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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04

/ G.. II. Chidester, has been suspended,
owing to the huge ice gorge just
above in the river, but it is thought
that in few days the work will be
| resumed. The river is about at a
stand now, if anything it has fallen
little, and all fear of flood is van
| fishing. A channel is reported to have
been effected by dynamite thru the
center of the huge ice gorge in the
Raccoon river near Des Moines. greatly
to the relief of the inhabitants of the
lowlands in that locality.
MccaIlsburg.
Jacob Arnold of this place, went
home from Nevada Thursday evening
in an excitable condition and pro-
ceeded to settle some difficulty with
Editor Mills of that place. In the
proceedings he discharged a revolver
into a crowd, happily without hitting
anyone, and otherwise terrorized the
community. He was arrested, however,
and the revolver secured. A prelim-
mary examination was called for Fri
day, but was postponed. and in the
meantime Arnold has given notice that
examination will be waived. He was
also charged with breaking the ord
finances of the town of McCallsburg
ton, and was fined $50 on that account,
which fine he paid.
castana.
That there is money in timber grow
ing in Iowa even tho the crop is slow
and yields only once in a generation, is
shown by the cutting into lumber of a
large four acre grove of trees on the
J. S. Ordway "home" farm just west
of Castana The cottonwood timber
on this tract was planted thirty eight
years ago. At all times it has been
available for hog pasture, and was as
good for that purpose as tho there
were no timber there Last fall the
trees were cut down and made into
logs, which were later sawed into lum-
Der, producing total of 10000 feet.
The cost of manufacture was about
50 per thousand feet; the value of the
finished lumber was about $2S per
thousand, making a profit of about s14
per thousand, or about $1,000 for the
entire cut. The net yield per acre was
nearly $500 for the thirty-eight years.
or at least SIS per year for the
SlIlhS pSIiOd. w lleil tIiS OllC 6loSS
did others can do. The only discour-
aging feature that the man who plants
may not himself reap the harvest. All
of the lumber from the trees grown on
the Ordway farm will be used on the
place. Much of it is being used in the
construction of the fine new residence
being built for William Ordway, and
the balance will be used up in a short
time in repairing the buildings about
the farm and tenant farms and the
construction of new buildings. Ordi-
narily it requires about 10000 feet of
lumber each year for this purpose.
Council Bluffs.
Railroad detectives have unearthed
a gigantic graft, which has been going
on for years at the Union Pacific trans
fer, and of which emigrants, stockmen
and other shippers have been the VIC
tins. Such details as have been made
public by the officers show that the
graft was of clever design and must
have been immensely profitable. Four
men, whose names have not been made
public, were taken into custody by the
police, but they were not formally ar
raigned They are said to have made
confessions duplicating others. some
of them members Of prominent Coun-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04
FROM ALL OVER IOWA

Gil Bluffs families, railroad employees
and outsiders.
The plan upon which the men oper-
ated was simple. One of their num-
Der would enter car loaded with eth
err household goods, stock or whatso-
ever. Under pretense of being an in
spector, he would complain that the
shipper had fraudulently placed some
article or articles in the car not per-
mitted in his contract; or that the car
was overloaded. The next move would
be to offer to o. X. the contract for a
consideration, in some cases the sum
being quite large. The visit of the
bogus inspector would be timed to
make it near leaving time of the train,
and owners of the goods would come
thru rather than be detained and prob
ably mulcted. A stockman has been
found who shipped in five cars of cat
tie over the Great Western. and while
the train was held at the transfer was
mulcted out of SIS per car.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04

