Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-16
Mount Pleasant.

Noun Pleasant. -t.
Fairfield now receives much of its
electric current from the plant OF the
Iowa Power Company OF the Skunk
river south Of here. The current will
be furnished continually. The test
made several days ago OF h entire
system proved satisfactory. One Of the
electric companies of Fairfield uses the
electricity generated on the Skunk
river.
Newton.
Oscar korff, who lives eleven miles
northeast Of Newton, bought the hull
dred acres that joins him n that has
been owned by e. Cocker. This pur-
chase makes Mr.. Korff the possessor
of a quarter section OF good Jasper
county land. Mr.. korff has disposed
Of his home eighty acres to H. F.
Hopping for a consideration of Sl41
per acre. This eighty acres joins Mr..
Kloping and will now make for him
one OF the best farms in Jasper county.
Malvern.
County Attorney Dan Whitfield is
planting eco acres Of whea on his
farm south of Malvern. He is drilling
wheat in between the corn rows. The
dry summer kept the weeds down and
the stalks small. This makes the job
an easy one getting in a corn field With
q wheat drill. The facts are b a there
has been q a amount of wheat soWn
this fall in Mills county. 1t is prob
ably the largest in the history Of the
county.
Muscatine.
The button workers union of Mus
cntine purchased 1900 bushels Of po-
tatoes at Walcott. They were loaded in
three cars. The potatoes were bought
direct from the farmers, the price paid
heing Is cents a bushcl. The potatoes
will be stored in the union comn!issary
and be distributed free of charge to
families Of the button Workers union
in need of supplies. One hundred
bushe' purchased previously at the
same niace reached MUscatine via Dav-
export to supply immediate wants.
Harlan.
James King of Omaha, has been
bound over to the grand jury on ac-
count of having made an attempt to
enter the Panama bank here Sept. %.
Eugene Sullivan heard OF the plot and
with another man entered the bank and
hid so that when the attempt was made
King was shot by Sullivan but escaped.
He claims that the wound which he
bears was the result Of an automobile
accident. King is believed to be a mem
Der Of a gang hat has committed var
ious robberies in this part Of the state.
Des Moinss.
1--WE will live together until death do
us part" Four times have both H. II.
Burtis Of Algona. and Mrs. Nellie E.
HASTE Of Warren county, repeated the
foregoing line. The couple repeated
the sentence together for the fourth
time tho other day in the court room
Of Justice Of the Peace Conroy. Three
times have both Burtis and his bride
severed from the bonds of matri-
mony by the wheels Of the aw. Bur-
tbs is a wealthy farmer. He is So
years old. His wife is a year his sen.
Tor.
Council eiuffs.
John Henry Smith, SIS years old. a
member Of the first presidency Of the
Mormon church. being second coun
sellor to the president, Joseph Smith.
died at Salt Lake, Utah, Friday last.
Henry Smith was born in what
is now Council Bluffs, and when a
small boy cross the plains to Utah. He
was n Of the most prominent men in
In the development Of the west
is well known thruout the country.
He was president OF Ctah's constitu-
tional convention and in 1902 president
OF h Trans Mississippi commercial