Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-08
Southern Iowa Items

| demands with sight of gun. There
! were sullen looks al him but the men
lost no time performing the required
service and returned to their work
1t is safe TO say that there will be no
more celebrations held by this bunch OF
men. at least not while the foreman is
around.
keota.
Keota had an object lesson on the
evils Of unpreparedness Thursday
morning. About O'Clock fire was dis
covered in the attic of the Lee Stewart
home and in spite of the prompt and
valiant service Of the fire company (of
which Mr.. Stewart is chief the house
was almost entirely destroyed and is
practically total loss. The fire COM
pany was handicapped by the, fact that
the water tank" or reservoir, Is be-
ing torn down to be replaced by q
larger tank. In the meantime the wa
ter has 10 be pumped DIRECTLY into the
mains. When the fire was discovered
no one was at the pump house. When
volunteer engineer went over he
found something wrong with the en-
CINE and while he tinkered the fire
burned. When the engine was finally
started the fire company was able to
save nearby homes from catching fire.
Washington.
Washington officers are now looking
for Mr.. Cole who was a resident of
this place for TWO weeks. The genial
Mr.. Cole told Washington merchants
that he was employed by the Milwau-
kee railroad installing telephones. Also.
that he had two pretty daughters in
Chicago. who were coming to keep
house for him. Consequently he would
need a bill Of furniture. Subsequently
he priced the stocks in the different
stores. Finally he decided to buy a
dining room set at one store. The bill
amounted to $S5. In payment he ten
deed a check on Rockford. Ill. bank
for $95. The merchant willingly ac-
cepted the paper and gave his Gus
toner the change. simultaneously with
the return Of the protested check from
Rockford, Mr.. Cole also disappeared.
The dealer still has the furniture,
waiting for Mr.. Coles daughter to ap-
pear.
Burlington.
Sunday afternoon William Gendall,
residing at Christman. Colo, a silver
that ne was out Of work and that there
was no tungsten ore in that section
to start a boom. Gendall had about
made up his mind to leave Christman
and locate in Nederland, where metal
miners are in demand at the many
tungsten properties. when his children,
who had been playing miners and dig
sins iii the back yard, brought him
piece of tungsten float and asked what
the metal was. Gendall could hardly
believe his eyes, and he ran to the
spot with the children to investigate.
He found other pieces Of tungsten float
and then began to use his miners pick
and shovel. In thirty minutes he un =
covered the top of a tungsten vein
from which he has already gouged $50
worth Of ore. Gendall has filed on the
land and expects to have big paying
mine in short time. He has aban-
doned the idea of going to Nederland.
keokuk. 4
plea Of guilty disposed OF. the
criminal case which Judge Thomas G..
Munger was assigned to try in the fed
eral court here, late Tuesday afternoon.
The case was that of the United States
vs.. f. D. Madison. Defendant was
sentenced to three months in the Wa
pello county Jail. and must pay a line
Of $500. The defendant is given thirty
days in which to arrange his family
affairs before his sentence begins. Mat
tison was charged with having i'm
personated a United States officer In
the promotion of some stock selling
scheme. He was charged with having
represented himself as employed by
the postoffice department and he at
tempted to sell stock for some mali
catching device. Mattison was ar
rested and indicted in the court here,
His case caused considerable of fitst7
ter last fall when his attorneys asked
for a change of judges, alleging
prejudice on the part of Judge WADE.
The request was granted by the court
who rehnkea the e-.tc..n eye saving they es,L
had violated his confidence in the mat
ter.