Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-04
Northern Io1ua Items

thew crossed the bridge across Big
creek they met Mr.. Clark, OF Ana
mosa, who was en- route to Cedar Rap
ids Both carss were going rspidly ana
Mr. CIaTE attempted to step so they
would not gmeettonsthe ortuEs,e HIS car
eskidded and syvSG overturned and was
smashed considerably. However, MIR.
Biddick assisted in rightins the ma
chino and repairing the damage as
much as possible, and he was able TO
continue his trip to Cedar Rapids.
Fortunately no one was injured.
Epworth. z
Farmers in this vicinity finished cut;
ting oats and are now waiting an OPP
Fportunity to- 4bresh. AS yet there mas
been no thresKIng done in this vicinity
but farmers claim their oats will make
at least forty bushels to the acre The
oats are light this season but there is
going to be an abundance of straw.
Corn is looking fine and the recent
rain has helped it wonderfully.
Clinton.
A Greek workman. who says ms
name is Joe Aline. is in jail here Tor
the killing Of fellow workman Peter
Cortese, also known as Peter Cordosa.
during a fight at a railroad camp at
Elwood Cortese was taken to Ma
uuoketa hospital after ne had been
shot and died there. Aline says Cortese
started the fight and he was forced to
shoot in self defense. He will: probably
be formally charged with murder soon.
| Manchester.
Joseph Hutchinson, of this city, has
let the contract to S. T. Holdren, OF
~ tha CT
large dam across the Maquoketa river
| north of this city, the work to be COM
menced this week. Mr.. Hutchinson
owns the Manchester flour mills and
! intends to equip his power site for
electric lighting and power purposes
later on. The dam will be of mammoth
proportions, because of the large VOL
ume of water held back by it,
Manchester.
| While moving their heavy thresh-
| ing outfit from one farm to another the
Deckler brothers Of near Manchester
met with an accident in which one OF
them had a narrow escape. While
crossing a small bridge across Sand
creek the structure gave way and the
| engine and separator went into the
ditch. The engineer jumped for his life
| and escaped with few minor bruises.
Harry Trumblee Of Manchester. raised
the heavy machinery out OF the ditch
with his housemoving derricks.
Storm Lake.
j At a meeting OF the Toung MEN 81
Christian Associations county commit
tee. held on Wednesday. the resigna-
ton of Charles E. Dreher as county
secretary was accepted to take effect
fAuR. %. He resigns to take up the
hardware business with George Ed
wards at Nevada. George w. Ed
wards of Fargo, n. D., a young man
with considerable experience and who
Is also an agricultural expert, comes
to take up the work in Buena Vista
county.
LeMars.
/ Five hoboes numerically beat up
John F.. Hansen. a police officer, some
time between Thursday night and Fri
day morning. He was found in an un-
| conscious condition by 4 Gay officer
at 9 o'clock Friday morning. He rec
objected but little Of the affair beyond
the fact that Ave men assaulted him on
his rounds thru the railroad yards.
Tramps and hoboes are becoming ex-
tremeIy insolent and bold hereabouts,
and citizens in the outskirts Of town.
where police protection is nil, are load
!. ing up for these gentry.