Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-11
Northern Io1ua Items

gether. Mrs. Lehman's face was quite
badly cut In several places and one of
the men In the Sidney car was some
what scratched up. The cars were
both considerably damaged and were
taken to Alg6nag for repairs.
jefferson.
Mr.. and Mrs II. 3. Laudenslayer re-
turned home last Friday after several
months absence on the Pacific coast,
where they journeyed IN their Ford
car last spring. They drove from here
to San Francisco. thence south to San
Diego and Los Angeles, visiting Mrs.
LIS sister Cora Taylor. at tho :attcr
place. Returning by way OF Stockton.
Cal, they continued on to Portland.
from there shipping their car by rail
to Dalles on account Of bad ioeds.
From Dalles they drove 70 Heppner,
Oregon. but found the dust 80 heavy
they sold the car. Their spcedorncter
showed they Travelled 5,457 miles from
the time they left Jefferson. and. dur
ing which tour. their repair expense
was only $3.50.
Vinton.
The authorities run in one OF the
worst bootleggers the town has had in
a long time Tuesday evening. He was
"A BOY abuui &c gear: 6. ;Sc ard gave
the name of Jess Smith. He had nine
teen pints OF whisky In his room when
arrested He broke and ran from the
marshal. but was overtaken and placed
in jail He with four others broke
from the Jail during the night and cs-
capped It liz supposed nc planned tho
delivery. Hc would not give any ac-
- 4,
not lived IN one place long enough to
get acquainted with much Of anybody.
Nothing Of his past life could be
learned. but from his general appear
ance and conduct II Is believed he Ia n
very bad man and makes his living
largely by bookkeeping.
Carroll.
Tho opening OF the public schools
Monday demonstrated the dircful need
for more room to accommodate the
growing needs OF the district. Tho en-
rollmcnt liz the largest yet. In every
department. Tho indnbitahie growth
OF the city In the last yoar has result
cd In Increased attendance In every
room. both north and south. In the
high school the enrolment Is 140. six
teen higher than II was ut any time
last year. There ar" thirty students
from outside the district paying an
proximately $3.50 n month tuition.
There are sixteen more in the high
school than can be seated without spc-
cial arrangement There liz lament
able lack OF room both for seating and
for class purposes. The makcshifts u
which the management. are forced to
resort most surely Interfere with the
efficiency Of the teaching force and tho
work done in the school.
L. Porte City.
Some one entered the ,;.Tita; par
Tors Of Or. q. L. Stainbrook. between
the hours OF 8 and 10 o'clock Tuesday
evening. Mr.. Stainbrook 'on returning
from the Pnstime thcater went into his
office to close the windows m account
Of the threatening weather. a. he
stepped into the front ioor nc noticed
the rear door stood wide open. Upon
invest cation he found the hook on the
screen door had been forced and tho
hook stra iehtencd out. and that tho
inner door had been opelcd by means
OF a key or ',thcr instrument. II waa
evident that tho party ws. not look
ing for vaiuabics. ms they left $40
worth OF gold lying upon the case. The
only thing taken was n bottle Of CO.
caine containing twenty-ilvc grains of
that drug. 1t looks az n the thief
would rather have the drug than gold
Baldwin brothers Of Waterloo were
rhoned for tho hounds. They came
down. but would do nothing. No clcw
u the thief has been found.