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THE HAWKEYE- RECORD
and THE LISBON" HEIiALD
104 2nd Ave North. Mount Vernon. Iowa
Official Newspaper MountVernon nnd
Linn Count7
l.loyd McCutcheon Estate, Proprietor
James W. McCutehmn. Editor
Pa}Aished at Mount ~vernon ann Lisbou,
in Linn County, Iowa. every/thursday.
:IHE MOUNT VERNON HAWKEYE
Founded in 1769 by S. H. Bauman
I liE MOUNT VERNON REMARKER
Founded in 1899 by Minard Lozior
THE LISBON HERALD
Founded in 1894 by W. F. Stahl
Subacriptian Rate
One year, in Linn and adjoining
counties, per year $1.50
One year, outside Linn and adjoining
cuunties, but within the state,
per year $1.75
One year, outside the state $2.00
M-'~mber, Iowa Press Association, National
Editorial Association, Foreign Advertis-
ing Representative, Iowa Newspapers,
Inc 405 Shops Bldg. Des Moines. Iowa,
Entered as second class mail matter at
the post office of Mount Vernon, lows. and
Lisbon, Iowa.
Notices for entertainmentS or other gath-
erings to which a charge is made, l~
cents per line, minimum charge 25 cents.
Card of thanks and resolutions of respect
10 cents a line, minimum charge $1.00
Display advertising rates furnished on ap-
plication to responsible advertisers.
Traveling Thru Georgia
l,eaving Chattanooga, a progres-
sive southern city of 123,500, the
highway goes under Missionary
ridge via a tunnel. Missionary
ridge is fanious for the site of the
Civil war `battle of that name.
The drive from Chattanooga to
Atlanta was made after dark. It
is thru the mountains in places and
on a curving, winding road.
The entry to Atlanta is still the
old route with narrow streets and
street car tracks to contend with.
]~ach time you make this trip you
think a better route into Atlanta
may have been discovered and
marked in the mean time.
In no state did we find the high-
ways as well znarked as in Iowa,
Illinois, and Indiana. In most of
the southern states there is no
warning of a curve as there is here.
You pull up to a stop sign or a
corner at full speed and are expect-
ed to stop in two feet and make the
curve. For a route that has as
heavy a tourist business as U.S. 41,
there are a number of things which
could bc done to improve it.
IIEACII ATLANTA
The second night was spent at
Atlanta, a busy city of 280,000
population, The temperature up
to this point had not been a great
deal different from what it had
been in Iowa with the fairly mild
weather before we left. Overcoats
felt good in Atlanta. The weather
had been excellent. On the first
day a strong wind made driving a
little difficult but not enough to
mention. From what I have heard
the mercury started dropping here
on the day we left and really crawl-
ed down below zero. Overcoats were
shed in the middle of the morning
of the day we headed south from
Atlanta. The sun was shinning
brightly or they might have ,been
worn longer.
On leaving Atlanta we passed
thru Jonesboro, near the location
of the airplane crash last week. I
can't recall whether we passed the
Atlanta airport as numerous air-
ports were seen. Sometimes they
are so far outside of a city it is
hard to tell whether they belong
to the city you have passed thru
or the next one,
At Griffen, noted for its turkish
towels, corduroys, and velvets, we
left U.S. 41 and took U.S. 19, on
which the best time of the trip
was made. Nearly every city of any
size has one or more cotton mills
and frequently one or more lum-
ber mills. The land is quite rolling
with acres of scrub pine and other
southern pine. The soil is always
red sometimes almost a ~right red.
Other places it tends towards a
yellow. I thought frequently of the
expression from "Gone With the
Wlnd," The red earth of Tara!
Red is the word for it. Took a pic-
ture of it with kodachrome film
to see if it would show the red as
it really is.
