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THE GAZETTE. SUMNER. IOWA Thursday, July 18, 1935 COUNTY POOR FUND IN THE RED' $2,702 PERSONALS Mi. A. Koeberle left weeks tishiug at Treasurer W.

C. Holh's Semi- Annual Report Shows In- ieresting Comparisons Tuial rxpcr.didires am' n-c 1 ipts in Hicincr county for the period 1 1o June were according lo I he semi-annual report of Tvcn-vtver C. Hoth. is published in this issue of the This (Hal $200,000 more than (he expenditures and disbursements during (lie same period in when (he tolal was $1,120,012.50. In (he receipts column a number of inleresUng comparisons can lie made of the totals for each period.

In the motor vehicle license fees for the six months amounted to and in $57.027.25. or a decrease of (las tax from the state for the first, six months nf amounted to as compared with 278.7fi in 1034. an increase of 81.300. The county poor fund for the first time in several years, was in the $2,702 at the close of business June the semi-annual report Jan. 1, HK15, there was a balance in the of $2,50,1.02, and receipts during the period were 812.fi7.

making a total of 15.09 to lie accounted for. Disbursements from the pun- fund amounted to The semi-annual report shows total of from current tnxvH. In the lli-'M report the amount for cm-rent taxes wiss listed at or a decrease of over $50.000. la the transfer from funds was while in it was The primary road fund maturity and from the state last year totals as compared with $9. rcceiveil for interest and ma- for the first six months this year.

Sul? of primary road refunding bonds is listed in Hie 1935 report at $640,000, all of which to increase the amount of the total receipts and expenditures. In the refunding- bond issue was $277,520. The fees collected by the various county officials are almost the same i'pr the two periods, with the exception of the county recorder, whose fees decreased from to $387.45. Prominent Banks Farmer Suffers Broken Leg Sunday and FREMONT Dan Leyh had th? misfortune to break his leg Sunday when a horse crowded him. He is getting along nicely.

Ruth, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Traeger, was operated for appendicitis Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.

Traeger. She is getting- along nicely and is being cared for by her mother and Miss Roder. A gcod program was given by the 4-H club girls and a number of humorous readings by Elmer Meyer Tuesday evening at the Art Friseh home. Mr. and Mrs.

Dorscy Cannell and family spent Sunday afternoon at the home of the latter's mother, Mrs. Mary Fridley in Sumner. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Baxter of Waterloo spent Wednesday evening at the parental W'm.

Schwartz home. Mrs. Fred Jarchow and daughters of Oelwein spent from Tuesday until Friday at the home cf Mr. and Mrs. W.

H. Traegfir. On Friday they were joined by Mr. Jarchow and spent the week -end at the R. J.

Roggensack home in Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Jarchow returned to Oelwein Monday while Mrs. Jarchow and daughters left for California where they will visit at the home of Mrs. Jarchow's sister, Mi's.

Louis Bloestv, Mr. and Mrs. Jul. Friseh of Sumner spent Tuesday at the Art Sorge hcme. Carl Moos, father of Mrs.

Donald Duhrkopf and her grandmother Moos, spent the week end here at the Duhrkopf home. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Duhrkopf, Mrs.

M. J. Messerur, Mrs. Emma Leyh and Mrs. Fred Leyh attended the funeral of their cousin, Mrs.

Fred Ocker at Clinton Wednesday. The W. M. S. met Wednesday at the.

home of Mvs, Oliver Leyh. Rev. am! Mrs. Ferguson spent Monday in Cccar Falls calling- oil some of the Evangelical ministers there. Guy 'Ihompson and children of Fort sptnt fiom Thursday until Saturday at the home of her aunt, Mrs.

Emma Leyh. Mr. and Mrs. Louie Surge spent Thursday evening- at the Uorsey Cannell home, Delnier Surge spent several days last week with John Traeger. Sunday visitors at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Albert were Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Rhea, Mr. Wm.

Rhea and Mr. Wm. Barfeills of Grundy Center, Mr. an i Mrs. Ray Duhrkopf and son, Mr.

and Mrs. Claude and Mr. and Mis. Donald Duhrkopf and sons. Haciifl Rhea who the past week visitii.g her grandparents returned home to Grundy Center with her Sunday.

Mr, ami Mis. Art Buntrock and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. W. A.

Notbohm and Alice spent Sunday at the R. 0. Dit-U'l home. Mrs. AJt'jfd Leyh spent Saturday afternosn at the Art Sorgu home.

Mi. mill Mr.s. Malt Leyh ana children were, dinner guests Sunday at tht Fred Leyh hame, Mr. ami Mrs. S.

