Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-10
Southern Io1un Items

Mr. Brass laments the loss of his faith
full horse more than the building and
contents.
Iowa City.
Three members of the state veteri-
narians staff inspected the herd of cat
tie at the Iowa sanitarium in OaiSdale.
Drs. f. H. T. Edwards, I. w. Chandler
of Davenport and Thomas Downing OF
Washington carefully examined the
forty-six head of cattle for symptoms
of tuberculosis and found not a single
COW affected. The three veterinaries
unite in saying: 'Dr. H. f.. Kirschner.
the superintendent of the sanatorium.
proves what cleanliness and proper
precaution will do. He has a beautiful
herd of cattle perfectly healthy"
Council Bluffs.
Charlotte Dryden, county superln-
tendent of schools. has been taken up
the matter of interesting the pupils of
the public schools of this county in the
corn judging contest for children under
the supervision of the extension de-
partment of the state college at Ames.
The results of the contest will be de-
termined at the annual picnic at the
county farm near ,McClelland next fall.
This contest does not take the place of
the contest which has been held in
previous years for adults. They will
both be held together. The county
board of supervisors has set aside a
parcel of land at the county farm which
will be large enough for both con-
tests. .
Atlantic.
A. j. Gillispie died Friday of compli-
to-, in,
st. Augustine hospital at Chicago. sew
eral weeks ago. Mrs. Gillispie, who
has been at her husbands bedside
during his long Illness, arrived here
Saturday with the body. In 1895 Mr..
Gillfspie began to work on a device for
mechanically registering votes. and af-
ter several years he perfected It, and
it has since come into general use in
the larger cities of the east and some
are used in the larger cities In the
west Among other inventions by him
are a telephone and an electric street
lighting system. He was one of the
prominent and public spirited citizens
of Atlantic.
Council Bluffs.
That a bunch of Council Bluffs men
are likely to become bloated capitalists
|appears likely possibility If a copper
and gold prospect which they are now
developing near Prairie City Ore.
"pans out" as they expect. They are
not "panning" the prososition. but are
exploiting it,. A number of Council
Bluffs capitalists are backing them.
They have been offered nearly quar-
ter of a million dollars for their prop
erty, but have refused it. They expect,
I1x,bo ;e do1ya1nco6 ypi11
be worth much more than that sum.
Warren Sherbondy, a mining expert,
formerly living here discovered these
mines years ago and subsequently died.
but the assessments of $500 annually
have been kept up since.
Grandview.
Walter Shellaberger, OF Grandview,
had an accident the other night in
which his new buggy was badly broken
up. When mile out of Grandview he
heard whistle and saw the lights of
an automobile coming behind him. He
FASTENED his horse to get out of the
way but had to go down hill and
across a levy to a. bridge before there
would be room for the car to pass him.
Just when he got on the bridge the
car ran into him and broke his buggy.
1t was very dark. but he saw that one
.of the lights on the car was knocked
off. The occupants of the car did not
say anything but turned their machine
around and started swiftly back the
way they came. Young Shellaberger
fastened to his home and telephoned
the police in the nearby towns to be
on the lookout. The young men We're
caught about twelve o'clock when they
arrived at Let's. They live in Let's
but their names have not been made
known, and it is not yet decided what
will be done with them.