Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-18
Northern Io1ua Items

, woodchucks, ratuesnahe9 and Crows
The various pests killed hundred H.
SIS. and OF this number the wood
chucks easily were first, ,.siI having
/. been killed. Pocket gophers came next,
3.4a3 having been slain and bounties
were paid for the killing o. SAC rattle
snakes and sos crows. Among the In
d.vidual pests the rattlesuakes were
the most costly 10 the county, 80 cents
having been paid out for every snake
Of such denomination being killed
Woodchuck siaysrs received bounty o.
Is cents for each scalp, while crows
and gophers brought 10 cents each OH
the county market
Fort Dodge.
Roland Tuilar, the young son Of MI.
and Mrs. A. ]. Tuilar, altho suffering
from painful burns on his foot, is con-
sidered by his family a pretty lucky
boy. The other day he was playing
with number Of boys near one Of the
east end grocery stores. The clerk of
the store had run off some gasolene
from the tank outside the building:
Some OF this was dripping OF the
ground. The boys though. i much
more fun 70 wade in gaso!ene than in
mere water and got rheiT sandals vel!
soaked. One Of the boys inclined TO
skep..c!sm threw a lighted match on
the ground. The gasolene biazed up.
and young Tuliar was aiaLae up TO his
knees. He ran into tbs store, and
prompt action on the part Of the mer-
chant pu. GU, the blaze and saved his
life.
Pemerey.
ia q p
near Jolley. borrowed lantern Thurs
day evening from Eiiner Lundeen 70
Investigate trouble in mis- auto. and
leaking gasolene caused sn explosion
that burned the mans arms and Shout
ders SO badly that he will be laid Up
for three months. He hal been 10
Pomeroy IN the evening and after al
/ lowing his auto to stand for an hour he
spent fully an equal time in trying
10 get il TO start. He did finally get il
around TO the Livingston garage, got il
| in action expecting II would work al
right until ne got home. But at the
Lundeen place it stopped and he Dor
rowed lantern to Investigate the
trouble He was part way under tbs
car when the fame ;gnited the leaking
gasolene. Mrs. Reynolds was burned
slightly anu cCtlSI1eidUIy SucChSN ny
the experience, the son escaped with
out injury, but M. Reynolds was taker
to the Lundeen home to be cared for.
West Unoin.
Three young men were brought here
Sunday night from Sumner on charg'
of breaking and entering the H!chsels
creamery store near Sumner. Th'
young men had hearing Monday be
fore Justice Harvey Smith and PLEADED
guilty. VIII Youngtom and Lloyd Bas
have been released on 800 bonds whil'
the third, Clyde Russ. has been unabl,
so far to secure bail. The trouble be
gan Saturday evening when the mel
are said to have taken q case Of bee
from the buggy Of Arthur Prior. and
when thoroughly encouraged by tn
contents went TO the store Of the Rich
field creamery. where they obtainet
entrance by tearing OF the screen
breaking the window with IN empt!
bottle, and unfastening the window
Russ and Bass went inside to pass tn,
goods taken, which included cigars
overalls and Jackets, cookies, figs an,
other eatables, out to Youngtom. N,
,, money was taken az the proprietor
Charles Day. had carried It home. tn
. amount Of the loss IL small. but break
ing and entering the building make
them liable to ten years imprisonment
YoungtOm and Bass are said 10 hav
borne good characters, but Russ ha
. been in other difficulties. The case VII
como before the grand jury In Septsm
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