Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-21

Sioux City.
Sioux City spent s516,32O.66 for pub
lie Improvements the past year. Most
of it was for paving.
Dubuque.
The largest road construction con-
tract ever awarded in Iowa has been
awarded by Dubuque county. 1t calls
for the improvement Of twenty miles
of the new Hawkeye Highway and will
cost 100000.
Dubuque.
Mrs. Lundie Willard Beach, descend
ant of the Rev. Samual Willard, first
pastor of the old South church at
Boston. Mass, and a cousin Of Frances
Willard, who for years led the temper
ance cause in the United States, died
at her home in this city Thursday aft
ernoon at the age of u years.
Sioux City. i.z.&
An organization of young suffragists
with the age limit strictly secret
was completed to take active part in
the coming city campaign. Miss
Blanche Betz, local newspaper woman
and daughter of William Betz, a con-
tractor, is president. Mrs. r. w. Com
stock, daughter of Roy Smith, is Sec
rotary. The membership includes many
of the prominent social set.
Sioux City.
Relief Is in sight for the car shortage
that has been prevalent In this sec
ton Of the country during the last
sixty days, according to members of
kthe board of trade and railroad Off
Gals. e. A. Fields, a member of the
board, said that grain dealers were now
able to get cars i'll liberal numbers, but
that with the increase of cars there
apparently was decrease in the de-
mand owing to the hesitancy of grain
men to handle much of the soft corn
that could now be put on the market.
Charles City.
The first annual report Of the Nat
uralist Club just issued gives a list Of
1873 birds seen by the members within
radius of twenty miles of Charles
City the last year, and date seen. The
first robin and the first bluebird were
seen on March Z. Several rare birds
have been observed, among them being
bald and a golden eagle, ring plGver,
scooter, towhee, six different thrushes,
six different owls, eight different
hawks, four varieties of herons, a
grebe, and fourteen varieties Of SPAR
rows, to mention only part of those
listed.
Waterloo.
Between 300 and 400 retail lumber
Waterloo for their annual convention
on Tuesday, Feb. 20. o. 7. Barry, Of
Cedar Rapids, who Is secretary of the
association, wrote to President Stephen
D. Brown. Of this city, stating that
work on the program will soon he COM
pleted and that among the principal
speakers will be J. B. Powell, of Column
bia, Mo-, who is the instructor in ad-
vertising in the University Of Missouri
school Of journalism. Negotiations
with other prominent speakers are still
pending. the secretary states in the
letter.
Dubuque.
The fourth annual convention Of
Iowa Retail Milk Dealers Association
came to close late Thursday in the
new Julien hotel. The following Of
ficers were chosen: President, Andrew
Fluetch, Iowa dairy, Dubuque; i vice
president. Guy Brewer, Flynn dairy,
Des Moines: secretary and treasurer,
DR.. Thompson. state milk inspector,
Waterloo; directors, j. M. Thompson.
Kingsley dairy, Fort Dodge, and Johe
Gideonson, Oak Groye dairy, Clinton.
The next conventions viii be held at
agricultural college, Ames, the date to
be decided later by the executive COM
mittee. 60
Clinton. +
In an old frame Structure on Sixth
avenue, which was torn down, tangible
evidences were found of the existence
in Clinton at one time, a quarter of q
century or so ago, Of gang Of coun-
terfeiters. In the walls OF the old
building, which stood on Sixth avenue,
east Of the Lafayette hotel. were found
halt dozen molds Of the character
used by counterfeiters IN turning out
spurious coin. Several molds for strik-
ing on silver dollars were found. and
there was one twenty-dollar gold piece
mold IN the collection. Nest q the