Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-18

received cash prize of So and sold
the ear to Henry Schnechloth for Sc.
\. Will won So cash for the best
bushel of oats and Fred Meyer won Sa5
for the best bushel OF barley. Ida
Grove has asked the authorities at
-Ames to hold short course here next
December
Crystal Lake.
y 800 acre farm a mile south of
CRYSTAL Lake was bought at So by H.
Z. Harsrove of Dcs Moines and was
sold to Mr.. Babbut of Waterloo for
$40 per acre, an increase of so an
acre in forty-eight hours The deal
showed clean profit of 1920 Land
in this section is booming and prices
are advancing more rapidly than they
have been for years.
Forest City.
Many of the citizens of this place
witnessed demonstration OF peat fuel
conducted at the office of Willard
Secor, BY Messrs. L. j. Weadock and
j. Harry Kniseiy. Jr., representative Of
the National Fuel & Gas Company,
which was a Very satisfactory demon
stration in every way. Ii is proposed
to erect plant in the vicinity of Forest
City for the manufacture of this fuel
sufficient to supply the local demand,
and at Il price that would reduce the
fuel bills of the consumers in this
locality.
KimbalIton.
The Faabors & Teaklesen store and
contents was burned to the ground
about . o'clock - m. The fire started
in the basement. AT first it was
thought the fire could be extinguished
before it caught the upper floors so
piles of snow We're shoveed down thru
the basement windows, but soon the
fire reached the open kerosene tank
and with that almost all hope and
chances We're gone to save the build
ing. The people carried what stock
out of the upper rooms could be found
in the dark. for the lights were not in
condition to work. as the gasoline had
been removed. Much of the goods
saved was afterwards destroyed by the
burning wood falling all around.
Danbury.
Creditors aplenty are said to be in
terested, not SO much in the where
abouts of j. r. earl" Smith, as in the
wherewithal to settle the claims they
have against him. Frank Eremeier is
interested to the extent of $500 for rent
OF his farm northeast of Danh1iry that
Smith rented the past year j. \. Behn
wants $3.50. claiming that he advanced
Smith $3.50 on 1000 bushels Of corn
and has been damaged to the eNtent of
500 by his failure to deliver the corn.
lie also accuses Smith of obtaining
money under false pretenses George
j. Rrag is holding a claim for mer-
chandisc furnished Smith of something
over 500. w. W. Crane, of Battle
of $50 or $50
Forest City.
The grand jury was in session two
days and returned three indictments,
one against Ole c. Anderson and two
against Oscar Holland. both OF Lake
Mills. Anderson was indicted for the
alleged passing of Il forged check for
$40 on the Scar Mercantile Company.
1t was charged that Anderson purchas-
ed $40 worth of goods and rendered
the forged check in payment Holland
WIS ltlulcttu on one count iof nav lIS
forged the check which Anderson pass
ed and on another for having furnished
liquor to a habitual user of intoXicants.
\ peculiar feature in this connection
was the fact that in the preliminary
hearing fo Anderson at Lake Mills
Holland was the informant and furn-
ished the Information which bound An
derson over to the grand jury.