Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-27
Southern Iowa Items

council met with the waterworks trus'
tees Friday, and on its suggestion a.
cepted the threeyear Contract. The
present lighting rate is as follows:
lS3 arcs at $3.50 per Year, $12,S535u;
1870 mazdas at $3.50 per year. s2,92o.
Under the three-year contract the
prices are: 1873 arcs at $65 per yaar
sl1,1e6: $50 mazdas at ss1.67 per year,
S2,Sl667.
Lamont.
Tuesday evening while Charles
France and family were autoing, Pc
culiar accident occurred on the hill
just south of Cliff Anderson's. A horse
and buggy with Mr.. Henry Anderson
driving. was coming down the hill
toward them 1t was a wide strip OF
road and the car was running at a
moderate rate of speed, but the horse
became unmanageable, and jumped in
front of the car. The horse had one
leg broken and had to be killed, but
no other serious injuries resulted. This
was a splendid horse. worth about 5000
bus the accident was wholly unavotd-
able by both parties.
Moravia.
Burglars got in their work in Mo-
! taurant being entered Some time dur
ing the night thieves entered the rear
Of the building and appropriated
watches, rings and other jewelry val
ued at $3.50. Mr.. Dotson has been
selling considerable jewelry as side
line, keeping it in a show case, and
the burglars cleaned out his stock. bu:
disturbed very little OF anything else
(
(; Agency and Sheriff Brown took hold
! of the case, but no clues were found
Like on the previous occasion it is
| thought to have been the work Of out
side parties.
| Pelia.
During the rain Thursday afternoon
OF last week the lightning started a
| fire at the house of G. G. Thomasser
! on Oskaloosa street which did dam
age to the amount Of $500. Harold
) and Paul Thomassen were sitting or
/; the porch OF the store nearby, ent
I, Harold was quite badly stunned by thu
shock. He was unconscious for a tins
and the family were giving their at
tention to him. which caused them MOI
| to notice for some time that the house
had been struck. Consequently tht
y
way before the department was call
ed. The chemical engine was not suf
f1cient to control the hre and mucl
damage was caused by water.
Stanton.
The firm of f"S';;sstone Eros, compose!
Of A. G. Ed and E. B. Wigstone. VIII
operate 240 acres Of land three AM
one-fourth miles southwest OF Stanton
have been carryiig out some expert
ments in the raising OF alfalfa. In al
they have fifteen acres planted in thi
paying forage crop and some of 1t get
ting pretty old. They have about al
acre that was planted some years AZ
that is still producing heavily. A yea
ago last fall they gave two acres
their alfalfa the lime treatment, usin
about three tons OF lime on the NV
} acres. the lime costing the abou
1925 per ton. Last year they wsr
} disappointed in that they were not abl
to notice any results from their labo
as the land treated yielded about tn
same as the balance that had receive
no lime. But this year the results Al
very apparent A. g. Wigstone say
that the alfalfa on the two acres trea'
ed Is at least six inches higher tina
! the rest and that the stand seems niue
heavier He intimates that these w
. acres would yield ton more per lc'
: Ion the first cutting than the rest
3 the patch,