Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-15

shape, making an artistic map of this
state. There are sixty varieties of wood
in the map. Two pieces of wood used
in this map were taken from a mast Of
Benedict Arnold's flagship at Lake
Champlain. The map is on exhibition
in Columbus Junction, and has been
creating considerable interest, owing to
its splendid workmanship.
Dunlap.
]. r. Wheeler has some old freight
bills. paid when Mr.. Wheeler's father
was first in the lumber business in
Dunlap. One in particular is inter-
esting. 1t was for 5000 feet of lumber
from Clinton to Dunlap and the freight
was $3.50. Today it would be about
SIS for that amount Of lumber. The
bill was signed by S. NJ. Child. then
station agent for the Northwestern
railway, and the date was September,
1857.
Council Bluffs.
LAS result Of negotiation which
have been in progress since about the
first Of the year. the Western Iowa
College Of Council Bluffs was sold Sat-
urday noon to the proprietors of the
Boyles Shorthand school Of Omaha,
and will be hereafter conducted as a
branch of that institution. Elvin p.
Miller, who has been proprietor of the
Western Iowa College for six years or
line OF work and expects to locate in
Denver.
Iowa City.
| Work has been seriously delayed on
the new engineering shops at the state
university thru the failure of delivery
of certain supplies necessary for the
completion of the new building. 1t had
been calculated that the shops could
be completed and ready for occupancy
by Feb. l. Lack of lumber and other
materials made this impossible, how
ever 1t is probable that completion
can now be brought about by April Is.
However, students will not occupy the
shops until next year.
OskaIoosa.
The prevalence Of typhoid fever and
the persistence in the appearance of
| new cases is responsible for the inves-
tigation here Saturday by DR.. A. c.
Moerke, of Burlington, member of
the state board Of health The inves-
| tigation is being made at the request
of the Oskaloosa health officials The
officer recommended the observance of
sanitary precautions, and authorized
additional tests to locate the origin and
trace the Infection. From twenty-five
to thirty cases of typhoid fever are
now under treatment in the city. Sew
eral cases have resulted fatally,
Avoca.
The dredge boat with which work
will soon be begun on the ditch to be
! dug between Avoca and Oakland, a
distance of fourteen miles. has been
completed. The entire cost of this ditch
will be about 100000. The ditch will
! be forty feet across the top and twenty
! feet at the bottom and ten feet deep.
There has been some opposition to the
making of this ditch, by several farm
ers along the route. but so far nothing
| has been done to prevent the work
One farmer was heard to remark that
! the ditch would be an expense of ST.
000 to him but that he considered his
| land worth $4,000 more on account of
| this work.
! Atlantic.
Will Ward. at one time employed in
! the local baggageman at the Rock Is
land station. was arrested by Sheriff
Duval on warrant charging him with
lbootlegging. Ward has been coming
here frequently from his home in
Adair and when arraigned in justice
court he made no pretense of defense,
but frankly admitted that he had sold Ii
Quor contrary to law. His explanation
OF sales was to the effect that he would
lay down bottle Of liquor and walk
away and the thirsty Individual would
place the necessary amount Of cash in
| the proper place and carry away the
booze" In default of a fine Of SIS
he was remanded to Jail for twenty
two days.
Red Oak.
The roads Of Lincoln township
promise to be well taken care Of this
year. and other townships would do
well to follow the example of
Messrs. Samuel Morgan, Jr., D. T.
Evans and D. T. Morgan, trustees of
| the township. who have bought three
road drags and adopted a system Of
working the roads which ought to .ac-
complish good results. The township
vii! I'll sc divided into three sections ..a
each trustee will have supervision over
his individual section. Men will be en-
ployed thruout the season, one for
each drag. and the work will be In
dustriously prosecuted The drags cost
as each, and can be operated with the