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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
Oh /!

1T only takes me twenty minutes to
get to my Office said Mr.. Chuggins.
But you didn't arrive until an hour
after you telephoned that you were
leaving homer
YES. 1t took me the other forty
minutes to get the car started
washington Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
IOWA Ian pS

For Sale or Rent-240 acres, well i'm
proved farm. Inquire F. e. Northup,
over Iowa Savings Bank.
Fer 6als-Iowa farms: the best corn
land, $40 to $3.50 per acre. Get large
list. spaulding q o'Donnell Elma.
Howard county, Iowa.
For Sale-The last call to find a buy
er for the best 200-acre farm for sale
in Iowa today. One hundred fifty acres
under cultivation, balance blue grass;
soil. black loan, clay sub-soil. Eight
room house. two large barns, cribs, hog
houses, auto, garage, improvements on
main auto road. Only four miles to
splendid town. Price, SIG per acre:
$4,000 to $4,000 cash. Not for sale aft
er March 1. ]. r. Carr Pennington.
Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

Southwest lows 10 fertile held Tor
the man with anything to sell that has
merit. Seventy ave thousand people
In southwest Iowa read the daily Non.
pareii. It " the great want ad medium
Of this section. Il Is known Tar ana
wide rs producer Of Iesults. II ,yos
have land or anything else to sell o.
trade. get In touch with southwest
Iowa thru the NonpareiL Council
Bluffs. iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

SOW, four brood sows, two old and two
young, and three sets Of harness. Will
be sold at Plumb Bros. sale pavilion
Feb. %, market sale day. Louis Wiese.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
cur RATE sAlpp,no.

Cut rates on household goods, %
Pacific coast ana other points. Superior
service at seduced rates. The Boyd
Transfer Company. Minnsapclis. MINI.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
Tri-C City Barber College Tool.

Tuition $25: electric message. hy-
draulic chairs, strictly modern: cataloa
free. X61S Mulberry St.. Des MoineA
Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

To Rent-Two four room houses. $40
month: also new modern bungalow
$22.5O. See Colonel Waters, over 81
West Main
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
MISSOURI FARMS.

Fer oais-Small Missouri farm. so
cash and s. monthly: no interest or
taxes; highly productive land: close
to three big markets. Write 20: photo
graphs and full information. Munger.
All, N. T. Lite building. Kansas
City, Mo.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

An unusual large and choice list OF
small farm and timber tracts for ex-
change on city property. Mowry, over
LOG East Main.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
WISCONSIN LANDS.

For Sale or Trade-Forty acres good
Wisconsin land, $50 acre. Good roads,
two railroads, near station six acres
cleared, rest easy cleared. house. Trade
for closely property. I. ID. Mason,
owner. Station A., Marshalltown. Iowa.
For Sale-Oneida county--get map
of my lands in the Bearskin river coun-
try on the Milwaukee road, 1900 acres
to select from. Also in the lake region
near Minocqua, twenty-five forties in
solid bunch, fine for large ranch. Good
soil. flpewood. pure soft water. what
more do you want? Ask for prices and
terms c. P. Crosby, Rhinelander. Wis.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

To Rent - Three furnished modern
downstair rooms for light housekeep-
ing. Phone yellow 1925.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

Oregon and California railroad COM
pany Grant lands. Title to Same re-
vssted in United States by act Of con-
gress dated June .. 1915. Two mill
lion three hundred thousand acres to
be opened for settlement and sale.
Power site. timber and agricultural
lands. Being classified. Containing
some Of best land left In United States.
Large sectional map showing iantii aarr44
description. Price 81. Grant Lands
Locating Company. Box 610. Portland.
Ore.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

For SaIe-very cheap. one Midland,
one Staver, one American. These
completely overhauled and in first class
running order. II interested phone or
write Whitehead q Edwards, Marshall
town, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
PUBLIC AUCTION.

