Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-17

was her brother, Chris Spragg, whom
she had not seen for twenty nine years.
His home is near Kirkwood, Neb.. and
has been away since sometime in the
seventies. He sold his home of 100 acres
and a few weeks since bought three
sections and has already been offered
just double what he paid for them. He
has seen Nebraska land advance in
price from almost nothing to $50 and
upwards per acre.
Lake Mills. az
+ One of the important land transfers
of the past week was the sale of The
Tom Dahl farm of 120 acres, located
two miles east of Emons, ITO Peter
kvale, the Emmons buttermaker. Mr..
Dahl received $3.50 an acre for his
land and this is considered reasonable
price, the place is we'll improved and
the land good. The land is located in
Worth county and shows the valu'.s
of farms in this particular neck of the
woods Mr.. Kvale bought the land as
an investment and will not move onto
the farm. for the present at least.
Sioux City.
Wearing coat at the packing houses
the year, according to Frank Wine, a
Waterman at Cudahy's, and because
John Sombosky vas caught sweating.
yet wearing coat, searched. and for the
alleged stealing of three pork tender
loins that are alleged to have been
found under his clothes he was fined
$40 or three days in the police court.
Sombosky entered novel defense. lie
claimed that he was a Christian Rus
sian and that he was working with a
man named Joe. who was Russian
of Mohammedan tendencies. He said
that Joe had been an enemy for some
time and that when he was quitting
work this man had slipped the meat
into his bucket on the sly. Sombosky
declared he had discovered the trick
as he was passing out. and, fearing de-
lection, emptied his bucket into his
shirt.
Dubuque.
Two petitions in bankruptcy were
filed Wednesday morning with acting
clerk of the federal courts, Miss Nor
man. The first petition was by the
Temple Furniture Company of Nora
Springs. In their petition the mem
bers of the firm, Wilbur r. and L. b.
Temple, declare that the unsecured
claims against the firm amount to
$7.299.47. and that they have no assets
The firm has been In business in Nora
Springs for some years and while 1t
was believed that they were In a bad
way financially their. action in filing
petition in bankruptcy comes as a
considerable surprise. The other petit
ton was filed by James l.. Woods a
laborer of Charles City, who declares
that he is unable to pay his debts
amounting to $500. OF this amount
l$225 is unsecured claims and the bal
ance is taxes. Mr.. Woods is a hard
working man and his petition is sur
prise to his friends.
Mason City.
Last spring, while enjoying a visit
from John Giest OF Gay Mills, Wis, a
prominent tobacco merchant and grow
er OF that state, Mr.. Walter Wright OF
this city conceived the idea Of trying
the experiment of growing tobacco
here, so far 1T has not been In
vain. Ninety-five plants were set out
in June. and but little care was given
them. At present they are a fine lot
of tobacco. and but one plant lost. The
plants will now measure from four to
four and a half feet tall with leaves
measuring eighteen inches long and
twelve inches wide. The tobacco is
Of wisconsin variety and is derived
from the broad leafel Havana tobacco
|lMr. Wright will tend and keer
Fhis crop Of tobacco until 1t is ripe
which will be in early October and
will then cut and dry 1t. After it has
been thoroughly cured, 1t de- hds inten-
ton to send It TO Mr.. Chest OF Gays
Mills, to have 1t rated and analysed tc
see II the grade OF tobacco produced is
not worth the growing OF the plan,
hero on larger scale.