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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
Northern Iowa Items

ages fledf3against HERMAN Gradert, Of
Wakefield, Neb.AGradert has asked to
have the suit dismissed. Waterbury
was II down by an automobile driven
by Gradert several months ago Ora
dert was arrested for operating a
motor car while intoxicated and was
fined $25 in police court. Waterbury
is a. retired merchant living in Sioux
City. y
Northwood.
A. l.. Dodd and c. c. Summers, OF
Charles City. hace purchased the
Northwood Telephone Company's BUSH
ness in this city, the deal being finally
closed Tuesday night after the pros
pective purchasers had deposited Il
sum approximating 100000 in the local
banks. Mr.. Summers, who is a tele-
phone man of twenty-five years eX-
perience. will move to Northwood n
take personal charge of the business.
Mr.. Dodd. who is an electrical expert,
will not make Northwood his head
quarters, at least for the present. The
gentlemen state there will be no
change in the policy II conduct of
the business except such as tends to-
wards improvement. 1t Is their inten-
ton to make needed additions and re-
pairs to equipment at once and give
service as good or better than has been
enjoyed heretofore.
Hawarden.
A man giving his namea as ]. l.. Clark,
and claiming to be from Ackley, was
lodged in the county jail Saturday for
killing a colt and several head Of cows
- HtN@ - ,vn11-
to-do farmer risiding three miles south
Of Sheldon. Mr.. Schoeneman Is q
brother of the Schoeneman brothers.
of Hawarden. Clark admits doing this
malicious mischief and said that he
had intended to kill a lot more. 1t was
well hat he was a~pprehended before
he killed or manned the entire herd.
He did the job with q 22-caliber rifle.
An effort was made to me him
with one of the recent murder cases at
Sheldon, but thus far has been un-
successful. A ~22-caliber bullet was
taken from the skull Of one of the men
killed and the officers thought they
had the connecting link. but the
strongest kind Of third degree work
failed to shake the prisoners state
ment that he was not guilty Of this
crime.
Clinton.
Charged with contempt Of court for
an alleged violation Of an injunction
restraining him from illegally selling
Intoxicating liquor. Julius Andersen
was arraigned before Judge Donegan
in the Clinton county district court. He
pleaded guilty and was ined $1,000 and
costs and sentenced to serve ten days
In the county jail, the latter portion Of
| the sentence. however, being suspended
as has been done In similar cases
against two other defendants. Andre
sen paid the fne and was released
from custody. AS in the two other
cases, in which Judge Barker imposed
sentence, the suspension of the Jail
sentence was made contingent upon
Andresen's good behavior and his
promise to refrain from engaging in
any business Of a suspicious nature In
the future. Two draymen, John Wager
and H. 5. Bradshaw. accused Of de-
livering liquor to alleged "bootleggers,'
also were a%rraigned before Judge Dom
egan, pleaded guilty and were fined SIS
and costs each. They also paid their
fines and were released.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
MUST GIVE FULL WEIGHT.
State Officials Keeping Close Watch on
Sale Of Produce From Cars.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 16.-With prices
for foodstuffs high and with the season
for selling from cars at hand. the state
food and dairy department Is Instruct
ing its inspectors to watch the itinerant
merchant selling from freight cars as
we'll as all other dealers in produce to
see that they are giving full weight.
This past week the departmentprosc-
cuted j. Glnsberg, at Belle Plaine. who
was selling apples from a car and, ac-'
'cording to evidence obtained by one OF
the inspectors, was not giving full
weight. A fine of s25 was assessed
against the man.
With potatoes high in price and
scarce in many communities there Will
be more or less selling from cars in this
product during the coming weeks, the
department anticipates. A bushel OF
potatoes should weigh sixty pounds. a
peck fifteen pounds and a quart thirty
ounces. A bushel of apples should
weigh forty eight pounds. a peck twelve
pounds and a quart t~wenty-four ounces.
Grapes with the stems on should weigh
forty pounds to the bushel or ten
pounds to the peck. Onions weigh
ffty-two pounds to the bushei or thir=
teen pounds per peck. Peaches weigh
forty eight pounds to the bushel or
twelve pounds to the peck. Tomatoes
fifty pounds per bushel or 121s pounds
per peck. Sweet potatoes weigh the
same as tomatoes.
An effort was made some time ago
by interested parties to get an order
thru the state railroad commission to
prohibit the selling Of produce from
cars on sidetracks. hesrailroad COM
mission refused to consider such an
order. 1t IS recognized that 1t is often
possible to. buy produce sat reduced
prices from cars but the sellers must
live up to the law as to weights or the
food and dairy department will be after
them, so the state department warns.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
GATHERED BY THE WAYSIDE