Big land sale at Washington, Kan,
on Thursday, Feb. %, 1917, consisting
Of three eighty acres each, two 160 and
one $40, all improved and will be sold
on good terms at public auction to the
highest bidder Write A. w. Matthews,
Washington, Kan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
best herds central Iowa. Carl Lewis,
Secretary. Marshalltown, Iowa.

For Saie-Good driving horse. also
surrey and light wagon. Phone red
SS4, laos West Church.
For SaIe-One hundred head Of cat.
tie. II you want to buy cattle and want
time on them, we will take security on
live stock and let you have all the
cattle you want. If you want US to
furnish you cattle. call Plumb Bros,
phones yellow 1416 or green 1856.
For Sale-Ten choice Duroc Jersey
bred sows, for March and April far
row, and all up-to- date breeding. Ad-
dress Lester Walker. State Center.
Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

: Wan.ed-Young married man thor
oughly experienced in farming wants
place on farm. Write A-l6, care
Times Republican
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
Classified Advertisements
FOR SALE
TO RENT
TO EXCHANGE
By "HOP''

line in Mowry county, Minnesota. In
Quire First National Bank.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

To Rent--Six room modern house,
800 West Nevada, $50 per month.
Phone 1705.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
SITUATION WANTED

Wanted-Locomotive fireman wants
position as stationary engineer or fire.
man. HIS, Times Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
FOR sAlE-AUroMosILES.

For Sale or Exchanse-Moline car
in first class shape. Would make
good delivery car. Phone 1871 or ad-
dress ]. H. Ball. 303 South Fourth
avenue, Marshalltown, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

Wanted Married man with
family wants position as, janitor. firing
boiler, or other work. Phone $50.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

ARE you GOING TO BUY LAND?
II so. get copy of our Journal first.
as It has lands. city property and stocks
Of goods advertised from nearly every
state. Published twenty years. reaching
6s,400 readers. IS per cent of whom are
farmers on rural routes. Send %
cents for one years subscription, or
81 for FIVE years. Department 219
Farm and Real Estate Journal. Traer.
Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

To Rent--Forty acres one mile from
Marshaltown. good improvements, and
silo. Inquire 4. J. Shoemaker.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
SOUTH DAKOTA LAND.

For Sale-Guaranteed all tillable
farms in South Dakota: $40 an acre
and up; best alfalfa and corn belt in
the world. can get you hundreds OF
good trades. 1t Is your loss II you
don't write me. Clyde Brewster. Aber-
deem, s. D.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
PU BLIc SALE.

Iwill sell my farm two and one-half
miles south Of Luray on Feb. rs,
horses, cattle. hogs, machinery, etc.
b. ]. Knoll.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

North First street. Jones. tho sign
man.
The herald., 1917-02-22
If Enoineer Fails or Is Unable to No.
tice Danger Signal Train Is
Stopped Automatically.

Experiments are being conducted by
one of the Eastern railroads with
safety device which a Rochester in
yentor has evolved for the purpose OF
eliminating accidents caused by the
occasional failure of locomotive engi-
neerS 10 observe danger signals. Par
ticularly during heavy storms and
dense fOgs, it is extremely difficult for
q pilot to see d semaphOre. The safe
ty appliance is intended to control the
speed of the train mechanically, so
that II cannot run into an open switch
or collide with another one If the
signals are properly set. The appli-
ance Is installed in q locomotive and
consists Of an arrangement which per-
mits the steam to be cut off and the
brakes applied, when q lever arm, ex-
| tended adjacent to one OF the rails,
strikes a trip fixed on the track and
regulated either mechanically or cleo
triCally by connection with a regular
signal system. Thus, when tower
man sets a semaphOre to stop an up
preaching train, and the engineer OF
the latter fails to see Ii, the lever arm
of the controlling device hits the trip
and the train is brought to a stop
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The herald., 1917-02-22
GIRL WILL CLAIM ST 100000
ouits lob as Domestic and Hurries to
Bedside Of Dying God
mother.

