Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-03
Southern Io1ua Items

Chile, his home, is near the southern
, end of Chile, very Fireplace and the
people progressive. He will remain in
the city for some months.
Fairfield. ,.,.u a,e1 syos .,...
p E. Black, who has Been city clerk
of Fairfield fora the past.-two years and
has so satisfact orily filled the position.
resigned Friday evening to accept
position with the Prudential insurance
Company in New York. He will 60 to
| the latter city at once and his friends
| feel sure that he will make good. Mr..
| Black is a graduate of Parsons COL
| lege and a most popular young man.
Mrs. Black will remain in Fairfield for
a time before going east to joint her
| husband. The city council met Satur
day morning and appointed Wilson r.
Heflin, who graduated from Parsons
College with the class Of 'l6. to fill the
position of city clerk. and there is every
reason to believe that he will fiji the
Office with credit to himself and his
| friends.
Fort Madison.
! A 5,0c0-acre tract somewhere in the
state, that could be used as farm
| where lHe SOuiS VI tne COIlFlCtS WIN
emerge from the state penitentiary at
this city could be redeemed, is the de-
sire of Warden J. c. Sanders. He
st.:cG that thru the presence Of such
u farm in the state employment could
be furnished to all prisoners who
emerge from the state prison on parole.
1t is the plan of the warden to make
a request before the state legislature
next winter to turn the Flyn farm Of
500 acres near Des Mones over to him
and to provide for additional land for
the working of the paroled prisoners.
Warden Sanders is a stickler to the be-
lief that the back to nature movement
Is one of the solutions to the problem
Of the criminally inclined. Just how
his plan will be regarded by the state
Legislature is a conjecture.
Columbus Junction.
William Gabriel, prominent farm
err living six miles southeast Of this
place, is making plans for the immedi-
ate rebuilding Of his barn, which was
destroyed by fire. 1t was one of the
finest in Louisa county and was valued
at $4,000. The loss Is total. Besides
the building. 900 bushels of last year s
wheat. 80 tons Of new hay, $500 worth
Of harness, and many farm implements
were destroyed. The fire is believed ia
have originated from spontaneous COM
bustion in the large piles of hay with
which the barn had just been filled. Mr..
and Mrs. Gabriel were asleep when 1t
started, and did not awaken until an
explosion occurred. At that time the
barn was a wreck. blasted open by the
explosion. Neighbors were notified and
with the aid Of a quickly rugged fire
apparatus. the big farm house and sur
rounding buildings were saved.
cIarinda.
r. D. Bemiss. a representative Of the
Marsh Engineering Company, Of Des
| Moines, is in the city with plans Of the
proposed new bridge over the Nodaway
at Clarinda. The plan provides for
! three sets of reinforced arches of con-
crete, the center span of the bridge be-
ing ninety feet long and the two side
spans seventy-fve feet each. The
bridge will be constructed with the
roadbed about half way between top
and bottom Of the arches and will thus
make a very beautiful structure. Mr.
Bemiss says the exact price at which
the bridge can be completed will be
furnished the board of supervisors and
any bids above that price should be re-
jected. Mr.. Lawson, member of the
board, says that the bridge could not
possibly cost over $4,000, as that is the
limit under the law. However, 1t would
be necessary to buy some land for the
change Of the road and It will cost
is that the entire cost will come within
eo5 ona