Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-23

Belle PLANE.
Ned Anna Castek is dead here of tet-
anus which developed following the
stubbing of toe two weeks ago.
Council Bluffs.
Judge Smith Mcpherson granted ar.
Injunction asked for by several Detroit
firms restraining the Des Moines Auto
Gas Company from refllling gas cylin-
ders belonging to the plaintiffs.
Council Bluffs.
Representatives of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and ST. Paul railroad company
appeared in the federal court house
and pleaded guilty TO violation of the
twenty-eight hour feed law. They were
fined 500.
Iowa City.
Friends of Carl Byoir, the Des MONIES
alumnus of S. U. l., who is preparing to
go to Columbia university to take lak'
are interested in big contract he mas
lust closed with an eastern automoolle
house. He has designed a neat calen-
OAR for the firm, and it will be issued
i'm 1912. The capital city man Will re-
ceive about $4,000 as his reward, IN
royalties.
Des Moines.
Iowa. club women will join in the
good roads movement in Iowa as re-
su1t Of a meeting Of the official board
OF the Iowa Federation OF Womens
Clubs. The club women will send dele
gates to the district conferences, which
are to be held soon in the interest OF
good roads. and will make plea for
the adjustment of sign boards along
the highways and for planting trees
along the roads.
Burlington.
John Daggett. Of Corning, aged %
years, was killed on the track near
Kemper station late Tuesday. The dead
mans mother and sister live at Corn
ing, and were notified by the coroner.
There were no witnesses to the tragedy.
Daggett was found beside the track
with hiss kull crushed. He had. been
sent back to flag trains. About month
ago Daggett came here and found en-
ployment as telegraph lineman.
Iowa City.
A unique situation developed Tues
day when the pcstoffice authorities dis
covered that there was not a single
postal card to-supply the demand In the
city The supply ran out IN the after
noon and next morning a big supply
was telegraphed for. 1t is somewhat OF
an odd circumstance for the postoffice
is considered by the majority Of people
to be an ever ready and ineXhaustible
store house for it's commodities.
Muscatine.
t. Grant Meyers, NJ. 7. d. located
here, was indicted by the grand jury
on the charge of practicing medicine
without state license and bench
warrant was served upon him by Sher-
IF Frank Benham. Subsequently ne
appeared in the county clerks office
and was released from custody under
bond of $500. DR.. Meyers conducts a
sanatorium on East Second street and
is known as the drugless and bloodless
physician.
OskaIoosa.
The atmosphere of mystery that has
surrounded the murder of the late
Charles Barrett is gradually clearing
and much new evidence has been dis
closed by officers working on the case.
They have secured statement from
Charles Barrett, Jr., and his younger
brother Sammy and from Mrs Barrett
herself, which warrants the holding of
Grant Brown, a brother of Mrs. Bar
rett, pending a further investigation of
the shooting.
Diagonal.
Andrew Fey!e. cf Diagonal. has ask.
ed the state food and dairy commission
to take action against a farmer who
sold him a wagonload Of green water
melons. He stated that he tried to
collect from the seller and that the
latter laughed at him. After looking
up the law, Assistant Attorney Tiff was
compelled to answer that the state leg
islature had not made the selling Of
this particular kind of green goods a
crime and the state can not intervene
Fairfield.
Jefferson county will have a fitting
memorial to the soldiers and sailors. if
as expected the voters favor 1t at the
fall election. The base of the monu-,
ment as selected by the G.. A. r., will
be about eight feet square by one foot
and six inches thick, to be placed on a
concrete foundation. The total height
will be twenty-one feet and six inches,
of the best Barre, VERMONT, granite
and surpounted by the figure OF SOL
der. Under the figure the panels will
have the emblems Of the navy, infantry,