Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-31
Northern Io1ua Items

comes the sole owner of the business.
This firm is one of Orange City's lars-
est business concerns and handles lum-
Der, coal, etc, and manufactures ce-
ment blocks. Mr.. Van EiZenga came
to orange City from the Netherlands.
and procured position in the lumber
yards of F.. H. Slagle & Co. A few
years later he purchased an interest in
the first of Van Pelt & Van Eizenga,
and now, after twelve years of success
full business in partnership with Mr.
Van Pelt, becomes the sole owner OF
the business.
Fort Dodge.
L. a. Mulroney. known to his friends
rs Lou, saved a man from drowning
in Lake Okoboji recently. according to
a. story that has reached Fort Dodge.
At about in the morning. Mulroney
heard yells from the lake and when he
went to the shore, he heard man
voice call out that it's owner had been
out in a canoe, had tipped over and
was on top of the canoe. The man SAID
that because of the cold he was in dan
ger of slipping off into the water. Null
roney went to his assistance. The man
leaped for him. bit Mulroney on the
finger and arms until Mulroney hit him
with his fist and knocked him uncon-
scious In the meantime, many people
gathered on the lake shore and one
man flashed an electric headlight. The
man was pulled to shore by Mulroney
with assistance and soon recovered his
senses.
Cherokee.
William Griffin, butcher of this
city, is starting work on a new brick
block to be erected on West Main
street. The two old buildings now
standing there are being torn down
to make room for the new structure
which will have a frontage Of fftyfv
feet and be sixty feet deep. 1t will
be two stories in height, constructed
of yellow brick with Bedford stone
trimmings. There will be two store
rooms and a barber shop on the first
floor and two modern flats on the sec
ond floor. The south and east front
will be solid plate glass and the other
features will make the new block very
attractive in appearance. There will
be some new departures in f1reproof
construction. Steel Orders from wall
to wall will support the second story
SO that in case of fire there will be no
danger of the building caving in. Con-
tracts for the new structure have not
vet been let, but it is hoped to have it
completed by Dec. 1.
Aisona.
Grant township in Kossuth county
has an ideal central school, according
to the state superintendent of instruc-
ton. The township consists OF thirty
sections of land. There is not a town
or even a village in the township. But
the people have built central school.
They located it on six acre tract,
which is hardly big enough. They built
it Of good brick and according to the
plans of competent architects. 1t is
steam heated and has every convea-
fence. They are going to lay the
grounds out under the directions of a
landscape architect and they will build
residence cottages for. the teachers.
They are going to make the school
their village, their center OF all activ-
tiles and the older people as well as
the children will frequently journey
there for lectures and entertainments
and so on. Such q school seems to
make rural life in Grant township more
livable. 1t will afford opportunity for
the boys and the girls that are not ex-
celled in any Of the towns of the state.
The education will be agricultural and
In domestic science as well as in the
ordinary branches.