Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-18
Northern Ioapa Items

had not filled iiHsbs ne pame to whom 1t
was payable. = Try got hold Of ne
check, supplied his name in the vacant
bank. He had paid Mr. Gutsch back So
on the check and his failure to refund
the balances. 50-as he had agreed
aged to raise the $3.50 and the charge
against him was withdrawn and the
case dismissed.
PostviIfA
Postville had another incendiary fire
Tuesday night. Such fires have been
the terror of that city for the last
four months. This time the large
livery barn connected with the Conn
mercial Hotel, owned by Mr.. Cornell
was burned. Most of the stock, bug
gies. cutters and everything went up
in the blaze. The loss will be heavy
for Mr.. Cornell with light insurance
No clue to the fire bug, who has been
using the torch for the last few
months, has been found.
GoIdfieId.
While at work on Chris Rasmussen's
new farm residence west of town
Thursday Jesse Agard fell from the
roof Of the structure. a distance of
twenty feet or more, and miraculous
ly escaped serious injury He was
handling a piece of lumber when a
gust Of wind came up, causing him
! to lose his balance and the fall re-
suited He bled from the nose for u
time but the flow was soon stopped
and he was able to continue work in
a few hours. He will probably suffer
no i'll effects from the accident.
Fort Dodge.
! Fred Refs. the Twelfth street shoe
maker, feared an attempt was to be
made to rob him Thursday evening
owing to the fact stranger had visit
ed his place Of business and residence
late in the afternoon and after his
departure loaded up a big revolver
in preparation to give a warm recep-
ton to the robbers. Between 10 and
II o'clock he thought he detected
parties in an attempt to gain an en-
trance to his sleeping quarters in the
rear Of his place of business and grasp
ing the revolver firmly in his hand he
discharged the same. accidentally, he
asserted in police court Patrolmar
!, striegel hearing the shot broke 'dowr
the door and placed the shoemaker
under arrest. When searched he was
discovered to have $603.60 in his pos
session and under orders of Mayor
Bennett he deposited $500 of this
amount in one Of the local banks.
EsthervlIIe.
The Commercial Club met Monday
night and discussed the proposed ex-
pertinent station. The club decided to
have the experiment station. AS soon
as suitable seed and fifteen acre tract
Of ground can be selected an expert
from Ames will come to prepare the
soil and plant the seed corn. This will
be between May 1920. A committee OF
five men have been named to gather
seed corn from the corn planters OF
about fifteen farmers and this corr
will be planted and the place where
each farmers corn Is planted will be
marked so that every farmer who fur.
nishes seed will know whether his seed
is as productive as 1t should be. The
professor from Ames will return abou
two times while the corn Is in the
process OF growth to watch and tfirec
the caring for the crop. In the fall a.
J, corn picking time Professor Holder
will BIO here to Judge the corn. A biz
picnic isrplanned for harvest time ant
ia large crowd will gather to see tn,
! resultf OF the experiment.