Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-13
Northern Io1ua Items

, the official dog catcher but he resigned
that position and Waiter Berry was
appointed by the mayor as his sue
cessor.
Sioux City.
Mayor A. a Smith, Of Sion. City.
whose likeness to the late John Bunny.
is SO pronounced that in other cities he
has been taken for the movie star
many times, Wednesday was privileged
to see himself in film showing OF
concrete payements in Sioux City
while other council members who ac-
companied him shouted ooh, you
Bunny" to their hearts content. The
crete pavenents in Cedar Rapids,
Chicago.
Spirit Lake.
Work was commenced last week Of
seini1g the lakes. The first haul on
east Okobo;i was made last Monday.
The net was landed near Stony Point
on the lower lake. When the fish were
transported TO the landing place on the
Orleans END of the lake, they were
weighed, and it was found they had a
haul Of 10000 pounds. These were
packed and shipped at once to the
New York market The next haul on
Tuesday. only netted $500 pounds and
the Friday haul was not completed as
the net stuck in the lake and they
could not raise it until the following
| day. There are a great many people
| interested in the SEEMING. and many
times the banks are lined with people
when the haul is completed.
Spirit Lake.
/ Work started Thursday on the new
fish hatchery ponds at the Orleans.
+. The grounds were cleared off last week
and grading work started this week.
/ w. H. Barger viii have charge Of the
work and expects to put eight to ten
| teams at grading. The grounds have
/ been laid out SO as to make very
attractive Place when completed.
| About the east two-thirds of the
/ twenty-five acre tract purchased OF
F! H. II. Buck will be made into eight
I practically square ponds circling big
circular pond in the center. The ponds
will average about two hundred forty
! feet square and about eight feet deep.
The west one third of the tract will be
used for a game bird reserve. The
dirt taken from the ponds will be used
] to construct drive way along the
! lake front the entire length OF the
hatchery grounds and also along the
railroad tract, and also to construct
gravel walks around between all the
ponds.
Estherv;Ile,
Gene Weir met with an auto acct
dent last Friday that might have been
more serious than 1t proved to be
George Weir drove the Ford car up tc
the Tom Smith farm, where they were
threshing. He stopped the car in the
shade Of their trees. After dinner his
son. Gene took the car for drive. He
took in some of the children and drove
up and down the road. A short time
after this he took Miss Smith and two
Of the smaller Smith children They
started of for a drive. Miss Smith
took charge of the wheel after thss
had driven some distance. When JUS
this side of the railway crossing. east
Of Superior, the car either struck
, rough spot In the road or something
gave way, and the car turned com
pletely over once and It 10 said it prob
ably went over twice. The car wa,
being driven 1t rapid pace, 50 ons
4 Of the young members OF the part,
asserted. Gene Weir was badly shaker
tup. Miss Smith wss not injured. bu
the two children wsro quite badly In
i jured. but not sario1slys