Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-19
Odeboit,

| Odebolt.
Roxy Budd, a farmer living north of
town, sustained double fracture Of a
leg Sunday while playing baseball in
! a game. between two neighborhood
teams. Mr.. Budd is farming 160 acres
without help. and on Monday the
neighbors gathered at his home and
plowed his corn.
Dubuque.
! The Dubuque city council is up
against a deficit of s11,6O0. In other
! words it's appropriations are that much
more than the revenue coming in. Sa-
looms may be called upon to make up
the extra amount. 1t is proposed to
remedy the trouble by making the fifty
/! eight thirst dispensaries in the city pay
an extra 5000 license, which would just
total the needed $1,000.
Sioux City.
District Judge John w. Anderson
knocked out the city bread ordinance,
holding that the city had no power to
regulate the size and weight of loaves
| of bread sold by the bakers. The de-
cision was given in the state of Iowa
against Sol Kroloff. who was fined SIS
by Police Judge Kellogg for selling
bread weighing less than sixteen ounces
which did not carry a label telling the
weight of the contents.
Manchester.
L. L. Wing. of iowa City. was in the
city this week making preliminary ar
rangements for motorcycle and auto
mobile races to be pulled off In the fair
grounds on June 80. A large number
of entries have been made by some Of
the noted drivers of the middle west.
Purses of 5000 and $500 have been hung
up for the winners of the motorcycle
races respectively. It is quite likely
that an aviator of note will be pro-
cured to make flights between the
races.
Jefferson.
Crop Adviser Davis has reports Of
several serious outbreaks of hog cholera
in the county during the past few days.
days He advises all farmers to watch
their hogs carefully, and, at the frst
sign Of sickness. have them vaccinated
One farmer north Of Jefferson, who
discovered his hogs to be sick for the
first time last Saturday, had a herd
that was practically without hope by
Tuesday morning. The disease assumed
a very violent form almost at once, with
practically every animal down with It.
About forty young pigs were SO far
gone by Monday that it was useless to
attempt a cure.
North MeGregor.
The excursion boat Frontenac. with
its passenger and dancing barge, Mis-
sissippi. which was to give an excursion
out Of here Monday evening, was
caught in the storm of Saturday night
at Winona, Mimi, and running into the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad
bridge which crosses the river at WI
mona. was 50 badly injured 1t was held
there for repairs. The barge was not in
jured but the Frontenac had q hole
damned In the side. Captain York rot
the boat to shore. where It sank In
three feet Of water. It is being re-.
paired and will make It's down river
trip the last Of the week.
Clinton
An odd case was tried before Justice
Of the Peace L. Mathews. when VIII
liam b. Lowery. recently appointed
minister OF the A. NJ. E. church, took
action againsth Rev. Georgeaw. Slater
who was until recently the minister Of
that church. to compel him to move ont
Of the parsonage Which he has bsen
occupying for some time. It Is ALLEGED.
against the wishes Of the trustees Of
the church. Rev. Mr.. Slater claimed
that there was back salary and S11
janitor salary due him and that he
could not move out Of the parsonage
until that was paid him. The judge