'Pittsburgh.-Mary Gooda, aged sew
enteen, a domestic employed in the
residence of DR.. H. III. Turner, Swiss
vale. departed for Whiting, Idaho, car
rying in her grip letter which told
her of the impending death of her god
mother and of her inheritance OF an
estate of S1,OOO,0OO. The girl received
the letter and left so hurriedly that she
neglected to tell her employers the
name, of her godmOther.
The letter stated that the only heir
TO the godmother's estate, consisting
chiefly of coal lands, died week ago,
and that the girls gOdmother had re-
quested that her will be changed TO
read in favor of the girl. She also
requested that the girl be brought to
her bedside Immediately.
The girl is daughter of John
Gooda of Pardee. Va, coal miner.
The herald., 1917-02-22
NEW BRIDGE QUICKLY PUT UP
Union Pacific Engineers Successful In
What Is Called a Remarkable
Piece Of Work.

The old steel bridge Of the Union
Pacific railroad over the Missouri riv-
er between Omaha and Council Bluffs'
which had been in service for 30 years.
was recently removed and replaced oy
q new steel bridge, which had been
built on false work alongside the old.
The actual operation of removing
the old bridge, which weighed $780,
900 pounds, and putting in place the
new, which weighed 100000 pounds,
required Is minutes, four and half
minutes for the removal of the old and
ten and one-half minutes to replace II
with the new. Five hosting engines
equipped with block and tackle, were
used. Union Pacific officials said the
work was an unusual engineering feat
An hour after the new bridge was IL
place trains were running over 1t.
The herald., 1917-02-22
KEEP TRAIN CREW AT WORK
Difficulties of Railroading in Alaska
Will Be Understood From the
Following Incident.

A correspondent writing from Sc
ward. Alaska, under date of December
II, states: Last week the train serV-
ice over the government railroad was
discontinued for the winter beyond
Mile 81. Beyond the thirty-fOurth
mile of track only dOuble-headers have
been used during the past six weeks,
two engines being required to force the
snowplow over the line. The train
crew handling the last train of the sea-
son over the mountain summit TO Mile
80 brought back some strange tales
of the freaks of frost out the line.
At Tunnel No. a couple of icicles SIX
feet In diameter barred the way, ana
while these distractions were being
removed the engine became frozen to
the track in the slush. 1t took two
hours to thaw ii loose. On the Dack
trip. between Mile 40 and Mile 81, the
| coolest spot in this section of Alaska
the trainmen's lanterns became extin-
guished every time they went outside
the oil cOngealing so that it could not
enter the wicks. The previous train
got beyond Mile 81, but was intercepted
on the return trip by an immense snow
slide near Spencer glacier and was
mt i'm winter quarters constructed for
the purpose. The train crew returned
to Seward on foot"
The herald., 1917-02-22
RICH GIRL BECOMES NURSE
She Saws II Is Fine to Be Doing Some
thing Besides Spending
Money.

Kansas City, Mo.-Miss Letitia CEc-
tic owner Of valuable oil lands,
descendant of United States Usage
chieftain and relative of Senator
Charles Curtis of Kansas, has given
I'm n life of luxury to help the poor
She is q nurse at st. Mary's hospital,
Instead of luxurious apartment 10
which she had been accustomed, Miss
Curtis rooms with another nurse, both
sleeping in one bed. No more dances
nor social affairs for her.
81 haven't seen my motor car for
week" says Miss Curtis. 81 don't care.
I love this new life. 1t is fine to DE
doing something. 1t is better than
lust spending money and hunting fun
The herald., 1917-02-22
Russia TO Build More Lines.

The war has awakened Russia to her
poor facilities in the matter of rail-
ways, according to late report from
Petrograd. Immense extensions are be-
ing planned. Russia now has only A.
600 miles of railway, an amount equal
to about three miles per 10000 inhabi-
tants. The United States has 70 miles
of railway per 10000 inhabitants. Rus
sia's plans for the next five years IN
clude extension at the rate of 4,Ooo
miles of new line annually. This VIII
be more than equivalent to a new trans
continental railway built annually In
this country. The construction VIII
cost 100000, or more for each year
of the 4,0O0-mile program.
The herald., 1917-02-22
oueer Sort Of Siunalman.

