Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-12
Northern Io1ua Items

, and thaws of the ground that killed the
roots of the wheat plants. In spite Of
] the bad record of the past winter, Mr..
Bennett believes that winter wheat has
made a place for itself in this section
and that it will grow in popularity,
since it has been demonstrated that 1t
can be satisfactorily grown here.
Waterloo.
With his mother, Mrs. Dwyer, at
Cedar Falls lying dying at her home
in that city, Phillip Dwyer her son,
was picked up by the police here late
! Monday evening in answer to the mes
sage from that city asking them to To-
cate him as his mother was dying. He
was sent home on the next car, not
knowing but That when he arrived there
| he would be too late. Young Dwyer
| left his home Sunday and did not let
his friends or relatives know where he
was going. In the meantime his moth
err, residing at 705 Grant street, was
taken ill and S o'clock in the evening
when the police station was notified,
her death was expected at any moment
Dubuque. ~a- 50
AT meating (Which was held in
| Chicago, and which.tWas attended by
| the insurance men interested and by
representatives of the Hotel Julien
Company, a. satisfactory adjustment
was reached relative to the loss sus-
tanned in the fire which swept the down
town hosiery month ago. The Of
! fetal statement of this fact was given
out altho no figures are to be made
| public. 1t is understood. however, that
the arrangement which has been reach
! ed is eminently satisfactory to all the
parties concerned Manager Mcguire
announced that large force of men
will Immediately be put to work clear
| ing away the debris, and contractors
will be on the job at the earliest pos
sible moment with the initial steps to-
ward getting things back to normal
conditions.
Waterloo.
! Preliminary work is under way here
both by the saloon men and those OPP
posed to saloons for the circulation of
, petitions among those who voted at the
last general election. The saloon men
Will endeaVor to secure a general pub
lie renewal of consent for the next five
years, and the church people and 9TH
ers who believe the city would be bet
ter off without saloons will circulate a
remonstrance petition. This contest
promises to be the most exciting of it's
kind the city has ever had. Views
differ as to whether the saloon men
will be able to muster the necessary
80 per cent. There are those who claim
they will have difficult task. while
others are equally positive that the ma
jority OF those who voted at the last
general election will favor the legalized
saloon.
Wesley.
The buildings on the Fred Corey
farm, one and one-half miles west of
town. were destroyed by fire originating
in the barn, located a short distance
east of the house and altho help was
at once summoned by phone and
reached there before the house caught,
no water was at hand and it was i'm
possible to save the buildings. Part of
the household goods were removed, but
it was impossible to save all. as q
strong southeast wind drove the fire to
the house in a short time and the en-
tire row of buildings. including barn
32x4S, house 16X22, ell 14x16. corncrib
and henhouse, We're entirely consumed
in very few minutes. Mr. Corey had
just completed these buildings and, as
he only carried $1,000 Insurance on
them his loss above that will be fully
$500.
Ida Grove.
Rev. Walter Torbet. of Algona, will
succeed Rev. w. j. Carr as superin-
tendent of the Ida Grove district of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Such is 1
the information received from Bishop
j. +. Berry of Buffalo. n. Y. who
made the appointment. Rev Mr.. Torb-
ct. who now is in his fourth year az
pastor of the Algona Methodist F.pis-
copal church, viii be succeeded there
10y Rev. +. {. Taylor, of Kingsley. Rev
Mr.. Carr resigned the superintend-
ency of the Ida Grove district May 1
to go west with his family to look after
business interests and TO visit his
aged father in Seattle. Wash. Rev. Mr.
Torbet, who will assume his new dut-
les at once, has been in the Methodist
ministry for twenty years, He has
held successful pastorates at Sergeant
Bluffs and Sac City. and was for two
years field secretary Of Morning Side
College His successor at Algona, Rev.
Mr. Taylor, is young man. who
formerly was located at Ireton.
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