Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-01

Nevada.
Attic the Nevada Postal Savings
bank has been in operation for several
days, but two people have avalled
! themselves Of the opportunity Of de-
posting their money with Uncle Sam.
Wavsriy.
Albert Kerns, Of Franklin township.
brought evidence to the county audi
tors office showing that he had killed
twenty-four rattlesnakes. The bounty
is so cents for each Of these reptiles
killed. Will Ambrose brought wolf
in Dayton township. a few days ago,
Waterloo.
Allan w. Steeley of Bennington
township, feels well satisfied with his
yield Of winter wheat. The ten acre
field yielded thirty-six and one-half
bushels an acre, machine measure. and
the crop has been sold at the local
mills for 50 cents bushel. The pro-
ceeds Of the ten acres was therefore
$2sO.25, or little more than SIS an
acre.
Cedar Falls.
Articles Of Incorporation Of the
Western Old Peoples Home Of the
Evangelical Association have been filed
with the county recorder. naming Co
dar Falls as the principal place OF bus
mess. The object of the organization
and other worthy persons admitted by
the proper authorities Of the associa-
tion."
Fort Dodge.
Apples are to be exceptionally good
this year. w. C. Haviland. the pioneer
apple man. is busy every day with
about fifty pickers and a number OF
others who pack the apples and help
him harvest his crop. They are send
ing out about car load every other
day and will be busy until the end
Of next week. 1t is one Of the heav-
lest crops of apples that he has had
for some years.
Vincent.
Emil Denchlau, farmer living at
Vincent had team Of horses backed
up to a threshing ma chine and was I'M
loading bundles. One Of the horses
while switching its tail caught 1t in
the belt Of the machine and had 1t
completely torn of. The horses started
to run but one Of the men near by
managed to get a hold Of the lines be-
fore they had run very far and stopped
them. The horse is recovering from
its misfortune.
Monticello.
1t is reported that the coal sheds
at Lowden are slowly settling and that
their sudden collapse Is expected at
any time. All Of the workmen were
ordered from the sheds last week and
left in hurry. It was first reported
that the sheds had toppled over but
such a report proved false upon inves-
tigation. The sheds at Stanwood are
being filed to be used in case OF an
emergency.
Spirit Lake.
Arthur Smith, the 14-year- son Of
DR.. F. ]. Smith. Of Des tMoines, 10 in
the race for Marathon honors in Iowa.
To tack up notices for the Okoboji
Protective Association. he ran afoot
clear around West Okoboji. a dis
lance of. thirty miles. in three hours
and thirty minutes. He estimates that
fully thirty minutes were consumed in
the work of lacking notices. leaving his
record for thirty miles at the rate Of
ten miles an hour continuous running.
II. A. Maynard was called to the J. \
NJ. Miller farm to treat lumpy Jawed
COW. The doctor" went out with his
kit Of tools expecting to perform an
operation. but when he got there and
took look at the COW he diagnosed
the case as something besides lumpy
Jaw. He got an old clevis and put this
In the animals mouth and pried her
mouth open 20 he could get his hand
back into her throat and then went to
exploring with his fingers. and finally
got hold Of piece Of barbed wire,
which he tore loose and pulled from
the sufferers mouth. The wire. J