Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-17
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
TIE D0ings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

to Slo5, GOO, or a little over. The esti-
mated cost when the walks and
grounds are all completed will bring
the amount nearly to $4,000.
Muscatine.
The building committee of the Musca-
tine Y. NJ. c. y. has purchased for $1,000
the lot at Iowa avenue and Fourth
streets, adjoining the L. Nj. Musser pub
lie library, When the new Y. Nj. =. "A.
building is erected there. it and the IL
braray building will fill the entire block,
making it one of the finest in Musca-
tine.
Wall Lake.
Goose pond near this town, has the
appearance of a small lake. Last year
this pond yielded two crops OF hay, but
unless the rains let up there will be no
hay cut on the land this season. Small
grain is badly down in many places and
there will be heavy loss in this respect.
Corn is not much damaged, as yet, but
it needs more sunshine.
Newton.
The experimental work on Newton's
big new water system Will soon begin.
|if present arrangements are carried out.
A thorough test of the conditions along
the river will be made and wells sunk at
different places to see if sufficient water
can be obtained. All of Newton is vital
ly interested in the water question and
|everyone hopes for a satisfactory COM
p elton of the Work.
+ ubbard.
Monitor
meier, who purchased Il farm in Okla
sold out his effects and is back here
with relatives. He declares that coun
try is no good for farming. He also in
forms his friends that old men Oes-
treich and a few others that went from
hereare expecting to sell out and come
back to old Hardin county.
Nevada.
Work has been commenced on the
depot and two elevators at Frenald
the first station north on the new road.
Lumber is on the ground and the build
ings are being rapidly constructed. II
is thought that they Will be up and
ready for use in three weeks and work
will then begin at this place. 1t is
said that two elevators will be erected
lin Nevada on the new road.
Creston.
The crop outlook is more hopeful.
Corn is not materially injured, the oats
that were said to be too badly tangled
for harvesting. are beginning to
straighten up, and nothing but some
few fields of hay that had been cut, will
be total loss. With two weeks more
of the present sunshiny weather, the
corn will be made, haying and harvest
ing done, and the farmers accordingly
happy and prosperous.
Boone.
For several years T.. w. Reynolds had
known that the bees We're busy in his
porch, but had not supposed they We're
accomplishing anything. Recently.
however, in tearing down the structure
preparatory to building a new porch
the carpenters found large amount of
honey stored away. which, at the eN
pense of a few stings, they managed
TO steal from the makers. There We're
100 pounds of it, and of fine quality.
Bedford.
A new $4,000 waterworks system at
Bedford is being rapidly put in shape
for service. The main pipes have been
laid and the side streets are now being
torn up for putting in the lesser pipes
The city has made arrangements to
have the water pumped from the cleo
trio light supply to the stand pipe I'M
til future arrangements can be made.
The stand pipe is seventy-tive feet high
and is situated on the highest point of
land in the city.
Council Bluffs.
Alveretta Miller Saturday filed a pc
tition in the district court of suit TO
$1,000 damages against Philip Mersen
and Hans Frahm, proprietors of a
saloon on South Main street, and tbei1
surety, the American Bonding &
Trust company of Baltimore. She al /.
leges that Mergen & Frahm have sold
liquors to her minor SON
Will S. Miller, and have permitted
him to gamble away his earnings in
their saloon and with them.
Washington.
County Auditor 1ngham has complet-
ed an investigation of the county books,
which show that in the past eighteen
months the assessed valuation of farm
and town lots 20 per cent of the selling
price. The investigation is being made
for the railway companies. which will
report to the executive council. That
body is considering the value of rail-
way property and the value of other
property will be taken into consilera-
ton in the railway assessment.
Davenport.
Lieutenant Dismukes. who is in
charge of the local recruiting station
of the United States navy, reports
that business has leen good during
the two days he has been here.
There have been many applications
received and several have been enlist
ed. Many of those who applied for adj
mission as tradesmen failed to bring