Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-22
Keokuk.

Keokuk.
The mrs, regular survey Of Lee coun'
" TO be made within seventy years mas
been undertaken. All roads ana
streams Will De accurately located
Wilton Junction.
Pearl Ranoclph, age %. convicted
OF robblag jitney bus driver at DaV-
export, has been sentenced to hfteen
years in the penitentiary but has been
paroled TO his father, S. F. Randolph,
Of this place.
keokuk.
II. q. Clark, of Sperry, Iowa. has
been indicted by the federal grand
jury here for impersonating a United
States officer. AS an aid TO his i'm i
position he wore the uniform OF the
United States navy.
Davenport.
WeitIich & Co, jewelers., escaped
heavy loss when thieves who had near
~ completed the work of cutting thru
a plate glass window were frightened
away. Thousands of dollars worth OF
gems were within reach.
Council Bluffs.
Burglars seem to have made this
city their headquarters, but they ap-
pear TO be OF the cheap variety Three
residences were burglarized Saturday
night. ard the total value of all the
loot secured wasn't worth over s..
Des Moines.
williamsburg.
The Aberoeen Angus breed Of cattle
seems TO be the fayorite Of the Fan
handle, Texas ranch This is the sec
ond shipment he has made from here.
John Coyle. of Huntsville. Ala, has
just shipped a carload or angus breed
ing cattle 10 Ala ALBANIA from here. Both
men say they are coming back for
more.
Oskaloosa.
Forty-six big cans Of young fish,
bass. crappies, and o,ner kinds, were
planted in Mahaska county streams,
under the personal supervision Of Jess
Wilson, game warden for this county.
Twenty three cans were taken to ,Des
Moin4s river ard an equal number sent
to South Skunk river and released
above the dam at the water works.
Des Moines. &
Twenty three more applications for
liquor injurctions have been filed with
the office OF the county clerk. Alleged
with The sale of Unlawful cider and
near beer anG the charge being OF nav
ing OF disposing of such. The TWEEN
ty-thrpe make a total of ninety five
that the anti-iiquor league has brought
againstw h1iesale and retail druggists,
. restaurants and many citizens.
lndianola.
The citizens of Indianola at a mass
meeting passed resolutions pledgins
i themselves 10 begin campaign TO
secure $4,000 of the 100000 that
Simpson College wishes to secure for
added equipment within the next sixty
days Twenty five thousand dollars OF
this subscription is to be pledged in
lots of 81, 900 or multiplies thereof. The
feeling among the townspeople in favor
Of helping Simpson is growing more
pronounced. An enthusiastic campaign
is predicted.
keokuk.
The fact that plank in a scat
folding sprarg, throwing the nlan
standing on il to the ground does not
establish negligence, Judge w. s.
Hamilton ruled in the district court
here, in sustaining motion for d.
rected verdict for the defendant. The
| case was that of Holzer VS.. McManus
& Tucker, and it came to a sudden
termination Saturday. Holzer was
standing Oh scaffolding at the quarry
of the defendant and was handling
boards passed to him from above. He
lost mis- balance and fell, sustaining a
fracture arm.
| Des Moines.
| Feb 8, 9 and 10 are the dates Sc
| lected for the spring stallion show and
sale at the Iowa state fair grounds
The first day will be for the show. The
board is Offering $3.50 in premiums
this year as against $1,460 last year
when the show was inaugurated. The
sale on the last two days will be un-
der the direction OF the Iowa Draft
Horse Breeders Association. 6. o
OBrion, secretary of the association
and chief clerk of the stallion resistra.