Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-20
Northern Io1ua Items

ried at the home of the bride in Win
dom, Mimi, last December. Mr.. and
Mrs. Shirk are now living in Gushing,
where Mr.. Shirk, who handles the
Hart Parr tractor in this territory. has
taken over the management of the
Heilman implement house. The bride
! is former employe of the Ida Coun-
| ty Telephone Company, having worked
in the exchange here and made many
friends during her short stay. The
groom is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Shirk, of Ida Grove, and is one
of the best known and most popular
| young men of this community.
Clinton.
BY unanimous vote Des Moines was
selected as the next convention place
for the Iowa Spanish War Veterans,
who closer their session here Friday
night. The following officers were
elected: w. NJ. Flynn. of Waterloo, de-
partment commander; Carl NJ. Olson,
! Burlington, senior vice commander;
Lester Judd. Clinton. junior vice com
mander; L. H. Mayme, Emmetsburs,
| inspector; w. E. Corey, Davenport,
chaplain; j. w. Heav!in, Des Moines,
grand marshall Dr.. NJ. a. FINLEY.
| Council Bluffs, surgeon. The following
delegates were chosen to go to the ma
| tional convention in Chicago in Sep
| TENDER: X. D. Slocum, of Clinton; 9.
| B. Phillpot. of Fort Dodge; c. E.
| Shields, of Cedar Rapids, and A. E.
| Lasher, Of Davenport.
Charles City.
The Optigraph company has orders
ahead sufficient to take the entire out
put for year. but the war is delaying
the filling Of the orders for high grade
! glass from France necessary for max
ing the lens which this company manu-
failures The government of France has
| requisitioned the output of the French
factories to supply the great demand
| for lens for periscope field glasses and
| other necessary equipment in this line
| for the army. However, the firm in
France with which the Optigraph COM
pany has dealt for the past thirty
years has promised a shipment soon.
! They hope to receive a shipment Of CO.,
| 600 pieces of this high grade glass and
when possible to get it regularly they
! have standing orders for from 1000 to
! :.CO pieces each month.
Fort Dodge.
| he NOSS SoHSlI Company, ot
| Des Moines, cut it's bid from $4,000 t.
| $50, 900 and was awarded the contract
| for the dam and power house to be
! built by the city. The Hines Merkel
| Company's of Chicago bid for machn-
cry was 100000. The combined bias
| thus come just to the 100000 voted by
the people at special election last
| November. Work on the dam must be-
gin within twenty days. Officers Of the
construction company. who were here.
declared that actual work will begin
sooner than that. The power house
| will be equipped with water turbines
! and generator and accessories neces.
sary. Whether the machihery bid also
| includes motor driven pumps at tho
pumping station has not been learned
! but it is assumed that the pumping
! station equipment is not included.
Lem rs.
While out automobile riding on We'd
! nesday Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Hauber and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Luken had a narrow
escape from serious injury. AS it was
! they were badly bruised and jolted anu
Mrs. Luken was thrown out OF the car
and struck her head on the wheel cap.
The party were driving along the roa,.
at a point four miles south of Merrill.
when a car driven by Chris Larsen, of
Sibley, ran into them. The cars were
badly damaged. The car driven by Mr..
Iersen was nearly cut in two, and a
wheel and two tires were stripped off
Mr.. Hauber's car and the body of the
car badly smashed. Mr.. Larsen was
! thrown from his car, but escaped with
! a few bruises. His young son, riding
! in the car with him, escaped injury.
] Mr.. Hauher said he gave, Mr.. Larsen
! plenty of room to pass but Mr.. Larsen
shot right across the road into the
| Hauber car Aside from the bruises
and shock, Mrs. Luken was not severe-
ly hurt.