Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-22
Northern Io1ua Items

firemen at Traer. where he was In BUSH
ness prior to coming to Waterloo eight
wears ago He and his wife celebrated
their fiftieth wedding anniversary in
1905.
Maeuoketa.
The entire north end Of Maquoketa
was flooded last week by one of the
worst high water floods known in the
history of Jackson county. 1t has not
been equaled since the great food dur
ing the, spring Of 1855. when damage
was done to the valley of the Maquo-
keta to the extent OF nearly 100000.
1t commenced with heavy thaw
Sunday afternoon. followed by down
pour OF rain beginning Monday even
ing and lasting all night. This melted
the thick blanket OF snow on the
ground. causing the Maquoketa river
to rise steadily BY Tuesday night
the river had crept up over the wagon
road to the approacf OF the big steel
wagon bridge During the night the
railroad tracks of the G. NJ. & st. p:
road were under water for a distance
of over mile.
Lake City.
John Gray is the name of a true
naturalist who conducts a farm near
this place. Gray is winning more
laurels every day from his wonderful
flock of quail which swings around
and around his farm buildings and
alghts in the orchard trees. The Sc
cret Of the presence of the quail is
this: Gray began to scatter grain
along the hedge near the orchard early
in the winter. The quail soon found
the wheat and corn, and ate day after
day. then came after more. The flock
began to multiply and Gray each day
scattered the grain a little nearer the
buildings. Now there are several hum
dred quail that are fed with his barn
yard fowls every day, and they are as
tame as ordinary doves. Other farm
ers are attempting the same scheme
to protect the Bob White and coax him
to remain on the farm.
Sioux City.
When Lady Decies. nee Could. calm
1y lighted cigaret in her private car
and was cheered for the act by the pop
ulace she won distinct disapproval OF
the Sioux City branch of the w. G. r.
Il. and her action was deprecated In a
, meeting of the body at the Y. NJ. c. A.
rooms. While the session was in the
nature of a memorial meeting for
Frances F. Willard. the smoking OF Gig
arets in public nobility was injected by
members for consideration and disap-
prevail. The engagement of Madame
X" which has just closed in Sioux City.
was referred to in connection with the
| smoking feat of the vivacious Vivien.
and speakers declared there was evil
dence of wish to forget on the part
of the two smokers of the coffin nail
The farrfh1o ~, hn Mn ~
the woman in degradation. with a
cigaret between her lips and an ether
bottle at her elbow was compared to
Lady Decies' performance, and the
speakers limited that the cause which
drove Madame X' to smoke might al
so he found to a degree in the titled
, LADY: case.
Mason City.
Attorney Wood of Hancock county.
| is setting the legal machinery in mo-
ton for the recovery Of two certificates
of deposit on the Farmers Savings
Bank at Corwith. which were taken
from Robert Nfoldenhouer. a young
poultry fancier Of Algona, by two men
he fell in with at the union depot at
st. Paul. The certificates were for
s1s2 and 3165 respectively and were
numbered 217 and 40. County At
torney Wood Is advertising to locate
the certificates and IL possible FORE
stall their payment. AIoldenhouer
says that after transacting his bust
ness at st. Paul he won't to the union
depot to take his train home and while
there no noticed q we'll dressed man
enter the depot, seat himself and be-
gin reading book. After q few min
utes the man arose and called to him
in jocular sort Of way to Come on"
The admonttion was obeyed and Mold
enhoner says they walked as far 40
the capitol building. talking the while.
when they met q third party, who at
once entered into the converRt ton. BY
some n1eans Moldsnhouer says he does
not know. tho two secured the two
bank certificates and that he was In
duced to indorse each OF them with an
indeiible pencil. An effort will be made
to rum down Observation-Disclosures.