Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-01
Northern Io,ua Items

/ rounded up by \. A. Tally, sanitary
inspector, in his second crusade
against chickens running at large, re-
ported to the police magistrate. Mini
mum fines of 81 each were assessed by
Judge j. c. Beem!i One case was dis
missed and the fines in two other cases
were suspended. Many OF those ar
raigned claimed they had right to LEI
fowls run at Large on tn ,ir own prop
| erty, but they were. told the ordinance
provi des all chickens must be kept in
pen.
MeGresor.
The local democratic committee has
| been notified that the special ira n
carrying E. +. Meredith, democratic
| candidate for governor; Wilbur Marsh,
| Maurice Connolly and other democr;-
tic speakers will stop over at McGregor.
| Friday, Nov. ;. en- route to Dubuque
from Mason City and will take dinner.
| here. The committee is making ar
rangements for their entertaining ut AT
| the Zimmerman Hotel. A brass band
| is to accompany them and it..is eX
pected that the party will remain here
| long enough to make some speeches. 1t
will betheir only stop in Clayton coun-
| ty and it is planned to extensively adj
vertise the fact in the hope of bring
ing big crowd to McGregor to gree.
Mr.. Meredith. George Kriebs, of
Straw berry Point. county chairman IL
In charge of the publicity work.
McGreeor.
Work by the Milwaukee railway
company on the big new steel highway
bridge which will span the deep wa
terway to be made for Bloody Run has
begun the intersection Of the tracks Of
the Dubuque division and the l. and d.
| division at the southern limits of north
McGregor. A temporary wooden bridge
has been putin and traffic between
McGregor and north McGregor is now
passing over 1t. The steel structure
with concrete abutments will be 220
feet long and some forty feet above
the bottom Of the artificial waterway
for Bloody Run. giving as it is believed
plenty Of room for the creek at flood
times. A bridge but forty feet in length
spans the present course Of Bloody Run
several hundred yards north OF where
the new channel is to be. Alongside
the new highway bridge two steel rail-
way bridges with concrete abutments
will be built, one to carry the tracks
of the Dubuque division and the other
the tracks Of the I. and D. division.
Cedar Rapids.
Fifteen firsts, four seconds and two
thirds out Of twenty -one starts, total.
Ing $4,000 In prize money, Is the rec
ord hung UP by Dow Starr Independ-
ence track man, after season of rae
ing ever the Cedar Valley and South
eastern Iowa circuits. But 1t Is not
surprising in view Of the fact that Mr..
Starr has been connected with horse
racing for period Of twenty five
years. He is known In Cedar Rapids
equally as on tho track, as his home
was in this city for period of years.
During the summer and fall Mr.. Starr
has been plotting the 3-year-old trot-
tiers. The Ford, Jimmy Harding, Re-
serve Brook and Allertonward. from
the stables Of ]. w. Monet, OF Mar
shalltown. All Of the horses had their
share in the prize money. This winter
Mr.. Starr is caring for twelve head Of
horses near Strawberry Point, pre-
paraf6ry to returning to the track with
the opening OF the 1917 season. Mr..
Starr is a native of Iowa, having been
born near Urbana