memory OF the present generation. 1t
may NOT be out OF place to mention
that the first melan-arch concrete
bridge in this country is the n
erected near Rock Rapids. Iowa, some
twenty live years x by an Austrian
engineer, who is now In the service OF
his country in its dire need. Concrete
bridges have been known a long time
but the modern concrete bridge Is
comparatively new. The victory OF
the state the other day in one of the
patent cases is a big step toward free
ing the bridge industry from some OF
its membranes. There are other
patent cases yet to be fought out. n
when this is done the use OF concrete
in bridge building will become stil
more universal. But the great spec
tacular bridges OF the world are made
Of steel.
An Interesting comparative table IS
found in the just published volume OF
the state censu regarding the
tendency of the railroad owners to
effect consolidation. There are now
ten railroads in Iowa that do 81 per
cent of the business OF all the railroads,
OF the 10000 miles Of track in the
state. four railroads have 1000 miles
and with six others the total is 96sf,
lea vins but 81? miles for all the other
steam railroads. But 20 years & the
four systems in the group comprising
the longest four railroads had &ol'
miles and the second group OF rail-
roads, comprising all that had between
so and 1000 miles each. a total OF S.Sle
miles Of track. The tendency has been
to consolidate and to crowd out the
smaller systems, making them FEEDERS
for the long lines.
The big sour OF Iowa-the North
western. the Milwaukee, the Rock
Island and the Buriinston-had Tor
1914 gross earnings Of SOS, 709,36l' Inc
second group comprised the Great
Western, the Minneapolis, the Illinois
Central. the Omaha, the Wabash ana
the Great Northern, and this group
had gross earnings of s2l,4 0l ,629. rms
left but 1 1889, 22S for the shorter lines.
This would indicate that the time ~
not far distant when practically all the
short lines are to disappear.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
BULK OF CROP IN NORTHERN
IOWA BEYOND DANGER FROM
FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
WONDERFUL ADVANCE
DURING PAST WEEK
More Rain Needed For Fall Flowing,
Ground Being Too Handsome
Farmers Feeding New Corn, Many
Fields Being Sufficiently Hard TO
sheIl-siio Filling Almost Completed.
,ecjal to Times-Repubican,

Special to Times Republican.
Dubuque Sept. 16.-The current
weekly crop report Of the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad Company for northern
Iowa and southern Minnesota has 1t
that the favorable weather Of the past
week did wonders toward maturing
crops of all kinds, and says that there
is but little corn that is not beyond
danger from frost. The report is as
follows:
I'm addition to coplous rains. during
the past week, the temperature ranged
from five to six degrees above normal
resulting in excellent progress being
made by the late crops. However,
more is. necessary to put the ground
into condition for fall blowing, as it Is
now very hard and dry.
Sufficient sunshine and moisture
has fastened the maturing Of the late
planted corn and by the end OF the
coming week a good share Of that crop
will be beyond all danger from frost.
Some farmers are feeding new corn,
while others claim it to be hard
enough to shell. On the whole the
crop will be far superior to that OF
last year, both in quantity and quail
ity, but not up to the mark set IN
1914. Cutting Of corn for silos is going
on rapidly and will be completed
within the next few days.
"Threshing has been completed with
a few exceptions on the Albert Lea
district, where on account OF wet
weather, machines were unable to fin
ish up work started earlier in the
week. The farmers in the country ad-
joining this division are, as a rule
well satisfied with the grain crop this
year. The grade is high and there was
a normal yield in nearly all of the
small grains, the general averages be"
irg, as stated in previous reports,
about what they have averaged in the
last four or five years.
"The hay crop was a very good one
and with the present prices EVERYONE
seems to be satisfied. Fall pastures
have been decidedly benefited by the
cient %pasturage. for cattle. Glover is
being cut for seed and alfalfa is read"
for the fourth cutting.
The fruit crop this year is general
ly a failure. There were very few
cherries ard plums. and apples will
run about 2s per cent of a normal crop.
Late potatoes will average about SO
per cent Of normal. only = small num-
Der OF fields being benefited by the
recent showers.
Estimated percentages Of yields OF
the grain crops are: Corn. 81: oats, -:
wheat. 90: barley, 90: other small
o,.a inc oe"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16

