Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-09


The new spade factory is soon to
be open and ready for business at
Webster City. Mr.. Osmundson, form
erly Of Cambridge and later of Perry,
is at the head Of the concern.
Usage.
The farmers Of Mitchell county will
be called upon to pay an increase Of
10 per cent in their taxes that are now
being levied. In 1909 the assessors re-
ported the taxable value Of Mitchell,
county land as $39.40. This year they
increased it to s39.75: Now the exec
! utive council advances it to $437e.
Usage.
Owing to the inability Of the con-
! tractors to complete the new high
school building by Aug. 90 the public
schools will reopen on Sept IL, in
stead Of Sept. 4. It is expected now
that the building will be completed by
September Is or whereabouts, in which
case the school will use the court room
until the building is ready for occu-
pancy.
Cherokee.
John Gaylord. aged Sc years. was
killed in runaway accident at Chero-
son, and when the latter went into a
place of business to do some trading.
the aged father raised an umbrella to
protect himself from the sun. This
frightened the team and after running
a short distance they turned a sharp
sharp corner throwing Mr.. Gaylord out.
He died in a few minutes.
Waverly.
Plainfield is to have a saloon. the
first to operate in that town since pro-
hibition went into effect in 1882, but
during that time 1t is asserted that
enough booze has been drunk in Plain
field to have operated two well reg
ulated saloons thru the prohibition pc
riod. John Jahr, Of Nashua, has been
granted a permit to carry on the bust
ness and some believe this will be more
satisfactory than was the old order Of
things.
FarisyL
The Misses Emma and Myra Gault.
two we'll known young ladies Of this
place. will depart some time this month
for Honolulu, in the Hawaiian islands,
where each will take up a position, the
former as a nurse and the latter as a
teacher There Is shortage In the
islands for trained nurses and teachers
and the young ladies therefore decided
to try their hands in distant lands.
They expect to remain for about two
years.
Manchester.
r. NJ. Marvin Of this city. 10 the
cha NIPPON tomato grower Of this coun-
try II not the state He has one plant
among his tomato vines which meas
ured seven feet in height on Aug. l,
and contained over fifty large tomatoes.
Mr.. Marvin picked one tomato recently
which weighed two pounds, and meas
ured, by displacement in water, flfty-
six cubic inches Mr.. Marvin Is a spe-
cialist in truck gardening and spends
the greater part Of his time in raising
choice tomatoes, for which he has be-
come known over this county.
Graettingsr.
The threshing outfit belonging to A.
L. Herrem and Pete Tolberson caught
fire at Ed Sandvigs place. Something
broke about the machine and the boys
came to town for repairs. Before leav-
ing, they dumped the fire out of tho
engine and as they presumed. had put
It entirely out with water. Shortly
after. a neighbor passing the field saw
the fire. which by this time had gained
Roadway. and at once in
formed Mr. Sandvig. Before 1t could
be extinguished. the separator. one
load Of bundles, one wagon and six or
eight shocks of oats were consumed.
It might have ended more disastrously.
as there were other loads Of oats stand
Ing near
N ontioslio.
Monticello has a real fiction hero
in the person Of George Claseen, a rail-
way mail clerk on the c. NJ. & st. p.
Two boys by the names Of
Raymond Sandhouse and Russell Cowan
we're driving single horse hitched to
q small wagon, down Main hill. In
The middle Of the hill. one OF the straps
in the harness broke and the horse