Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-21

mortgage Of y.50o against the Masonic
Temple OF this city by the Burlington saw
district court yesterday J. B. Marsh rep
resented the bank as attorney and Thomas
Maxwell argued for the defense
MARsHALLTOwN-The County Board
OF Supervisors today let the contract for
SIX reinforced concrete country bridges to
the n. "a. stark company OF Des Moines.
for SlAOse The bridges have spans ranging
In length from thirty 20 sixty feet The
supervisors have inaugurated a movement
to replace all bridges OF the county with
concrete ones.
FORT DODGE-A good sized piece Of tha
lower lip OF Jennie Hoyer was completely
severed Monday morning. when a horse
bit the child. the accident being the most
peculiar that ever happened in this locality.
The horse has weair-od colt and prob
ably fearful that the child would harm u.
she took the little girl completely unawares.
HAMPTON-The annual meeting OF the
Boone Valley High School Athletic and
Declamatory association Is TO be held here
on May 13 There will be more than l50
entries ln the field and track events. The
territory embraced in the association IN
the counties OF KoHsuth. Wright. Webster,
Humboldt, Hamilton, Cerru GOrdo and
Franklin.
KTARSHALLTOWN-W getting ready
to accompany his wife down town, Nicholas
Tembush, aged g, dropped to the floor
dead OF heasS disease. While Willis Cham
plin. head carpenter at the Iowa Soldiers
home. was eating lunch IN an uptown
restaurant he fell from the STOOL stricken
with cerebral anemia, and died in the
ambulance that was taking him 10 the
hospital
FORT DODGE-The Fort Dodge PRINTING
company, a recently instituted printing es-
tablishment in the city, has purchased the
Post Publishing company and viii com
hine the JOB printing business OF both
| nrms. suspending the publication OF the
Post indefiniraly. n A Cook who has
been editor OF the sheet Tor many years,
I Is moving to Montana This practically
| ends the LIE Of a newspaper started fif-
\ teen years ago by r. G.. M0loney, who for
! sock Iowa for Coos Bay, Ora, several
| Times
| LOGAN-Attorney General n. w Byers
| is investigating matters relative to cutoffs
and abandoned river beds along the west
| ern part OF Harrison county and northwest
ern part OF POttawattsmie county. Follow
4 ing the action begun % quite title to Boyer
4 lake bed and the finding OF the courts
/ wherein the Euff-c5ans surveys made be-
! tween the meRnder line OF the original
| Missouri river were held at fault, Attorney
/ General Byers extended his investigation
into Harrison county. Attorney s H COoh-
] ran estimates the abandoned river beds
4 between Boyer lake bed and HOleman's
island TO have an area OF about 1900 acres,
a good percent Of which has become val
| uable for timber, grass or corn purposes.
4 LAKE CITY, w Reed OF Ida Grove.
| president OF the Des Mniues q Sioux City
! Interurban company, presided at a meeting
OF the local stockholders and those inter-
ested in the project ar the opera housa
last night Nearly the entire male pOpu,
lation OF the town turned cut enthusiastic
I ally. Mr.. Reed said that @,Sl1 was scill
\ owed to the suRineerinK company that
made the survey ard. that until this was
! paid off. valuable data aEid profiies would
be withheld. He aisa-said that he could
I not absolutely guarantees that the road
would be a certainty, BUT be declared that
| the route through Lake City was the most
/ feasible and probable. but added that he
I would consent to having the route changed
4 rather than have the present, stockholders
[ lose what rhEV have invested m the nUfa
/ prise. He said tnaf & the road was to 20
I through ON the original survey Lake City
{ ans would have 70 get busy A COMMITTEES
was appointed from Lake City and ad-
! joining towns to solicit funds proportionata
TO the amount OF the indebtedness that
should be assumed BY them.