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

Sale of "cady Corner" Insures New
BuiIding-'Phone Rates to Be Raised.
Special TO Times Republican.
Crinnell, March 12-The fourth large
deal in real estate on single block
of Fourth avenue in this city has just
taken place In the purchase of what
has been known as the "Cady Corner.
by Clifford & Manly, who recently sold
their fine two story brick on the north
side of the avenue to the Merchants
National Bank. The Cady property has
q frontage Of fifty feet on the avenue
and eighty five feet on Main street ana
is a very desirable site. The buildings
are old and are at present occupied as
a candy kitchen on the corner With a
moving picture gallery and a barber
shop in the small buildings adjoining
on the east. 1t is understood that Gift
ford & Manly will put up a building to
cover the entire ground space, that will
be credit TO the locality. With the
new store building projected by Swish
er Brothers Immediately east of this
site and the replacing Of about the last
remnant of the old fashioned plank
walk by the modern cement, Fourth
avenue will begin 10 compare favorahly
with the best on Broad and Main
streets.
Some communications have recently
appeared in the local papers from the
pen of the manager of the Interior
Telephone Company of this city. ex-
planning the necessity for a rearrange-
ment Of their mechanical facilities and
an increase in rates charged to sub
scribers This has led to some dis
cussion as 10 the character Of the SER
vice given and a desire on thu part of
some patrons that they be given better
| service, in which case they will not OBJ
ject to a higher rate. This demand
seems to come with special force from
the rural communities Who have here
| tofore been getting their service at a
ridicuIously low price The present
prospect seems to be that a complete
REIMBURSEMENT of both rates and service
will soon be made TO the ultimate re-
lief of all parties concerned.
The matter announced in these coll
umns a few weeks ago regarding the
formation of Farmers Cooperative
Creamery Company at Jacobs switch
on the Montezuma branch of the Iowa
Central is still alive and being pushed
with vigor W. F. Reed, of Cedar
I'd Plus mas DtpL tHSdStu ~ tame
charge of the new plant, and machinery
will be installed as rapidly as possible.
The company has an authorized capital
of $4,000 and plans TO begin business
on April with paid up capital
of $4,000. In addition TO the handling
of cream and manufacture of butter,
cheese and ice cream, the company
proposes to handle coal, grain, lumber,
aorrio,l+1roI elements N yI-a1,a
feeds of all kinds for stock. and general
merchandise. This VIII make Jacobs
an important trading point and draw
corr espondingly from Grinnell and
Montezuma
Prof. H S. Conard of the chair of
botany in Iowa College is the only pro-
fessor from the west who has been Sc
lected as one of the board of instruct
ors at the Marine pathological la-bora-
tory of the BROOKLYN Institute of Arts
and Sciences at Cold Spring Harbor,
n Y. during the summer months and
he will begin his work as soon as pos
sible after the close of college work
here.
John Ahrens. Jr, will soon ship his
goods from Chamberlain, S. D., where
he has been farming for some years.
back to good old Iowa and occupy the
Rousall farm near Newburg.
Mr. Emmett Sittrell and Miss Clara
Thomas. both long time residents of
Rock Creek township, We're married
near Newton last week and are at home
to their friends on the farm belonging
to Mr.. Wayne Young, which Mr.. Sit
treii has rented
/ The men of the Tuesday Club work.
| ed up a fine surprise upon their wives
/ last evening with a social program and
/ a banquet given in the OIL Fellows
/ hall. There are forty members of the
] club and this unique surprise enter
tainment by the men Of the club comes
at intervals of four or five years with
sufficient delight for all concerned to
| last thru the intervening time
/ Mrs. F. r. Porter. who is soon to
leave for her new home on a farm near
( Albert lea, MINI. is an active member
I of the Women's Relief Corps of this
city and on Thursday afternoon the
sisters of the corps planned and ex-
ecuted a surprise for her by presenting
themselves at her home with the usual
we'll filled baskets of provisions. The
social hour was followed by a banquet
to gladden. the palate as the compan-
tionship gladdened the soul and Their
President Barr of the corps presented
Mrs. Porter with a beautiful souvenir
SnOof