Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-18
Grinnell and Vicinity.

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Grinnell, April 1s--A free lecture is
scheduled for next Tuesday evening at
S o'clock, in the superior court room,
the topic being pure foods and their
preparation and the speaker being Dis
trict Inspector c. S. Boyle.
The city council of Brooklyn voted
without dissent to accept the offer of
the Grinnell Electric and Heating
Company to extend transmission line
from Grinnell to Brooklyn and furnish
the city and the citizens there with
light and power. There was really no
contest at the meeting Of the council,
altho other companies had seemed to
be competing up to that time. A spec
cial election OF the Brooklyn voters is
to be held and, as soon as the franchise
IS granted to the Grinnell company.
the work Of installation will begin. In
cidentally Malcolm will benefit by this
| extension Of electric force.
F. A. Hagen and his brother, G. F.
Hagen, have bought the motorcycle
stock of George Dunning. Mr.. Dunnins
has lived in this city several years and
| has family and a fine home at 319
! East street. He was for some years in
the employ of the Spaulding Company.
the Morrison Kicker Glove Company.
| Iowa College is to be represented at
| the Drake University relay carnival
this afternoon in the half-mile event.
| Lynch. Middleton, Tooley, Norris. and
Farwell have been chosen to go to Des
| Moines.
| Iowa College has been the recipient
Of another $4,000 gift in the shape Of
70 ir 1oy, poI
by Mr.. B. F. Felt, of Spencer. Senator
H. W. ,Spaulding and J. c. Goodrich, of
| this city, were at Spencer last week
| and looked after the final details Of
| the transaction that adds to the USE
fitness OF Iowa College. The land is
located between Spencer and Prm CHAR
and is said to be worth easily s175 an
acre and 1t is the present plan Of the
trustees Of the college to put 1t on the
market at about that figure.
The officers and directors of the
Grinnell Savings Bank are getting the
new home for the bank into such shape
that outsiders can begin to see some
thing Of the beauty that will be every
| where present when the work is COM
| p1eted. The upper rooms are nearer
completion than the lower part and the
woodwork finish there Is said by judg-
es to be the best ever put into a build
| ing in this city.
The directors OF the Merchants Ma
tional Bank have been busy for the
past two days in looking over plans
and figures for the new $4,000 build
| ing they are about to begin on the cor
ner of Broad street and Fourth avenue.
The occupants Of the east part OF the
| old GrinnelI block have moved out and
the building is now Just about ready
to be demolished to make room for the
new bank.
The city council has recently added
to the citified equipment two new
dump wagons of the Studebaker make,
with the words "Grinnell Street De-
partment" prominent on the sides. It
is naturally expected that all the
modern helps toward the CITY Beauti-
fur will stimulate civic pride and tend
towards relieving the streets Of some
Of the debris that has encountered
them.
i President F.. J. Link. Of the Miller
Artesian Well Company, recently met
the city council here and arrangements
were made Cor the cleaning cut ot the
shale which obstructs to some extent
the flow Of water In deep we'll No. 4.
4 AS all the deep well drilling apparatus
Is now here this can be done cheaper
than at any other time and the well be
made secure for many years.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry NJ. Harris an
nounce the birth OF son.
u Ralph Lamb has just sold his 21C
acre farm northeast of this city tc
Thomas Bradley for S215 an acre. Mr.
Bradley plans to sell the 100 acre farm
he bought last year from Martin Eich-
horn and which lies just east Of his
present purchase and to move to the
. new place to make his home.