Sorge and Mr. and Mrs. Fred MeWrer s'jent Sunday visiting- at th? Geo. Lowiy home ai Maynard. The Banks township boys and girls 4-H Livestock club is meeting at the I.

S. Sorge home Friday, July 19 at 8 p. m. A progiam has been planned. Ho sure to attend.

Your parents are welcome and please come on time. Bring- a name for the ciub. Any boy or g-irl wishing to join is urgui 10 attend. Mr. and Mrs, Art Soi'ge and Robert spent Saturaay evening the Leo Stonr home at Westgate.

Cn-ss 'Lake. Aliim. I Air. Airs. Paul ttettig sr.

went Mo Waterloo Smiilay (d spend (he day I in llu- In mi- of her sister, Mvs. Art I AI. Hers was Sunday vis- jilur in Hawkeye in the homes of hei sislrrs. MIS. Kar.gley nnd Mrs.

Dieti'l. Air. nnd Airs. .1. T.

Hump (if Sioux City arrived Saturday for a week's vMl. with her parents. Mr. and Mr F. J.

Wells. Mi-s Jvadcll Niemeyer returned Friday to her home in Tripoli after a visit 'since Tuesday with her sister, Airs. W. .1. Garland.

Mrs. Donald Bender of Waucoma came Saturday to spend several days in tlic home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kroblin. Mrs.

A. I. lUifhecker of Spokane. arrived Saturday to spend a few weeks in the home of her sister, Mrs. C.

C. Diekman. Miss Eileen Donlon returned to her home in Waverly Friday after a visit in the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr, and Mrs. Erwin Sell. Mr.

and Mrs. David Sjulin of Hamburg came Saturday to visit this week with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W.

B. Linn and other relatives. Mrs. CJ. L.

Winks, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Charles Hoardes and family of Clarksville, went to Mason City Sunday to attend a reunion of Ihc'DcMra families. Miss Evelyn Glasgow and Earl Moetsch of New Hampton visited here Sunday with her aunt, Miss Florence Gronn'er and her sister, Miss Rosemary Glasgow. Upon their return they were accompanied by Miss Gron- ncr who visited in New Hampton until Tuesday. A great number of the congregation from St.

John's Lutheran church here were present at the annual Lutheran Orphans Home festival at Waverly Sunday. The crowd, which included between 5,000 and 6,000 persons, is the largest, to have ever attended the affair, receipts for the day exceeding $2,000. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Sylvester am their daughter, Hoskhis of Mandan, N.

visited here last week ii the home of his sister, Mrs. Albert Baumgartner. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvestei are farmer residents of this vicinity and called on many of their old acquaintances and friends during tlieii stay in Sumner.

Miss Norma Hoth left Saturday in company with friends from Waterloo, for a short visit in Minneapolis, Minn. On the following day she returned to Waterloo and is visiting this week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Thode. During her vacation from the Soda Grill, her place is being filled by Paul Seehase.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Borcherding and sons, Jack and Jimmy of Waucoma were Sunday guests in the home of his, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Borcherding.

Mr. Borcherding of Waucoma is suffering with blood poisoning in his right foot, caused by stepping on a nail, and as a result is getting about on crutches. Mr. and Mrs. Wm.

Hoth, who came Sunday to attend the annual reunion of the Hoth families, held Sunday at West Union, returned to their home in Forest City that evening a short visit in Sumner. Tommy and Maxine Mangan returned with them to their home in Forest City after visiting since the Fourth in the home of their grandfather, E. F. Potratz. Mrs.

Emma Bredow and her daughters, Mrs, Elsie Dotring of Andrew, Mrs. Nora Hecth of Lytton, Mrs. Valesca Gremmels of Oelwein and Miss Dena Bredow of Success, stoppet in Sumner Tuesday to call en friends. Mrs. Bredow and her daughters, who made their home here for several years during the late Rev.

Bredcw's pastorate at the St. John's Lutheran church, were enroute to Andrew for a visit with the Docring family. Jce Cass returned last Thursday from San Antonio, Texas, and will assist his parents, Mr. and Mis. Ernest Cass in the management of the Cass theatre at Strawberry Point.

The new theatre which will be opened under the Cass management at Cog-gar, on July 21 will take Mr. Cass away from Strawberry Point a great dtal oi the time for the present and it wa.s tu help in this capacity that Joe left his job at the Ford distribution nlant in San Antonio. Howard Schug and Harry Teeters returned to Cedar Rapids Sunday after a short visit in the htme cf the foimer's mother, Mrs. H. K.

