Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-09

Hartley.
A. Dove has sold the Hartley Journal
to Eugene B. Peek and Will give MS
time to other pursuits for the present.
Coulter.
Jacob Poh1 & Son have sold their
elevator at Coulter to II. P. and Hans
Hanson, who have taken possession OF
the property This elevator was erect
ed by Mr.. j. Ponl when the town was
first plated.
Neville.
The town council met last Monday
evening to open the bids for the con-
struction of the water works system.
The lowest bid was from Lyle Com
pany, of Sioux City. for $1O.497. me
next bid was also from Sioux CITY
and was about $500 higher. The high
est hid was submitted by a Des MONIES
concern which was for a sum consld-
erablv over $1,000. AS all bids We're
higher than the council anticipated,
they decided to postpone the meeting
for further deliberations.
Merrill.
Edgaf Bettsworth, living about six
miles northwest of town, reports the
banner yield of alfalfa thus far this
year He has just threshed his crop
and here is the way it looks on paper,
and right here we ask. who can beac
it? From six acres of alfalfa he thresh-
ed thirty bushels of extra heavy seed
that is worth on the market today just
$40 per bushel Look, thirty bushels
at $40 per bushel is $500, or an aver
age of $50 per acre. From these same
six acres he has cut about $50 worth
of hay.
Akron.
Henry willer shipped in three car
loads of sheep, about 1000 head, from
Omaha last week. which is the first
installment of several thousand head
he will feed the coming winter. He
owns over a thousand acres of lana
south of here which will enable him
and his sons to handle the industry on
a large scale. Henry declares he has
cut loose from cattle and hog feeding
which he has followed extensively for
a number. of years with varying for
tunes ed LamoureauX also brought
a car load of sheep for feeding.
Badger.
The annual picnic of the Farmers
Elevator Company, of this village, was
held on Saturday with an attendance
which cast into the shade all previous
picnics which have been held here. The
farmers and their friends gathered in
the city during the morning hours, and
during the afternoon pleasing pro-
gram was held, the principal address
of the day being given by Hon. %. g.
Dunn, of Mason City. one of the leading
Farmers Cooperative men in the
state. The speaker also delivered the
address at similar celebration held at
ha Iri1 o
across the country in order to fill his
engagement here. Following the pro-
gram sports of various kinds were en-
joyed for the remainder Of the day.
Waterloo.
That e. P. Steinhauer the Waterloo
man who was seriously injured during
the auto races at Marion yesterday was
nearly killed in attempting to avoid
running his car into a couple of other
autos that were lined up in the infield.
is the statement of J. J. Russell, man
ager of the Cedar Valley Auto Com
pany of Waterloo, where Steinhauer is
employed Mr.. Russell states that had
Steinhauer driven straight ahead after
crashing thru the fence, and taken
the chance of not hitting any Of the
automobiles that were lined up in the
infield ne probably would not nave
been injured Rather than do this
however, he deliberately turned the
car back down the embankment and
into the fence again, thus preventing
collision with the Fawcett or La
Plant cars.
Waterloo.
Alleging that the careless switching
of car containing oil resulted in caus-
ing the car to leak badly, the Hawk
J eye Oil Company has brought suit
against the Chicago Great Western
railway for damages in the sum of
$3S3.56. The complaint states that the
defendant company transported a car
containing S,040 gallons of gasoline
from Kansas City to Waterloo; that
the car was damaged while being
switched here, another car being run
against 1t and causing the metal
seams to break. It is alleged that 2,063
gallons OF the contents leaked out and
was lost; that 1851 gallons were saved
by plaintiffs employees by working
hard; that this saved gasoline had to
be put into a tank containing gasoline