Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-10

OSHdSOOSds
The Herald opening" Saturday af-
ternoon proved to be quite a drawing
card and the force entertained some
thing over three thousand people dur
ing the hours set aside for the recep-
ton The occasion was a celebration
Of the installation in handsome new
building.
Waterloo.
The Waterloo Gas & Electric COM
5pany received new ten horse power
electric motor Monday morning which
they will use in providing crushed
coke. The scarcity of coal has caused
big demand for coke as fuel and
the gas and electric company will I'LL
1t as far as possible.
Muscatine.
The work of paving in the district
laid out by the city council has COM
menced in various portions of the city.
The brick has arrived and Is piled on
the edge of the curbs, where it is to be
placed. The season is little late for
paving, but it is thought it will all be
completed before cold weather sets in.
Mason City.
A daughter of James Board. livina
two miles north Of the city, fell on.
OF the buggy at her home Sabbath
and fractured the bone of one arm
The young woman is twelve years q
age and was playing with other young
FOLKS in the buggy when she fell out
in some way with the result of a broken
arm.
Marcus.
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pervisor of Cherokee county, says corn
was not hurt by the frost, and two
weeks of such weather as yesterday
will mature one of the finest corn crops
in the history of the state. Marcus
is improving a good deal and Its citi-
zens claim it to be the best point for
business on TIE Illinois Central of Its
size. 1t is a good stock market.
IT. Dodge.
Mayor Bennett Is strongly opposed
to veneer buildings in the fire limits.
At the last council meeting he stated
emphatically that in his opinion no
more veneered buildings should be al
lowed. He further stated that under
the terms of the state law the city has
power to remove any building standing
inside the fire limits which is not III.
accordance with the regulations, altho
it is hardly likely that so radical a re-
form as this will be carried out.
Clinton.
John Cook of Berlin township, has
returned from short business trip
to jennings La, where he has great
property interests. Mr. Cook says
that the rice crop is only about one
half this year, as result Of the lack
of water, as it has been as dry south
of the Ohio river as it has been wet
north of it, and the cotton crop In
Mississippi is about the same, but Is
good in the other southern states
But the old rice men think that the
rice crop will pass as we'll as ever as
the price is extra good this fall.
Carroll.
The city council met in regular ses-
sion Monday night, the list, the only
business Of interest being IN regard to
the Great Western depot. The rail-
road company now owns all of block
~, excepting lots and 2. known as
ts5e Keckevoet buildings. This block
las been in the fire limits and the
company asked that their property be
taken out of the limits that they might
construct frame depot. 1t was said
that the railroad company had set aside
$4,000 for the construction Of depot
in this city. This was all they cared
to nut into depot at this time, which
was not enough to build any kind Of q
brick building. The argument was