Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-12
Northern Io1ua Items

fire truck to render assistance. but the
main damage had been done before
their arrival.
The ceremonies of the laying of. the
cornerstone of the new Congregational
church took place, Sunday at p. m.
The entire serviceywas in charge of the
pastor, the Raw Robert Upton. and
the members of his church. Judge
Evans, Of the Iowa supreme bench was
to have been present and make the ao-
dress of the occasion, but was not
there. In the stone was placed the
.usua, box, the contents of which were
not made known, The building Is pc
ing built of rough faced brick and
trimmed with white stone, The struc-
tura. will be modern. convenient q and
handsome when completed.
Waakon.
The possibility of the location Of one
of the proposed, new armor plants in
Iowa directs attention to the Nissis-
sippi Valley Iron Company's mines at
Waul,on. The mines are located twen-
ty-three miles from the great water
way of the Mississippi and comprise
257 acres of iron producing land. The
mines are the property OF a st. Louis
company capitalized at 100000 and
the Waulion mines are now employing
about eighty men. A vast quantity or
new machinery has been installed with
in, the past year., including new gas
producers. a sixty-ton steam shovel,
large roasters. etc.
Dubuque.
+. 0. Jacobson. connected with the
Dubuque Glass Works, announced that
he had invented and perfected new
auto lens, to be called the Radio Lens"
and which, contends the inventor. does
away with the glazing effect. and dis
tributes the light equally for a dis
lance Of two hundred feet on either side
of the car and from 300 to 500 feet in
front of the car. Mr. jacobson has APP
piled for a patent on his new lens and
states that the Dubuque Glass Works
will start manufacturing the product
in the very near future. Members Of
the city council tested the lens a few
days ago and pronounced it satisfac-
tory.
Fort Dodge.
All bids for general construction and
for heating and plumbing for the new
school building in the Oleson park
district were rejected at a meeting Of
the board of education Monday even
ing. After further consideration Of the
matter the members decided that they
could not hope to keep within the ap-
preparation Of $4,000 and carry out the
plans for the building as originally
contemplated. The result is that new
building plans entirely, will be drawn
and meeting to consider them will
be held within few days An in
teresting annual report by Superin-
tendent L. H. Minkel of the city schools
was read and approved by the board.
Mount Vernon.
For the second time within the last
four days the sharp corner near the
F. L. Travis home, three miles west Of
Mount Vernon on the Lincoln High
way. was the scene of serious auto
mobile accident. It was Monday Just
about noon whom . machine driven by
A. o. Clingman Of F,reeport, ILL.,, rounded
the bend at high speed and crashed
or into the ditch at the side Of the
road. Mr.. and Mrs. Clingman were
pinned beneath 1t As 1t rolled over.
Mrs. Clingman was picked up uncon-
scious. Her husband was stunned. Drs.
Crawford and Ebersole. Of Mount YER
non, were summoned and the injured
taken to the Altoona hotel. An exam
nation disclosed the fact that Mrs.
Clingman had suffered two crushed
ribs as well as several bruises. The
motorists had been visiting at Water
loo and were returning to Freeport.
Tina WA re ~ the steen bank on fhe ont :
side Of death corner" curve Mr..
Clingman did not slacken his speed and
approached the bend at about thirty
Ave miles an hour. Unable to keep In
the road he swung out into the grass.
the outer wheels slipped across the
edge and the car whirled on over The
machine was a wreck with the top,
windshield and steering gear torn off
while the tenders were smashed Mrs.
Clingman will recover doctors say.
without any trouble altho she is still
lIconfned to her room at the Altoona,