Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-07
The GrinnelI Letteh
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Oct. THE Women's Ath-
letic Association of Iowa College has
arranged five departments of basket
ball. hockey. tennis, walking and row.
ing, from which individuals may choose
for their outdoor exercise. Basketball
seems to attract the larger number,
followed closely by walking, in which
hare and hound" races will figure to
considerable extent. The managers
of the various departments are: Bask-
etball, Jessie Uhl; walking, Dorothy
futile: hockey, Vera Montgomery;
tennis. Olive Leyenberger; rowing,
Margaret Kicker.
The contractor for the Grinnell paw
ing job is apparently confronted with
a new difficulty. which may cause still
more delay in the work which the citi-
zens are more than anxious to see
pushed just now. The inability to get
the necessary quantity of crushed
stone for the concrete base of the paw
ing has compelled the stoppage of the
work temporarily several times. The
building for the manufacture of the
bitulithic top dressing is now being
erected just north of the Rock Island
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curiosity to the average citizen as the
other forms of work have been.
Carroll Brothers have moved their
stock of implements and farm ma
chinery into the building recently pur-
chased of Mr. Ahrens, on Commercial
street and Main, and H. P. Simmons
now occupies the Salvation Army bar
racks from which they moved.
F. c. Halbfass, of LaPorte City and
a graduate of the state university in
the engineering department, is now
here as assistant city engineer in place
of B. B. Hauser, who has taken a po-
sition in South Dakota.
DR.. and Mrs. D. Wilcox of Malcolm
have the sympathy of a host of friends
in the loss of their infant son Wed.
nesday.
Walter Deming. whose barn was
struck by lightning on the 18th q
September and totally destroyed, is re-
building and his neighbors turned /,
and helped him by hauling the lumbe,
from this city. 1t was all done in tw,
days. there being twelve teams to tax,
loads one day.
w. T. Fuller has gone to Louisiana
: where he will probably spend most o
the winter as collector for the Laro
Buggy Company of this city.
The deep well problem presents it
; difficulties to the college authorize
: no less than to the city fathers excep
; as in degree. A well has been sunk in
l side the new heating plant at the col
] lege to the depth of 312 feet. Not prov
i ing satisfactory, the contractor tried
], pull out the casing with a view t
i making some changes or digging an
. other well outside the building, pu
e found more trouble than in the origins
s digging and is reported to have bee
g obliged to abandon the well. The con
s tractor for the putting down of we
e No. for the city has been strugglin
Z for long time with the problem {
: putting down a six-inch cast iro
r casing to the depth Of some LOO fee
h and has repeated former experience
e in the loss of tools at a great dept
and of days and weeks spent in VI
successful fishing for them. with r
i permanent success reported as yet.
v Mr. Earl Lynch and Miss May Wi
son Of this city, accompanied by Mr.
Kate Chapman, an aunt, and Miss Lot
u tie Chapman, a cousin Of the Bird
s went to Marshalltown Monday ar
n were united in marriage.