Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-19
Northern Io1ua Items

Clarence.
Clare Long. young farmer residing
near here. narrowly escaped death
while at work in the hay field Friday
afternoon. He fell behind the team.
Both wagon and loader passed over his
body and he was terribly injured
! Nora Springs.
The rye field Of Frank Klinetop, and
several acres of oats in the shock were
burned by fire said to have been set
by a passing train. Mr. Klinetop was
cutting the field at the time and had
to work rapidly to save his harvest.
The loss will exceed $500.
Prairieburg.
Edward Dolan. of this place, fell from
the top OF a hay loft in his barn, to
the barn floor below, a distance of forty
| feet. He was slightly bruised by the
fall but luckily escaped injury by
alighting in a small pile of hay. His
fall was caused by the track in the
hay carrier breaking.
Carroll.
Carroll is to have a gas plant. if the
people grant q franchise as proposed at
the special election to be held Aug. Z.
The mayor and council have approved
the ordinance granting the franchise
and if the people ratify it work will
be commenced at once upon installa-
ton of the plant. The same company
has plants at Ames and Newton.
Sac City.
F. E. Gordon, secretary Of the Sac
County Farmers Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Association, reports the following
losses by lightning In the recent storm
Ralph Prentice. Wall Lake township,
mare and two colts, 1925: Angus Nc
Corkindale, Clinton township. mare
and one colt, s175: Mrs. Christina Nc
Lean, Clinton township, horse and
heifer. $145.
Rockwell City.
The Andrew Wood creamery plant
was sold to j. II. Bradt for $4,000. The
plant was sold at a receivers sale for
the purpose of liquidating a part of
the Indebtedness Of the defunct COM
pany. The price for which it was sold
does not by any means represent the
actual value Of the property. In adj
dition to the building and machinery,
several valuable lots and three and a
half acres of ground passed to Mr..
Bradt for the above considera ton.
Webster City.
Archie Campbell, drainage contract
or had very narrow escape from
death and sustained quite severe in
ternal injuries recently. when seven or
eight tons of dirt caved in on him while
he was digging in the bottom OF a
drainage ditch about seven feet below
the surface of the ground. But for the
fact that he was standing erect when
the cave in occurred. 'Mr. Campbell
would have been killed outright, as the
dirt buried him up to the neck.
coIesburs.
H. A. Mallory on his return trip from
'McGregor recently, had q narrow es-
cape from serious automobile wreck.
1t appears that just as he was about
to descend hill he lost control of the
heavy machine he was driving. When
he saw that he was unable to check
the speed of the machine he jumped
for his life. The huge car soon landed
in the ditch by the road side, wreck,
while the owner was badly bruised. 1t
is stated that Mr.. Mallory neglected to
apply the brakes at the start Of the
hill, and after the car gained speed was
unable to get it under control.
Boone.
Dale Saunders, a little son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Saunders. living in
Douglas township, was quite painfully
injured few days ago. The lad in
company with other children was driv-
ing his Shetland pony into Madrid and
had reached the corner near the Hook
residence in the northeastern part Of
that place. when the animal became
frightened and ran away. The boy
was thrown out OF the rig into a
barbed wire fence and cut by the
wires. The boy was Immediately taken
to a doctors office where the injuries
were dressed. None Of the wounds were
of n serious nature, altho they caused
the lad considerable pain.
Fort Dodge.
Miss Agnes Hilton, who resides on a
farm few miles west Of town had an
experience with a party OF Joy riders
Friday evening while driving to this
city. AS Miss Hilton was driving by