Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-22

| was made are not given to the public.
The Olson farm is occupied by Mr.
| Olson's SON n-law, Even Nelson, who
| will continue to occupy the place for
| more than year at least as possess
sion Of the traded properties is not
| to be given till March l, and Mr.. Nell
son has rented the farm from Mr.. Dor
land for a year from that date. The
farm is a good one, and formerly for
| many years was well farmed by Mr.
| Olson, who kept it up in good shape.
The business property is two-story
brick in a desirable location, with store
room below, and living rooms above,
now occupied by Mr.. Wells and family.
Waverly.
The Waverly Ice Company on Mon
day began the harvest of their 1916 ice
crop. Their.icontract with the Great
Western railway calls for 1000 car
loads and they usually dispose of 200
or morefcarsA to Ilprivate parties jim
neighboring stowns. ! The, ice for the
Great Western IS all shipped to Oel-
vein, where it is stored in the COM
pany's large ice houses. On Monday
they worked only part Of a day and
got out one trainload Of twenty cars.
On Tuesday they cut and loaded sixty
five cars and these were taken to DEL
vein in three trains. The Cedar river
from the mill pond to the stockwell
bridge, mile or more away, is a very
busy place this week, as there are
several crews getting out ice for local
ice dealers, creameries. etc. The
weather. the past week has been ex-
cellent for the production Of ice and
the quality is of the very best. Many
men will find remunerative work on
the ice for several weeks, which will
help out until the spring work opens
up.
;. est Union.
Mrs. E. S. .McGlathery and George
Wescott had a narrow escape from
death by fire early Thursday morning.
when the McGlathery home just south
Of West Union was totally destroyed.
Mr.. McGlathery, who not long since
had surgical operation on his throat,
is in Chicago for further treatment at
the Presbyterian hospital, and his
string of trotting horses are being
looked after by Mr.. Wescott. The Nc
Glathery home, a beautiful bungalow
built a few, years ago, caught fire at
about 1 o'clock Thursday morning,
while the mercury stood at about
twenty five degrees below zero, with
snow falling and neen northwest
wind blowing. Mrs. McGlathery had
no more than time to escape with her
life, as she was awakened by hearing
the kitchen utensils falling thru the
floor into the basement. She escaped
in scanty attire thru a window. Mr..
Wescott, who awoke about the same
time, went out thru another window
I'd S to- har
for a few minutes till John Fritz and
Ray Heiserman, who had seen the
fire, came and relieved them. In going
to the Fritz place, where her immediate
needs were taken care Of, Mrs. Nc
Glathery froze her hands, limbs, and
face, painfully but not seriously.
Westgate.
Fire was discovered about 6:45
Wednesday evening in the elevator
owned by the Knuz Grain Company, Of
Wesley and conducted. by w. H. Lang.
as agent It was large building
3Ox100 feet in size. Being beyond the
reach of the water works, nothing
could be done to save 1t, and 1t was
soon q roaring mass Of flames. The
loss was total. and amounts to about
s., 0O0 The elevator contained 5000
bushels Of oats, about 10000 pounds of
grass seed. carload Of mill feed, about
200 bushels Of corn, two dump scales,
one platform scale, and quantity of
machinery, all totally destroyed The
fire is supposed to have caught In the
Office, but in what way is not known,
as Mr. Lang left about an hour before
the fire broke out, and everything was
then in order. The building and part
of the contents were insured. but to
what amount and in what company is
not known here. About ten freight
cars standing near the elevator caught
fire, one Of them containing auto
mobiles. and all would have been de-
stroyed but for the prompt action of
the crew Of No. 8 passenger train,
which arrived and pulled the burning
cars down near q fire plug. where the
hose was attached ana the fire soon
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