Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-25
Local Affairs ID Hundreds Of Iowa Towns 81
Interest to the General Reader.

first anniversary OF the Organization OF
Council Blufs lodge Of B. r. o. Elks.
With this in View work will be COM
menced at once.
Poeahontas.
w. B. Jones, agent for Councilman q
Co. at this place, bought OF Lyman
Beers. of Gilmore City, a 10000 bushel
lot OF oats to be delivered here this
week.
Maquoketa.
Miss Eda u. Gum, q clerk for David
son & Co., the tax ferrets, is in the city
and has begun work. From now on the
tax dodgers have Q license to shake in
their boots.
Montrose.
4. II. Meyers fell from a load OF hay
near Montrose one day last week,
alighting on his hip and dislocating and
fracturing II. He is Liable to be Grip
pied the rest Of his days.
Sheffield.
Casper Kleeman has sold his quarter
section farm in Richland township.
Franklin county, to ]. H. Olkers. The
price paid was $50 per acre. Mr.. Klee-
man will move to Sheffield to reside.
Tfaer.
Work on the new Congregational
church has been delayed continually by
lack OF material and laborers and rainy
weather. The laasax II the corner stone
will probably ncr seached before
next week.
Keokuk.
The appointment Of Senator Near
thur as clerk OF the federal court, to
take effect on Jan. /. will make no
change in the position Of Charles j.
Smith, deputy clerk here, or in the per-
sonnet OF his Office.
Harlan.
w. p. Monshan, OF Livingston county,
ILL.,, was in the city Wednesday,, and
closed a deal with Patrick Lane for a
240 acre farm three miles southwest of
Portsmouth in tass township The
consideration was s45 per acre.
Museatine.
Speaking Of the good fruit yields the
Journal says Chas. King, OF Grandview
got sK1z bushels Of Damspn plums from
three trees this year only years old.
He also got yield of IA bushels OF
Washington plums from Z trees.
Oskaloosa.
Claude Lafferty has departed for
Austin, Tex, where he will enter the
state capitol as an assistant in the Of
flee OF the state treasurer. There was
quite a crowd Of his young friends at
the station to bid the young man goods
bye.
Montour.
The Courier asks, Why doesn't some
body build some houses In Montour for
'rent?" Several parties have been hunt
ing for houses during the past few
months, but there We're none to be had
and they were obliged to SO elsewhere
Ito live.
Woodb:ns.
/ What is considered by many as the
best farm in Harrison county was sold
Saturday when Galloway Hammack,
of Fremont county, bought the w. H.
.DeCou home farm, three miles from
Woodbine. The farm contains about 800
acres OF fine bottom land and brought
$4,000.
Manning.
Eight new dwelling houses are now in
the course Of construction in this city.
At least fifteen new residences In all
Will be erected here this season. and
they are all good ones. : The ma
iterial for Manning's new telephone ex-
change will arrive here in a few days
and the system will be ready for use by
the 18th OF October.
Valley junction.
The high price Of wood last winter
induced many men to cut large quanti-
ties Of timber and the effect Of the large
cut is already felt in the price. Dry Jack
oak and hickory is being delivered for
80 per cord and the wood haulers say
that they do not expect the price to go
up. They say there is more cut wood in
sight than for many years.
Nice alLburg.
Pilot: McCallsbufg. the biggest little
town in Story county, has experienced
quite a building boom during the past
year. No less than dozen buildings
have been erected in that time. - :
The new church is nearly completed.
We understand it is to be dedicated
6Olfle AtiluS ASslS NAuOuOls
eddy one of the finest church edifces in
the county.
Anamosa.
On Thursday an immense stone was
taken out at the prison quarry. Its d.
|mensions We're 100 feet in length. eight
feet in width and three feet six inches
thick. Only three and q half pounds OF
powder were used to loosen the im-
mense stone. Holes were drilled few
feet apart and plugged, after which a
wire was connected with the plugs and
when all was in readiness button was
was pressed and the stone moved from,
Its position.
Story City.
This is the way the Herald talks
about Its town: Attic Story City.s
population has not as yet been officially
announced. 1t is generally conceded by
all to have 1900 inhabitants. This being
the case. 1t is safe to say that Story
City has made the greatest advance
ment In the last ten years of any town
in the county. She has more than
doubled her population by about 200
people and the general Improvement
made has been almost miraculous. Ten
years ago her location was not desira-
BILE one Today 1t Is one OF the best,
,wide-awake towns In central Iowa. 1t
Ia i'm noasihln ~ Keen . town from shOu,.