Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-24

! The local Woodmen order Of this
] place gave literary entertainment and
basket social The proceeds. We're
i 5000. one-half Of which was given to
the Luverne band.
| Dubuque.
| The board Of supervisors has decided
upon a bond issue to fund the floating
debt of Dubuque county of $4,000. The
bonds run ten to twenty years at Az
per cent interest
Mt. Vernon.
The Burge sale last week drew a
big crowd. and proved a very success
full sale. A new high water mark was
esta blished on single animals, one ami
NAL bringing $685.. This is the highest
price ever paid at any Linn county sale.
Danbury.
A stock company. formed OF local
men, some of them farmers. has pur-
chased the big lumber yard formerly
owned by William Schepf. This makes
the second lumber concern Of Danbury
that is owned by local capitalists. Each
yard has in the past carried on an i'm
mense business.
Dubuque.
| The Mystic Shr1ners OF northeastern
Iowa are to have a. big meeting in Du-
buque, Friday, May g. This was de-
cided upon when E. DIN Soule. of Iowa
Falls. potenate of FL Kahir temple OF
Cedar Rapids, was In the city and
completed arrangements with local
| Shriners.
DEBORAH.
/ The appeal case of Law and Order
League against the decision OF the
board Of supervisors of Winneshiek
county. in which decision the board
declared the mulct petition sufficient.
was reversed by Judge Hobson of the
district court who. having carefully
canvassed all the evidence found only
62A per cent on the petition of con-
sent. Hence saloons We're not entitled
to operate.
Sioux City.
| T. Il. Will will have to go way back
| and take a rear seat when it comes
to duck hunting for Ex-Police Judge
Sam Page. George Yeaman and J. w.
Gray have established record which
may send the strenuous one for an
other trip in the wilds. The three
hunters are sure the handy things with
the trigger. as seventy ducks, two geese
and one swan attest to their prowess.
The game was bagged in two days
hunt along the Missouri river.
Wesley.
! The sale of full blood Hostein- Fries
ian cattle held at the Emil Wester
farm drew out large crowd of fancy
| breeders. there being over 200 breeders
| here from outside points and the stock
sold at fancy prices. the COWS going as
/ high as $1S5 and yearlings up to 800.
| The clerk of the sale. Mr. Doerfler in
| formed us that the receipts would total
enough to make an average of about
500 per head, including calves and all.
This is only another illustration that it
pays to keep the best of stock
Manson.
| Two important land deals were
closed this week. when DR.. Seymour, Of
Fort Dodge, bought 100 acres OF the
Harvey Griswold land. east of town, for
800 per acre. and Henry Stienburg
bought the old J. T. Kelly farm, north
west Of town. for a good round price,
which is not for publication, but pretty
well up into figures. Mr.. Stienburg
bought the farm for his permanent
home and everybody who knows him
and his excellent family is pleased
that they will remain here.
independence.
|
found dead in the home Of his son, B.
w. Tabor. He was pioneer. had lived
here since 1854 and was prominent as
a physician and druggist. In the early
days he gained wide acquaintance in
this part of the state thru his practice
OF medicine. Many Of the pioneers en-
gagged him as their family physician
In 1869 he and his cousin Judge Stephen
Tabor, established drug store. The
Judge had a son. Stephen Tabor. Jr,
but he died some time ago. DR.. Tabor
was the father OF two children. but only
b. w survives. A daughter, Mrs.
Alice Tabor Little. is deceased.
Sioux City.
1t will cost s55s,o00 to run the city
government next year. That is the es-
innate Of the city council, which adopt
ed a resolution making appropriations
to the various funds. The adoption of
an independent resolution does away
with the time hohored Contingent"
fund. In the future tho money which
has been in the contingent fund will
90 into the general fund The largest
single appropriation Is for this merged
fund-S1ss,ooo. From this all salaries