Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-21
Southern Io,ua Items

ago-shortly after the death OF the late
John c. Harker. The rest of the corn
was cribbed in 1904. The Harker corn
sold in the past few weeks amounted
in all to about $4,000 bushels, and was
sold at from I'M to soc per bushel,
making a total close to $4,000. Each
of the elevators here handled part of
it. While some of the corn on the out
nodded, most Of it was in first class
shape.
Davenport.
Greater Davenport has a population
of 64.316 souls, according ITO estimates
based upon the number Of names in
the new city directory just issued.
This number includes the population
Of the city proper and it's immediate
environs The book contains 32,15S
names. Multiplying this number by
two, which is a minimum figure usu-
ally used in computing population
from the number Of names in the di-
ractory. Increase in population Of L.
1874 over the population of year ago
is shown by these figures. Based up
on the 1915 directory the population
was estimated at 63,132. In addition
to the complete directory of Greater
Davenport the book includes direc-
tory Of Scott county.
Buck Grove. p4
Receipt here Of two mysterious tel
egrans coupled with recent known
events, has aroused belief that con-
spiracy exists, the object of which is
the death of Section Foreman Lihudas
of Buck Grove. Some time ago a fell
low Greek was befriended by Lihudas.
The visitor disappeared, so also did
Lihudas' watch and some money Be-
fore leaving the stranger gave Mrs.
Morton, wife of the station agent with
whom Lihudas boards, package of
pancake -four, but because the pack
age had been opened Mrs. Morton's
suspicious caused her to throw it away.
Two kilograms, one addressed to Sta.
tion Agent Morton and one to Ref,
local merchant, from Chicago were re-
ceived yesterday asking If Lihudas was
dead.
West Liberty.
Alfred Olson, boss bricklayer, and
Dan McKeever, a laborer, both en-
ployed on the erection of the new high
:,
Wednesday morning. Olson Is not ex-
pected to live. The men were at work
on a false flooring which approached a
40-foot unfinished wall. Resting on
this flooring was derrick. 1t was in
the act of hauling heavy stone to the
top of the wall. The weight of the
stone overbalanced the derrick and It
toppled over. In its fall it caught the
two men and hurled them high in the
air and over the wall MoKeever
struck the ground, some fifty feet be
low, on a pile Of crushed brick and
mortar. His left foot was crushed in
to a helpless mass and undoubtedly
will have to be amputated. He was
taken to hospital in Iowa City. Oh
son struck pile Of concrete and his
spine was injured to such an extent
that his recovery seems impossible. He
was taken to the home Of Dr. C. c.
Kimball nearby. His condition is such
that he cannot he removed to a hos
pital.
Clinton.
Attorneys representing the plaintiffs
in the case Of Mrs. Lutte Gibson ct al
VS.. the Iowa Legion Of Honor, tried be-
fore Judge House in the Clinton coun-
ty district court in November, 1913
have received word that the Iowa su-
preme court has affirmed the decision
by Judge House, directing the jury to
return verdict in favor of the plain
tiff. An interesting point in insurance
law was at issue In the case and the
decision Of the supreme court, it is be-
lieved, has established precedent
which will be Of considerable weight
In future similar cases. The suit was
based on an insurance certificate fol
| $4,000 on the life Of Mrs. Gibson's IA
ther C. v. Cook. In 1907. the Iowa
Legion Of Honor took action which
practically scaled down its certificates
reduced the one at issue to about
$1,000. Mr.. Cook refused to make fur.
Their premium payments and about five
| and D half years later he died. Mrs
Gibson and the others interested i'm
| mediately commenced suit to recover
under the policy, alleging that by rea,
son Of the breach of contract on thu
part Of the insurance organization, IL
reducing the face Of the policy, Mr.
| Cook had been excused from consum-
mating the contract on his part.