Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-22
Northern I01ua Items

eral, which was held in Chicago to-
day. Louis Roller was known in Wa
terloo by a number of people. making
his home here for several years and
was employed for some time in the
/ Syndicate thea-cr and Ter was en-
ployed by the Illinois Central in the
local shops be tn in the roundhouse
and the shops. He had just recently
returned from Il visit to the old home
| in Germany where he leaves q wife and
little girl one year of aga.
Stanhope.
The house belonging to Mrs S. c.
Butte and occupied by the Carlson fam
lily caught fire in the garnet, probably
from defective tlue. The volunteer
fire brigade responded promptly ana
after hard work and the use of much
water the fire was put out. The dam
age was considerable. The roof was
torn up. The water did much damage
and the house will have to be replas-
tered. The household goods belonging
to CarlSons We're saved but We're
somewhat damaged. They now occupy
the l.. f. Morris house,
Sioux City.
An increase in the present wage
the Sioux City United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners has asked of
the contractors. Notice has been sent
out by Secretary J. w. Hopkinson to
forty mine contractors of the proposed
scale and hours which the carpenters
wish to put in effect May /. The con-
| tractors are not antagonistic to the
increase in the scale, but oppose the
eight-hour day i'll preference to the
nine. At present the scale is SO Is
centS'an hour for q nine-hour day. and
the carpenters want 40 cents with an
| eight-hour day. There are $50 men in
the local union.
Rock Rapids.
The question of good seed corn is be-
ginning to be one that is of interest to
all the farmers. and there is a great
demand for good seed Considerable
of that picked last fall is not testing
out satisfactorily. AT Il sale near
Lester u sack of tested seed corn from
the crop Of 1908 sold for $2O5O to John
| Rohlf. q successful stock grower and
| farmer living near here. Mr. Rohlf does
not consider this an excessive price for
| good seed. Mr.. Rolf makes the state
| ment that there will be 10000 bushels;
| or seed corn needed here this season
| and does not believe there are 1000
| bushels of reliable seed in the county,
and III this respect Lyon county is no
! worse off than other counties in north
err Iowa.
Fort Dodge.
| Clyde Anderson. q Fort Dodge young
man and brother of Mrs J. +. Monk,
! whose husband is half owner of Tobin
College, has returned from an eastern
| trip which he took in hopes of discov-
ering sister whom he had not seen
since childhood AS a result and under
peculiarly fortunate circumstances he
discovered two sisters. and the family
was reunited. The young man was
adopted into the Anderson family at
! the same time his sisters were adopted
! by two different families. In n most
roundabout way n friend who had Wis
| tied both in Pittsburg and Fort Dodge
CHANGED to meet both Mr. Anderson
and one of his sisters. and told each of
J the other anticipating that they might
/ discover relationship. When he finally
! discovered his sister in Pittsburg. they
compared notes about the other sister,
and finding that she was adopted by an
| 0architect of n certain name Mr. An
derson took up his search. He located
! the man. interviewed his wife, and
| found that the girl had never known
she was not their own daughter. After
some hesitancy they decided to inform
ner OF the truth. that she might meet
her brother and sister, and then invited
them to dine with them and enjoy their
first reunion in many years.