Evening times-Republican., 1913-06-26
Northern I01va Items

this amount is now IN place. Two
tracks will be used in each Of the
shops on which to operate the two
cranes. One crane is already in
stalled in shop A.
Clinton.
1t is expected that the NJ b. A. rate
case. which was called for trial In the
Clinton county district court Tuesday,
will be settled. The case is one where
in insurgent members have been trying
to secure an injunction preventing the
raising Of the rates. After the case
was called for trial a recess was TAX
en- and the attorneys went into long
conference 1t is said that the result
of their deliberations will probably be
that the case will be settled satisfac-
torily to" each side.
Waterloo.
A peculiar accident took place Mon
day evening about 6 o'clock when one
OF the Colby & Parker dray teams ran
| away and during their wild fight
! turned in a fire and police alarm. 9th
erwise no very serious damage was
done tho an auto owned by Mike Han
ey was hit by the dray and minor in
juries inflicted to the BODY of the car.
The team was hitched to heavy
truck and had been left standing i'll
front Of Libby Brothers cigar store by
the driver. The sudden starting OF an
auto motor nearby scared the team
and they started a mad race down
Commercion street. At the corner OF
Commercial and Wess Fourth they ran
onto the sidewalk and in doing so the
careening wagon struck the patrol and
fire alarm box. swapping off the stand
ard and breaking the connection. This
turned in the electric alarm at the sta
tions and released the horses from
their stalls at the west side station.
Cedar Falls.
Word reached here of the tragic
death Of two former Cedar Falls boys
on their fathers ranch near Fort
Pierre. S. D. The boys were Alva and
Ira Parker. aged II and 13 respective
": sons of A. c. Parker. The two Par
ker boys were drowned in a dam near
their home. They had left home about
o'clock in the afternoon. An older
brother discovered their clothing lying
near the dam when he went after the
COWS in the evening. Help was sum-
moned. the water let out Of the dam.
and the two bodies found at the bot
tom. where the water had been about
eleven or twelve feet deep An old stone
boat was found floating about near
where the boys were drowned. and 1t
is supposed that they had been making
use of it while in swimming and that
1t upset with them. 1t is believed that
one Of the brothers got beyond his
depth when spilled from the stoneboat
and that the other in trying to help
him was pulled under also.
Cedar Falls.
Possessing the distinction OF being
the first county in Iowa. and the first
In the United States to organize
dairy test association, Black Hawk
county now bids fair ~ become the
try in the whole wes,ern hemisphere.
with the organization Monday Of
new test association at Dunkerton,
small village northeasy Of here, this
county now has five Of the ten dairy
test associations in Iowa: and Iowa
leads every other sta.e In the union
In this line. according 20 government
statistics. Not only in testing associa.
tons does Black Hawk county and
Iowa lead the country, but in cattle
breeders associations, the Holstein
Breeders Association Of the county
being the first organization OF the kind
in, the United States. Working along
these lines. and being one OF the fore
most in launching q crop improvement
association with an expert agricultur.
list to advise the farmers. Black Hawk
county It Ia predicted by agricultural
and dairy experts who have visited
hero. eventually will become the great.
est dairying center In the world.