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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
REQUIRES 8, Q)OAOR[
Clear Lake Drainage System to
Be One of Largest In the
West
MAIN OPEN DITCH COMPLETED
However, TO Make tho Drainage Per.
feet, Large Number of Additional
Branch bitches Will Have to Be
Observation-Disclosures to Be Completed
Before the Closing Of Autumn.
pecial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Mason City, Oct. 6.-To complete the
building of Il drainage system in the
vicinity of Clear Lake. which is one
of the largest systems in the west, will
require s4.70o more than originally
planned. The big main ditch and Its
numerous branches win. when COM
pletet., drain and make fertile, an I'm
mense area lying north and east OF the
Lying as 1T does at a lower level than
the lake itself it was always dismal
worthless swamp. with no natural
means of drainage. An attempt at one
time to drain the surplus water Into
the lake. resulted disastrously, and for
many years the land has been idle. The
great drainage project will change all
that however A year ago the work
began, and the first assessment was
made The construction has gone on
increasingly. and the big ditcher has
been working: steadily among the
marshes. The main open ditch Is com
pleted. but a large number of branch
bitches in addition to those first
planned, have been found necessary to
make the drainage of the district per-
feet. Hence the additional assessment.
The work on the big system will be
completed before the closing OF au-
tumn. 1t will mean much more healthy
surroundings for the camp grounds and
the Oaks hotel. as we'll as immensely
more valuable land for many farmers.
The engineering firm of Keerl & Stew
ems has accomplished the building OF
this big drainage system. 1t has cost
many thousands of dollars, but 1t
means the reclamation of many acres
of Iowa's fertile prairie land, and the
investment Will prove to be payer OF
big dividends.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06

Northwood.
While crossing the yard at her home
on North Eighth street last THURSDAY
Mrs. A. H. Speeding slipped and fell
in such a manner as to fracture the
elbow bone in one arm.
cIear Lake.
]. P. Hill has sold his fine farm of
240 acres in Lincoln township, the pur-
chaser being John Kraft Of Gilman, I'LL.
The price paid is SIS an acre or total
Of $4,000.
Rowan.
Mrs. Lydia Fielder, of Rowan, found
beautiful pearl in the Iowa river that
weighed nine grains. lit is what Is
known as "a button pearl and On size
and shape is like an ordinary shoe but
ton. It is little beauty and is prob
ably worth goodly sum.
Titonka.
Florin Bartlett got mixed UP In a
runaway one day last week out on the
Collar farm while working in the field
and bruised his leg and broke one bone.
DR.. Waud of Gernlania, was called and
set the fracture and Florin ds improN-
ing.
Ida Grove.
The corn crop in Ida county Is the
largest and best ever known here, and
farmers are making careful selections
OF seed. Ivan Hess brought five ears
to town from his farm home In Grant
township that measured total of 674
inches.
Ashton.
The heavy wind here recently broke
one of the big plate glass windows IN
the f. j. Jackley general merchandise
store. The big glass broke when both
the front and rear doors were opened.
the suction closing the front with a
bang. To replace the glass will cost
about $40. It was insured.
Pocahontas.
The contract has been let for
three steel bridges to span the big
dredge ditch which is being built east
Of town. The material is on hand for
the two known as the Frank Rice and
Garlock bridges. The material for the
Rice bridge is being hauled to the To-
cation this week and work has begun
on It,
Collins.
Yesterday at = q, H. Mrs. y. A.
French was in her bath room and was
in the act Of turning on the water,
when she saw a garter snake cotled
around the soap dish. She was scared,
Of course, but Mr. French was instant
ly on hand and killed it. 1t was TWEEN
ty-one inches long but Of a harmless
variety. How It rot into the bathroom
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
;"PINk PILLS ARE
The ONLY MEDICINE
THAT HELPED NE "
"A Knoxville, lows, Woman Cured
of Stomach Trouble COmpH-
Gated With Lumbag0
Praises DR.. Williams
Pink Pills.

