Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-03
Northern Io1uu Items

, son. Bricker, however, win also ap-
fpear as complaining witness against
Lloyd Ritehies indicted on a cargo OF
tattempt Bricker, who lived
lin a cave in the hills near Veil town
ship, was sHSt while prowIing about
1.-The, Ritehie House. Richie claims he
Though sBricker WIS trying to; steal his
chickens. .-7tS2% ..5., +
tWaterloo.' J 81
:. From 2 until o'clock Sunday, April
lis, the entire city will be covered by
canvassers who will take census OF
the religious beliefs of the people.
Every creed 3andN sect will be repre-
sented. co-operating In the movement
are the Y,MsaC. A.. and Y. w. C. A.,
Brotherhoods City Sunday School AS
ISOLATION Ministerial union, Rotary
| club, knights iof Columbus, Catholic
Order of Foresters. commercial bodies,
| real estate board and others. The pur-
| pose is to, obtain correct religious
| survey.
williamsburg. Vi"
Tuesday last was q big day in Will
liamsburg. The, Booster Club, by the
| help Of the Rebekahs served ban
Quet in the new armory at noon. All
automobile owners, with their wives
| were invited to this dinner. Besides
| these, there were others also invited
The object of the dinner was to give
| the people the splendid opportunity to
hear Joe Long, of Moline, ILL.,, on Good
Roads and Road Building" The ad-
| dress was well worth hearing, and was
listened to with interest by the COM
pany of people present. The program
| was wonderfully improved by the part
that the Girls Glee Club of Coe Col
| lege were called upon to take. The
| glee club captivated the audience as
| they sang number of their selections
Besides the songs the glee clubs reader
gave several selections and was en-
cored. .tsa.r-.
Vinton. -
| District court convened Monday
| morning with Judge B. F. Cummings
presiding. The grand jury was impan
eled on Tuesday morning and finished
] its work in one day and was dis
| charged for the term in the evening.
Only one indictment was returned. The
grand jury examined the county and
city jails and made reports on same
They reported the county Jail very
] unsanitary and unclean. Dirty cuspi-
| doris were sitting around the cells
| and other evidences of unsanitary
conditions were found. They also
criticised the heating plant and the
method of ventilation. The city Jail
was found to be in, the best of con-
dition and / wholly sanitary. Judge
| Cummings went home Tuesday even
ing and will return April 10 for the
jury cases. The prospects are for a
short term. 8, t. -
Dubuque. ID @.
There is great demand for skilled la
Dor in Dubuque this spring. At the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul com
pany's shops nearly every man that
comes along, skilled or unslkilled, is put
to work at good wages and on full time
Oversee men are employed in the car
repair alone. while the coach shops, the
locomotive shops and the other depart
ments are bee-hives Of Industry. At the
Brunswick Balk- collender company s
plant, where all OF the cabinets for
Edison monographs are manufactured,
| more than 500 men are now employed
and others are being taken on each day
as fast as they apply for work. There
skilled labor Is required. Dubuques
other woodworking establishments the
| biggest In the country, Farley & Loet-
cher and the Carr. Ryder q Adams
/ Company. are running full forces and
full time Other Misunderstanding estab-
lishments are being kept busy notably
| the Adams company. foun ders and the
IA. +. Mcdonald company. pump and
plumbers supply manufacturer i. 8; 3