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IOWA HISTORY PROJECT VICTOR FELTER, Indianola. - Representative from
Warren county, was born in Tama county, Iowa, in 1877. He
received his high school education at Washta, Cherokee
county, where his father was a farmer and nurseryman
twenty-five years. He purchased his first farm near
Cherokee. In 1915 Mr. Felter was in charge of the Iowa
agricultural exhibit at the San Francisco Panama-Pacific
International Exposition during the entire judging period
when Iowa won the grand prize on the famous "Horn of
Plenty." He judged the county exhibits at the Iowa state
fair for ten consecutive years. He became county agent at
Oakland, Iowa, in 1918 and continued in this position for
eight consecutive years. He moved to his WArren county
farm in 1926, where he has a large commercial orchard. Was
chosen president of the county farm bureau. Married and
has three sons and two daughters, all at home. Elected to
the legislature in 1930 and re-elected in 1932. A
republican. |