I II you are sick do not be discouraged.
Do not abandon hope.
A majority of those who have been
cured by DIR. Williams Pink Pills state
that they had tried other treatments
and other remedies in vain. Such q
case is that of Mrs. N. A. Stentz, of
Knoxville. Iowa, who says:
II can recommend DR.. Williams Pink
Pills very highly as they are the only
medicine that helped me after years Of
suffering. Twas troubled with indiges-
ton, had no appetite and what ] ate
distressed and made me sick to my stom-
ach. had been in this condition fer
q long time, when I began to have terri
bic pains in my buck. They were SO
severe that I couldn't bend over nor
turn in bed and had to be pulled up by
my hands, when lying down. My
stomach trouble had often compelled
me to 20 to bed for short time, but
when these pains in my back came on,
had to give up and stay in bed. Even
then I got but little rest or relief.
"The doctors said was suffering
from lumbago complicated with chronic
stomach trouble. After had been in
bed for some time and was in despair of
getting we'll, as the doctors were not
helping me, my son, who had heard Of
DR.. Williams Pink PILLS while in the
army in the Philippine Islands, brought
me 3 box of the pills. It was about q
week before felt they were helping me
and must have taken them for over q
month. I then felt cured and my
stomach and back haven't troubled me
since. Igained in weight and have been
healthier than at any time since I was q
young girl. / always keep the pills on
hand and cannot praise them enough"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have correct
ed serious disorders Of the stomach and
restored to health sufferers from severe
disorders Of the blood and nerves. For
many forms Of weakness and debility,
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are recon-
mended even IL ordinary remedies have
been tried without relief.
Sold by all druggists. or will be sent,
postpaid, on receipt Of price, 80 cents
per box; six boxes for $3.50, by the DIR.
Williams Medicine Company, Science
tady, N. 7.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
Corn Up to Average, While Oats
and Potatoes Are Somewhat
Short of Usual Yield
FARMERS SELLING LIGHT HOGS
Think They See More Profit in Selling
Corn Than in Feeding-Too Much
Uncertainty in Hogs-ProbIem Of In
door Help on Farm-vfiIson's Rural
Observations. ,,.t,
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Bows. Oct. GA good average corn
crop, an abundant crop OF hay, between
so and 10 per cent OF normal oats
yield and a potato crop somewhat be-
low tho average is fair statement of
crop conditions for that part OF the
state @! which this town is the center.
Corn being the chief reliance and
usually high. there Is no complaint
whatever on the part OF the farmers OF
this locality. 1t is surprising to see
what some of the late planted corn
here did in the way of maturing before
it suffered damage from frost. One man
secured crop of reasonably sound
corn from a planting made the 18th
Of June, and with one of the large va
rieties too. The average yield per acre
here as in many other places in this
part Of the state. will be very material
ly lessened because of the fact that
parts OF so many fields were flooded
in the early part of the season to the
extent that nothing whatever was
raised on them. while on the higher
ground a big crop will be harvested.
Those who have already selected
their seed corn for next seasons
planting agree that the task Is a re-
markably easy one as compared with
that of last fall. "Come and look at
my seed corn" said one man, who
added: Last year I was ashamed to
| 1,oH nv 1y-hpt I dpnandinP
on for this years crop, but this fall
it's different" and he led the way to
where hung punches of ears, uniform.
straight rowed, filled to the very tip
and perfectly hard and sound. There
ought surely to be no scarcity OF re-
liable seed corn next year.
One day last week about $50 head OF
hogs were llauled to market from three
or four adjacent farms In this locality.
They varied in weight from about sixty
pounds up. Those who helped In get
ting them to the shipping point said
that not one of the animals was any
more than just ready to feed. But the
owners want to sell their corn They
don't want to risk an qlncertainl hog
market, cholera, swine plague nor, any
other such possible disasters where
there is an almost certain prospect of
so or 70 cent corn and so they are
following the very unusual method OF
selling off all their salable stuff at the
beginning of the feeding season instead
of at it's close Extraordinary care will
this fall be taken in the matter OF crib
bling corn so as to avoid all possible
waste. Every one seems to be deter
mined to make the most Of an assured
good thing.
The impossibility Of obtaining salts
factory men to work on the farms is
not the only thing that is causing many
to leave the larger farms these days.
The problem of indoor help Is caus-
ing large number Of farmers to con-
slider selling out or renting and moving
to town.
To the question, why not rent the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
SUICIDE AT coLrAx.
Sam Smith Conscious When Found,
But Does Not Explain Deed.

