Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-03

With frlShtful accident ABOUT .
o'clock Monday morning. horse
kicked him in the head breaking the
skull. There was no witnesses and the
first they knew of it was when the
little boys year old sister told the
mother that one of the horses had
kicked her brother and that he was
bleeding. They teephoned at once for
DR.. Dings and DR.. Pershing. Both doc
tors arrived and the boy was placed
in an automobile and brought to the
Keota hospital where he was operated
on by the two keota doctors and DR..
Herrick of Ottumwa. Everything pos
sible is being done to save the boys
are about equal.
Ottumwa.
The new combination auto hose
truck and chemical wagon has arrived
in the city and was out on the streets.
The truck has been in the railroad
yards for several days but the seal on
the car was only broken yesterday and
the motor driven apparatus taken to
the central station and then later given
try-out around the down town
streets The truck is a fine looking
piece of equipment and has been an
since it's appearance upon the streets.
1t is painted a bright red with gold leaf
trimmings and bears the lettering 90.
F. D. No L." The aerial truck which
is the other piece ordered at the same
time that the combination chemical and
hose wagon was will be ready for con-
signment whiting a few weeks, accord
ing to the latest Information received.
Abba.
The first car on the Centervile, Al
bia and Southern Railway came to this
city from Centerville last Monday. The
car was run as far as Tenth street In
this city, to which point the wire has
been strung. An open car was used
at the time and big bugs" of the COM
pany made the trip. Out at Hagan
Park there was large crowd of
skaters and everybody stopped to see
the first car over the new line enter
the city 1t is understood that large
force of men will be brought to Abba
next week, and they will hurry the
work along as fast as possible. The
running of the car over the new line
means that the long promised service
will soon be reality. Settlements
have been made with people in Abba
so that the company can come straight
thru with their own right of way and
they win touch at the Wabash and NJ.
& St T.. and across the city from the
eastern depot over the Benton street
line of the Abba system. landing pas
sengers at the C. B. & Q. station, with
out any change of cars. The work is
done rapidly when the force is on the
ground and this is expected to occur
next week.
Council Bluffs.
Five members of the committee of
the Western Iowa Editorial Associa-
ton met in Council Bluffs Friday
morning, and arranged the date and
number of details of the fall of the
western Iowa editors at Harlan The
meeting there viii! be held on Friday.
Sept. II. The program, it was ar
ranged, is to be left entirely to the
Harlan commercial club. which is TAX
ing a live interest in the meeting AL
ready arrangements are made for a
banquet to he editors, an automobile
ride of forty miles. a number OF
speeches, etc The session will all be
held the one day, but will extend over
into the evening rs we'll as the day ses-
sions. The committee that met here
to arrange the session was composed
Of G. c. Sheaffer Of the Randolph En-
terprise, secr etary of the association,
w. F.. Hanton of the Griswold Ameri-
can, vice president of the association,
p. B. Brown of the Shelby County Re-
publican, Of Harlan; w. C. Campbell.
of the Harlan Tribune, and G. X. Swift.
clerk Of the district, court OF Shelby
county and secretary of the Harlan
commercial club, who has been named
as chairman OF the local entertainment
committee.