Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-31
Northern .Io,Da Items

| program which has not been fully out
lined. will be given either June or 4
and Will consist Of musical numbers
for the most part. Judge g. w. Burn-
ham OF this city will deliver an adj
dress on the subject "Mr. McCune az
a Citizen Other addresses win Be
given.
Lake ciey.
| At special meeting Of the city
council last night. the new city well
was accepted from the contractors.
This well has been under way since
the first Of last July, and has caused
the contractor, j. B. Archibald, much
trouble. For various causes he has
been compelled to drill several holes
have to abandon them from some mis-
hap or other. The new well II 800
feet deep. The first $50 feet IL twelve
inches in diameter and the balance 10
a ten inch hole. The last sixty-three
feet IL Of, water bearing sand rock that
seems to afford a bountiful supply Of
reasonably soft water Of good quality.
Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids Is to have her own
motor car company for the manufac-
ture and assembling Of automobiles,
and It will be ono Of the few In Iowa.
A stock company with a capital OF
100000 has been organized and ar
ticles Of Incorporation will be fled at
Des Moines early next week. The
officers Of the company are: p. w.
LaPlant president; e. c. Hampton.
vice president: Otto Sikora, treasurer;
Gus A. Doerfler. secretary: John p.
Elgin, general manager: Stephen Mo-
yotny general counsel. The name OF the
corporation Is the United States Motor
Car Company, and the name OF the
car it will turn out will be known as
the ~. S." The company has pur-
chased the plant Of the Stotts Signal
Company On the Marion boulevard.
Dubuque.
Dubuque's oldest citizen passed
away at st. Francis Home for the
Aged Thursday. aged 102 years. He
was Henry vogeli, native of Switxer-
land, where he was born In 1919. He
was one of triplets. It was seventy
six years ago that he came to Dubuque
and since that time he has not been
outside the county. A number OF MS
relatives came to America At the same
time he did, all but one. q sister. whom
he had not seen In twenty-six years,
having returned. vogeli was something
OF a character. He made his home at
the Iowa Dairy Company plant Tor
years, making his way by caring Tor
some OF the cattle up to year ago.
when the encroachments OF age MADE
1t necessary to give up his work. He
never married, never was Ill until ne
was 95 years OF age, and always
ascribed his long life to temperate had
it's and his life in the open air. II he
has any relatives in America their
whereabouts are unknown.
Tama.
On Monday evening Robert Young
Bear, the grandson Of the chief OF
the MesQuakie tribe Of Indians. ana
Piyuka, squaw Of that tribe. at
tended moving picture show In Tama.
When the show was over 1t was rain
ing and the couple went to the Clifton
hotel and engaged room and were
occupying 1t about midnight when
City Marshall krohn arrested Robert
Young Bear and locked him up In the
city Jail. He languished there until
Wednesday when his wife. who has q
suit for divorce from him pending IN
the district court, fled an Information
charging her recreant spouse with the
crime of adultery. The preliminary
examination was held before the mayor
Wednesday afternoon. Mr.. Willett In
troduced Jim Peters and Frank Earl