Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27
Southern Io1ua Items

/, number of years ago, he lac since oeen
/ ,honored by being elected to he Of
| flee Of Justice Of h peace. altho he d,d
not wish the Office. However. he was
generally considered to be an unusuai-
ly fair and level headed man, n LOT
[ this reason the community insisted on
| his taking the place.
creston.
Mrs. Sarah H%illsberry, a frail little
woman. and two little girls, 5 n IL
! years OF age, are rande in erosion
after coming; all the way from
ILL.,, to work as housekeeper for a farm
err near here. After arriving Mrs. Hills
| berry was unable to find n trace OF
the man and was forced to apply to the
! police for help, as she was absolutely
without money to buy o or shelter
for herself or her little ones. The po-
lice believe that the woman came to the
wrong town and are in communication
with several other places in an attempt
to locate the farmer. Since arriving
here. Nellie. the little 5-year-old. has
been wondering what Santa Claus was
going to bring her.
Ottumwa.
w. Harry Field. cashier of the Farm
ington Savings bank, will after the
first of the new year be employed In
the post Of cashier of the bank at Val
ley Junction. having rendered his res
isnation to the directors Of the meet
ing the board. This information will be
received with no little pleasure by the
many friends of Mr.. Field. whose bank
ing career started in this city. Another
change is to become effective Jan. I,
1911 in the Pennington bank. when
~Judge-elect F.. NJ. Hunter retires from
the presidency to assume his place or
the bench OF the second judicial dis
trict. ]. B. Mowery has been elected
to succeed Mr.. Hunter. +. f. Johnson
of Stockport has been selected to sue
coed Mr.. Field.
Hamburg.
f; NJ. NJ. Payne OF Hamburg is spend
ing $4,000 in a thing experiment in
his Missouri bottom lands. He is TIL
ing about 5000 acres. In the past farm
ers on this bottom nave held to the
opinion that there was not fall enough
to successfully drain the land. Mr..
Payne's experiments will therefore be
watched with much interest. Some OF
the lines Of thing will start -four miles
from the ditch. Cement tile is used and
ranges in size from five inches to two
feet in diameter. The old elevator at
Payne Junction has been converted in
to a tile factory and the work of man.
ufacturing will continue thru the win
ter. There is much swampy ground on
the Missouri river bottoms which sue
cessful drainage woul convert into the
most fertile farms in Iowa.
Des Moines.
William f. Lee, roadmaster of the
Keokuk division OF the Rock Island
railway. and for many years a resi-
dent of Keokuk, died at his home in
Des Moines after an illness of ten
days duration. He was seized with a
severe cold and finally an abscess of
the head developed and the latter pro-
duced death. He had been engaged in
the railroad business all his life. He
was associated with the management
Of the old Missouri. Iowa and Nebraska
railway in h construction Of that road
and was also connected with the Keo-
kuk and st. Louis line. For thirty years,
nearly. he has been roadnlaster of the
Keokuk division, the position he occu-
pied at the time Of his death. He lived
at Keokuk until his removal to Des
: Moines about ten years ago.