Now that the Allen County Hospital is beginning to assume its final form, many organizations and individuals are volunteering to furnish a room in the institution or to purchase special equipment. So many are seeking information about appropriate gifts that the board of trustees has appointed Mrs. J. T. Reid chairman of a committee which will work with and advise the donors. Earl Sifers, chairman of the board, believes that Mrs. Reid is admirably suited for the task. Sifers said this morning that four organizations have volunteered to furnish rooms. The cost of furnishing a single room is $500. The board of trustees plans to prepare a scroll of all donors, regardless of the monetary value of their gifts, which will be appropriately displayed in the lobby of the hospital, Sifers said.
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The Iola Future Farmers of America chapter has contributed a valuable service in the form of pest eradication this spring. With the help of their families, friends, and neighbors, the Iola High School boys have killed 4,787 rats, 3,034 mice, 1,929 sparrows, 335 blackbirds, 90 crows and 36 hawks. For the second year in a row, Duane Harris is the champion killer or collector of pests. Harris, who lives at the west edge of Iola, brought in the equivalent of more than 3,000 of the above named pests.
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Milk samples of all Pet Milk Plant products are now being preserved in a new 2,500-unit refrigerator that has been installed in the plant to afford uniform temperatures. The highest possible accuracy in butterfat tests is the purpose and goal of the new equipment, according to John Brazee, plant manager. Electrical service in farm homes now makes it possible for more dairymen to cool their milk by mechanical means. Quick, thorough cooling of milk keeps the bacteria content down, resulting in a better test for the producer at the market.
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It was 25 years ago today that the first edition of the Register in its present building was printed — and what a headache that turned out to be. Three hectic days had been spent installing the new press here and moving Linotypes and other machinery from the former building at the southwest corner of the square, now occupied by the Holeman Paint and Wallpaper Store. But when it came time to start the press rolling, it wouldn’t start. The wiring hadn’t been hooked up right. So the maiden edition in the new building was finally cranked out by the use of a Fordson tractor operated by Frank McCarthy — the same technique employed three years ago when city power was cut off by the great flood. It was quite a day, still remembered vividly enough by the eight Register employees who were here at the time and are still on the staff.
24 — Choice dairy cattle will hold the spotlight at Riverside Park this week with a Brown Swiss show on Thursday and a Jersey show on Saturday. Both are open to the public and are expected to draw scores of cattlemen from a broad area. James Hess of LaHarpe is president of the local canton of Brown Swiss breeders and is in charge of local arrangements for their show.
