Evening times-Republican., 1911-07-12

Mr.. and Mrs. AdOlph Baldini, July 2,
girls; Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Newkirk,
July 5. boy and girl; Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Donaldson, July 6, boys.
Carlisle.
The ST. Paul and Kansas City Short
Line. which is the official name of the
| new Rock Island branch which is being
| built from Carlisle to Allerton. last
week filed the deeds for the land over
which their right of-way will run thru
| the county. Forty deeds were recorded
for total Of 236.45 acres The total
paid for the land was $55.35s75. The
| average price per acre was $234.l1. The
| price ranges all the way from a little
over $500 an acre to less than 5000 an
| acre.
Burlington.
Rev. L. w. A. Bjorkman, who for
seven years has had charge OF the
Swedish Mission church in this city
! and West Burlington. left last Friday
for Red Oak. to which place he had
| accepted a call some months ago. The
local churches mentioned feel deeply
| their loss of their beloved pastor. Rev
Mr.. Bjorkman is not only a well edu-
Gated man. but an eloquent speaker,
and man who lives up to his teach
1ASo. oJ AAS 4uASl anu
manners he won the love and respect
OF all who knew him.
Corning.
The question Of municipal owner
ship of the electric light plant was
settled by popular vote and was
answered in the negative, thirty -one
favoring the proposition that the city
own and operate its own light plant
~l,;1
One unique feature of this election was
| that the women voted, or rather were
allowed the privilege il they so de-
sired Only thirty-nine availed them
selves OF the privilege and of these only
five were in favor of municipal owner
ship.
| Muscatine.
Thieves who have not as yet been
apprehended. gained an entrance to the
city hall building Sunday evening" and
| the office of Police Judge Carl Monday
; morning presented an appearance as
tho a small cyclone had visited the
court. Nothing Of Importance is miss
, ing. and 1t is the belief that the in
vaders had as their object the recoy-
cry OF quantity of booze" which it
was thought was stored there The in
truders ransacked a trunk, the property
of w. c. Roy, throwing the contents
about the roor.. Entrance was gained
thru a rear wi2dow, which Is located
but a short distance above the remains
OF a shed which extended along the
west side Of the municipal structure.
ottumwa.
Claiming that her husband deserted
her In Chicago seven days after their
marriage, leaving her without money
and means OF support. and thus fore
ing her to beg from strangers and
from the hotel keeper. Elizabeth
Kruger filed a petition in the district
court for divorce from her husband,
Emil Kruger. She states in the petit
ton that they were married Nov. g..
1910, and Immediately after her hus-
band persuaded her to go with him to
Chicago. After their arrival there she
alleges that he deserted her. just one
week after their marriage. She further
alleges that he left her without funds
and that she was forced to beg from
strangers for support and from the ho-
tel keeper where she and her husband
| were staying. for shelter. She alleges
that she was compelled to write to rel
atives for money to return to Eldon.
ottunwa.
Aug. Is, 1911, IS the date set for the
completion Of the new filtering system
now being installed by tho Ottumwa
water works and shortly after that date
the consumers Of water in Ottumwa
can expect to have water that will
| analyze 80 per cent pure. This Is a
statement that many may doubt. but
q visit to the busy plant south Of the
race on wapello street will convince
the greatest skeptic that the water
| works trustees are bending every ef-
fort to hurry the work Of Improvements
that the city of Ottunwa will have a
water supply second to none in the
state The immense sedimentation bas-
in, holding 100000 gallons Of water, is
now under construction, the four Ill
tration tanks or filters, are practically
completed, and the large. clear water
basin in Central addition needs but a
week more and 1t will be completed
and ready for the reception OF 5000
00n ~allona of water.