Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-28
Orange City.

Orange City.
According to figures compiled by
Recorder Jongewaard, Of Sioux county,
the price Of land in the county for the
past three years averages $91.S3.
Ida Grove.
George Horn was overcome by the
heat while doing some painting. and
fell from the ladder on which he was
standing. AS he fell. he dislocated a
bone in his wrist.
Fl. Dodge.
Altho a strike for higher wages in
terfered with the work of preparing the
streets for the new pavement, the grad
ing gang is back on the job. The Bry-
ant Ford & Laughlin Company. which
is doing the work, allowed a raise of
twenty five cents a day, onehalf the
amount asked for by the strikers.
Cedar Rapids.
The corn fields around Cedar Rapids
are in fine condition at the present
time. They are almost entirely free
from weeds. The stand is good. consid-
ering the bad seed corn and the draw
backs of the weather. The hot wealth
err of the last two weeks has brought
the corn out to wonderful extent
The corn. except on some' high and
sandy soil has not suffered any for
want of rain.
Mason City.
Commander H. S. Dyer, of Mason
City, has announced the following Off
GERS for the Iowa Grand Army depart
ment for the ensuing year: Assistant
adjutant and Quartermaster general. d.
J. Newman, of Cedar Falls; senior aide
and chief of staff. j. H. Stevens. Mas
on City: inspector. w. +. Harvey, Os-
ceola: judge advocate. H. NJ. Harmon,
independence: chief mastering officer.
L. L. Caldwell, DEBORAH; patriotic in
structor, W. A. n. Burah, Clear Lake.
Waterloo.
c. A. Diitz. a travelling man from Ce-
dar Rapids, was slugged and beaten on
his way to the depot al an early hour
Saturday morning by William Hog
land, who was run down by citizens
who witnessed the affair. Hogland did
not want to rob Diltz but was jealous
because Diltz took his sweetheart bug
gy riding. Diltz is said to be mar
ried man. Hogland was fined 500.
Diltz is held by the police, charged
with improper conduct He pleaded
not guilty.
Aurora.
The home of Frank Milky. four miles
southwest of Aurora, was completely
destroyed by fire. Milky and his wife
had gone to town. leaving their four
sons at home. The boys lighted a
kerosene oil stove to heat the dish
water and then went out in the yard.
The stove exploded. setting fire to the
house. Help was summoned, but ev
erything was so dry that the flames
could not be checked A few pieces Of
furniture were saved. The loss is
heavy one, as no insurance was car
ried
Lehish.
no opposition to the extension Of the
limits of Lehigh which
matter was taken up by the council two
weeks ago, and the question will be
voted 6h by the citizens interested on
July s. E. J. Breen, president and gen.
eral manager of the Lehigh Pipe &,
Tile Company. considers it an injus-
tice to his company in asking them to
be included in the extension. Mr.. Breen
considers that the extension was made
TO include his plant for the purpose of
taxation.
City.
F. c. Runkle. principal Of the Stan
hope schools, appeared before the joint
sessions of the Hamilton And Webster
county boards OF supervisors held here,
asking them to appropriate a little
money to assist in the erection of a,
marker at the grave Of Mrs. John
Henry Lott, the first white woman 20 |
lie IN this part OF low. Mrs lott
came to this coutry with her husband
over sixty years ago and was Killed by
he Indians in 1S49. Her body was
buried In what is now the vegars GEM
.tery, about three miles north Of STRAIT