NEGRO SHACKS
While driving thru Georgia a stop
was made to take a picture of a
negro shack, where the sun was
r~bout right. There was no one in i
sight. Before I was looking in the
camera finder the door opened
slightly, a pickinanny came out,
and then another. About that time'
I took the picture but they con-
inued to come out and fhe mammy
could be seen thru the door ajar. :
These negro shacks are rather i
of a shock the first time you see
them but seem to become a part
of the southern landscape. Many i
an Iowa hog or chicken has a `bet-i
ter building to live in than the i
negro shacks. Many don't have
windows, but board doors that are
opened in the day time. Doors stood
wide open in some places and you
could see that there were no car-
pets on the floors.
In one town we got a glimpse of
a negro mammy balancing her load
on her head walking along at a
good gait.
A large mill of the Goodrich
Rubber Co was passed at Silver-
ton, just outside of Thomaston.
"]'here were many fine looking
houses there and everything was
neat and attractive. Warm Springs
is a little west of here. This is in
the peach raising country.
Thru Americanus and to Albany
this route went, where we stopped
for lunch in the city which suffered
severe tornado damage just about
a year ago. Evidence of the dam-
age was still apparent although
many of the buildings had been re-
built. Some had not been and the
court house still carried scars from
the cyclone. Numerous pecan
groves and many stands selling pe-
cans are passe,].
Thru Thomasville we passed on
into Florida. At Monticello and
Live Oak many were wearing
sweaters and in the warmth of the
sun that afternoon it .began to feel
like you were really approaching
the Florida climate.
NO ORANGE JUICE
Going up to a stand with bags
of oranges for sale and seeking to
get a drink of orange juice, to our
surprise they had it only in cans
or bottled with carbonated water.
In the land of the oranges they
dtdn't have orange juice for sale.
]~]ast to I~ke City, crossing the
.~uwanee river, the route went. Live
oak trees with spanish mo6s always
give this river a very tropical ap-
pearance. The third night was
spent at Gainesville. Here we went
out without overcoats in the eve-
~m
ning although a top coat would
have felt alright.
Gainesville is a very nice looking
city, the site of the University of
Florida, which has a very attrac-
tive campus with a number of
buildings which are apparently
quite new.
James W. McCutcheon
========================
Editor Martha Jane Rogers
AsJsistant Editor Don Minnick
Senior Reviews Marianne Vodicka
; Business Manager
Betty June Hedges
EDITORIAL
Saint Patrick's day, as you all
well know, is the day "for the wear-
ing of the green." All over the
world, wherever the Irish have:
penetrated, March 17 is celebrated
as Saint Patrick's feast day. Such
national emblems of the green
shamrock are, on that day given
special reverence, not only ~oy the
Irish, but ,by all who know the
kind deeds of this patron saint of
Ireland.
Saint Patrick was born in Scot-
land or England, it is not known
for certain which, and led a very
exciting life. At the age of six-
teen he was captured by pirates
from Ireland and carried to the
island, where for six years he tend-
ed the flocks of an Ulster chief-
tain. During these years of his
slavery, he became a devoted Chris-
tian, and after his escape to France
entered monastic life. Directed
by a vision to return as a mission-
cry to Ireland, he obeyed the call
and for the rest of his life worked
zealously in various parts of the is-
land. His labors were so successful
that he came to be known as one
who "found Ireland all heathen and
left it all Christian."
Naturally, many legends grew
up about the name of the popular
saint. A favorite is the one which
represefits him as charming the
snakes of Ireland by his music so
that they followed him to the sea-
shores, where they were driven into
the water and drowned. Indeed
much that is told about Saint Pat-
rick is little more than legendary,
for though he left an autobiogra-
phy, this places emphasis on his
work rather than his life.
In these days of strife, it seems
a grand thing to set aside a day
when the deeds of a well-~oeloved
personage like Saint Patrick can
'be given special remembrance. Cer-
tainly this man who devoted his
life to doing good has a message
for our world today!
SENIOR PdEVll~V
Don Hnnter
Don has attended Mount Vernon
high school all of his school years
and has become known to every one
by his nickname "Soupy". He is a
member of the M Clu`b, and went
out for basketball during b.i.~ fresh-
man year and football during his
junior year. Because of his small-
ness Don has not been able to help
so much on the team by playing
but has always been with the boys
to help them win. When Don was
a freshman he was a mere`her of
the chorus in the Operetta, "Pirates
Of Pensance," but since then has
not had much time to take part
in musical groups. His feelings to-
ward bookkeeping and mathematics
are very high, and they seem to be
the favorite of those he has taken.
