Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-21
Northern Io1ua Items

lows Falls.
Will Davidson. q farmer living in
Butler county. has made 1872 more
than enough to pay his years rent,
from seven acres Of potatoes this sea-
son.
Mason City. '.t..
John P. Anderson, Of Clear Lake,
was fined $3.50 by Judge Clark after
pleading guilty to maintaining a liquor
nuisance during the past season at
Clear Lake Sidney Lee of Ventura.
was granted permit to sell liquor Mt
Ventura. ia "a
Mason City. e es4-,s , 7~..7s
Plans for the erection OF ans opera
house here on the site Of the Wilson
theater. burned a few weeks ago, have
been accepted. The building will cost
about $37,444 and will have seating
capacity OF 1894. The plans show a
perfect system of ventilation with
eighteen exits. The building will COM
mence at once and committee was
appointed to begin at once the canvass
for sale OF seats providing guaran-
teed opening sale Of SIS, 900.
Sc. Anssar.
The Gilbertson Seed and Herb Com
PAW has Just completed the gathering
of their ginseng crop Of this year.
About 81 900 plants were dug, up and
Welded one hundred and fifty bushels
of roots. On the basis of the present
quotations they are worth $3.50 per
hundred when dried The total value
of the output for the year will be
about $4,000. There is still over two
III In hat
arbor.
Northwood.
The Hartly Dairy Association has
dissolved and the property Is to be sol't
to the highest bidder on Dec. 10, next.
Possession to be given the following
first day Of January. President Lo-
berg and Secretary Ryerson say that
this does not mean that they are going
out of business, the Hartly Dairy As
ISOLATION is too proud Of its record to
do that, but the movement is made
for change in the plan of~organiza-
ton and this plan was thought best to
adopt. -
Sheldon.
There is a movement on foot in this
CITY to have about twenty blocks OF
street paving put in. commencing as
early in the spring as work can he
done. 1t has not been decided what
kind Of paving will be put down, but 1T
is likely that it will he made Of con-
crete, Many members Of the CONNER
cial club feel that once few blocks
OF paving is laid, it will be demanded
on all the principal streets Of the city.
There has been something like mile
of new water mains put in this year.
and several blocks supplied with sewer.
Dubuque.
A trial which promises TO absorb pub
lie attention for the next few days
comm enced when the work of securing
a jury in the case Of John Dickson,
charged with incendarism began. Dick
son is indicted on two counts--one the
burning of the Standard Lumber Com
pany's yards last May the other at
tempting to burn the Dubuque Casket
Companies lumber, yard in June. That
the two fires in the Standard Lumber
yards and the fire in the SPAIN Rose
yards last summer were the work OF
,, an incendiary is believed generally
Nearly 100000 worth Of property was
destroyed.
Dubuque.
Since the order from Des Moines an
nouncing petty gambling was to be
stopped there has been unusual activ-
ity in cigar and candy stores where the
dice game and rattle have had place.
To give additional force to the decree
Chief Of Police Reilley and his men
have commenced systematic investi-
CATION OF conditions, notifying pro-
priieettoossss .:,se~e games Of chance had
held sway that the end is at hand. The
closing UP OF the various "sideline" op-