Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-24
Southern Io1ua Items

rapidly that the impetus carried the
| wheels in to the hubs, and the Tenders
and tail light were bent and caught ir
the bank When the engine was start
ed the car could not pull itself out and
1t was necessary to work and pry ar
hour before the party could proceed
1t was found that the shock had broken
the steering gear, so the trip had to
be abandoned.
Davenport.
A daring daylight burglary was per-
petrated Thursday afternoon or Fri
day night at the jewelry store of ]. P.
Ament, 325 West Second street, DAY.
rings, totaiins III value about $50 were
removed from the show case at the
front Of the establishment. The po-
lice were notified today and Detectives
Kinney and Bishop were assigned to
tho case. According to the report CIV
en- by Mr.. Ament, owner of the place
he made two trips to the basement OF
the building Thursday and Friday
morning leaving the store unguarded
and 1t Is supposed that at one Of these
times the thieves took advantage OF
his absence to enter the store and go
UoIllNu Cuo case 10 secure the ValO
ables. Mr.. Ament did not discover his
loss until Saturday when he approach
ed the case to wait on a customer and
found that all OF the articles had dis
appeared The loss includes several
watches and a number of rings.
Newton.
There is to be a new school house
in the Ada1nson Grove district, South
Murphy, and Milton vanscoy, who
lives north from Murphy few miles
purchased the old building to use as q
shed on his farm. He engaged George
Alfree to move it for him. In the
moving it was necessary to cross the
bridge over Elk Creek, which. while
known to be in poor condition, was
thought to be all right to move the
building across. However. when the
building was in the middle OF the
bridge Thursday evening. an eighteen
foot span broke down, and the school
house fell in, end foremost It is now
wedged in between the planks Of the
bridge and the creek below. at an angle
Of thirty degrees. The gentlemen will
see that 1t is removed a.s soon as pos
sible, but 1t will mean some maneuver-
Ing and good deal OF hard work to
get 1t out and ready to move 1t lis
understood that the BUILDING was
pretty badly wrecked. and that it may
be beyond repair.
Red Oak.
Last year the Burlington railway
company was obliged to direct it's en-
cheering staff talent and financial re-
sources to an effort to prevent the
Missouri river from eating a section
Of its right of way at Folsom, eight
miles south Of Council Bluffs. The
fight was won The Big Muddy was
checked after a mighty struggle Since
last February the Burlington people
have been dealing with a different but
an equally serious problem. In three
deep cuts. two west and one east of
villisca, situation exists similar to
that in the Culebra cut on the Panama
canal, except in much smaller scale.
The earth in these cuts Ia soft and
spongy. Since last spring there has
been m anifest a disposition on the
part Of the earth in these cuts to slide.
The situation has at no time been
dangerous but it Is nevertheless diff
cult to handle. The continuous rains
have made this soil so spongy that the
whole surface which was exposed by
the cut made for the lines Of steel is
oozing moisture and is manifesting a
desire to come together and close up
the gap made by human hands for a
track for iron horses and strings of
cars,