Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-03

which they case the mail Wednesday,
Mr. Bolton went to Omaha and was
examined on his knowledge Of the Of
fees and connections in the state OF
Nebraswa There are 1.O51 postoffices
and connections In the state and Boil
ton cased the cards for these offices
in thirty-six minutes without an error
making a perfect record with an aver
age OF 29.l9 cards per minute.
Carroll.
Those having IN charge the mule,
petition report, rsuceess In their cam
vass and are Confident that the neces-
sary 65 per cent Of signers will be Sc
cured and enough In excess to make
any culling process that may be ap-
piled out of the question They say the
towns have responded with greater lib
crafty than expected. nearly all Of the
business men looking at the subject
from the standpoint that the regulated
and taxed traffic is to be preferred to
the bootleg system.
Davenport.
The sinking Of the steamer r. B. was
due to the work of vanaals and not to
defective hull. The steamer-wilich
has been used for two seasons in the
| Moline Bettendorf ferry service and
which was found sunk in the Moline
harbor near the entrance to the lock
| has been raised. A door leading to the
engine room which has been securely
| fastened for the winter was found tn
! have been broken open Vandals. pre-
|. sumablv boys. entered the engine room
! ami opened q valve which caused the
water to enter.
| NJ arengo.
+, Miss Mary F.. NcEachran. who was
i elected county superintendent Of iowa
! county ut the recent election was in
stalled in her, office Thursday She
would have the office the first Mon
! day in January by virtue Of her cleo
ton but the present incumbent. Mari;
, Mullin. resigned to take effec, Dec.
and the board OF supervisors appo,n.e ed
Miss McEachran to act for the remain
der OF his term. Never before in the
history Of Iowa county has woman
held county office tho for many
years women have been eligible as re-
corder and as superintendent
! Palo.
! Wednesday morning at the home
Of Peter L. Patterson. four miles
west of Palo, occurred the death OF
Charles. the infant son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Patterson. He was 3M month.
old and was i'll but a short. He died
while Mrs. Edith S. Brown was hold
| ing him in her. arms. She did no,
know just when he died The circum-
stances made it more than an ordi-
nary case. The parents, being Chris
ton Scientists. did not summon a
/ ply stefan when the little fellow first
became Ill and they stated that they
did not know that his condition was
serious until 1t was too late.
Sidney.
While the Oklahoma, Texas and
western land agents are singing songs
to the Iowa farmer OF the wonderful
! opportunities to be found In their par
ticular country for the accumulation
of wealth. what is being done in this
state should not be overlooked. Mrs
w. w. Butler, who resides some miles
south of here. during the month OF
(, october churned from milk Of Ave
cows 1875 pounds of butter. for which
she found ready sale ut a good price
At 30 cents per pound 1t amounts te
$3.50. With the cows valued at se5t
they would have to be MIXED onl,
seven months to pay for themselves
or as the real estate agent would say
to earn 100 per cent on the investment
ana In only seven months. Jerse,
cows are the choice OF Mrs Butler fol
butter making.