Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-01
Southern Io1ua Items

short and stubby, and eyes large and
bright. Mrs. Kessler was working in
her garden about the middle of the
afternoon. She noticed the animal
when she was near some outbuildings,
and as the stranger took refuge in a
hog house, she called for her husband
and the dogs. The animal made a
fierce attack upon the dogs, but Mrs.
Kessler took a hand and did some eff
fective work with a club, and the dogs
went in and finished the cat.
Sidney.
For sometime past dogs in the Cen
ter district, three miles southeast Of
town have caused great excitement
among stock and Saturday evening a
steer belonging to w. S. Light died
from evident punishment by these an
imals. There are at least two of them
and they make their attack at night
and occasionally come to the barn yard
to rout the stock. These dogs are as
| shy as wolves and hard to get sight
of as the appearance of a person puts
them to flight and they run rapidly to
a considerable distance and so far have
escaped death by the shot gun route.
Guthrie Center.
| o. N. Smith. wellknown farmer
who lives two and one-half miles south
of Guthrie Center, went out in his field
and gathered up enough hail to enable
him to freeze two gallons Of ice cream
for his own family and few of his
neighbors. The hail was found in a
drift four feet deep and even at that
l no r{o $hrn
and a half inches in circumference. The
remarkable feature about this is that
the hail fell May IA during the terrific
hail and rain storm which visited this
community at that time and almost ten
days previous to the event mentioned
above.
keokuk.
Hugh L. Cooper, the engineer who
built the water power plant at Niagara
Falls, accompanied by John U. Free
man, member of Panama canal COM
mission, has been making a careful in
|spection of the Mississippi river be-
tween Keokuk and Fort Madison
Cooper is at the head Of the Keokuk &
Hamilton Water Power Company
which expects to build dam across
| lllC NI1SSloSlppl llSIG dL q SOSL III p1Z,
100000. He said that the investigation
showed the plan was feasible, and that
he had hopes of getting the necessary
capital to build the dam, which will
have 100000 horsepower and be the
greatest engineering problem in the
history Of the country.
EddyviIle.
On the farm Of John e. Barnett, a
couple of miles up the river from town.
be seen seeping up in little patches
and when a white cloth is applied to
these spots and saturated with OIL the
cloth sends forth an odor and is dis
colored in such way as to leave little
doubt but that coal oil abounds here in
large quantities. The flow at times is
much greater than at other times, but
the water of the spring. which was
formerly used for drinking purposes
can no longer be used. Mr.. Barnett
states that III. T. White, Of Oskaloosa
who in earlier life lived in the vincinity
of the famous Pennsylvania oil wells
was down some time az sand inspected
the flow of oil, and lateI IN company Of
an oil expert, he returned. and the ex-
pert at first claimed that the water ha6
been Sailed" or "doped," but Mr.. Bar.
nett proceeded to dig some distance
and after shoveling away a quantity Of
the sand the oil still flowed forth enc
the expert seemed to be convinced o1
the genuineness Of the flow OF the oil
The spot will be investigated by others
who are versed In, oil matters. and
Mr., Barnett is confident that he has 9
rich discovery when It is properly de
veloped.