Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-22
Southern Io1ua Items

region of Alaska. After leaving her
father at Seattle a steamboat ride of
several hundred miles awaits her, and
upon landing in Alaska she expects to
ride in sledges drawn by dogs a dis
lance Of about 1.4OO miles into the in
terror. where her husband is engaged
In gold mining.
Missouri Valley.
river above here, where one of the
Parslow brothers was buried in Aug
ust at the end of the sensational man
hunt for the two brothers who muir
dered Night Marshal Butcher, has
caved away and the body of the des-
perado has been washed away. It is
believed here that the portion of the
skeleton that was found by Coroner
Cutler. Of Council Bluffs, a few miles
south of Manawa, may be portion of
the body Of the outlaw who murdered
the officer here and who finally lost his
life as the result of the man hunt by
a posse Of hundreds Of citizens that
extended for week over large por-
ton of western Iowa.
Council Bluffs.
On three occasions, the last one
Tuesday night, miscreants have made
an effort to create a panic in the Elite
No. moving picture theater when the
building was crowded. The police are
locking for the persons. On two oc-
casions the rear exit door to the thea
ter was showed open from the outside
and some person stepped inside the
room and screamed. panic being stop.
ped only by the quick assurance OF
! Nicholas Anthem, janitor Of the thea
ter, that nothing was wrong. At an
other time. when the door was closed
so 1t could not be opened from the out
! side, rock was thrown against 1t and
someone kicked and pounded OH tlle
| door, almost precipitating a panic.
Logan.
The rain of Saturday night caused
some of the dirt in the sewer bitches
to, settle. especially on the street cas-
and south of the Park hotel. The set,
Ting was noticed by the town official.
and warnings were placed by sticking
brush in the places where 1t appeared
most dangerous. Young Brownwel
| was driving into town Sunday after
noon and drove too close to the ditcf
east of Just where David Lyshon lives
suddenly dropped out of sight with tn.
work on the part Of Mr.. Leyshon ant
several others liberated the animal
which seemed to suffer no serious con.
sequences from his mishap.
| vvintersst.
| Mrs. Maud Murray Ward, a native o
\ Winterset. is said to be the highest sal
aried woman in Los Angeles. and sh'
earns the money by selling the pro
ducts Of the Hughes Manufacturing
and Lumber Company. She is said t,
! be the only woman in the United
States who makes her living by sell
| ing lumber. 1t has only been within
the last Ave years that necessity mad,
Mrs. Ward a wage Garner. At first sh'
went to Goldfield. Cal, where she go
out special edition Of local news
paper handling the advertising end o
the venture. It was her first business
and newspaper experience. Later sh'
went to Los Angeles and became con
nected with the advertising department
| of the Times. While engaged in sole
lifting advertising there Mrs. Ward
successful manner and thoroughnes
attracted the attention OF the Hughe
company and she was offered a posi-
ton with them which she declined 4
lfrst, saying "she could not sell lum
ber," Later when the company wer
about to put a speciality upon the mar
ket Mrs Ward was induced to intro
duce 1t and she made such success
OF the work that she was persuaded t
take orders for other Of the compan,
] uroduct1