Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-18
iowa at Washinaton.

Washington, Feb. lS.--lne IolloWihs
Iowa postmasters have been appointed:
Buck Grove, Crawford county, Rob-
lert Moffitt, vice Samuel Mofiitt, re-
signed; Eldorado, Fayette county
CHRISTOPHER Peterson vics William
Poetting, dead; Packwood. Jefferson
county, George SpellmG,i. vice w. A
Halferty. removed.
Rural free delivery has bean estab-
|lished to commence on April !: Fort
Atkinson. Winneshiek county. three
carriers length of routes siXty-f five
miles. area covered fifty-eight square
miles, population served 1900; Wowrie
Webster county, four carriers, length
|of routes. lightweight and one half
miles, area covered ninlsty-three square
miles. population served 1,447: Gravity
Taylor county, two carriers, length OF
routes forty-nine miles. area covered
thirty-nine square miles, population
served 1865; Guthrie Center, Guthrie
county, one carrier, length of route
twenty four and three-quarters miles,
area covered thirty-siX square miles,
population served 40; Honey Tree,
Pottawattamie county, one carrier,
length of route twenty-five and three
Quarters miles, area covered thirty
five square miles. population served
AGO, postoffice at Reels to be supplied
by rural carrier; Loveland, Pottawat-
TAME county one carrier, length of
route twenty-one and one half miles,
area covered thirty-siN square miles,
population served 44a; Mondamin,
Harrison county, two carriers, length
of routes forty-eight and three-quar-
tiers miles, area covered seventy one
square miles, population served 9S5,
postoftice at Echo to be discontinued.
mail to Mondamip; Thurman, Fremont
county. one carrier. length of route
covered twenty-one square miles, pop
ulation served 515' postofiice at John
sonville, Crawford county, has been
discontinued, mail to K;Ion.
The postmaster has appointed the
following letter carriers and substi-
tutes, commencing service on March
/. on which date free delivery service
will be inaugurated at Centerville:
Charles L. Neweum Lloyd B. Mushler.
Jesse Butler, Joseph U. Adams, car
riers; Reuben e. Carr and Harry Sim
mons as substitutes.
Jasper Jasperson and Halson Nagger
have been appointed rural letter car
riers, John A. Anderson and Peter Mar
rick as substitutes at Leland
The National Bank of Commerce of
st. Louis has been approved as a re-
serve agent for the Merchants National
Bank of Cedar Rapids, and the Corn
Echange bank of Chicago, for the
Centeryille National Bank of Center
vile.
Fred S. Thomas Of Quick, has been
appointed railroad mail clerk
The abstract of the condition of the
national banks of Des Moines at the
close of business on February 6, as re-
ported to the comptroller of the cur
rency, shows that the average reserve
held is 1927 per cent, against 1857
per cent on November 25; loans and
discounts decreased from S4,992S45 to
$4,S9S,S15; gold coin increased from
$146,417 to S1S9,235; total specie from
s475,6s6 to s4S2,749; lawful treasury
reserve from s669,102 to $7121,17O; in
dividual deposits decreased from So
97O,46S to $2,S20,64O.
Patients granted to Iowans: DIN r.
Gould, Marion, tire tightener; William
f. Gould. Des Moines. wearing device
for car couplings: James johnson
shoe polisher of mixer: Arson
Schroeder Van Horn, caves trough
hanger; Emma P. Wade Dubuque. dust
pan,