Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-24
The erinneII letter.

Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Aug. 24.-The foundation
is completed for the new $1,000
heating plant for the college.
which waits only for the proper
force of Workmen for completion
1t is not certain how soon these
may be had as there is SO much build
ing and other Improvement work going
on in the city that both skilled and
unskilied labor is hard to get. Some
good private residences are resting at
the same stage of construction as the
heating plant for the same reason.
The regular August term of the SUI
Perior court of Grinnell opened yes
terday, with nothing coming up of any
special interest. The most important
new case is that of Fairbanks, Morse &
Co., against the Grinnell Pad and
Blanket Company to recover for mer-
chandise boughr1pd placed in the fac
tory here when it was fitted up some
months ago. This case will probably
not be taken UP until after the hearing
IN Des Moines of the petition in bank
ruptcy, recently filed by parties here
against the Pad and Blanket Company.
The city council held a short session
yesterday morning and passed a res
olutlon ordering all water, gas, sewer
and steam heating Connections to be
made by the individual property own
ers within the next ten days or the
city would make the same and charge
to the abutting property, and notice of
such resolution was published yester-
day. This included also the excava-
tons by the telephone companies for
the placing of their wires underground,
and this work is being done as fast as
men and machines can do it,
The large team belonging to W, II.
Alley and used by him on the water
wagon for sprinklng the streets, took
fright yesterday at one of the machines
IN use for digging on the streets and
started up Main street at their best
possible gait, considering the load they
pulled. Mr.. Alley was on the wagon
and the streets were rough, but the
team kept on until they turned in at
their own yard. fortunately without
damage to anything connected with the
| race.
The Tana Indians, that came down
ball with the Spaulding team of the
Twilight League, went back with feath-
ers dropping as the score stood to 4
in favor of the Spauldngs. The game
on the part of the Indians added moth
ing to their fame as players, as tn ey
were not in the same class with the
| home team.
| The Ottumwa creditors of the Grim
nell Pad and Blanket Company made
overtures recent yto the Grinnell cred
itors to settle on the basis Of fifty cents
on the dollar but the offer was not ac-
cepted 1t develops that Grinnell has
much the greater part of the indebted
ness to carry and the creditors do not
feel like compromising under the cir
cumstances but prefer to try ultimate
conclusions by the bankruptcy route
John Mcdowell living in the vicinity
of Montezuma lost his fine barn with
all its contents consisting Of hay grain
and farm implements and tools. as well
as stacks and cribs near by, from fire
recently. Mr.. and Mrs Mcdowell had
but just started to make trip to new
Sharon when the fire occurred. 1t was
started by their 1O-year-old boy, who
explained that he was trying to burn
some weeds out of bale of hay. The
loss is very heavy as only small
amount Of insurance was carried.
Announcement is made public that
Miss Beth Andrews and Mr.. Bert
Hobbs, of Des Moines, will be united
in marriage tomorrow at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Sanders, mile
north of Grinnell. Mrs. Sanders is "a
sister Of the bride. Both the young
people have been former residents OF
/ this city and have many friends here
to congratulate them on their mar
riage.
Rev. w. j. Suckow and family have
returned from their vacation outing in
Colorado, Mr.. Suckow coming on Fri
day last and filing Sunday pulpit in
Muscatine, and his family reaching
this city today.
Prof. and Mrs. Jesse Macy and Miss
Katherine took in the Alaska-Yu kon
exposition at Seattle on their way home
from their winter in Berkeley, Cal.
and also spent a week or more in Vel
loWstone Park. All are well and have
enjoyed their stay abroad and are con-
graduating themselves that while
people here were sweltering with the
mercury II the high nineties they were
wearing heavy clothing as protection
akagaiuSt the park GOODNESS.