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


The suit Of Alma Campbell against
the Sioux City Service Company for
$4,000 damages for the death of her
sent to the federal court by Judge
Frank r. Gaynor.
Ids Grove.
A farewell reception and banquet was
given Editor S. L. Frisbie, Of the Rec
ord Era, who recently sold out that pa
per and leaves for Biloxi Miss. A
roast pig formed the centerpiece for the
banquet.
IeMars.I #E
/ John Shaak brings a SANDER suit
against j. B. Bunkers and asks $4,000
and costs of the action from the de-
PENDANT. 1t is claimed that the defend
ant publicly accused the plaintiff OF
stealing pair OF reins and that the
ton was untrla.
North MeGregor.
The Gilchrist Elevator Company paid
a price Of $639.s6 for a wagon load OF
timothy seed hauled in by Fritz Mielke,
a farmer living near watson. This is
said to be the record price in eastern
Iowa for single wagon load Of grain
or seed.
Onawa.
George Reed this week sold his fine
suburban home to Isaac Orr, of Cas-
tana, for the sum of $4,000. Aside
from the new house and barn there
are twenty-seven acres of ground This
is one Of the nice small farms adjoin-
ing Onawa. Mr.. Orr will move his
family to Onawa Immediately and Mr.
Reed will move back to his larger farm
Boone.
At meeting OF the city council an
pensation Of the city marshal and po-
$50 the, first year for the police and
s65 each succeeding year This Is a
raise of So on the month and will
doubtlessly be welcomed by the men
This will take effect after Jan. I, 1912.
Boone.
Monday afternoon George Bridgeman
was arrested between Boone and Ogden
and was brought to this city. The
charge filed against the negro miner
was that OF transporting beer and
whisky Illegally. Bridgeman had come
to this city aud loaded his small dray
wagon. with sixteen cases OF beer and
fifteen half gallon jugs OF whisky and
these were conflscated.
Cedar, Rapids.
The fifty-seyenth annual convention
Of the Iowa synod of the general synod
of the Evangelical Lutheran church OF
America will be held Oct. II to II IN
Cedar Rapids. The convention will
open with the sermon by the president
Rev. Harvey NJ. Leech, pastor OF St
Marks Lutheran church Of Dubuque
The program is now in preparation and
a very interesting and successful con-
vention should be held. Also the Wo-
mems Home and Foreign Missionary
Society Of the synod will be held In
the same church on Oct. IL to IA.
vviiliarns.
The farmers around Williams are
getting together and are talking OF or
ganizing q cooperative elevator com.
'pany. Many of the wealthy and pron,i-
nent farmers Of this community are
taking an active interest and selling
shares for the new elevator company
The elevator will be run in the Interest
Of the farmers and the plans, bylaws
-
made and managed 80 that each
shareholder will have an equal say
about the management and operation
Of the company. No matter how many
shares person may have In the COM
pany he will not have any more say
than the one holding but one share
The organising Of this company 10 be-
ing done by the farmers OF this local
ity. no outsider has any interest In the
project whatever.
Rock Rapids.
The principal event before the dis
trict court was discussion as 70
whether signers to the petition who
have died or left the city or county
can figure IN the closing Of . saloon
There were frequent reference to "ths
mighty dead" on the part Of Judge John
F. Oliver, who u presiding. and by At