Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-12
Northern Ioua Items

ing chap came In and asked the price
Of pictures. He argued for a time
about the cost of sitting and finally
decided to have some post cards TAX
Ell. Miss Roy was arranging a chair
for him to sit upon before the camera
when he suddenly caught her about the
throat and attempted to throw her to
the floor. Altho the fellow threat
ened to choke the life out of her If
she made any outcry the girl strug-
gled wildly, and finally broke away
from her assailant. He then ran out
OF the door and disappeared and Miss
Roy notified the police.
Sioux City.
Trouble comes not singly but in
pairs, thinks j. c. Blackburn, oil Iowa
street, who lies in St Vincents hos
pital since Thursday with an Injured
leg. ,Blackburn's injury was sustained
Thursday night about 9 o'clock when
he stepped in front OF the fieeting auto
mobile OF Fire Chief kellogg. But
Blackburn thinks little Of his own
injury. He Is greatly concerned about
the condition OF a young son who was
recently set upon by thugs at Luz
Verne, Mimi. and stabbed in the back.
One OF the assailants. the father learn
ed had been caught. Three other men
who were with the man are sought by
the police. Physicians say that young
Blackburn will live. A sister has Just
returned to the city from Luverne.
where she left the wounded young
brother in slightly better condition.
Clinton.
mt 80: 90 Nt,,sl 20
Jack London might have put 1t. was
stripped from Pete Eanc and Louis
Vargo. Roumanians. Thursday. when
their primitive passions came upper
most and they resorted to the law Of
tooth and nail. For some reason,
probably a woman. these two men be-
came Infatuated. In the style Of the
best red blooded novel; and few at
each others throats like two wild
cats. Not waiting to try each other
out with skillful boxing or scientific
hitting they went after each others
throats. The closest they got was
the face. Each got bulldog hold with
hts teeth and ns a result Louis liz in
the hospital with badly torn upper
lip and Pete appeared In police court
this morning with his underjaw ripped
from Louis teeth. The case was con-
tinued to Monday to allow Louis to re-
cover sufficiently to get out of the hos
pital. flour DRINKS also appeared be-
fore Judge Ramsay and got the usual
five or Ave.
MoGregor.
The success Of A. A. Sawvell with
winter wheat on his farm near Nc
Gregor is attracting much attention
from the farmers In this vicinity. Win
ter wheat has been grown for four sue
cessive years on the Sawvill farm and
fourteen acres have been seeded down
again this fall. The yield in 1911 was
forty two bushels, 1913. twenty Ave
and half bushels, and this year thir-
ty bushels. The price at present Is
e1.06, making a return Of s31.50 an acre
for this seasons crop. The prices OF
other years have varied from so cents
t. Sc cents MIR. Sawvell has found the
eastern slope to he the best for winter
wheat, and the Turkey Red the best
variety to- use. The ground. he says,
should he plowed not less than eight
inches deep. the seed drilled In and the
planting take place between Aug. 20
and Sept, 10. An important advantage
In growing winter wheat Ia that the
preparation Of the ground and the
se-ains1 genes a. Tin. %::s:: &c .:. -:
work 10 slack.