Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-28
crinneII and Vicinity.

Grtnnell, Aug. I8.-BecduSe the Stale
fair is on, and for some other reasons
as well, the Grinnell Commercial Club
has postponed the booster trip planned
for Wednesday of next week until
Wednesday, Sept. Is.
The paving preparations are being
rushed rapidly and already some
10000 feet of curbing and gutter have
been completed and the street excava-
ton made for the concrete. Early next
week the big concrete mixer is to be
here and the work of mixing and
spreading the concrete will begin. The
huge bitulithic mixer is also to be
shipped here from Iowa City and set up
on the Spaulding lots some three blocks
east of the union station. When the
former paving work was going on the
mixer was located near the Rock Island
freight depot and the prevailing winds
from the west carried the fine dust all
over the residence part Of the city east
of that point to the very great annoy
ance Of neat housekeepers. The dust
was so fine that window and door
screens seemed to afford no protec-
ton and furniture and carpets were NJ
jured, This year the public is assured,
by the position of the mixer, of being
free from that annoyance. Contractor
Horrabin has also taken the precau-
ton to equip the mixer with dust col
lectors that do away with about 80 per
cent Of the flying dust.
The school garden club is invited by
the Grinnell fair management to COM
pete at the fair with their elders for
the prizes offered in their somewhat
limited line. Prizes are offered the
children for the best plate of three Of
each, OF tomatoes, 5oets and cnicns;
for the best head of cabbage, and for
the best collection Of vegetables. judy
ing by what they have done in the
monthly competitions among them
selves the old folks will have to look
to their laurels.
Judge John F. Talbot has been deal
ing out punishment recently to law
breakers in such measure as ought to
be lesson Of repression from future
wrong doing in their special lines.
Fannie A. Cleal received fine of 500
and costs for petit larceny in the
carrying away Of a rain coat from the
store of G.. A. Blair in this city. Guy
Burrows plead guilty to bootlegging at
Deep River at the arrangements cele-
bration and his fine was 500 and costs.
Eugene Schofeld plead guilty to the
same offense in Brooklyn and drew the
penalty Of 5000 and costs. Will Bains
was also Brooklyn law breaker along
the same line and his burden Of suf-
fering was 5000 and costs. II. d. Wilt
sic, formerly Of Grinnell, was before
the court in March on charge of wife
desertion and also Of embezzlement.
Upon promise to pay certain sum
monthly for the support of his wife
sentence on the enlightenment case was
suspended and he went free. But he
did not keep his word. The officers fol-
lowed him to the Pacific coast and he
is now working out his sentence at
Fort Madison.
The last Of the Sunday evening union
services for this summer will be on
tomorrow evening, at the Methodist
church. Pastor J. NJ. Brown, Of that
church. preaching the sermon. The en-
tire summer series has been of great
interest and the plan has seemed to
meet with general approval.
The pulpit OF the Congregational
church will be supplied for tomorrow
morning by Rev. Arthur G. Graves,
pastor Of the First Congregational
church Of Muscatine. Rev. Mr.. Graves
is a graduate of Iowa College in this
city In the class Of 1898. He and his
parents lived here for some years and
these facts will give additional inter-
est to his appearance here at this time.
The pastor of the United Presby-
terrain church OF this city, Rev. W. 4.
Lawrence, has been pursuing the plan
recently of opening his pulpit to pro-
fessional men outside the theological
line for addresses on the question in
general OF the worlds Improvement.
DR.. E. S. Evans, Of this city, has thus
occupied one Sunday, on the topic
christianity and the Medical Profess
sion" Mr.. Fred C. Mcmillan, of Dies
iMoines, was here talking on "Chris-
tianity and Business" Tomorrow morn.
ing Attorney Sam H. Crosby, of this
city, is scheduled to speak on Chris
tianity and the Legal Profession" Ser
vices begin at II o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. HartSell, from
near this city, and Mr.. and Mrs John
Newco mer, from Newburg, started last
evening for months trip to Portland,
Ore, and down the coast to the expo
sitions.
Granite or limestone masonry, well
dressed, weighs 165 pounds per cubic
foot; mortar rubble weighs 154 pounds,
dry rubble 1928 pounds and well dressed