Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-01
Northern Io,ua Items

, the ice will be in condition for harvest
ing the latter part of the week. Re-
quirements call for ice between four
teen and sixteen inches in thickness.
Men were busy today with horses and
scrapers getting the surface cleared of
snow SO saving might proceed without
interruption. Waterloo men with fam
lilies will be given preference on the
payrolls of the Crystal Ice and Fuel
Company. This has been the policy OF
the concern in the past and Will con-
tinue to prevail under the present man
agement.
Fort Dodge.
A new use has been found for the
engine of motorcycle. Attached to
slight framework it will furnish
power for swift monoplane bobsled.
Two sets of runners connected by
twelve inch plank, make the body OF
the vehicle, which accommodates two
people. The engine is attached in an
upright position to the dash board"
and connected to a single six foot
propeller. The driver guides the sled
with an automobile steering gear. Yes
terday q :nonoplane bob started from
the Mature Brothers Autocycle shop
and achieved a speed of thirty-five
miles an hour on country read.
George Mature thinks that his sled will
attain speed of fifty or more miles
on the river If the ice is good trip
to Lehigh or Humboldt could be made
on the river in less than an hour
MaGuoketa.
Maquo!leta City will be dry in 1915,
according to the number of Withdraw
ais of names from the saloon petition
which was filed with County Auditor
Henry Strain week before last. From
the efforts put forth by the antl-saloon
league and w. G. r. u. it is estimated
that all of Jackson county may swing
over to dry territory The little town
of Andrew failed to get The required
number Of names to allow the saloon IN
that town to run, and anti-saloon
forces are organized and are now at
work in Preston, Sabula, Baldwin and
Monmouth. In Maqnoketa City the
saloon petition contained $3.50 per cent
of the votes cast at the last election.
1t was necessary for the temperance
forces to remove forty eight names
defeat the project At 4 o'clock yes
SSA0tiJ dltSAhOOH ILLS IluIuDcE nslu Deell
secured and six extra names were add
ed for good measure.
Waterloo.
Roy Whitset, aged %, and Harriet
Pesch, aged 81. started on pleasure
trip from Madison, Wis. two weeks
ago but the journey was ended alb
rubtly at an early hour Wednesday
morning when the couple was arrested
In room at the Waterloo hotel! whit
set faces long sentence in federal
prison on a charge Of white slavery
while the young woman will spend
three days in the city Jail. whitset de.
serted a wife and three children te
make the trip with the attractive young
woman. His family resides in Madison
!, Wis. The young woman has also beer
residing at that place. Miss Pesch. de.
clared in police court that whitset hae
informed her that he was divorced
from his wife. The young woman
stated that she had never been ii
/ trouble before and had made the trim 4
this city In expectation Of marryinl
Whitset. She had been visiting i,el
sister IN Chicago and Whitset followed
her. He had little money and she PAID
their transportation to Freeport. Whit.
i 5st, 81; the rniirost
ticketsafrcm Ffeeport 70 waterloo,