:. ~ some reason or other monkeys
YES nave never been much trained
~, ~ ANYTHING really useful. An ex-
~ however, should be made in
\. se OF a baboon that took the
~, Y q agnalman on a railway.
-. s At uitenhage, in South Africa,
-. ne human signalman was a Grip
IN = therefore, taught q baboon to
n, * nsnt levers and points at GER
- sns from his cabin, and when
- work was done the animal
- y. y N a trolley on the rails and
Us master home.
The herald., 1917-02-22
aDVERTISES FOR BLOND WIFE
Oklahoma Minister Who Has Been
Widower for Three Years
Wants Mate.

Muskogee, Okla.-Rev. T. W. East
ham of Beggs, Okla, lives on farm
near Beggs and breaches at four dif'
ferent churches on his circuit, but has
not met a woman since his wife died
three years ago, when he would par
ticularly care to have for a wife, Re-
Gently before leaving for his home
after attending the East Oklahoma
Methodist conference, Mr.. Eastman in
sor+od on advertisement for wife in
a local newspaper.
II prefer a blonde" the advertise
ment says, "but l don't particularly
cafe about her size and build, except
that she must not be too small or toe
large. want her to be about my owl
age or younger, but she can have AM
color of eyes"
The herald., 1917-02-22
woman, 28, TRAPS
BOY CAVE MAN
Nifty Neighbor Child She Smiled
at Writes a Threatening
Letter.
TRACED BY PHONE CALL
Boys Explanation Is He Wished 10
Be Detective or Reporter and
Wanted TO Get Into Atmos-
phere OF Mystery.

ChicaSo.-NIrS. Guy Edwards, TWEEN
ty-eight and pretty, used To smile
casually at the hoy across the hall at
4J42 North Racine avenue. lie was
nifty child of fourteen years, with
cheeks like the rosy wax clothlers
dummies, and the GruceS of dancing
master. His name was Harold Gum.
Three weeks ago Mrs. Edwards
stopped smiling altogether and was
headed for a hystcrical nervous break
down. A Black Hand love suit intro
duced itself through her mail. Inc
letters were dark with threats where
they weren't fiowery with love. This
line appeared in all three received by
Mrs. Edwards:
I'm a friendly ally, but dam
gerous enemy. Your husband. Guy Ed
wards, is an old-time wife deserter-
Come TO me, love. II you will meet
me put a personal ad In the Tribune
Lay Trap for Him.
All the letters were written on It's
sue paper. They were followed by a
! telephone campaign. MIS-. EuWuiuS
received three or four calls q day at
her place of employment.
Yesterday she and Mr.. Edwards de-
cided to trap the anonymous letter
writer. Mrs. Edwards agreed to meet
her mysterious pursuer when he called
over the telephone as usual. She ana
| Mr. Edwards then secured the services
of Detective SergeantS Thomas Cassin
and John Mason from the bureau. Inc
detectives went to the Sunnyside eN-
change and traced the next call TO MIS-
Edwards apartment. 1t came from
drug store at Racine and Wilson ave
nues. Cassin and Mason jumped into
an auto and raced for it while Mrs
Edwards kept her sutton on the wire.
As the detectives reached the booth
The herald., 1917-02-22
GATHERED FACTS

The output of the bureau Of fisheries
IN stocking the waters of this country
amounted 10 more than 4,0OO,OOO,VO
specimens last year.
Numerous economies are asserted for
n new automobile that can be run py
sosoline or electricity, or q ccmDina-
ton of the two.
The percentage of illiteracy In TINS
country, taking the whole country to-
.,ather. is about 10 per cent. 1t is stead
sly decreasing.
The herald., 1917-02-22
LAD OF TEN YEARS
is REAL "C0WB0Y"
Did His Share of the Work in
Driving a Large Herd to
the Ranch.

