Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-05
Northern Io1va Items

I dinner they hitched horse to single
buggy, and with Miss Beryl Bereford
started for town. Just north of the
Albert Gilchrist home they drove
around the corner, turning east so fast
as to upset the bugsy and throw the
horse. The upset resulted in injuries
to all of them. Miss Mabel wylie got
her shoulder bone broken; Miss Jean, a
sister, got her left arm broken above
the wrist; Miss Agnes, another sister,
got her left arm broken just below the
elbow. Miss Mabel's hip was also
was badly scratched.
Hinton.
Just as the amusement was about to
begin as the M. w. A. hall Saturday
night an accident occurred which de-
layed the dance for short time Man
ager Sullivan just stepped upon the
platform to start the music when his
foot touched loose board In the con-
struction. The pressure Of his foot on
one end Of the board caused the other
end to fly in the air. The ascending
end came in contact with an over
hanging lamp, smashing 1T into frag-
ments. One of the pieces struck Sui
livan on the head. cutting deep cash
In his forehead. The injured man was
rushed up town to DR.. Prentices office.
After the doctor dressed the wound
Sullivan returned to the hall and took
his place in the orchestra, asd the
dance proceeded.
Waukon.
For some time it has been strongly
suspected that parties along the oneota
river near the Upper Iowa Power
Company's dam were engaged in dyna-
hitting and in other ways taking fish
from the stream in an illegal manner.
So strong was the suspicion, that
members of the local game and fish
association secured the services of
Deputy State Game Warden "A. NJ.
Green, who came here last Thursday
to see what he could discover The re-
/. suit of the investigation was the arrest
OF William Murphy, a farm hand who
works for Peter Rocksvold. He was
brought to DEBORAH and pleaded guilty
on one account, being assessed $5S.75.
He was unable to pay the fine but Mr..
Rocksvold needed his help in farming
operations, and telcphoned in that he
Would pay the fine for Murphy. Mr..
Vance took the man back to Rocks
vold's and the fine was paid. This is
only one of the ways in which the game
law Is being violated. lSeines and
snares are being used. and unless the
guilty parties desist they will probably
find themselves in n predicament SINH
lar to Murphy's.
Denison.
! When on May 10 the twenty-slx go :
looms Of Crawford county were ordered
closed, the saloons at once proceeded
to, circulate a new petition. and at the
present time they have about 70 per
cent of the voters OF the county, and
all the smaller towns In the county
have given over the renmired so per
cent except the towns OF Boyer and
Aspinwall. which places are not in
corporated and in which places saloons
can not operate under the mulct law
The saloon men expect to soon file their
petition. so that II can be canvassed by
the board OF supervisors at It's June
session, which commences June 7. The
saloon men In the smaller towns ex-
lpect to start operations soon after the
board OF supervisors have canvassed
the petition and have found 1t suffici-
ent. There have been thirty-o one ga
looms in the county. but there will be
two less X the petition should be found
sufficient. as no saloons will be allowed
to operate In the towns OF Boyer and
Aspinwali, on account Of not being In
corporated, and consequently cannot
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