Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-02
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects
ss Reflected in the Iowa
Newspapers.
The News of Iowa From Hum
dreds OF Different Towns
End Communities.
Grand Junction.

| Grand Junction.
James Morrison. west of town. was
on our streets Saturday and Informed
a Headlight reporter that he cut about
| forty acres of good oats during the
week and that he expected to thresh
| this week.
Fl. Dodge.
Conductor Wakefield, in charge of
the erection of the new court house,
| stated TUESDAY morning that the stair
rails. and the elevator doors had ar
complete his part of the work was the
marble to replace broken slabs.
Ames.
| LuZern Nichols of .Ames was tried
| before Judge Dyer Saturday ON the
charge of being an inebriate and was
sentenced to Mt. Pleasant for two
wears He was taken to Mt. Pleasant
by Deputy Sheriff Boyd Sunday to be
placed in the ward of the insane asy-
| lum there that has been set Oft for dip
somaniacs.
Sioux City.
Altho Claus o. Foulk and BERTHE
| Foulk lived together but five weeks at
! ter their marriage in Sioux City Dec.
II. 1901, Mrs. Foulk alleges in q petit
ton for divorce which has been filed in
the district court that her husband
during the brief period of their marital
career struck. beat and bruised her,
and called her bad names.
Clarion.
ID. f. Harris, who lives east of town,
| delivered a load of wool to T.. Il. Robin
| Monday, for which he received the sum
of $120. There We're $50 pounds in the
| load Mr.. Robin states that the extent
of the sheep industry in Wright county
/ is surprising. 1t has been but few
wears since that the business was con-
sidered Improbable and practically no
sheep were raised, but it is different
now and nearly every farmer has
herd of these animals. Mr. Poblin has
made one shipment of 5000 pounds of
wool this season and Will have another
of 5000 pounds in a few days.
AIsona.
At the meeting of the library trus-
tees Friday evening the usual tax was
voted for the maintenance of the Ii
brary. A vacation of one week was
granted Librarian Mclslroy, to be ta-
ken when he pieases. Mr.. McElroy
plans to write as soon to the Carnegie
library agent making q request for
$4,000 for a library building, and re-
lying upon the remaining amount nee
essary being raised at home. The
hospital subscription list is gradually
! growing larger. Eight hundred and tif-
ty dollars has been pledged by the city
doctors, and a few $500 subscriptions
from local business men have been re-
ceived.
Newton.
The Record states that there are
hundreds of friends turnout Jasper
county whose hearts are melted with
4 sympathy for Miss Ida Norris, in the
terrible struggle for life which she has
been engaged in for many weeks. A
cancer on her breast was three times
unsuccessfully operated on with the
knife by competent physicians in this
Y city, and three operations with plasters
by specialists in Kansas City with no
better results. She returned home
Saturday from the hospital in Kansas
Il City somewhat discouraged but still
clinging to hope. A doctor states that
her condition is critical, but not hope
less.
Nevada.
A team of valuable work horses was
stolen from the barn of Allen Hines in
the south part of the city Saturday
i night. They were traced Sunday morn
ing southeast of the city for a short
distance and then all tracks and clues
We're lost. The horses had on some
Heather headstalis and the thief took
a bride from the rack. 1t is thought
that he rode one and led the other One
of the stolen animals was a light bay
mare, seven years old, with white spot
. in forehead and bunch on left shoulder.
The other was a light IRON gray horse.
eight years old, light-colored name and
tail, with small bunch on lower lid of
4 left eye.
Jefferson.
Mr.. William Bussey, of this city,
whose farm in Bristol township is OPP
Grated by MIR. Swayne Aim, tells the
Bee that the oat crop thereon this year
is the best one grown on the place for
six years, and the yield viii not be less
than sixty bushels to the acre. Mr..
Bussev is an experienced and conser-
vative farmer. and his estimate may be
taken as substantially correct. 1t is
certainly most encouraging. OF course
in many places the yield will not be
half that amount but if moderately
flat farm anywhere in the county has
produced sixty bushels of oats to the
acre. then it is evident that the rains
have not done as much damage as Was
feared and the crop al large in Greene
is going to be fairly good one.
Fairfield.
In Jefferson county meadows seemto
be fully up to the average, and most
of their produce Will be saved in good
condition. Uusual efforts have also
been made to save the oats crop. 1T
was not until after several days of fair
weather, however. that the harvester
could be taken into many fields. so
thoroughly was the earth saturated
with water Many people could not be-
gin this work at all until Saturday.
Much of the grain is now over-rlpe and
will shatter badly when handled, while
the grain has rotted in others. The re-
suit of this will be that hundreds of
acres of oats in the county will not be
cut at all, indeed it is probable that the
haryesters will not save more than half
the acreage. and the crop will not be
more than so per cent of what it prom
ised in June.
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