Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-21

a, Merrill and blew the safe open. Sc
curing a small amount Of money ana
other v~a!uabies. and mad their es-
cape. A saloon at Merrill was also bur
slar!zed. The deputy sheriff OF Ply
mouth county vas notified and at once
took t:!e trail which led him 10 Sioux
CIV. Mar the Northwestern shops on
III. edge Of the town he found the
horses which had been riddle hard and
t-en abandoned. They were restored
- the owner. There is no c!le 10 the
aievss.
Sergeant Stuff.
When ?. r. Hall drive to divine wor-
shi1 a, Sergeant Buff Sunday night, it
DID not occur 10 him that he should
t4ke his two valuable lap robes from
his buggy and place then, in a safe
place during the services. Had he done
so. he would MT now IL minus the
robes. valued a, So. a reln-r was made
. the local police department. as
there is a definite clue to the identity
Of the thieves. II is known that an
auto headed for Sioux City stopped By
the church ard that a man Jumped out
ard appropriated the robes before any
enc could interfere. A charge OF grand
larceny. carrying with it a .pen!taneiary
sentence. will be fled against the
guilty ra-ty when caught. Hall says
hs viii prosecute the case 70 the limit.
Hartley.
TIE p"e-i.ion Of saloon consent hgs
been fled with the county auditor o.
O'B-:en COUNTY with 10 names over
the required number Of S. e cent.
The board Of supervisors has decided
70 canyas he petition on the first day
Of rs regular January meeting. which
viii he -he 3-d Of January 1911. This
will Civ tire opponents % the petition
about fifteen dayE in which to circulate
a re-nonstrance. Every ape in tha
county fought the petition except the
Hartley Jou-na! and the Sutherland
Courier. which ware neural. YER
town ard township gave from so to 90
per cent for the saloon. and in Caledon-
ia township every voter signed the Pc
1;tion.
Sioux City.
That within two weeks. Sioux City
and the surrounding territory will 5e
suffering a car shortage which may
have serious effects or business is the
prediction OF Sioux City railroad Off
Gals. With the heavy movement OF the
corn crop so far little difficulty has
been experienced excect in the distri-
button Of cars. Whea the first OF the
year rush Of coal shipments starts. and
the demand for grain cars increases, 1t
| is more than probable that a marked
: shortage viii result. With the begin
ming of cold weather railroads sent out
circulars asking that orders might be
placed early that the coal might be re-
moved from the docks and s%rorehouses,
but little attention was paid to these.
Oeiwein.
The appointment of W. B. collinsor
as postmaster AT OeIwein. closes a
noteworthy and prolonged contest fol
the Office. In January, Postal lnspec-
I tor Bates, in checking the office. dis
covered a shortage Of nearly $1,000 tE
| the of Postmaster Lew l
Sturgis. He was removed at once and
placed under arrest for embezzlemen'
after he had attempted suicide by
taking laudanum. He ecovere and
wa tried a few months later in thu
] federal court in Dubuque n was fin
ed the amount of his shortage, which
was paid. Sturgis had been postmaste,
at Oelwein for the past twelve years
the Office paying $1,000 a a salary
Following his removal, the bondsmen
placed a. N. Odell as acting postmaster
in charge and the Office since last Jsn-
uary has been under his direction
There were everal applicants for the
Office. but Representative Haugen de-
ferred action until last week. when he
came TO Oelwein to ascertain the
wishes Of the people concerning the
appointment. Collinson formerly was
blacksmith in the employ Of the Great
Western railway here.