Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
News of GrinneIl and Vicinity.


Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Jan. 5.-The annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Mutual
Home Loan and Savings Association
last evening was we'll attended in spite
of the storm and deep snow. Much in
terest was shown in the report of the
secretary, which showed the present as
sets to be $235,939, with interest earn
ings of $15.144; expense of $3.50 and
dividends of s12,916. The gain in as
sets for the year has been $4,000 and
surplus over all liabilities of Sc,
was declared. The present amount of
mortgage loans is $233,517. The people
have faith in an institution in which
they are partners, whether borrowers
or lenders, and the applications for
loans to build homes in this city are
much beyond the present ability of the
association to supply. The election of
officers, in which 1850 votes were cast,
resulted in the following board of dl-
rectors for the year 1910: j. F. Wilson,
B. Jenkins, A. c. Hartman, D. w.
Brainard, o. T. Frisbie, A. Mcintosh,
and j. w. Rapson. The meeting of
directors for the election of the officers
day evening of next week.
The dates set for the terms of the
superior court of this city for the pres
ent year are as follows: Feb. Z, March
I, April 4, May 2, June s, Aug. 1, Oct 3,
and Dec. S. The following list of jurors
has been selected for the February
term: William Mcdowell H. j. Speth,
Fred Kingdom, and NJ. w. Swisher,
from Grinnell; John Byers, H. H. Cox
and Robert Beard, of Montezuma;
John Wesley Jones, of Malcolm; John
| Corrough, w. A. Polk, and H. w.
Davidson of Brooklyn; Charles
Swecker and Charles Sherwood, OF
Hartwick. and William Fisher, of
Barnes City.
Arrangements are being made for
evening lectures during the week OF
the short course here this month, to-
gether with an evening of music and
one of the old fashioned spelling
schools. The county superintendent
of Poweshiek and Jasper counties are
working with City Superintendent
Eugene Henely, of this place. to make
the spelling schools a success and
large number of pupils are enrolling
DR.. E. A. Steiner, of this city, is en-
gagged to deliver one of the evening
lectures and will take for his subject
something entirely new for him, The
Farmers of Other Lands 1t is hoped
that State Dairy Inspector H. G. Van
Pelt, of Waterloo, can be secured for
a lecture on clarifying"
d. W. Brainard the weather man OF
this vicinity, furnishes record for
December that will tax the memory OF
the oldest inhabitant' to equal. Out
of the thirty-one days of that month
ten saw the mercury below zero. The
maximum average was $3.50 degrees;
the minimum average, $50; the mean
average. IA, the highest, on the sec
ond, was 40: the lowest, on the 29th
10 degrees below. There was a rainfall
of and 9100 inches and snow fall
of 81 inches. There were but - cleal
days with 16 cloudy ones. Sundays
or mock suns were plain on the 18th
Sth, 18th, 2Sth, and 29th. Taken al
together. as a matter of weather mere
ly, there are very many that are glac
it is forever gone. The poor have suf-
fered and the supervisor and overseel
of the poor here have been kept busy
The recent annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Newburg Savings
Bank elected the following board of di-
rectors for the present year: John
Newcomer; P Y. Fuller. Ralph Sher-
man, A. K. Murphy, Robert Madill
James Lowrey, and George H. Hamlir
of Grinnell. The directors also chose
the following officers: President Johr
Newcomer; vice president, P. Y. Full
err; cashier, A. K. Murphy. A prosper.
Gus year is reported, with good pros
, poets for the future.
Mr.. Arthur Magnusson of this city
and Miss We're Royce of Malcom were
made husband and wife at the bride:
home tn Malcolm on Wednesday last
Rev. A. L. Crull officiating. Only inn
mediate relatives were present. The
newly married pair came at once t.
} Grinnell, where they will make theil
home after brief visit at Lansing
/ where the parents of the groom are
D living. Mr. Magnusson is a clerk in the
} A. D. Talbot drug store of this city.
w. C. Boyle, clerk of the board fo
Washington ownship, has issued a cal
for bids for doing the road work fo
the township for the present year Thu
. bids are to be opened on the 21st o