Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-30
Northern, Io1Ua Items

;home in this place after an extended
illness. Mr.. Box had reached the ad-
vanced age of 80 years, and had been
!: a resident Of Delaware county for
nearly half century. Coming to this
county as a young man he had taken
! an active interest in the growth and
development of the community. For
many years he was proprietor and
landlord of the Box hotel here
Dubuque.
a Dubuque man has been chosen
head of the Iowa Electrical Associa-
ton for the ensuing year. The honor
of being elected president of this
statewide organization was conferred
on Paul B. Sawyer, general manager
of the Union Electric Company. at the
annual convention of the association
at Des Moines during the past week.
Mr.. Sawyer represented Dubuque at
the convention of the Iowa Electrical
Association, and also at the convention
OF the Federation OF Iowa Electric
and Street Railway Com pantes.
DEBORAH. VI SO. A,ssg 70
This county has lost two ofrits prom
inent citizens by sudden death. Chris
Peterson was a resident of Glenwood
township. He was engaged with his
son in tanning oats, when he COM
planned Of pain in the region of his
heart, sat down and Immediately
dropped over dead Peter Macy was a
resident of Button and was in the
store laughing and, joking with old
friends. He stepped behind the coun-
ter and fell to the floor dead. Apoplexy
was the cause. He had been resi-
dent of the county since 1867. and was
IS years Of age.
castana.
D. w. Bowers doesn't break into
print very often with anything sensa-
tional or startling, as he prefers the
quiet routine of attending to business
and maintaining a good citizenship.
But Dave struck something unusual
last week when on a visit to his farm
near Whiting. While taking a look at
his orchard he spied the ground COW
cred with apples under one tree and on
investigation he found them sound and
unfrostbitten. 1t happened that the
early SHOWS OF last fall had covered
them and the heavy SHOWS Of later
winter made such protection that the
hardest freezing of an exceptionally
hard winter never touched them.
Cedar Rapids.
Last winter and the present spring
smashed all records of high prices on
practically everything that is sold on
the Cedar Rapids grain market. Sat
urday again record was made, straw
jumping into the limelight by selling
at 50 a ton. This Is the highest price
paid here for baled straw, according
to men who have been buying on the
local market for a quarter OF CEN
fury. The receipts Saturday amounted
to thirteen loads Of corn. six Of oats.
one of wheat. two Of straw, two Of hay
and one coop OF chickens. Corn sold
at "a and IS cents. oats at so, 50. SO
and 54 cents wheat at 81. hay at SIS.
and chickens at 13 cents.
Dubuque.
S. G. Durant, promoter OF the Far
ley & Iowa Northern railroad, is one
of the busiest men in Dubuque county
these days. He is working untiringly
in connection with the railroad pro-
ject and Is OF the opinion that his
efforts will have met with success be-
fore from eight to twelve months more
are past. There have been many ru-
rlors in circulation regarding Mr.. Dur
ants railroad project. among them one
that the Milwa uliee Railroad Company
Is behind Mr.. Durant in the promo
ton Of this road Mr.. Durant, however,
will give no intima ton as to what in
terests are backing him. but denies
any connection with the Milwaukee.
Clarion.
Charles H. Dubeck. a prominent Wall
Lake township farmer about so years
OF age. residing ten miles south of
Clarion, committed suicide about s: 80
a. m. by shooting himself a few inches
to one side Of the pit OF the stomach
with % caliber rifle With his son he
had gone to the barn to do the morning
chores. When his absence became APP
parent the son Instituted a search for
his father and soon found his pros
trate body lying face downward behind
a corn crib. Mr.. Dubeck had been in
i'll health for about year and In a fit
of dependency he Is supposed to have
committed the rash act. He lived un-
81 n. m. but was unconscious from.
the first. He carried "a policy Of In
surance for 1000 in the NJ. w. "A.