Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-10
Supply at Creston Exhausted
Altho Two Car Loads Are
EnrOute
HORSE THIEVES ARE ACTIVE
Rewards Are Offered for Their Capture
by S. p. Park and S. w. Heifestein, of
Creston, Who Had Valuable Horses
stoIen-other News of Southern
Iowa.
eeial 10 Tlmes-Republican.

! Special 10 Times Republican.
| Creston, June 10.--Creston is threat
ened with gasoline famine unless the
railroads soon get freight from the east
to coming into town. There has been
no gasoline to be purchased Of any
of the stores for two or three days
land the Standard Oil Company which
has tanks here and supplies the city
and surrounding towns have none in
their tanks. There are two car loads
of the fluid somewhere on the road be-
tween here and Ottumwa but none to
be had in town. Should the railroad
fail to get the cars here in the next
two days there would be much incon-
venience from the lack of this most
necessary fluid. Besides the enormous
amount used in private families for
cooking purposes there are many places
in the city that use it in engines for
doing their work and a large num-
Der of business houses that depend
upon it for lighting purposes.
Horse thieves have been at work
again in Creston and S. b. Park and
S. w. Helfestein are sending out cards
and offering rewards for the capture
of the thief and the return of their
horses. The animals disappeared the
same night and We're taken from the
different barns both of which are on
Pine street They are both valuable
horses one being a driving horse and
the other was used on the delivery
wagon of Helfestein and Burns. No
track of the thieves has been gained
tho the horses We're taken Saturday
night.
Two accidents both Of which might
have proven serious were recorded in
Creston yesterday. The first is that of
j. NJ. Evans an. employe at the Bur-
lington shops who was hit by falling
smokestack and injured about the head.
The second was to G. l.. Snider who
was badly burned with gasoline while
attempting to light gasoline light.
The screw was lonse' and allowed the
gasoline TO .i.l Gu his h&:ll. When
he lit the light the gasoline on his hand
and arm caught fire and made severe
burn. 1t is not thought that either
be laid off from work for few days.
The Methodist church congregation
whose building was torn down by the
storm that swept over this city last
week have voted to erect a new build
ing in place of the old one. Architects
said that it would cost nearly as much
to put the old one in shape again as
to h1fil q oax TOR
small for the congregation, which is
the largest of that denomination in the
state, and the board We're preparing to
best to build new church. This will
be handsome new brick structure
of modern conveniences and architec-
ture to cost between $4,000 and $4,000. |
Work will be begun on it as soon as
the plans can be approved by the con-
ference Of the church which meets next
week.
The ladies of Union and Potter Post
w. r. c., of this place have received
nearly $50 for their monument that
they propose to erect in the Gene
terry to the memory of the dead SOL
diers. The monument will cost nearly
$1,000 and all contributions are free
will offerings as they do not propose
to solicit any one for funds. They
will accept all money offered them
willingly and will give socials and en-
tertainments to raise the balance. The
monument will be of the best granite
with suitable design and the ladies
expect to have 1t erected in place for the
next Decoration day exercise.
Two weddings Were solemnized in
Creston yesterday The first was at the
home of Rev. r. III. Ingram of the
Christian church, when two of Cres-
tons best known and most highly re-
spected young people. Myrtle Ewing
and Leroy Rhodes We're made man and
wife. The other was performed by
Justice s. w. Golden and WAS the mar