Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-02
Southern Ioaua Items

to take two men from the cenral sta
ton as 1t would be a menace to the
force and would cripple it badly.
Tabor.
]. A. Riggs. blacksmith OF this
place. has invented an automobile tire
that promises to revolutioniZe the aut-
omobile tire business. The new tire
which he has invented is known as the
Riggs automatic spring tire. The tire
Is composed of two steel rims so made
that it can be easily adjusted to any
standard automobile wheel. Twenty
four springs are so arranged between
the two rims that they work autom att
cally and independent Of the other. and
each spring Is strong enough to bear
100 pounds weight The outer rim Of
the tire is covered with a heavy
leather.
Slater.
Load after load of people in all sorts
Of vehicles. some folks even doing the
to the big ditch northeast of town
Sunday. That was the day when the
big dredge worked its way thru the
Northwestern grade. The taking up OF
the track necessitated the passengers
on any OF the Northwestern trains
walking around the ditch to another
train on the other side. Forty-eiEht
hours was the time given the contract
or by the railway company for the
work and by o'clock Monday morn
ing a temporary bridge was built so
that the trains could run without in
terruption.
Missouri Valley.
Harold Culavin and friend We're on
their way to Logan and when within
about mile of town they found a
touring car overturned in the road and
Ia man apparently dead lying in the
ditch. They loaded him into the car
and We're about ready to start when a
companion of the injured man appear
ed and he. too, was taken to Logan.
The man who was injured said he was
driving the car and 1t skidded on him
and was upside down before he knew
what had happened. physician ex-
amined the injured man and pro-
nounced it only bad shakeup. with
the worst effects being from John
Barleycorn." The men were from Sac
City. They did not give their names
Audubon.
4 very unusual thing occurred at the
court house here recently. A sherff's
sale of any kind these days is some-
thing unusual, and that Of a large farm
is still more so. The farm is good
one of 24O acres located in Oaktield
township belonging to Nels j. Beck. 1t
is said that he had been offered as
much as $3.50 an acre at one time. but
had become so much involved that six
different mortgages had been placed
upon 1t In order to secure money for
other purposes. The first mortgage
alone is $4,000 and the second $1,000.
Nels ]. Petersen, holder OF the fourth
mortgage amounting to $4,000 fore
closed and at the sale bid 1t in, but
there are more than $4,000 that must
be paid before he can get his none.
and about $4,000 that follow his claim
Cambridge.
LATE Denton. farmer who has been
living on one Of Andrew Nelson's farms
southwest Of town. left several days
ago telling his folks he was going to
Des Moires on a business trip. and
that he would return on the evening
train. However, he did not return. nor
do his relatives believe that he expect
ed to return very soon. Remarks made
during the past week and some OF his
actions fully warrant their belief
Where he Is no one seems to know.
He Is married to a daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen LoUks and Mr. Louks is as
sisting his daughter in caring for the
livestock and other things on the farm
There doesn't appear to be any par
ticular reason for his sudden depart
ure. While he has some debts II is
thought that he had enough property
to cover them all