Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-23
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Cedar Falls.
E. NJ. Brown, a member Of the under
taking establishment of Noble 4
Brown, was thrown from a vehicle in
front of the Weisbard livery Friday.
One hip was dislocated and he was
otherwise injured. He was driving a
light double rig belonging to the Weis-
bard planning mill and was going to
New Hartford to transfer body from
the cemetery there to one here. The
team was going at a fairly good gait
when one Of the wheels caught on the
street car rail and the sudden lurch
threw Mr.. Brown upon the brick pave
ment with great force. Two others
were in the wagon. but were not
thrown out.
Logan.
Ernest Ganzhorp, who drew claim
No. 400 in the .Rosebud. drawing last
fall, rented his farm and sold off his
stuff SO that he might go up to his
homestead and locate this summer. re-
turned Saturday from his trip Of in
vestisation and inspection. He says
that nothing would induce him to
move up there and try to make liv-
ing on such land as is left for home
steads after the school and Indian
lands are taken out. Several others
who had lower numbers than he had
felt the same way about it and will not
file on the lands He says that most
Of the land Is sand and that there are
numerous sand dunes on even the very
best of it. He said that he would not
h in In
the whole of Mellette county.
Manchester.
Company D, I. n. c., Fifty-third reg
iment of this city, will have contest
ant entered in the Olympic games at
Stockholm. Sweden, in May. If the
plans of Don A. Preussner of Company
ID materialize. Mr.. Preussner. who has
twice won the Hawkeye state cham
pionship contest. has been a member
OF the Iowa National Guard for about
ten years. and is one Of the three men
in the state troops to whom the places
on the American team are open. He
was a member Of the famous Iowa team
which led the militia regiments at
Camp Perry, O.. two years ago. 1t Is
quite probable that Preussner will
meet the rifiemen on the Maryland
range, from which place the rife team
will depart for Sweden. to engage in
the great Olympic contests.
Sioux City.
The city council has been called into
secret consultation. and Congressman
E. H. Hubbard has been asked to inter-
cede on the part of property interests
with the war department to do some =
thing II possible, to stop the cutting OF
the Missouri river. which rapidly Is
eating up a big farm on the opposite
bank from the city and is threatening
seriously to cut away part OF South
Sioux City. Neb.. or run in behind 1T
and leave 1t between two river beds.
About eighty acres of land went into
the stream In forty eight hours owing
to the change Of the current Of the
Big Muddy. brought about by the revet-
ment now nearing completion at Sioux
Point about mile upstream. This
has thrown 'the main current from the
left to the right bank. Engineers and
higher officials Of the Northwestern.
Omaha and Burlington railroads are
much alarmed and have placed grad
ing crew Of forty men on the ground.
a camp. ordered riprapping
materials to the scene and are pre-
pairing to spend 100000 or more In
fighting the stream, II 1t should be
necessary. The Combination and
Northwestern bridges, valued together
at $1,5O0,0O0, are endangered in them
selves and would become obsolete If
the river carries out It's threat to
change it's course by resuming its an
Client bed thru Silver and Crystal lakes
running around the little Me-
braSka city.