Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-06
Southern Io1va Items

ant NJ. F. Cox finds that a most tedious
and difficult task confronts him, as
many Of the records for that period can
not be located All the adding machine
slips and some Of the Of the records
are missing and 1t is thought that they
were among some paper and recortsi
that were destroyed by order OF the
city council several months ago.
Logan.
The supervisors Of Harrison county
will have an opportunity to explain
just how 1t happened that they re-
duced the assessment on the two rail-
road companies $4,000 in the upper
Boyer river drainage district and laid
the same upon the farmers to make up.
and just why Harrison county failed
to realize only s1S7 for over 12O acres
of farm land, with large tract Of
accretion adjoining, a railroad COM
pany being the purchaser. in the pri-
mary campaign now in progress.
Sidney.
The coroners jury in the case OF
Joseph Reyes, who died after being
struck by a board held by Ross Glib
son. a 15-year- boy, returned q YER
dict that keyes had met death as the
result of being struck by a board held
in the hands OF Gibson. Gibson and
Keyes were cousins. Gibson came to
Reyes home to borrow some farm ma
chinery, according to the evidence. A
quarrel followed and Gibson struck
Keyes in the solar plexus with piece
Of fence board. causing his death
shortly afterwards.
Essex.
The last few months have seen the
passing of many Of the old settlers Ut
Essex and the latest to go was Charles
A. Hultine. who died at his home in
this city Wednesday morning. He had
been failing for several years and for
the last few months had been very
sick, requiring constant care. Mr.. Hull
tine was a native of Sweden. where
he was born March IL, 1889. He came
to America in 1869 and settled in Hen
~ county, Illinois, where he lived for
only four years and then came to Iowa
and settled on farm near Essex. A
few years ago he built house in town
and has lived there ever since.
Perry.
What Is believed to have been the
biggest tree in Dallas county was cut
down near Linden q few days ago and
over $500 feet Of lumber was sawed
from the logs. The tree, which was
huge cottonwood, was in the Levi
Hockett place. 1t was taken to the Jor-
dan Brothers saw mill where It was
reduced to lumber. BY those who saw
the tree 1t is estimated that it was
over 200 years old and that It was
q marker on the prairie in the days
when the Indian roamed over the land
which now comprises Dallas county.
II has been known for years for It's
size and It's telling marks the depart
ure Of one of the pioneer land marks
OF the county.
Nevada.
For short time Thursday John D
Rockefeller was guest of Story
county. 1t was rather a brief visit,
however. and it is hardly expected that
Mr.. Rockefeller and his DISTINGUISHED
party took a great deal Of notice Of
Story county realty a. they were prob
ably busily engaged in discussing Stan
dard OIL and other financial PROPOSE
tions. Rockefeller was q member of
the Alexander J. Earling party thru
lows from Omaha to Chicago and with
them also was Thomas F. Ryan,
STANDARD Oil Company magnate, OF
New York City. The party passed thru
Story county aboard Q special train on
tho Milwaukee liAep They had been out
west on some railroad business propo-
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