Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-12
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

against it. the same being holden by
them as agents in trust. The case will
be remembered as one which figured
prominently before the city board OF
review not long ago.
agile Grove.
~ a debate to take place at the opera
,use III September on the subject of
eh license VS.. prohibition The eN-
onents are men of national repute and
i'll give the subject an able and thor
ugh exposition.
eokuk.
The plant of the Keokuk Hoop and
ariel Company will be a busy place
gain hereafter after being shut down
n a short time on account of the am
ual slack trade and repairs. General
lanager Paul Dysart looks forward to
prosperous season this year.
i!son.
The board of supervisors met in a
pecial session recently to open the bids
Or the addition To the court house.
hey found that only two bids had been
FED, SO they adjourned without letting
e done until the September meeting
Rockford.
Last year cabbage sold for 6 cents a
lnund. now one can get fifteen pounds
or 10 cents Miner Barnum sold
he first load of new oats this year to
he Farmers Exchange. The yield was
fifty bushels per acre. weight thirty
ne pounds to the bushel, and price 331a
ents.
Petersburg.
Reports from those who have been
hreshing the past few Gays show that
cats are yielding from thirty-1ive to
fifty bushels per acre. not quite as
heavy as expected. but a good crop for
all that. The wet weather was respon-
sible for the grain lodging. which cut
the yield. as We'll as the quality.
Ft. Dodge.
The first of the steel for the new
Great Western bridge across the Des
Moines river valley reached the city
Saturday, and is now safely stored in
the Great Western material yards. Ii is
to state just at present when
the work will commence. as so many
contingencies may occur to delay it.
Laurens.
Crop conditions in this section Po-
cahontas countyl are very favorable
this week Oats will average better
than expected. with a few exceptions.
A few pieces which have been threshed
ran fifty bushels to the acre. On the
whole the crop ought to average So per
cent. Corn has made remarkab BILE
growth and is in promising condition.
acre farm. five miles north of Mapleton.
and just over the line in Woodbury.
county. for $4,000 an acre. He bought
it about a year ago for $500 less money
than he now receives for it. He has
retained and will harvest this years
crop worth $1,000. How is that for
a little easy money? asks the
Press.
The special election on the PROPOSE
ton to issue city bonds to the amount
of $4,000 for the purpose of enlarging
and improving the Winterset light
plant was held on the 9Th by a light
vote The plans include new engine
of probably 200 horse power with direct
connected dynamo, and new boilers. the
present boilers to be turned into heat
ers for the purpose of precipitating the
lime in the water.
Boone.
The new Eleanor Moore hospital is
taxed to it's full capacity nowadays, and
for patients it is found to be one of the
brightest, cleanest places in the state.
a tn,
stalled. and the directors have found it
necessary to order two more. The third
story will have to be finished off to
make room for the increased demand
for accommodations, and arrangements
are being made to do this in the near
future
Shenandoah.
The first work at the canning factory
for the season was done Thursday.
From this time on the force will stead
lily be increased until the corn packing
is finished. The tomato crop is very
light this year = . = e. j. BuntZ, living
south of Shenandoah, last July and
August started crop of 140 pigs. Out
of that bunch he killed enough for his
seasons meat for his family of eleven
persons. He kept a few of the sows to
raise pigs this year and now has 14O
new pigs, and he sold $4,000 worth from
the 14O he started with a year ago.
Council Bluffs.
Edna C. Hoyt has commenced
$50. 900 damage suit against the Omaha
& Council Bluffs Railway q Bridge
Company for injuries which she claims
to have received from the iron gates
on one of the big motor cars. In her
petition Miss Hoyt states that she was
injured Nov. s, 1901, While getting off a
car at the corner of Avenue A and
street She alleges that
the iron gates We're unexpectedly closed
on her as she was on the steps, Vlolent-
ly striking her right arm and knee and
so severely njuring them that she is
still unable TO walk without the aid of
crutches. AT the time of the accident