Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-23
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The township trustees have at length
decided to put q stop to the spread OF
the contagion IL 1t is possible to do SO,
and they have ordered rigid quaran-
tine at the houses where the trouble
exists. Quarantine cards were put up
at the four places Friday. No visiting
will be permitted and 1T is believed the
disease can be soon stamped out.
Fort Dodge.
81 j. u. Keough, Of ST. Paul, arrived in
the city Friday and will take position
In the general Offices of the Mason City
& Fort Dodge road in this city as audi
tor. The position was made vacant by
the designations OF j. Warwick, which
goes into effect tomorrow. Mr.. War
wick has accepted q position with the
Virginia & Southwestern road as pur-
chasing agent. with headquarters at
Bristol, Tenn.
Sac City. -
The strippers are still at work remov-
ing the earth from the gravel deposit
north of thu Milwaukee railway track
in Sac city. The company will use the
gravel to ballast both of the new lines.
and, beginning soon, Will haul gravel
out for the Fonda and Spencer line. Ii
was found impracticabe TO use a
steam shovel advantageousiy in load.
ing the cars, but 1t Is now in use widen
ing the deep cut three ard one half
miles northwest Of Sac City.
Cedar Rapids.
There are not so many tramps apply
ing at the police station these days for
lodging, but they are thick in different
parts OF the city. They are committing
no depredations. however. Ar
lsticles of incorporation have been filed
| by the Iolaska Mining Company Of
Cedar Rapids. 1t has $4,000 capital in
81 shares. and the object of the com-
pany Is to develop a claim it owns at
Cape Nome, Alaska. G. r. Jordan
William King and Charles Taylor
Smith are the incorporates.
Ogden.
A corps of surveyors are at work east
and west of Ogden in pre- paratory work
for the second track a new stone
bridge on the creek west of town is to
be built, raising the track at that point
five or six feet. The double track will
lprobably be completed to Beaver this
4 summer. Tho water works OF
Ogden did not pay expenses for, the
past year. by more than $50. yet. says
1.-THE Reporter, some Ogden people ar
que that all public utilities should be
owned by the public. and voted, at tho
last election, against granting a fran
chise for an electric light plant TO a
|private company. 35
Council Bluffs.
i A 3,1G0-pound steer which was raised
4 in keg Creek township, this county.
was brought to the city Friday by
Charles T. Hanley who shipped it in a
Especial car over the Northwestern to
1.-THE International Stock Food Com
pany. of Minneapolis. which will ex-
A hibit the animal al fairs and stock
shows turnout the country for adver-
ltising purposes. The steer stands over
six feet in height and measures ten
land a half feet in circumference. 1t
Twas three years old and during the
past year II has been fed on the farm
yIof Mr.. Hanley it has put on LOCO
.tpounds of flesh The stock food com
|nany paid s2l4 for the animal.
IGlenwood.
/. The proposition has been made to
Iorganize a contest in Glenwood the
looming week for the obstruction of the
i little pest. the English sparrow. Prizes
i are to be offered TO the ones killing the
igreatest number in a given time. BY
4 this means tbs hoped by the projectors
THAT the sparrow may become scarce in
four midst. There is a story told that
Gen. Grant had some sparrows sent 10
4 him by those who wished to have the
|catterpiller tree pests overcome and
4 THAT Grant gave them to his gardener
Ito set al liberty. The gardener. an
|slInglishman. dsmurred, but Grant in
sisted. And this was one of the frs,
I.nocks from which the millions of saucy
5|sparrows now in America came.
Sioux City.
The scarcity of chickens commented
yl.onin the papers. said a leading dealer.
lis not unusual for this time Of year
but we expect it. We draw from the
farms for radius of twenty miles, be.
a sides constant shipments from The
), commission merchants in Chicago Il
lis a strange thing here in this agricul.
. tural country. but the farmers neve
Iraise enough chickens. They have no
!. learned yet that they are among tn,
|most valuable assets Of the farm
4 Friday the county attorne,
4 drew up the proper resolutions TO b.
passed by the board to complete TIN
sale of $1S0,O00 of bonds to the Farmers
I Loan and Trust Campanysand the Frs
3 National Bank. and during the da,
!, they We're signed by the members O
the board of supervisors. : Georg
> Powell mas agreed to search out con
= ceaied property for taxation for IL pc
cent of the money collected. as pro
divided by law. His first contract Gale,
: for 40 per cent
! Clinton.
One of the most inhuman cases Pc
lice Judge Fink has had to deal witt
! for some time came up in his cour
y Friday morning. when a brute, with al
apologies to every member of the ami
mai Kingdom, including the Rock;
e Mountain burrow. by the name of job
81 Suffer, was brought in charged wit
; intoxication. the charge having bee
i preferred by his divorced Wife, who re
s sides here. II was shown during tn
e trial that Suffer not only became beast
. ly drunk himself, but went to the HON
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