Shales. Mrs. E. A. Mabon and daughter, Ruth of Cedar Rapids accompanied them to Sumner and after a visit in the Shales home, Mrs.

Mabon left to spend a few days with relatives at llawkeyu, while Mi.ss Mabon went to FrwJerick.sburg to join Mis-s Carlotta Xollt-r and two other young ladies, on a month's trip to the Pacific coast. DES MOINES DEMO HEADS IOWA WORKS L. S. Hill Appointed Stat Progress Administrator Wednesday L. S.

Hill, pr. miiient Polk countj Democrat who was recently appoints DCS Moines postmaster, was appoints Iowa works progress administrato last Wednesday by Harry L. Hopkins federal works administrator. He will serve temporarily and with cut pay until the Iowa program ha: gotten under way. Ho accepted tin post, officials said, upon the urgen request of Hopkins.

A former candidate for mayor DCS Moines, Hill wns appointed Dr: Moines postmaster by Postmastei General James A. Farley in January 1M-1. He was sworn in in February HP has served for the greater part the last 2fi years on the state Demo cratic central committee, and was om time chairman of the Polk count.N Democratic committee. Born in 1877, Hill spent his carl) life in Union county. He moved Des Moines 41 years ago from Muscn- line where lie learned the printing business.

He has been president of thi American Lithographing Printing Co. But Hill's not without or-pi sit'on. IV.vu- of Des MoiiH's, another member of the Democratic state central committee, entered a vigorous protest with Senator Louis Murphy of Dubuque against Hill's appointment. The protest was viewed by some as another indication of the rift between state organization leaders and the state Democratic congressional delegation. In announcement made public Saturday, Hill estimated 200 persons would be necessary to administer the work relief program in Iowa.

Hill said he wculd have to select an assistant state administrator, directors of four major divisions for his state cfficp, and five district administrators to hold the key posts in the.new setup. The major divisions will be for projects and planning, finance, women's and labor management. SHALES Circus Day Specials ale's Soap, 4 bars 17c Arniand's 1'aMe, 25c wizc 14c 50c sixc Fly Tox OIcu.sehi.ld) 60c 57c AntLsuptic Solution: Mouth wash, jti Arniandi's Shaving Cream (with 5 blue ruitor hlad-a fan-) 50c value MAKK OUR FOUNTAIN YOUR 1IKADQUARTKKS FOR CONES AND LOLLYPOPS QHALEQ PHARMACY TO THE AND ALL OTHER PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE RECEIVERSHIP OF BANK OF SUMNER, P. A. SMITH.

F. J. WILHARM, AND S. A. MUNGER: You and each of you are hereby notified that there is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Iowa, in and for Bremer county, an application asking for an Order authorizing the Receiver of the Bank of Sumner, Sumner, Iowa, and P.

A. Smith, F. J. Wilharm, and S. A.

Hunger, to sell the following described real estate, to-wit: The South One-half (SVi) of the Northeast Quarter (NE'4) of Section Thirty-three (33), Township Ninety- three (93) North, Range Eleven (11) West of the 5th in Bremer county, Iowa. That said Application has been set down for hearing at the court house Waverly, Bremer county, Iowa, on the 25th clay of July, A. D. 1935, at 10 o'clock, a. m.

That said Application states that the Receiver has an offer of Five Thousand Six Hundred and ($5,000.00) Dollars, and that ackli- offers will be received by the Receiver at any time prior to or at the hearing of said Application. You are further notified that unless you appear at the time and place set for hearing and s'how cause why said Application should not be granted, said Application will be granted as prayed. J. P. MURPHY, 29-1 Receiver of Bark cf Sumner Sp.

Fountain Sunday School Has Annual Picnic Sunday spent par- Mr. and Mrs. Donald Forsman anil Mr. and Mis. Herbert Wuttkc picnicked at the Devils Backbone park near Strawberry Point Sunday.

CAN the Burpee Way Retain All the Original Flavor of Fruit and Vegetables Enables the home canner to use commercial canning methods pack raw fruit, vegetables or meat into the sanitary tin can, seal air tight with a Burpee Home Can Sealer. Opens and reflanges cans so they be used several times. Burpee Quick Change Self Sealer $14.95 Fully automatic in its rjuiclf change feature not found 'on any other Healar, Burpee Quick Change Sealer Can $12.50 be changed from one sine lo 15 seconds without the UK, of another tcols. in AN EASY SAFE METHOD OF CANNING Sanitary Tin Cans No, 2 Plain Cans, per 1 1 No. 3 Enam.