In his spare time Don is kept busy
working at Hedge's restaurant, and
so really has no time to spend in
many activities. Although Don did
not mention any special hobby,
we all feel that dancing is his fa-
vorite recreation and pastime. AfL
ter graduation Don plans to attend
Chilicothe Business College and
after that would like to secure some
business po~ition. He feels a little
glad to be out of high school and
yet has slight regrets, but anyway
we'll all miss him and we are sure
that with his personality and good
humor he'll be a success in the
buMness world.
Jean Hearty
Jean came to Mount Vernon high
school during her junior year from
Clinton, where she spent the rest
of her high school days. She served
as the business manager of the
Chalk Mark, the first semester of
her senior year, and she proved
very successful at this position that
takes both time and efficiency. She
is also a member of the Writers
Club, that meets to write poetry,
skits, etc. Jean is very interested
in Speech and Dramatics and has
helped in the production of many
of our plays, since she has been
here. She has taken part in several
one act plays, the most recent be-
ing, "Tarnished Witherspoons," in
which she played the distinguished
wife and mother. Jean spends most
of her spare time dancing, reading,
and taking part in dramatic work.
Her favorite snbjects are speech
and mathematics, and particularly
algebra. After graduation Jean
plans to go on to school ;but after
that her plans are indefinite. Al-
though she has been at Mr. Vernon
High only a short time she has been
one of the meet prominent members
of the senior class and her success
in later life is the wish of all of us.
~VARD ~HOOL NE%VS
'the kindergarten is still on their
transportation unit. Since their
trip to Cedar Rapids, they have
been more enthusiastic to study
aq0out it.
The second grade went to see
Mrs. Barnes' African Lily. They
told the first grade about it tn their
Language class. In social Studies
we are reading about community
helpers and have started scrap
books on that subject.
The third grade have started a
new unit on Holland. They have
a new practice teacher, Miss Beau-
champ, who is helping them study
about China.
In completing their study of
animals the fourth grade, under
the direction of Miss Pitkanen have
made a movie.
The fifth grade, while studying
with Miss Hedge have made a time
capsule to be opened in 1946. One
of the things in the time capsule is
a victrola record containing talks
as well as songs.
Since the sixth grado pupils were
anxious to correspond with pupils
in the southern states, they have
been writing letters in their Eng-
lish period.
Reporters--Ann Young and Mary
Wolfe.
DESCRIPTION OF AN IRISHMAN
1. Hot headed Jean Smith
2. Red Hair Leers
3. Quick temper Mofflt
L Wearing green Mary Alice W.
q['H~ ~IOUNqP VERNON, IOWA, HAWI{EYE-HEOORD AND THE LISBON HERALD
Thursday,
5. Eating Irish spuds Skip
6. Blue eyes Audrey
7. Light complexion Naomi
ASSEMBLIES
Tuesday morning, ~March 4, the
Bell Telephone Company presented
a movie about the Coaxial Cable
system and another entitled, "A
New Voice for Mr. X." The first
movie showed how a coaxial cable,
partly through the air and partly
,buried 30 inches in the ground
!would have less interference than
a regular cable. Repeater Stations
which have amplifying equipment
in them are located every hundred
miles. The other movie showed
how Mr. X improved the telephone
voices of his office staff, and in-
creased his 'business. Examples of
correct and incorrect conduct over
the phone were illustrated.
Thursday morning Dr. Jennings
of the Iowa State Department of
Health spoke to the students on
Grade A milk and why it should be
used more liberally. He remarked
that Mount Vernon had a clean and
wholesome supply of milk. A movie
was shown entitled "Modern Mag-
ic." It showed the different steps
of pasteurizing, bottling, and de-
livery and also the vitamins in milk.
To end, Dr. Jennings answered
questions asked by several students
about his subject.
