Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-24

The Sargent Tile Ditcher Company,
of this city is planning to bid on a
$605, 900 ditching job in New Mexico.
The big ditch will be $40 miles in length
and will run near Roswell.
Sioux City.
Shipments Of livestock and packing
house products are growing from this
point. Over $50 cars were shipped out
of Sioux City Thursday night after 6
o'clock by the different railroad lines.
The value of these shipments are
roughly estimated at $250.000.
leMars.
The annual conference of the North
west United Evangelical church will be
held in LeMars the week beginning
March 20. Bishop U. F. Swengel. of
Harrisburg, will preside. A large nuns
Der of clergymen and laymen will at
tend the conference.
Waterloo.
Williams Kascht opened a saloon at
the corner Of Fifth and Sycamore
streets Saturday morning, making
establishments now in operation.
Licenses have been granted to twenty
six saloonmen, and it is expected that
all will be in operation by April I.
LeMars.
The Grant township creamery build
ng was destroyed by fire, with loss
Of $4,000, Thursday. The building was
insured for $4,000. It will be rebuilt,
but as the burned structure was sew
eral miles from q railroad it is prob
able building viii be erected on the
railroad either at Craig or Brunsville.
Sioux City.
The Woodbury. county grand jury,
which made its final report, indicted
Mayor William Maxwell, of Neville, a
small town near here, charged with
gambling. Enemies say he was run
ming a gambling house. The grand
jury returned thirty,six indictments,
nearly all for minor offenses. No new
indictments have been returned in the
police scandal case.
Dubuque.
The new neighborhood home was
opened for the inspection of the public
Wednesday. The home is provided
with clinic and dispensary as an ad-
junct to its settlement work. While
a new venture in social work, it has
been successfully tried in other cities
Over one thousand Catholic women, OF
Dubuque, have been assisting in the
organizing of the work here.
North Moerssor.
| A shooting ARRAY occurred Thurs
day afternoon in q houseboat on the
who are working nights at the round
house. A quarrel arose and, Johr
Jumps, one of the men, shot one of the
To-, 9T,,vpo ~
rested and his trial held Friday. He
taken over to Elkader untilthe April
term Of court.
Webster City.
Some of the central Iowa shippers
are finding East st. Louis better
stock market than Chicago and con.
siderable stock from this. part Of the
stats IS ascw going &c that point. One
day this week hogs brought 1910 tc
$3.50 as the top Of theamarket ut Chi.
cago, while at East st. Louis, top hog,
came to as high as 1870. sEast Omaha
Sioux City, Kansas CITY, and even Den
yer have been beating Chicago as q
cattle and hog market this winter.
said; d local stock ...s.:. The foot and
mouth disease, and Industrial condi-
tions have stripped Chicago Of its su.
lpremacy."
Cherokee.
The Cherokee Commercial Club hello
It's second annual banquet in the
armory Thursday night and more thar
800 local business men were in at
tendance. c. J. Maher. president Of
the club, acted as toastmaster. Re.
sponses were made by Guy q. Tomlin.
son, Charles e. Bradley, w. A. San.
ford, E. d. Huxford, George M. Even
son. The state hospital orchestra and