Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-11
Northern Io1un Items

fire, but did good work In saving the
Illinois Central depot and the adjoin-
ing lumber piles. The Are was one Of
and the loss Of the Shull company was
estimated at between $4,000 and $685.
600 which is fully insured. The loss
to the illinois Central will mora than
likely be between 500 and $500, while
a garage belonging to Miss Minnie Ell
lott was completely destroyed. There
was no insurance.
Mason City.
Ignorance Of the law Is no excuse
according to W. r. Hayes, police
Judge. who fined the Writer Grocery
Company IS and costs for selling
peck Of potatoes underweigh:. The in
formation was filed by H. e. Forr.s-
ter. Of Charles City, state dairy and
food commissioner. According to Mr..
Winters a new clerk had been en-
gagged recently and when the packages
were done UP by him he failed to put
in the proper weight Of potatoes. Ac-
cordlng to the police judge. Mr. Win
tiers Is not to blame for the oversight:
for the informatoE was filed early N
the morning before Mr.. Winters had
arrived at the store.
Fort Dodge.
The first intimation Of "war orders"
received by any Of the Fort Dodge fec
tories or manufacturers has been re-
ceived by the Johnson Baird Shoe
Company. The plans and specifications
of the government supervision Of all
shoe factories were received. The gov
eminent has stated price for each
pair OF shoes and the number which
the factory is to produce. The factory
is under the control Of the government
at such a time Mr.. Baird said that
no definite orders have been received
but the details Of the plan and the in
structions as to what will be done
have been received. The capacity OF
the factory is about 1000 pairs OF
shoes day. This means a force of
500 workmen.
Sioux City.
What Is supposed to be the meteor
that lit up the heavens on the night OF
Thursday. May 81, was found at Os-
mond, Neb. and delivered to the Sioux
City weather bureau Office today A
pOIllOu VI ~ lldS yOSCII SSIl " lIlS ANSW
York Museum Of Natural History. The
substance is clay dotted with a few
pebbles. It, seems to have been ex
posed to fierce heat, for short time.
and then cooled quickly. It is appar-
emily OF alkaline components and in
appearance looks much like super
heated Are clay. There are numerous
gcs pockets on the inside. There Is a
total lack Of metallic substances. The
specimen weighs about eight pounds
and was sent by Colonel WEIGH, Of
osnond. Neb.
Meorsser. Il,
Cyril Minck, the 1e-year-old boy.
who, after an excursion on the steamer
g. W. Hill Saturday evening, was
found on the railroad track south Of
McGregor terribly wounded and in an
UNCONSCIOUS cond;::on.s yesterday
gained consciousness at Clark hospital
where he is being cared Tor, and ac-
cused local fisherman. Spot Tyler,
Of assauIting him. Tyler has been sr-
rested at Prairie du Chen AMI is now
In, the McGregor Jail awaiting trial.
The engineer who found Minck says
that shortly after his train pulled out
OF McGregor at midnight Saturday he
saw the body Of man on the track
ahead. He stopped the train and found
the boy lying wAh his head on the
rail. He was Unconscious and COW
cred with blood. The train backed to
town and The injured boy was taken
to the hospital. Several terrible gashes
we're found on his head and face and
one arm VIZ broken. Tho In a critical
condition the chances are that Ne viii
recover.