Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-13
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

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Bows.
Several Bows capitalists have In
vested in an oil well in Texas.
Manchester.
Agent Boylan tells the Press that
when rural free delivery serviceis COM
pleted in Delaware county, there will
be thirty routes in operation.
Newell.
Joseph Shultz, of Grant township sold
hog to Davie & Mankey last Saturday
which weighed $40 pounds and brought
$40. Can any one beat this porker? asks
the Mirror.
ocheyedan.
At a meeting of the town council, held
Wednesday evening of last week, two IL
censes were granted for the operation OF
saloons in Ocheyedan, under the mulc'
law. The license was placed at $1,000 pei
year for each, and Of the $4,000 the town
will receive s1,400.
Council Bluffs.
j. Clark of $50 Avenue D was reported
Thursday to the police to be suffering OF
smallpox. He was quarantined at the
residence. Another child of the Hubert
family at Fifteenth street and Avenue
c was reported to the health officials
to be suffering OF smallpox.
keosauqua.
U. S. Consul Ben Johnson starts
this week for his official home at Utila,
Honduras. He does not know when
he will return here again, perhaps no:
t,o has roll N
up housekeeping and there will not be
the old home inducement to call him
back.
Odebolt.
The Chonicle believes that Odebolt's
prospect of getting the Great Western
road is very bright. thoroughly re-
liable man who recently had a converse
ton with Engineer Wakefield tells II
that he is convinced that the Rockwell
City-Sac City route is no longer in favor
with the Great Western officials.
Reinbeck.
The Courier says: 1T matters not
what may be said for or against the tax
ferrets who are working on the back
is true that they have already caused to
be paid into the county treasury about
So 900 back taxes, 81, 100 of which comes
to Reinbeck That isn't bad for the be-
ginning
LeMars.
Augusct Schwindt, the farm laborer
who was accused of outraging the
3-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Oelken, residing near Akron, and who
was bound over to the grand jury in de-
fault of $4,000 bail, was brought to Lee
Mars on Monday by Marshal Cain. OF
Akron, and turned over to the care OF
Sheriff Heron.
Waterloo.
Sheriff PARROT, of Bremen county,
was in Waterloo Friday investigating
the record here of John Van Vechten,
who is under arrest there. An effort
is being made to send Van Vechten to
the penitentiary under the charge OF
being an habitual criminal The po-
lice records here show he has been UNI
der arrest In Waterloo six times dur
ing the past few months.
Cedar Falls.
The new bridge over the Cedar river
at the foot of Main street is completed.
and opened for traffic. 1t is fine
structure, costing $4,000. has been
erected under careful supervision. and
will stand for many years, convenience
and a pride to the township. The tenn
porary bridge which was put across the
river last spring for use while this was
being built will now be removed.
Spirit Lake.
The Stevens butter refining plant put
the first grist thru the new plant Satur-
day There was little trouble in getting
started and everything is running
smoothly. The plant will not be run to
its full capacity at present. Just
to start out right at the beginning OF
the year Fred Gilbert broke ninety-nine
targets out of 100 at practice shoot the
other day. He missed the tenth target,
but completed straight score of 100 by
breaking ten extra.
Audubon.
James II. Baker sold his 120-acre farm
two miles northeast of town last week
Tor $4,000, or over $50 per acre. to Will
lam Moreland, of Viola township. who
recently sold up there. The Republican
says Mr.. Bakers farm was a good one
nicely situated, having fairly good I'M
lrovements, the hause having been en-
larged and improved year or so ago.
Possession is to be given on March !.
Mr.. Baker does not know where they
will go.
Winterset.
The report of A. B. Johnson, of the
Madison county poor farm, shows there
Isl personal property on hand to the
amount of $6,0SS.20. The expenses dur
ing 1901 We're for merchandise. 81, l4O.31;
for salary of steward and for labor, ST.
21765 making $2,95S02. Produce TO the
amount of s1.z3947 making net ex-
pense to the county of s1,21S.55. There
are at present twenty eight paupers at
the farm. During 1901 there were eleven
paupers admitted, twelve discharged
and one died.
Dubuque.
In view of the prevalence of small
pox Mayor Berg is determined that no
leniency shall be shown to violators of
the quarantine regulations He de-