Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-27
Northern Io,ua Items

tiers and three married sons and TWEEN
ty-seven grandchildren. One brother
one half brother and two half sisters
also survive her. Mrs. Drain was a
member OF ethe German Lutheran
church and of the Ladies Aid Associa-
ton. wyas =,
Storm Lake. -
Otis North, the 16- year-old son of
Jess North living near Storm Lake.
disappeared last Sunday and since
then no trace has been found Of him.
His parents are very anxious to ascer-
tain some clue of his whereabouts. AT
the time Of hH >disa ppearance he wore
a blue suit. gray hat with a dark band
and greenish cast mackinaw. He is
about feet 6 inches in height and
weighs about 1870 pounds. He is dark
lcompleXioned and has dark brown hair
and eyes. He was last seen at Linn
Grove. Iowa. There is seemingly no
reason why he SHOULD have left home
With the permission of his father he re-
NAMED with some boy friends in Storm
Lake on Saturday and drove to Linn
Grove the following day. where he left
the team. saying he would probably not
be back until the following evening.
Mount Vernon.
The Hamline University track team
nat was scheduled to appear here Sat-
urday will be unable to come. was the
word receivedhere by Coach Finger.
The reason given is that tie northern
ers are adopting a system of retrench-
ment because Of the unsettled war con-
ditions and feel that the expense of the
long trip to Mount Vernon following
so closely on the Drake relays would
be too heavy to bear The cancellation
Of the meet is viewed with regret by
the Cornell athletes who now have no
test with an outside school before the
conference meet May IL, Coach Finger
s attempting to obtain a meet for
either April 20 or for May 4. but it is
considered probable that no substitute
will be found for Hamline. If this is
the case, the home meet will be held
this week and the efforts of next week
concentrated on caring for the visiting
|jlterscholastic high school men,
Manchester.
|: At a meeting Of the council the mat
ter of financing the city rest room was
considered as presented by the execu-
tive committee Of the Commercial Club.
The rest room has been maintained for
several years in the basement of the
irst National bank building and the
record which Is kept shows that large
humber Of people make use of it's con-
|veniences every day. Tho necessary
Expenses have been met by private con-
ribution, but the Commercial Club has
Undertaken to take charge Of the mat
ter and has referred it to the city coun-
IL as public benefit which should be
paid for by the public The council
oted to consult the board Of supervis-
|sponsibility. The new mayor, F. H.
Hanson, has appointed H. I. Smith
chief of the fre department and e. W..
Williams engineer Of the chemical en-
CINE, and DR.. T. j. Burns. city physi-
clan.
Independence.
The DEATH Of Marion Batessat Water
loo on Monday was q shock to his
friends here. Six weeks ago when
working in the Waterloo refrigerator
fActory his coat sleeve caught in the
ZIP saw W1lACil uEoW uio AdAu AuIo VII
tact and lacerated 1t frightfully. As he
could not return to his work. he con-
cluded to move to Independence where
he formerly lived. He rented house
and made garden with the assistance
of his wife. He complained of not feel
Ing well and when he returned home
blood poisoning set In. lockjaw follows
led. He was born In Cedar county in
1892. His parents are living, his faith
Ter, Charles Bates, has been an invalid
for nearly twelve years. Young Bates
vas member Of the Presbyterian
church. He was n clerk in the Ttdball
department store for several years. He
lsaves a wife and babe besides his par
|snts a sister atshome and brother in
California. *