Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-09

reCt1On OF department or parks anu
public property, according to an an
nouncement made at the regular meet
ing OF the Sioux City Bird Study Club.
It was stated that the new homes for
birds had been practically completed
by the members Of the manual train
ing classes in the grades and high
school. Some time this month. it was
said, the boxes will be distributed in
the parks. Plans are to place num-
Der Of the bird homes in Stone park,
which 1t is hoped to make a bird ref
uge. A number OF boxes have been
put, in the park by bird club members
but the present placing Of boxes is the
first of It's kind as a general movement
backed by any particular organization.
MeGrssor.. "a
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hartwick, resid-
ing at Girard, seven miles from Nc
Gregor. celebrated the elimination of
fifty years Of happy married life on
March 2 and with their three children.
seven grandchildren and one hundred
friends united in a happy observance
Of the notable event. On March 2,
1855, Miss Christina Arnold was led
as a blushing bride to the altar by
John Hartwick, the ceremony taking
place at Farmersburg, Iowa. Mr..
Hardwick was born in Hessen, Ger
many, in 1s47, and his brides birth
place was in Baden, Germany, in 1S4S.
Both came to America when young
children. Shortly after their marriage
they removed to Giard, which has since
been their home. Mr.. Hartwick Is
large land owner and has been sue
cessful tiller of the soil for many years.
Within the past few years he gave up
the active management of the farm to
his son and is enjoying a complete
rest.
DEBORAH.
The funeral Of DR.. Laur Larson,
pioneer educator among Norwegians of
America, was held at his residence here
at 10 a. m. Saturday. Later in Luther
College chapel addresses were made by
Prof. c. K. Preus, president of the col
lege, land Prof L. s. Rogue, DR.. Lar
sons oldest colleague. The body then
lay in state in the First Lutheran
church from ~ until p. M, when
services were conducted by DIR. H. G.,
Stub, Of Hamline seminary, president
OF the Norwegian synod. People came
from all parts Of the northwest to
show the last marks Of honor and re-
spect and the funeral was the largest
ever known in Decorah DR.. Larson
came to America in 1857 and began his
church work in western Wisconsin. In
an article which he wrote about the
he had to encounter at that
time he mentions that he visited Min
neapolis and ST. Paul and that he was
the first Lutheran pastor to visit the
Falls" as the district where Minne-
|apolis stands was then called. While
there he gathered together few Nor
wegians who lived in rude huts and
preached the gospel to them.
Fort Dodge.
Friday night at 1890 an upper room
of the jacobson farm house. ten miles,
south of town, was found to be on
fire. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Jacobson
had Just put their eight children to
bed. Noticing the smell OF smoke,
Mrs. Jacobson went upstairs to in
vestigate, and found that thru some
defect in the chimney the side wall of
one of the bed rooms had caught fire
and nad burned draft and spread the
flames quickly thru the house. Bare
footed and in their night dresses the
children were hurried out into the
snow. Mr.. Jacobson managed to get a
mattress for them to stand on. He tried
TO fight the are with blankets and
buckets of water When. he was drag
eing q piece of furniture out of the
door the wind swept a great sheet OF
flame over him, burning his face, neck.
shoulders. and arms. In few minutes
time the house was burned down and
the children walked, barefooted thru
the snow drifts a mile to a netghboring
farm. Mr.. Jacobson came to Fort
Dodge Saturday morning for medical
care and 1t was found that In addition
to hIS=other injuries his left eye was
AbadIE Mnamed and the eyelid had been
scoroSod ID his encounter with the