IF
Wouldn't it be swell--
If we had escalators, especially
when we're dragging from the ef-
fect of the night before ?
If we had some one waiting at
the doors to push us in wheel chairs
to our desks?
If we had assemblies every day?
If we didn't have to have teach-
ers ?
If we could have a refreshment
fountain ?
If we had an "Escort Bureau",
(just in case you don't happen to
have anything to do) ?
If we didn't have to be "in at"
a certain hour?
If you could "get in" without
anybody knowing it?
If nobody ever teased you?
If we were all smarties and did-
n't have to go to school?
If there weren't such things as
embarassing situations?
Moral: The Goal is luxury.
GOSSIP
1. Louise Rogers is giving Mil-
dred some competition in the line
of a sophomore country boy.
2. WheT! says Jimmie Gillette as
he carried music ,books for an
hour--we wonder why?
3. Darlene Barrett is finding
herself kept quite busy these days
with long distance telephone calls
and letters--we won't tell the
names.
4. We hear Naomi's favorite
show is Comrade (D) X.
5. According to Harold Shake-
spears, Hazel likes Olin real well!!
BOOK CHARACTERS
Sherlock Holmes--Henry.
Scarlet O'Hara---Cy.
Rhett Butler--Mark.
Aunt Pittipat--Hazel.
Pollyanna---Carolyn.
Little Eva--Lois.
Tom Sawyer---Bill Burnett.
Huckleberry Finn--Harlan Bar-
rett.
Injun Joe--Marvin Tonne.
Paul Bunyan--Franklin Minicke.
Alice in Wanderland--Dorothy
Ann Rogers.
Touchstone--Vernon.
I-Iamlet--Lud.
Titania--~Maria n Fisher.
Oberon--Don Current.
Puck--Carl Jones.
Robinson Crnsoe--Don Leighr.
Jane Lyre--Ruth Minish.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm--
Peggy Mcgee.
Bobsey Twins---Miriam and Tom
Wooff.
The Little Colonel -- Ba~mra
Rowley.
David Copperfield--Robert Pos-
pistl.
Silas .Marner~Charles Macmil-
lan.
Evangeline--Betty June.
Little Red Riding Hood--Betty
Cole.
CLASS NEWS
The eighth grade home econom-
ics club have started to make
dresses and other different things.
The ninth grade home economics
class served another luncheon to
themselves last ,Monday.
The seventh general science class
has been experimenting with secret
writing. They have been studying
about invisi%le ink and other solu-
tions that can be used for invisible
writing.
The eighth grade English class
is studying Evangeline, while the
seventh grade English is studying
about biographies. They have read
biographies of Thomas Edison and
of Teddy Roosevelt.
At last, after a long time of wait-
ing, the senior class has received
their announcements and their
cards.
The sociology class is planning a
trip to Des MoSses to visit the legis-
lature, next Monday. The music
groups will probably go along also
to visit the music clinic and to
hear the all state chorus.
Mrs. Lois Henderson spoke to the
seventh social science class on her
trip to France. She has made a
personal tour to France and told
about it very vividly.
Last week Mr. Daniels and Miss
West accompanied the ninth grade
science class on a field tour to the
quarry to study the rock forma-
tions and glaciation. The eighth
grade class also made this tour last
week.
The eighth grade general science
class handed in very interesting
scrap books on a unit on the "Forc-
es that Helped Form the Earth."
Mr. Fuller reports that the op-
eretta is progressing very nicely.
The sociology class had another
panel discussion on the advantages
and disadvantages of the movies,
cars and the radios.
OPERETPA
I At last work bas begun on the an-
nual high school operetta. This
l year the music group is doing
"Tune In" by Don Wilson and Ed-
ward Bradley. M~arian Fisher, Cy
Winsor, Mark Hutchinson, and Don
Current have the leading roles. !
J The operetta is an unusually fine
one this year. It has been perform-
ed several times in this district and
met with success each time. The
date for production has not yet
been set but it will ,be performed
some time in the next three weeks.
BOWLING
One of the most popular indoor
recreational sports is bowling!