the affair a big success. Citizens fur
nished free coffee all day to all The
new Denison band added much to the
day. J.. r.. Files, OF Fort Dodge. the
democratic candidate for congress In
this district, made the address and 1t
was we'll received. The names OF all
old settlers who had died In the past
year were read by the secretary. There
was a baby contest for babes whose
parents We're both residents OF the
county, Isaiah Mains. Of Charter Oak,
was made the new president, and y. l..
Hunt continued as secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16

Sioux City.
Ten Iowa girls left for Llano Grand
Tex, to act as nurses in the National
Guard. They comprise the Sioux City
unit of the American Red Cross.
Sioux City.
f. Washburn. a farmer, put s240 in
his shoes so thieves wouldn't get it
when he visited a Bookkeeping place
He fell asleep after a few drinks and
when he awoke the money was gone,
Sioux City.
Senator Kenyon will speak at the
knights Of Columbus day here Oct. -,
All Catholic societies in this part Of
Iowa will be represented at the cere-
monies. . y.
Sioux City.
4 Registration Of students began Mon
day at Morningside College and ended
to that Of last year, is expected. Trim
ity College, %reopened Tuesday with 256
students.
Bonair.
Lewis Phillips, of near Bonair, had
three sheep killed and several injured
by wolves one night last week. Wolves
are said to be, more common in this
region now than they have been for
many years.
Marcus.
The new Holy Name Catholic church
Of Marcus was dedicated Thursday by
Bishop Feehan, Of Fall River, Mass, a:
1920 a. m. Right Rev. P. ]. Garrigan,
bishop of the Sioux City diocese, was
not present on account of sickness. I'm
mediately after the dedication of the
church there was a solemn high mass
Bishop Feehan preached the sermon
on the occasion.
Cresco.
City Clerk NJ. J. Macarthur is entitled
to YEA the belt as champion potato
raiser Of this section. The other day
he exhibited a basket OF potatoes. the
product of one hill in his garden, which
weighed six and one-half pounds. Mr.
Macarthur says he had q patch 16x37
feet which yielded eight and one-haif
bushels. The potatoes are the Early
Rose variety.
Sioux City.
Chief Of Police Harve Hawman, o.
Sioux City, has formed q club to which
only those boys are eligible. who have
been arrested for petty crime during
his term Of office. The club has beer
named, 1.-THE Chiefs Gang" Recently
the chief took the whole gang, number.
ing, twenty, to q circus. Repeatedly HI
has received from members tips which
enabled the department. to frustratt
thefts or to recover stolen prcpe. ty
the chief asserts.
Sioux City.
coat bearing an alleged last note
from Robert White, or LeMars, iowa
and a bank book in Whites name
showing q deposit Of $34.11 in a loca
bank, was found on the river banl
here Tuesday. The note was dated
Sept. 9 and was written to Miss Nellie
White, Of LeMars. It read as follows:
my Dear Sis-Don't like to dot, Sis
but 1 can't do the way I have been do.
ing. It's not my fault. Forgive me
Sis.-Robert." The And was turned
over to the police and an investigation
is being made.
Sioux City.
Because the name Of G. e. Water.
bury was made to read woodbury.
thru an error of a stenoerapher iii
transcribing q petition for $4,000 dam.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
WILL EXTEND WATER MAINS.
Hampton to Have Mile Of Extensions
Laid Before Winter.
Sner;aI IN