Cans, per 100. 4.00 No. 3 Plain Cans, pir JOO-. 4.75 'A Knam. Cam-, per 100.

5.10 Extra Can Lick 2 J'Jain Lids, per 10 No. 2 Himin. IMs, per 100. 1.25 No. 3 I'lain Lilts; por 100..

1.45 No. 3 Kuuin. LjdK, per 100- 1.55 Koeberle-Heyer Co. SPRING FOUNTAIN st. Lutheran chinch hold (heir annual Sunday school picnic on (he church lawn Sunday wilh a picnic dinner at The c'ntevtsunmenl r.f the afternoon was races and stunts sponsored Kev.

Unnge and the Sunday schoul teachers. There was also a kittenball between the and men with the of to (i in favor of the married MU n. Mr. and Mrs. Kd Meyer and family spent Sunday evening ni the KiA'ern Holm home.

The concert, given by the Schubert quartet of Concordia seminary of St. Louis, ni Spring Fountain ehurch Tuesday evening was largely attended ami was an excellent concert. A number of relatives and friends helped Henry Kircbmann celebrate his birthday Sunday evening. The time wns spent in visiting and playing "500" with high honors going to Mrs. Ferd Meyer and Lee Hill.

Later a lunch was served which was brought by the guests. Among (hose present were Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry Stahlhut and Lorraine, Mr. and Mrs.

Waller Hodermnmi and Bitty Low. Mr. nnd Mrs. Ernest Bodenna-nn, Mr. and Mrs.

Ferd Meyer and Alberta, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Volker and Ann, Lee Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Amel Gaede, Albert and STelson, Mr.

and Mrs. August Kuk.cr Luvenn, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Jjenst, Ruth and Albert, and Herman Kirchmnnn. Mr.

and Mrs. Louie Tietje, Martha, liiivera and Marvin of Waverly spent Tuesday evening in the Albert Rieck ionic, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Meyer are the Kirents of a daughter born Widnes- lay, July Mrs. John Borehm of Strawberry is spemiing few days in the lome of her brother.

Carl Gamin and 'amily. Mr. and Mrs. Donald James of Wa- erloo spent the week end in the par- Fred Holm luune. Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Kirdimann pent Thursday evening in the Theo. Jtahlhut home. Mrs. John Struck and Carmen pent Thursday in the Earl Meyer lome.

Marlowe Rieck spent a few days ast week with his grandmother, Mrs. iena Smith in Sumner. Miss Vera Gamm cf Waverly he week end in the home of her ivts, MY. ami Mvs, Cavl Gamm. Mr.

and Mrs. Herbert Bodermann. Dunne and Robert were Sunday diner guests in. the Fred Bodermami ome. Mr.

and Mrs. C. C. Becker and Els- 'orth of Oelwein were Sunday after- oon guests in the Fred Holm home. Miss Ruby Struck returned to her ome Sunday after spending- a week the home of her grandparents, Mr.

ml Mrs. Ferd Meyer. Mrs. Chris Moehle and son. Otto 'ere Sunday dinner guests in the cuie Meyer home.

Selma Moehle ho had spent a few days in the Icyer home returned to her home tfi them, Nelson Gaede returned to his home here after a week's visit in the home of his Lester and family at Clarksville. and Otto Schultz of Westgate were Tuesday evening guests of Rev. and Mrs. E. L.

Runge and also attended the concert Tuesday Evening. Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Hildebrandt spent Friday evening in the Fred Holm home. Herman Kirchmann was a Sunday supper guest in the Henry Kirchmann home.

Miss Yvonne Holm accompanied her sister, Mrs. Donald James and husband to Waterloo for a week's visit in the James home. Miss Erma Schodtler spent a few- days last, week in the home of her aunt, Mrs. Envin Schwake and family. RELIEF ROLLS FADE IN HARVEST DEMAND Many Counties Close Their Relief Relief Work Improvement of farm crops and shortage of harvest workers in man.v sections of Iowa were reported blending into a force (hat will bring shat'i reduelion to county relief rolls.

A check on the trends of farm einployment each county were nmtlb'-lftSt weeik at ri conference between Miss Ina director of relief, and six sectional tieh workers. Three counties already have begun curtailing work relief projects nnd placing clients on farm jobs, Tama county stopped its relief operations Friday, Miss Tyler said. In a phone call to the stale headquarters, the Tamn county relief director said the action was taken because farmers were complaining that they coulel not obtain sufficient labor to harvest their crops, In Butler county the demand for labor is so acute, it wns reported, that the notification was made to Miss Tyler's office that a reduced force of relief workers was handling the load, and in all probability the office would be closed Aug. 1. So heavy is the demand for rural labor in Taylor county, that the office now is supervised by one person.