civilly, following the issuing of alleged
circulars derogatory to the Hoist pub
lishings, of this city, and to Blodgett
He was defeated in these actions. He
testified that b. +. Hoist, of this CITY,
was backing him, and would pay all
bills. but did not want his books to
show that he was footing said bills.
Blodgett testified that Hoist then told
him to secure warrants which could
be entered on his books, thus conceal
ing the transaction. Blodgett, it is
claimed. forged the signatures of GER
tain school men of Madrid to one OF
these warrants. which he turned over
to Mr.. Hoist He told on the stand
that Mr. Hoist had accepted this in
payment. All of these charges Mr..
Hoist denies in the most emphatic
terms. The case will asst for several
days yet and is attracting great deal
of attention.
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Columbia.
j. H. Olney has sold his farm of 81
acres to Harry Stevens, giving posses
sion March l, and the consideration be
ing $4,000. Mr. Olncy will move tt
the Shields property in Dudley.
Corning.
Clyde Glongie sold farm t.
Charles Lawrence who recently came
here from Stevens Point, Wis. con.
sideration $50 per acre. The land is
in Lincoln township near NodaWay.
Waterloo.
j. A. Cruikshank and John NJ. Harnil-
ton, who will establish fence factory
in the Waterloo Carriage cofnpan!
building, are busy making arrange
ments for the installing of the ma
chinery one car load of which has
been received.
Iowa City.
Passengers in from the country
state that the roads are in very bad
condition and the local physicians
bear tribute to the same testimony
The slight damp spell of Saturday
softened the surface and all of the
roads about the city are still in very
rough shape.
Lake Park.
NJ H. Meyer, of near Lake Park,
suffered the loss of 4 registered bull
worth close to 5000 and a fancy young
steer recently in a peculiar manner
The animals were eating at a straw
stack and had so undermined it that it
toppled over upon them and both were
smothered before their plight was dis
covered.
Newton.
The largest check issued in this city
for many day was that given to Sen
ator Maytag by Mayor Cook and A. c.
Gates when the city of Newton took
over the Newton Water Company S
plant. The check was for s43,147.54
and was on Clark's bank.
Senator Maytag represented the wa
ter company and Mayor Cook and City
Clerk A. c.. Gates represented the city
in the transaction.
GoIdfieId.
James MCGOWAN has completed ar
rangements for the erection of fine
cement block residence on his farm
north of town. The building will be
32x52 feet and eighteen feet high. Guy
Agard has the contract for the car
penter work on the JOB and Dan Math-
eson and man from Paullina will
lay the blocks Work will begin April
1 if the weather is suitable. This will
be the first residence of the kind to be
erected in this vicinity, and will no
doubt be model of neatnesS and dur
ability.
LeMars.
William T. McGrew, who has been
local manager for the Iowa Tele-
phone company at this point for the
past twenty-five years, received word
yesterday that he had been promoted
to the position of district manager for
the company. with headquarters at
Cedar Rapids. The position lis a new
one having recently been created by
the company. and is equivalent to
the position of division superntend-
ent on a railroad Mr.. McGrew will
have charge of a number of offices in
eastern Iowa and his official position
will be the highest next to the board
of directors.
Ottumwa.
Work on the dixie Of the bridge
over the Dies Moines river near Chilli
cothe. which is being engineered by
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04
IOWA ORAIOR|CAL MEET
Annual Contest to Be Held at
Mount Pleasant, Thursday
and Friday
BIG EVENT IN COLLEGE LIFE
Many Distinguished Guests to Be Pres
emit - Hon. Late Young to Speak
Winner of This Contest to Repre-
sent Iowa in Interstate Contest =
Several Social Events.
BIG EVENT in COLLEGE LIFE
Special to Times-Republican.


