Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-02

one OF his legs had been broken in
two places, between the ankle and knee
and hip. He was taken to DR.. Lee
tourneau's office and his injuries at
tended to. His back was also hurt.
Webb.
The people Of Webb are going to
have some big doings next Wednesday.
Sept. s. 1t will be their second an
nual fall festival and they are max
ing preparations to entertain big
crowd. and give them good time.
They have nlassed lot of stuff in one
day. In the forenoon Webb and AL
bert City play ball and it will be
good game, and in the afternoon Mar
althon and Pocahontas are booked for
game These teams have played ten
games this seasonx each winning five.
and this win be tue last and deciding
game for the season. The music will be
furnished by the Dickens band, and
there will be, foot races. sack races. pill
low fights. barrel races. Three hundred
tfpllars has been set aside for :. colt
sncw, and .his wilIsbe splendid feat
ure of the day.
Spencer.
Last Thursday night B. f. Felt was
returning from the lakes In his auto.
when he saw another auto coming
from the south. Mr.. Felt pulled out to
the side of the road and the other car
KEEP, coming. pretty fast and nearly
pulled into him. Back of Mr.. Felt was
+. G. Brothers with the standard Oil
wagon. He was on the road crossing
when the car went by him. Mr.. Broth
ers had pulled out to the side as far
as he could. leaving ample room for
the car to pass, but they pulled over to
the same side of the road struck one
Of the horses, throwing the horse on
the auto and then pushing the horse
against the tongue Of the wagon. The
harness was badly damaged. and the
horse injured considerably. The car.
No. 4473, and the driver. said that his
name was McEwan Of Rofe. The auto
was badly damaged. The fender was
taken off. the tool box broken and one
of the lamps ruined.
Spirit Lake.
State Senator l.. E. Francis. EN-
Senator Peterson and Mr. Geiger of
Upton, have been appointed by the
Okoboj Protective Association as
committee to draft suitable legislation
need for the Iowa Great Lakes and re-
port to the association next summer.
so that active work may then be com
menced to secure from the Legislature
the needs of this great summer resort.
Among other things it is certain the
state will be asked to provide for
state custodian of the Iowa Great
Lakes whose duty 1t shall be to look
after the state property here. and see
that the great natural play grounds of
Iowa, are kept up properly. The estab-
lishment Of lock between Spirit Lake
and East Okoboji may also he recon-
mended and many other improvements
which will add greatly to the beauty
and convenience OF the great lake
group; for in all there are in Dickinson
county seventeen lakes.
Waubsek.
Hank Mccain, of Waubeek. made
a valuable find recently. Mr.. Nc
Cam has been erecting a new build
ing on his place. Sand for the con-
crete foundation was hauled from a
nearby sand bank. The carpenter
work was in progress and Mr.. Nc
Cam was at work on the ground
when a green object underfoot at
tracted his attention Investigation
proved 1t to be small metal box
that was badly corroded on the out
side Imagine the surprise OF the
finder upon opening the box to find
nesting within I'VE sparkling dia-
monds. The box had evidently been
hauled from the sand hanks In one
Of the loads and escaped the shovels
Of the concrete mixers How 1t or
iginally got into the sand bank is Of
course profound mystery. Those
qualified to pass opinion have declared
that several OF the gems have been
sss, and that they are Of the value Of
Shout SIS each.