Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-05
Northern Io,ua Items

; started by some one and the engine
put out Of order so water could not be
! pumped. 1t is hard believe there
is anyone in the community who
would resort to incendiarism for any
grievance, The insurance in the Sac
County Mutual is $1,000 on house and
5000 on household goods. The house
burned was one of the best farm houses
in this part of the county and very
substantially built. No doubt Mrs.
fGrey will erect another house on the
old foundation.
Sioux City.
| Woodbury. county roads will not bear
the concrete top layer as hoped by local
good roads enthusiasts but will be pro-
vided with heavy gravel top, if the pre-
| dtction and promise of w. E. Jones,
member of the state highway commits
!; sion field force, is authentic Mr. Jones
| was in Sioux City with r. c. Wooley.
| engineer Of Plymouth county, stirring
up local interest in state road work
and pursuing the work of getting the
various counties in line for early pro-
! motion of the plans. "a concrete road
system can not be developed in Iowa
for probably several years 1t takes
time to carry thru such projects. But
we are going thru with the present
| impetus for better roads and our
scheme OF development will soon be
perfected and the counties gotten into
line" declared Mr.. Jones. Mr. Jones
will take up his active labors on the
work in Sioux City within a few days.
Sioux City.
Louis Means, 80 years old, night
trouble man for the Sioux City Service
Company for the last year and a half
was probably fatally injured Monday
morning when he fell from the top of
a pole. at the rear OF the court house,
and struck with his head and shoulders
on the brick paving below him. Means
had been cutting the heavy wires that
were fastened to the rotted pole pre-
paratory to the placing of a new pole
at this point. AS soon as the wires
! were loosened from the pole there was
a crack and the pole broke at the base
Means, bound to the pole by his waist
strap. was helpless to free himself. He
| fell with the pole. the latter crushing
| him on the pavement with It's weight.
DR.. G. S. Browning. who witnessed the
accident. rendered first aid and ordered
| the man removed to st. Vincent's hos
pital where he was taken in the Weisz
! & Samuels ambulance. The man was
Immediately placed on the operating
table, where he was found to have sue-
| tanned a fractured skull ard broken
hip. Means came to Sioux City from
Mapleton. his home He is single
J man. but has relatives in Mapleton.
Ames.
Ames boosters al meeting of the
Commercial Club pledged themselves
Ito promote and carry to completion a
| project which will mean a new modern
hotel. a new city hall and civic center
and new business block. The Com :
mercial Club has had special com :
mittee working on the new hotel idea
for some time and numerous plans
have been presented. The plan, which
was finally adopted recently, was
worked out and presented by ]. G. TIL
den It calls for the Improvement OF
an entire half block at cost in the
neighborhood OF $125,000. On the west
end of the half block. which faces on
Fifth street between Douglass and
Kellogg avenues. a new city hall and
civic center will be erected. The plans
as presented call for small park
around the city hall. In the center OF
the block three story. sixty room,
fireproof hotel will be built and on the
east end a two story business block.
The Commercial Club accepted the
proposition as presented and will nro-
coed at once to formulate plans for
carrying 1t to completion. II carried
out as presented 1t Will be the biggest
Improvement Ames as . city has ever
made. s=