Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-18
Southern Io1un Items

Logan.
| The big stones for the first floor of
the new court house over the front and
iback entrances were lifted to place
Friday.
Mt. Pleasant.
! Iowa Wesleyan University will on
Wednesday. Oct. 26, observe the sixty
ninth anniversary OF the founding OF
will be Dr. r. w. Cooper. president of
Upper Iowa University.
Clarinda.
The council has begun proceedings to
extend the city limits of Clarinda to
take in a considerable portion of ter
ritory west to include the county farm,
north TO include the state hospital and
south to the Horace Finley farm.
Newton.
The Buena Vista Grange received a
shipment of coal Oil last week direct
from the factory. and the same has
been distributed among the various
members of the grange who make use
Of the commodity. The shipment con-
sisted Of car load of ffty-two barrels.
This purchase is the largest the grange
has made since the purchase Of a con-
signment of binder Irvine last summer.
Cedar Rapids.
| Amanda Charter, administrative of
the estate Of Ross Charter, deceased.
field in the superior court suit against
the Rock Island road for $4,000 dam
ages. Charter was brakeman in the en-
ploy of the road and was killed in the
smashup at Green Mountain last sum-
mer. Charter was "a years old and the
plaintiff alleges he was always of a
saving and prudent disposition.
Des Moines.
Definite plans for the campaign of the
York Rite Masonic bodies for $4,000
20 build a new temple at West Tenth
and Locust streets were discussed at
a luncheon Monday noon at the Saw
cry hotel. The thirty-day campaign
was officially launched at that time.
The campaign for funds will be a
straight business proposition Only
preferred interest bearing stock will be
sold and 1t will pay at least 4 per cent.
These shares will cost $50 each.
coifax.
John Phalan. the man who was run
down and killed by a switch engine
here last Friday, was buried in the Pot
ter's field at the Colfax cemetery. For
some time past Phalan has been en-
ployed as farm hand at the Will Will
henson place near Prairie City. but
quit work Friday noon and walked to
Colfax. He had also worked for John
Cannon near Valera five years ago.
Two half-brothers live somewhere in
Wisconsin, but their names are I'M
known, He was "a years of age.
ottumwa.
| The thirtieth year jubilee Of the
| Swedish Mission Congregational church
which opened today in OttumWa was
to continue until next Sunday, prom
ises to affect an unusual occasion to
many Of the older members of the
church. The feature of the occasion
will be the presence at the Jubilee OF
three we'll known national workers of
the church In the persons Of Revs. c.
A. Bjork. A. L. Anderson and Albert
prove great event in the local church
for 1T.
Shenandoah.
| Judge w. p. Ferguson. founder Of
Shenandoah. judge Of the superior
court, and dean of the Page county
bar, died last night at his home in
this city following a long illness, aged
81 years. Judge Ferguson, who came
to Shenandoah. forty years ago, pur-
chased the townsite for the Burling
ton railroad, who later laid out the
city He practiced law for thirty Ave
years and was one of the best known
lawyers in the state. Five years ago
he was appointed to the bench by Gov
ernor Cummins and three years ago he
was elected by the people.
Burlington.
That every square foot Of improved
farming land in Des Moines county
will command $500 per acre within the
next two years il the confident pre-
diction Of well-posted real estate men,
who are handling this class OF prop
erty. Instances have been recorded
where tracts have brought this hgure,
\ but from 800 up to SITS Is .,ile pre-