Many of our students and some of
the teachers have been seen bowl-
ing up at the new alley they have
just installed. As an advantage to
the physical training girls the ,price
has been reduced slightly. You
don't have to be good to bowl. Many
of the beginners are shocked at
their own skill at it. Since winter
recreation is so scarce, we should
all take advantage of something
like this when it comes along.
CAN YOU IMAGINE
THE SOPHOMORE,%---
Jean Smith--a little chubby
country girl?
Bud Rich--very quiet?
Lois Bigger--very dumb?
Doug--a skinny tall bacleward
person ?
Andrey--not sticking up for her
rights ?
Billy---never going to Hedges?
Munchie--hating red ?
Claire--getting D in Latin?
Lepta--straight hair?
Dorothy--without lip-stick?
Earl---with black hair?
GaS--not catching cold germs?
M.V.H.S. LOSES TO TIPTON
IN SECTIONAL 3IEET
Mount Vernon lost to Tipton, 40
to 25, in the finals of the Sectional
Tournament played at Mechanics-
rills last Saturday night. It was
the last game of the season for the
Maroons.
The game was close all through
the first half, both teams playing
very good ball. The score at the
end of the half was Tipton 13,
Mount Vernon 17. The two teams
played on about even tcrms during
the third quarter, and by the end
of that period the Maroons were
able to push ahead, 25-24. It was-
n't until the final period that
Mount Vernon's offense and defense
collapsed, when Don Current left
the game on fouls, and Tipton went
ahead to win by a margin of fifteen
mints.
Bahmler led Tipton's offense with
!ourteen points to his credit. For
Mount Vernon, the scoring was
fairly evenly divided, Hutchinson,
Hedge, and Current each having six
points.
Individual scoria.g:
Mt. Vernon FG FT P
Hutchinson F 3 0 1
Hedge F 3 0 2
Burnett C 2 1 3
Herring G 1 0 2
Beranek G 0 0 0
Leuttjohann F 0 0 0
Edwards F 0 0 0
11 3 12
Tipton FG FT P
Dunker F 3 2 3
Spear F 4 0 0
Bahmler C 5 4 2
Swartzlender G 3 2 0
Smith G 1 0 1
Willard l," 0 0 1
16 8 7
ORIGINAL NOTICE
In the District Court of Iowa in and
for IAnn County
Orvil L. Maifeld, Plaintiff
VS.
Okal June Maifeld, Defendant
To the said Defendant:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the office of the
Clerk of the District Court of the
State of Iowa in and for Linn Coun-
ty, the Petition of Plaintiff afore-
said, claiming of you an absolute di-
vorce on the grounds that on and
before your marriage to said Plain-
tiff you were pregnant by another
than the Plaintiff herein, of which
fact Plaintiff had no knowledge nor
information prior to the marriage.
For further particulars see Petition
on file.
And unless you appear.thereto and
defend before noon of the second day
of the next May, ]941 term of the
said District Court to be held in the
Court House in the city of Cedar
Rapids, Linn County, Iowa eom-
meneing on the twelfth day of May,
A. D. 1941 a default will be entered
against you and judgment returned
thereon and decree as prayed in
said Petition.
ELDERKIN AND LOCHER
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Mar.13-20-27-Apr.3
ORIGINAL NOTICE
In the District Court of Iowa in and
for Linn County, May Term
1941.
Dorothy E. Bascom,
l=qaint Iff
VS.
Verle F. Baseom,
Defendant.
To Verle F, Bascom:-
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the office of the
Clerk of the District Court of Linn
County, Iowa, the petition of the
,above named plaintiff alleging that
iiyou and the plaintiff were married
on Sept. 19, 1923 and that without
any cause on the part of the plain-
tiff you wilfully deserted the plain-
tiff on or about May, 1933; that one
son William Frank Bascom was born
to you and the plaintiff and that he
is now residing with the plaintiff
and asking for a divorce from you
and for tbe custody of the said
William Frank Bascom, and for gen-
eral equitable relief.
For full and further particulars
see petition.
