Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-21
Northern Io1ua Items

from the base one-half mile to the
trenches, He witnessed several aerial
battles and saw the big siege guns IN
operation.
Sioux City.
Mayor William Maxfeld, Of Neville,
this county, was made defendant in
damage. suit in which Harry M. Hulk
table Of Moville, asks $4,000 Of the
mayor for alienation of Mrs. Huxtable's
affections. The suit was filed in the
district court late Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Huxtable is bride of three
months. Huxtable charges that shortly
after his marriage to Miss Leta A.
Amundsen, of Neville, Mayor iMaxfield
began to pay attentions to his wife,
her automobile riding. The result of
the attentions, according to the charges
in the suit, is that Mrs. Huxtable left
her husbands home on July %, but re-
manned intimate with the mayor.
Mason City. 2e. h'i"
A 2O-months- old baby sustained
fractured collar bone and other minor
injuries in an auto accident on the
Clear Lake road, when the car belong
ing and driven by w. A. Eckenrod of
Britt. turned turtle and threw the oc-
pants to the pavement. The child was
caught between the machine and the
ground and pinned down. The family
had spent the day here at the fair and
was returning home when the accident
happened. Mr.. Eckenrod turned tribe
off the paving which caused the car to
overturn. The child>was taken I" the
Mercy hospital where it was given
medical aid and was then taken to the
family home in Britt. Other members
of the family escaped without injuries.
The machine was slightly marred and
scratched but otherwise was in fair
condition.
North MoGregor.
The government Ssh house here Is
now open for the season, with NJ. Clark
of Manchester, in charge of the work.
This government fish work is one Of
the most useful under the federal gov
eminent, and pays rs own way in the
economic value of the work performed.
BY it the supply of food and game
fishes in every part of the country has
been increased and enriched. The sea-
son for the rescue of the young fish
from the sloughs where they are left
by the falling Of the river, usually be-
gins the latter part Of July and lasts
until the river closes. The fish house
here is filled with tanks thru, which
running artesian waller flows, and the
young fish are kept in those tanks until
sufficient numbers have been gathered
for shipment, when car from the bu-
reau of commerce and labor arrives.
These cars are fitted with tanks in
which the fish in assorted sizes and
species are placed for transportation to
interior streams. At this point annual
ly from $4,000 to 100000 small fish from
the Mississippi are distributed to in
terror streams thru the department of
commerce and labor.
Waterloo.
Business was rushing at the George
Corey restaurant, 1913 Fifth street
west, Wednesday night Robert Love-
JOY. who had been employed as night
waiter for less than week. was alone
in the restaurant and after the rush
was over Lovejoy packed up his be-
lonsings and left. At the same time
$50, two gold watches and a number
OF pocketknives disappeared. The
watches and knives were valued at $40,
making the total loss $780, John Jen-
son, night patrolman, while making his
hounds at 3:15 a. M, discovered that
the waiter had disappeared. He in
vestigated and found the money drawer
had been robbed. The doors were left
open, but it is not believed that any
one entered the place after the waiter
disappeared. as the officer is confident
Lovejoy had been missing only a short
time when he made the discovery. Mr..
Corey was Immediately notified. He
took charge Of the place and furnished
the officers with a description. A man
answering the same description pur-
chased a ticket to Cedar Rapids over
the Rock Island. The Cedar Rapids
officials were notified. but the missing
waiter has not been found.