Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-18

the community 1t is finished in ma
hogany and is very attractive. The
bank now also has a safety deposit box
department. The stock Of the insti-
tuition rs $4,000 and from no deposits
eight years ago It has grown until now
the deposits are $4,000. The officers
of the institution are, = S. Harlan.
president; John w Reed, vice presi-
dent; c. P. shfarer. cashier; f. b.
Jones, assistant cashier. a.,,ss
Muscatine. ~
Ben Bates. engineer and fireman
at the Muscatne Pearl Novelty
Works, 21S West Second street. had
his face, both hands and his left foot
severely scalded Thursday afternoon
shortly after l O'Clock. when the
blow-off pipe on the boiler broke and
flied the engineroom with steam. The
accident occurred when the steam was
at heavy pressure and itYbecame
necessary, to allow the steam to es-
cape. Bates opened the valve. but the
pressure was too great and the pipe
burst open. Steam Immediately poured
out into the face Of the engineer. who
backed into the corner Of the boiler
room. Here he found that he would be
place. Covering his face with his
hands. Mr.. Bates ran thru the steam as
the boiling water poured onto his foot.
Council Bluffs.
Co-operaticn in the handling OF
fruit growers of southwestern Iowa,
several hundred of whom are banded
together. in the Council Bluffs Grape
Growers Association, according to re-
ports CT last years business just made
ut the annual meeting held here. Last
season was the biggest in tte history
of the organization. One Item alone,
that of grapes, illustrates the enor-
nous business done by the association
for its members. One hundred ana
thirty carloads of Iowa grown grapes
were handled by the association. Tfls
represents the greatest grape yield the
state has ever shown. a total OF 3So,-
600 baskets of grapes We're handled by
the association, and but for the short
age Of baskets more would have beer
marketetcd So successful has become
this organization that no stock can be
purchased.
Muscatine.
That Muscatine county is pros
pero,,s community and that the mum
Der of poor parsons to receive publi%
relief is small is indicated by the fact
that only about $4,000 was expended
in relief work for the poor. The re-
port shows that the total amount o!
money expended in relieving the poor
totals s1O,s96.54. OF this amount the
township board of health expended
$3c1.29 and the expense of the county
farm was totalled at $o,11s.7o. For
taking care of the poor III Muscatlhe
s3,O93.57 was required while outside OF
this township $l.S62.S3 was expended.
Muscatine county was forced to ex-
pend $9.1S4.92 in taking care Of the
insane while there was paid into the
inebriate asylum, fund $570.21. For
the care of the survivors OF the civil
war and these dependent upon them
this county during 1912 expended
$1,540.90.
Dss Moinss.
The new Allerton bracnh OF the Rock
Island which will give Des Moines an
other line south to st. Joseph and Kan
sas City, has been completed and the
work Of ballasting the read bed will
start Immediately. according to the an
nouncement made by General Manager
w. H. Whitenden. The new line will
not be ready for operation before the
first Of June or July. A special service
between Minneapolis and Des Moines
south to the Missouri cities viii DC run.
BY the completion Of the Allerton
branch, the Rock Island will have the
shortest line between Des Moines and
Kansas City and will compete with tho
Great Western for the southern traffic.
The extension is about sixty miles long
and connects Allerton With Carlyle.
Work will commence In. early spring
on new yards and round house
in East Des Moines at a cost OF .
quarter Of million doilars.