Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-03
Northern IO1ua Items

acceptance received and on the day
planned for the wedding Mr.. Lowell ar
| rived in Greenville S. c.. and for the
| first time beheld his future wife, and
in the afternoon of the same day was
married. MIR. and Mrs. Lowell left at
once for a wedding trip to last the en- :
tire winter. They will visit for some
time in Cuba and later In other places
where both have relatives Both are
about SO years of age.
Fort Dodge.
| p. S. Colbert. for fifteen years man
ager of the Fort Dodge Grocery Com
pany. retired from active business. His
! successor will be chosen at the annual
meeting OF the company directors. Mr..
! Colbert came to Fort Dodge from Sioux
| City, where he had been manager for
the Tolerton company. now the Toler-
ton s. Warfield Company. During the
time Of the activity here he has de-
veloped the company into one of the
| strongest jobbng houses In the state.
The company has built big ware
house, enlarged it's stock OF goods and
extended its sales territory The vol
une of business done has constantly
increased under his direction.
Sioux City.
Pictures Of Patty" German. Bob
Brady and George Mattison, notorious
criminals who have terrorized eastern
Iowa for some time and who were ar
rested at Oskaloosa charged with safe
! blowing. were identified by Chief OF
! Police Richard as men who are well
| known here and who have been in
| police court several times on minor
charges. German in particular was ar
| rested less than two weeks ago and
held for investigation. No definite
charges were placed against him and
he was allowed to GO The other men
have also been down on the police
court blottcr.
Waterloo.
Fred Heiser. an Illinois car Taper
here. had a sweetheart in Minneapolis
with whom he had been correspond
ing regularly for some months. Re-
Gently his letters failed to reach him.
| He went to the Minnesota metropolis
| to investigate. There he learned from
the girl that one Fred Hanson also
! lived in Waterloo. and she had lately
F., been getting ardent letters from him.
! Heiser came back. enlisted the aid of
| the police and unearthnd Hanson. who
admitted that he had opened one OF
/ Heiser's letters. the address looking
much ike his own. The postal authori-
| ties caused the arrest of Hanson, but
upon his solemn promise to not TO com
NIT the offense again he was released
Sioux City.
The saloon men are drawing their
breaths regularly again. for the saloon
petition of consent has passed the close
scrutiny OF the Supervisors The shops
where the high ones are showed
across the mahogany have been given
new lease of life which is good for
five years If the elements and the anti
| saloon league are kind There were
1859 signatures. Fourteen of these
were put into the discard leaving 1875
names which met the approval of the
/ supervisors. This Is Just exactly 1000
| more than needed to make the petition
good for so per cent of the names on
!, the poll books Is all the law requires
and the petition held 6S.7 per cent At
! the last election 5.34S votes were poll
ed in Sioux City
Sioux City.
The report OF the financial condition
OF the city, filed by Councilman iona
than w. Brown. covering the period
from April ~. 1910. 10 Jan l. 1911 indi-
Gates a cut of 100000 in the city in
debtedness. The cut was made by the
payment OF $4,000 on the citv's bonded
debt. which sum was levied by the old
city council, and $4,000 on outstand-
ing debts. resulting from Improvement
contracts and old Judgments The bond
payment was made on May OF this
year. When the new city council be-
gan work the city's debt totaled ST.
4e4'S64.OS. This sum included the bond :
ed Indebtedness. the sums owing on
CITY work. and other outstanding bills.