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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1927
Page
14
The 40 by 57 foot concrete pool at Camp Ingawan is nearly complete with only the pumping engine to install. Arthur F. Jury, Boy Scout executive, says the pool is among the finest Scout camp pools in the nation and will be filled from the camp well with water replaced as needed for safe bathing. Six nearby showers are planned.
Water will be pumped through the showers from an overhead tank. An engine already ordered is expected to arrive at an early date, enabling the system to run promptly.
August Bracker, a German-born 18-year-old worker on the G. W. section, drowned after cramps while swimming with Herman Cooley north of Waverly in the Shell Rock river. Firemen recovered the body at 5:30 p.m. News notes that funeral plans are delayed for an Washington state uncle’s arrival. Bracker is survived by a sister and another uncle, Henry Stick, of Waverly.
W T Andrews widower transfers a partial interest in lot 2 of Ricker Bratnober subdivision block 76 Cooley Add to Martha B Lufkin. August H Weinhold transfers lot 5 block 29 Westfield to Kosta Dimitroff.
The Nature Notes Department invites readers to send general interest questions on nature topics. Answers will appear in this column, with readings and curiosities drawn from Burroughs subjects.
The note asks who protects doves and if they are harmless, and whether rattlesnakes kill prey before eating them and how. It also inquires if frogs live in water constantly. Prior Qs explain bird windpipes may be misdescribed as on the neck, possibly sandhill or whooping cranes. Skunks and polecats are mustelids, not cats.
The article contrasts carnivorous skunks with felines noting their locomotion and claw behavior. It then questions whether nations can profit from forest conservation, citing Switzerland, France, and Sweden as examples of forests paying for themselves or funding districts through timber sales rather than taxes.
Clarksville Iowa July 14 Miss Hannah Scharpff on furlough from Korea where she spent ten years as missionary is the guest of the family and receives visitors at home in the town during her leave.
An advertisement touts Fly-Tox insecticide as a simple solution to rid homes of flies and pests. Citing Major Rawson of the US Army, it claims flies cause more harm than wars and promotes Mellon Institute developed Fly-Tox with blue labeled bottles and simple usage directions.
The speaker completed a busy tour giving 180 lectures across Switzerland Austria Hungary Italy England and the United States, reflecting a wide international reach and ongoing public engagements.
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