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

soaking rain is needed to insure proper
caring Of the crop. Threshing is just
beginning here, as mostly late oats are
raised. They are yielding well althJ
rather light weight. A large acreage of
timothy is being cut for seed
oskaloNs. : H.
Foundations for three of the perma-
nent stock barns. five of which are to
De constructed this season, have been
completed on the site of the new fair
grounds and the excava ton for the
foundation Of the other two are ready.
The roofs Of the. three buildings are
being placed and the week will witness
their completion. A force Of men is
engaged In cleaning and clearing the
grounds Of accumulations and debris.
Weeds are being cut, carted and
burned. Trees and dead limbs are be-
ing cut out of the grove and other work
is being reached as rapidly as posi-
BILE. Extremely hot weather is hinder
ing progress of the work and difficulty
is experienced in obtaining men to
work.
Corning.
While Frank VonGartzen was assist
ing with haying at the A. Carr place he
met with quite an accident Mr.. Von-
Gartzen was on the wagon loading and
In some manner stepped too near ths.
edge of the load and fell. He had his
fork in his hand when he started to fall
put tt dropped to the ground and he
fell on 1t. One tine of the fork went
into the chest and penetrated the lung
and another tine went in his arm.
There was also quite flesh wound Oh
his chest. Mr.. VonGartzen took hold
of the fork and succeeded in pulling it
out without any assistance. He was
taken home and physician immedi-
ately summoned who dressed the
wounds and 1t is thought he will get
along all right but it will be some time
before he can use his arm and the
wound in the lung is very severe.
Scion. -.
Hail accompanied by high wind and
severe lightning struck Scion Monday
afternoon and caused considerable
damage. The rain which followed, al
tho scanty In amount. settled the in
tolerable dust and temporarily helped
the thirsty corn fields. Some of the
hail stones which fell were as large
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leaves of the corn. Several runaways
resulted as consequences Of the pelting
which horses at work In the fields re-
ceived. The wind blew down the corn
badly in places, upset grain shocks,
and twisted branches from trees.
Lightning struck in q field near r. H.
Bowman's home, setting fire to the
stubble. Men had been at work in that
field during the forenoon. The storm,
however, tended to cool off the heated
atmosphere allowing farmers more
chance to get their work done.
Davenport.
Six horses were burned to death
MONDAY night in fire in the stable
Of the Abel Lime and Cement Com
pany here. The fre was reported to
the fire department at 1922 o'clock
and at that time the building was a
mass of flames. A touring car and
large auto truck were removed, but the
horses in their fright refused to be led
out and were left to their doom. One of
them, however, broke loose and rushed
out Of the building, only to become en-
tangled in broken electric light wire,
and was electrocuted. This occurrences
may have been a most fortunate one.
for had not the horse struck the wire
and given the alarm it is quite prob
able one or more of the macy persons
gathered at the scene would have cone
into contact with the wire before II
was discovered. The blaze started in
the hay loft, and its origin is a mys-
terry. The barn was large frame
structure and offered ready fuel for the
flames. It was completely destroyed.
The os..age Is estimated at $500. with
insurance Of one-half this amount.