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Scott to Hear Cedar County Bank Case Davenport (AP) Judge W. W. Scott of Davenport will preside at the Cedar county district court at Tipton during the coming week for trial of case brought by L. A. Andrew, receiver for the Helmer and Gortner State bank of Mechanicsville, against A. H. and E. B. Moffitt, former officers and directors of the bank, The receiver seeks to recover $6158. alleged to have been withdrawn from the bank while It was insolvent
OBJECTORS TO BANK RECEIVER FILE PETITION Mrs. Laura Garrett Butler, OmaSummerwill Removal at hat, is visiting her son, J. B. GarMechanicsville Sought; rett. Mrs. Beulah Luckey and sons, Tipton News. Bobbie and Billy Mrs. J. A. Har- Special The Democrat Tipton, la., July 19.-H. P. Gray, Joseph Boyd and C. M. Mitchell, Mechanicsvill depositors in the Helmer and Gortner State bank there have filed objections to that portion of the final report of L. A. Andrew, receiver of the bank, which recommends the continuance of Ben S. Summerwill as receiver in charge. No basis for their objection was stated. Church Social Tuesday in ice cream social and dance will be held at the Cedar Valley quarry, popular local swimming pool, Tuesday evening, July 25, sponsored by St. Joseph's Catholic church of Cedar Valley. Class Has Picnic. The members of the Berean class of the Methodist Sunday school entertained their families at a picnic on the D. L. Diehl lawn, 50 attending. An informal program was presented. Coal Contract Let. Contract for coal for the Cedar county home and court house for the year was awarded by the supervisors to the Tipton Brick and Tile company at its bid of $6.10 for eastern Kentucky egg coal, f. 0. b. Personal Briefs Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hollman and daughters, North Platte, Neb., are visiting Mrs. Hollman's uncle, William T. Gilmore. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hillegass, Chi cago, and Mrs. Emma Reese and Miss Gertrude Sproat, Tipton. are on an automobile trip to Sublimity, Ore., where they will spend several weeks.
Bank Report Hearing Being Held at Tipton Tipton Hearing on the final report L. A. Andrew, of the Helmer and Gortner State bank of Mechanicsville, which was scheduled to have been held week, was continued Judge John T. Moffit until today. The hearing being held before Judge H. Ring of Cedar Rapids, came Tipton for the while Judge Moffit went to Cedar Rapids to for court matters there. Objections were filed by H. P. Gray, Joseph Boyd and M. Mitchell, depositors in the Helmer and Gortner State bank. Objection was made only to that portion final report which recommends continuance of Ben S. Summerwill as receiver in charge. Colds, diphtheria, measles and scarlet fever, in the order named, are the four most common diseases.
DEPOSITORS OF CEDAR CO, BANK CRITICIZE COST Mechanicsville Receiver's Retention Attacked; J. W. Koahn Dies. Tipton, la., July 25.-Hearing of objections to the final report of L. A. Andrew, receiver for the Hel mer and Gortner State bank, Mechanicsville, filed by three depositors, was delayed yesterday when further objections were filed, signed by 40 other depositors. Objections were made to the salaries and expenses in the liquidation, the retention of Ben S. Summerwill as examiner and the suggestion made that the local examiner, R. S. Kirkpatrick, be transferred and assist ent examiner, Milo Novy, be left in charge at salary of $100 a month. The petitioners alleged the liquidation could be carried on by one person spending half his time in the bank and the other half at outside work. John W. Koahn. Funeral services for John W. Koahn, who died Sunday, were held in the Wilson chapel this afternoon with Rev. W. E. Van Buren, officiating Burial was in Wood. bridge cemetery near Buchanan. Mr. Koahn was born in Cedar county April 9, 1852, and lived here all of his life. He leaves no near relatives. He had lived alone and, Friday, neighbors alarmed because he was