Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-03
Des Moines.

OeS MoineS.
The prison gang at the Flynn farm
west Of Des Moines canned 800 gallons
of tomatoes, with the home canning
outfit installed by the state board of
control. Canning plants refused to pay
a fair price for tomatoes. The state
decided to can them for use in state
institutions.
Shenandoah.
The pail bearers at her funeral and
the hymns that were sung were Sc
lected by Mrs. Rebecca Mcintyre 81
years old, Locust Grove pioneer who
was buried Friday. She had lived
there forty years. Death was due to
cancer Of the liver. Four married
mother.
Washington.
Robbers, apparently amateurs, were
busy here Friday. They entered w. D.
Shearer's residence but were evidently
frightened away without taking any
thing. At the, Kline clothing store a
small amount of merchandise was
taken. They also ransacked desks in
the Mckee school. Sheriff McCarr has
bloodhounds at,work on the case.
Hamburg.
While the apple crop is not heavy,
there are some few barrels to pick be-
fore the freezing weather sets in. A
conservative estimate of the five larger
orchards close,ito Hamburg places the
aggregate number Of barrels to be
market this season at $4,000. These
will probably average in value about
SO per barrel on the cars. H. a. simons
& Sons have the largest crop, it being
estimated at 5000 barrels.
GIenwood.
w. w. Kyle, of Weston. Mo-. has ar
rived in Glenwood and will for the
next two weeks superintend the pack
ing of apples for Mr. Goldstein in the
orchard on the II. Evernham farm,
west Of Pacific Junction. 1t is esti-
mated that, the orchard will produce
above 1000 bushels and the fruit is Of
the finest Last, year this orchard was
d practical failure. owing to the frost.
The orchard this year was sprayed
five times.
Sharpsburg.
The Weller school house, four miles
southwest Of town, burned down Tues
day morning about o'clock. The fire
must have been smoldering for some
time as the windows were black with
smoke when the Deighbors arrived and
the smoke was pouring from the Chin
ney. The cause Is entirely unknown,
as Miss Beulah Mohler, the teacher.
said that no fire had been in the store
since the early morning Of the day be-
fore. Insurance carried amounted to
5000 on the building and 5000 on the
furniture.
Shena ndoah.
/ At the milking hour, going to the
milk lot to stand guard to see that her
little kittens are not molested, fos-
ter mother, little brown dog at the
home of C. J. Bengston near Essex,
has distinguished herself Woe be it
to the COW that looks or acts cross to-
ward the tiny cats when the little dog
is around. She adopted the kittens
when their mother died several weeks
ago. After the meal is over they all
go back into the yard for gay frolic.
getting their ears chewed same az they
would # their real mother had lived.
Fairfield.
The annual celebration by the JET
ferson County Old Settlers Association
on Thursday in Fairfield was one OF
the biggest events in this part Of the
state Notwithstanding the fact that
the weather man frowned upon south
eastern Iowa and every momenI
threatened to frost bite noses and ears
Several thousand visitors were present
in spite Of the cold weather and evefy
one had good time and went home
feeling that he was royalty enter
tanned Five bands furnished music