Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-29
Southern Io,ua Items

I clothing. 1t is thought that the fire
started from a defective hue Every
thing was done by volunteers to ex-
tinguish the blaze.
Sigourney.
At meeting Of the Sigourney school
board held on Thursday evening Prof.
George H. billiard of Vinton, was
elected to the position Of superintend-
ent of the city schools for the coming
| year at a salary Of $1,000. Prof. Hill
! Hard comes well recommended as an
educator. He is graduate of the
state normal college at Cedar Falls,
where he obtained the A. B. degree
and in the month of June will gradu-
ate from the Iowa state university,
when he will obtain the masters de-
| gree.
Knoxville.
| An association composed Of the high
schools Of Abba, Indiano!a, Charlton.
Oskaloosa Pella and Knoxville has
been organized, and will be known as
the Southern Iowa High School Ath-
letic Association. The first annual
track meet will be held at Knoxville
May 10. All Of the schools included
| in the association have good material
and the meet promises to be fast one.
In the evening Of the same day on
which the meet is held. musical and
literary contest will also be held be-
1 tween these schools.
| centerviiie.
! Twenty applicants have been re-
ceived by Secretary Bruckshaw for the
lposition of superintendent of the Cen
terville schools, vice Fl. .. Fields, re-
signed. The applicants were all gone
over at the regular meeting Wednes-
day night. but nothing definite was
done as it is expected that many of
the applicants will appear III person
| at the time of the spring vacation of
/ the sciioois next year. One applicant
I who filed his name at the time H. o.
FIELDS was appointed. has again pre-
i scented his name, and talk is heard on
the street that strings are being pulled
for him.
Des Moines.
Paul Skogsberg, a senior at east high
school and one of the more prominent
students there, was struck by a car at
$50 o'clock Thursday evening and Sc
riously, tho not fatally. injured. He
is member Of the staff Of The Quill,
the east high students publication.
Skogsberg is helping pay his own way
| by carrying a paper route in northeast
Des Moines. Skogsberg leaned back
to throw a newspaper on porch when
a passing car struck him and threw,
him underneath it. The wheels passed
over one foot, crushing 1t SO badly that
part of it had to be amputated. He suf-
fered also severe cut on his head.
Shambaush. 49,
The other day fox was seen south
east of Shambaugh, on the river.
hunt was organized and the fox was
chased about all day. The hunters
were unable to capture it. but found
an old hollow tree in which were hid
den nine young foxes. They took seven
| OF the foxes from the tree, leaving
two, and set traps for the old fox.
But on going to the tree in the morn
ing they found the old fox had been
there during the night and had sprung
the traps, but had left her young. The
man owning the dogs, who took part
| In the chase took home seven Of the
foxes and another party took two.
pes Moines.
r. j. Leslie was seriously injured.
a dozen persons had narrow escapes
and plate glass window in vacant
store room in the Victoria Hotel was
demolished Friday when the blind
horse which Leslie was driving ran
laway The drivers shoulder was dis
located and he was badly bruised. The
horse became frightened at the top
OF the Sixth avenue hill. Leslie while
lendeavoring to control the horse was
thrown to the pavement and the sight
less horse dashed across the street and
for half a block ran along the side-
walk in front of the hotel and stopped
only when the wagon collided with the
plate glass window.
Red Oak.
e. r. Cole, rural mail carrier. on
route No. Z out Of Red Oak, has been
successfully meeting the difficulty Of
delivering the mail while the roads are
in an almost impossible condition by
making his route on horseback. By
this mode OF travel he can follow paths
and pick out spots in the roads where
the footing is the best. places. over
which he could not travel with a We
inicie. During the past week he has
adopted a relay system OF travel by
J keeping an extra horse at a point half
way along the route. this plan giving
each horse twelve miles to cover each
day MIR. Cole says that the plan ID
working well and that he intends to
follow it until he can use his car.
which, with the present prospects of
continllous bad roads. he thinks will be
: about the first OF July.