Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10
Southern Ioua Items

| following telegram: Woodrow Will
son, President of the United States,
Washington. d. c.: On behalf OF the
college students .of America who are
responding to the call to the front
and to conserve the food material and
the efficiency 1.-The people at this
critical hour. We petition you to rec
ommend to congress the prohibition
of the manufacture and sale OF intox-
icating liquor during the war. The
Students Of Iowa Wesleyan College
per Alden Doud. Chairman Com"
PeIIa.
! That Particular Synod OF Chicago
the representative body Of the Re-
formed church from all the states west
OF Michigan, and Ohio to the Pacific
coast, met here Wednesday and Thurs
day OF this week The total number
of representatives present was about
seventy five. Among the visitors Of
note are: A. Vennema. the president
OF Hope College at Holland Mich,
and Rev. w. J.: Van Kersen, secretary
OF the board Of domestic missions Of
| the Reformed church.
Fontanelle. m
Ed Shad is experimenting with fall
| wheat, planted in the spring All the
winter wheat that he had in the ground
| was frozen out. and he had a lot OF
seed left, so he planted couple Of
| acres of il as an experiment. as soon
| as the ground could be worked It
has started nicely and has made
good stand. The outcome will be
watched with interest. If the far
mers knew that this plan would work
| they could use it on a large acreage
| in this section.
| Victor.
| Emil Lanrayt. young farmer resid-
| ing in Hartford township, in this
! county, died as result Of a fall which
he sustained few weeks ago and
which resulted in broken back. He
was unmarried and made his home
! with his father. who with one sister
and four brothers survive him. The
deceased was a native Of Copryk. Bel
GUM, and just D ST. ,rt time ago, With
his sister. Iva, had applied for citizen
ship papers a. tho clerks office for
hearing before the Dc:o' er term II
court
Williamsburg.
Harry Morrison's blacksmith shop
was destroyed by fire, caused by his
gasolene engine backfiring. Morrison
was alone in his shop and undertook
to put out the blaze by pouring on
water. This appeared to spread the
| fire and the building was soon all in
flames. The fire alarm was turned In
and the fire company quickly respond!
ed, but the fire had gained too much
Roadway. 1t was only the good work
Of the fire company that saved the
Mas building, the nearest exposure
on the south. Henry Morrison's loss
was about $4,000, covered by $500 in
surance.
Griswold.
Fred Seifford. who resides on the
IL. G. Hayes place west Of Griswold,
! in company with J. G. Hayes. went in
the ravine known as Devils Hollow
and located a den Of foxes. They dug
a little way but found nothing Fin
! ally the old fox set up a howl and
the little ones answered her, and the
diggers found where they were. They
i set barricade over the opening.
placed trap behind It and then walt
\ ed for a few minutes. The little on es
came to the opening and one by one
were caught in the trap. There are
many more in the place which they
hope to get.
| tNapsIlo.
Wapello, besides contributing nearly
thirty men to the national guard. the
Irregular army and the navy; now has
lat lea ri. three residents who will at :
tend the training camp at FOrt SMELL
ing, MINI. Those who Will try for
commissions are Charles Briggs Lou
iSa scounty's attorney, Leon Hammond,
la Junior at the State University OF
Iowa, and Alfred Baldridge, who has
been teaching school near Des Moines.
Several other residents here took the
determinations for entrance to the camp,
but failed because OF physical dMabti-
ny, and several others have taken the
4 exAminations, but do not Il vet know
lJthe results lSI