Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-28

rot the Second Baptist church was
formally offered Monday night to the
| board of the church by, Rev. ]. Cor
nelius Reid. The board accepted the
resignation and will sssofnmend that
| the church do likewise. Arrangements
| were made 10 pay Mr.. Reid all the
money that will be raised Sunday and
give him note for the balance due.
| This note will be paid at the earliest
possible convenience by the church.
Guthrie Center.
| Hon. John W. Foster and Hon. E
W. Weeks left Monday for Chicago,
where they went to attend the meeting
Of the International Good Roads Con-
gress than convened in that city on the
| 18th and continues until Oct l. Mr.
Weeks is president of the river to-river
road thru Iowa, and in Mr.. Foster, he
| has ar enthusiastic and practical pro-
moter of good roads to assist him in
the betterment and maintenance of
that famous thoroughfare.
Stanton.
! Wallace Larson busted himself last
Saturday shooting rats that infest the
| livery barn granary. Outsire the barn
| was Oscar Falk hitching up his team.
With him was Adam, hostler at the
barn. A bullet from the 20 caliber rifle
went thru the wall. hit a wagon that
stood outside. and then glanced off and
entered MIR. Falks forearm. The re-
markable part of it was that he was
not aware Of having been hit. 1t was
only after he had driven some little
distance that he made the discovery.
l,,11a ~A$r tn Iof n
an inch but Mr. Falk still carries 1t in
his arm. Beyond giving him sore
arm, it is not thought that he will have
! any inconvenience from the wound.
keekuk.
Taxpayers pay s1.s1 per week for
every student enjoying a high school
education in Keokuk, according to an
estimate made by Secretary G. Walter
/ Barr and submitted to the school board
at its monthly meeting. The figures on
| the part Of DR. Barr were not guess
work by any means. but represented a
| weeks work in digging out costs. The
estimate was desired by the directors
| in order that the tuition for outside
pupils could be fixed with some degree
of accuracy. The result is that the
tuition was raised from IS cents per
week to $50, or just double what 1t
! has been in the past. There is q new
Iowa law which permits pupils to come
from district having no high school
to- the nearest district In which there
is a, high school, and the expense OF
tuition must be paid by the district,
from which pupil comes. In the case
of pupil coming from another state
ne must stand the expense himself.
Thurman. aH,
While blowing E s. McCandlessr lots
II. Cook unearthed the skeletons OF
four adult persons and of q child,
10 or IL years old. AS found, the re-
mains seemed to have been buried in
one grave. as the bones were lying all
together and only fourteen inches be-
low the surface. They must have laid
there . great many years as most OF
the smaller bones had crunbled away.
The lower Jaw bones and fronal bones
of the skull were the best preserved,
and the condition Of the teeth OF some:
which were much worn, Indicated that
these had reached a ripe old age Before
being laid away. Some of the bones
were taken to the drug store, where
they have attracted great deal Of at
! tention. The bones are undoubtedly
those OF Indians resident here long be-
fore the white men penetrated the
| wilderness this far west as none of our
old timers who came here before the
Indians left have any recollection OF q
burying grodnd located anywhere near
where the bones were found.