Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-26
Southern Iowa Items

bond to await the action of the grand
Jury on charge of frequenting a house
OF i'll fame. Donald and II-year- old
boy were arrested Wednesday nigh;
vi iie in company with the girls. at III;
latter's home. 1927 Avenue F. The
mother was absent from the house a.
the time.
Massena.
Probably the biggest sale of cattlt
ever made in Cass county was mad
Friday. when George j. Anstey. of Mas
sena, sold to j. L. Johnston. of Odessa
Tex. his crop of 2-year-oId registered
Hereford heifers. forty-five head. 70.
$4,000, or $500 per head. At the sanlt
time he sold to Mr.. Johnson his bul
Repeater Goth" for $1,000. This is
without doubt, the highest price ever
paid for Cass county bull. Mr.. Anste.
also sold from his Hereford herd fit.
young bulls to l.. ] Guion. of Lugoff
S. c., for $3.50 per head. or $500. This
makes a total of SIT. 500 worth of pure
bred Hereford cattle sold by Mr.. Anste!
this season.
Hamburg.
Up to Tuesday night last week 10!
cars of apples had been shipped our
from this station this year, with an IN
limited number yet to go. These, with
the quantities hauled to the cider mill
and going to waste in small orchards
will aggregate 10000 to $4,000 barrels
The railroad company is getting gootl
revenue from the apples, but is patron,
age in other lines is at its height jusf
| now: 176 loaded cars OF freight were
billed out last month and ninety three
| cars were received. This was gair
| over the corresponding month last yea,
of sixty cars sent out and eighteen
cars received. A search OF records o.
the local freight office .cr long TING
| in the past fails to show an equal for
| last months business.
| centerviIIe.
| Centerville, on Dec. IA, Is. 16 and II
| is to have the best poultry show tina,
| has ever been held in the city. and the
largest and best show in southwestern
Iowa. barring none. There will be clos,
to 1000 Of the best bred poultry en-.
| tered in close competition for the casf
prizes and the fine lot of twenty three
silver cups. that will be offered to those
competing besides a lot Of special prize:
that have been donated by the associa.
ton. The poultry association this yeal
has secured the services of Judge Gler
Richards. of LeGrand, who will place
the prizes. Mr.. Richards is licensed
| judge Of the American Poultry Associa
ton and one who understands the scor
ing Of poultry of all kinds and from al
| points. 80
Davenport.
Scott county's 1915 potato crop Is ap
proximately $4,000 bushels. accordin.
T, to the estimate of g. r. Bliss Of TIL.
farm league. The crop. now practiccll.
all dug. is running from 100 70 rs bu
shells to the acre. There are from ESQ
to 5000 acres Of potatoes in the coun..
this year. Had it not been FOR the lat
blight, the yield would have been cx
EXCEPTIONALLY heavy. The blight. how
ever. struck the potatoes IN Septemhe,
and in one week killed the vines an,
shut off the growth Of the crop. Asid
from the blight the crop had come alnni
nicely. There is scarcely any rot tn:
year. The potatoes are bringing abou
40: cents bushel in Davenport AM
around IS cents at Eldridge, the cente
OF the potato raising industry in Scot
lcounty