Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-17

! to persons interested, land he would
give more than the coins are worth for
their return because some of them
were keepsakes as well as rarities.
Mason City. 81. 2
Proposal of Neis Pau!son, of Thorn
ton. for the construction Of the i'm
proVements in drainage district No. g.
Tor the sum of s20,372 including ma
terlai, hauling and all labor, was Mon
day accepted by the board Of supervis-
ors. The engineers estimate of the
cost of the work, made year ago. was
about $4,000. The only other bid or
the work was that of Chris Sorenson.
of Clear Lake, who offered to do il
for $4,000. Other men bid on labor
alone, and makers Of tile on tile alone.
but no two bids combined came to a
less sum than that of Paulson. SO he
gets the work.
Waterloo.
The recent dry spell apparently has
seriously damaged the Black Hawk.
county late potato crop. The situation
around the county reveals the fact that
only frequent showers can do the crop
any good and it is doubtful If even this
can help to any great extent. The long
drouth was one Of the worst in the his
tory Of the state and many farmers
have predicted that the price for pota-
toes will be much higher this winter
than was the case last year. Early po-
totaes which sold for from go to 65
cents bushel year ago are now sell
ing for IS cents bushel on the local
market. The quality is good, dealers
say. The condition Of potatoes in 9TH
er districts also is not satisfactory, ac-
cording to reports received here, fact
which will tend to boost the price even
higher.
Cedar Falls.
A few days ago the sale Of the Noah
| Matthews farm Of 100 acres. located
| north Of town. was made. to Chris
| Erickson for a consideration of 800 an
! acre. A contract to the effect was
drawn and signed By both parties and
the sum of $500 was paid by Erick
son as a matter OF good faith. For
some reason or other Erickson has
| changed his mind and does not believe
| that the farm is what he wanted, in
fact he AYERS that there was a misrep-
| resentation made as to the quality 81
| the soil and other items Of Importance
| to which Matthews answers by stating
that he left the matter entirely with
Erickson who walked over the farm
| and saw everything as he thought to
| his own satisfaction. Erickson wants
| Matthews to return his money and de-
| clare the sale off which Matthews so
| far has not done. In all likelihood the
trouble will be aired out in court.
Jesup.
| A case Of infantile paralysis has de-
ve1oped in Jesup in a family Of six
children. Dorothy. the 6-year-o
daughter of Elias Hart, was taken sud
denly III Saturday, and her case was
diagnosed by DR.. I. w. Allen as infan-
tile paralysis. The house was immedi-
| ately quarantined and the six children
in the place were not allowed to leave
| the premises, because Of the fact that
they had come In contact with the sick
child at the time she became Ill. The
| paralysis set in, according to DR.. Allen,
two days after the symptoms OF the
disease became apparent and affected
the entire left side Of the body. Today
only partial paralysis remains, and It
Is believed that the child will recover.
No other houses in the town have been
placed under quarantine, but according
to DR.. Allen, a number Of other chill
dreH had been 4. contact With the Hart
girl. This Is the first case ever reported
in Jesup