Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-19

DIXON.
Several cases of smallpox are re-
ported In the town Of Dixon, but all
are said to be of a mild nature.
Cedar Falls.
Rev. Oscar Lowry began a four
weeks revival here Sunday under the
auspices of the various churches of the
city. Rev. Mr. Lowry has just closed
a revival in Wellington, Kan, where
he converted 1900 of the towns 1000
Inhabitants.
Clinton.
The appointment of a sub committee
Of five to take the lead in the endeavor
to secure a union station for Clinton
was the principal accomplishment OF
the joint meeting of the commercial
club and city council committees. This
| committee will consist of G. p. Chase,
G. w. Dulany, Jr., NJ. H. Thielen, II. r.
Dexter, George Wilson, Jr.
Sioux City.
Depopulation of South Sioux City
and the establishment of another Gov
ington Is looked for in the event the
mulct law is repealed and Sioux City
and the entire state goes dry" The
saloon element of Sioux City is eX-
pected to move into the new territory
across the river in that case and fears
are felt the old scenes when the town
was wide open will be seen.
Clinton.
Letters received in Clinton from S
cashier of bank at Medicine Lake
Mont, which was recently robbed, tell
Of the capture of the robbers who had
NOV nd h ic
thieves We're caught about eighteen
miles from the scene of the robbery
after one of the bandits had been shot
in the shoulder by the posse. The
stolen money about $500. which had
been placed in a grain sack, was re-
covered.
Clinton.
The Clinton labor congress has put
forward,two candidates for the Clinton
school board who will run en- plat
form of union scale for ianitors, re-
quirement that janitors be members of
trades union, and teaching of subjects
related to trades unions in the in
dustrial courses of the high school. The
candidates selected are ]. X. Hershire
a locomotive engineer. md George c.
Campbell, secretary of the labor con-
gress.
Monticello.
A reduction has been made in the
meter rates for water used by the resi-
dents of the city. Under the present
reduction the amount of water that
can be used for the minimum price OF
S1.25 per quarter has been changed
from $500 gallons to 5000. and the
price of the excess use has been re-
duced 1O~cents per thousand gallons on
the sliding scale Of prices. The in
stallation of the meters has proved to
he a satisfactory measure and has
saved much expense to the city.
Clinton.
Harry Carr. the former Clinton al
derman who shot and killed two men in
the court room at Cashmere, Wash,
has been found guilty Of murder in the
second degree. and was Commended to
the mercy Of the court" by the jury.
Mr. Carr shot man who was on trial
for criminal assault upon Cars little
daughter, and stray bullet struck
juror. He did not plead insanity, and
in fact offered almost no defense, yet
because of the general sympathy for
him, an acquittal had been expected
in the community where the crime was
committed.
MonticeIIo.
Two other townships in Jones coun-
ty have been quarantined not on ac-
count of the outbreak Of the hoof and
mouth disease in those townships, but
because OF their proximity to infected
townships in Dubuque county. The
farms Of NJ. A. Waddick and Frank
Brady, in Castle Grove township, were
quarantined because these men had
been on the farm Of brother OF Mr..
Brady, whose farm is in Butler town
ship, Jackson county. where the dis
ease later broke out. Tho farmers of
Castle Grove township hustled their
cattle and hogs to market for fear that
the township might be auarantined.
Never before in the history Of this Sec