Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-08

distance Of about four feet One Of
the men who was watching the pro-
ceedings and who was waiting to cap
ture the thieves made a noise and
frightened them away
Musoatins.j
AS she was about to board car for
the Rock Island depot. where she In
tended to leave at noon for Denver to
visit her son. Otis. Mrs Henrietta
Borgstadt, Of Houser street. received a
brief message announcing that his
death occurred the previous evening.
Spencer. i'S"
Clay county teachers to the number
Of 142 adopted a resolution condemn
Ing the Cowles- Ritter bill as an un-
warranted interference with the pres
emit certificate laws, and a lowering OF
educational standards.
Fairfield.
Judge Eichelberger granted nine d.
vorces Tuesday afternoon, out OF eigh-
teen on the docket. This is the great
est ni,r,aa,. Or ycf 1ivorc-s granted In one
day In the history Of Jefferson county
Thursday morning at the opening OF
! court the case Of w. q. Burkhart vs.
G. w. Moburg, appeal from contest
court for the office OF auditor Of JET
ferson county. was commenced before
Judge Eichelberger. It Is quite prob
| able that this case will last a week or
longer. and will be one OF the most
stubbornly fought cases which has been
tried In Jefferson county courts FOR
years. 1a'
Baxter. edw
D. w. Smith was adjudged insane
Mr.. Smith is nearly 90 years old and
has been a resident Of Baxter for thir-
ty-six years. His property will amount
to something like $4,000. He has wor-
ried considerably over his worldly
goods, fearing that he might be re-
duced to dire poverty. His great age OF
course, has more to do with his pres
ent condition than anything else
Charles Burdick has been appointed
the old gentleman's guardian. Mr.
Smith will not be taken to the asylum
at present He will remain in his home
and will be cared FOR by trained
male nurse.
Ottumwa.
When the court OF Judge Vermillion
receives the arguments for and against
the consent petition - operate saloons
In Ottumwa after July the case will
assume proportions that will embrace
the life Of the brewery. II the board
finding is reversed and the Judgment
Of the court says the consent petition
Is not sufficient, then both saloons and
brewery will cease operation July 1.
II the petition Is sufficient, then n pc
tition will at once be circulated for a
consent to run the brewery along with
the saloons. II the petition is nulled
then a petition for the brewery opera
ton becomes unnecessary.
Mount Ayr.
The Mount Ayr Commercial Club
has contracted with C. Ray Moore, a
seed corn expert living near Kellerton.
Iowa. to conduct a boys corn raising
contest in Ringgold county this year.
Tho club has guaranteed him money
enough to make 1t one Of the greatest
corn growing contests for boys ever
held in the corn belt. The contest will
be for an acre yield ana will be con-
Guided at Il corn ss:.o,-S- SC 30 heia &:
Mount Ayr in November. when the
commercial club expects TO have more
than $4,000 to award to the boys in
prizes. the prizes being awarded so
that practically every boy in the con-
test will receive some kind Of pre-
MUM.
Dss Moines.
william Gracey ana Earl Gracey, Of
Des Moines. and Mrs. Mary Wilson
Ehlers, Of Atalissn, arc among the
more than ono hundred persons who
are claiming share Of the 800. 900 es-
tate Of the late Matilda Walden, who
died in Los Angeles, Cal. Aug. Fl.
1908, leaving NO will and no known
heirs. When II became noised abroad
that the state would revert to the
state school fund II no heirs put In
an appearance, there was An immedi-
ate food Of the claims hled. Even at
the present, two ana . hal1 years after
the woman's death. new contestants
arc coming In. ana because Of these
persons the probate judge has made
another postponsmsnt Of the hearinS
to prove heirship. Pending the outcome
OF The night FOR the estate Il u grow
ins at the rate Of 9s.eeo . gear. the IL.
come from rentals OF business proper
~ in the heart Of the retail district
OF the city. The Iowa claimants set
forth that they are grandchildren Of
an aunt OF Mrs. Walden.