not about his place entered the house and found him stricken with paralysis. He never regained consciousness and died Sunday Boys To Visit Chicago. The Rev. Otis Moore, will have charge of group of 25 members of the Bennett Scout troop and other young men of his parishes in Bennett, South Bethel and Rochester, on a three-day visit to Chicago, Aug. 7. The boys will be transported in a large truck, owned by Donald Johnston. County Officials Team. Cedar county officials have organized a kittenball team. W. H. Naber, assistant county engineer is pitcher and County Attorney William M. Dallas, catcher. Cecil Langmann, deputy county auditor, plays first base; County Auditor Hermann Onken second base; R. O. Zimmerling, county engineer, third base; Melvin Marks, deputy sheriff, short stop: Howard Hamilton, clerk of the district court, left field: Peter Belgard, deputy clerk, right field and W. W. Christian, county sheriff, centerfield. Deputy Treasurer H. H. Puck, will be substitute and County Treasurer J. M. Blazek, manager. The first game will be played with a Stanwood team in Stanwood this evening. Explain Farm Loan. Arthur Lund secretary for the Federal Loan Association of Cedar county, will explain the workings of the new farm mortgage act in Hotel Tipton at 8:30 Wednesday Bureau Play At Fair. "Balanced Diet," the farm bur eau play which won first place in the Cedar county drama contest last December, will be presented by the Fairfield township farm bureau cast, at the State Fair. Des Moines, Aug. 28. The cast includes
Full Payment Due March 29, Subject To Court Approval Buyer Will Own Three Well Improved Highly Fertile Quarter-Sections; Retains One Bought At $525. MECHANICSVILLE (Special)—The receiver of the Helmer and Gortner State bank at Mechanicsville this week contracted to sell the 160-acre farm of the Bert Buchanan estate, four miles south of Mechanicsville, to C. E. Rhoades, a farmer in that vicinity, for $125 an acre cash. The bank receiver Wednesday petitioned Judge John T. Moffit for court permission to join in the contract. The agreement provides for full payment on March 29, the date on which court approval is expected. Judge Moffit set March 29 for the final hearing in court at Tipton. Mr. Buchanan, who died recently, paid $125 an acre for the quarter section at auction in 1906. At that time the only improvements were the fences. The farm at present is one of the best improved in Cedar county. The improvements were appraised in a recent law suit at $19,200. The soil is in a high state of cultivation, and of the type characteristic of the productive area south of Mechanicsville. Mr. Rhoades, who has three sons, now has three quarter-section farms, each finely improved and fertile. One of the farms, now operated by Forrest Rhoades, adjoins the Buchanan farm on the north. The home place is a mile farther north. All three farms are located on a surfaced highway. The farm operated by Forrest Rhoades is reported to be the only one sold in Cedar county during boom time for more than $500 an acre which stayed sold. Mr. Rhoades bought eighty acres of this quarter-section at $525 an acre, a total of $42,000, and has paid for it.
BANK SELLS FARMS. Special to The Gazette. MECHANICSVILLE—Two land deals were closed, Wednesday by D. W. Bates, superintendent of banking and receiver of the Helmer and Gortner State bank of Mechanicsville. Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Miller receive title to the balance of the land in the Alex Robertson estate of 138 acres for which they paid $41.50 an acre. There are 202 acres in this farm and Mrs. Miller as one of the heirs owned the other sixty-four acres. It is located along highway 30, three and three-fourths miles west of Mechanicsville and is tenanted by R. E. Koppenhaver. C. N. Ayres bought the former Frank Hines farm of eighty acres for $60 an acre. This farm is about 2 miles northeast of town and adjoins Mr. Ayres farm and is tenanted by Carl Albaugh. Both farms need repairs.
