The Independent from Hawarden, Iowa • Page 3

THURSDAY, SEW. THREE FIRST Charles Moore, 20, of Sutherland, BANK MA.WAI1DEM Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Maximum Insurance for Each Depositor September a Legal Holiday This Bank wffl not be opfcft for using First National Bank MONEY ORDERS. NEAR-BY NEWS NOTES Happenings of Interest in Towns and Country Around Us John Majeres, 46, of LeMars, was sentenced to six months in jail when he plead guilty to the charge of stealing a quantity of beer from a railroad in that city. Oliver Olson of Centerville had the misfortune to have a big load of grain which he was hauling upset in the Aug. 23rd.

He was hauling an unusually heavy load and he opened the cab door, leaning over to see if the rear tires were holding up. While he was looking back the truck went into the ditch and upset. Olson suffered a severe cut on his arm. M. J.

Lancaster of Seney has lost three cattle from the dread disease, anthrax. When the first cow died Dr. Knoop of LeMars cut the carcass open -and found a piece of barbed wire about 6 inches long in the cow's stomach so he believed at first this caused her death but when third one died he became suspicious and a microscopic examination revealed anthrax. This is the first case in that neighborhood. Dean Weisborod, 6-year-old son of Forest Weisborod of Spencer, drowned Aug.

23rd in a water filled ditch being dug for a sewer. There was nearly five feet of water in the ditch as a result of recent rains. The boy was playing companions and it is believed that they had been hunting frogs when Dean fell into the water. Workers on the job recovered the body and took it to a physician but artificial respiration Drover futile. C.

C. Derr, 49, well known grain buyer of Alcester, died Aug. 25th from a sudden heart attack. Mr. Derr had been engaged in the grain business at Alcester for the past three years.

Mr, and Mrs. Henry Croon Sr. of Craig recently observed their 63rd wedding anniversary and their children and friends spent the day with them. Mr. and Mrs.

Croon were married in Illinois and came to Sioux county and the following year they moved to Plymouth county. Mr. Croon is 84 years old and his wife is 80 years. Both are enjoying gqpd health. The adage, "Lightning never strikes twice in the same place," is disproved by Mrs.

A. M. Seidl of Cherokee as lightning has struck 14 times within the past 21 years on the farm where she lives. The last bolt burned out the fuses in the oil burner and put the telephone out of commission. The first year Mrs.

Seidl lived in the house lightning tore the telephone from its stand and threw it into the adjoining room. Cief McKee, or Cap McKee as he is known around Hudson, was arrested at Waterloo August 13th on the charge of abducting a minor girl, a daughter of Clyde McKee of the Hudson vicinity. Cap claimed that he took the girl, a distant cousin, to Waterloo to visit with relatives and at first refused to return to South Dakota but later he consented to return to Lincoln county. At a hearing at Canton on Wednesday of last week he was bound over to the circuit court on the charge of abduction, his bond being placed at $1,000 which he was not able to post and so remained in jail. At a specal election held at Storm Lake Aug.

25th to vote on the question of erecting a municipal light plant, the proposition was defeated by a vote of 1,119 to 1,052. The plant was to cost $330,000. Mrs. Frank R. Gaynor, widow of the late Prank R.

Gaynor, former chief justice of the Iowa Supreme court, died last Friday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Verdi R. Evans in Iowa City. Death was due to a heart ailment. Mrs.

Gaynor formerly lived in LeMars. She was 80 years old and besides her daughter is survived by two grandsons. Alphonse Golden, who is employed by the Farmers Co-Operative Elevator at Hospers, suffered an electric shock recently while he was replacing a fuse while operating a grinder and 220 volts entered his body. Mr. Golden neglected to throw off the switch before taking hold of the two fuses.

Mr. Golden was unable to let go of the fuse until the weight of his body pulled the fuse out, disconnecting the circuit. His leg and knee were badly swollen as the result of the accident. Mrs. Albert Stahl of Cherokee suffered a broken wrist Aug.

23rd when she slipped and fell on the basement floor at her home. Mrs. Stahl, who is a nurse, said she had just returned home from a case and was hurrying to get her laundrying done when she slipped on the wet basement floor. She was rendered unconscious in the fall and did not regain consciousness (for several minutes. When she regained consciousness she crawled out of the basement on her hands and knees and summoned a doctor.

