Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-26
Dee Moinss.

Dss Moinss.
A. e. Young, station agent at
Rowscher. on the Colfax interurpan'
was found dead in his Office early
wednesday when travellers went there
"a huv tickets. He had evidently been
by the heavy current on
the wires which run thru the onice'
but how the accident occurred has not
been determined.
fw s. Kieht. pastor Of the Methodist
church of Mitchellville, was elected
grand warden of the state lodge OF OdN
Fellows. He received 70S out Of 1925
votes by the past masters who were
permitted to vote A. A. Montgomery,
~ stnart. was second with 52S votes.
The ballotins was done In the different
lodges and the results sent to the
headquarters for ,canvassing. Ihe re-
suit was made known Wednesday.
Newton.
A deal in real estate took place this
week which will probably be the means
of having built in Newton a fine string
of pretty, attractive bungalows. John
Harrington and S. ]. Jensma nave
purchased the old college building, the
ten lots which go with it, and three
extra lots. The new owners will go
right to work to wreck the oulidins
and get their new possessions READY
for the bungalows they are going TO
have built there.
Council Bluffs.
]. G.. Cox, a track inspector for the
Union Pacific railroad. aged SO. died
r..~ia MamOTfal
hospital at 1O:4O o'clock Wednesday
morning Of injuries received three
hours before when he wass truck by
Milwaukee passenger train on the un-
ion Pacific tracks short distance east
| Of the Missouri river bridge. Just now
the accident occurred has not neen
| fully determined and coroners IN
quest will probably be held. 1t seems
Mr.. Cox was walking along the track
towards Omaha when the Milwaukee
passenger train No. 26, bound IN the
same direction struck him. HIS hea
was badly injured and the upper Part
of his body crushed. He was thrown
to one side of the track by the train
and it is not thought any of the wheels
passed over him.
Moorhead. =
! A report in the county auditors OF
flee at Onawa of the farm product4on
of Monona county for the year 1919 Is
interesting and discloses some Facts
| that must he of special interest to the
farmers and business men OF the coun-
nv. There was a total of 4,778,703 bush
! els of corn; winter wheat, 562,6l6;
spring wheat, 1926; alfalfa, 2O,77l
tons from 1922 acres; 1929 tons Of
timothy from 1922 acres. Total NUNS
her of hogs raised was 92,292; OF cattle
20 900: horses 10000; mules. 1851. The
greatest crop is corn and the next II
hogs. The ravages Of hog cholera In
1918 killed 37,Os5 hogs. entailing ar
enormous loss. Monona county ranks
f,rst In the state in the production OF
winter wheat, 562.61e bushels. and Of
spring wheat, 127,24S bushels.
Essex.
Nh. and Mrs. Lew Gutchenritter had
iuuite a scare early Monday morning
when a strange man walked into theti
Kitchen. after leaving his shoes .on The
door step, and started upstairs. Mr.
/ Gutchenritter called to him and the
stranger came back to the Kitchen
seated himself and looked around q
Tho perfectly contented with his sur.
lroundings. Seeing that he was insane
Mr.. Gutchenritter did not: disturb hin
but when his mysterious guest was NO,
lwatching him went to the telephon.
and called Lenus Hagglund, who. viii
Earl Knox and Andrew Sundquist, wal
:. soon at the Gutchenritter place. TheS
. asked the young man II he didn't wan
1 to take an auto ride and he conSente{
land went with them to Clarinda witii0u
any trouble. At Clarinda they fouut
that his name II Charley CLARK, TIM
his mother lives at New Market ~
that he had been showing signs az n.