Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-08
Southern Io1ua Items

and Greece and Italy will follow Ger
many and Switzerland will also be Wis
tied, and possibly France and the Brit
ish Isles. During the absence of the
pastor the pulpit of the Congregational
church will be filled temporarily.
Valley Spring.
Two cars on the Great Western
freight jumped the track and after
humping the ties, turned over on
their sides, Monday. The wreck oc-
Cured two miles north of Spring VAL
ley. Conductor Mccoy was in the
baggage part of a combination bag
gage car and smoker. He was thrown
around and his fingers mashed be-
tween the trunks so that he may lose
one finger. DIR. Hanson was in the
smoker but was uninjured. 1t was
not known what caused the wreck, but
the rough track and the swaying of
the top heavy refrigerator car may
have contributed TO throwing it from
the track.
+ Harlan.
workmen began Monday to tear
down the old Harlan bank building
preparatory to the erection Of a more
commodious and modern structure in
its place. The new structure will be
of stone and brick. 24x60 feet, two stor-
les high. electrically lighted and heated
turnout with hot water. Its frontage
is to be the east. and it is built on the
north side of an alley, making it well
lighted turnout, sunlight. being, ad-
mitted into every room. The contract
calls for completion of the building by
Oct. l, 1909 When completed it will
compare favorably with any banking
building in western Iowa, and will be
a credit to the city.
colfax.
Perhaps the largest land sale that
has been made in recent years in Jas
per county was made lasrp week when
) H. B. -Allfree and w. c. Bergman be-
, came the owners of the Campbell
brothers ranch four and one half miles
; north of Colfax. The farm contains
about seven hundred acres and for the
past seven years has been owned by
!; Willis and Collin Campbell and oper-
ated by them in connection with their
home farm southeast of Colfax. Camp
bell brothers are perhaps the largest
cattle feeders in central Iowa. The farm
which they sold has always been oper.
ated as a ranch and contains over SIX
: hundred acres of the finest land il
Jasper county.
, Davenport.
; Newton Gerhardt. Il year old. one
, of the lads who robbed a lady of ne
pocketbook in West Davenport recent
!, ly and who several days ago wa
found guilty by a jury, was brough
before Judge House for sentence. Thi
= sentence was for term not to exceed
fifteen years at hard labor at the Ana
mosa penitentiary. Young Gerhard'
> who claims to be but II years of age
has a bad criminal record He como
from a fine family in Peoria, his fathe
being business man and former aid
n erman there. The parents are reporte
to have spent $4,000 on their waywar
: son in getting him out of variou
a troubles and endeavoring to get hi.
: started on the right path.
= creston.
Because he was held up and accuse
. of being suspected of having been i'm
plicated in a number of hurglarie
= committed at Shannon City, the nigh
y Of April %, Thomas Edwards ha
>, brought suit against Mayor Georg
Baker of that place. and his marsha
am iou ioi @iiestiiS iili
without any warrant whatever. an
Of holding him a prisoner in the Gala
lg boose there until he could be brougt
l. to the county Jail here and wa
CT Inundated and tortured by the mayo
er and his aid, during that time. TIL
D plaintiff claims he asserted his in
III nocence at the time of his arrest, bl
in to no avail, and he wants the sum {
he 1000 as damage to his wounde
d, feelings.