Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-25
Northern Io1ua Items

in safety. Hearing the warning. Mr.
Templeton applied the brakes and
started to back away from danger
Miss Joehnk jumped from the car fol-
lowed by Mr.. Nesbit, just as the en-
CINE struck their vehicle Miss Joehnk
sprained an ankle when she fell Mr.
Templeton remained in the machine
and saved it from complete dernoli-
ton by steering it away from the train
after the collision set it in motion. He
was ruined.
Waterloo.
What is expected to be the beginning
of series of changes in Iowa post
offices has just been announced by the
postoffice department in the authori-
cation Of the reorganization of the
Waterloo postoffice under the two
division plan. The change is effective
| March 1. and by it the office of deputy
postmaster is abolished and that Off
Ger becomes superintendent of finance.
The head Of the other division is titled
superintendent Of mails with D. l..
Corson as the appointee. John Barlow
and Fred K. Busby are made foremen
| Of carriers, and twelve carriers from
|
ton A. All the larger cities of the
state are expected to be changed ac
cordingly in time.
! Hawarden.
William A. Morgan or Ireton, father
of ALI Morgan, Of this city, died in the
hospital at Sioux City last Friday,
where he had been receiving treatment.
Mr. Morgan was pioneer resident OF
\ ~, 10 IN,
all parts of the county. having been
county treasurer from 1890 to 1894.
| For many years he was a prominent
farmer in the vicinity of 1reton. re-
| firing from the farm about fifteen
years ago and moving to Ireton. He
was born in Pennsylvania on october
| IL, 1912, and served four years in the
civil war He moved to Sioux county
! thirty-two years ago. He is survived
! by his wife, three sons, ALT, of Ha-
! warden. H. B. of Mecklin. s. D.. Shu
! bert, of Dodge Center, Mimi. and one
| daughter, Mrs. w. NJ. Ward, of Chi
| cago.
LeMars.
! Assessor c. L. Pinney is making sat
/ lsfactory progress with his assessment
and census work and with the assist
ance Of his son expects to have it
completed in the allotted time. He is
handling the work by wards this time
and has the Third ward completed and
the work in the Second we'll under way.
[ Mr.. Pinney says that present prospects
make it appear extremely doubtful
whether LeMars will reach the 5000
| mark although it will not fall far
Kshort. He found in the Third ward
| 1910 persons and in the Second ward
south Of the railroad SIS. The ratio
OF population to vote in the Third ward
| is almost five to one and 1t would take
| just about the average to reach the
| 5000 mark. but there is some doubt
whether either the Second or First
wards will maintain the ratio.
Carroll.
| Carrier George n. Losee had pro-
ceeded twenty miles one day last week
on his twenty-seven mile route, dis
| tributing and gathering mail as usual,
when he encountered bad place to
travel on a grade at the end of a
| bridge. broken limb Of a tree he
was trying to avoid hit his conveyance
and pushed it off the grade bottomSide
/ up. An oil heating stove in the vehicle
Immediately started a fire from which
the escaped with slight burns, but
| which consumed the box from his
wagon which was mounted on runners
and its entire equipment, including
every scrap of mail, stamps, stamped
paper, etc. Before Mr.. Losee could re-
lease his horses from the sleigh even
che lines of the harness We're burned
| off BY borrowing some straps to tog-
| gle up his harness Mr.. Losee managed
| to get back to town sitting on board
placed across what was left of the
sleigh.
Fort Dodge.
G. f. Goldner. Of Fort Dodge, until
recently with the Vincent Clay Pro-
ducts Company. has procured a patent
from the United States government for
apparatus for finishing the ends OF
hollow clay articles. The invention is
conveyor for dressing and growing
hollow block enos or any hollow clay
ware Heretofore" explained Mr..
Goldner today. "the ends of hollow
building block have been perfectly
smooth and mortar which held them
together eventually wore away. This is
serious defect. My invention grooves
the end OF the block In such way the
mortar Is gripped so firmly when two
blocks are put together. that this dan
ger of its wearing away Is eliminated"
This is not Mr. 0oldners first patent
He invented a mould for rounding and
dressing the end Of drain tile and this
process Is now In use at the Vincent
Clay Products Company.