Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-29

the pillow handles until the horses could
be started up and he was drawn out
soaked to the chin.
Fort Dodge.
Members Of the Iowa Brick and Tile
Association almost endorsed Cum
Minis for president At the last minute
however the leading spirits decided the
association is nom political body. so
nothing was done. Cummins sentiment
ran high among the members. In the
lobby Of the Wahkonsa hotel many
members Of the association talked pol
tiles. Many of the brick and tile men
take an active part in the political de-
velopment OF their communities. Altho
Charles Rawson OF Des Moines a
prominent politician as we'll as a menu
Der of the association. said he was not
here on a political mission although
he undoubtedly did much missionary
work for the Cummins forces. So did
the other politicians of the association.
Tama.
George W. Carpenter has sold his
hardware store at Lorimer. which
ham Bros. to L. H. Buckingham.
the recent deal. as in the one n
year ago.. the 110-care farm a
quarter of a mile east OF the city
real estate going to Buckingha n.
to Mr.. Carpenter. III addition to Sc
curing possession of this piece of land
Mr.. Carpenter has bought Of the APP
pleton estate the adjoining 100 acres.
paying $4,000 for the tract. and giving
him go acres in one body worth nearly
If not quite 500 An acre. Mr.. Car
penter gets possession March 1.
Ida Grove.
Two Ida Grove lads received the
scare of their lives one nigh. not long
ago. A freight train that had been
battling with the snow drifts for near
" twenty hours, laid up here for the
night and these two young men were
employed to sit up with the engines
and keep the fires going. One OF the
boys had had several years experience
firing locomotives and the other had
been working around the depot for
years. About midnight they decided
that the tanks of the engines needed
a supply Of water and they started to
back the moguls out on the main line
and In a few seconds would have been
outside the switch when a screech from
the east caused their hair to stand up
and the one who had had the eperi-
ence as fireman reversed the engine
and got in the clear" just in time to
escape being hit by engines pushing
a big snow pillow attached to a fiat car
and with several cars trailing along
behind.
Dubuque.
thousands, even tens Of thousands
Of potatoes were frozen In this part OF
the country during the recent cold
weather" said Mr.. c. K. Docbel, man.
ager Of the Lagomarcino-G rupe Com
pany's local plant. II anticipate this
will have a very material effect on the
price Of potatoes in the spring. Many
farmers stored largo quantities Of Do
tatoes in very poorly covered outdoor
cellars. antipicating . higher price In
the spring than they could get In the
fall. but they didn't take into consad-
Grafton the cold weather We were about
70 have. - have lost was told q
day or two ago Of a largo raiser OF
potatoes over in Wisconsin who In this
manner has lots about 1000 bushels.
Some Of them in the deeper parts OF
the cellar may not be frosen. but the
bulk Of them with not be flt for use.
We are now selling potatoes at 30 cents
to SI.l0 per bushel. Wholesale. and I
would not be surprised to see the mar
ket advance at any time, for this was
about the only part Of the country that
had n Rood nota10 fsrfn last War;