Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-09
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

urated from Britt on the first o. the
month and are now in good working or
der and the farmers on the routes are
getting daily mail right at the door.
Waterloo.
A farmer was arrested and fined Sat
urday for abusing horse. Consider
able complaint has been made regard
ing the fellows treatment of the ami
NAL and he was given some good advice
to guide his future actions.
Mason City.
The oat crop seems to have rallied
from the wind If Wednesday night in
good shape. 1t has Strengthened up
where it was downed, and looks fine.
Just a few more days and then let it
come as it may, the crop will be safe.
Grundy Center.
Treasurer White sold his farm near
Conrad to George III. Coady for 500 per
acre. - Mr.. e. G. Hemmerling has
sold his eighty acre farm in Beaver
township to Dane. Consideration,
SIS per acre. Ed will move to Missouri.
There he will engage in the live stock
business.
Boone.
A business change has been effected
here in the purchase of half interest
from Landlord Il. T. Carlson of the
Dewey hotel by P. P. Won Krog, form
erly Boone youn., man, we'll and IA.
vorably known but more recently of
Denver, Col, where he has most sue
oessfully been engaged in a similar bus
mess.
EstherviIle.
The Republican knows Of party
here who has grown 1876 quarts of
Strawberries this season from a small
bed, only one by two rods. At fifteen
cents per quart, the market price this
season, the above would be worth lit
tie over $50, or at the rate of over $1,000
per acre. This shows the possibilities
in the culture of this delicious fruit.
Davenport.
The Fremont Butter Tub Company
has pulled up stakes and gone across
the river. 1t has installed its machinery
lin the old glass factory in Rock Island
and is turning out butter tubs or cases
as rapidly as fifty employees can make
them. The Corcoran brothers, who
started the plant in this city. grew dis
satisfied with the freight tariffs on
hardwood lumber from the south, and,
tempted by proffered bonus, left the
city with their factory.
Cedar Falls.
There have been 600 shares of stock
taken for a gas plant in this city, and
same will be established here as soon as
the city council grants franchise.
Mr.. Noxon, of the Western Cereal Com
pany, was in our city yesterday inspect
ing the oat meal mill, and also drawing
plans for rebuilding the burned por-
ton of the structure, which will prob
ably be done in the near future. The
mill will be started up as soon as suf-
ficient supply of oats can be obtained.
Tam.
Mr.. C. B. Bentley has received word
that the home of his son and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Brush. of Sioux
Center, was considerably damaged ~
the tornado that visited that section of
Iowa, last week. The house was moved
from it's foundation the windows all
blown out and received other minor
damage. That the family escaped in
jury was becaus they had taken refuge
in the cellar at the approach OF the
storm and were forced to remain there
for over an hour and half.
Traer.
A fifty-mile ride this week thru por-
lions of north Talna convincess the
STAR Clipper that the crop of small
grain will be better than is generally
supposed. 1t stands UP we'll, is filing
we'll as rule, and from present indica-
tions will yield we'll. OF course barley
will be more or less colored. Corn is
late, but stands all the way from three
inches to three feet high. With fair
weather from now on the crop is likely
to be close to our average. Tame hay is
exceptionally heavy. Much of it is al
ready in the stack.
Perry.
Saturday night MIR W. r. Moore had
an experience at his home which ne will
not care to go thru again. 1t is II little
less than miracle that he came out
of it without serious injury. Mr. Moore
got up some time during the night to
go down stairs after some medicine,
when he missed his calculations in the
dark and fell headlong down the stairs.
His head struck Il casing at the bot
tom of the stairs and d cash three inches
long was cut. A doctor sewed it up
and Mr.. Moore is about as usual. He is
Ia little sore, however, from the tumble.
|Shenandoah.
1t is as good as settled that Rev. j.
Young Aitchison will go to Galesburg,
he having received a unanimous call
from the trustees OF the Baptist church
there. The action of the trustees re-
quires only the assent of the congrega-
ton and Mr.. Aitchison's acceptance to
make the actual deal complete. They
pay him $1,000, and it is large church
with wide field for work. Mr.. Aitchi-
son will soon have completed four years
here and his passionate has beef, emil
|nently successful and satisfactory,
about 200 having been added 20 the
membership. The church here regrets
very much to lose him.
Spirit Lake.
The new hotel, the Antlers, opened to
the public on Saturday, the 2Sth ult.,
under rather unusual circumstances.
The first guest to register was Cover
nor Cumimns He was followed by
thirty four leading business men who
formed dinner party given informally
in honor of the governor. 1t WAS the
first meal served in the new house, but
lit was creditable In all particulars.