Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-18
Southern Io1ua Items

formed here, which will put the new
! production on the market.
Avoca.
After a, service of.eover thirty-hve
years rs station agent at Avoca, T.
| Cook has resigned and c. Brown, OF
Wilton Junction, has been given the
position E. Cook is one of the Oldest
agents along the Rock Island road. He
was the first agent at Minden after the
road was built in the early '1Os and
was afterward transferred to Avoca. He
has been a valuable man for the COM
pany, but the long hours he has worked
are leaving the effect on him. so ne
has asked the company for position
in a larger city, where the hours are
regulated and the position better.
ottumwa.
A term Of not exceeding ten years
was the punishment meted out by
Judge F. NJ. Hunter to Wilmer Baker.
Baker entered plea Of guilty to the
charge of robbery, altho he has been
held in the county Jail on number or
counts for some time past. Among
these was larceny robbery and the
uncoupling of railroad train. me
plea of guilty to the one count brought
down the limit sentence upon him. He
will be taken to FIT. Madison by the
sheriff's staff but the time has not been
fixed. The crime he confessed to was
robbing Ed Loteman Of $3.50.
Princeton.
A number Of local mon, who are own
ers of land in South Dakota, have been
unable to find renters. according to
statement made by local real estate
dealer 1.-THE scarcity Of renters Is
doubtless due to the poor crops OF last
season." stated the dealer when pressed
for a reason as to why the land was
not being taken. In decided contrast
to this. a fifty acre farm in Cedar coun-
ty. Just over the Scott county line. and
three miles from Durant. was last week
sold by Herman Horstman to William
Bierkamp of Durant. for 1855 an acre
or $13.250. Less than two years ago.
Mr.. Horstman bought the place for $ o49
an increase in value since that time
amounting to over Is per cent.
keokuk.
Work has been begun at the National
cemetery on the excavation for the
foundation OF the monument In MEM
ory of the unknown dead. Derricks
have been erected for the monument
when it arrives. When the announce
ment was given out that the shipment
had been made 1t was calculated that
the monument would be here about the
middle of the month, so 1t will be only
few days before It Is due here. The
time for its dedication has not yet been
decided. From the few interviewed on
the subject it seems that the favorite
date is at the time OF the reunion OF
the Thirteenth Iowa regiment OF volun
teers which is to be held in Keokuk,
Aug. II and 10.
Council Bluffs.
Guy Blair, machinist in the employ
of the Bertschy Motor Company, 1914
South Sixth street, was slightly in
iured. and several windows in the work
room Of the establishment were shat
tered when the gas in an empty gaso-
lene barrel exploded about 10 o'clock
Saturday forenoon. Aside from the
broken windows no damage was done
to thes hop. Blair was working near
the barrel with a blow pipe. Suddenly
the barrel exploded, one end Of the
cask being blown out. In stepping
back. Blair struck against another bar
rel, barking his left elbow and knee.
Several windows were smashed. and
for moment it was thought the ex-
rlcelon might have been attended by
serious results.