Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-14

day morning the town marshal at that
place discovered some men in the act
Of breaking into box car on the Great
Western tracks. The men tried to eS-
cape, but two of the four were arrested.
1t was found that they had come t.
town in car bearing an Iowa num-
Der and had stopped in front of a ga
rage to help Themselves to gasolene and
oil. s,, s-tss
Jeffsrson.a ~ sEs u.Gg ri
! At joint meeting of the supervisors
Of Webster and Greene counties last
| Monday part of: the contract work Oh
the big drainage project in north
Greene county was let. The open work
Of the drain was awarded to Matthews
| Bros. Of Erie, ILL.,, at fraction less
than II cents per yerd The labor con-
tract on the drainage district proper
was given to the jefferson Cement
Products Company ondits bidsof S57,-
| $3.50. All bids on tile were rejected,
ana further letting on this postponed
until session in February. The. joint
boards were divided upon this PROPOSE
| ton.
Fort Dodge. -
Miss L. S. Pickett, we'll known real
estate dealer, branched into new line
Of activities when Tuesday she con-
Quoted farm auction sale on the
Berry farm north of Livermore. 1t was
the first time in the history Of the
community that such a sale was made
| by woman. But 50 successful was
Miss Pickett that since the sale she
has had six applications to handle farm
auction sales. The farm was sold to
B. C. Potter, of Renwick The farm
Of 100 acres brought $1o7 an acre. 1t
| is river land and this was considered
3. fine sale. All the stock and farm ma
chinery was sold. The sale was at
tended by hundred of farmers from
the surrounding community.
Napoleon.
Two men who claim to be J. G.
Bishop, Los Angeles, and Fred RoWiey'
Chicago, were arrested at Alton bythe
Sioux county sheriff and have been
| brought to Onawa charged with the
robbery Of the Moen clothing store
Monday evening last week.. The men
were wearing part of the clothing
taken from the store at the time OF
their arrest and part had been shipped
to st. Louis, but it Is expected that
| this will also be recovered. The man
who gave his name as Bishop has con-
fessed to his part of the robbery, bu.
tho other stoutly maintains his inno-
cence. They appear to be about u
years of age, but gave their age as sew
eral years younger.
Mason City.
Following the annual report Of
Charles Barber, secretary of the North
Iowa Fair Association at the meeting
In the assembly room OF the court
house. the new officers, members OF the
executive committee and board Of d.
rectors were elected for the coming
wear. Below are the officers: George
W. Grimm, president; A. ]. Zingre, vice
president; Charles Barker, secretary
and treasurer. The members of the
executive committee are: W. i. Fat
ton. J. e. Igou, G. e. Somers, Charles
III. Felt, Peter Gormon, c. ]. Jannsen.
| The new board OF directors Is COM
posed of N. A. Rayburn, Bath town
ship: Charles H. Felt, Portland town
ship: C. J. Jannsen, Grimes township;
Charles F.. Crane, Clear Lake town
ship: g. NJ. woodruff. A. j. Zingre, W.
C. SEWERS, F. NJ. Norris, Mason town
ship.
Waterloo.
Two women Wednesday night re-
moved Robert Harding, S27 Third ave-
nue. west, from the Great Western
tracks where he had fallen under the
wheels OF moving passenger train
and sustained the loss Of both legs, and
cared for him until the arrival OF the
| notice ambulance, while crowd OF
men stood by looking helplessly on.
The women were Miss Sadie Boston, 81
Lafayette street. and Mrs. Maurice
| Welsh, 81 Mulberry street. The wom-
en- were crossing the tracks at Bluff
street and Third avenue when they
heard groans. Upon Investigating they
discovered Harding lying on the tracks
with one foot severed above the ankle
and hts leg severed above the knee.
They Immediately carried him from the
tracks. and Miss Boston called persons
in the neighborhood while Mrs. Welsh
telephoned for the ambulance .--
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