Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-15
Northern Io1ua Items

II. w. Krauss has sold his music store
to Miss Lillian Warren, of Des Moines.
who will take charge Jan. l. Mr..
Krause will move to Park Rapids,
Mimi. to enter the general merchan-
disc business. Mr.. krause has been
one of the most prominent men In
Storm Lake. S. C. Bradford & Son
have sold their garage and automobile
business to John Doyle. OF Hastings.
Neb.
Clinton.
Two hundred farmers met here Sat-
urday afternoon to continue organized
agricultural work with NJ. l.. Mosher
as county agent. The Clinton CONNER
cial Club subscribed $1,000 andthe gov
eminent supplies $1,000 more. Dean
Curtiss, of Ames, declared Mosher one
of the best agents IN the country. W.
X. Lloyd. federal representative in
charge of county agent work, also paid
Mr.. Mosher a high compliment. Over
$1,000 of the $4,000 necessary was
raised at the meeting. w. w. Elton
was elected president of the Clinton
County Farm Improvement League.
Clinton county was the first to start
work in the state. Nine counties now
have similar organizations. Dean Cur
tiss aroused enthusiasm by announcing
that DR.. Paxton. federal inspector OF
Iowa, told him that the foot and mouth
quarantine will be lifted in part in this
county in few days. over $1,00O.O0O
in stock is tied up and each day means
loss Of $4,000.
Maquoketa.
Disappearance of the Ford automo-
bile Of Otto Seeberger. a Fulton town
ship farmer, at the same time that his
hired hand, Warren Stanley, turned
up missing, has led to Il search for
Stanley. Stanley is said to have left
in the company Of Roy Henrickson.
who in turn is accused with decamp-
ing with rifle of James Sutton, with
whom he boarded The auto and the
rifle are supposed to have been stolen
Friday night when the Seeberger fam
lily was spending the evening in Ma
quoketa Stanley, who had been work-
ing on the Seeberger farm since last
summer. was paid off Friday. He left
in the afternoon saying he was coming
back for his clothes The missing
Ford was numbered ia. 9S.22s" and
was equipped with a Sand 30 self
starter. Stanley had a noticeable scar
on his hip. He was dressed in a duck
coat with leather collar and wore a
blue cap. Henrickson wore red
sweater.
Fort Dodge.
Webster county will reach the 5000
bushel mark as it's share in relieving
the distress of the Belgians by fur
nishing them corn. l.. w. Wheeler.
chairman In the Tenth district work
of gathering in the grain. declared that
the entire amount must be collected by
Tuesday so as to forward the grain ac-
ccrding to shipping directions. A total
of S1.945.6S is in the Fort Dodge Saw
ings bank. This comprises the amount
raised in Fort Dodge and some of the
collections outside Of this city. BY no
means all Of the collections in the
smaller places have been reported
however Letters urging that complete
reports be sent in as soon as possible
have been forwarded to all parts of the
banks ana elevators in the county
Dayton has done herself proud in the
work Of succoring the Belgians. Tina,
| town alone contributed car load Of
grain, or about 1000 bushels. Eight
hundred bushels already have been do
mated in that place and immediate vi