring car owned by Culver's brother followed a five man and three woman party in a Hudson Super Six and an Overland Chummy from Denison. A dark featured assailant leaped from a car, struck Cummings, dragged him out, and the thief then escaped in the Culver vehicle as the youth fled.
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Denison
Culver
Missouri Valley
Lincoln Highway
Logan
Cummings
Dahabeah Barges Hire On Nile Feed Tourists By Week
Egyptian rivercrafts called dahabeahs resemble English houseboats and offer comforts for visitors. Tourists along the Nile hire these boats by the week for river trips and sightseeing.
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River
Nile
Wallace Reid in The Lottery Man at Fox Theatre
Wallace Reid stars in The Lottery Man a Paramount Aircraft comedy at the Fox theatre Thursday and Friday The plot features Jack Wright who offers to raffle himself as a husband to pay a debt of honor and win a fortune as a mob of frantic women chase him through a public square Wanda Hawley Harrison Ford and Sylvia Ashton co star with director James Cruze delivering a lively farce featuring quick wit and athletic chase scenes.
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Wallace Reid
eVeq
Paramount Aircraft
Fox Theatre
Jack Wright
Mr. Reid
Wanda Hawley
Harrison Ford
Sylvia Ashton
James Cruze
Big Verdict Against Road Iowa Falls
A verdict of $20,000 was awarded James Roose of Iowa Falls against the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company after a switch engine collision in the company yards required amputation of his leg. The trial occurred at Glenwood Minnesota with several Iowa Falls residents testifying. the railway company likely plans an appeal.
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Iowa Falls
James Roose
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Roose
Dows
Iowa
Glenwood
Minn
Profiteer Bound Over in Davenport Sugar Case
Davenport July 12 KF R King a Davenport grocer arrested June 29 on sugar profiteering charges was held to the grand jury with bonds set at 200 dollars in a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner A G Bush He allegedly bought sugar at 19 and 26 cents a pound and sold it at 33 cents a pound a 41 percent profit The case under the Lever act marks the first such matter before Commissioner Bush with evidence supplied by Justice Department operative L J Langford Counsel for the defendant were E M Sharon and Francis Harrison with James DeMar for the government
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K. B. King
Davenport
KF. R. King
United States
A. G. Bush
King
Fifth and
Brady Streets
Bush
L. J. Langford
Department of Justice
Legion Picks Meeting Place Cedar Rapids
The second annual Iowa department American Legion convention will be held in Cedar Rapids September 3 and 4. J N Jacobsen adjutant Becker Chapman post announced. Delegates and alternates to the Cleveland national convention will be chosen. Waterloo earns two delegates and two alternates for every 50 members in 200d standing. reduced rates are sought.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department
American Legion
J. N. Jacobsen
Becker-Chapman
Cleveland
Waterloo
Explosion Burns House on Smith Farm near Collins Nevada
Explosion from a gas stove in the kitchen destroys the house and contents on Charlie Sarsfield’s farm two miles east and three north of Collins. The old Henry Mead farm, now owned by a Colfax resident, loses all household goods clothing bedding and other property. Property partly insured. the house was insured.
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Nevada
Charlie Sarsfield
Collins
Henry Mead
Colfax
Old Time Graft Recalled By Sale Of Iowa Peat Bed
Fertile reports the sale of 400 acres of peat land near Fertile ending an Iowa financial tale. Decades ago eastern promoters launched a wildcat M C B Air Line stock scheme tied to peat briquetting and brick works. Promoters exploited Blue Sky laws as gullible farmers funded land and stock, but the venture collapsed. the peat bed will be drained for agricultural use by J H Allen of Des Moines, a former governor candidate.
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Iowa
Fertile
M. c. B. Air Line
Mason City
Northwood
Des Moines
J. H. Allen
Girl of the Sea at Graham feature Wednesday and Thursday
A storm wrecks a ship and a lone survivor amid tropical waters drives the plot of Girl of the Sea starring Betty Hilburn. The Submarine Film Corporation produced it with dangerous underwater stunts and a dramatic octopus combat across Devil's Reef exteriors in the West Indies.
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the Graham
Betty Hilburn
Submarine Film Corporation
Sharka
West Indies
Devil's Reef
Collision injures Miss Bazell near rail arrival
After meeting her parents, Miss Bazell suffered a broken rib in a crash with a Hudson car driven by Merle Butler. She could not explain the collision, saying she saw the other car too late. Both vehicles were badly damaged. Miss Bazell was returned home.
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Miss Bazell
Merle Butler
Drew Money for Bogus Wife Fraud Charge
Negro soldier and Rose Pratt colored arrested on federal warrants in Waterloo. Jackson accused of obtaining war allotments for a claimed sister. He served at Camp Dodge. woman received several hundred dollars, funds partly from his pay and partly sent by the government. Special agent Porterfield traced them. They were arraigned before United States commissioner and will be taken to Dubuque for trial.
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Waterloo
Emy Jackson
Rose Pratt
Jackson
Camp Dodge
J. F. Porterfield
Department of Justice
J. K. Dempster
United States
Dubuque
Memorial by Taxation for County Memorial Building
Hampton July 12 steps are being taken to present to county voters at the November opening election the question of a tax levy for a memorial building to serve as a meeting place for the American Legion post and as a county community building. A committee has held plans for several weeks.
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Hampton
American Legion
Parmers Buy Elevator Co Operative Formed at Conrad
Farmers of Conrad establish a co operative company to take over Randall and Price elevator and lumber business. Directors named: Grant Hulburt, John Kline, E. O. Stover, John Cross, Dave Rhine, F. Kleinfelter, J. P. Brindle. New corporation to take over August 1.
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Conrad
Randall & Price
Grant Hulburt
John Kline
E. O O. Stover
John Cross
Dave Rhine
F. Kleinfelter
J. P. Brindle
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State Park Board
Keasanqua
Oakland Mills
Henry Co
Mount Pleasant
Skunk River
Roosevelt Park
Floyd County
Green River
Marble Rock
C. M. Mather
Sisters Give Park
Emma C
Clara L. Brandt
Chicago University
Pine Creek
Mississippi River
Dahabeah
J. F. Duffy
The
E. M. Sharon
Francis Harrison
U. S
James DeMar
Legion
Cedar Rapid
Forest City
George Randolph Chester
Wallingford
White Elephant Enterprise
Miss Hilburn
Tropics
Tenacles
Goodrich
Goodyear
Tucker & Eicher
Marion Avenue
Washington Telephone Company
G. Moore
Washington
Reo
I. (i. Moore
Mer, Telephone Company
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