Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-02

some time and has succeeded in hold
ing out the inducements to get the
plant moved down. The working force
OF the plant will be increased to employ
about 80 operatives. The company will
incorporate with capital stock of $780,
600. The incorporators are w. G. Lam
sing, of Omaha, II. Cole, of Boone, and
C. Il. Sayre, of Boone.
JEFFERSON-The Bee reports that
Mr.. Henry j. Reynolds sold the last
vestige OF his Greene county possessions
this week. being 12O-acre tract of his
farm north Of town, which was bought
by Mr.. p. Elvin for $40 per acre, unim-
proved. Mr.. Reynolds farm originally
consisted of 800 acres, which has been
sold ar follows: Eighty acres to e. j.
Mattacks and 240 acres to MIR. Elyfn.
This sale leaves Mr.. Reynolds and fam
lily foot-1oose and they will start for
Californit next month to spend the win
ter.
SPIRIT LAKE-A large amount of
fine prairie hay has gone into the stack
this month. The grass was in fine form
and the weather just right to save it.
The way the prairies are being taken
for crop purposes, our stock of wild hay
will diminish quite rapidly in the
future. While this town does
not appear to be on any building boom.
our large force Of mechanics was never
so buried with work. 1t is almost out of
the question to get a carpenter for ar
hour without speaking weeks in adj
vance.
TRAER--Star Clipper: One of the
contractors claims the cost of raising
the Burlington track east of the city
limits to allow the Northwestern road
to pass under will be $4,000. - Cook
Bros. shipped in large number ~
horses from Minneapolis this week to
put on their grade north of Traer. They
claim the lot cost $1,000. - Mckay
Bros. have put in 200 tons of ensilage,
which they claim is much superior to
hay for milk COWS and growing stock.
sss A number Of people are looking
in vain for houses to rent in Traer. They
can't be had.
SIOUX CITY-The $4,000 which
Sioux City is to raise toward the bonus
Of s15O,OoO in cash, 100000 in stock of
the Sioux City Stock Yards Company
and deed to the great silberhorn
plant, to be presented to the Interna
started by j. w. dec. O'Grady, of the
scription of S. 900 from the Sioux City
Traction Company. This leaves $4,000
in cash to be subscribed by Sioux City
before the opening of the old Silberhorn
house is absolutely assured.
FORT DODGE-An effort is being
made by Hon. j. p. Dolliver to induce
President Mckinley to shape his tin
erary on his western trip so that Fort
Dodge may be included. In this effort
which our distinguished fellow towns
man started he mas the powerful CO.
operation of Senator Allison and
| Speaker-elect Henderson, of Dubuque,
and also the Illinois Central Railroad
Company. While no response has as
/ yet been made to their invitation, it is
lfelt that our prospect is at least as good
as that of any ether part of the coun-
TRY.
HARTLEY.-Cor hnsking is ex-
pected to begin this week. 1t is big
crop and most of it good and sound.
4 COLFAX.-D. II. Shissler, of Naleria
neighborhood, yesterday left in the dis
play window of the A. A. Penquite
Hardware Company Peruvian pump
kin which weighs 142 pounds-six
pounds more than the one which took
first premium at the Mahaska county
fair this year -. NJ A. McCord was
| over to Mitchellville Wednesday and
sold Matt Sadler's farm at auction. 1t
consisted of $50 acres, 100 of which
went at $50 per acre ana the balance
at s51 per acre.
] DUBUQUE-The street committee of
the council and the citizens committee
| on good roads appointed by the mayor
lat recent meeting of the council met
Wednesday to make arrangements for
| two tests in practical road building dur
| ing the carnival next week The citi-
lzens' committee will map out program,
Iseect place for building gravel road
and place for merchandising, each to
he quarter of mile in length. Ar
rangements will be made to have the
city furnish all the material and teams
and have everything on the ground on
the day that the stretches of street and
road are to be built.
4 COUNCIL FFS-The articles of
incorporation of the Council Bluffs, ON
aha & Suburban Railway Company
were filed With the county recorder
1 2OuIlCll IltIllSu d.
the principal place of business of the
corporation, and its corporate life is to
run for fifty years. Its main business
/ will be to operate street railways in
lCouncil Bluffs and Omaha, between the
two cities and to Manawa and East
4 Omaha, although provision is made for
the opening and operating of pleasure
resorts, hotels, cafes. theaters and boat
/ ing places. and the possibility of the
company wanting to enter the light
business is also provided for. The cor
operation is to be capitalized at $1,000
loco. The expense of Incorporating such
a company is at present about $500. The
4 state incorporation fee is $3.50, recording
fee for county and state s25 each, and
revenue stamps at the rate of cents
for each 500 of capital stock. $500.
BELLE PLAINE-Of the C. & n. w
wreck Tuesday near Tioga the Unior
4 says: Perhaps the strangest thing
about the wreck was the miraculous
way in which the passenger coaches es-
lcaped serious damage. When the crash
Icame the coupling between the engine
land train broke and the force caused
the two cars to rebound several cal
lengths so they were out of the way OF
the heavy coal train. OF course the pas