Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-01
Northern Iolua Items
Mount Vernon.

MOUNT svefUoUs SGT - 81 5ggs,5s- #tz
Harry siggins of the Mount Vernon
locality has. been specializing on the
raising of popcorn. He sold $4,000
pounds to q Chicago firm recently.
Sloan.
At a special election held last week
in Sloan the proposition to issue bonds
in the sum of $4,000 for the erection
OF a new school building in that dis
triet the vote stood 115 for and 20
az ainst, the ybond Issue.
Cascade.
The district court of Dubuque coun-
ty denied druggists permit to John
j. Ramm, Of Cascade. to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors. A petition of remon-
STRANGE signed by 200 Cascade people
wag fled ins the1case.
Cedar Rapids.
John w: DinWiddie, formerly of Ma
rengoE Has been elected president of the
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank. He has
been with the bank since 1913, and has
stood faithfully at fhis post thru all
these years. p
North McGresor.
E. +. Latta, pioneer of Clayton
county, died last week at the home OF
his son at Colesburg. aged II years. He
had written and published many excel
lent poems, andowas. the author of the
hymn Whittier Than Snow.
Cascade.
Marshal Reddin. of Cascade, recently
said he had not seen a drunken man
on the streets since the saloon ;!went
out of business at the beginning Of the
new year. The sentiment sat Y Cas-
cade is strongly in favor Of obeying
the law.
Sioux City.
Kenneth Clarke, prominent bust
ness man Of LeMars was larraigned
before United States commiS sionerI A.
.O.dWakefield on charge ofsviolating
the Mann White Slave acE He is
charged with transporting Mss Louise
Moss to Lincoln, Neb., forS immoral
purposes.
N schanicsviIIe.
Two strangers called at DOCTORS
office in Mechanicsville recently and
demanded morphine. He refused and
they endeavored to force him to get it
for them. Just then another man
stepped into the office and the strang
ers left. They then went to drug
store in the town and tried to scare
the druggist into supplying them but
without success,
Eidora.
Word reached Eldora the latter part
of the week that Miss, Jerens Reayer.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs G. A. Reaver
of Eldora, had been elected president
of the Smith College Studio Club, one
M tho fro Zoe, fYn, %>r to
popular eastern college, The honor is
preferment coming to Miss Reaver UNI
solicited is indeed a decided compli-
ment to the young lady,.
4 Arlington.
A disastrous fire at the farm home
Of Phillip Rheingans just east of
town Saturday afternoon between 4
and o'clock when his barn burned to
the ground with eight cows and all Of
his grain, hay, etc. s. S.. Currell, as
he was driving past, noticed smoke
pouring from the barn and gave the.
alarm. But the fire gained such rapid
Roadway that but little could be done
and Mr.. Rheingans was away at the
time. >The cause is not known.
Humboldt.
Sheriff Davenport had little a ex
las. sHhel. that has HIN. g,!ass-
ing. A man giving his name as Tom
Griffin came To the office and wanted
to give himself up He said heAflad
theft in Detroit and that his
wasa bothering him. Sheriff
had an idea that the fellow
wanted board and lodging during the
cold winter months .with tears land
lanEu1M Mn smanE hrct ssted
that Z s., assS ,s;.ss, ealna' y. case
North MeorsSot. s,s q
The conservaslon OF the muskrat on
tho upper Mississippi river and its
branches Id being. urged In this sec
ton. 1t III saih L some, conservation
are necessary to prevent the
complete extinction Of the mpskrat. In
q radius Of twenty five miles around
the cities OF North McGregor. Nc
Gregor and Prairie du CHEN more than
800 trappers are at work. The fur Of
the muskrat along the upper Missis-.
sippi Is said to be finer than that OF
the animal in any other part Of the
United States.
West Union.
The annual sale of bred sows and
gifts OF the Duroc breed, held last
week ~; s., u Y Mort. sof Randall at