Modern salvage : The Alter Co., one of Council Bluffs' newer industries, uses the very latest equipment in its scrap salvage operation. Here an old car body is being put into a press. It will come in bales.
Implement dealers . . . like this one in Harlan, are well-stocked with merchandise this time of year, but sales are dragging somewhat. Farmers in Southwest Iowa, like those everywhere, are finding money together to get -- even at today's usurious…
The new children's library . . .provides a new setting for the world of children's books. Note how the shelf areas, reading tables and the circulation department are all designed to fit "little people." - Nonpareil Photo.
Snow Covers Walk...to the front door of the empty Bartlett School building. Residents want to clear the path and reopen the doors as a community building.,
Once A Busy Spot...Bartlett's Burlington Railroad Depot opens only once a day now when a single train stops in the tiny Fremont County town. At the left is the garage, at the right, the grain elevator, two of the communities four businesses.