Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-07

! more active, New England productS
receiving fair supplementary orders,
but the volume is somewhat behind the
best previous seasons.
Hradstreet's Review.
| New York, Sept to-
day says:
The more cheerful tone of matters
| financial is reflection in the reports OF
expanding trade at large jobblng CEN
| tiers on fall account. Conservatism IN
| buying is, however, still enforced by
money market conditions, and purchas-
es are not so large as they are nu-
merous at many markets.
| A few cities report trade as whole,
ahead of the fall season Of 1906. The
crop outlook is those sections is no
doubt influencing buying Collections
show improvements in different locali-
ties. but as whole are still.slow.
Reports from thirty eight American
cities show a total estimate eXpend1-
ture for building in August of S34.-
l151,13O, decrease of 3.4 per cent from
July and of 3.6 per cent from August
year ago.
While pig iron is extremely quiet and
prices are weaker, southern grades
particularly, there is evidence that
some buyers are testing the market at
the lower prices, but thus far only
small amount of business has devel-
opCd.
Business failures in tha United
States for the week ending Sept. o.
number 1870, against III in the like
week of 1906.
Canadian failures this week num-
Der fifteen, as a-ainst fourteen in this
Week a Gear, ago.
Wheat. including -four. exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending Sept. 5, aggregated q
923.71O bushels against 2,466,032 this
time a year ago. For the first ten
wrecks of the fiscal year, the exports
are 20. 2O9 / t6 bushels against 25,672,661
in 1867.
| Corn exports for the week are 507,-
1O4 bushels against 32S,179 in 1906. For
, the fiscal year to date the exports are
10 ,OOO,0
The Roland News.
Special 20 MINES :ss pubIlcat.
Roland, Sept Mr.. and Mrs. J. A.
Christian are the parents Of a baby
boy, born Monday, September 2.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Chris
tan, baby boy, Monday, September
2.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Lein are parents
of baby girl, born Sunday, August
81, 1907.
Miss Amy Gard left for Northfeld,
Mimi, yesterday, where she will attend
school the coming year.
Miss Clara Nelson left Thursday for
Detroit, Mich, where she will study
music the coming year.
Miss Matte Anderson of Winterset,
is here visiting friends.
Miss Sevene.. Hanson is employed
in the West Des Moines school for the
coming year.
Lars Hope, whose funeral was held
Tuesday forenoon, was the young man
killed by lightning near Dugdale, MINI.
August 25. His brother brought the
remains from Crookston, Mimi Mr..
Hope was about 81 years DID, and
leaves his aged parents, two sisters
and two brothers to mourn his death,
The public schools opened Tuesday
of this week with good attendance.
The teachers for the coming year are:
A. o. Wydell, principal; Misses Carrie
Olson, assistant principal; Mae Rice,
grammar; Julia England, intermediates;
Ella Olson second primary; Eta
Hastings, first primary and Ellen
Kirkpatrick, teacher Of music and
penmanship. A successful year is
looked for this year by all interested.
Mrs R. R. Gard, of Radcliffe, is
visiting in Roland this week.
Enoch Cole is the owner of an auto,
which he purchased just recently from
Olson Bros. of Story City.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Grove We're
Randall visitors Thursday Of this week.
The canning factory is running full
blast this week. Corn, tomatoes, beans
and pumpkins will be canned this sea-
son.
Charley watney left Friday even
ing for trip to Watertown, s. D.
lie Will be absent couple Of weeks
The building occupied by the post
office and Record is being remodeled
A new cement addition is being added
to the east side. The Record office
Is located in the rooms upstairs. for
the present,