Now unless you appear to said ~e-
titles and defend thereto at or
fore noon of the 2rid. day of the
next May, 1941, term of said court to
be begun and held at the Court
House in Cedar Rapids, Linn County
Iowa, commencing on the 12th day
of May, 1941, default will be entered
!.against you and Judgment and de-
cree rendered thereon in accordance
with the prayer of the said petition.
FRANCE & FRANCE
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Mar.13-20-27-Apr.3
NOTICE
At a meeting of the Council of the
Town of Mount Vernon, Iowa, held
on the 3rd day of March 1941 there
was adopted the following Budget
of estimated expenditures of money
raised hy taxation for the Consoli-
dated fund, and to be expended
within the Town of Mount Vernon,
Iowa, for the years 1941-1942.
The Council of the Town of Mount
Vernon, Iowa, wilt meet at the City
ttall on the 7th day of April 1941, at
7:30 p.m.
Taxpayers will be heard for or
against the following estimated ex-
penditures at that time.
General Fund $4700.00
Grading Fund 150.00
Light 2150.00
Consolidated total $7000.00
T. I.Mitchell,
Clerk.
Yo Itcr#
LIQUID, T .BLET$, SALVE. NOSE ROP$
Contt~oua
telepho~
LEGISLATURE to theHouse, they will be filed with swell the grand total to more than Iwhich was
/the clerk for publishing in the of- a thousand, or about a normal inspect pipe
ficial journal, budget. [ and report same to
C00PER TES |N I OVERqT[ME ,VORKERS I the Presbyterian(
I While these changes were taking t Sam Harman, th
place, the assembly was working 'WAY BAC.K WHEN i fortunate enough to
MAKING REFORMS l at top speed making use of every i . ,ducks last FridaY,
iminute of its hme even to the ex- Items of Interest in Mount Verl?on !the other sports
tent of holding afternoon sessions And Lisbon 10, 20, 30 Years Ago able to do.
Law M-a-king Pro- whl,e committee hearings were go-I Miss Lucy B
ling on simultaneously. Saturday n,~=, ~tr~Az~m ~'x~ Colorado where
eesses Have Been lmorning sessions are in the cards] x~ x~ c~uv claim. Miss
: r .no ?a:?L:,'-:::"
for the remainder of the legislative ---- - :, ,v + finish school
Simplified,period.
CREDIT company has incorporated and will tual residence on
continue to operate under the W. From the
As the forty-ninth Iowa General
Assembly this week struck out into
the home stretch of its record-
breaking race toward early final
adjournment, not one measure of
highly controversial nature had
been formally considered and the
prospect was that all such "hot
,potato" bills tbus far introduced
i would smother in sifting commit-
tee.
Both branches of the legislature
for the past week have 'been con-
cerned primarily with the passage
of major appropriation bills, hand-
ling sums reaching into the mil-
lions of dollars with facility, rapid-
ity and minimum of conflict. Claims
bills were being loaded onto the
calendar in increasing number to
demand No. 2 position in the con-
sideration of measures of "must"
nature before the final curtain is
drawn on this session of the as-
sembly.
POLICING
A sifting committee was on the job
[in the Senate early this week to
take over all measures remaining in
the hands of standing committees
and will reach out soon to strip the
calendar of all but appropriation,
claims and other favored bills.
In the House, a steering commit-
tee was filling .'~ temporary role in
arranging a working calendar pend-
ing the taking over of the legisla-
tive management by a sifting com-
mittee expected to be appointed at
an early date.
Increasing hope that the legisla-
ture may close up shop for the
biennial period by April 12 was
manifest everywhere about the
capitol. All efforts were being co-
ordinated to that end. Virtually all
major appropriation measures had
been disposed of, the Pioneer Law-
makers association had come and
gone and farmer members of the
legislature were thinking of the
spring crop planting.
HIGHER BRACK~P MONEY
Approximately $33,000,000 had
been appropriated in the higher
'brackets of biennial spending. This
huge sum falls into the following
classifications: For state depart-
ments $10,800,000: state education-
al institutions, $13,600,000; state
board of control institutions, $8,-
000,000; national guard and state;
guard $500,000 all sums being for
a two-year period beginning July 1,
1941.
