Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-16

The Grnnell Letter.
Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Sept. 16.-Mr and. Mrs.
tended trip thru the west, including
Seattle, and will spend some time in
Portland, where a son resides.
Mrs. c. H. Porter has come from
her home in Craig, Mont. to her for
mer home here for an extended visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. S.
Barnes, and her other relatives and host
of friends
Professor Hawley, of the college here,
has the pleasure of a visit with his
fatehr, Mr.. Smith Hawley, and his sis
ter, Miss Gladys Hawley both of Lud-
dington, Mich.
Prof. G. P. Wycoff has returned to
his college work here from his summer
outing in South Dakota, and Mrs.
Wycoff from her visit in Ida Grove.
DR. j. B. Holson of Farina, Ill, came
with his daughter, Miss Nita Belle, who
will enter Iowa College. He will also
visit his sister, Dr. Alliene Holson, Of
this city.
Mrs. Martin Richard and her daugh-
ter, of Chester township, are making
farewell visits here preparatory to their
departure TO visit friends in Texas,
Nebraska and Kansas and settling
down in their new home in the last
named state.
GrinneM welcomes another citizen in
the person of Mr.. Brown from Dumont,
in Butler county, who moves here for
the exceptional educational facilities,
having three children to enter college
and three for the public schools.
Few men if any are better equipped
thru observation and personal expert
ence to write history of Congrega-
| tionalism in Iowa than DIR. T. o. Doug
| lass, of this city, who. for twenty five
years held the place of secretary of the
Iowa home missionary work DR.. Doug
lass is said to be very busily at work
upon a volume of this kind which his
many friends expect to be rich in rem
iniscence and valuable historic infor-
nation.
C. E Keil, who was for year 2r
more the kookkeeper for the Grinneli
Manufacturing Company of this city
has fine position in Seattle and may
have the chance to go to Alaska in the
interest of his employers.
Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Miller, who had
planned to go to Chicago this week to
spend some time and perhaps the Win
ter with their son Herbert, are KEEP
at the old home here by the illness al
Mr. Miller.
Two more cases have been filed this
week in the superior court here il
which G. L. Miles appears as plaintiff
and seeks to recover, on notes, one be
a
s4S and one against Henry Laskequiti
for $3.50.
A. J. Breeder has just purchased q
Sumner Gates 1867 acres OF land lyins
three miles northwest of Kellogg, beinE
the largest transaction in lands in thu
vicinity within the recent memory o
the Inhabitants.
Tho many friends of Rev. Elias Han
dy, pastor OF the Methodist church
here. are much pleased at the actor
of the conference in returning him fo
the next year and also at the reten-io,
of DR. c. L. Stafford as superintendent
of the Oskaloosa district. Superntend
ent Stafford and family have thei
home here and their son is in low
College.
The heavy and continuous rain 0
Tuesday and Wednesday has been vel
coined by the farmers who We're anX
ious to get at their fall blowing. Corr
is said to be so far along that a coupl
of weeks of good weather will put
out of the way of frost. In Grinnel
the change of weather from rain an
, gloom to sunshine is of special interes
lust now. because the paving gan
have their mixer on the ground an
have actually begun the work of put
ting new curbing and gutter on Yves
street in front of Neely's office an
north of the Rock Island tracks. Tn
shipment of cement for which the con
tractor has been waiting has not w
arrived but he is borrowing of loca
contractors SO that the paving wor
may advance as rapidly as possible
: There are about ten blocks now grade
and prepared for the laying of til
!. concrete and the people are eager t
= see a sample of what they are to hav
: in place of the present distracted con
dition of the streets.
Prof. F. F. Amy leaves this week &c
. his year of occurring and study in Co
8 lumbia University at New York Cit.
His family will remain at the hon
here.
( Iowa College freshmen enrollmer
& last night had reached 23s, by far til
: largest enrolment in the history of til
: college, the entire freshman enrollmer
. of last year reaching only to 213
: every way the college is giving ev
- dence of increased activity in the ne
- era upon which it enters because of II
~ sacrifices that completed the endow
~ ment fund last year.
The old Saum homestead, on whie
20 Mr.. George T. Saunn has lived for for
% years, southeast of Kellogg, was r,
o Gently sold to Mr.. S. H. Newell, WI
retained 240 acres of 1t for his own VI
and sold eighty acres to Mr.. ].
Strovers. The price paid for the ha
section was s51.35 an acre.
In Accordance with Scripture.
A Boer had sold to mission Kaff
]; the carcass of an OK that had die
II. from lung sickness. The missional
l. demonstrated with him, and threa
Z. ened to report him to the authorize