Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-26
Northern Io1ua Items

! that he had bought at a less figure.
Other rumors came to him to the effect
that people were paying all prices, and
Mr.. Miller decided to make an inves-
tigation. He at once got into com
! fnunication with the company and Was
notified that their insurance could not
be secured by any man In Iowa and
that the said Smith was not at tina,
time In their employ. He was selling
the insurance at any price he could
get. and handled all of the money
spending 1t for himself and wife. The
preliminary hearing will come UP be-
| fore County Attorney Moore. of Rock
ford, this week. The case will be
watched with interest around Greene.
as 1t is said the agent did hourishins
business.
Ananosa.
A building utilized as carpenter
shop IN the Anamosa reformatory con-
fines, caught fire at $3.50 Friday even
| ing With the exception of stone
wing the building, fin,sy and infiam-
mable affair. was completely destroyed.
The cause of the fire is not known.
! Warden McClaughry attaches no par
| ticular significance to the conflagra-
ton. as he stated the prisoners en-
ployed in and around the structure
| We're selected and trusted men, In
fact he said, they were particularly
Interested in the loss as many of them
had belongings therein, consisting Of
articles they had made and which be-
longed to them personally.
Sac City.
Before W. P. Bauer left Florida ne
purchased a pair of alligators about
three years Of age for exhibition in Sac
City. The little fellows have been kept
thus far in the window of the Weary
hardware store and are objects Of in
terest to many people who have not
been permitted to visit the southland.
where live alligators are common in
the parks, tho rarely seen in their ma
tive waters. When the age of the Sac
! City exhibit is mentioned the average
exhibitor of them is likely to be dis
appointed. for they are only one foot
in length Evidently it takes a long
while to develop an alligator of the
size and ferocity which the northern
| Imagination has been accustomed to
picture.
Clear Lake.
Lester P. Barlow, eldest son Of Mr..
and Mrs. George Barlow, Of Clear Lake,
is serving under General Villa in Mex
ico He is a lieutenant and participant
ed in the twenty one days engagement.
the brigade to which he is attached los
ing over 1900. Before joining
Villa Lester was esta blishing trans
portation line. but the war interferred
with the work and it was abandoned.
Lester had served four years as a gun
ner in the U. s. navy. He writes his
parents that he Is detained few days
in the hospital at Ell Paso, Tex. He
had been mounting guns on automo-
biles. General Villa he describes as
a man of great courage and friend of
F; the down trodden people,. and has been
grossly misrepresented.
Goldfisid.
The farmers Of the county have now
had Mr. Wise, the county advisor. en-
ployed for one year. They have a
three-years' contract with him. The
people Of the county will. no doubt. be
interested in knowing what has been
accomplished. He has saved, thru his
effort, 1892 hogs from cholera, secured
for the farmers 100000 COS OF serum,
much OF which could not have been Sc
cured had 1t not been for his diligence.
In addition to the actual attention on
these lines. he has scattered informa-
ton regarding every phase Of hog
cholera broadcast among the farmers
This stream Of instructions. in the face
OF saving at least $47.s20 to the BUSH
ness OF the county, 10 the most valua-
BILE service in this line the county ad-
visor has given.