Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-22
Northern Ioua Items

bilities with Strawberries in this vcin-
ity. This is one of the best markets
to be found in Iowa and there is every
reason to believe that truck growing
will develop to much larger extent in
the future.
Sioux City.
Sioux City possesses a COW that out
ranks the prize winners at the great
international stock show in New York a
few months ago, where a COW which
gave her weight in milk every twenty
days brought the fancy price Of $4,000
The Sioux City COW beats this by sew
eral days. For a number of months
now she has given her weight in milk
every thirteen and one half days Her
name is Fanny She is :, mixture of
Shorthorn and Jersey and she rs owned
by o. S. McAlister. She is years old
and produces an average of sixty
pounds Of milk day.
Ida Grove.
Edward Meents last week closed
two of the biggest land deals of the
year in the state OF Iowa Mr.. Meents
sold to Noah Williams tract of $40
acres of land i'm Palo Alto county for
| S1I7, $50 and a.l6ther tract of 500 acres
/ in the same UNITY to Thomas Mich
! aeison of Sch. swig for 100000. The
two deals involve a total of s237.45o or
almost a quarter of a million dollars.
The 500 acres sold to Mr.. Michaelson
is one of the best large farms in the
state and will make a fine home for
Mr.. and Mrs. Michaelson and their
Rooseveltian family of seven boys and
| four girls.
| Waterloo. ..
Nv. d. Strayer. a member of the coun-
! ty board. was at New Hampton and
witnessed contest of tractors and
grading machinery at work mile or
two from that city. There were six
| tractors and two different graders at
work The interesting part Of the con-
test is the fact that ffty-foot road
was graded at a cost Of $2s a mile. The
road bed was thirty feet wide, sloping
on either side to ditch, and nine feet
| was graded on the outside of the
bitches. About 1.500 people witnessed
the work. The members Of the county
boards from Butler and Bremen bought
outfits.
Davenport.
All previous records for receipts at
the Davenport postoffice have been
surpa ssed. according to the report for
the fiscal year ending June 30. COM
piled by Postmaster s. A. Finger. The
receipts for the twelve months up TO
July / amounted to s24i.4S6,oS. or
this amount the local postoffice remit
ted to the United States treasury. after
all salaries and other expenses hao
been paid. the handsome sum of $685.
osooo II can accordingly easily be
seen that Davenport is doing its part
in paying the expenses Of operating the
postoffice at Washington and is en-
titled TO the advanced service that II
/ has been receiving recently.
Bellevue.
| Clyde Chandler. mayor of Green
| Island is at the hospital here in crit
zeal condition as the result of injuries
| sustained in an automobile accident III
which he and his wife and two small
children narrowly escaped death near
here. While speeding along the road
a mile south Of here the car, which
1 Mrs. Chandler was driving, ran into a
! ditch and turned over twice. Mrs.
Chandler and the children escaped
without a scratch. but Chandler was
mined under the car until help came.
L He mas Dcen UNCONSCIOUS AhOoS W 49,
| time since the accident occurred. 1T
!. is feared he is injured internally. Mr..
Chandler Is So years OF age and Is we'll
known throughout eastern Iowa.
Fort Dodge.
Laura, the little daughter of DR.. and
Mrs. c. H. Rose. while playing on the
river bank at Innville, became faint,
and fell over backwards into several
| feet of water. AS only the children
were present at the time. 1t was some
moments before they found her. She
was unconscious when taken out Of the
water, but revived in a short time. Her
| father. DR.. Rose. was with the men OF
| the party on the upper picnic grounds.
and she was put under his care i'm
::sa:staIv The members OF the Ger
man Club and their families were en-
joying an all day picnic at the r. c.
| Becher camp at 1nnville. Weakness.
added to the heat and excitement is
thought responsible for the nomentary
faintness that caused the accident.