Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-11
Northern I01ua Items

conduct the fair and race meet as was
done last year. Our business men are
enthusiastic for the fair and will enter
into the project with the intention of
making it a success.
Manchester.
+. d. Jospeh. county superintendent,
is planning to interest the boys of the
| rural schools in the growing of oats,
and to this, end will form a class of
about sixty, giving to each one-half
bushel of the best seed -obtainable.
Each will be required to make a report
at the end of the year, and prizes will
be awarded to those showing the best
results. A special booklet. prepared ~
Professor Bowman of he Ames Agri
cultural college, will be the text used.
Manson.
The farmers uospperatiVe elevator
here, which was reported to be finan-
cally embarrassed. has adjusted its
difficulties and has continued to do
business without interruption. The
changing of the two banks in Manson
to state and savings banks rendered it
impossible for them to loan the amount
necessary for the conduct of the ele
vator business. so the stockholders. the
wealthiest farmers OF this community,
got together and put up the money
themselves.
Waterloo.
Superintendent klingaman says he
secured q place for a Waterloo woman
to work in d farm home for $40 Il week.
The farmer was at his wits end to
know what to do for household assist
ance, and his wife is i'll. He appealed
to Mr.. l<Iinganan. who located a wo-
man DESTROYS of accepting the position
on condition that she receive $40 a
week. When told of the price, The
farmer said: send her along: the
price cuts no figure: it is a case If
necessity and we {must have help"
LeMars.
Frank lIrnsterlloff u pioneer of Ply
mouth county and one of the old and
respected residents Of LcAIars. died at
his home on Madison street in this city
on Friday morning. after Il brief illness
at the age of 20 years. Mr.. Ernsterhoff
had been in poor health for some time
but was out on the streets q few days
before the end came and the news of
his death was a shock to his many
friends Mr. Ernsterhoff was one Of
the pioneers of Plymouth County. com
ing here thirty five years ago and buy
ing land in F'redonia township.
Sioux City.
Work on the huge cement smoke
stack at the power house of the Sioux
City Service Company ut Third and
Wafer streets. has been practically
completed. The topmpst concrete,
which is 221 feet from the ground, was
pu; il, place Monday and a small force
of men now is engaged in coating the
mammoth structure. The men doing
the work stand on swinging staging
built around the stack. which is low
cred as the work progresses. The plat
form is six or seven inches wide but
while ii makes the ordinary person diz-
~ to watch them, the workmen seem
10 be at ease as they move around. The
top of the stack is finished in an orifa-
mental manner
Garrison.
The citizens of Garrison and vicinity
We're shocked at the announcement
Friday afternoon that John w. Burkey
had committed suicide by hanging him.
self. 1t was n dreadful shock to his
wife as no word he dropped had led
her to believe that her husband con-
templated the rash act. He had but
recently purchased the Pavey farm and
had moved to 1t. There was some diff
ficulty as to the papers but nothing
of a nature that had caused any serf-
gus disagreement. de had been around
the house and farm all day as usual
and bur short time before the com
mitment of the awful deed he had car
ried a pail Of water from the we'll to
1.-THE house for his wife.