'Flying Auto' Will Be at the Clay County Fair South Bend, Indiana world's first "Flying Automobile" will be demonstrated to Clay County Fair patrons this fall by Studebaker, according to an announcement made here today by Paul G. Hoffman, president of the corporation. Five "flying automobiles," contraptions that may be driven upon the highways and actually flown in the air, have been purchased by The Studebaker corporation and will be demonstrated in a few principal cities during the fall. The vehicles are Waterman Arrowbiles, powered with Studebaker Dictator motors and manufactured in Santa Monica, California. The "flyJRgf fUtomobUe" has regular airplane wings which may be detached in leas three minutes and kit at the airport hanger while the pilot switches his engine's power from propeller to wheels and takes to the highways.

While on the streets and boulevards, the propeller does not revolve, the two rear wheels of the vehicle being supplied with both forward and reverse power and equipped with brakes. When desiring to quit the city street, the "flying automobile" owners drive to the airport. There the wings are at- within three or four minutes and, engaging the propeller drive, the pilot may -be off to the air lanes. While in the air the flying automobile has a top speed of 125 m. p.

h. and it cruises at 105 m. p. h. Its gasoline nk has capacity for fuel enough to carry the vehicle air miles, it lands at 45 miles per hour and, unlike many aircraft, is unusually easy to get back on the ground at the end of flights.

While on the ground the vehicle which because of its three wheels is licensed as a motorcycle, has a top speed of 75 miles an hour and is easily handled in the dense traffic of metropolitan areas, "We're delighted to have the opportunity to show America that an automobile will fly," said Secretary Dailey of the Clay County Fair. "Naturally, we're pleased that this craft will come direct to our fair from its first appearance at the National Air Races in Cleveland. Jt will be seen at our Fair three days, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. No other fair in the United States will have one demonstrated as soon as the Clay County Fair. was accidentally shot in the arm Aug.

22nd while hunting crows. Moore said that he slipped and fftll and the shot gun which he was carrying was discharged, riddling one arm. His companion, Don Choris, took him to a hospital in Cherokee where he was cared for several days. G. J.

Moen, formerly president of the First National Bank at Canton, was arrested in Madison, S. Aag 24th on charges of embezzlement. The complaint was signed by Martin Holter and Moen was charged with having fraudulently appropriated money and bonds of the value of $3,500 while he was executor of the estate of Ann Miller. Holter was a bondsman. Moen was released under a $2,000 bond.

The barn on the Wm. Funk farm near Rock Rapids was destroyed by fire Aug. 23rd, spontaneous combustion causing the blaze. The fire was discovered in the middle of the afternoon when the flames shot through the roof of the building. The Rock Rapids fire department responded to a call for help.

Some stock and harness were removed from the building but there were 4,000 bushels of oats and 30 tons of hay that burned but some of the grain can be salvaged. A straw pile nearby also burned. The barn was practically new, having been built a few years ago to replace one destroyed by a tornado. Billy, 3 i-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.

Ray Baack of LeMars, escaped serious injury Aug. 26th when the tricycle which he was riding was struck by a car driven by William Eyres. The child was riding his tricycle on the way to meet his father and Mr. Eyres stated that he looked both ways when he came to an intersection but failed to see the lad. The bumper of the car struck the tricycle and the boy hung onto the bumper as he was dragged about 100 feet.

When Mr. Eyres stopped the car the boy was screaming but he was still holding onto the bumper. The boy suffered two badly bruised knees and a bruised shoulder, Ralph Tanner, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Tanner of Hartley, who was married to Harriet Mouw of Sheldon at the latter place Friday, Aug.

13th, was killed in an automobile crash in Long Beach, Aug. 20th. Mr. Tanner suffered a fractured skull which resulted in his death two hours later. Mrs.

Tanner suffered a sprained ankle and minor bruises. The accident occurred when the car which Mr. Tanner was driving crashed into the rear of a truck which had failed to observe a stop sign. Besides his wife Tanner is survived by his parents, one sister and one brother. His remains were shipped to Sheldon for burial.

The state highway patrol arrested Silvius Edwards of Swish, Aux. 24th in the city limits of Sioux Center for reckless driving. After pleading guilty Edwards was fined $25. The patrolman stated that he followed the car for 25 miles from Rock Rapids to Sioux Center at a breakneck speed of at least 75 miles an hour. The patrolman blew his special siren but Edwards, knowing that he was followed, drove on the left side of the road so that the officer could not pass him.

When Edwards reached Sioux Center he slowed down to 50 miles an hour and the patrolman passed him, forcing him to the curb and the arrest followed. Albert DeWitt, a farmer of Perkins, narrowly escaped serious injury when he was attacked recently by a bull. Mr DeWitt, accompanied by his dog, wa herding the cattle when all of a sud den the animal charged, knocking th man violently to the ground. The dog sensed that something was wrong anc annoyed the bull and thus drew his at tention to the extent that Mr. DeWit managed to get up and almost reachec the woven wire fence when the bul caught him and threw him against the fence so violently that the nearby post broke.

