Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-04
Northern Io1ua Items

, vorced and that they decided to make
a try of it again. They left town for
| Council Bluffs, where they will make
their future home.
| Whiting.
An echo meeting Of the recent lay
mems missionary convention in Sioux
City was held here Saturday evening
I blythe Methodist society in the opera
house, q banquet being given to the
men and women of the church. Dis
trict Superintendent r. T. Chipperfield
and VIII O.. Clough, of the Sioux City
Tribune, made the principal addresses.
1t was one of the most enthusiastic
meetings in the district since the great
convention Of laymen.
Dubuque.
What is believed to be conclusive evil
dence of the cause Of the recent fires
in Dubuque, developed Monday, when
Walter Smith, aged %, a local charac-
ter, was arrested after six distinct fires
were discovered in the Grand Opera
house, in which a band was giving a
concert Monday afternoon. Smith was
seen coming from the basement of the
opera house and taken into custody.
Put in the "sweat box" by the county
attorney, Smith declared he wasn't the
main guy in setting fires to the build
ings. Later he admitted he was.
Boone.
Henry Bell, the bundle boy for the
Wilson Dry Goods Company, was very
painfully injured Saturday evening
about eight o'clock while returning to
the store. He had gone to the First
Nationals reception and had just step
ped to the curbing IN route back to
his work, when a machine whizzed up.
Bell did not have time to dodge and
was knocked to the pavement, a deep
cash being cut on one of his legs. The
boy was knocked fiat and it was some
moments before he was able to get up
n go to the store. He was taken to
a doctors office and given medical aid.
Webster City.
/. The fall of the Boone River Is suffi-
Gent to develop water power enough
to supply the power and light needs
of Webster City. This. is the report
first made by George D. Dobson. secre-
tary Of the state drainage, waterways
and conservation commission, who has
just completed a survey of the Boone
river from Webster City to its mouth
DopSoi Iouiiu ALdt lie SlTcdIl
had a fall of 104 feet from Webster
City to its mouth, and for a distance OF
seven miles north of Webster City has
a fall Of tw~enty-four feet. With the
establishment of reservoirs to regulate
the flow OF the water, power houses
can be erected which will furnish all
the power and light needed by cities
along the river.
Cedar Falls.
Late Saturday afternoon Miss Agnes
Wolf, aged Is, suffered a very severe
injury to the spine in falling from the
roof of the family residence. It was
at first thought the injury might prove
fatal, but the young lady rallied after
a couple OF our and it is now thought
her cover will be complete. The
young lady, along with several other
persons Of her age were having their
pictures taken by one of the party Who
had a camera, and in order to be a
little out of the order.of others, she
playfully suggested that she would
climb onto the roof Of the house and
while e~ndeaporing to reach the root
from the ladder she slipped and fell to
the ground, striking in such a position
as to badly sprain the vertebra and
the young lady unconscious
for some time.