Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-30
Northern Io1ua Items

afternoon. She did not discover her
loss until the train arrived in this city.
A thorough search of the car on
which she was riding was made at once
hn. without success. According 10
Mrs. Fuller. she was on the way to
Mason City with the bundle, when
$50 bills; $500 to the package. Mrs.
Fullr is the wife of George
Fuller of the the Rockwell bank
Cedar Rapids
With blood in his eyes Mayor Roth
Is looking for a. reckless. automobile
driver who chasedSup Third avenue be-
tween Twelfrh and Fourteenth streets
Tuesday evening. regardless of the red
lanterns which had been placed there for
warnings Several of these red Ian
terms were struck by the automobile
and overturned. The oil from the Ian
terms flowed out to the new asphaltic
concrete and seriously damaged It,
Contractor Ford had to patch it and
there was need of considerable patching
to make gold the damage. Mayor
Roth offers a reward of $25 for infor
nation that will lead to the identifica
ton and arrest of the miscreant.
LeMars.
An automobile ride resulted serious
ly for six I.eMarS young people, rang
ing in age from l6 to Is years. Monday
evening. In the party We're John Pech.
Will Maxwell. Sam Wood. Misses Fern
Maxwell, Florence Wells and Jane
Warner. Will Maxwell the ls-year-
old son of Sheriff Maxwell, borrowed
h, fath 4,,'e 10 al o.
Pech to drive and an upset occurred at
a rough place in the road four miles
south of town when Pech turned the
machine too short and 1t turned over.
Miss Maxwell had her left arm broken
and the flesh on her right arm was
split from the wrist to the shoulder.
the extent OF his injuries is indefinite.
Will Maxwell had his knee badly
sprained and Miss Well is hurt in
ternally The driver aud Miss Warner
escaped injury.
Cedar Rapids.
John Indrop,llos, a Greek. has learned
that it does not always pay to be
charitable. Saturday lndropulos met
Steve Gerst who was broke and begged
the Greek for assistance. Indropulos
works nights in the Rock Island rail
road shops. He has a room at o12
r avenue. He was glad to show his
kindness to Gerst and so invited him
to sleep in the room nights. Indro-
pulos used the room in the day time.
But Tuesday Gerst disappeared and
With him disappeared $3.50 worth of
postal savings bank certificates, bank
book showing $500 deposited in local
bank, a gold watch and chain and
other articles. The trunk of Indro-
pulos was broken Sergeant McKer-r
nan secured a description of Gerst and
found him on the street Wednesday
morning. Later the sergeant learned
that Gerst had tried to sell the certi-
.fcates of deposit Gerst claims that
he got the stolen articles from another
man.
vinton.
Not so long ago the Warner farm
at the end of the road west of V'nton
sold for $50 per acre. 1t was known
as the Watson farm. 1t afterward
sold for a higher figure. I, came into
the possession Of Erwin Warner and he
has held 1t for some years 1t Is finely
improved and cultivated. 1t has a
splendid house and good barns aud
outbuildings on it. 1t is not only con-
.venient to town but ii is desirable
place to live. Last week Mr.. Theodore
We'll. the noted horse importer of the
county offered Mr.. Warner 5000 per
acre for the farm. To the old timers.
who remember when farm land could
he bought for $25 per acre and less
that would look like a tempting offer.
but II was refused by Mr.. Warner. This
Is the highest price offered for farm
in the county. For some time land has
been at point of 5000. A couple of
weeks ago Mr. Will Perrine. living on
an adjoining farm to Mr.. Warner. sold
his farm for $3.50. Now Mr.. Warner
has been offered 5000 per acre for his
farm Of 100 acres and has refused 1t.
What makes the price Of farm?