Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23
Northern Io1ua Items

and evening. Everything on the
grounds is ready for the opening day
the railways have all arranged for
special train service and large crowds
are expected The races will be start
% ~ Mesnns Flaws. OF Chicago. who
also will officiate at Huron and Des
Moines.
LeMars.
p ". O'Brien, newspaper solicitor,
Of this city, was picked UP on the road
near Hinton at 8: 80 o'clock this morn
ing by man who was In search OF a
stolen automobile O'Rrien was in a
dazed condition and suffering from in
juries. He related that during the day
he had been in Hinton, where there
was a carnival in progress, canvass
ing. and fell in with stranger toward
evening. O'BTfen was going to leave
on a train for LeMars when the
stranger offered him a ride saving he
was going thru LeMars TO Rensen.
O'Bryan accepted the invitation, and
when he entered the car he found two
men and two women. They rode a
little way from Hinton when the men
demanded his money O'Rrien thought
they We're Joking and told them to go
to sheol They proceeded to rob him
Of s35 after beating him up. The
thieves are thought to be some of the
thugs now operating nightly in Sioux
City
FarnhamviIIe.
Every effort that can be thought Of
is being put forth to retain the only
rural mail route which the United
States post office department has per
mitted TO be maintained in Farnham-
vile. The order issued by the depart
men a few weeks ago ,abol!shing the
route after Sept. /, 1915, has not as
vet been rescinded, altfo considerable
pressure has been and Is being brought
to bear on the officials. Mail Carrier
Smith has received his transfer. to
/ take effect Sept. 1, at which time he
/ has been ordered to take UP work on
/ a route out of Coneville, small town
near Muscatine. Congressman Woods,
and Senator'S Cunmins and Kenyon
| have been appealed to by our people.
| It begins to look that in spite OF all
| efforts. the department will carry out
! its order and the route from Farnfam
/ Vile will be abolished. 1t will sure be
a death blow to our community.
/ Sioux City.
J Three public institutions-the Good
! ShepherTs home. st. Antnony's orpna-
mage and the Boys and Girls home
4 Will receive requests Of $500 apiece
/ from the estate Of T. S. Martin, the
! pioneer merchant, whose will was filed
!. for probate yesterday afternoon in the
district court. Mr.. Martins estate Is
estimated to be worth nearly $1,000
] 600. Mr. Martin provides that his
widow, Mrs. Agnes J. Martin. shall re-
ceive an income Of $4,000 = year from
his property. II half interest on the
income does not net this amount ne re-
quests that the difference shall be paid
out of the estate. The family home a,
| Twenty-ninth and Jackson streets waa
! conveyed to Mrs. Martin by her hus-
band before his death. II Mrs. Martin
decides not to accept the income, MI
Martins will says. she may have one
third OF the estate, The VIII states
that Mr.. Martin already has gwen hie
/ eldest son, J. Earle Martin. $50 shares
| in the T. S. Martin Company. Jules
) r Martin. the second SON. who has re.
cetved nifty shares in the store snai
receive 100 more shares when ne ).
J, % years old. The third son, Howard
i v. Martin, is to receive fifty shares o.
stock in the store when he - 20 years
|. old. and 100 shares more when ne - ~