Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-13
IOWA NEWS FOR IOWA READERS

Waterloo, and some good work was
done by our delegation from Cedar
Falls which succeeded in carrying the
vote for a new bridge over the Cedar
at this place. The cost to be about
$4,000, to be built of steel Orders with
steel piers. The driveway to be 90 feet
wide and the walk for pedestrians 81
feet. The whole to be patterned largely
after the Waverly bridge.
Council Bluffs.
In the injunction suit OF James Sa-
guin against Contractor Wickham to-
prevent the paving Of Washington ave
nue. in front of Saguin's property the
motion OF the defense to assign for trial
at this term was Oyerruled by Judge
Macy. of the district court 1t was the
desire OF the defendant that the case
might be tried at the earliest possible
moment and the questions at issue de-
termined so that the paving might be
proceeded with without this obstacle.
The court held, however, that a case OF
this kind could not be assigned for trial
at the first term except by agreement.
The announcement of the popula-
ton of Council Bluffs as %. SOP brought
no surprise or Disappointment
Dies Moines.
Sergeant Morris consulted the city
solicitor at length Tuesday morning to
ascertain just how far saloon may go
under the provisions of the mulct law.
He was told that the mulct law does.
not permit a saloon to be opened on.
Sunday even for the purpose of sweep
I ing and scrubbing. He accordingly
served notice on the proprietors of sa-
| looms that no person will be permitted
lSabout any saloon on Sunday after a..
m. for this or any other purpose. He
says that the greatest difficulty In reg
lulating the saloons arises from the fact
| that they claim they are merely scrub
bling out tho the doors are open and
some persons are In the room who are
1 not engaged at work.
/ Oskaloosa.
| Fritz, the Shetland pony aged 90
years. almost, that has been faithful
| in service of the John F. Lacey family
as a cart pony. died Sunday night Of
indigestion. The pony was known all
most the county over. He had never
Ihad q trouble nor care until taken.
suddenly i'll Sunday afternoon and he
died during the night. = There was
this city Tuesday morning for Ohio
Indiana and other points in the east.
The tickets are good for thirty days
which the excursionists will spend
among friends and relatives at former
eastern homes. The great bulk of the
Iexcursion business went to the Iowa
central at this station and they had
lffty-two ticket sales for the excur-
sion. Z
| Davenport.
Prof Thatcher. Of the Davenport
thigh school, and hisswife have reasonsto
be thankful that the legislature of Iowa
demanded street car companies to use
Il tenders upon all cars. Credit is due to
the fender and to the alertness of the
/ fflotorman for the fact that the profess
sor's 5-year-old son is alive and not
worse injured than a little bump on the
forehead. The little lad was crossing
1 the street about I o'clock Monday eve-
/ ming in front OF his home In the Oxford
flats on Brady street. above Fifth, just
Las the street car was coming down the
/ hill. Seeing the child in danger some
4 one cried out and the little lad was eyi-
Identity confused for he darted back di-
rectly in the face of the danger. The
spectators dared not breathe. and some
turned their heads away that they
might not see the accident. But the
i fender dropped to the rails with a clat-
! ter and scooped up the frightened
youngster without njuring him save for
a small bump on the head. Had there
been no fender on tte car nothing un-
der the sun could have saved the lads
life.
i Dubuque.
There are indications, says the Tele-
sI5graph, that the board of equalization
will soon be after tax dodgers. One Of
the members of the board said: I'VE
4 are going to make some Of the Dubuque
bankers and capitalists dance in few
a days. It's a shame how some of these
rich ride around in rubber tired buggies
4 and own large anouts of money and
never pay one dollar to keep the city's
streets in repair There are bankers in
Il this town who own blocks Of stock and
never pay a cen.' taxes on them. Why /!
4 because they lie and some OF them even
n perjure themselves They say that they
Il owe all their stock and therefore
Il should not have to pay taxes on 1t. Now
4 think 1T is pretty funny bank where
4 the president tels the city assessor tina,
4 he owes all his stock. II this IL really
4 the truth. is that bank cafe place to
put ones money? What does that Of
ficer care If his bank goes under if he
hast nothing TO lose? But We're going
to stop that sort Of thing. We viii sum
mon all these tax dodgers before us and
make them show Why they should not
4 be taxed for thousands of dollars more
THAN they now are
4 Fort Dodge.
Il Ebenezer Morgan, a son of D. p. Nor
gan Of Eagle Grove, q youth under q
Years Of age has been creating consld-
crab commotion by trading off one d
j his fathers horses without right or per.
mission. Young Morgan came down tc
Fort Dodge from Eagle Grove las,
II Thursday, bringing his ia Tiers horse
with him. He fell in With one of tbs
men employed by George keppner. tbs
\ well known railroad contractor. Thru
q this man he claims that he was ind ucec
y to trade horses with Keppner, receivin,
a horse which, in the light OF his faith.
\ er's eye, was not nearly so valuable a:
a. that which he had given Mr. Keppnel
lin exchange. The father came dowr
\, Saturday to nvestigat He repleyinet
1, the horse and suit was threatened anG
liza general upheayal OF the law seemed
Imminent. Keppneri claimed that hi
lhad paid the boy $40 to boot and had al
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