Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-08
The NEWS FROM HOME.
What Iowa People Are Doing in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

lumber of deputies. The raid was made
about midnight and there were about u
dozen visitors found in the place. They
appeared for hearing Monday.
Belle Plaine.
the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding
grandchildren and other relatives. All
but one of the children living were
gathered around the family board.
Greenfield
Some one in this city has appointed
himself a committee to do wholesale
lsroisoning business among the dogs, and
Judging from the number of dogs that
| have died In the past week he is an in
ldefatigable worker, doing his work after
honest folks have retired for the night.
Davenport.
The new hotel that is to be erected on
the corner of Second and Perry streets
as soon as the money needed is Sub
Iscribd is making good progress. Tie
sum of $4,000 was added to the existing
subscriptions Monday, and the aggre-
gate is climbing up toward the 100000
mark, at which work is to be begun.
| CoIfax.
1 considerable number of carp are be-
ling taken from the Skunk river by our
\ local anglers since the spring freshct
1 subsidized They are almost uniform in
size weighing about two and one-half
lrounds. Fishermen think very many
more might be taken but for the exist
cnce of fish traps in the stream east OF
\ town.
Alba.
The Western Telephone Company is
making extensive Improvements on Its
plant here. 1t has 1900 feet Of cable that
will be strung right away, has a car
| load of poles that will be placed, and the
capacity will be between $50 and 400
| phones when completed. The invest
4 ment will be about $1,000. The
| Union prints a view of the beautiful
| new Christian church. erected at cost
| of $4,000 and dedicated last Sunday.
| Mason CITY.
| and talk the Mason City Golf Club has
| blossomed into a beautiful reality with
| a full complement Of caddies, bunkers
etc. The decisive step was taken Mon
clay morning by A. A. Adams. who
startod a membership paper and in less
| than an hour had secured thirty men,
hcrs. The membership will be limited
to 100 and the annual fee has been set at
$40 for gentlemen and So for ladies.
| Clinton.
| Patrick shean. who resides on FIRST
avenue, has been suffering from a
breaking out on his face Late last
week Health Physician Kellogg WAS
consulted and pronounced the ailment
| smallpox. The house, which has four
teen inmates. was Immediately placed
lunder quarantine and the patient was
4 rlaced in a tent on the cid Clinton l1unl-
Der Company property. A floor was laid
snd otherwise the tent was made as
comfortable as house.
lSac City.
Phil Schaller has sold 24O acres of his
lscld homestead. including his former
liresidence, in section 10. Eden township
Ito John w. Gibson, late of South Da-
skota. for a consideration of $50 an acre
aIr. Schaller bought the land in 1868 of
ID. Carr Early for s2.50an acre. 1t was
| the first land purchased for actual set
Element in the western half of Sac coun-
lty. MIR. Schalier broke the land, setout
trees. erected buildings and otherwise
Improved the land personally. before he
became a resident OF Sac City.
Fort Dodge.
1 Quite sensation has been caused in
| this city by the announcement of the in
lsten,ions of the Great Western Cereal
lcompany with regard to the Heath oat )
l.real mills of this city, which were re-
lscertly sold to the trust for the sum OF
5selo,0D0 The plant in this city will be
enlarged from its present capacity OF
| 80 barrels to 1000 barrels. This will
mean the construction of several new
buildings and the introduction of new
machinery. 1t means also the erection.
of new elevator, 10 hold not less than
100000 bushels of oats.
Auburn.
Ten cars of black walnut logs are be
| ing loaded at this station for shipment
10 Cedar Rapids. where they Will be
converted into gun stocks by firm hay-
ling a large contract With the govern
ment. These logs were grown on the
river bottoms north of Auburn and thee.
lsale will net a neat little sum of money
to the landowners. 1t has been only a
few years since that like shipment vas
| maui. II IlIit dIiIlSts Ol lWSHly Ne6Es
Ego had planted walnut instead nf VIII
| lows and poplars they wouldn't have
missed it very far. says the Recorder.
Keokuk.
The keokuk city council has adopted
a resolution appropriating $500 to he
| used in employing an efficient hydraulic
| engineer for the purpose of investigating
the water power in the Mississippi river
at the city of Keokuk and adjacent
country. and making such plans for the
development of such power as may be
| required for the lighting of the city of
Keokuk. for the running of municipal
water works and for all other purposes
necessary for the development of the
| city of keokuk and to be used for other
incidental expenditures in connection
| Herewith
Clear Lake.
There was pretty sight at Clear
Lake Sunday and one that for time
Hooked very cyclonic. About O'clock
| & dark cloud swept up from the south
west and dozen miniature water
spouts chased across the lake. splashng
| the water and tossing II into circles OF
| spray. much resembling the whirlwinGs
| in bayfield, or on dusty road which
mark the warm days in the country at
1 times All the boats had been brought