Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-27
Southern Io1ua Items

The order was received during the
last few days from the western rail-
road. r. H. Parks, general manager of
the company said that the order would
not necessttatel an apprectable IN
crease in the force OF men at work. He
said that the foundry had been opened
and would run for a period Of about
sixty days. The company has no other
orders at present but Is bidding on
work with various other railroads
There are now 500 men employed.
Abba.
G. G. Hoober was arrested here We'd
nesday night charged with causing the
fire that damaged the Love block and
spoiled considerable stock for some OF
the tenants of the building. Among the
heaviest losers was the Golden Eagle
store, which was being painted and had
most of the stock stored at the rear of
the room. Water damaged this to the
extent of about $4,000. DR.. Hoober who
has a dental office in the Love block,
was placed under arrest and will have
his preliminary hearing Friday Evil
dence is said to have been found that
the defendant bought coal oil i'll two
quart bottles at the Cebuhar grocery
Tuesday. The empty bottles We're found
at the rear of the building.
Des Moines.
Harry Sorenson, said by the police to
be son of Andy Sorenson, u famous
Iowa criminal was arrested for investl-
CATION after a Rock Island officer and
the city police had found large guam
tity Of butter at his home. Sorenson is
"a years old. Two suit cases and three
baskets filled with twenty-seven rolls
of butter, are held for evidence. Most
of this bears the marks Of Schermer-
horn & Shotwell, indicating that it
came either from their storage house or
from a freight car consigned to them.
Special Officer Erickson of the Rock
Island road expects to clear up n mum
Der of box car robberies thru last
nights arrest. He intimated he believes
several thousand dollars worth of goods
taken from the cars is hidden some
place in Des Moines.
Muscatine.
County Superintendent of Schools T.,
D. Bradley will shortly confer with the
advisory committee of the Muscatine
chautauqua relative to staging the Mus.
. catine county school graduation
exercises In conjunction with the
chautauqua. The date OF the summer
assembly is such as to be most favor
able for the success of such plan. 1t
Is believed that the exercises would at.
tract many to the chautauqua who
would not otherwise attend and on the
other hand 1t would eliminate the need
of securing a special speaker for the
graduation exercises. On Saturday,
June IL, the likely date of the exercises,
James Watson, of Indiana, is booked as
the speaker and certainly no stronger
attraction could be secured. 1t is viewed
as possible to hold the exercises at |: 30
o'clock, to be followed by the regular
| chautauqua program,
Upton.
The Hamiel location north of the
court house was selected by the COM
mittee as the place for Tiptons new
opera house. With a frontage of fifty
five feet and 142 feet in depth, and
considering the central location, the
site Is considered as being the best
available. A building 55x14o, two
stories, will be erected the coming sea-
son, at a cost of about $4,000, which
| price does not include the ground The
committee who made the selection were
4 w. j. Moore and ]. J Hamiel, repre-
| senting the Hardacre estate, and c. +
Simmermaker. Ernest Sheppard and
w. C.. Neiman. trustees of Manitor
lodge, representing the lodge. The
money for the building was given By
| the late Jacob Hardacre, member Of
the lodge, and when the building Is
completed, will be the property Of
Manitou lodge No. 8. I. o. o. +. Ar
architect vii! be emnloyed and work
started in the early spring.