Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-10
Northern Iolun Items

granted a patent on an interlocklne rail-
Joint. Rev. Mr.. Hoelscher worked out
the device while a resident of Hawar-
den and it was pronounced by many
railway men who saw it to be the
finest rail joint ever invented. The
great difficulty in the way Of getting
it into generous use Is found in secur-
ing some railway system that will
adopt it, because of the great increase
in the cost of manufacture over the
present style of rails used.
Rockwell City.
Fred Sandman, deputy fish and game
warden, succeeded Monday in securing
the conviction Of G. E. Hatfield OF
,Churdan, on the charge OF killing a
Chinese pheasant. Justice Tom Nc
Carney fined Hatfield $500 and costs.
Hatfield was arrested Saturday. 1t is
presumed that the pheasant killed
wandered from the state game pre-
serve near Jefferson. where the state
two years ago placed several hundred
Of these birds for propagation. State
game officials are sparing no efforts in
the protection of these birds and PEN
atty upon conviction is swift and sure.
Hubbard,
Hubbard challenges any town or
township in the county to bring a
child of equal age, normal in intelli-
gence and health, who will tip the
scales at an equal or greater weight
than Miss Marie Alberry. 9-year-old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Alberry.
AT birth Marie weighed eleven and one
half pounds. At a year old she weighed
fifty pounds. At s years old, when she
started to school, she weighed 100
pounds, and now at OK years. she
weighs 1856 pounds. Marie is in good
health, plays like anytnormal child, Sc
cures good average grades in school
and has been advanced regularly each
year with her class She is now in the
fifth grade.
A!sena.
Loretta Johnston, teacher Of the
wichtendahl school in Whittemore
township, and daughter. Of Jack
Johnston, of Algona, and Grace Phil
lips, who lives south Of Algona and
has been staying with the Ed Mcneil
family, had an experience Friday that
they do not care to repeat. They
wanted to get to the Phillips home, and
Mr.. Mcneil volunteered to take them
with team, but owing to the deep
snow had to abandon the trip. The
young ladies thought they could make
the trip on foot, and started bravely
down the pike They did not realize
how cold it was, and by the time they
had reached the l.. ]. Brown farm their
feet. hands, and faces were badly
frozen. They stayed at the Brown
home over night.
AIsona.
Right in the midst Of the big bliz-
card Sunday, the fire whistle alarmed
everyone with its shrieks. The alarm
carne from the Walter Dale house I'M
der the hill in the west part OF town.
Despite the weather every fireman but
four turned out promptly, and soon
a stream of water was playing on the
blaze, but too late to save the building.
Most OF the contents were saved, how
ever, and the family took refuge at the
Leo Stebbins home. 1t was the worst
day for a fire that the ffremen have
ever had. Several OF the boys froze
their faces, hands, ears or feet. "Chan"
Daley had both hands and Carl
Strandberx three fingers frozen: not
badly, however. Abe Conley's house
was converted into temporary hos
pital, and prompt aid was furnished by
doctor The IRE arose from q de.