Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-15

Eldon.
William wilburn. living two miles
east Of Eldon. while drilling for water
on his place. found at the depth OF 3so
feet a 9-foot bed Of coal. He drilled
thru seventy hve feet Of slate and =
number of feet Of solid rock. This bed
Of coal IL extra flne.
Davenport.
News Of the sudden death Of Rev.
r. A. Evans, well known In Daven-
port. was received In O telegram to Mrs.
L w. McKown. Rev. Mr.. Evans
death followed a stroke Of apoplexy
which he received while visiting at the
home Of his uncle in Kentucky. He
had been attending tho meeting OF the
general assembly at Newcastle. Pa,
and went to Kentucky on his return.
Mrs. Evans was not with him at the
time.
Museatine.
Jack Gary. a resident Of East Fourth
street, was released by the police after
having spent the night in the police
station, where he was lodged late
Thursday night when one of the pa
trolmen found him clad In q suspicious
looking attire and walking about the
street. He was wearing q light jersey
and q pair of tennis shoes, among other
things. and the officer thought him to
be a prowler, but he stated that he
was unable to sleep because of the
heat and had gone out for a walk.
Shenandoah.
A. sinott of this city, has just An
ished the first cutting Of alfalfa on his
farm near Hamburg. From fifteen
acres he took fifty large loads, averag-
ing one ton per load. The alfalfa stood
about three feet high, some stalks four
feet, 1t was all cured in fine condi-
ton and the crop is easily worth $25
per acre. There will be two more
cuttings during the year which COM
bined should produce as much as the
first crop, making $50 per acre, a very
fair income even from 5000 land.
Davenport.
Hugh Barr, Jr of Davenport, who
moved to Buffalo, N. Y, to become ed
itor of La Hacienda, the leading Span
ish monthly, published there and circu :
lating largely in Mexico and all the
Latin American countries. went to
Niagara Falls, Ont, few days ago.
in the interest Of his paper and spent
the day with and dined with the me-
diators. Mr.. Barr learned the Spanish
language while chemist and manager
of sugar refineries in Cuba and else
where and speaks 1t ffuently. The
mediators assured him, in fact, that
they had not found any one since they
came to this country, who spoke 1t
better. Naturally. it was most In
teresting experience.
Burlington.
The Iowa druggists closed their an
nual convention here after a fine river
trip to the power dam at Keokuk. The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, A. ]. Kilmer, Mason City: vice
president, Joseph r. Suffer- Burling-
ton; second vice president, Arthur
Kiedaicsh, Keokuk; third vice presi-
dent Milo ]. John. Clinton; executive
committee, ]. d. Roger, Cedar Rapids;
II. S. Keabels. Pella; ]. A. Todd. Sioux
! City; secretary, Al Falkenhainer. AL
coma: treasurer, ]. M. Lindley, Of Win.
field. The selection Of the next place
Of meeting will be made by the ex-
ecutive committee. Twelve hundred
delegates were present and many OF
them declare this was the best con-
vention ever held by the order.
Dss Moinss.
A movement has been set on foot tc
secure the election Of H. T. Blackburn,
cashier of the Iowa National Bank here
as president Of the Iowa Bankers' as
ISOLATION at Its meeting In Davenport
next year. The idea started q few
weeks ago. and sentiment has been
growing rapidly ever since. Several
! lev. bankers have urged Mr.. Black
burn to run, and he has accepted
There was much talk Of his candidacy
at the Clinton convention last week