Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-28
rHE NEWS.


THE GRiNNELL NEWS.
Special to Times-Republican.
Grinnell, Jan. 2S.-The announcement
in these columns last night relative 10
the number who went down to Brook-
lvn Yesterday to Mrs. SCOTS funeral
was somewhat erroniously stated. MT.
LYMAN and Mr.. Paul Norris, Mrs. ID. w.
Norris. j. C. Kibby and L. j. Bray We're
present from Grinnell. Several OF the
LAWYERS here were prevented from going
on account of official business whicn
had been set for yesterday.
Last evening there was a meeting
of the Commercial Exchange In the
city hall for the purpose of electing
officers. The following officers were
elected: H. w. Spaulding, president;
George III. Hamlin, first vice president;
J. II. McMurray, Jr, second vice presl-
ldent: G.. w. Cowden, secretary; and w.
S. Walker, treasurer. The following
compose the board of directors: ID. 5.
Morrison, f. w. Thackeray, X. q.
Coutts, DR.. E.. w. Clarke. There VIII
be a meeting of the executive councli
OF the Commercial Exchange TINS eV-
ening in the city hall at half past sew
en-. The exchange now has a MEMBER
ship OF about seventy business men.
The president made some very inter-
esting statements in regard to what the
exchange is going to do to beautlfy the
city in the near future. He said we
must have a new high school building,
a new depot, the paving must be start
ed. and the park will also need some
attention. There are several dead trees
in the park which must be cut out and
| other improvements made in 1T. we
have a very beautiful park and 1t must
be attended to and made as much more
beautiful as there is money to make
it.
1t is becoming more certain every
day that we must have a new high
school building, and that very shortly.
| There are now some thirty or forty
pupils Who have M seats in the as
sembly room, and as a result they are
sitting two in a seat and most any way
to make room. The amount Of the
buttons paid by members of the high
school from the country is considerably
over a thousand dollars, and there is
no reason why this amount should not
be exceeded, If greater facilities n
better accommodations We're provided.
IL necessary the whole of the new
building need not be buht at once, out
1t might be added to as Don as pos
sible and completed. Whatever is
decided upon. the new building must
be a modern one and not an y sore
as the old n now is.
The suggestion made by the president
I1f t6a sr,ry,,nvrio1 LNvrhnr1pa thai we
need a new passenger depot is q good
one, as the present building is and al
ways was too small and i%nconvenient
for the amount of travel to n from.
Grinnell. A fine new building should
be erected where the old one now
stands.
1t is also aid that we have mineral
water here and that if it was devel-
oped Grinnell might be a rival of
IColfax in this respect. The exchange
will try to get the railroad company
to sink a new deep well for this pur-
pose. II it should be ascertained that
we have good mineral water here 1t
would be a boom for the hotels, and
in all likelihood new hotels would
have to be built to accommodate the
travellers.
Mr.. A. Sulser returned yesterday
from a business trip thru Michigan.
He stopped at Kalamazoo, Grand Rap
ids, and other points.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Thackeray enter
tanned a large circle of friends at their
home last evening.
Mrs. A. b. Mack entertained the Ma
hobs last evening.
r.. r.. Rust, Ed Bray, f.. B. Brand
and l.. D. Clark went to Oskaloosa last
night.
Miss Nora M. Carney, of Chicago, is
here for a visit at the b.. j. Carney
home.
Mr.. Morley Douglass went to Des
Moines this morning on business.
Thos. Sloan Jared the worst of the
quartet who appeared before Esquire
Bryan Monday. He was fined the limit
for drunkenness or 500. and is to APP
pear before the grand jury on q charge
Of resisting an officer.
DR.. O., +. Parish has rented the room
formerly occupied by p. d. Byerly for
his Office.
Mrs. Chas. Pickett, of Waterloo, Iowa.
spent Monday and Tuesday at the w. J.
Jefferson home.
W. AN SAfS SIio lidtlu
of the law yesterday. He became in
toxicated n was set aside for future
reference.
j.. H. Watson left this morning for
Eldora, Iowa, where he will farm $40
acres of fine land that he fell heir to.
Ray and Cowden have purchased the
Marsh corner on Main and Commercial
streets and will build a good building
on the north lot.
J.. +. Wilson bought the NJ. Snyder
bank building yesterday; consideration,
$4,000.
Sam Pooley was appointed trustee OF
the Michael Snyder estate yesterday.
Ben Smith and Carl Carter got drunk
last Monday night and went to see the
play at the Colonial. While there Ben
fell down stairs and consequently he
and Carter were arrested and charged
with drunkenness. Smith was given
thirty days, or freedom if he would tell
where he got his whisky. He said he
bought it of Garter and now Carter is
charged with bootlegging, and OF
drunkenness. Carter denies the charge
and has secured u lawyer to help him
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