Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-12
New Hampton.

The New Hampton Club voted Is
award to Mrs G. NJ. Bigelow. who sub
mitted the slogan, '"Try New Hampton.
You'll Like It." Mrs. Bigelow entered
the contest in behalf Of the Loafers'
Club. a women's social organization.
Guttsnburs.
The board Of education elected
Superintendent John L. Cherry FOL
four years at a salary Of $1,000. The
attendance in the high school has more
than doubled. so 1t is necessary to add
an extra teacher to the force. All the
present grade teachers were re- elected
Alton.
Peter Geraets. who is working for
Lou LeBrun. was kicked in the alb
domen by a horse and received serious
injuries. An operation was performed
two days later and the spleen, which
had been ruptured and torn, was re-
moved. The bowels were found to be
in very bad shape and the young man
is in a very serious condition.
Amos.
Among the improvements to be made
this year by the college is one mile Of
road. to be model in all respects. This
was the announcement made by Presi-
dent Stanton ut convocation Of stu
dents which crowded agricultural hall
to the doors. He said that from 315,-
900 to $4,000 was to be spent on the
campus for improvements. One OF the
things he wanted done was to make the
campus painless, smokeless and to-
baccoless.
Hopkinton.
The Delaware county district court
probably will be asked to settle the
G.. Oehler, the newly elected socialist
Gil over the selection Of a city clerk and
street commissioner. The mayor re-
Gently announced that he would ap.
point the officers and this was objected
to by three members Of the city coun-
Gil. The council has been deadlocled
for some time over the matter and
city business Is badly tied up.
Merrill. Y
Walter Zimmerman. living about four
miles southeast Of here, was the VIC
tim of a bad corn shelter accident
whereby he will practically lose the usa
Of his left hand. Walter was about to
turn on the feeder when his glove In
some manner got caught In: the gearing
and In a moment his whole hand waa
also drawn into the cog wheels. The
shelter was stopped at once and he was
hastened to town and IL now In the
local hospital. 1t seems that the wheels
caught his hand first near the end oil
the little finger and then ground and
crushed the hand diagonally across tc
the base Of the thumb. It 10 possible
parts Of the fingers may be saved
oun,ont.
A special meeting of the sharehold-
ers Of the Farmers Incorporated CO.
operative Elevator Society was held IL
the opera house. The meeting wal
called for the purpose of considerine
the matter of moving the elevator from.
its present site on the Great Western
Iright-of-way to the former site OF the
Western elevator on the Nofthwesterp
tracks. Altho the proposition when put
to a vote carried It was d.
cided to postpone the matter until Z
later meeting owing to the fact that Z
full representation Of the shareholder
was not present. The western Eleva-
tor Company people have announced
they have changed their plans and viii
not rebuild their elevator, recently de.
stroyed by fire. stf
Rolfs.
The funeral OF the late J. H. Charl-
ton. the largest land owner and one
Of the wealthiest men "a Pocahontas
county. was held at his residence here
Tuesday. Mr.. Charlton was one 81 the
most influential and widely known men
in northern Iowa, having resided there