Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-12
Southern Io,ua Items

GREETED, for he was recognized to be
most loyal citizen and an active force
! tn the betterment of his native city.
Joseph Linn Hopes, who was the son
Of Joseph j. and Amanda Hopes, was
| born in this city on Sept. Is, 1s41. and
spent practically his entire life here.
Milton.
! Fire started at the Scott Humbert
residence in the afternoon ard. owing
TO the fire being in the attic. the house
was saved only by the prompt action
OF the fire department and citizens.
The fire was caused by defective flue
and was far advanced when assistance
arrived. The damage Will consist Of
a portion of the roof and ceilings. and
was very narrow escape from entire
destruction Of the house. Mr.. Hum
bert is a travelling man and was away
from home.
Iowa City.
| The tearing down Of the Graham
| livery barn here to make room for the
new William Eng!ert $4,000 vaude-
vile and show house witnesses the
passing Of one of eastern Iowas oldest
landmarks. Built in the early ffties by
| the Western stage Company, the old
structure has seen many changes. 1t
was built by FiRkbine & Lovelace.
early contractors here. and has served
in the capacity of stage terminus, liv-
cry barn, implement house and store
building.
0itur,wa.
Catholics all over the state will be
grieved to learn that Mother Ligouri.
head of the Sisters Of Humility Of
Mary, lies at St. Joseph's convent here
| in painful condition. Mother Ligouri
was inspecting the new S225,000 acad-
envy Of the sisterhood, which Is being
erected north Of the city and in cross
| ing to enter the building, lost her bal
| ance. and jumping to save herself. in
jured her left leg. At first it was
| thought that the injury consisted of a
broken bone, but an xaray examination
made Saturday showed the knee to be
ankle and knee broken.
South English. ~
! Elmer Flory. his wife and children
ana Mrs. Ffory's brother barely es
capped in their night clothes from their
burning home recently and saved moth
| ing else The children were handed
out thru window ana the young man
upstairs escaped thru window, leav-
ing quite a sum Of money behind him.
He had sold a horse for 800 the day
before and had other money. After
the fire the roll OF bills, scorched and
| burned were found, and J. NJ. Van Kirk
sent them in to the government head
quarters to see If they could be re-
placed. The Brethren church raised
over $500 for Mr. and Mrs. F1ory.
pes Moines.
The executive board Of the Iowa
Beef Cattle Producers Association at
a meeting here furthered the campaign
to revive the beef cattle industry in
the state recently launched by the as-
ISOLATION. The work which is to be
done along this line by Rex Befesford,
an expert OF the association, was plan
ned and he was ordered to Immediately
begin collecting data to be used in the
official bulletin A publicity campaign
will be undertaken and during the
months Of October and November beet
cattle trains Will be run over the rail-
roads in all parts of tine state. Ac-
cOrding to members Of the board, the
big cattle ranges of the western states
are fast disappearing and an effort will
be made to Impress upon the Iowa
farmers the necessity OF el,eaeiIe Ia
the beef cattle industry in order to
avoid beef famine. Every county IN
Iowa will be visited by Mr.. Bere0ord
during the spring and summer and re-
ports on conditions will be submitted
to the board from time to time. The
4 railroads Of the state win cooperate
with the association IN m effort TO re-
vive the ifS0ustfy In Iowa by sending
!. out special cattle trains IN the 1AIl,