Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-25
GrinnsIl and Vicinity.
.cial TO Times-iRepublican.

0rinnsll and Vicinity.
Special to Times -tRepublican.
Grfnnell, March 25.-N was either "a
fight or q foot-race." and the burglar
chose the latter and won. He had been
in the residence Of Mrs. Anna Lisor
and had secured some 50 In cash, when
Mrs. Lisor discovered his presence ana
gave the alarm. Glenn Lisor, OF college
football fame. started promptly but the
burglar got the first jump for the stairs
and kept one Jump ahead all the way.
Funeral services were held this
morning over the body OF E. M. Golden,
at the home, 1915 Elm street. con-
Quoted by Rev. J. M. Brown, pastor OF
the Methodist church here. Interment
was in Hardwood. Mr.. Golden died on
Thursday morning from pneumonia.
L. A. Stanley and family and c. ".
Stanley and family, all from Des
Moines, were here at the funeral.
Grinnell is literally seeing daylight
on the sewer question, the long tunnel
on Second avenue, covering SIX or
seven blocks and under ground most
Of that distance from thirty to ffty
feet, Is now completed. Contractor
Riley has had his gang at work for
the past nine months with many dis
couraging features to face and both
he and the city are glad the huge task
Is accomplished. There are some two
or more miles of lateral sewer pipe yet
to be laid but the main sewer Is al
most finished and 1t should not be many
months now until the new experiment
can be tried.
The city council held a special meet
ing on Thursday evening and closed a
contract with the Iowa Light, Heat and
Power Company of this city to pump
the water used by the city from the
deep wells, at 9h cents per thousand
gallons for the first hundred million
gallons and IN cents per thousand
gallons for all over that amount. This
contract goes into effect at 1901 o'clock
| on the morning of April i. The COM
pany is to, furnish and install two
pumps Of sufficient capacity to do the
necessary pumping and to furnish hre
pressure as needed. The pumping VIII
be by electrical power from the cen
tra& plant furnishing electricity for
this city and surrounding towns. The
city agrees to keep the two wells IN
good condition during the term of this
contract which covers ten years.
A business meeting was held this af-
ternoon at the home Of Mrs. H. w.
Spaulding, at which Miss Sanders. the
county organizer. was present for the
purpose Of selecting committees to ar
range for an equal suffrage mass meet
ing.
Rev Mary Sibbitt Is scheduled to be
in Grinnell on Tuesday next and to
speak on social service matters at the
Conversational church at 3 o'clock In
the afternoon. AS the woman SO largely
instrumental in stopping the traffic In
women in the Philippines. she brings
message. of interest and Importance.
She will also speak on Tuesday even
ling at the Friends church. more par
ticularly on the suffrage amendment
She was for seven years a policewoman
in Pueblo, Colo, and was a city mis-
sion worker there.
On Monday afternoon next at 3
O'Clock the Grinnell branch Of the Child
Conservation League will hold its meet
ing in the assembly room"of the Grin
nell Savings Bunk and discuss the
general topic Of Health and Cleanli-
ness" DR.. e. S. Evans will give an ad-
Dress Mrs. r. E. Spaulding will give
O parliamentary drill. What women
are doing towards the suppression OF
TUBERCULOSIS III iowa Will NC oIio u eh0
reports heard.
Mrs. Priscilla Burroughs Is so crit
ically Ill at the home Of her daughter,
Mrs. A. W. Child. that her daughters.
Mrs. A. w. Bartlett, OF Salem. Ore;
Mrs. q. w. Rose. OF Denver, and Mrs.
Ben Adams, Of Galesburg, III. have
come to her bedside. DR. and, Mrs.
Dunn, of LAGRANGE ILL.,. are also here.
The United Presbyterian people have
so far reconstructed their heating
plant In the church that they announce
Sunday services to be resumed there
on the First Sunday In April.
James Grub has left Grinnen for a
job in carriage and automobile fac!
tory In Chicago and Mrs. Grub, has
gone to their new home in that city. W.,
Gordon Granger Post ana Woman's
Relief Corps are arranging for a joint
celebration on Saturday. April l, OF the
fiftieth anniversary of the formation Of
the Grand Army, Of the Republic, April
| 8, 1866 fy. E.,-