Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-18
Northern Io1Ua Items

on the Pa cific coast The young men
will travel overland behind a span OF
mules. carrying their house on wheels.
Whenever they strike spot where they
desire to tarry, they will lift the little
domicile from the wagon top, set it
upon the ground for living quarters and
use the wagon in their work.
Ames.
The limiting by the state board OF
education that the hiring of big hall
for commencement exercises OF the l.
S. c.. was a needless expense, raised
a storm of" protest from the senior
class. There has been a lively time on
the campus The last week with many
mutterings from the students. What
the outcome will be is not known. The
seniors claim there is no building on
the campus large enough to accommo-
date the crowd.
Sioux City.
Because the characterization Of Shy
lock In "The Merchant Of Venice holds
the Jewish race up to contempt and
offends Jewish students. that play VIII
be eliminated from the English cur
riculum Of the high school. The board
of education. with DR.. Dunlavy dis
senting. voted Monday night to take
SuCn aCtlOH OpSCpil INAdNi Nv
clared Shakespeare portrayal gave a
false impression Of the Jewish race and
made 1t that much harder to eradicate
prejudice against the Jews.
Struble.
Ulrich Koch. who is employed on the
William Nicholson farm, adjoining
Struble. was badly hurt last week while
at work In the field. being run over
pDerape6 in
driving some spirited horses when
line broke Koch ran around In front
Of the horses in an attempt to stop
them from getting away. but was
knocked down and a section Of the
harrow caught him. cutting and bruis-
ing badly all over His lip was split
open and one of his eyes hurt He was
promptly cared for by a physician and
il is thought that none OF his wounds
IRE dangerous.
Sioux City.
! Owners of Sioux City's large build
ings have not been living up to the
law as regards fire escapes. The visit
of J. G. Walker, state inspector OF
factories and buildings. has revealed
this fact Mr.. Walker has not yet
compiled his tour OF inspection here.
but in the few days he has been at
work he has recommended many
changes, and property owners have
been ordered by H. L. Pecaut. assist
ant fire chief to carry out the recon-
mendatlons of Inspector Walker. The
law provides that an iron stairway
shall be installed for every $500 feet
of floor space. In buildings where there
Is not a direct passage to the fire es-
cape. the law provides that doors lead
ing to the escape shall be half glass.
Stone City.
over 500 carloads OF rock will BE-
torn out Of the earth by single blast
at Stone City, twenty-three miles from
Cedar Rapids. next week. Members OF
the city council, prominent local busi-
ness and professional men, and rail-
road men have been invited by the
managers of the Champion quarrfes
and the Iowa Stone Company to wit
ness the embryo earthquake. The blast
will be one OF the greatest ever made In
the middle west, and will tear out of
the earth a giant mass Of rock 70 feet
high, about 80 feet wide and about 40
feet wide. This will make about 10000
cubic yards Of stone, or more than 500
carloads Only five holes will be neces-
sary for the explosion. These will be
six inches In diameter and will be sew
enty-two feet deep. They will be load
ed with $500 pounds OF black giant
blasting powder. and viii be set OFF by
|electricity,