Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-14

Britt.
ID. j. Miller has purchased a general
interest in the Citizens Bank of Britt
and on Monday morning took a posi-
ton in the bank as cashier.
Spirit Lake.
Sixty acres Of oats on the farm of r..
F. Cook near Spirit Lake yielded an av-
erage of ninety bushels. The seed is
known as the Swedish r~egenerated oats.
! Seven kernels were imported from that
country a few a ago.
Waterloo.
During the early hours OF Saturday
evening the home of Frank Lyons was
entered by hoLse providers and ransacK-
ed from cellar to garnet. AS near as
can be learned o nothing with the
exception of the key to the front door
was taken. Everything was In disorder
when the family returned.
Sioux City.
With the icy waters Of the muddy
Missouri gurgling and swirling 0
his neck Martin Olson was found Sun
day morning lear the foot of Iowa
street nearly dead from cold and ex-
posture. He was rescued by Patrolmen
Garside and Pfaff and aiken to police
headquarters. where he speedily thawed
out. A charge Of i~ntoxication was
placed against him. How Olson came
to be in the river is not known.
Iowa Falls.
Three cases of scarlet fever are re-
ported In town. Fred Krieg and Les
lie Reed of the college ave been sick
for a number of DAYS but have beer
properly quarantined and are getting
along all right. Lloyd Simpson of the
-,,fl:, ,.l,@ A. n1en ,v,os III M ci1lx y-ifh
the same disease and is ~quarantined at
home. 1t is not anticipated that there
will be any trouble with the spread OF
the disease.
Ida Grove.
Some effort is being made here to Sc
cure a milk condensing factory. Ly-
man Wilcox. of this city, is the prime
mover in the enterprise. He has been
in correspondence with people in the
east with a view to inducing them to
start a factory. 1t is believed that milk
could be produced cheaper than in most
other parts of the country and there is
every reason to believe that such 2n
enterprise would be successful. The
business men are evincing interest and
an effort will be made to interest the
farmers.
Cedar Falls.
In a trial tina consumed nearly the
entire day in police court II. C. Peter
son. night ticket agent for the Illinois
Central, was found guilty or a charge
Of assault and battery on Information
signed by Mrs. Jack Byce and fined $40
and costs. Notice of, an appeal was
served. The case was the result of some
trouble several nights ago when a a
by h name Of Christensen OF Cedar
Falls. father Of the lady who filed the
charges, entered the Illinois Central
depot on Water street and in the trou-
BILE that followed he was elected by the
agent.
Sioux City.
James p. Hart. a veteran OF the
Mexican war n Of 1S49. who. made a
stake in h gold fields of California,
died here. For the past two years he
has been helpless. Mr.. Hart was born
in Boone county, KY. and enlisted as
a soldier during the Mexican war from
Madison. md. at the age Of % years.
He came u Of the war unscathed. He
then struck pay gravel in California
and returned with a good supply Of
nuggets. MI. Hart settled in Plymouth
county about twenty-nine years ago,
and later upon q farm In Crawford
county, eight miles south Of Danbury.
He is survived by his wife and nve
children.
Milford.
This town has a big school war. Some.
& a plan to consolidate the town
school and the township district m
Milford Il situated carried.
Judging frem MORT shn matter was
contested In the district court ana :tfie
suppofterg 81 consolidation : The