TIPTON—A number of orders have been issued by Judge John T. Moffit in Cedar county bank receiverships. The receiver for the Durant Savings bank was authorized to sell Muscatine property to H. D. and Mabel E. Webster for $3,500. January 6 was set as the time for hearing of the application of the receiver for the Bennett Savings bank for authority to accept $2,100 from William Eggert in full settlement of indebtedness of $6,000. E. G. Dresselhaus, J. N. Wiese and H. R. Weih were appointed as appraisers to fix the value of the property of the Bennett Savings bank. The receiver for the Helmer and Gortner State bank of Mechanicsville was authorized to sell the Hines property and the Pieper property, owned by the bank, to Robert Kramer of Mechanicsville for $1,400 and $600 respectively. Both properties are in Mechanicsville. The receiver for the Durant Savings bank was authorized to accept $800 in full settlement of indebtedness of $1,225 owed by Lee Norton. DELTA—The Rev. Chris Sias resigned as pastor of the Christian church Sunday. He has accepted a pastorate with the chuches at Mapleton and Ute in western Iowa and will move his family to the new home soon.
CRIST AGAIN CEDAR COUNTY BUREAU HEAD Directors Are Chosen; Indorse AAA; Bank Liquidation Orders. Tipton, Ia., Dec. 25.—H. H. Crist was re-elected president of the Cedar county Farm Bureau at the annual meeting in the Methodist church. Alvin Stonerook was elected vice president; Ben Penningroth, secretary; Jim Reeve, treasurer; Mrs. Hy Von Muenster, home project chairman; Mrs. Ben Schroeder, girls' 4-H club chairman; Glen Ridenour boys' 4-H club chairman. The township directors are: Cass, Clifford Tisinger; Center, George Fraseur; Dayton, R. H. Domer; Fairfield, Sam Thumma; Farmington, Arnold Wiese; Fremont, Henry Von Behren; Gower, Austin Ellyson; Inland, Walter Rohlf; Iowa, Lee Millett; Linn, Forest Rhoads; Massillon, Otto Schneider; Pioneer, Lester Nicoll; Red Oak, Floyd Spear; Rochester, H. L. Witmer; Springdale, Emery Hemingway; Sugar Creek; Walter Kiser; Springfield, Eric Von Muenster. Resolutions were adopted recommending the continuation of the agricultural control program with such changes as experience has shown necessary; a program of education, and set-up of co-operatives; a homestead tax exemption law; the rural electrification program; urge an increase on the tax on oleomargarine in Iowa; urge the Iowa Farm Bureau federation to attempt to secure reciprocal trucking agreements whereby trucks from other states will be permitted to drive on Iowa highways free if they permit Iowa trucks on their highways under similar terms. Receivership Orders. Judge John T. Moffit has authorized receiver for the Durant Savings bank to sell property in Dr. Peterson's addition, Muscatine, to H. D. and Mabel E. Webster, for $3,500. Application of the receiver for the Bennett Savings bank for authority to accept $2,100 from William Eggert in full settlement of indebtedness of $6,000 will be heard at 9 a. m. Jan. 6. E. G. Dresselhaus, J. N. Wiese and H. R. Weih were appointed appraisers to fix value of the property of the Bennett Savings bank. The receiver for the Helmer and Gortner State bank, Mechanicsville, was authorized to sell the Hines property and Pieper properties in Mechanicsville also owned by the bank, to Robert Kramer, Mechanicsville, for $1,400 and $600 respectively. The receiver for the Durant Savings bank was authorized to accept $800 in full settlement of $1,225 of Lee Norton. H. E. Gibeaut, trustee, has brought suit against T. L. Lynch, administrator of the estate of P. L. Toher, for judgment for $14,075, secured by 160 acres of land in Pioneer township. Release Davison. Gene Davison has been dismissed and his bond released upon motion of County Attorney B. J. Maxwell. He was charged with unlawful sale of liquor. Bunker Funeral. Funeral services for Herbert Lee Bunker, who was killed Sunday night, were held this afternoon from the home of his parents, the Rev. R. C. Jerrell, officiating. Burial was in the Masonic cemetery.