Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-16
Northern Iowa Items


rs The time has passed the mother OF
the lad has grown more and more I'M
easy. until at present she Is reported as
being on the verge of a nervous break
down. At first, thinking the young fell
lows absence was only temporary, Mr..
Peterson, while worried. did not think
that the son would come to any grief.
but as time passed he too became
afraid that some Ill might befall the
lad. and the call on the police for aid
followed.
Nora Springs.
Forging two checks of $25 and s35
each on j. H. Baughey. Grant S. Car
roll farm hand and employed by Mr.
Baughey on his farm, after securin.,
the money at the bank and a restau :
rant fled. Later he was overtaken
by Constable E. E. Sherman in an auto
at GAINESVILLE and brought back here
for trial. Carroll is we'll known and
those who are acquainted with him aid
not think he was capable of doing such
an act as he always appeared to be a
very harmless and unobtrusive fellow.
#. Dodge.
The first Maxim gun silencer to be
used in Fort Dodge and perhaps in
the state of Iowa has been tried by
soldiers Of Company G, on the company
! range east of the city The contri-
vance reduces the sound of the dis
charge of one of the big army rifles
to noise made by target % caliber
| rifle. The test was entirely satisfac-
tory. The principle of the silencer is
the same as that Of the muffler on the
gas engine. Instead of allowing .he
hot gases from the muZzle OF the gun
to expand suddenly on reaching the
outer air, the silencer defects these
gases in circles around it's interior and
cools them by the time they have
reached the end.
Otto.
Winnie Gruber and Nealie r. Nash,
of Otto, who have been puzzling the all-
thorities of that town for several weeks
by their numerous burglary stunts,
, were caught in the act of helping
themselves to the stock Of goods in the
hardware store OF Mayor Edward
Cradit and were taken to Sioux City
by Marshall Joshua Potter and lodged
in the county Jail. During the last
month nearly every store in Otto had
been burglarized. and in every case the
thieves baffled the attempts of the Of
fcers to find clew until Saturday
when the two men were caught red
handed" with the goods in their pos
| session. The men were given a pre-
liminary nearing perore Mayor Cradit
on the charge of breaking and enter
ing and were held to the district court
Scotch Grove.
Scotch Grove, which community OF
Linn county was settled by the Scotch
Irish, American and others in the early
days, Is fast changing In character
! Most Of the old settlers have been laid
to rest and new ones have taken their
places, men and women who know but
little of the old pioneers of other days
There have been listed among these
such families as the Cleghorns, Blu
chanans. Andersons. Parks. McGregors
Elliotts. Beattys, Mftchells, Russels
Brownies. McFarlanes, McKetchies
Stuarts. Morrisons, McNees, Rogers
and many others. One by one they
have passed beyond the river and now
but few Of this valiant Iowa band re-
main. They were sturdy lot OF en-.
tsrprisins men and women who chang
ed the wild prairie into veritable gar
den and by pluck. energy and perse-
verance built up community worthy
Of the state and nation.