Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-07
Northern Io1ua Items
Abbott.

Abbott.
The elevator here has been taking in
considerable shelled corn the past week.
AT one time there were three corn
shelters running in the neighborhood.
Hubbard.
The old building occupied by the
Hubbard State Bank has been torn
down and a new $1,000 stone front will
be constructed at once with all modern
conveniences.
Iowa Falls.
The Illinois picnic is getting to be q
great day in this vicinity. People turn
out in great numbers and there is al
ways a good program Of speaking.
music. and street amusements. The
date set for this years picnic is June 20.
Whittsnaore. :,
The big water tanks for the Whites
more water works system have arrived
and it IL expected that all the ma
chinery will be here in short time.
Work on the building is in progress
and will be pushed to a rapid COM
pletion.
MeGrssor.
DR.. j. A. Walter was the lucky find-
er Of nine grain high button pearl.
Monday. The pearl is almost round
and Of a very beautiful lustre. The
doctor clans a little in his spare time
and had been out only a half hour
when he made this find.
FIuested.
The people Of F1ugsted and vicinity
have recently been busy securing
capital for the purpose Of building q
new farmers cooperative elevator. A
sufficient amount of stock has been
subscribed for. and the intention Is to
commence the building Of the new
structure as soon as possible.
Buffalo Center.
The school board in district No. in
Lincoln township met the last of the
week as they had advertised for bids
for selling their present school build
ing and for building new one. Not
even one bid was submitted for put
ting up new building and they had
but one offer on the old building and
that was rejected.
Fort Dodge.
The Des Moines bands and one at
Sioux City will have another chance
to bid for the commission as official
band for the Fifty-sixth regiment. !. N.
G. Adjutant Harry Blomgren has re-
ceived orders from Col. w. T. Chant
land, now in Washington, to muster
out the band at Mason City because
AN armory was not built as promised.
Marble Rock.
During the electrical storm Of Fri
day the large barn Of Matthew Smith,
northwest Of here a few miles, was
struck by lightning and entirely con-
sumed. All the contents, such as barns
are furnished with, were burned. In
this inventory three valuable work
horses were included. The whole coun-
tryside for miles in every direction was
Tilt up by the conflagration. The loss
Hishvisw.
At q meeting Of the directors OF the
Highview Elevator Company held in
this city Saturday. tho contract for the
construction Of the new CO. operative
elevator was let to the Newell Com
strliction Company, OF Cedar Rapids,
their bid being $1,000. The plans call
for a modern structure, sufficiently
large to take care Of the needs Of the
farmers in the vicinity Of Hishview.
and the building IL to be finished by
Aug. I.
Ats.
| A severe wind storm visited this vi
cinity on Saturday night and as re-
suit number OF sheds in town and
on the farms near hero will have to
be rebuilt. Trees were blown down In
several places In town. Possibly the
worst damage done by the storm was
at the fair grounds where the sheda