Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-15
Northern Io1ua Items

( rier on winch the ownerwas unwilling
! to- paya~ths. tax. lie took the dog,
| which happened to have marks Of
breeding which saved it from the ak
Of the executioner, as deputy Marshal
Gee struck by the points Of the ami
! NAL agreed to take him. To him later
comes George Hulsebus, the assistant
night OFFICER. He too was struck by
the blood, bearing and beauty Of the
animal and offered to provide board
and lodging for the dog. He got pos
session of the coveted type which be-
lied it's high flown pedigree a night or
two later by sneaking away, making
an onslaught at the Thurber chicken
roost and leaving a trail Of dead, flf-
teen in number, marks Of his cory
track.
Dayton.
:, The fourteenth annual chessboard
tourney of the Iowa State Chess Assoc
citation, willbe held at Dayton Tuesday.
"Wednesday and Thursday. Aug u. 70
and 90. The association has 100 play
ers of whom many will attend. The
official call was issued by Secretary B.
F. Paul Of BlairstoWn One. of the In
teresting features Of the meet Will be
a game of four handed chess. A bust
ness meeting will be held in the fore
noon of the first day.
GiIbertviIe.
Mary Jane Duncan Butts died at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Gilbert. Mrs.
Butts was in her 93d year, having been
born March 30. 1920, in Cataraugas
county, New York, where she was mar
ried at the age a. 20 to John Wesley
Butts They came to Wisconsin in 1872
and to Iowa in 1878. Mr.. and Mrs.
Butts We're pioneers in the true sense
of the word. Mrs. Butts was Of Scotch
descent, Presbyterian and an am
bilious and true woman who was much
esteemed by ALL She was affectionate-
~ called Grandma Butts.
Fort Dodge.
Threshers and ali employees and the
family on the r. Stromberg farm in
Ohio township, are only Just recover
sing from a serious case Of poisoning
few days ago The entire household
and the extra help hired for threshing.
became ill after they had partaken Of
big meal The exact cause OF the
poisoning is unknown altho II is
have been slightly tainted. While the
victims of the poison were recovering
from the effects of the poison the heavy
farm work Of this season had to be
suspended Activity on the farm was
badly crippled for day or two.
Rock Rapids.
Much threshing has been done, altho
the weather has not been good for
shock threshing. heavy dews In the
morning and light showers interfering
with the work Only one barley yield
is reported which went forty bushels
per acre. OF oats Chancey Kitchen re-
ports hfty-five bushels. John Ritter fifty
bushels, Dick Seberts sixty bushels. Joe
Ross forty-flve bushels, NJ. McLaugh-
lin forty five bushels. These parties
live Just east OF town and close to the
river and it is reported that the crops
are much better further away from the
bottoms On the Hunt ranch. south OF
town, oats went about forty bushels
and barley the same. North of town,
James Kennedy threshed forty-on
bushels Of oats. and he has a fine thirty
acres Of wheat IN the stack. Late oats
ares+yiclding much better than early
oats, some OF the early oats running
as low as thirty bushels. All oats Is
Weighing out much more than machine
meAsHreg and has been selling from %
TO- lS&refts pell'6ushel.