Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-22

duce the number of foremen. BY the
change to the three sections referred
! to there will be two less foremen,
which will be a saving of $110 per
month to the company, as the foreman
received $50 per month. With the aid
of the section motor car it is thought
that the men will be able to accom-
plish as much work as they did under
the old system with two additional
foremen.
Jefferson.
A bad farm fire occurred at the home
of w. A. Mcdonald, in Hardin town
ship. Members of the family were
awakened at 1 O'Clock by the glare Of
the flames, and rushed out to discover
that the granary was a mass of fire,
and one end of the big horse barn was
burning. 1t was quite useless to at
tempt to put out the blaze, so atten-
ton was directed to saving horses,
farm equipment and other buildings.
Neighbors were reused and came to the
| assistance of the Mcdonald family, and
all the horses. the big cattle barn. and
| the house were saved. The granary.
double corn cribs, buggy house and
horse barn were entirely consumed, to-
gether with 1900 busf1elsssof ccrn, a
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a portion Of the implements. The loss
| will proba bly, reach $4,000 or more. and
Is covered by insurance in the Farm
ers' Mutual Company.
Mt. Pleasant.
II. Newton Wright, republican candi-
date for county auditor. was the victim
of severe, tho not especially danger
Gus. accident He had been out to the
| farm Of John Kopp helping to harvest
hay and was making first class head
| way until he fell off load. He had
driven into the barn lot to unload when
the accident occurred. In some way
| the double trees broke and the sudden
stop Of the way threw him to the
ground and as a result he has sprain-
ed arm and his face is minus piece
of outer skin the size of a free silver
dollar. Altogether he Is dilapidated
| looking man and one would hardly rec
| ognize him. The force Of the fall to the
ground rendered him unconscious for
! half an hour. However he will be as
| we'll as ever in few days with the eX-
ception of his arm which will be dis
abled for some time. His friends are
congra tulating him On his fortunate es-
| cape from a more serious accident.
| Failing as he did it is a wonder that
| his neck is not broken.
keokuk.
! Henry w. Duncan and his son Ray,
former we'll known residents by Keo-
kuk, met death few days ago by
being overcome by fire damp while
working in a wen near Girard, Kan A
blast which had been placed had failed
4 to ignite and the following day the
son went down to put in a fuse. A
neighbor boy was assisting him, but
remained at the top. He soon learned
that something was wrong below and
ran to notify the young mans father.
who was blowing in a field near by.
The ladder came and descended into
the well on a ladder that had been
placed for him. but had hardly reached
the bottom of the we'll when he, too,
was overcome, and like the son. as
sumed sitting posture. Neighbors
were at once summoned and came to
the aid of the men. One of them was
let down, but came near meeting the
fate OF the Duncans and was quickly
hauled to the shurface. The bodies
were finally secured by dropping looped
ropes into the well and Sharing"
| them,