Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-20
GRINNELL HAPPENINGS.
Considerable Property Changing Hands
-lnterurban Tax May Vet Be Voted.

Special 10 Times Republican.
Grinnell, March 2O.-The undivided
half of the Corrough building on the
corner of Main street and Fourth ave
nue., recently sold by c. Vanderveer to
Jacob and Phoebe Rivers, has been sold
again by these parties TO L. d. KEN
merer.
William NJ Hays traded yesterday
his former residence on Main street, to
W. H. Shahan. for his property at
the extreme south end of Main street,
with $1,000 difference in favor of the
Hays residence.
A game of basket ball is announced
for tomorrow evening at the mems
gymnasium here between the Grinnell
high school team and that of Mar
shalltown. Both teams have been play
ing good ball this season. and this
game which is probably the last one
of the season here. promises to be
worth the seeing.
The new organ in Herrck chapel.
Was dedicated to the use for which 1t
was given. on Wednesday evening last.
and under the hands of Professor Mat
lack came fully up to the expectations
of its friends here and of the donor.
Mr.. A. b. Terril, OF Manchester was
here and formally presented the instru-
ment in the name and memory of his
daughter. whose love for music and
ability in that direction We're so great.
The name given to the organ is the
Lillian Louise Terril Memorial Organ
1t is now positively announced that
the petitions have been filled out and
al hpan ordered in
Grnnell township to try for the third
time to vote tax in favor of the pro-
posed Waterloo Pella g. Southwest
ern railroad. AS the amount demanded
this time will require but one and a
half or. at most, two per cent tax.
it is confidently expected by the friends
of the railroad that the vote will be
favorable and the project pushed rap
idly to completion.
The rumor now is that there will be
no game this evening between Simpson
and Iowa College at the Des Moines Y
NJ c. A. room as previously scheduled.
because Of Simpsons insistence upon
a referee whom no one connected with
Grinnell knows anything about. -Four
we'll known players and generally sat
isfactory referees have been offered by
Grinnell, but with the exception OF
Hackett, have all been declined by
Simpson. 1t was asserted on the night
of the game here and published in
Des Moines papers, that Simpson re-
fused to sign the declaration of
eligibility which governs athletics I'M
der the rules adopted by a conference
of Iowa colleges. and that some of
i~ih
Miss Alma Penrose, who resigned a
few days ago from her position in the
Stewart library here as assistant Ii
brarian, has accepted a position in the
Carnegie library at the college.
Henry Brainerd, son of DR.. Brain
erd. of Los Angeles, Calf and nephew
of Mrs. r. w. Clark of this city, has
been sick for the past three weeks and
left the city for his home in Los An
geles this week.
The office of the Grinnell Electric
and Heating Company, have on exhibit
ton new device invented Jointly by
o. X. Cole and Paul Meyers and for
which they expect to apply for letters
patent 1t is an electrical device for
the heating of the stream of water as
1t leaves the faucet. very simple in de-
sign and of universal application. IT
everything pans out as the inventors
now hope, there may be a new manu-
featuring industry on a large scale in
this city before very long.
J. c. Milliman, former lieutenant
governor, and now candidate for de-
partment commander of Iowa G. A. r.,
spent yesterday with his daughter and
son-in-law here. Mr.. and Mrs. A. P.
Haines, and went north this morn
ing. @