Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-23
Northern Io1ua Items

Harvester Company in the RAISING OF
hemp is seen as the only solution FOR
the breaking of the terrific advance in
Irvine prices. according to j. G. Haney,
superintendent Of the l. II. c. farms,
who is in Sioux City to place the mat
ter before the farmers of this section
and ask their cooperation. With the
price Of ssal advancing from 5 cents a
pound to l6 cents in one year, and the
probability that the product will go
off the market before another year
ends. Mr.. Haney declares the farmers
of the United States are facing the
most serious condition in binding
Irvine trade that has come up. While
Carranza controls the sisal market OF
the world and revolutions prevent
harvest, Mr.. ,Haney says, it seems GER
tain the American farmer must solve
the binding problem If he is to save
his crops once they are planted.
Anamosa. ...
Every one of the twenty two women
now at the state reformatory here is
or has been married. This is siSntl-
cant altho Warden G. c. McClaughry
declined to discuss the relative crime
record of married and unmarried
women. 1t must be taken in consid-
GRAFTON, however that the Anamosa
reformatory receives only adults, the
minor girls going to the industrial
school for girls at Mitchellviile. There
are fourteen white women and eight
cotored women now serving gent ences
in the women's department Of the local
reformatory. Two are serving life for
murder. Three are serving from ten
to thirty years each for second degree
murder and two for eight years each
on manslaughter charges. Prostitution,
keeping house Of ill-fame. adultery
and bigamy has brought ten women
here, for terms Of five years each. One
for arson and four for larceny or re-
ceiving stolen property, each serving
five years. complete the roll Of women
imprisoned here.
Waterloo.
The W.. c. r.. & n. railway was
made the defendant in a $4,000 suit
for damages. fled by Nelson P--Dyer.
who alleges that he sustained injuries
on the night OF Jan. %. last, which
necessitated the amputation Of HIS leg
at a local hospital The petition filed
by attorneys for Dyer contend that the
accident was the result of gross neg
ligence ON the part OF employees OF the
defendant company. Dyer boarded a
Byrnes park street car at Bryant and
Conger streets, the petition recites.
After the car had proceeded a short
distance the regular motornan left the
car and C. l.. Grover, superintendent
of traffic, took charge. At Fourth and
Walnut streets Dyer signaled for the
car to stop. 1t did 50, but before he
stepped from the platform. It started
again, the plaintiff alleged. IIe was
thrown to the ground and one foot
lay across the tracks. Tho car ran
over 1t. then went on. Dyer claims
that prior to the accident he was em-
ployed at salary OF 335 week and
that no Is now unable to do any work.
Mount Vernon.
g. r. Renner has brought suit
against Buchanan county for injuries
received from driving into an open
bridge which was not properly lighted.
Mr.. Renncr represented tho y Cedar
Rapids Gazette in territory north OF
c1anan county. He mace the rounds
in Ford runabout. He was driving
In tho evening, several months ago.
when the car ran into an open bridge
which had no danger signals. Mr..
Renner's car was somewhat damaged.
but not so as to put 1t out OF commits
sion. Mr.. Renner himself was bruised
and his back injured. He did not
think 30 much OF the injury at the
time, but It continued to get worse.
Later no went to Iowa City where his
back was put In a cast, and hns been
in one since It still gives him pain,
SO that he has been unable to get back
to work. The Buchanan county board
OF supervisors offered to pay the dam
ages on the car and other small dam
ages, but this was refused. They have
since made no proposition. The case
looks like clear Csssc axailst iiio
county. and Il is a question as to what
they can hope to gain by = suit.
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