Mt Pleasant, March 4.-Thc annual
contest OF the state oratorical aSsocia-
ton is to be held here Thursday and
Friday of this week and Il big time Is
anticipated. This is the biggest event
in college circles during the year, and
over a hundred out of town guests are
expected to be present, among whom
will be a most distinguished list oil
Judges The judges on delivery VIII DE
Governor A. b. Cummins, State Audi
tor Carroll Supreme Judge Decmer,
and Hon. w. w. Baldwin of Burling-
. ton, and Hon. G.. Walter Barr of keo-
kul The first thing on the program is
the banquet at Hershey Hall Thursday
evening. at O'Clock. The toaStS at TINS
banquet will be given by the orators
from the schools that failed to get ii
place on the contest Those who will
give toasts together with their schools,
are, Ray Mattison of Buena Vista,
Edith Anderson, of Lenox; Margaret
Van Niewal of Central; George Martin
OF Cornell Mills B. Alldredge, of Des
Moines College: Mr.. Purdy Of Penn;
and O. W. johnson of Ames.
The following morning will be held
the regular business meeting of the
association the hour as yet not being
definitely fixed. At the regular chapel
hour that morning Hon. LATE Young.
editor of the Des Moines Capital, will
address the students and delegates
present on the "Suez and Panama
Canals Compared"
Friday afternoon at PAS the Iowa
Wesleyan five. will meet the Simpson
five in a game of basket ball. This bids
fair to be a hard fought game. despite
the fact that Simpson gave the Iowa
Wesleyan team decisive defeat a few
weeks ago on their floor. From $3.50
to that afternoon. Senator and Mrs.
w B. Seeley will give a public re-
ception at their beautiful home on
North Broadway in honor of Governor
Cummins.
Friday night at O'clock will be the
contest. Orations will be given at that
time by eight of the leading schools
Of the state and it is expected to be a
very close contest. Those who will
take part. together with their schools
and the subjects Of their orations are:
1.-THE Ruling Spirit OF the Great Re-
public" MIR. Carl Krenmeyer of Iowa
Wesleyan: "Fraternalism," Denman
Wagner of Coe College: "The Forensic
Conflict" r. w. Brackemeyer of Morn
ingside: "The Triumph of the Indi-
vidual," Chas. Purdy of Drake; Count
Tolstoi," Avery Craven of Simpson;
"rhe Nations Martyr" Mr.. Thos.
Gallagher of Upper Iowa: The SUI
preme Mission of the Anglo Saxon"
by D. G. Violet of Leander Clark; and
Americas Opportunity" by Royl s.
Barnes Of Tabor The winner of this
contest will represent Iowa in the in
terstate contest which is composed of
eleven of the states of the middle
west. Seven years ago when the con-
test was last held here CAYENNE Of
Iowa Wesleyan Won first in the state
and second in the Interstate.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04
BOULDER KILLS MINER.
Crushed During Few Moments Of Fa
theirs Absence, In Enterprise Mine.

Crushed During Few Moments Of Fa'
theirs Absence, In Enterprise Mine.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, March 4.-Without ar
fnstant's warning, Mike McGraw, Jr
had his life crushed out yesterday IL
the Enterprise mine. He and his ia
Their had been working side by side
when the latter stopped work and
went out of the room. He was gone
but a few seconds but when he re-
turned he found his son lying on the
floor, with his head crushed and neck
broken by a huge boulder which had
fallen from the roof. He Immediately
summoned aid, but by the time the
huge rock had been removed from the
body life was extinct. The rock had
come straight down from the roof.
Coroner Newlen was SUNNI oned and
after investigating the case decided
that he would hold an inquest at En-
terprise Thursday afternoon. McGraw
is a man % years of age and is sur
vived by his wife and one child.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04
cAILp's WOUNDS SERIOUS.
Father Of Little Helen Chandler, Of
Boone, Accidentally Shot Her.

Boone, March 4.-Liltle Helen Cham
dler, of this city, is critically i'll at her
home, suffering from the effects Of
gun shot wounds. accidentally inflicted
by her father. Miss Helen was going
about the house and her father had a
% caliber rifle in his hand. Not know
ing that it was loaded. he started to
open 1t, when the weapon was dis
charged. The shot entered the back of
the right lower limb of his daughter.
and caused an ugly wound. Physi-
clans We're summoned at once and the
bullet removed. but she did not get
along as well as was expected Her
condition is serious. but it is thought
that she will recover.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04
DEBORAH Farmer Hangs Self.

