Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-21
Northern I01ua Items

, soliciting members for stock. in order
| to see what can be- edone. and if the
project is feasible. TT has been found
| that the lodge can secure at once a
tenant for the double front, or could
rent three fronts for long term, so
there will be no trouble on the point
| of securing tenants. The lodge plans
to sell stock in the building to none
but members.
EstherviIle.
At a recent meeting of the Esther
vile Poultry Association the following
members We're elected as officers for
the coming year: President, w. f..
Coon; vice president, James H. Ran
som; secretary and treasurer, George
II. Lyman; assistant secretary, Fred A
Robinson; superintendent, j. F. Utz;
executive committee, Arlands Tough,
P. S. Slime, j. F. Utz. George Lyman
j. H. Ransom, C. K Allen, C. HI. Brown,
w. F. Coon
Lake Mills.
A building t50x50 and husking sheds
120x4S will be erected here with the
opening of spring by the Lake Mills
canning factory, which company has
been reorganized after a business his
tory attended with a measure of pros
perity for nineteen years. From 100000
cans of corn, which was the annual
output of the present factory, the new
concern will have a capacity for 1900
900 cans per season. The company will
offer Sc per ton for corn the coming
season.
Ida Grove.
Rev William n. Yates. pastor Of the
| Ida Grove Church of God former presi-
dent of Findlay College in Ohio deliv-
cred two sermons in reply to the book,
"The Calling of Dan Mathews" DIR.
Yates sent written invitations to the
editors and to a large number of nom
church going men to come and hear
him, and the church was packed. Rev.
Mr. Heron Of the Omaha Theological
seminary, attended and pronounced it
a mastery defense Of the christian
church and the christian ministry.
Waterloo.
J. Sundberg. of Whiting, president Of
the iowa Corn Growers Association.
was at the corn exhibit here and told
how he had succeeded in breaking all
records in raising corn. He holds the
record for one acre. raising 1873 bushels
of almost perfect corn to the acre last
year He explained his method of test
ing the seed, in order to insure a prac-
tically perfect stand. This" contin-
ued Mr. tSundberg sis merely sample
Of what can be done in the way of rails
ing the acreage yield if the proper care
is taken in selecting the seed. I do
not say the method employed In plant
ing the rows is practical farming, but
it was merely to demonstrate how
much the acre could be forced to yield
If the proper care was taken"
Miller.
The 1O-year- son Of Mr. and Mrs.
w. G. Hallett, of Miller, was seriously
injured at the home Of his brother on
the farm few miles southeast Of the
village. In some unknown manner he
received injuries that may prove fatal.
AS far as Is known he was in the barn
feeding the horses when he was seen
coming out with the blood running down
his face. Upon Investigation It was
found that he was suffering severely
bruised head. "A physicians was sum-
moned from Forest City and upon ex-
animation it was found that he had
apparently been kicked, the base OF the
skull being crushed making a depres
sion abort two inches long by one inch
wide, the brains and blood oozing out
A portion OF the cracked skull was re-
moved and the wound dressed as best
as was possible.