Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-28
Southern Io1ua Items

enjoyment. Many brief addresses and
responses interspersed with an i'm
promptu musical program made the
evening pass all too quickly.
Council Bluffs.
The interstate commerce commission
has no jurisdiction over street rail-
ways, the Omaha & Council Bluffs
Street Railway line between Council
Bluffs and Omaha is a street railway
line and the interstate commerce COM
mission has nothing to do with its
charges. This is the gist of a ruling
announced on Monday by Judge w. H.
Sanborn of the United States court of
appeals, in the matter of the appeal
taken by the street railway company
from the ruling of the interstate COM
merce commission concerning the car
fare between Council Bluffs and Oma-
ha.
GIenwood.
Three hundred fifty Of the 65s Odd
Fellows in Mills county We're present at
the ninety first anniversary celebration
Of the founding of Odd Fellowship in
America, held here Tuesday. Odd Eel
lows from Tabor, Strahan, Emerson
Hastings, Malvern Silver City, Min
cola, Pacific Junctiolaand other points
joined with the local lodge of 254 mem
bers in the celebration. The Rebekahs
served supper During the afternoon
fire broke out in the Kramp clothing
store, and it was necessary to call sew
eral interested Odd Fellows from the
hall. The blaze was extinguished with
little damage.
Burlington.
Miss Ruth Bokenkamp, organist at
the Grace M. E. church leaves Burl-
ington next Thursday on '6,000-mile
journey to the Island of Guam, where
she will be united in marriage to DR..
George b. Grow, specialist in the en-
pfoy of the U. S. government. Miss
Bokenkamp will sail with DR.. and Mrs.
Kerr, who are bound for Guam, DIR.
Kerr also being in the government ex-
perimental service in the interest of
science nthe island. The romance
which will soon result in the uniting of
these two young people started some
years ago in Burlington when DR..
Crow was in the city on visit with
relatives.
Davenport.
The employees Of the, Tri-City Rail
way company and j. G. Huntoon, the
company's superintendent, signed a
three years contract, whereby the
trainrnen. including the conductors
and motormen get a raise Of from to
Is per cent in their wages and the
other employees of the company in the
barn secure raise of from four to ten
per cent. The contract extends from
June l, of this year. The. new schedule
provides that men during the first year
they are employed by the company re-
ceive p cents an hour, during the sec
ond year, % cents, during the third
year. "a cents and afterwards &c cents
an hour.
Clinton.
The continued absence of .Morrell
Mackenzie, the son of Mr.. and Mrs. D..
B. Mackenzie, from this city. and the
Ia Of the authorities in the
surrounding cities to afford even
the slightest clue as to the where
abouts of the missing youth. has fur
Their increased the anxiety of his par
ents. Despite the activity of the rela-
tives Of the boy and the police depart
ment. not a trace of him has been
found ,si,,ce he suddenly LETT Muscatine
weeks ago. His disappearance has
been most complete and his continued
silence and absence give credulence to
the belief that he will not be found for
some time at least.
Strahan.
J. III. Shugart, an old bachelor hermit
of near Strahan, died suddenly Satur-
day afternoon. He had been to Imo-
gene, where he did his banking, and
Just as he stepped off the train at
Strahan on his return, he dropped
dead. He was seventy years Of age,
and had never been married. He owned
a farm of $40 acres and had a large
amount of personal property, leaving
an estate of probably $4,000. Efforts
are being made TO locate some rela-
tfves. Years ago q sister was heard
from in the east somewhere. and there
is rumor OF q brother in Colorado, but
/ no trace Of them has yet been found
It Is thought thst the man left no will,
and II relatives are not found, his
property win revert to the state.