Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-28
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

entire lot at auction. There was a good
attendance of local buyers. but only a
few from distance, and these did not
, purchase because they were already
overstocked. For this and other rea-
sons the sale was not : success in the
number of head sold, but the average
price was over 500, one bull going as
high as $3.50.
| Algona.
Father Halpin is to have new home.
The Catholics have arranged to build a
residence in connection with the church
20 cost from $4,000 up and will begin
work soon. The plans have been drawn
lby Mr.. Herman and are said to prom
| Use a fine home. c.. T. and b. b.
Cotant are at Boone trying that dam
lage case against the street railway
company.( The trial opened Monday. 1t
is for $4,000 damages which B. B. CO.
tant suffered by getting his ankle
wrenched in step the company had
| for letting passengers out of it's depot.
Newton.
| For the past week or more the city
council has been considering the ques-
ton of granting a franchise to the Polk
people of Des Moines Several meetings
have been held. and the matter taken
under careful advisement. AS yet no
definite action has been agreed upon.
The hitch in the proceedings is in re-
gard to the limit of the life of the fran
chise. The council has agreed to give
a ninety nine-year franchise, the right
to enter and pass thru the city on
Washington street, but the last propo-
sition from the Polk people is a fran
chise without limit, and for permits
sion to use such streets as the council
will grant them the privilege In the
future.
Upton.
The Christian King farm near Wilton
was sold at auction last Saturday. The
home place of 100 acres was bought by
William King for STATS an acre and
the eighty across the road was bought
by Fred Schiele, who paid SOS an acre
The biggest land deal known to
this section was closed last week when
the Van Metre Wright syndicate dis
posed of their Wisconsin lands to Min
nesota parties. Messrs. Ezra Van Me-
tire and S. S. Wright went to Minneapo-
lis on Saturday evening to make the
final arrangements incidental to trans
ferring the title. The tract sold en-
braces 10000 acres of stump land in one
body lying in northwestern Wisconsin.
These lands with 1,40O more acres were
bought last fall by e. and E. j. Van
Metre and S. S. and ]. w. Wright. They
sold at a handsome advance on the
purchase price.
New Sharon.
George Rasp, of Newberg, Jasper
county, arrived here Tuesday to take
home with him his daughter Lottie,
miss of some Is years. who had grown
tired of home and "lit out" 1t appears
that she arrived here Saturday and
Marshal Bryan noticed when she left
the train she wore no wraps, which he
thought singular, and afterwards dis
covered that she was stopping at the
residence of S. H. Porter, the Central
agent She claimed to have no par
ents. and wanted place to work. and
they took her in. Her father is one of
the wealthy farmers of his section, has
a fine home. and the girl had no wants
that were neglected. Why she left home
remains mystery. She had gone to
town to do some shopping. but took the
father was delighted to find her, as the
mother at home was almost distracted.
Mason City.
The Commercial Savings Bank held
its annual meeting Tuesday and re-
elected the officers and directorate of
last year and increased the capital
stock from $4,000 to $4,000
Mrs. Hill offers the portion of her farm
east of the Iowa Central road, embrac-
ing forty-two acres, for park purposes
for the consideration of $4,000. Topo-
graphically the tract is ideal for a
public park, says the Globe Gazette.
The tract skirts Lime creek and in |
cludes both it's banks, SO that the city
would positively control the waterway
between the north and south limits |
Calamus creek. wonderfully pretty I
stream, winds partially thru 1t and in
Its erosion has etched out some very
picturesque miniature palisades from
ten to twenty-five feet In height at
places which with the boulders which
have fallen into the brooklet and the
bed of rock or gravel make one of the
most picturesque spots imaginable. In +
the horseshoe lowlands which this
stream makes is an ideal picnic and
play grounds for the children, and wal
nut and butternut and other trees have
already grown to Sufficient height to
make grateful and plentiful shades.
This has been for years favorite place
for picnics.
Creston.
The Advertiser says: "a few more
changes are to take place on the Bur-
lington system the first of March, SAYS
A late rumor, one of which will be the
resignation of Richard Shea, head of
the piece work on the Burlington rail-
way. Mr. Shea has an office in the
general headquarters in Chicago. His
duties have been to introduce the piece
system and to investigate the work
MIR. Shea visits the several shops on the .
system and investigates the work. His
frequent trips to Creston have made
lm well known. Mr.. Shea is original
y from Ottumwa, where he worked in
he shops. He is an old friend of Engi-
leer Ed Gavney. Mr.. Shea, who has
oeen with the Burlington for some
jme will go with j. +. Deems to the
American Locomotive Works Com
9any. He has q position that will pay
him 5000 per month to begin with and
having the influence of Mr.. Deems
Jack of him there is evidently some
hing better in the future Mr. Deems
'alary with the American Locomotive