Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-11

Affairs Of Iowa People Taking Place ID Iowa
Towns.

ready for the wire along Fourth street
as far weet az Carroll street. The work
of stretching wire will follow right along
and in a few daye everything will be
ready for operation.
Webster City.
The Athletic Association OF the high
school is now In working order. Csrti-
ticates OF membership have been issued.
land the organisation already has many
members.
Boone
The three eight-gallon kegs, or twen-
lty-four gallons OF beer which was seized
lat j. 81. Thomas place in Frazer last
week, We're ordered destroyed by JUS
Itice Packer court Monday.
Warrington.
Glenn Rowell, q mere boy, was lodged
tons and Nelson's Z He has the head
land face OF a Degenerate. The sin ante
ldateshim, and he Is hereditary VIC
tim says the Press
lGlidden.
Many new dwellings are being built
this fall. new business houses estab-
llished and the streets are full of people
and an era of prosperity is here. The
last statements of the banks saow a
.lgreat increase in business.
Creston.
The work Of erecting the poles for the
i Mutual Telephone Company goes for
llward rapidly and the company is hust
q ling its work as fast az possible. The
poles are the finest in the city and all
1.-THE material purchased is first-class
Y Rockwell.
Burt Moorehead. on the James Smith
4 farm south Of town, finished threshing
a his sixty-ftve acre cat crop last week,
4 which averaged sixty bushels per acre.
II His share of the crop brought him in
NEARLY $780, which handsomely compen-
lsates him for his labor.
4 Muscatine.
Carpenters are scarce in the city. The
many buildings being erected have made
La great demand for good carpenters and
Il the opera house work il not moving as
i rapidly as'it might for the simple rea-
If they could get them.
4 Iowa City. /.
4 The Iowa Methodist Episcopal confer
|ence has selected Rev. Dewitt Clinton
sHof Mason City to take charge Of the
3 First Methodist church in this city, in
!. the place of DIR. j. 8. McCord who was
compelled TO resign on account Of poor
Health. While all regret the departure
slof DR.. McCord from the ministry, yet
Slgreat Subtraction is expressed in the
5lchoice of his successor.
Cedar Rapids.
A The Cedar Rapids Water Company
been sinking two large wells on the
little island north Of the Chicago &
q Northwestern bridge. From stand
( point OF workmanship the wells are
1complete and very expensive, but 1t is
sIstated upon excellent authority that the
\ water supply is far from what the COM
IHpany expected, nineteen-inch strata OF
1 sand producing water that liz 30 strong
! Ily impregnated with iron and other min
.lerals as to be absolutely unfit for any
use.
Mason City.
a Mayor Brett has been untiring In his
slefforts to make the stay OF the mayors
slof Iowa pleasant here q t the meeting of
1.-THE Municipal League and has arranged
la program which Will be of interest to
jail city officials OF Iowa everywhere,
land besides the splendid program Of
s}fered there will be entertainment fur
4 nished to the visitors by the Eiks
"Wednesday night. : The Northwest
lern road is shipping large numbers of
cattle to Dumont Traer, Dougherty and
'lother points south on their new line. for
feeding this winter.
IDes Mo;nes.
=,
Preside in Des Moines are in receipt OF
!, letters from syndicate, in which they
. fare quoted good prices on their southern
property. 1t is said that a large number
yjof southern planters have already sold
i tosthe trust. but as yet none of the Iowa
a men have made any transfers. 1t is not
UNLIKELY that they will organize COM
! pany among themselves and enter into
.Icompetition With the New York syndi-
|cate. Some of the owners of rice fields
a who live in De-, Moines are. l.. NJ Shaw,
Frank Pelton, William Miller and the
Lang brothers
IIeMars.
q Word was brought to LeMars Sunday
siof the death of Abner e. Thompson,
y who until recently resided in LsAIars.
a Tho.npson was engineer on stationary
sIengine. used on fat cars for dumping
I gravel and was killed on the Great
8 Northern railroad near Maynard, Mimi,
Ion Saturday. a card found In his pock-
! ct bore the address LeMars. and stated
{ in case OF accident, to inform Sarah
\. Thompson The deceased was a member
|of the Foresters of this city, but he had
ipermitted his dues to lapse, otherwise
he would have been entitled to $1,000 in
lsurance in that order.
Fort Dodge.
j, Prof. w. v. Jones left Monday after
Inocn for Des Noines where ne will In
u yest!gate the methods Of school singing
pursued by Mrs. H. r. Reynolds OF that
J, lefty. who Is acknowledged to be the
most successful teacher Of that branch
j, of music in the state. While abeent
Il Professor Jones will in all PROBABILITY
decide on a definite system Of musical
|instruction. and will also investigate the
I |matter of suitab BILE music books for uae
. in the schools. and will return prepared
Ito make recommendations to the board
4 (which Will soon result In giving Fort