Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-29
Iowa Neun Note..

ATLANTIC-The shoot to be held by the
Atlantic Gun club began Monday and some
OF the best shots In the United States are
present. The shoot continues Tuesday and
Wednesday.
CRESTON 49, The new Beardsley theater
at Red Oak is being rushed towards COM
pletion and II is expected by next week
the roof will be on the ediflce and the in
side finishing begun.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS p. Thomp-
sen, an old resident OF State Center and
for many years a member Of the County
Board of Supervisors, died Monday at his
home in State Center of ailments due To
old age.
ATLANTIC-But one person from this
vicinity has been a winner In the Trip
county land drawing, he being Earl Lang
OF this city. His number is a little past
ZOO and he will get a reasonably good
piece of land.
SAC CIIY-WilIam II. Pettis, former
county treasurer has pleaded guilty TO en-
bezzlement and has been sentenced to the
penitentiary for ten years by Judge
Church. He was taken to Fort Madison
to m his sentence.
ATBANTIC-As a result of the carnival
held here last week by the band, with the
Parker Amusement company furnishing the
attractions, the band boys are losers by
about SO and the Parker people by about
$1,000. The past week has been a record
breaker in the matter of weather.
CRESTON-Hun. w. H.. Koontz of SOM
erset, Pa, delivered a republican speech
here Tuesday evening. MIR. Koontz is a
] former MEMBER Oh congress ana WAS a
delegate to the national convention hat
nominated Lincoln in 1861 and has been
highly honored by the republicans OF his
! state in many ways.
MARSHALLTOWN-The deadlock in the
contest for mayor in the town of State
Center, which has existed in the council
for 4 week, was broken Monday whom
Alexander Dobbin was chosen to the Of
flee. Rev. Henry Love of Lincoln, Neb.,
who has accepted a call to the Presby-
terrain church of State Center, will be in
stalled Wednesday.
MARSHALLTOWN-A telegram received
in this city, Monday says that Marvin
Taylor, aged 10 years, a former resident
Of this city, committed suicide by shoot
! ing himself In the head I'm the Hotel Healy
| at ogden. Utah. Brooding over ill-health
is supposed to have brought on temporary
mental arrangement, which caused the act.
| He was a clerk in the Union Pacific rail-
| road offices at Ogden.
CRESTON-Andrew Wambolt of Red Oak
| w1s taken in charge by local officers Sat-
urday night when found wandering the
streets apparently in a demented condition.
He was taken to the home of relatives
and cared for until Sunday afternoon, when
they became alarmed at his condition and
He is now being held at the county Jail
pending the arrival of his father, who has
been notified Of his cor dition.
CREsToN-Just as he had bought a
ticket from Clearmont. Wyo. to his old
home at Creston Aleck Hetherton' was
stricken with paralysis, from the effects
OF which he died Sunday morning, October
26. MIR. Hetherton went to Clearmont sew,
eral years ago with Mr.. and Mrs. f.. j
Stone and when recently they decided tc
return here to live Mr.. Hetherton also de,
cided to come, but death claimed him be.
fore he could return. He was an aget
bachelor who had lived with the Stone
family many years. He will be buried n
Clearmont.
IOWA CITY-so important a feature ha,
politics become i'm the student bod,
that the entire hour at tomorruw's as
sembly will he given over TO the studen
political clubs for a big joint rally. Meet
ings Of both the republican and democratic
organizations have been arranged to selec
their respective speakers, arrange yells
etc. A resolution will possibly be read a
this meeting asking that the students VIII,
go home to vote not be counted absent
AS tho rules Of tho university are now in
terprcted, many of the students would suf
fer in their final records for the semeste
If they took two days TO make the nee
essary trips to their respective homes.