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OPPOSING PIPED-IN GAS advisability of installing natural gas for heating purposes the Iowa School for the Deaf at Council Bluffs was considered by the state board regular meeting education which opened at Iowa State college, Tuesday. Several representatives of the United Mine Workers, various coal companies and other mining and coal interests were given hearing in which they protested against the in of gas. They gave piping ures to show that coal the most Bluffs has increased Council from $4 to apswitching charges $19 thus the cost of coal. ing adjournment Wednesday Before board was to pass the University of the budgets of Yown, Iowa State college and Iowa State Teachers' college. BANK RECEIVER SELLS FARM NEAR LU VERNE, 1A. (Special) The Algona, 240 acres, six farm of miles northeast of LuVerne, has the examiner been sold of the LaVerne R. H. Miller, Weber, of State bank to Henry Mr. at $115 per Irvington make it his home Weber expects to after March 1932. HAWARDEN CIVIL WAR HAS LAST CALL VET 85 Hawarden. years old, long time resident of Stoux county, died Monday. He was Civil and formerly lived war veteran Stoux county farm near Maurice. FIVE PER CENT CUT IN REAL ESTATE city council Des Moines, ordered reduction of Tuesday in the real estate valuaper cent tions Des Moines, representing $116,577 the reduction amount property owners will pay in taxes. This was made in addition to the cent in all local reduction per taxes provided recently onacted Elliott bill, representing total to Des Moines taxpayers of The council's action followed receipt of = letter from the state assessment and review board of to the cut. agreeing DAIRY CALF CLUBS TO BE INSPECTED of the State Dairy Wright secretary association of Waterico. Ia., will be in Crawford county next week and visit the 4-H delry salf clubs. He will be accompanied on the tour by Paul Johnson, county agent. CONVICT SLASHES NEGRO GUARDS WITH Fort Madison, convict. attacked ruf Pelmo, Negro Dan Wedel and Ben Lakin, with at the state razor taken from the prison barber Neither of the guards was Pelmo serving critically sentence on charges with intent to kill.