A wage scale of JjSLGO a day for farm hands has been set by the relief director. Although the slate administration has not received official confirmation, GRAND THEATRE OELWEIN, IOWA Friday and Saturday. July 19-20 Double Jones "Stone of Silver Creek" A new wild west action thriller! Here's a Big Scoop Exclusive Championship Fight, round by round. Max Baer vs. Jimmy Braddock Sunday anil' Monday, July 21-22 Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Charlie Ruggles, Franchot Tone and Edna Mae Oliver "No More Ladies" Their marriage bond was gilt edged, and then the gilt wore thin.

TUESDAY, JULY 23 Robert Young, Evelyn Venable "Vagabond Lady" They battled right up to the altar. Also Comedy and Sport Reel. Wednesday and Thursday, July 24-25 Warner Baxter, Keith Gallian "Under the Pampas Moon" A demon on his devil with his senoritas. it wns learned today Hint. Cnss nnd Adnins counties had slashed the relief clients hecnu.se harvest 'labor was in heavy demand.

Tlio first step in trnnsfcrring men on relief to self-sustaining jobs was taken. Inst Monday in irarrjspi) county. All work relief and direct 'relief was stopped nnd the oll'ice the county seat, was closed. The general trend throughout the stnto indicates spredy demise for nil direct relief. Reports from the Town labor commission for June show that employment in industry has increased steadily since spring, and that the present figures are far in of year ago.

Miss Dolores Wilhnrin spent last week in Fredei-icksburg 1 ns guest in the John Immernmnn home. llUDOKT ESTIMATE AND KKCOUD OF FILINO TOWN AND CITY ESTIMATE town council of Sumner, of Bremer county, lown'will meet August fi, 1035, at 0:00 p. in. at (he Town Hall. heard for or against estimate of expenditures nt that time.

II. W. BATllKE, Town Clerk FUNDS to 01 1(5 CO a 9 VI m. dJ a 4, 01 4J rt WOH 01 tn OJ ffi as w.3 General L'685 Improvement 060 587 Grading GBO 22S Sewer 1500 SCO Waterworks 4000 3048 Light 1800 714 Fire Equipment 250 103 Fire Maintenance 250 1G7 Band 500 51 Park 1 300 106 Bond 3500 3179 Bond Interest 950 381 Road Dragging 10 Road 75 42 Paving 425 1000 1500) 3661 4900 100 100 7000 100 654 806 1200 3500) 4330 6079 1916 2412 100 250 4i)4 GO 250 99 88 500 194 418 GO 300' 108 131 3600 4000 5500 950 1223 921 75 58 38 300 TOTALS $12481 3000 5000 $12825 $10,587 $20,304 Adjusted Taxable Valuation $1,151,807 BUDGET ESTIMATE AND RECORD OF FILING COUNTY ESTIMATE Board of Supervisors of Bremer county, Iowa, will meet July 30th, 1935, at 10 a. at Waverly, Iowa.

Taxpayers will be heat-el for n- against estimate of expenditures at that time. II. J. STUMME, County Auditor. CJ tf a FUNDS co rs in cs CJ C3 PtWW tn rt WOH General 40,000 lourt Expense 7,000 3 oor 55,000 'tate Insane 5,600 bounty Insane 5,000 ounty School 5,350 Soldiers Relief 8,000 Bovine Tuberculosis 10,500 lounty Bonds 3,800 Imergency 21,410 econdary Road Funds: Construction mill) 53,750 19,611 3,444 2,487 6,485 7,128 918 1,985 17,665 3,875 12,000 32,500 5,350 32,500 6,424 None 5,350 5,500 16,062 3,250 13,733 21,416 39,880 33,000 10,750) Construction mill) 10,000) ilaint'ance mills) 64,416 27,721 5,000 21,416) (3 mills) 38,000) 45,199 6,833 54,767 5,253 13,421 5,803 7,386 32,648 3,821 19,007 08,000 43,710 8,809 37,439 6,231 21,159 1,308 5,578 13,881 3,895 28,059 OTALS $292,432 $144,932 53,000 $208,518 stimated taxes per $1,000.00 of assessed value $10.40 All over America, Goodyear Dealers are celebrating SPEEDWAY WEEK FEATURING THE WORLD'S GREATEST the famous Speedway-Type litfNOOl" Cash portion.

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