Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-10
Iowa News Notes.

AFToN-Arnold Sanders, a member OF
this years graduating class, has been
elected TO the principalship of the Lacons
schools for next year.
CHARLES CITY-A little baby Of Ed
Dtckhoff. living six miles in the country,
swallowed a safety pin which II worked
loose from its stocking. The child has as
yet shown no i'll effects.
CHARLES ~CITY-Hobert Danforth. a
prominent and wealthy citizen and a prom.
lnent republican politician, slipped off 10
milwaukee, to wed Miss Anna Bunney OF
this city. According to Wisconsin law they
must wait five days before they can marry,
MONTEZUMA-The c.. X. Needham
newspaper company, which owns the Keo-
Kuk County News at Sigourney and the
Washington Press, has bought the Monte
yuma Republican of c.. w. Clark and Frank
Bechly. The paper will be managed by J.
X. Williams of Sigourney.
L~AKE-Acting under instruction.
from State Fish and Game Warden George
Lincoln OF Cedar Rapids Hugh Nj. Shepard,
with a force Of men, has placed nets OF
screen over the outlet of Clear Lake to
prevent the game fish from leaving the
lak and becoming isolated in the shadows
of Willow Greek.
CHARLES CITY-Word has been re-
ceived by friends in this city that Miss
Anna kempffer, a former teacher in
charge Of the kindergarten here, will soon
wed Mr.. Kotenkamp at Patalia, Java. She
is at present visiting her father, who is
employed by the government of the United
States at Shanghai, China.
MASON CITY-Mrs. James Rule of this
city and Mrs. G. c. Mathews of Rockford
have Just arrived at San Francisco from
Honolulu, H.. l., where they recently or
ganized a chapter of the Order of the East
ern Star, of which both are past grand Of
ficers. This is the first branch of the fra
ternity which has been instituted in the
island.
MARSHALLTOWN-At a meeting of the
members of the First Baptist church held
last night 1t was decided to make an effort
to sell the church property and to erect
on a new site. yet to be chosen, a hand
some new building to cost approximately
$4,000. II this church project goes
through this will make the fourth church
to be erected in this city during the COM
ing summer.
FORT DODCE-The Kansas City OIL COM
pany has located a branch office In this
city and will send travelling men out over
territory In western Iowa and southern
Minnesota. Offices have been secured in
the new First National bank building and
.. j. Hamm of Kansas City will he in
charge. Shipping will be done from head
quarters. The company is an independent
refining company.
MGREGOR-A new million dollar rail-
Milwaukee & St. Paul at M'Gregor. The
plans are completed and work will begin
as soon as affairs can be shaped. The
government will soon begin pulling up the
piling which has stood in the river ever
since the Laweler pontoon was first built
and have been used as ice breaks. This
Will be the most expensive bridge crossing
the Mississippi river.
FORT DODGE-The new city administra-
tion has formally decided to erect a large
~vtaduct, the erection of which has been ag-
itated for a number of years and is badly
needed, as both Illinois Central and Min
neapolis & st. Louis railroads are crossed
on a winding hill on Farley street, where
the viaduct will be built. The cost of the
improvement will be in the neighborhood
of $4,000, both railroads furnishing their
share of the structure.
FORT DODGE-Fort Dodge is on the qui
vive anticipating, the return of the Great
shops. moved to Clarion a few
years ago. Officials of the road are proph-
esying the change in the near future. FIRE.
quent visits of Northwestern railroad Of
ficials to this city, and the gathering of
data by them of freight tonnage to and
from the city. seem to indicate serious
consideration on their part of building a
branch to Fort Dodge, and both prospects
combined promise much for the city.
FORT DODGE-Fort Dodge autoists have
been much Inconvenience for the last year
or more because of a ruling which barred
teries and compelled people to walk from
their machines the long distance within
over roads well adopted to the use of ma
chimes; Now they are rejoicing over the
moved the ban and that the Protestant
will probably follow suit. At
the meeting of the Catholic association it
developed that the death rate in this city
is considerably less than last year.
OTTUMWA-Thirteen Oskaloosa saloon
keepers have been indicted by the federal
grand jury at Ottumwa for selling liquor
to Indians. through the evidence secured
by p. f. Van Vert, who is special agent
of the Department of the Interior and who
was sent to Iowa on the request of the
Indian agent. o. l.. Green of Tama. 1t
has been a matter OF conjecture for some
time where the Indians got the fire
and Van Vert took a number of
them to Oskaloosa and soon discovered. |
Those who are under indictments are David
Blackburn, James b. Devord. Edward f.
James K. Black, II. McMahin,
w. ]. Doyle, Robert Miner, II. d. Nugent, |
]. d. Dowd, A. e. Grenway. A. Ross,
Fl. A. Mendenhall and A. l. Stolar. !