In addition, a large number of
budgeting proposals had been tak-
en care of, including the state high-
way commission allotments and so-
cial security and relief expendi-
tures. Except in the case of relief
totals are comparable with expendi-
tures in other recent biennial per-
iods. Very few increases were
made in state salaries, and there
were some cuts to offset these.
B UI)DING PLANTS
The various steps that have been
taken to place a curb on legislative
TO RUN IaOR GOVERNOR
The legislature has ,been so busy
reforming itself that it has given
scant attention to political futures
of its own members, except in two
instances. It has long been assum-
ed
that Burke B. Hickenlooper,
l lieutenant governor, and presiding
The question is often heard C. Stuckslager estate.
around the statehouse: Who is re- There are six applicants for the
sponsible for the reformation of the position of postmaster in Mount
general assembly? No one seems Vernon. They are: Harry Hartung,
to be able to place the responsibility Anson Butte, George Franks, Mrs.
on any one person or group. Much Mary Bauman, Arthur Rogers and
of the reform appears to have been D H Mueller
spontaneous effort engendered after "The "Lisbon" school election was
the assembly started its work. Some a quiet one The board will con-
of tt came out of pre-session cau- sist this year of Dr. J. R Gardner,
ruses wnlcn now are reported to o zr ~r~,t~ ~ O An~r~os Geor~-e
e oeen m the nature of exper- D Sailor and Dr E P Bigger
ience and testimonial meetings. 'Mrs E' E Cari went' to Chicago
l inAh:Tit~riCV C ~bmbttee.w rk!ng today to meet her husband, Dr.
P ae~y cnarte~ a Carl who is returning from India
course lot tne tegmmture to follow, where he spent several months in
A considerable part of the reforms- ] study pertaining to his profession
tion c'~n be laid at the door of re- as eye ear nose and throat special-
publican floor leaders and the I 1st ' '
acumen of the efficient appropria-I The Lisbon creamery has leased
tions committee chairmen, George I the Kynett poultry building near
LohSC~t2:r F:~v~eck~iunty and /the depot and are buying and ship-
. g a "K coun- ! ping eggs.
ty, and to the democrats in the leg-
The VCashington high school
islature who resolved not to hinder Tigers defeated the Mount Vernon
but to aid in any program that leads high school in the opening game
to economy of time and money, of the sectional tournament hy a
EXPECT HICKENLOOPER score of 30-12.
Glenn Low won first place in the
humorous division of the sub-dis-
trict declamatory contest held at
LeGrand on Wednesday evening.
bet of the legislature, should they
care to run.
LATE BULLETIN '~--
The man who now is being boom-
ed for Hickcnlooper's job as the
No. 2 man in state government is
Rep. John R. Irwin of Keokuk,
former Speaker of the House. Ir-
win himself has but forth no claims
to the office but he is not discour-
aging the support he is receiving
t from many quarters. /twin is the
others have followed his example,
including Governor Wilson in an-
nonuncing an open door policy.
FLASH
In officialdom, outside the legis-
lature, Earl Miller, secretary of
state, is said to be an avowed can-
didate for Gov~rnor in next year's
nomination ,'ace. The succession in
all cases is predicted on the assump-
tion that Governor Wilson will
seek the republican Senatorial nom-
ination next year. Former Gov-
ernor Nelson Hraschel of Harlan
is reported to be a candidate for the
same office on the democratic side,
opposin~ United States Senator
Clyde Herring. No avowed candi-
date among democrats has yet
come forward for nomination as
lieutenant governor.
THE SCORE
production do not .preclude theI When the curb on filing of bills
possibility that numerous meritor-lby individuals in the legislature
ious bills locked in the grip of sift- t was finally applied the count of
ing committees will not emerge and I measures introduced disclosed a
achieve passage. I total of 969 with the Senate trailing
With heavy appropriation bills I the House, 467 to 502. Claims corn-
out of the way, sifting committees mittce bills and measures introduc-
will strive to keep calendars sup- ed by othe'r committees before the
plied with ma~crial with which to:end of the session are expected to
occupy the time until the contem-
plated date of final adjournment.