Special to Times Republican.
Cofax. Oct. G-Sam Smith. aged
about 55 years. died here yesterday at
ternoon, from a gunshot wound in the
head. self inflicted, about the middle
of the forenoon.
Smith came home in the forenoon in
an ugly and threatening mood, went
up stairs. and soon a shot was heard.
When Chief of Police Kendig arrived
in response to a telephone call. he
found Smith lying on the bed perfectly
conscious. altho the thirty-two bull
let had gone thru his skull and brain
He gave no clue to the cause Of the
deed. Coroner Boyd, held an inquest
yesterday afternoon, the above facts
being in accordance with the evidence
and verdict
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06

is mystery. The prolonged dry spell,
however, doubtless was the incentive
for 1t to seek a place where water was
available Mr.. Setter, a tenant OF
Kimberly Bros, was offered $3.50 per
acre for his thirty acres of corn in the
field. He refused the offer.
Newton.
Rev. C. A. Tenny recently resigned
the passionate of the First Baptist
church Of this city, and has accepted
the general secretaryship of the Des
Moines college, the leading Baptist
school Of Iowa, having already entered
upon his duties. The family home will
continue to be in Newton until spring,
and possibly longer
Ames.
The qittle daughter of G. r. Ross,
living four miles southwest of Ames,
was run over by a horse and was Sc
verely injured. The horse belonged to
a neighbor and had broken out of the
barn. The little girl ran out in the
road to stop it, but it ran over her, a
hoof striking her in the head and
causing hemorrhages of the ears. She
Mt. Vernon.
Tom Walton was seriously hurt Fri
day morning while working on the
barn which is being built by Henry
Singer on his farm northwest OF
town He was tending the masons
who are building the wall and in lift
ing a large rock to place it on the I'M
H1ieina fell
in such a manner as to badly bruise
the ligaments around his collar bone
and to hurt his right arm quite badly.
Ainsworth.
Quite a lot of farm sales to the
northwest of Ainsworth some four
miles, and all close together, with
in the last week. Charles Means sells
his sixty acres to M. L. Jennings at
$3.50 per acre. Thomas Raj. lal lets
Charles Davis have his forty acres at
the same price. j. Benn sells his l2o
acres to a man north of Washington
at $112.50 per acre; and the Mason es-
tate of eighty acres was sold by the
administrator to am Illinois man for $50
per acre.
Abel.
Gathering for their fourth annual
picnic and reunion, 100 members Of the
Flames family met Thursday at the
Paul Huston home In Abel The meet
ing was composed of the children,
grandchildren and eat-grandchildren
of David Hanes, who came to Iowa
when Des Moines was only back
woods settlement at the Junction Of the
Des Moines and Eacooon rivers, its
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
5snrslalltnt 3naua, Ottuhrr 9o8

place and yet live on the FARM" one
man said: what about all these big
expensive buildings that it has been
necessary for me to put up in the
twenty five years I have been here? I
can't afford to let them stand idle" At
least three families on the routes from
Bows. however. have adopted what
looks like q good scheme to Tighten
the homework by employing a substi-
tute for the hired girl. They have in
stalled a gasoline engine which runs
the separator. pumps water. churns
and furnishes motive power for the
washing machine.
At one OF these places in addition to
this there was q shaft and belt for a
corn shelter. grinder and grindstone
and two or three of them were being
operated at the same time at one place.
The farmers wife was perfectly famil-
lar with the engine and the ease with
which the washing was being done was
very noticeable indeed.
One of the best hog houses in But
Ter county has been recently built by
r. NJ Skillen. a breeder of pure bred
red hogs on his farm west of Greene,
The cost OF the structure was about
$500 or sum greater than the amount
invested in the average farm dwelling
OF only a few years ago. 1t Is 24x64
feet with an eight-foot alley On one
side there are ten pens and a cement
dipping tank. On the other, seven pens
and a feed room. with a water ny
drant. The roof on the south side ex-
tends for some distance from the peak
at a very steep pitch instead Of a per-
pendicular wall for windows as in the
ordinary modern hog house and the
result is plenty of sunshine in every
corner of the building. Galvanized iron
shingles are used around the roof win
dows and there are no places where
rain or snow can enter Nearly all the
timber used in the structure is white
pine G. u. WILSON
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
FROM ALL OVER IOWA

