Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-06

Perry.
One of the best yields of oats ana
the quickest job of threshing yet re-
ported here, was that at the isaac
Wicks farm near this city. The Aus
tin Howard crew pulled into the Wicks
farm and after spending three-Quar-
ters of day there had threshed total
OF 2, $50 bushels of oats. The grain was
from a forty acre field, which averaged
almost seventy bushels to the acre
Keokuk.
! Burglars have been working over
| time in Keokuk for the past few days
altho no robberies Of any considerable
amount have been reported. Iuesday
night four stores were entered by the
marauders. In no case was the value
| of the booty secured worth over day
labor on the street. small sum Tor
| the risk of free labor ut the Fort Mad
| ison's idle employment bureau.
Missouri Valley.
report on the marvellous wheat
recently sent to Ames for analysis py
M. Mace, has been received and &C
cording to this report the wheat is the
best ever analyzed from Iowa for flour
purposes. The report says 1t is better
than hard northern which previously
was supposed to be the acme Of wheat
production, Mr.. Mace raised this
wheat on his farm near Loveland.
Burlington.
Alfred Hochstetter, a well-known
young man of this city, was killed In
the fighting before Warsaw July %. He
| left for Germany last January. His
brother Ulrich Hochstetter, formerly OF
| st. Louis. and well known here, was
killed In one of the battles in France
after having won the iron cross for
distinguished service for the father
land. Both were bright and promising
young men and their death has caused
| a shock to their Burlington friends.
Monroe.
Beryl Worth, Of Monroe, In a fit OF
dependency. took strychnine last
Thursday afternoon and died at
o'clock. Miss Worth was 1S years OF
age last January. She was the daugh-
ter Of +. b. Worth, formerly of Monroe
About six years ago her mother died
Of tuberculosis. For about five years
she kept house for her father. Then he
married again and since then Miss
Worth made her home in the Professor
Meek family.
OskaIoosa.
The NJ. & ST. Il. railroad brought
Into Oskaloosa Friday morning the
heaviest train ever brought In over the
NJ. & st. l.. tracks in this city since its
establishment here. Train No. So, a
doubleheader, with engines No. 40 and
GA. Conductor Adams in charge Of the
train and Engineer Coover on engine
419 and Engineer Holt on engine No
GA. The train consisted of 1o2 cars
and the tonnage Of the train was 1924
tons It was long, heavy train and
the long line of cars trailed for blocks
behind the engines
Washington.
At special session of the city coun-
Gil held Monday morning 1t was de-
cided that the city should purchase a
motor fire truck and accordingly the
matter was taken up with the La
France Motor Company A truck wa,
ordered on approval to be here about
| the first Of october. The contract
price is $1,000. The council has had
the proposition In mind for some time
as it was evident that something OF
1.-THE sort was needed. The greater par.
of the present equipment will be re-
tanned.
keokuk.
"Jim Jeffries." not the once cele-
brated pugilist, but a running horse, Is
Pitt is suing Hull for 5000 and his
petition recites the following allega-
tons: On Aug. 10 Pitt purchased
"Jim Jeffries" from Hull. The pur.
the chief figure in suit filed BY
Charles II. Pitt against G. NJ. Hull
chase price was 32i2.5G. Pitt paid s19e
down, then entered into q written
agreement with Hull to the effect thai
the balance 4112k0. would be paid be-
fore Aug. 29.-Pitt then took posses
sion OF "Jim Jeffries." Came Aug. 20
1.-THE date when Pitt was to pay Hull the