Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-26
Northern Iolva Items.

permit ample play ground for To-
pupils. The board has also secuf04
the services az Architect w. r.. Ger
nard OF Omaha, who will make plans
and specifications for the new building.
North MeGrsser.
Joseph Meehan. d farmer in Clayton
township, near here, was breaking SOD
on his farm few days ago. The point
OF his pillow hit m obstruction. THINK
Ing II boulder. he Got a shovel and
began digging. To his great surprise
he found an old fashioned iron kettle
with an iron cover securely wired on
with heavy copper wire. The kettle
was nearly full OF 80 and $50 gold
pieces. some Of the Oldest coins dating
back to 1877 and 1902.
Alden.
The Hardin county board Of super.
visors let tho permanent road gradine
contract for the county to John =.
McAndrew. OF Keoknk his bid being
just SIS lower than the next highest.
The contract was let for approximate
ly $4,000 yards at Is S-10 cents per
yard This is believed TO be ono Of the
lowest bids for this kind OF work evcr
awarded In the state The contract
figures up in the neighborhood OF $i2.-
work. The townships most affected ~
this grading contract are Eldora, Jack
son. Ellis. Hardin. Alden. Upton and
Sherman.
clarIssviile.
A special election win be held IN
Clarksville on June II for the purpose
of again voting on school bonds. The
proposition carried few weeks ago
by large majority. but when the
| bonds were offered Tor sale. It was
! found that enough sfgners had not
| been secured for the petition that was
presented to the school board. to make
tho election legal. The petition cons
tanned but forty names. Another ps-
| tition has been presented TO tho board
Of education bearing tho signatures oe
1T male voters. and details OF hin
special election will be- carefully fol-
lowed. The proposition will no doubt
carry as safely as IL did befora
Bows.
Postmaster T. P. Watson has Just
sent In to the headquarters at Wash.
ington a report Of the work done on
the four routes for the month Of April
, For the month every piece OF mail had
to be counted and weighed and listed
In it's class. It Is no small Job but 10
mas TO Dc done once every Quoft0E III
order to determine the salary Of sacH
carrier The count which ended Apr!v
80 showed that our four carriers had
deliver 3l.s0s pieces Of mail weighanS
5,414 pounds. Nearly ever farmsD
takes daily paper and many OF ther0
take two. In fact with tho exception
OF the business men. the people Of the
country take more periodicals than do
the peOple of the town.
Sac City.
Weather conditions permitting. the
Sac City firemen plan a big booster
trip to eighboring towns for the pur>
pose of advertising the firemens tour
nament which is to be held In Sac
City on Wednesday. Juno 9th. In
addition to the leaders race. the
coupling contest, the flag race the as
ISOLATION race. the straightaway race.
and the amateur race. usual in hre.
mems tournaments. other big attrac-
tons are offered at Sac City. One OF
these is 10-mile motorcycle race.
| open to the world; half-mile relay
race. open to the fire departments OF
the association: an exhibition race BY
the Knight Of Strathmore. the fastest
| horse In Iowa.