Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-20

rated tree on the corner of the court
square, and there will be program of
Christmas choruses by the school chill
dren. followed by a. treat for all the
children. The arrangements are in the
hands of the Woman club which is a
guaranty for its success.
Fort Madison.
Clerks are at work at the local Santa
Fe shops figuring up the amount Of
money each qualified employe is to re-
ceive from the company as his share
OF the $2,500,o0O Christmas present.
Approximately $50 employees here will
receive slices OF the big gift. and in the
neighborl1ood of $4,000 will be dis
tributed here A number Of the en-
ployes find that they will receive no
gift because they have been employed
by the company few days less than
the required two years. In several in
stances employees missed the allotted
time by one day-thereby losing out on
800 or.$150 check.
Upton.
Bert Deforest arraigned before
Judge Moffit las. Saturday on a
charge of attempting to burn pub
lie building. Deforest is one of the
men arrested at West Branch recently,
and after being locked up set fire to
the building. When arraigned he
waived the right to have counsel and
entered a plea of guilty and asked for
immediate sentence. He was sentenced
to the reformatory at Anamosa under
the indeterminate act for "a period OF
not to exceed five years. Deforests
case will doubtless be reviewed by the
board of parole and he will probably
be given his release in from SIX to
eight months and the lesson will be
wholesome me.
Perry.
Lewis Belt who lives about seven
miles southwest of the city. on the
No. 9 road, was quite badly hurt in a
peculiar accident which occurred at
| his home recently. 1t is not thought
his injuries will be Of permanent
nature, but they will lay him up for
quite long time Mr.. Belt was milk
ling a COW in the barn at his place,
when the floor suddenly gave way and
both he and the COW fell thru the
opening into u shallow basement. Tho
distance was only about three or four
feet. but in the mixup Belt fell under
the COW and his left leg was badly
bruised. The ligaments Of his left
ankle were torn and wrenched and he
suffered a great deal OF pain last
night and this morning. The COW
which weighed in the neighborhood OF
1900. pounds, was unhurt,
Perry. !.
The farmers living along the OkoboJl
trail northeast of Perry, have found a
substitute for gravel which they are
using to surface the road. and 1t has
proved to be as good or better than-the
hest grade Of gravel. At least several
miles Of the trail will be improved by
l. number of years ago the town OF
Angus was one OF the most active coal
mining centers Of the state and the DIG
mounds Of slack taken from the mines
are to be found in nearly every held IN
that vicinity Along one stretcn Q,
road where the haul FROM the gravel
| pit was rather long, the road builders
/ used the slack. It soon packed down
lizard and smooth and solved problem
which meant much time and iaoor'
The slack is easy to load and nandie
and will be used extensively next
spring in surfacing all the roads in the
vicinity. The Okoboii trail which was
promoted by the road committee q the
Perry bureau of commerce. is being
given attention daily in spite Of the OK Il
tremely cold weather. The predic
i ton that every foot of the road be-
tween JDes Moines and the lakes will be
grayeled by the middle of next sum-
mer seems certainty.