DEBORAH, March 4.-John Plank, a
farmer so years of age living six
miles north Of this place, committed
suicide Monday night by hanging him
self, in the barn. The cause of the
deed is attributed to dependency over
financial difficulties. He leaves a Wife
and large family of children. He
was seen in DEBORAH yesterday buying
different articles for his family and
did not appear. respondent. There
was to have been a public auction at
his place March to sell all his per-
sonal property, he having disposed of
his farm some time ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04
BAD SORE FROM AN OLD WOUND.

want to recommend S. S. S. to any who are in
need of a blood purifier, and especially remedy
for sores and obstinate ulcers In 1877 had my
leg badly cut on the sharp edge of barrel, and
having on a blue wooden stocking. the place was
badly poisoned from the dye. great formed
and for years no knows what suffered with the
place. l tried, it seemed to me, everything had
ever heard of but got relief, and thought
would have go through life with an angry, dis
charging my leg. At last began the use OF
S. s. S., and it but short time until saw that
the place was improving. continued 1t until it re-
moved all the poison from my blood and made q
complete and permanent euro of the Sore
JNO. ELLIS.
$50 Navy Street. Brooklyn. N. Y.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04
Iowa at Washington.

Washington. March 4.-Rural free
delivery is to be established April
as follows:
service)-Rural No. A.; length, 20
miles: families, 70
Rural carrier appointed:
Conway-Vern w. Myers. carrier;
Thomas Anderson. substitute
Merrill-I4ewis n. Hauser, carrier;
Edward HoWes, substitute.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04
sLoDeETT CASE AT eoeNE.

Defendant Charged With Forgery
Gives Some Astonishing Testimony.
Special to Times Republican.
Boone, March 4.-The case on trial
in the district court here, is attracting
considerable attention. 1t is the case
of D. T. Blodgett, who was indicted on
the charge Of forgery by the Boone
county grand jury. Blodgett was on
the stand yesterday, and told some as
tonishing things about the. case. The
trouble which he is now in got its
start in his mix-up with County ST.
perintendent Thornburg, of Polk coun-
ty, several years ago. Mr.. Blodgett
sued Thornburg, both criminally and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04
THREE HORSES KILLED
Cow Also Dead as Result of Accident
Between Renbeck and Armstrong
Deck of Car Gave Way, Crushing
tho Animals.
special to rtmes-Republtcan.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls. March ARRIVING here
on the Rock Island road while en-
route from Reinbecll to Armstrong
George Fothergill of Reinbeck, found
three horses and a COW had beer
killed en- route Tho accident was
caused by a deck in the car. laden with
machinery, giving way and crushing
the stock. The loss is estimated al
$500.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04
DEATH OF WILLIAM LAMM.
Well Known AckIey Farmer Succumb.
After Short illness.

Special to Times-Republican.
Iowa Fails, March 4.--William Lamm
died at his home six miles west Of
Ackley Saturday afternoon shortly
after o'clock. following an illness Of
but five days duration. The immed-
late cause of his death was double
pneumonia and heart trouble. De-
ceased was highly prominent in social
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04
Eagle Grove News.
IN rinnS-RepuhliCan.

Eagle Grove. March 4.-Eagle
Groves high schools second debating
team defeated the IImmotsburg debat-
ing team at the high school auditors
ium Friday night. receiving the unan-
imous decision of the judges. The
members of the local team clearly
showed themselves superior in every
line of argument and had the best
of the contest from the very first.
Eagle Groves team was composed of
Lewis Wilson. Raymond Thorpe and
Milton Jones. While Martin Bremen.
Bert Frost and Lee Shea represented
Emmetsburg. The question debated
was the same as used by the state as
ISOLATION of high schools. Eagle Grove
having the negative. Hon G. S. Gar
field and Supt. r. A. Welch, of Hum
boldt. and Editor r. w. Hunter, of
Webster City. acted as Judges. At
torney j. w. Henneberry was presiding
officer.
D. j. Price recently completed a
deal whereby he came into the possess
sion of the fine residence property Of
John l.. Sladc. on East Broadway. Mr..
Price. upon securing the property,
turned it over to the Baptist church.
to be used by them as a parsonage.
Mr.. Price is retired farmer and Is
rated as being one of the wealthiest
men in Wright county The Baptist
congregation held a large reception at
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. George l..
Webster. Friday night, extending their
thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Price for their
lIberality and donation
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04
Driven Into Retirement.

