Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-15
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

trapperS of whom there are several.
This trapping of surs is carried on here
every season. but this winter will ex
coed previous hauls. w. c. Merrill
and Harry and Art 1senhart held the
record on skunk for the season having
taken 20 of those animals from one
den with twisted wire.
Grundy Center.
The Democrat says: Prices of
Grundy county farms are still adj
vancing, and it looks as If 1t wers
going to reach the 500 mark. A few
weeks ago we could have sold several
good farms, ideal in the lay of land
and location to town, which today the
owners insist must not be sold for
less than $50 per acre. and one of the
owners has been offered $3.50 per
acre for one of them.
Mt. Pleasant.
A stranger who has been putting
up advertising bills stopped at the
house of colored man, and insulted
his wife. A scuffle ensued, and the
woman fled. Her husband was soon
afterwards informed. and with the
description given him he proceeded to
look the stranger up, and when they
met the wrathful husband gave the
a licking that was effective
In spoiAng the good looks of the gay
Lotharf
Sioux Cry.
The demand for male labor is still
heavy" said an employment agent the
other day. I'VE are sending from
thirty-five to fifty men week to the
Black Hills for railroad work. Since
the gold mines have begun work there
so generally many of the railroad men
leave their positions for work In the
mines. because this pays better wages.
About 500 railroad men are at work
now on the Elkhorn and other roads
in the Hills country"
Waterloo.
The Waterloo Y NJ c.. A. has a new
physical director in the person of r. A.
Smith. who comes from similar work at
Newark, o. The young man Is on the
ground and ready to take up the duties
recently laid down by Physical Director
c. X Warne. Mr.. Smith has had one
and a half years experience in the train
ing school In Chicago and has assisted
at Newark for some time. He is very
pleasing gentleman to meet and comes
highly recommended for the work he
will be called upon to do here.
Tama.
DIR. Corns informs the Free Press
that as regards smallpox among the
indians so far as the disease Is con-
cerned, it is about extinct, and that
are about ready for the
cleaning up process. He says the IN
dams are also becoming more and
more reconciled to the fact that gen
eral cleanup is absolutely necessary
and are showing improved Willingness
along that line. AS soon as the funds
are available by appropriation by con-
gress, the cleaning up Will commence
and everything done possible to de-
stroy all vistige of the disease at the
camps.
Denison.
Bulletin: Supervisor John G. Smith
is doing a land office business just
at present. On yesterday he sold his
fine farm In Milford township to Mr..
Charles Shives one of the enterprising
farmers of that township. The con-
sideration was $4,000 for the 400 acre
farm. But few days ago Mr.. Smith
shipped four cars of fat cattle to the
Chicago market receiving $3.50 per
hundred for them, the lot selling for
q little more than $4,000. John tells
us that week ago he had not thought
of selling his farm but that Mr. Shives
asked him to name a price and he did
so whereupon Mr.. Shives took him
up and the sale was effected.
Eddyville.
This place made commendable pro-
gress in 1901, according to the Tri-
bune. Whereas, In the previous year
"old and shackly buildings made our
streets unsightly; the night pedestrian
fell thru the cracks in the board side
walks; the old oil street lamps (Which
are now standing their last watch)
were an ever present evidence of our
lack of enterprise" In the year 1901
old and young caught the spirit of
I'VE have burned up
and torn down the old buildings and
in their places rises stately modern
brick and stone business houses that
have no superiors in southern Iowa.
Our beautiful streets, shaded with
their broad spreading elms. are lined
with miles of concrete walks, and
when the engines at the new electric
light plant begin to remove and the
bright glare of the lights extend over
the entire town, then Eddyyille can
throw boquet at herself"
Ames.
The Times says: Ames bears the
distinction of being the largest town
in Iowa. or perhaps any other state
in the country. without a telegraph
office. When the railroad company
moved into its new station, the West
ern Union, instead of putting in an
up town Office, moved away down to
the new depot, and in consequence
of that move naturally lost business.
for the average man was strictly OPP
posed to walking quarter of a mile
to send a telegram and used the tele-
phone instead, until the business of
the company dropped off to where the
company claimed it did not pay to
maintain an Office and Saturday night
pulled out. and the only show to send
a telegram is to climb into the switch
tower and do business with the fellow
there. The Western Union made
mistake by not fitting up an up town
office and going after business. The
town of Ames was surely entitled to
it.
Davenport.
A miraculous escape from drown
ing occurred Sunday afternoon at
about half past 8 o'clock a few rods
from the river shore at the foot OF
Main street. The little 9-year- old son
pf Mr. and Mrs Henry Apdarsnp 900