Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-22

ing the financial expense and the latter
attending TO the compiling of the data.
The history is entitled Data and Army
Record of Old Soldiers of OBrien
County" and a sufficient number have
been printed to give each one OF the
veterans a copy OF the work The his
tory is priceless, in that none are for
sale, and priceless as we'll for the old
veterans of the county
Spencer.
The past week has been fairly active
in Clay county real estate. William Mia
Ger sold 100 acres in Riverton township,
known as the Atkinson farm to Mr..
Hicks from Dexter for $50 per acre j.
NJ. Parrot sold a quarter in Herdland
township to Leroy B. Carris of Sioux
Rapids at S65 per acre. Squire Dunwell
sold eight acres and a house on it in
the northeast part of town to \. T.
Heavero of Eaxter, price $4,000 Mr.
Heaverlo owns fine farm in Meadow
township.
Usage. Af
For the loss df some twenty head
of cattle at the time of the heavy slee-
and ice storm of last winter. G. E
Jordan has brought suit for the insu--
ance. against the Iowa Tornado Insur-
ance Company. The company denies La
bility on the ground that its insurance
only covers loss, by tornado and not
from winter stormst,' But the owner of
the cattle claims that a high wild drove
his cattle into exposed places. The case
is attracting some Interest because a
like one has not been tried in the
courts.
Webster City.
| A recent dispatch from Washington
| D. c., contained news of the fatal &c
cident to James f., Stevenson, Mr.
! Stevenson was a resident Of Webstei
City in the early days and while he
resided here was known locally as the
father and poet" He was employed
at lathing and also wrote many ar
Lticles and poems for local parers dug
ing the years he lived here. He was q
man of notable ability, a real genius
and will be very kindly remembered b.
the residents of Webster City who
lived in this community forty yeas
ago.
Mason City.
| A repentant son and a pleading father
moved Judge Clark today to allow a
pleading of guilty to a lesser crime thar
for which the boy was indicted and the
boy was allowed to go free on the pay
ment of a 500 fine. Frank Mcclure
who got into bad company some
months ago was indicted by the grela(
| jury for grand larceny. His father. Joh!
| Mcclure, AN old resident of the city
and for years an employee of the Mil
waukee road, plead for clemency. tn,
authorities consider the lesson a valu
able one TO the youth and probably
! as effective as a sentence of five year
in the penitentiary.
Sioux City.
State Labor Commissioner Van Duyl
will file charges against Joe Pascoe
proprietor of a. labor agency here
ing men. The Pascoe agency has loni
been under suspicion and the commits
\ sioner came here some days ago to n
vestigate. Disguised as a common la
borer, he entered the Pascoe agenc
and paid a fee Of $3.50 for Pascoe'
services in securing him job. wherea
the law allows only 81. Pascoe mad
arrangements to send him to oman
where he was promised work at ST.
! per day. Van Duyn made the trip t
; the Nebraska metropolis, where. h
5 says, he found that the conditions Z
| the proposed employment had bee
grossly misrepresented by Pascoe.