Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-28
Northern Io1ua Items

third district to meet here Oct for
conference on matters relating to
real estate business State politics
may crop out, altho no mention is
made of it in the invitations which
have been sent by .Ghe0W Waterloo real
estate board. 1.-The object Eof the con-
lference IS to'discuss Legislative matters
and arrange for holding the state con-
| vention rtE Des Nipines i,r eJanuary
+. "A. Santee is the governor of the
| third district. ef''S.f'ss
Vinton. '''tia
Mrs. George F'ry,is. suffering with a
sprained back. cut on her head and
minor bruises as the result of fall
and O'Clock. She was carrying some
canned goods into the cellar and il,
some way caught her foot on the step
which caused her to lose her balance
and fall to the bottom Of the stairway.
When picked up she was unconscious
and had a serious cut on the back of
her head. She was taken into the
house and given immediate medical
attention. and is recovering nicely.
LeMars.
A fire at the Bruins farm in Wash
ington township late on Thursday
afternoon consumed a large share of
the seasons crop, eight grain stacks
of oats and forty tons Of hay, being
consumed by the flames before they
were stayed. \ silo was also partly
burned by the fire. \ force Of men
were at work filing a silo and a spark
frp tlo ia rfo 10 a or
ton. Hard work prevented the further
spread of the flames. The loss is
placed at $500 with $400 insurance,
$500 on the grain stacks and 800 on
the hay.
Waterloo.
That Tony Geier, arrested Saturday
for statutory offense against Miss
Grace Lawson a telephone operator,
would resist the states information
was indicated when w. w. Woolley,
representing defendant called upon E.
J. Wenner, county attorney. and asked
for a preliminary examination. In
Justice U. B. Kepford's court Monday
the preliminary was neid. The state
presented only three witnesses, but
the magistrate considered their evil
dence sufficient to warrant him in
binding Geier over to the grand jury.
His appearance bond was fixed at
$4,000 In default Of bail, Geier was
taken to the county Jail. Officers say
Geier signed written statement Of
the case 1t is reported he admitted
some of the details narrated by the
complaining witness, but denied the
main charge.
Mount Vernon.
Formerly freshman needed no dis
tinctive mark to tell the remainder Of
his school that he was a freshman
right off the farm or out Of high
school. Times have changed however,
and the modern first year man fits
himself to his new surroundings so
readily that one can scarcely tell him
from a senior, that Is he thinks that's
the case At any rate the Pep club at
Cornell decided last spring that the
next incoming class should wear a
distinctive mark as freshmen and at
the same time establish custom to
be followed in coming years. The idea
proved decidedly popular to the stu-
dent body and it was voted and passed.
This fall the subject was raised again
and after an eloquent speech by an
upper class man at freshman mass
meeting the latter decided that the
easiest way out was to accept the
proposition gracefully. 1t was decided
that green cap should be the proper
Identification and so from now on such
will be the headgear for fresh. The
length of time their caps will be worn
has not been decided but IL tie. year
lings win the observation-disclosures tug
of war staged at Inks pond annually
the term will be shortened il not, woe
be unto the freshman -. r e. -