Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15

ing Manufacturing Company, is here
for visit of a few days.
The juniors and freshmen and the
seniors and sophomores of the college
played basket ball in the gymnasium
Saturday afternoon.
Linn Teachers to Organize.
Cedar Rapids, Dec. 15.-The teachers
of Linn county are making arrange
ments for the organization of a union,
believing that to be the only way they
will ever get salaries commensurate
with the work they have to do in the
school room. They declare that clerks
in the stores of Cedar Rapids are paid
better than the teachers in the schools
of the county and they will try to get
every teacher of the county to join.
Grinnell, Dec. 15.-Mr. M. T.. Thomp-
son has received a very interesting let
tsr from his parents and sister, who are
HOW living in the town of Alva, Okla.
They say that the farmers plow in their
shirt sleeves, which is quite contrast
with Iowa at this time, aitho they have
had some snow there. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thompson and their daughter are living
in the town of Alva, and they own a
fruit farm of about 240 acres a short
distance from that town. They are do
ing light housekeeping there now. and
expect to move their goods out there
from here in the spring, having decided
TO stay. They will either buy or rent a
place in town. They say the climate is
warmer and much more agreeable for a
place to live. Mr.. Thompson will return
in the spring to pack up their house
hold goods and close up affairs here.
Mr.. Charles B. Bags returned from
Langdon, N. D., last Friday night. Mr.
Boggs has been working for the Flax
Land Company. He says that in that
particular section of North Dakota they
have had no more snow than we have
had here, and it is very little If any
colder than here. Mr.. Baggs has been
in Langdon since last June, and likes
the conditions UP there first rate. He
owns farm in that vicinity.
Mr.. Frank Craver, 90, and formerly
a resident of this place, visited friends
in the city over Sunday.
Mr.. C. l.. Swanson, of the firm of
Conover, Martin & Co, live stock COM
mission merchants, of Chicago, visited
with T. e. Bray Saturday, and returned
TO Chicago Saturday night.
Mr.. William Meyers, of Window,
Kas., is visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. +.
w. Thackery for a few days.
Mr.. George Madison is here from Col
orado for visit with relatives until
after the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Proctor are
quarantined with scarlet fever, they
having contracted the disease from the
children.
Miss Eva Marvin is staying with Mrs.
CARRIER down at the detention hospital.
Miss Marvin had the small pox before
and is staying with Mrs. CARRIER, Mr..
CARRIER being out on the road, and at
present there is no nurse down there.
The patient is getting along nicely. The
small pox scare was entirely unneces-
sary, as no new cases have developed.
Call it enthusiasm, call it what you
please, but whatever it is the name will
not excuse the act. Last Saturday
night member Of the high school was.
coming down to the train and carried a
iady's grip. When he reached the coll
iege campus he was attacked by q num-
Der of high school hoodulums, VINO took
the valise away frfom him and kicked
and tore 1t all to pieces. The young
man continued to the depot and in
formed the young lady what had be-
come of her grip, burt she had to con-
t.nue on her way and could not stop, so
said she would be back later on to take
legal action against the alleged rowdies