Hampton, Sept. 16.-It is hoped that
at least twelve blocks Of new water
mains can be laid here this fall. The
size, will range from four-inch to
seight-inch. most of it. however, being
-six-inch. New work will be on Fifth
street from Reeve to the new pressure
tank; Main and Ninth. west to Grove,
thence north to- Seventh. and on. Sec
ond, from Reeve three blocks west.
Work has been delayed because Of
lack of-material. ~~ bee
City officials are expecting the con-
tractor@of the new well to begin work
at any time, and are anxious to get
the new tank into commission in order
to have the old one taken down.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
Rise in oot..

a small boy appeared at the back
door OF a ncighbor's house In Hunting
Park q a day OF so ago and said
to the matron who opened the door:
Good morning"
Good morning" the housewife re-
turned, somewhat curiously.
Il came owe to tell you something.
We'll. what is itw'
Last evening my papa was angry
because the water boiled out OF the
steamer under the rolled oats"
rs that so2"
Yes. And he made up his mind to
fix the steamer so that II couldn't hap
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
But No winning.

Rivers had Just got homo and Vas
stumbling over the things insthe dark
hall.
what are you growing about.
dcar?" called out Mrs. Rivers from the
fioor above.
Il am growing" he answered In his
deepest bass voice, TO drown the
barking of my Sims"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
Grundy Center News Notes.

Special to Times-Republican.
Grundy Center, Sept. 16.-Mrs. Hat
tie Diehl has sold her former home.
with the block Of ground just west Of
the park. to Harm Ables: Ables
and family will move into their new
home on Oct l.. Consideration was
$4,000.
E. A.. Crazy has sold his home in
the south end of town to Mr.. Matter
nick, Of Wisconsin. for $4,000. and will
give possession this month. The pur-
chaser is moving here to give his four
children an education in our new col
lege. Mr.. Crary will mov into the E..
l.. Bailey home, which he purchased
last spring.
Fred Hummel has bought a lot of
Harm Ries. on which he will start the
erection of a new home at once. One
of the college professors recently pur-
chased Mr.. Hummel's home.
At the home. ofsSMrs. O.. w Beck
man was celebrated the marriage Of
her daughter Ernestena to Mr.. S. E.
Tenant. Mrs. Tenant was reared and
educated in this community. Mr..
Tenant is employed in the office of the
Grundy Republican.
A meeting of the farmerf and bust
ness men was addressed by Mr..
Clemens, of the state dairy commits
sion, this week in the interest of a new
creamery Much interest was mani
tested in this meeting.
The college, students are returning
to their school work this week. Raena
and Kenyon King have gone to Ames,
Harold Wilson to Armour Institute,
Don Scott to University of Chicago,
Roy Fricken to University of Michigan,
Thelma Morrison and Merle Steffen to
Cornell: Bina Stewart, Gladys Baugh-
man, Freda Frank and Grace Ford to
Cedar Falls; Richard Nelson, King
Vanderwicken. Harry Burke and John
Dirks to Iowa City, and Harriet Floyd
Roscoe Kerr and Ralph Dood to Coe.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
Roland News Notes.

Special to Times-Republican.
Roland. Sept. 16.-T. Thompson LETT
Tuesday for a business visit at Mott,
N. D.
c. r. Iverson left Tuesday for a
weeks visit in the Twin Cities, MINI.
A. L. Anderson purchased a 16o-acre
farm near Wooden.
T. S. Erickson came here from his
home at Sioux Falls. S. D, to look over
his farm interests and to visit rela-
tives.
Ole A.. Hanson left for his former
home in Norway, Thursday, after hav-
ing spent, some weeks-vlslting ELLA
tives in this community.
7. j.. Jacobson left Wednesday for
Spring Grove, Mimi, as a delegate to
the mission meeting being held at that
Mace
Howard Twedt, Sifas and Otis Nell
son went to Jewell when they enrolled
as students at the Jewell Lutheran
College,.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16

pen again"
what did he Dc?
"He put some water In the steameD
and soldercd It all up"
"Is that what you came over 70 tell
me?"
Eyes. and TO berrow your step
ladder"
What do You want with the step,
LADDER" Y
II want 1T SO father a scrape all
the rolled oats or the ceiling this
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ledger.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
cra~ferd Old s.ttIsrs Nee

Special to Il1leg- HepuOItcan. m. n
Denison, Sept. 1s:--The annual pic
nicsof the old settlers d Crawford
county took place Thursday in this
city. The attendance was good and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
Could Not % Her Cooking.

