Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-09

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8 IOWA NEWS ITEMS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
HAMPTON-several Of our local MIN
rods were on hand bright and early to
get swipe at the prairie chickens on
the LIST of September. Some Of the boys
went few miles out in the country
Thursday night and slept in hay stack
SO as to have the record of getting the
first bird.
IDA GROVE-The weather has been
extremely hot and dry during the past
week. 1t has really seemed hotter than
1t was in the latter part Of July and the
fore part of August. Those who have
been in the country report that corn is
being ripened far too rapidly to make a
real heavy crop. OF course it will he
better than If the weather had been too
wet and corn had then been caught by
frost before 1t could have had time to
ripen. The season was a little late 10
start with, but week more of this
weather will put the crop out of dam
ger of frost, giving about an average
| yield.
JEFFERSON-Thre sessions Of the
city council have been held this week
and considerable business disposed of.
AT the last meeting levy of 10 mills
for general and incidental city expenses
was made, mills for road or highway
purposes. on tracts Of five or more acres
used for agricultural or horticultural
purposes the board of supervisors hav-
| ing voted l mill tax, mills for fire pro-
lection, including only property within
limits covered by water mains. In
each case the levy is the full limit all
lowed by law. 1t is the purpose of the
council to save about 1880 in street inn
Iprovement expenditures and apply it on
| floating Indebtedness.
DAYTON-This town is beginning to
have quite a reputation as stock CEN
| ter. Last Friday night another special
stock train came in over the C. & N. w.
from Kansas City loaded with stock
steers billed to Dayton stockmen. There
were twelve carloads. amounting in all
to 372 head. OF these G. j. Freed, of
4 Clay township, took eighty-six head, j
w. Anderson ninety head and Andrew
Johnson 1886 head. A year ago a special
train brought in ten carloads to these
4 parties, so that they have exceeded last
Years shipment. Messrs. Anderson.
Il Freed and johnson are progressive and
j prosperous farmers and have found
that stock farming is remunerative
investment.
4 TIPTON-At the council meeting
Monday night an ordinance was passed
fixing the saloon license in Upton at
$4,000. OF this amount 5000 goes to the
Estate and the remainder to the city. 1t
lis said that two saloons will be started,
one by w. F. Gray. of Davenport, and
the other by Fred and L. S. McConkie
Where they will be located is not
known and they may have difficulty in
leasing rooms. The law requires that
the consent of all property owners with
4 in fifty feet of the saloon must be OBJ
i tanned. The license is higher than IL
amy city in this section, too high, in the
destination of some, but two saloons
ought to be plenty for Upton and it APP
pears that that Essmber are ready to
1lpay the amount fixed.
4 MANSON-Manson gets the Rock
Island and is now assured of the best
competing road in Iowa. The circum-
Il stances are these: Manson was prom
ised the road on condition that her citi-
zens would donate the right-of- way
through the town and one half mile
north. making two miles in all. Our
\ citizens have virtually consented that
they would assess themselves four per
cent for the purpose of paying for the
right of-way. If every property owner
in Manson will do his part it will pretty
nearly pay the expense. There are yet
! $50 property owners who have not
i signed the four per cent tax. If they
will all do their part there will not be
much shortage. The company, of course
4 would not accept the subscriptions and
someone had to make the guarantee
4 Twenty business men signed guaran-
tee to pay the expense of this right of
: way, believing that the fair-minded
property owners OF the town would
stand by them, seeing that it is only
by the action of these men that the road
is secured. They pledged themselves to
pay any deficiency between the sub
scriptions and the cost Of the right of
way. The amount they will have te
pay in excess of their tax will depend
upon the citizens Of Manson and vicin-
!, ity and the cost of the right-of-way
The damage demanded by owners OF
the right-of way must be paid by the
citizens of Manson. The amount OF
, shortage will have to be made up b,
, these guarantors.