business district consisting of one gen.
eral store. Ten children of Mr.. Hanes
were present at the reunion Thursday,
age.
Maxwell.
The people of our town were some
what surprised last week when the
announcement was made that Waldo
& WINNER had sold out their lumber
and coal business, but it proved to be
a fact On Thursday they sold out to
Henry Hoffman,, of Manning, and A.
w. Wheeler, of Council Bluffs, who
took possession at once altho the bus
mess was not entirely completed and
the books turned over until Saturday
night. The firm will be known as Hoff-
mann & Wheeler.
Thornton.
dad" Sweeley met with a most UNI
fortunate accident Saturday evening.
He drove to the depot and loaded a
chicken crate on his wagon and
started for the home of his son Frank.
north Of town. When near Lee SchoM s,
on the township line, the crate slipped
out of the back end of the wagon bed
and Mr. Sweeley jumped out to load
it In again, but as he alighted on his
left foot his ankle turned and both
bones in the ankle snapped short off,
rendering him completely helpless and
causing him excruciating pain
Sioux City.
The formal installation Of Rev. O..
N. Verenius as pastor Of the Emmanuel
Swedish Lutheran church, West Fifth
and George streets, took place Mon
day evening, Oct. s, the service COM
mencing at 7:45 o'clock. Rev. Mr..
Verenius has been in Sioux City since
May 81, but the formal installation has
been postponed from time to time. Rev.
James Anderson, Of Boone, president Of
the Iowa conference, delivered the
charge to the pastor and was assisted
by Rev. A. Norrbom, Rev. j. A. Ed
lund, Rev. j. A. Christensen and Rev.
c. o. Nordell
Burlington.
The neighborhood Of the Sherman
school house, seven miles northwest Of
this place, is in high state OF ex-
element over an assault by am I'M
known man on little 12-year- old Dor
othy Hansen, while the latter was on
her way from school The child was
attacked by the stranger and dragged
into the timber. where he brutally
treated her, but was driven away by
her outcries and the approach of 4
buggy Every man in the vicinity IS
searching for the brute, and there is
not the slightest doubt that he will
he strung up if captured.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
SENT TO lNEBRlATE ASYLUM.
Dumont Man Sentenced for Cruelty
to His Family.

Special to Times Republican.
Dumont. Oct. 6-On an Information
being sworn out by his wife. j. J..
Marty, living five miles southeast OF
town, was arrested on a charge OF
drunkenness cruel and inhuman treat
ment, and non support of the family.
He was taken before the judge at Ma
son City by Sheriff Hill, and was SEN
fenced to three years at the Knoxville
inebriate asylum. Mr.. Marty was for
merly a very kind and indulgent man
to his family, hut liquor has gotten a
CAST grip on him the past few years,
and has entirely changed the man. He
has beaten his wife, and family many
times and the wife stood by him until
it became unbearable, and she was
obliged to take the step that she did.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
SWINE PLAGUE SPREADS.
Farmers Of Buckingham Township,
Tama County, Heavy Losers.

Special to TfmeS-Republlcan.
Traer, Oct 6.-Buckingham township
is suffering from a plague of swine
disease, with which the farmers seem
entirely unable to cope. A. l.. Ames has
been the heaviest loser. A. r.. A1nes has
tween 225 and ESQ head. Walter Will
son has lost nearly all of, his hogs
of the disease, numbering in the neigh
bor.hood of 100. Ed Witt has lost over
100 pigs A number of other farmers
are losing hogs, and it is feared that
the wine plague is spreading rapidly,
as cases of loss are being daily re-
ported.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
SAC COUNTY REVIVAL.
Churches There All Unite in Holding
EvanqeIistic Campaign.

Special to Times Republican.
Sac City, Oct. 6.-Sac City is soon
to have the greatest evangelistic cam
paign it has ever experienced. All
the churches of the city have united
in having q great revival
The great evangelist, M. II. Lyon.
will be here to hold the meetings,
which will begin on Sunday, Oct. H..
and will be held in the chautauqua
auditorium.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
JUDGE LEE AFFIRMED.
Supreme Court Upholds Decision
AGAINST Town of latimer.

