Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-25

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year. He planted sixteen acres of pop
corn and gathered $4,000 pounds, of 54
bushels, for which he received $3.50, al
4 average of 1854 to the acre. Ii anyone
can beat this we shall be glad to heal
from him. Mr.. Gosch has forty acre!
| of field corn which Will average fit!
bushels and sixty acres which will aver
| age thirty-tive bushels. How's this fol
| Sac county soil with no rain In July
His brother, j. p. Gosch, had 2S,oo
pounds of pop corn on fourteen acres
! which brought him $3.50.
Council Bluffs.
The important business" which
! brought Chief Construction Engineer
/ John Marsten, Jr.. and l.. c. Rinard o.
/ the Great Western railroad to Counci
| Bluffs Tuesday concerned the purchase
| of land for shops. roundhouse and gen
| eral terminal facilities. 1t is under
! stood that several tracts of ground arr
| under consideration but deal has no.
| yet been consummated. The local rea
estate men are mum as to what proper
ty is contemplated and under advise
ment by the railroad, but say the unior
Driving park will hardly be the spot Sc
lected.
Fairfield.
During the last quarter Jefferson
county had twenty-five patients in the
Mt. Pleasant hospital for the insane
fourteen males and eight females. one
has since been transferred to keokuk
county and jefferson county reimbursed
for all expenses on his behalf. The cost
of maintenance for the period was
$749.74. .ss The delinquent tax list OF
jefferson county for 1901 is the smallest
on record in this community of small
tax lists. AS it left Treasurer Hopkirk
hands it numbered only ninety-two des-
criptions Most of them will be re-
deemed before sale day comes.
Sioux City.
After the Introduction of the evidence
of the plaintiff in the damage suit OF
James McCambridge against Armour q
Co, for 81, 500 damages, the attorney for
Armour g. Co., moved that the court IN
struct the jury to return a verdict Tor
the defendant, and the motion was sus-
tanned. McCambridge fell from q
scaffold at the company's plant last
spring, and declared it was because of
defect in the scaffold, built by the COM
pany's men. The case was taken from
the tury's hands upon the contention
than the accident was the result OF neg
ligence by McCambridge's feliow-work-
men, and not of the company The suit
was dismissed without prejudice.
Fl. Madison.
On Monday Mr.. and Mrs. William
G. Albright, of Fort Madison. received
many congratulations upon their pearl
wedding, on which siXtieth anniversary
they were at home to their friends.
They were married at the little settle
ment called Appanoose. a mile above
Fort Madison on the Illinois side of the
Mississippi OF eleven children born to
them but six are living and they are
scattered in five states. They have
twelve grandchildren and three great
grandchildren. Mr.. Albright was born
in 1916, and for fifty -one years was in
business in Fort Madison. His wife
was born in 1922, and is a descendant
of Peregrine White, the first child born
on the Mayfiower, and comes from
English and Scotch stock.
Iowa Falls.
Will L. Hanna has returned from a
two years sojourn in the Klondtke and
he Is welcomed home by large num-
Der of friends. He OWNS several valua-
BILE claims there and has been success
full to degree in his search for the
golden metal He has been thrilling
tales to tell of his experience In that
wild country, where the best there is in
a man is brought out in the keen compe-
tition for hidden death. He was located
rot far from Nome and came out on one
of the last boats leaving that port, max
ing a quick trip to Seattle In less than
ten days. Benjamin Nichols, young
man formerly in business here. is To-
Gated at Nome and will spend the COM
ing winter at or near that point.
Algona.
The Republican calls attention to the
fact that this is the season when the law
requires that township school libraries
shall be replenished by purchases of new
books. The school laws require that not
less than cents nor more than i5 cents
per each person of school age in the
shall be expended annually for
books. Some townships have ignored this
law, while others have made the most Of
1t and already have valuable libraries.
I10IIlSOA lOMuSNLlP IDS a iOidLS ol up
wards of 300 volumes. The state board
Of educational examiners have issued
list of books to be had at low prices for
these libraries and they are the best
kind of books. 1t is worth the while of
the people of every locality to avail
of the benefits of this stat
ute
The Spaniards have proverb, says
the Hawkeye. which tells us that no one
can escape his ill-fortune. Carl Lantz,
a Burlington boy. was one of the vol
unteers who did good service in the
The climate of the tropics,
which claimed SO many victims among
the boys from northern lands. did not
affect him: he escaped the
bullets and the steel of the savage enc
mics. The good ship which was taking
him and his comrades home arrived
safely in port, and the journey from the
coast to Burlington was made without
an accident. The boys We're. welcomed
home, and the majority soon settled
down to the old ways of living. which
they had pursued ere their country
called them to sterner duties. Carl
Lantz remained at home for some time
and then struck out for the west Last |