Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-26
Northern Io1ua Items

morning when it became known that
automobile thieves had applied theil
work in Spirit Lake in the very fact
of the importation of additional polio,
protection and. would-be professions
detective work. The barn of B. B. Van.
Steenberg had been broken into and his
five passenger REQ automobile stolen
Nothing has been seen or heard from
the car altho every effort has been eN.
pended to apprehend the guilty parties
Ida Grove.
On Monday, Aug. 2. the voters of Ida
Grove have the privilege of deciding
whether the new paving is to be partly
paid for by the city taxpayers as a
whole, or whether all the expense is tc
be borne by the property owners most
Immediately benefited. The question
to be submitted to the voters is whether
they will vote $4,000 in bonds to be
used in paving the intersections and
alleys within the paving district tina,
was created by the resolution of neces-
sity which the council passed num-
Der Of weeks ago.
Dubuque.
Sometime during Friday night or
Saturday morning robbers entered the
Office of the Ham Brewery Company's
branch and stole Sc that was in small
change and then entered the John
Kiefer company's office and stole a
large quantity of liquor. In both places
an entrance was gained by breaking a
window in the rear of the offices. The
police are of the opinion that the rob-
berry was committed by some of the
tramps who are passing thru East Du-
buuue On the same evening robber
tried to gain an entrance into Chap
mans restaurant, but was scared away
by Chapmans dog. 1t IS thought tina,
all three robberies were done by the
same person or persons. The robbers
left the police no clue on which to work
Cedar Rapids.
The state board of control appears
to be impressed with the farm land In
the vicinity of Cedar Rapids as pos
sible location for the woman's reforma
tory. which the state will construct in
the near future. The three members Of
the board slipped into town quietl.
on their way to Anamosa to inspect the
reformatory, and during their stay IL
the city took the opportunity to visit
the 3rownwell and Atwater farms
which are near the city. Nothing was
given out as to whether Linn county
would be selected for the reformatory
but the fact that the board has made
three visits would indicate that its
members are impressed with some OF
the property. It was said yesterday
that the board would announce its de-
cision next week.
Eagle Grove.
It has been ascertained by our good
roads committee that we have fine de-
posts OF gravel for road work. easily
accessible to the highways leading into
our city. Among which Is a deposit
near the Harpham school. the G. G. w
Boone river gravel pit on the George
Derscheid farm. on the Cowan farm
formerly c. & N. w. Boone river pit
near Jesse Middleton's and east Of town
on Eagle Creek just west of Ed Browns
farm. and another small deposit less
than one mile east of our city. The
Cowan Brothers are considering an
offer to furnish free gravel from their
farm to town IL the necessary hauling
can be arranged for. A number Of the
FARMERS northwest of the city are Of
fering to donate the hauling Of 100
loads each OF gravel for surfacing the
roads leading into our city. Mr.. Ken
,nedy has offered to donate sufficient
gravel to surface the road from his
place to the Goldfield- Eagle Grove road
east Of the Hans Christianscn farm.