Supreme Court Upholds Decision
Against Town Of latmer.
Special to Times Republican.
Latimer Oct 6.--Latimer has just
experienced damage suit for. injuries
alleged to have been sustained by a
little girl by fall on defective side
walk. The action was brought by Dora
Witt, thru her father. d. l.. Witt. In
the district court trial the jury gave
the girl verdict for $1,000. Judge Lee,
before whom the case was tried. con-
sidered the verdict excessive. and cut
1t down to 5000. But even this reduced
verdict did not suit the town, and so
an appeal was taken to the supreme
court. which has just affirmed Judge
Lees verdict.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
WOMAN is KILLED BY GAS.
Mrs. Mcmahon, Of Iowa, Loses Life in
MINNEAPOLIS

Glare, Oct. 6.-Mrs. Thomas Nc
Mahon, of this place, was asphyxiated
by gas in hotel in Minneapolis Fri
day night She was enroute to Billings,
Mont, to care for her son, p. j. Sulli-
van, who was injured in a railway
wreck there last week. 1t is presumed
she blew out the gas. Her husband,
Thomas Mcmahon, had accompanied
her as far as Minneapolis and had
parted from her to so ON to McHenry,
N. D., to visit with his son there. She
was one Of the most prominent women
In this locality and is survived by a
family Of three sons and five dargh-
tiers, all grown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
ASKS $4,000 FOR INJURY.

Laura 3. Smith, Iowa City, Accident
ally Hit in Head by jug.
Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City, Oct. 6.-What it is worth
to be hit insthe head by a jug, will be
decided by the district court here in
a few days. in the case of Smith VS..
Arm. Laura B. Smith alleges that the
injury sustained by her is worth $4,000.
She was hit by jug as it was thrown
from a wagon to a workman who was
helping to unload the jugs into a Gel
lar way
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06

we're bruises on arms, hip and lower
limbs. The injured man was sent out
with a number OF bridge repairers from
What Cheer, the southern terminal
of the division, to repair a wooden
trestle on the Northwestern q shor.
distance from Parkersburg that was
damaged by fire Sunday Fear was
on the scaffolding, when he slipped
and fell to the ground. His condition
is considered serious.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
New Shell Rock Lodge.

Special to Republican.
Shell Rock, Oct. 6.-Mr. Howard, of
Des Moines, deputy of the w. o. w.
lodge came down Saturday and as
sisted Deputy Kammeier organize "a w.
o. w. lodge here. The lodge has TWEEN
ty members, and all are enthusiastic in
the work.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06

Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs
quickly, strengthens the lungs and ex-
pels colds. Get the genuine In yellow
package. Mcbride & Will Drug COM
pany.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
MANY JURORS DRAWN.
Sac County October Term Of Court
Will Be Busy One.

Will Be Busy One.
Special to Times Republican.
Sac City, Oct. 6.-In accordance with
instructions received from Judge q. A.
Church, seventy-two jurors have been
drawn for the October term of the dis
trict court. because OF important cases
to be tried, including the case of Will
lam H. Pettis. defaulting county treas
urer, the Cress case and others. Never
before in the history Of Sac county.
has there been as large a list of jur-
ors drawn as for this term. Most OF
the Jurors drawn are farmers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
MINNESOTA BANK RAlpED.
institution is Conducted by Ex-Post-
master Of Iowa Falls.

master Of Iowa Falls.
Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls, Oct. S.-Ex-Postmaster
James S. Buttolph, Of this city, now
knows what bank robbery is from
actual experience. Mr.. Buttolph. who
left here several years ago. is engaged
in conducting private bank at Pequot,
Vim. Saturday, the bank was raided
dynamited. Before the robbers
ould get into the steel chest. however.
they were driven away and thus tine
bulk of the cash Mr.. Buttolph had on
hand was saved. AS 1t was, the rob-
bers made away without 500 that was
in the outer safe. The estimated dam
age to the building and equipment IL
reported as $500.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
FALL FROM HIGH BRIDGE.
Empioye of Northwestern Badly In
iured at Parkersburq.

Parkersburg, Oct. Stanford Fear
of What Cheer, Iowa, was seriously it
not fatally injured near here when he
fell off Northwestern bridge. Fear fell
a distance of twenty-five feet, and had
three ribs crushed and sustained So
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
H GUS !
W OR K

Thousands of American women
in our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty.
In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women overdo. A female
weakness or displacement is often
brought on and they suffer in silence,
drifting along from bad to worse,
knowing well that they ought to
have help t,o overcome the pains and
aches which daily make life a burden.
It is to these faithful women that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-06
LYDIA e, PINkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

comes as a boon and a blessing,
as it did to Mrs. F. Ellsworth, of
Mayville, N. Y, and to Mrs. w. p.
Boyd, of Beaver Falls, Pa, who say {:
II was not able to do my own work,
owing to the female trouble from which
l suffered. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound helped me wonderfully,
and am So well that can do as big a
days work as ever did. wish every
sick woman would try it.