Goodman Gonrong-"Yo never was
sick day in yer life, an you know it.
Wot are We shammin' now fur?"
Tuffold Knutt Gin feeble voice) -
1--WE had leven offers o. work this
mornin' shovelin' snoW!"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04
Old Sores KEEP Fed e OPEN
BY Impurities IN THE BLOOD

Of
filled
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04
REV. scuLL ACCEPTS CALL.
Will Take Up Duties at Iowa Falls
About April I.

special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls. March 4.-Rev. c. H.
Scull of st. Paul, has accepted the re-
cent call extended hi by the First
Baptist church of this city. and will
take up his new duties here about the
first of April. Rev. Scull is former
Iowa man having at one time been
pastor of the Baptist church at Dem
ison, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04
WAGON TONGUE BREAKS RIBS.
". c. Schmidt, Living Near Rock Rap
Ids, in Critical Condition.

Special TO TlmeS-RepubIICan.
Rock Rapids, March fl. c..
Schmidt was severely injured while out
at his farm, yesterday. In passing be-
fore his team, which was standing near
his barn, the team became frightened
and forced the tongue Of the wagon
against his chest. breaking three ribs
and causing internal injuries. His con-
dition is critical.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04

the blood Again the cause may be heredi-
tary, the polluted blood of ancestry being
handed down to posterity; but it does not
matter how the trouble became entrenched in
the blood the fact that the sore will not heal
is evidence of it's deep, underlying cause and
shows the absolute necessity for the very best
constitutional treatment.
There is nothing that causes more dis
comfort and worry than fostering, dlscharg-
ing old sore, as it fingers, slowly eating
into the surrounding tissues and aesh and by
it's obstinacy and tendency to grow worse, in
every way suggesting the possibility OF being
cancerous in its nature for there is no differ
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and business affairs here, and the
news of his demise came as a great
shock to the community. He leaves
to mourn his sad death his wife. who
was formerly Miss Catherine Carroll,
Of this place. and two daughters,
Gwendolin, years old. and Hazel,
scarcely 2.
The body was taken to st. Mary's
Catholic church Tuesday morning.
where funeral services were con-
Quoted by Rev. Father Meagher thence
to the final resting place in the Cath
Ollie cemetery
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-25
SHRINERS ENTERTAIN.
New Haven NoblcS on Receiving Com.
 mittce in Bridgeport.

Bridgeport. Nov 24.-In honor of Imperial Potentato Edwin I. Alder man of Cedar Rapids la, reception was given at The Stratneld last night by Pyramid Temple, Nohles of the Mystic Shrine The event brought over 500 Shriners Co this city, and as many of them were accompanied by ladies lt is estimated that the total number must have been we'll over the thousand mark. During the evening the ladies were entertained by fine vocal concert in the ball room of The Stratfeld
 The festivities of the night began when the imperial potentate arrived accompanied by Past Imperial Potcn- tate John w Gciger of Cedar Rapids la. They were received by the com- mittcc composed of the following past potentates
 Julius w. Knowlton. Thaddeus B.. Bcecher, Hugh Stirling, !. R. Topping, J. B Cornwall Frank M. Wilson, Thomas H. Macdonald NJ. c Cowles, D. M Trecartin. John NJ. Hawley, past ilustrious potentatcs; Nohles Wallace & Movie New Haven; Edwin &, Thomas New Haven; Frederick Hunt