Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-23
News of GrinneII.

| OttulnWa, partner ol IISsiuedil VI. "
Janney of the Grinnell Pad and Blank
ct Company, after first visit to this
city and a careful inspection of the
| company's plant and business pros
poets. returned to Ottumwa Saturday
evening He expresses himself as we'll
pleased with Grinnell, and the future
| business outlook for both city and
company.
! The Iowa College Y. NJ. G. A..
elected the following officers for the
coming year: President. c. w. Wells.
10: vice president, l.. V. l.. Cady. 10:
secretary, B. e. Boyack, IL; treasurer,
G. A. Clark. 10.
Mr.. F. E. Spaulding. of this city, has
recently received new thirty-siX
horsepower touring car in anticipation
of the passable roads that ought soon
| to be here.
| The voters of Grinnell are publicly
| urged to meet Mr.. O. b. Mathews, who
| is asking for a franchise for gas
plant, in this city, at the superior
court rooms. for a general discussion
! of the ordinance now before the peo-
pie. and upon which they are asked to
vote one week from today. The meet
lHS WIFI open dl .OV llliN SNViiiiS.
Announcement has just been made
that Iowa College and the people of
Grinnel are to have the pleasure OF
hearing a second Methodist bishop. in
the person of Bishop Quayle who. will
give an address here on the evening OF
June II, the Friday evening before
baccalaureate Sunday.
Arrangements have been made with
the people of the townships in the vi
entity of Grinnell, by which they may
have the use of books and periodicals
in the Stewart library of this city by
the levying of a 1-nill tax at their
meeting in April. as the law empowers
the trustees to do, and turning the sum
thus obtained over for the general sup
port of the library From the opinions
already expressed it seems likely that
some of them will take advantage OF
this opportunity this spring.
The April term of the superior court
of this city promises to be as busy as
was the March term. and still there is
plenty of time for many more cases to
be docketed An equity cased is filed
by parties from Brooklyn, in which j.
l.. Decker asks for the partition of an
estate in lands so that he may get his
inheritance equity and also the value
of moneys expended by him on said
real estate since the death of the tes-
tator in 1907. Ray Van Evara sues Carl
A. Schultz for the possession of certain
notes and other evidences of indebted
ness which he claims he has already
paid but has not received. Another case
is on file in which CAMEL Van Hamme
claims of August Verdick 1925 as UNI
paid balance of wages agreed upon, but
never paid after l'o lad performed his
part of the cont w delivering the
labor Roth par. this suit come
from the vicinity Of Brooklyn.
The first of a series of public meet
ings for the free discussion of mat
tiers pertaining to the government OF
the city was held last evening at the
Uncle Sam club house, where large
and interested audience spent nearly
two hours. Attorney j. III. Patton acted
as chairman. Mayor E. B. Wiley was
called, and gave a detailed account OF
the important matters that had occu-
pied his administration, with approx
mate cost of the, different improve
ments, septic tanks, deep wells. sur
face sewers, sanitary sewer, extern
sion of water mains, brick crossings,
and grading for miles of cement walks.
Councilmen Charles Porter and f. P.
Marvin of the Third ward, and up for
reelection, followed, giving additional
details. Attorney S. H. Crosby city
engineer H. P. Simmon and Mr.. A. f.
Swaney also made bnief remarks.
Mayor Wiley also outlined briefly the
IF l,a pt1r
Other meetings are planned for We'd
nesday and Friday evenings of this
week.
The people of Grinnell are quite
naturally pleased over the fact that
Hon. N. z. Kendall, representative
from the Sixth district has introduced
a bill looking towards the procuring OF
a government postoffice for this city.
in accordance with his campaign
promises in that direction.
A decision in the district court at
Montezuma last week by Judge Will
coxen, that is of some interest to cit1-
zens of Grinnell, is that Brooklyn may
proceed with the building of the town
hall, for which r. G. Coutts of this
city, obtained the contract several
months ago, but was prevented from
proceedings with the work by the in
junction proceedings of some of the
citizens of Brooklyn, who thought
their city council had exceeded its
powers.
The local association of Iowa Col
lege alumni, of which B. j. Kicker Is
president and Miss katherine Macy
secretary, will hold their annual bust
ness meeting at Carnegie library to-
morrow evening for the election of Of
tlcers and other business.
Mrs. Frank Edge, who has been very
seriously i'll for a long time, has so far
recovered strength as to be able to
take her little daughter Virginia and
go to Newton to spend an indefinite
time at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. David Evehs of that city.
Mrs w. F. Hammond, who has been
for some weeks in Des Moines, While
her son Bruce was having treatment
al the hospital there, has returned to
her home here. bringing Bruce, who
is very much improved in health.
Martin Won Draska, who has been
for many years in the shoe repair line
here, and who has carried for some
years a considerable stock of shoes
and rubbers, had an attachment served
quite recently on his stock in trade,
in favor of companies in the east that
had sold him goods, the sums remain
ing unpaid being given as S51 in one
case and s31 in the other. The goods
attached are to be put up at auction
in the near future.