Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-02
Northern Io1ua Items

ltaest and largest haul made was at the
farm of Orvan Jones, west OF town.
when over 200 fowls We're taken. The
family had been away over night ana
the wholesale thieving undoubtedly was
engineered by some, party who had the
deal all figured out and was only wait
ing for clear sailing to make the haul
Cedar Falls.
J. Z. Mayo, of New Hartford, has
purchased the 200 acre farm of George
B. Tuthill, now of Pasadena, Cal, two
miles northwest Of Cedar Falls. The
consideration was. g$1S,000. Frank II.
! Mathews has bought the Frank Sher-
ger property at the corner of Washing
ton anG Twelfth streets The consid-
Grafton was $4,000 Mr.. Mayo will take
possession of the Tuthill farm within
short time. but Mr.. Mathews does not
get possession UNTIL the first of the
coming April.
Hawarden.
Plans now under way for the ection
of an opera house and armory building
| in Hawarden, which will cost In the
Ineighborhood Of $1e;600, will adequate
! " provide the town with a feature
which has been felt to be necessary
for some time. For the purpose OF
| financing the enterprise a stock COM
pany is being formed;with $4,000 of the
stock already subscribed. The need OF
an adequate opera house and auditor
| ium in Hawarden has been felt for
number Of years. as no place is sur
ficient at the present time to accom-
modate large gathering
Sioux City.
The most markede demonstration of
Halloween in police circles was when
eight goods from Morningside College.
dressed and masked to initiate ethereal
beings. at their own solicitation were
Monday night taken to the city jail and
locked in the woman's ward for a per-
! iod of fifteen minutes. at the expiration
of which time they were perfectly Will
ing to leave the headquarters and go
hack TO their respective homes and
rooms At the corner Of Fourth and
Doue,ass streets the girls encountered
+, no,iceman. One member Of the crowd
annroa ched the dienified emmissary of
tho law and dared him to take the
marty 10 Jail and Jock them up. Taking
| the Joke for what it was worth. the
! ro!iceman escorted the young women
| TO the station house and locked them
Inn He then left them alone with their
noise. When he went to let them out
they we're gayly dancing over the pris-
on floor.
Lake City.
| On Wednesday morning the Calhoun
county Y. NJ c. A. pulled off their
ANNA, cross country relay run from
Rockwell City TO Pomeroy. via MAN.
son. n total distance OF twenty-seven
miles Rockwell City boys carried the
message from ore OF the officials. adj
dressed to County Secretary Atkinson
at Pomeroy. from point three miles
south of Rockwell City to just halfway
/ between the starting point ana Man
con in 50 minutes, IS seconds, the dis
lance being just nine miles. Eighteen
,Iarson bows then traversed the dis
lance of nine more miles 70 manson III
20 minutes. IS seconds. The Pomeroy
runners then took the message from the
Manson BOYS and delivered 1t to Mr..
Atkinson at Pomeroy. nine miles in "a
| n,irrtes 81 seconds. Enthusiastic
orow1s lined the course for the entire
distance and schools were dismissed to
,,..+ch the run. The Rockwell City
team made slightly the best time.
Waterloo.
\ Moore openly detied Judge
I "a 1dwell in ponce court MoHuaS, dp-
soluteIv refusing to pay $50 fine and
ca ine he would not serve street sem
tence. The judge then ordered the
man placed in solitary confinement
and his diet restricted to bread and
water Moore said the menu suited
him and that he would grow fat on it
and was led back to his cell to await
the serving Of the next banquet. Moore
vas arrested Oct. % on complaint of
civ Plumbing Inspector w. H. Jen-
nish who charged the man with
MINIMIZING without a city license. When
arrested Moore was taken out of a
gambling house and this added offense
caused Judge Caldwell to fine him $50,
the same to be paid In weekly INSTALL
ments TO the mans wife for the sup
mort of herself and two children. Moore
said in court he didn't want any man
dictating how he should run his house
and not only would he not pay the fine,
hut he would never do q days work for
the city in his life.
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