Evening times-Republican., 1911-06-10
Rockford.

Rockford.
Ed Ayers launched a ten passenger
steamboat on the Shell Rock pond this
week and good many expect to have
upriver trips in it. The craft is built
on the general plan of a fiat bottomed
row boat and is propelled by a three
blade propeller.
Cedar Rapids.
The train crew on the Northweste tern
freight which struck and killed Adolph
Stodola near the cutoff bridge Mon
day afternoon is not responsible for the
accident, according to the verdict rem
dered by the coroner's jury at the in
quest held by Coroner King at the
Lesinger undertaking rooms.
Cedar Rapids.
Howard H. Preston Of Battle Creek,
was awarded the senior horors at Coe
College and Miss Cora Albright OF
Cedar Rapids second honors. Preston
is a we'll known athlete and also q
leader in forensic work. 1t was the
first time in five years a male student
has won the first honors in scholar :
ship.
EIdora.
some one in Eldora has valuable
piece OIL pttN lllS. NIiiS ~ liS 'iA> 49,
p1oved on the work had a roll of bills
TO the amount Of $3.50 in his pocket one
dav last week that he intended to place
IN the bank. While at work the money
disappeared and the supposition is that
II was mixed with the cement and now
lies buried in the pavement.
Charles City.
At the close of the Charles City Col
lege alumni banquet Tuesday evening
600 books were donated to the college
library with the understanding tha'
tho number of volumes in the library
be Increased to 1880 by the first OF next
year This makes Charles City Col
lego year. This makes Cnarles lily
College a standard institution.
Marble Rock.
The township trustees are lmproV-
ing the hill near the residence OF Z.
n Smith. The road is to be excavated
ahout two feet and filled In with
crushed rock, on top of which Will be
placed coat Of gravel Ine county
stone crusher will be set up IN 1eW
days in the Smith stone quarry and the
work pushed as fast as possible Inc
county will bear 5000 Of the expense.
Cedar Falls.
The Cedar Falls Canning Company
ora ~ work nreparing to open the can
ming season just as soon as II possible
for them to co SO. A new filler and a
new capper will enable them to fill ana
can l20 acres per minute. Nine nun
dred acres of sweet corn nave oeeh
nlanted under the supervision OF the
company for which they will pay the
coming season 81 per ton
Cedar Rapids.
There is great JOY among the fair
co-eds at Coe College, for the ban mas
been lifted on sororities. For years
tho literary societies at the Presby-
tar;an institution have been fighting
ANYTHING that sounded like an Hellenic
sisterhood, but bylaws have been
changed and constitutions amended and
sorority girls may sit at the panquet
boards unchallenged.
Laurens-
George McAtee was assisting in
soldering cap on the top OF gaso-
line tank last Saturday when 1T ex-
n1oded and the force Of the fire struck
his face badly burning his lip and ears
as well as his entire face. He Is get
ting along all right but it was an mar
row escape. 1t seems that there was
a little gasoline in the tank and the
gas from it was ignited by the tin
ner's iron.
Fort Dodge. v
w. b. Gass, travelling salesman for
the Proctor & Gamble Soap Company.
is an invalid at the Wahkonsa as the
result of an accident in which he frac-
t1red his knee cap. Mr.. Gass was
playing ball with other salesmen in the
street and as he ran backwards to