There remains ample time ,before
April 12 to enact a large quantity
of new laws or to improve old laws.
In normal Iowa legislative ses-
sions, members were wont to
wrestle with the problems of ma-
jor appropriations until the elev-
enth hour late in April. Reversing
the procedure this time and dis-
pensing with the money bills early
without dispute over details, the
legislature has placed itself in a
position to end its labors with a
creditable amount of enacted legis-
lation.
LEGISLATURE HAS
REFOR~[ED ITSELF
Moreover, the legislature has
taken long, forward steps in time-
saving for the assemblics that are
to follow, at least to the extent of
establishing precedent. T h e s e
achievements are reflected in re-
volutionary changes in the rules
that govern the assembly and in
the fixed resolve to place the func-
tions of state government on a
,business basis through budgeting
and strict accounting of state funds
and property. Credit for what ever
benefits are to be derived from
these accomplishments will be shar-
ed by democrats and republicans
for the objectives were common to
both.
Henceforth n ~ time will be wast-
ed in three readings of 'bills in the
House, two readings will suffice.
No longer will the content of peti-
tions or committee-reports be read
Carpet--Rugs--Linoleum
--Venetian Blinds.--
9x12 LinoIemn Rugs $3.95
Felt Base Linoleum,
8q. yd 39c
Inlaid Linoleum,
sq. yd $1.00
Venetian Blinds, sq. ft. 29c
Broadloom Carpet,
sq. yd. $2.98 and up
l Iowa
Floor Covering Co.
i J514 it. Vernon Pal. Dial 5941
Cedar Rapids
Now being on
Federal Land Bank ands.
Land Bank Commissioner Farm
Loans. For details see:
Harold B. McTavish, Sec'y-Treas.
722 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids
TWENTY YEARS AGO
March 16, 1921
A Women's Auxiliary to Hahn-
Howard post of the American Le-
gion will be organized in Mount
Vernon on Tuesday, March 22.
Charles Stegall was appointed to
the position of street commissioner
to fill the place of W. H. Beadle
now of Cedar Rapids.
Bert Scarff of Oelwein is expected
to return to Mount Vernon the last
of the week to begin drilling the
new well.
James Bovey has sold his fine
residence .property on Mount Ver-I
non-Lisbon road to August Brey of I
Lisbon. i
Mount Vernon polled the largest
ballot in a school election on Mon-
day. The ticket was composed of
the following: Joe Bennett 216,
Harry Gilliland 228; Dr. Kate
Hogle, 225; F~. E. Moots, 184. Mr.
Gilliland and Dr. Kate Hogle re-
ceived the higl~est number of bal-
lots and were elected.
The Wapsie Power and Light
Company tried out an emergency
equipment plant yesterday which
they have been having thoroughly
overhauled and put in condition to
take care of the current in case
anything goes wrong with the rest
of the line.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
March 14, 1911
The grade school house proposi-
tion carried by a big majority yes-
terday,
there being practically noI
opposition. The proposition to ex- i
pend $1000 in connecting up thei
sewerage system also carried. The
vote on bonding the district for
$11,000 for a new grade school
house received 92 votes from the
women and 161 votes from the men.
Opposed to it were 5 women and
24 men. The other proposition re-
ceived 92 votes from the women
and 146 from the men, while there
were opposed to it 3 women and
27 men.
Mesdames Anna Helberg, Jay
Boyd and Messrs Shaw and Harry
Platner composed a committee
of Des Moines we
Twogood has
block and tile
Mr. and Mrs.
Miss Clara Blmg8
home from a
California.
C. P.
resident in the
home in Mount
His ancestors
from England ia
more was a grad~
School of Yale I
the degree of DL.B"
ried to Gertrude ~
Galen Ill. Duties
led in the historY
Iowa, Mr. Whit
citizen of that
strongly for law
One of ]~is
was, "We can
we cannot afford
The Classified
page seven.
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