Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-22

Istock gof goods at thai place on the
| price t0f a farm belonging to Harris
| The goods were !toe be taken at the
wholesale inSoieeI chs.1 price. hut when
the inventorj9v,as made by representa-
ltives OF bothfparties, It was found that
Conner did notilleep his invoices anG
the only mean Notwithstanding the
cost price was athe prices marked OF
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES: Harris says
some of the eest marksswere not the
tue 'tost prices and refused to carr!
out the deal Conner brought suit foi
specific perfotmance and the defendant
asked the court to permit him to make
an inventory by experts to determine
the true cost prices Of the goods, and
under the circumstances the court held
he was entitled to such relief.
Mason City.
All employees of the Mason City and
Clear Lake railway company will be
presented with a $3.50 gold piece for n
Christmas gift. Officials of the de-
partments of the company will be pre-
scented with a s5 gold piece. One en-
ploye. .of the company, CTS. Dull. now
on the border, will beAemembered with
a gift from the local company. The
| giving OF gold pieces has displaced the
former gifts of turkeys or geese.
Nevada.
The Seventh Day Adventist church.
which has been undergoing extensive
improvements and flnish!ns. Is to he
formally dedicated on SUNDAY, l)ecem-
her 81. The services will begin the
Friday evening previous and continue
over Saturday and Sunlay. Elder
George Thompson OF Washtngton. ID. c..
is to participate IN the service, as will
Elder Charles Thompson cr Mlnne-
apolis.
Waterloo.
A hot flatirou placedAln bed to keep
a. chlld's feet warm during the night
started a blaze at the home of Mrs. p
j.. McCavick, 141G Fourth street west
at sos Wednesday morning. The iron
had ben wrapped In a towel several
hours before the fire started. sSmoka
was detected issuing from the bed and
the child was removed. Almost I'M
mediately the flames burst forth. The
bedding @::sc rarnved 70 40 .l,atht,,ih
and the flremen We're notified. Inere
was slight damage to the woodwork IN
the bedroom. but the loss will be small.
New Hampton.
The supreme court OF I0wachas at
frIned the decision Of Judge A. N. Hob
son of the Chickasaw county districi
Tcourt, which he handed down recently
in the case entitled Sheakley ane
Kennedy Brothers, ct al, vs.. the coun-
ty board Of review. In June the boare
of review raised the assessed valua-
ton on merchandise in New Hampton
Ionia, Bassett and Alta Vista. The
merchants claimed the board did no,
have the right to raise the valuation
and brought q writ OF certiorarl against
the board. Judge Hobson sustained
the board In its action. The supreme
court held that such q right Is clearly
vested in the county board Of re-
view.
: Dubuque.
Mrs. Thomas Frentris was seriously
injured and Your others passengers II
! the same auto were badly bumped and
bruised when returning from o runera
held a few miles over the state line II
Wisconsin, attempted to descend 9
steep hill nearly a mile long. the hill
almost entirely covered by a thick eont
of ice. The auto did not leave thu
road nor did It overturn. but Just as u
started down the grade h 70 driver dis.
covered the brakes would not hold tbs
heavy bus and ordered his passenger,
to hang tight to their places. BY thu
time the, car reached the bottom 1t wa
travelling at 4 speed close TO 100 mile,
an hour. The heavy machineywas al
most overturned when on reaching tn
bottom 1t hit several waterbrcaks o
bitches cut thru the Ice. II was at thu
tpoint that Mrs. Frentris was bange,
/ up astinst the back Of the driver.
seat