Mrs. F. T.. Hartmcister. Tea, Mo-.
writes: II was affected with kidney
trouble for two years. / was 10 bad
this,summer l could hardly do my cook
irs. I got Foley Kidney Pills and they
helped me. I feel like n new person.,
Too many women neglect symptoms Of
kidney arrangement. When the kidneya
are not properly doing their work poi
sons LEFT in the system cause weak
back. dizziness. puffincas under eyes,
swollen ankles. joints and rheumatism.
Sold Observation-Disclosures
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16
SMALL FORTUNE IN MASSAGE
Mitchell County Farmer Sells Thirty
r. Acre Crou For $1,000.

Special to Times Republican.
Usage. Sept. 16.-Frank Sedlacek, Of
st. Anssar township, has just sold his
crop of thirty acres of cabbage to a
Chicago firm fors $1,000 to. be delivered
on track at ST. Ansgar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-16

The science Of bridge building has
great changes within the
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-10-21
LOCAL YOUNG MAN
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
ON RDAD MEAD pNIcE
ON ROAD NEAR BOISE

j. Hammond of Mountain Home
who was auto riding with two young
women Sunday evening near the Cole
schoolhouse, eXpelioneed head on
collision with Newton Irish who was
driving a buggy in which was his
wife and four chi dren
AS a result the IRISH buggy is ly-
ing in the ditch beside the road de-
mohshed Mrs Irish is injured but
how seriously it coud not be deter
mined last night, The horse es-
capped injury.
Just how the accident happened no
one seems to know Irish turned out
for the automobile, which yeered and
ran directly toward his buggy, he
says.
So fan as could be learned, none of
the occupants of the automobile were
injured Mrs. Irish and the children
were taken to nearby house and
medical aid summoned.
As Irish buggy is total loss and
he will huv doctor S bill to pay, he
started to have young Hammond ar
rested and paid a visit to thesheriffs
office. Through long distance calls
Mountain Home it was learned that
the young man and his father, g. W.
Hammond are well known, and Ham
moud was permitted to so on his
way with the understanding that he
Wou d make good all losses suffered
by Irish-Statesm
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-10-21
WATCH FOR BANDS
WITH COVE RNMENT MARK
ON WILD DUCKS

If you kill or capture a wild duck
bearing an aluminium band around on
leg, having a number on one side,
and on the other a statement request.
ing that the L. S, Dept, of Agricul-
ture or the Biological Survey, be no.
ufiod, you are requested to send this
band at once to the Bureau of Bio
logical Survey Department of Agm-
culture, Washington, d. C. This
band, if accompanied by a state
ment as to date place, and circum-
stances under which the bird was
taken, will be of service to the Sur
yey in its efforts to determine the
longevity of individual ducks and
he route of migration of the species
The bands are being attached to con-
slderbale numbers of wild ducks of
several speci which have been
cured Of the duck sickness prevalent
around Great Salt Lake, Utah, and
there released The Department Is
particularly anxious to secure reports
from these birds to determine their
eomplee recovery from his malady
which has killed hundreds of thous,
ands of ducks In Utah
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-10-21
ATLANTA COUPE COME
TO MOUNTAIN HOME FOR
MARRIAGE CEREMONY

Mr. Frank W. Galbraith and Miss
Minnie j. Vanderford both from At,
lanta, We're united in marriage in
Mountain Home, at the Congrega-
ttonal parsonage, Monday October
10th at 2:30 in the afternoon. Rev.
c. E. Mason officiating with the
ring ceremony.
Gentlemen H, d. Graccy and J, A.
ONeill from the Atlanta mines were
present at the marriage Mr., Gal
braith is mining in the famous new
strike at Atlanta.
Mr.. and Mrs Galbraith have the
bearing of a very worthy couple
They took No 10 train Tuesday on
way to Thurman to visit the bride s
parents, then to spend a few days in
Boise, thence to return to Atlanta
whore they will make their home
Atlanta is to be congratulated in
this reception to is family and social
life