Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-09
Southern Io1ua Items

I becoming frightened started at a fear
full pace down the street He rushed
down the pavement on First street and
| ran swaying from one side Of the street
| to the other in imminent danger of
crashing into the curling and seriously
injuring the two occupants. George
Classen happened to be standing before
| the Soetje drug store at that moment
and rushing out into the street he
grasped the horse by the head in
constant peril of losing his own life
| or being crushed by the falling horse.
! The horse was thrown to tho ground
as Classen twisted it's head and both
boys were saved. The horse was badly
cut and the harness demolished but
no further damage was done.
Lake City.
| Having thoroughly investigated the
methods employed by many successful
fruit growers of the west l.. j. Mighell
has 2-year-old orchard planted in
apples, cherries. plums, pears. etc.
which he is giving attention. following
the western orchardist methods. He is
! now giving the trees the third spraying
! for this season, and he invites compare
I son with the results obtained in the
| western fruit districts. Mr. Mighell
says the cultivation involves lots of
! time and labor. but no more than is re-
quired in the west. He believes that
with the same cultivation and care re-
quired in the west he will be able to
make a favorable comparison with the
western five-acre orchard in the matter
| Of net income
Williams.
onl Ix-ro hoe
| installed in the F.. r. Payne & Co..
! electric light and power plant to take
the place OF the old 104 dynamo. The
old dynamo has been running to it's
full capacity for the past several
! months and is beginning to play out.
The new one will be able TO carry a
much larger load than Williams is US
ing but Mr.. Payne is getting it for flu
ture use. The old dynamo will he
placed in the Fidelity Roller Mills and
there be used as motor to run the
mill machinery. The work of changing
the current from one dynamo to the
other will take place the first part Of
this week. The electricity will not be
off any of the time as the company
has small direct drive. high speed
dynamo which will carry the load dur
ing the time Of changing.
ciarksviiIs.
Three motorcyclists on a pleasure
trip from st. Paul to Chicago came in
to town here and were detained for
several days owing to an accident that
happened to one OF them out at the
Will Detra farm north OF town. About
the time they arrived at his place
hog happened to cross the road and one
of the motorists machine struck the
animal which threw the rider to the
ground in such manner as to break
the bone in his left leg below the knee.
The name of the unfortunate young
man was Lee Stougand and his COM
panions were George Xix and w. l..
Foster. The injury was serious enough
that Mr.. Stougard was compelled to
abandon the trip and return to his
home. The other two young men con-
tinued their journey after their COM
rade had safely been placed on the
train on his homeward journey.
Gowric.
A car load Of hay on freight No. SO
Of the NJ. & st. L. railroad in charge
OF Conductor Garlick. caught fire at
Gowrie and burned for three hours,
when the car was finally removed. The
fire was not discovered until the train
pulled into Gowrie. and as soon as
possible the Gowrie fire department
came to the service Of the railroad and
did all in its power to quell the fire
but the hay had started in the center
Of the car where no water could easily
penetrate Conductor Garlick could
not say how the fire started but 1t is
thought 1t was started by tramps
Cumming their way on the freight.
When the train was stopped at Gowrie
and the fire discovered two "boes" were
seen to drop from the train, shake the
dust from their clothes and drift Off in
the direction Of Gowrie. The car was
left at Gowrie in charge Of two section
men while the freight went on but the
town officials fearing spread OF the |
flames ordered the car removed