Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-03


In his report to the group eight meet
ing of bankers here, Chairman Butz-
loft. q Grand Mound banker, advocated
the organization of county associations
Of bankers. He urged that these assoc
Citations be affiliated with the state
organization.
Cedar Rapids. -
Cedar Rapids will be q busy place
the second week In June. The Iowa
i state Federation of Labor and the Iowa
Masonic grand lodge will both be IN
session here at that time and both or
ganizations will bring several thousand
delegates and visitors to the city. The
Iowa Master Bakers will meet here this
| week.
! Maquoketa.
For some weeks the authorities have
been watching certain residences where
| It has been intimated that notorious
characters were lurking in the dark
ness and were conducting disorderly
houses. The pitiful condition aroused
! the ire of the authorities when 1t was
Learned that 15-year-old girl was one
! of the chief attractions in this district.
Fort Dodge.
w. S. Mason. barn foreman for the
| 49,
killer Of Fort Dodge upto date. He
killed six rats with three shots Thurs
day. Mr.. Mason used .3S caliber
smooth barrel gun with shot instead OF
one bullet. AS the rats have been
troublesome, he has been on the look
out for them. He saw a rat in corner
of the barn Thursday and took shot
at it. Instead of killing only one rat,
he killed three. Then he saw another
rat. shot at it and killed two more. The
third shot killed only one rodent.
Waterloo.
The fire truck which was recently
advertised for sale by the city is to
be converted into an oil truck for the
street department. The truck is In
first class condition, having a solid
steel frame and rubber tired wheels
/ A 5OO-gallon tank Is to be purchased
1 and when the rig is completed the city
will have a first class rig for oiling
! roads. The council contemplated pur-
| chasing rig of tais kind some time
ago, but the cost was too great. A rig
similar to the one the city will builo
would cost about $500.
Fort Dodge.
Eleven bells constituting the Dollivel
memorial chimes are being installed II
the new Methodist Episcopal church
Mrs. Louise P, Dolliver made the gif
at a cost Of $4,000 to the church as
memorial to her husband. the lat
Senator Dolliver. The chimes will 81
heard for the first time Saturday
Each bell is fittingly inscribed. TIL
largest bell contains the Inscription
dedicating the set to the memory o
| ~ MI ~1I A{ey1a a
mounds and is more than four feet II
diameter. The bells are pitched II
= fat. Music for 200 pieces that cal
be played on the chimes has ar
rived.
Cedar Rapids.
i Tne absent wvotter::' law will save tn
travelling and railroad men Of the stat
$3.50. 900 bi-annually, according to al
estimate made by travelling man
Under the new law, which was enacted
by the last general assembly, ever!
man whose occupation takes him ava!
from home and who can not return
home on election day without consid
cradle expense and great inconven
Hence to himself, will be permitted t
cast his ballot several days previou
to the election place his ballot In
sealed envelope and leave 1t with tn
.. election officials in the precinct wher
lhe is entitled to vote. He may b
J. hundreds OF miles away on electio
day, but the state has given him tn
right to vote without extra expens
!. to himself.
( Waterloo.
s Meredith Place, age %, was serl
{ ously injured shortly after noon Fri
{ day when I. H. McCarty. 1927 Frank
/. lin street, in q light automobile col
!, lided with Places motorcycle at tn
Intersection Of Fourth and 01ulberr