Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-14
Northern Io1ua Items
M arion.

Marion.
Marion will have no band concerts
this summer, for the price Of music
has gone up, like many other things.
The musicians at Cedar Rapids ask s35
per night for a band Of twelve pieces
and the Marion merchants who have
always supported these concerts feel
that this is too much.
Boone.
At the forty-sixth annual conven-
ton of the Iowa State Sunday School
Association just ended in Cedar Rapids,
Boone county was given the advance
division banner for the state, a much
coveted honor. This was largely due
! 10 the efficient work Of the county
| treasurer and the, CO. operation OF tina
schools Of the county.
GoIdfeid.
Ted Hinton reports the Matching OF
| thirteen English pheasants from set
| ting Of fifteen eggs. Eleven of these
are still alive, strong and f1ourishing.
The Matching was effected by setting
the eggs under domestic hen. Other
eggs have been set by other parties and
| there will likely be two or three score
of these birds to release by fall.
Cedar Falls.
committee which is to select
site for the new manual training build
ing at the college has arrived here.
| There are three gentlemen i'll the party.
p. K. Holbrook Of Onawa, E. P.
l,Shoentgen of Council Bluffs and G. T.
Baker of Davenport. Since money has
already been appropriated by the leg
,s,ature. it is most likely that the erec-
tion of the new edif1ce will be COM
merced soon.
Sioux City.
| Councilman Brown will insist that
| the supervisors turn over to the city
all road taxes collected within the
municipality during the last year. ~
Sioux City is not allowed to spend the
money it contributes on roads leading
To Sioux City, the council Will employ
an expert accountant to investigate the
expenditures Of the supervisors ana
ascertain where the $4,000 IN l9oo ana
tbe 80 200 so far in 1911 has been
nlaced" he said. Complaints of good
roads boosters that highways leading
TITO sioux City are the poorest in the
country have aroused the council.
GoIdfieId.
The graduation exercises Of the Lib
erty township rural schools were helo
at Riverside Park. The program was
rendered in the park pavilion. Inc
exhibit work was displayed here also
o,d the display of the rural schoo
accomplishments were indeed credit
to the teachers. Quite a fair sizec
crowd was out to hear the program
which was given in two parts before
and after the picnic dinner. There
we're two graduates to receive theil
eighth rrade diplomas. Willard Ras'
,,,ussen and Alma Harvey. County
Superintendent Howell was present
and gave a thoroughly good talk II
presenting the diplomas.
Webster City.
| Confined to his home with an ex.
tremely painful wound on his head
caused by diving against a sharp rock
in the bottom of the river, Wilfre6
Groves victim Of swimming accident
&c having a hard time Of 1t. The &C.
cident happened when Wilfred ant
come other young men and boys WeT;
swimming in the river near the North
western railroad bridge. northwest o.
tho city. wilfred dived farther thar
any Of his companions, but had to III
carried ashore when he came to thu
surface. A sharp cornered, irregular.
shaped rock was Embedded in his scalp
lcutting clear to the bone. 1t was re-
moved by his comrades. The wound
is very painful and the young man /:
forced to remain inactive for awhile
Nashua.
Fire destroyed the large barn. hous'
and all outbuildings except a small
corn crib on what Is known as tn,
jG W. Horton farm, tenanted by O
lie. Wetherbee,- four miles southwes
of Nashua, in Floyd county. The fir
started in the haymow Of the larg'
barn and :.-as discovered ny one Of thu
small children The wind. was in thu
right quarter to blow the burning EN-,
berj onto the house, ana insspites on a