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

convenience. AS to Mr.. Wallace the
article says: "R. G. Wallace is thor
ough hotel man. afable, courteous ana
of strong personality. and II there is
hotel man in Denver under whose di-
reciion the new DeWitts success is
assured n advance, AeeG. Waiisce is
that man"
Dysart., ss
George Kavaher and Haiopeter two
boys who work on farms in the Moore
vile vicinity northsof #Dysart. had
collision with their motorcycles last
Thursday evening which left both of
them IN a pretty serious condition The
boys were going to Dysart after chores
and itSbeing moonlight they, thought it
unnecessary to usethelr Lights One OF
the boyssgot. ahead of the Sfher and he
thinking that thss SstkaE@SAad had a
breakdown turned around to go back
and help him ou. They met each 9TH
er in 'front.' OF tho Frank Frost place.
both going thicty-five miles per hour.
Both We're hurt seriously about the
head and Halopeter Suffered serious in
ternal injuries from which he was not
expected to recover. Kavalier Will be
out in few days. hut Halopeter's re-
tCOVerS Is Stlll GOu
Lake City.
oscar Crandall and;Trank Daisy. two
tl7-year- old boys of this city, took ad-
vantage of the first snow of the sea.
son and went rabbit hunting Tues
day afternoon. Daisy sought to poke
the rabbit out of shock of corn
fodder with the butt of his gun. The
hammer of the gun caught in the band
Of the shock and fired the gun. The
charge entered Crandall's leg just be-
low the knee. shattering both bones to
such a degree that the limb had to be
amputated above the knee. The loss OF
blood was so great before medical aid
could be had that life was despalred of
until yesterday morning, when the boy
rallied and hope is now entertained for
his recovery This is the third shooting
accident that has happened In Lake City
within the last three weeks. Edgar t.
Bowles was accid entally shot Thanks
giving day. necessitatinE the amputa-
ton of parts of both feet. and Carl
Wood was hit by a stray bullet while
on the way to town Sunday afternoon.
churdan.
Prospecting for town well at this
place mas come u du eIu anu now
the town council believes that we have
well that will furnish sufficient water
for us for all time. The we'll is 165
feet deep and is cased with an eight
inch casing with brass sand strainer
twelve feet in length at the bottom for
the water to enter. There is in the
neighborhood of 125 feet of water in
the well and has stood a strong pump
f,,r - ,,r1t 1av. Sv,cs u
Of a 4-inch pipe. and has stood the test
from fifty to 100 gallons Of water 4
minute without lowering the water
particle The council is at present ne
gotiating with several firms for putting
in the water system. When you take
into consideration the depth OF the well
and the small cost it will take to fur
nish power to pump water from q well
this depth it looks like good deal for
the town. The upkeep cost on a we'll
this depth will be considerable less
than II we had well Of greater depth.
Cedar Falls.
"A determined stand against the
smoking and gambling habits was TAX
en- by the seventh annual older bows
conference Just concluded here, The
bows tabooed the social Smoker and
were emphatically against the practice
Of betting on athletic events In a
] sweeping resolution declaring against
these evils. the boys called upon all
college men to set an example In clean
habits. The big gathering OF approxi-
mately 900 boys unanimously adopted
the following resolution: 1.-THE boys
assembled in the seventh annual Older
Bays conference. acting for thousands
OF high school and older boys thruout
the state, most earnestly seek the CO.
operation OF college and university men
In the fight for a higher standard Of
manhood among the youth OF our COM
!.monwealth. To this end we ask you to
aid us by example as well as by pre-
cept in opposing all betting on athletic
contests: gambling in every form. the
smoking habit in general and the In
PRODUCTION Of smokers' 70 social
junction. q