Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-20
Northern I01ua Items

Webster City.
P. W. Lee has sold his farm OF 12o
acres two and half miles north of
town to Mr. Richards, farmer res1d-
Ing north OF Williams. Consideration
$3.50 per acre.
Britt.
An all around change has been made
| in the management of the farmers CO.
opera tive elevators here. Hugh Mullin
has resigned and will go on the road
! for a grain company. Ralph Whitney
goes from the NJ. & ST l.. depot over
to the c. NJ. & ST. P. and Peter Holm
goes to the NJ. & ST. L. house.
DysrsviIIe.
A valuable dairy cow belonging to
Glenn Wilhelm. who resides near here,
was killed Saturday afternoon by a
stray bullet. presumably from the gun
OF a hunter. When the milking was
done in the evening, Mr.. Wilhelm
missed the cow and upon investigation
found her in the river dead with 4 bull
let hole in her breast.
Jefferson.
The fine field Of winter wheat raised
by George Schultz on the Captain
Head acreage in the northwest part Of
town. which has attracted a good deal
of attention during the season. was
tllreshed recently and yielded upwards
of 400 bushels OF fine wheat, or an av-
erage OF between twenty-five and thir-
ty bushels to the acre.
Thornton.
Ole Nelson while working on the
Dane church southeast OF Thornton.
came near meeting his death. when he
started to descend from his position on
ladder about twenty feet from the
ground. He made step down and
missed the rung Of the ladder precipi-
tating him to the ground. In the fall
he received an ugly cash in the fore
head and several bruises.
Badger.
At the annual meeting Of the Far
mers' Elevator Company. of Badger,
which was held recently, the mana
gers report showed the company had
done an immense business the past
year. More than 100000 bushels of
grain had been handled thru their lit
tie elevator of only $4,000 bushels ca
pacity A net gain Of Al per cent was
shown by the report.
Bernard.
According to later reports Of the fire
which nearly wiped out the town Of
bernard on july =, COnSlueTtLDle money
which was In the residence at the time
of the fire was lost. Mrs. Dennis Me
han was the heaviest loser in this re-
spect She lost $3.50 in currency, which
H.s hidden in the house The ..e:c-
bers Of the family were gone to a
Fourth OF July celebration when the
fire occurred, hence nothing was saved.
Denison.
Hon II. c. Schroeder died at his
home in Schleswig. and was buried in
the Grant cemetery In Ida county. He
was one OF the foremost representa-
tives of the German citizens Of this
county. He was q member Of the leg
islature from Crawford for two terms.
and chairman OF the board Of super
visors when the court house was built.
The funeral, held at Schleswig, was
very largely attended.
Greeley.
While Charles Clute. one of the most
widely known farmers OF Delaware
county. was driving to his farm Sum
day afternoon to take, a look at his
harvested fields of grain, he sustained
injuries from which the attending ply
sicians say he can not recover 1t APP
pears that Mr.. Clute had started for
his farm from his residence in Greeley.
shortly after dinner. accompanied by
four or five Of his neiRhbors, and when
n short distance out Of town the wheels