Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-07
Northern Io,ua Items

, change in her condition in the past
forty eight hours. 1t will be difficult
| to determine the outcome as a majority
of the victims Of that poison linger
for several days.
Fort Dodge.
| Twenty-six carloads Of naptha dis
tillate went thru the city over the Hill
nois Central yesterday. 1t was being
| sent from some western coal tar puri-
| iers to Bayonne, New Jersey. Its ulti-
! mate destination is believed to be Ger
| many, as Bayonne is an export port to
! that country This substance Is Of val
ue for carbolic acid 1t is produced by
| fractional distillation of coal tar When
cool the napthalene crystaliZes out and
| the carbolic acid is left liquid. 1t is
| for this valuable sterilizer that the
| substance is probably being shipped to
! Germany.
Sioux City.
BY an order issued by Judge George
Jepson Of the district court, Eva Hus-
| ted, 15-year- old daughter Of Warren
Hustled, teamster, will be sent to the
state university hospital at Iowa City
Ito have a deformity corrected which
has made her a cripple for years and
| which caused her to go about on
crutches for three years. The Hustled
| girl is the first to be sent to the uni
lversity hospital from here since the
law was passed by the last legislature
providing that children under Is years
Of age whose parents are unable to
pay for surgical aid may be sent at
1.-THE states expense to the university
Hospital.
Hampton.
/ Bids for the extension Of the sewer
system that will supply Beed's addi-
ton, were opened at Mayor Salsbury's
|offiee and the lowest was found to be
that Of NJ. McMelligat, of Evanston,
i ILL.,. his figure being $6,4s0, and the
contract was accordingly let to him.
Nine bids had been filed, ranging from
$7,21050, the highest, down to the
price named. It is required that the
work be commenced on or before March
| l., and fully completed by May 1, 1915.
When finished, this extension will sup.
ply portion of town not at present
SO favored. The new work calls for a
twelve Inch sewer from the disposal
plant southwest for distance Of !, 019
feet, where 1t changes to smaller
diameter thence west and south as far
as Bridge and Ninth streets.
Sioux Falls.
The "Oasis Special bearing a sign
/ rec ding Twelve Miles to the jefferson,
-. D.. Life Saving Station began max
| ing regular trips to that point We'd
nesday morning. A charge Of so cents
for one way or 75 cents for the round
trip promised to make the owner rich
before the dry law in Iowa Is many
weeks old. The conveyance is a big
jitney bus. built for service on Sioux
City's streets, but the business oppor-
tunity resulting from the fact that JEFF
I ferson is the nearest wet town proved
too much OF lure. and the enterprise
ing driver is reaping a rich harvest
pending the arrival Of competition In
the new field. Jefferson. s. D., in one
direction, and Jackson, Neb in an
other. are the nearest wet points. The
repeal of the muiet law opened q gold
en- gate for H. T. Thompson who re-
Gently purchased q jitney. He win
MAKE q regular ronta betmee.. sioux
City and Jefferson. S. D.. a distance OF
twelve miles and the only wet town
nearby,
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