Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-21
Southern Io1ua Items

on the edge Of the railroad track SO
near to the track that the passing
locomotive tore off the fender of the
automobile. The friends Of all three
men are congratulating themselves
that the accident was no worse.
Atlantic.
District Game Warden r. C. Jackson,
OF Shenandoah. went to Lewis to serve
notice on the Lewis Milling company
to put in a fishway in it's dam. For
the last eight or nine years this mat
ter has been threshed out again and
again and many promises have been
made by the company to comply with
the law and install the fishway Upon
his return to this city from Lewis,
Mr.. Jackson said that he found that
there is a fishway in the Lewis dam
but that 1t is not large enough to ac-
conlmodate the largest fish.
Moravia.
c. +. Turner has closed real es-
tate deal by which he purchased the
800 acre A. j. Close farm four miles
northwest Of Mystic for $4,000 Mr..
Close has now closed out all his APP
panoose county land, having gone to
Wyoming for the benefit of his fami-
ly's health, and liking it out there.
Mr.. Turner has another good 240 acre
farm near Moravia, but will probably
move to his new purchase. He is one
Of Appanoose county's best farmers
and will be a welcome addition to any
community.
Ute.
Louis Larsen Of Dakota City, Neb..
has recovered his gold watch which
he lost Is years ago at Ute. in a most
peculiar manner He was with a
party of Is at farm house near Ute
when a tornado struck the residence.
One of the party was killed and an
| other injured Mr.. Larsen recovered
to find himself in nearby field. His
watch chain was hanging loose, and a
diligent search failed to locate the mis-
sing timepiece. Mr.. Larsen received
word a week ago that the watch had
been found BY the people now living
on the farm.
Osceoia.
Mrs. Mary \. Smith. who died at
her home here last week and was bur-
led Friday, is thought to have been
one of the few real Daughters of the
Revolution remaining in Iowa. Mrs.
Smith was born in 1918 and was the
daughter of revolutionary soldier.
Death was due to old age. She came
to Osceola in 1855. Seven children
survive They are Mrs. Edwards and
Mrs A. K. Ralph of Osceola. Mrs.
Archer, Of Los Angeles. William Smith
of Winterset, John Smith of Clark
county and Jacob and Jasper of Os-
ceola.
Fairfield.
Some eighty Belgian moulders at
the plant of the Iowa Malleable Iron
Works declared they will not return
to work unless Mexican laborers en-
ployed there are discharged. The
threatened strike is the result of an
incipient race riot. Victor DeBrule a
Belgian, was struck on the head with
heavy iron screw and painfully in
jured. The blow was struck in the
back of the head by one of the Mexi-
cans. Following this disturbance
the Be!gians decided that they would
work no longer with the Mexicans and
so notified Manager w. c. Spaulding.
oskaIoosa.
An article published here a few days
go concerning large amount Of un-
claimed fee money being turned over
to the county treasurer by the clerk
Clerk j. L. Milligan unreasonable
grief ever since People have been
calling at the clerks office all hours
Of the day wanting money alleged to
be due them as fees. and some have
even demanded money for which SER
vice was rendered as far back as ten
and fifteen years. But it's too late
now. little careful persual OF the
article mentioned will disclose the fact
that this fee money" Is outlawed af-
ter six months and reverts back to the
Golfers of the county at the end of that
time.