Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-21
Northern Io1ua Items

Burke being the complainant in the
matter. The hearing will be held be-
fore Judge H. +. Busby. Burke claims
that Kopf contracted with him for the
delivery Of a certain number of trucks
for which he paid $25 in advance. He
claims the trucks were to have been in
his possession by March, but that he
has not yet received them.
Cherokee,
1t has been suggested THAT the old
Cherokee fort, which stands near the
| brick yard in the southwest part Of the
| city, be preserved. The fort is of his
toric interest having played an i'm
portant part in the history of Cherokee
| in the early days Of it's development
At present the building is rapidly go
| ing to ruin and the plan suggested is
that the building be purchased and
placed in some park or other suitable
place in the city.
Sioux City.
1t cost Billy Meyers. taxi driver, SIS
to prove that, as a taxi license number
"13" Is hoodoo He lost new tire
within half an hour after he purchased
the new license, loss $54. Then he ex-
ceeded the speed limit and was fined
SIS, crashed into another machine, with
repairs totaling sl4, and narrowly es-
capped a second accident as the result
of skidding. Finally he toddlcd back to
the city clerk and exchanged his "13"
for license number $50"
Clinton.
David Kincaid son Of Mrs. Mary
/ IN
lowed poison at her home near here
Thursday night and died Friday morn
ing, was arrested by deputy sheriffs
Friday afternoon on the complaint of
neighbors 1t is charged that the son
left his mothers home soon after her
death, went to Fulton. ILL.,. where ne
became intoxicated and returned armed
with shotgun, threatening the lives
of people in the vicinity Of his home.
MONTICELLO.
| Frank Dautremont, Jr., arrived in
Monticello from Oklahoma, where he
has been engaged in building railroads.
From here he goes to New York and
will leave for France with the first TO-
900 engineers. Mr.. Dautremont goes
as master engineer. He is q graduate
/ u LILO NuOuIlCcllO Al6n SCHOOl, later OIL
Ames College. Mr.. Dautremont lived
In Monticello until about three years
| ago when the family removed to Cedar
Rapids,
Mason City.
Giving checks which he had no funds
to meet to Clerk Fred D. Blake OF the
| district court, to release a $1O5 judy
ment to Treasurer Barlow, for $12, for
his taxes, and to the Security Bank for
SO, are the charges against Elmer
Vanston. formerly Of Mason City, who
left here about week ago. yanson
was arrested for the local officers at
White Rock, IS. D., where he had gone
on leaving here. He formerly lived
here, and before that at Dougherty,
Cartersvllle and Rockwell. doing well
drilling and threshingg
Monticello.
William Kiburz, a former resident OF
Monticello, now member Of the avia-
ton CORPS guarding London, England
has written to a friend In Monticello
describing an attack on a Zeppelin,
In which the airship was destroyed.
Mr. Kiburz was in Vancouver whenN
the war broke out, and went with an
uncle who was one OF the leading
Canadian railway builders. He was
called to France to superintend the
building Of railways which the British
| government was constructing In France
from the seacoast to the trenches. Mr..
Kiburz 20 now skilled in the art of n.y.
Hing and holds the position Of llcutenant
lin tho CORDS s.,