Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-20
Northern Io1ua Items

Primghar.
IRA Borland, who has been running
the Democrat the past year, mas ac-
cepted a position in the office OF the
yermillion, S. D., Plain Dealer.
Fort Dodge. .,,,.a
Ran Peterson. of Badger. was killed
Saturday night north of Badger station
40 he was going home by an NJ. q ST
T. train. He leaves a son and daush-
| ter. ~
! Onawa.
Paying gopher bounties is big bur
den for some lof the counties OF the
state. This county was hard MT ny
bounties the past year. $1,000 peihs
paid out, two thirds of the amount ne
ing for gophers.. Crawford county paio
81, 900 for gophers alone.
Wesley. ,
John Burke, workman on farm
near here, committed suicide by cut
ting mis- throat with jackknife ana
bled to death His body was FOUND
some hours after and an inquest was
held. No relatives We're found ana MS
body was shipped to the Des MONIES
School of Osteopathy.
Spencer. -.
The Spencer hospital, which is under
the command of the woman's board OF
managers, has been opened with re-
ception to the public. The building
was inspected by about 1000 persons.
The hospital is completely modern and
is equipped with all the modern de-
vices.
sheilsburg.
Nine carloads Of fat stock were
shipped here to Chicago on Tuesday,
five carloads Of cattle and four car
loads of hogs. The cattle were IN ex-
ceptionally fine condition, some having
been fed for market for over year.
The property belonged to Ed King, $.
A. Parker, Elmer Cue. E. c. Dunphley,
Pert Pickerell, and Cliff Robbins.
Marion.
John Jayne was given Judgment IN
Justice court here. last week for $50.
a zainst BENJAMIN Levi. for the alleged
selling of cholera hogs. Jayne claimed
that he had bought the hogs Of Levi
and had intended to use them FOR
butchering, but before ne killed them,
thew proved to be affected with cholera
ard not only died but gave the cholera
to his other hogs. causing them to die
also. He sued for $95.
Cedar Rapids.
Paul Patch. former resident OF Ce-
dar Rapids, who lost leg while
messenger on a Milwaukee train Dec.
26 1918. at Browns. Iowa. was given
verdict OF $12,50O by jury in the dis
trict court at ST. Paul for the loss OF
his limb. Patch was getting off the
train at Browns. when a brakeman
getting off at the same time, jostled
Patch causing him to fall under the
wheels, his right leg being cut OF.
DEBORAH.
According to George NJ. Chapel,
government crop expert. Winneshiek
county raised last year 3.31S.000 bush
ell. of corn, 17s2.000 bushels Of oats,
AIT 900 bushels of barley and 10000
bushels Of fax seed. Little or no
corn in this county Is sold on the open
market as all of 1t goes out on foot
in the shape OF hogs and cattle. In the
matter Of barley this county was the
sixth in the state in the matter Of pro-
duction and in fiaxseed was the fourth
Carroll.
Shall Carroll permit tho operation OF
roller skating rink on the Sabbath
or not, Is the one topic uppermost In
the minds OF Carroll citizens. Recently
the armory In this city WAS leased for
skating purposes. and hnding no city
ordinance prohibiting roller skating or
the Sabbath, the rink has been oened
up each Sabbath asterAcen for skating
Altho there has been some opposition
the management continues to open up
on Sundays. There arc two sides ia
the argument In y Which neither the