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Plant location . . . of the Alter Co. is discussed by Mayor Leon Mores. Frank Alter, head of the firm, and W. D. Cairney, Chamber of Commerce president.

Hundreds of cars . . . were reduced to these little bits, the finished product of shredding car bodies. Alter Co. plant manager Jake Barnes examines two pieces. -- Nonpareil Photo.

A 250-ton Union Pacific Railroad crane lifts the 109-ton sheer head to Alter Co. Friday. When fully assembled the bailer-sheer will consume 800 to 1,000 junk car bodies a day and will weigh 750 tons. Construction of footings for the monster machine…

(Left-Harold Coyle) and Jerry Katz of the Alter Co. The bundled scrap is now ready for sale to firms who melt and use scrap metal. --Nonpareil Photos.

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.

Two cranes . . . are needed to set up king-size baling shear at the Alter Co. scrap-metal yard here. --Nonpareil Photo.

Female child sitting with her dog, a chow chow.

Alcatraz features stony features . . . from the Golden Gate bridge in the background, or Fisherman's Wharf. --(AP) Wirephoto

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.

Only Remaining Evidence...of former stage coach station at Bartlett is this pile of rocks from the fireplace.

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.

photograph of three-story brick school building in Bartlett, Iowa

Greg Barentsen[sic]

Gregory G. Barntsen

Head shot of Gregory Barntsen, with beard, in front of law books

Photo of Gregory Barntsen, cropped from larger photo

Architect's artistic rendering of Barn'rds fast food restaurant
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