Evening times-Republican., 1911-06-19

Blockton.
A barn belonging to Charles Hatton
was totally destroyed by fire, together
with a new automobile he had recent
| ly purchased. Fortunately no other loss
was sustained. The fire evidently orig-
| mated from a spark which ignited the
gasoline.
Centervile.
The ownership of strip of ground
| twenty inches wide, claimed by Simon
Streichman to be portion of his prop
erty. now is being contested in the dis
trct court The suit is brought against
the Grinspan estate. and Mr.. Stretch
man asks immediate possession of the
land and $3.50 damages.
Silver City.
]. T. Skerrill and r. K. and J, E.
Henderson arc hauling the material
with which to build foundations for
new silos on their farms. The s!los
| will be here some time this month and
will be erected as soon as they arrive.
These will be the first silos in Ingra-
ham township and If they prove to be
| a success many more are sure to be
| built In the near future.
cIarinda.
Fire destroyed about two.thirds Of
the long trestle to the approach of the
| K. & w. railroad bridge just southeast
Of this city across the Nodaway river,
and a heavy expense entailed upon the
company 1t is supposed to have caught
fire by sparks falling in the weeds from
the passing engine soon after II o'clock
and 224 feet Of the span was totally
destroyed
Des Moines.
Silas A. Erickson. student at High
land Park College, was arrested by
Detective Denholm on the charge OF
passing bad checks on several Walnut
street credit clothing stores. A check
was found on Erickson when he was
| arrested. All the checks were drawn
on the Ames State Bank. The young
man claims that his parents live in
Ames, and that he owns considerable
farm lands near Ames.
Davenport.
Twenty pheasant chicks are the lat
est addition to the Davenport zoo. and
caring for them is taking up altogether
too much time in proportion to their
size, as it Is necessary to feed them
about once an hour, and to give them
delicately balanced ration of hemp
seed, canary feed. lettuce and custard.
in such small quantities that none of
1t will be left after each meal. Raising
pheasants is such a difficult task that
most of the parks give it up in despair.
West Liberty.
A mass meeting was called at the
city hall by Mayor Mackey in relation
to the reservoir and deep we'll pump.
It was we'll attended by the taxpayers,
business men and all others interested.
It was decided to erect a reservoir that
will hold 100000 gallons Of water and
also to install deep we'll pump. A
discussion followed on how money was
to be raised, which was decided that the
amount be collected by individual Sc
curity.
Clarified.
AS Mrs. Dan Kinney was driving to
town in her automobile she met a load
ed wagon a mile north Of town. She
was coming with such speed that she
could not stop the machine 30 suddenly
and the road being too narrow for then,
to pass the only thing she could dc
was to turn the auto off the high en-
bankment into the ditch. No one was
hurt and a few minutes work by the
mechanic set the auto again in work
ing order.
Davenport.
Twenty-seven owners OF dogs. bis
and little, were served with warrants
by members of the police force, notify
ing them that they are charged with
harboring dog which was not muzzled
and for which the city license had not
J been paid- A few OF the owners ap-