Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-27


sus last year. This enumeration deter
! mines Jefferson's share in the temper
| airy school fund, which is distributed
each year in proportion to the number
| of persons OF school age in each dis
| trict. The enumeration as given above
indicates a much larger population
than Jefferson showed in the recent
| census.
Fort Dodge.
In his report to the state board of
equalization, County Auditor J. L..
! Hanrahan places the total assessment
against personal property and real es-
tate at s34, 030,s23 this year az against
a valuation OF $33.12s.457 for last year.
The report also gives interesting fig-
ures concerning the number OF head Of
stock in the county and their valua-
ton. In the assessment for 1911, horses
| lead the list OF valuations OF the differ
| ent live stock animals In the county.
County assessors have found there are
14,027 head OF horses in the county.
valued at sS3S,s17.,- The assessment Of
| last year gave the number OF horses
| as 1882 with value Of $S23,572.
Lake Mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Conley with their
| worth to Forest City to spend Sunday
| with MT. wadsworth's son and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. wadsworth are two
hearty people SO and Sc years old. re-
specially. They came to Lake Mills
in the early pioneer days and have
helped and watched tho development
and progress Of the county for nearly
fifty years. Mr.. wadsworth has made
the trip at various times and in var
ious ways. He has gone when there
were no roads or no bridges: he has
gone on SHANK horses" with an OK
team. with spirited horses and on the
train: and has lived to ride In Gear
riages without horses"
AckIey.
Frequently there has been a discus
sion in the newspapers over the Oldest
blacksmith in the state, but there al
ways seems one who can beat the other
either in actuality or is able to tell
little bit the biggest story. Nothing
has ever been said about harness max
ers, but L. Stanton wants to enter the
list as the oldest harness maker In
actual and continuous service in one
place in one place in the state of Iowa.
He has been located in Ackley for the
past forty-1ve years and has hardly
skipped a day In that time from actu-
al harness work. In fact he says that
he has been In "the harness" all the
time This Is starter, who can beat
it.
Monticello.
Anamosa. Iowa must certainly have
been on the outs with the stork during
the year 1910 for only eight births were
reported there during the year Month
cello. altho it IS not as large as Ana
mosa, has three times as many new
corners and leads the county with
twenty-five births Greenfield carries
OF the banner for the townships with
a total OF nineteen visits. Wyoming Is
another town which this 5tork evidently
dislikes for out Of population OF al
most 500 only two births are reported
Tho most remarkable showing how
ever was made at Scotch Grove where
with a population OF not more than
forty people. there are sixteen births
reported. The total for the county was
2s7.
Oeiwein.
Information was filed with City Mar
shall Chivington Saturday morning to
the effect that Fred Willard had skip
ped out by the light Of the moon with
the wife of another man-destination
unknown. but It IL thought that they
were headed for st. Paul on a night
c. G. W. passenger. 1t Is a very sad
case. as he left his wife and two chill
dren in practically destitute circum-
stances-90 cents being the sole
amount in the family exchequer. He
had been employed till recently as a
car cleaner by the c. @. w. people,
and quit his Job few days ago. While
it is not positively known that the
woman In the case, Mrs. Bert Mcqueen,
went with him. 1t is known that she
left home at the same time. and 1t
10 held likely that they are together.