Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-07
Northern Io1Ua Items

entire summer will be taken to COM
plete the work and soon after Oct, l
he expects to turn the building over to
the officers
Spencer.
During the past two weeks around
two hundred cars loaded with coal
have been held In tho Spencer yards
of the Milwaukee railroad, custom
followed by that company for years
of storing for future use coal at It's
various stations along the northern
Iowa line. This action is generally
taken at this season of the year as a
precautionary measure before the
miners and mine owners come to an
agreement for the years work. In the
past the supply was unloaded IN the
yards at the various coaling stations
hut two years ago that method was
abandoned. 1t Is now left on the track
and the company holding II pays de-
murrage on all foreign cars that are
used.
McGregor.
The high water in the Mississippi
river has driven the muskrats from
their homes onto the high places on
the islands Here with no protection
but hastily made burrows and crowded
together as they necessarily are. trap
pers are capturing them in great num-
hers One local trapper caught forty
five rats In Il few hours Sunday The
same man not long ago marketed LAO
skins at one time. The use of fur
for trimming the last winter has
created a great demand for muskrat
fur and the price has been high. 1t
Is now around "a cents. The skins are
prime in March and the first OF April.
From March to, April TO- muskrats
NAV he captured on the Mississippi on
tho Wisconsin side.
Waterloo.
When NJ. +. Vance. Of tastella
alightcd from Rock Island passenger
train at the union station shortly after
5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon he was
accosted by two young men. one OF
whom wanted to carry his grip
While the chivalrous young man was
| seeking to gain possession OF the lug
gage his companion resorted 10
roughcr tactics and jostled Vance as
he made his way thru the crowds
Emerging from the throng near the
train Vance. who had became sus-
picious, reached for his pocketbook.
! 1T was gone ulOnE WIN %. hS W.
Young men had also disappeared. Mr..
Vance reported the theft to the police
| together with a description or the TWO
men. No trace was found OF them.
Mr., Vance Is visiting relatives at l117
Grant avenue.
; Fort Dodge.
| Where Is the "hcllo girl" famed IN
| song and story? She il gone forever
for at the school OF instruction for
! telephone operators at the Y. NJ. &. n.
there is no place for her. In her stead
comes the girl with n voice with n
smile" She who says. "Number,
please" or What number please,
with a rising infection: and. u Will
ring again." and she who never shows
imputience. but always "kecps sweet.
J Never use the word 'hello.' reads
the instructions of Miss T. Anne
r.. Barnes who. rs travelling instructor
for the Iowa Independent Telephone
! Association. Is in charge or the scho"i,
ct means nothing, 1t says nothing. ana
! IT gets nothing in return hut hello.
Twenty five operators were In at
tendance. Rockwell City. Humboldt.
/ Gilmore City. Iowa Falls and Eagle
Grove are some OF the towns repre-
scented. The object of the school is
! TO give the public the best uniform
service. instruction Is given both In
the magnetic or local battery and the
common battery or light system ana
in local and long distance calls