The dog.kept continually annoying the animal and so finally Mr. Dewitt escaped over the fence and made his way to the house. He was coveret with mud and blood as the result of the animal hurling him into a mud puddle. He suffered several bad cuts about his neck, face and shoulders and severe wounds across the abdomen where the barbed wire fence cut the flesh. Henry Kaiser, a farmer of Archer, was much surprised the morning of Aug.

22nd when he approached a car which was parked in the driveway at his place when the occupant swore at him and threatened to kill him with a machine gun. Mr. Kaiser saw the car parked in the lane when he started to do chores and when it was still there quite some time later he thought someone was asleep in the car and went toward the car with the intention of awakening them. The car was occupied by two men and two women. When he asked them if they wanted anything they said they wanted gas but he informed them he had none whereupon he was sworn at and threatened.

He saw two gladstone bags in the car and when he was looking at the license number one of the men pointed a machine gun at him and they then drove away. The supposition is that they were trying to get gas from farmers rather than stop at filling stations, so that they could not be traced so readily. SMOKE RINGS I THINK most people FIND THAT some days ARE REGULAR "goat getters." I ONCE took occasion TO REMARK that THIS NEWSPAPER is for sale EVERY WEDNESDAY night AND THEN comes OFF THE market again AFTER THE paper is out THURSDAY. BUT IF there are ANY PROSPECTIVE WHICH I very much THEY MIGHT do well TO DROP in most any time ON SOME Wednesday WHICH HAPPENS to fall ON THE first of the month AND MAKE a quick "TAKE IT or leave it" offer. WEDNESDAY IS the day WHICH OFFERS a combination OF CIRCUMSTANCES calculated TO TRY a weekly NEWSPAPER EDITOR'S soul.

FIRST AND foremost NEARLY EVERYONE who has AN ITEM of news OR A ladies' aid OR A lodge or a church notice OR A bit of propaganda WHICH THEY desire TO COMMUNICATE to us FOR PUBLICATION in the paper WAITS UNTIL Wednesday TO TELL us about it. OF COURSE, we are anxious TO PUBLISH these notices BUT I for one would be MUCH SWEETER tempered IF THEY would contrive TO GET the information to us A LITTLE earlier in the week. AND NO one realizes ANY BETTER than I do THAT OFTEN times this IS QUITE impossible. AND THEN Wednesday is the day WHEN ABOUT ninety per cent OF THE advertising copy REACHES THE office. AND YOU may be sure that WE ARE anixious TO GET that, too.

BUT THE congestion OF NEWS matter AND ADVERTISING copy REACHING THE office ON WEDNESDAY RESULTS IN a peak load EVERY WEDNESDAY JUST AS the grocery stores IN HA WARDEN, for instance, EXPERIENCE THEIR peak load EVERY SATURDAY night THE PRINCIPAL difference IS THAT the grocery stores ARE NEARLY all able TO OBTAIN a little extra EXPERIENCED HELP ON SATURDAY night WHILE THE work IN A newspaper office AT HIGH tide MUST USUALLY be handled BY THE regular force. AND AT times WHEN THE first of the month FALLS ON Wednesday THERE IS the aMded annoyance OF A horde of bill collectors. NOW I wouldn't think OF GOING into A GROCERY store in Hawardeu ON SATURDAY night TO COLLECT an account. I DOUBT if I would be WELCOME ON such an errand, I THINK I should try AND CONVINCE myself that THE GROCERYMAN might still be AT HIS place of business ON MONDAY and might still HAVE ENOUGH money left TO PAY me off. BUT THE collectors drop in TO MY office on a Wednesday WITH RECKLESS abandon AND WHILE I may be occupied CHECKING A proof ON SOME advertising matter FOR WHICH the linotype man IS IMPATIENTLY waiting, OR MAY be groping FOR THE proper words to use IN A news story heading, I MAY not appear TO THE collector to be AT ALL busy and he probably SEES NO reason in the world WHY I shouldn't LAY ASIDE my task AND TAKE care of his demands.

AND THESE remarks are RECORDED IN afl kindness AND NOW that the paper IS OUT for another week THE PLANT is off the market AND I am sweet AND SERENE again AND I can extend AN INVITATION to THOSE COLLECTORS who failed i TO MAKE the grade Wednesday TO CALL around tomorrow..