Pierre. s. D.-pcrhapS the youngest
"rral cowboy" in the Northwest is
Maurice Paul GoWdy, ten. son of CheS-
ter GCwdy, who, with Bert Waite OF
Sioux City, is the owner of the Fort
Sully Cattle company, the biggest cat
tie ranch IN the central portion OF the
state, located along the Missouri river,
% miles northwest of Pierre.
Maurice is ten years old. He and
an older cowpuncher took trainload
OF cattle from Pierre to the ranch
over the river buttes. The boy did his
full half share of the work of driving
the cattle the long distance. 50 rs to
The herald., 1917-02-22

L. s. Black and S. L. White went
to the Houlton (Me.) fair together
and on the ground they were joined oy
J. A. Browne and Benjamin Green.
The king and queen of Roumania
have six children-twO sons and four
daughters. The heir to the throne
Prince Carol, vas twenty-three In DC
tober.
A castor oil factory has opened In
Carmen. Colombia, and its first ship
ment of 10000 pounds was bought py
an American drug house. India LOT
merry supplied this medicine.
The herald., 1917-02-22

miss no school day. It required rid
ing from about 3 80 o'clock in the
until nearly shutdown.
The ranch grazes thousands of heads
of cattle, both on the lowland and the
highlands along the Missouri. 1t Is
probably the last of the really big
ranches in this section of the North
west. The ranch was owned formerly
by Tom Steel, Bert Waite of Sioux
City. and Chester GOwdy of Tarkio,
Mo-, but at present is owned by Waite
and GOwdy only.
The herald., 1917-02-22
leininn Out the Milk.

Bacon-This paper says the volume
Of water estimated to be contained In
the oceans and the inland seas con-
nected with them is 800. 100000 cubic
miles"
Egbert-Well. that would indicate
that we are reasonably sure of some
thing in the way of a milk supply for
some time TO come.
The herald., 1917-02-22

In Detroit a record has been MADE
of 100 cases, 81 boys and 80 girls, VINO
were backward pupils. Five years al
ter leaving school 1t was found that 10
of the boys and four of the girls had
been arrested at least once.
Stephen Lovejoy, who has been n
blacksmith In Auburn, Me-, since 1875.
Is believed to hold the record for speed
in shoeing horses. He has shod three
horses in 81 minutes-one In 70, one In
nine and one In eight. Half an hour
is regarded as quick time to snoe one
horse by most blacksmiths.
The herald., 1917-02-22
FORTUNE IN EL0PEMENT

San Francisco, Cal.-Through
publicity attending the wrecked
romance of their eighteen-year-
old daughter Signe, the Gerstad
family of Bellingham, Wash. 1t
was said here, is about to come
into a fortune.
The girl recently became a
temporary ward of the police
through the arrest of d. NJ. Del
{ mas, with whom she had elOped
on his promise to marry her.
After being arrested on a bad
check charge, Delmas was iden-
tilted as an escaped convict
! from q penitentiary in Texas.
! where he had wrecked a bank.
I The girl was sent home.
: Attorney Sydney p. Robert
5 son Of this city told recently of
3 having received a letter from a
3 firm of Chicago attorneys ask
8 ing for the address of Hilgar
4 Gerstad. the girls father, sought
4 for years as heir to an estate
Is in Sweden. The Chicago attor-
i news, the letter said, had read
Is of the girls escapade in a Chi
: cago paper.
The herald., 1917-02-22
Too Proud to Work.

Terre Haute, Ind.-Harry Moore ad-
mitted in the circuit court here that he
was too proud to work" and that this
was why he forged checks. The Judge
told him he could work behind prison
u,oIIs and his pride would not suffer.
The herald., 1917-02-22
Youthful EIopers Caught.

Elgin, Ill.-Augusta Kline thirteen
decided to elope with Clyde Parent,
twenty. She confided her intentions
RI Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Hammond
and taking their twenty-months-old
baby with them, they eloped with her.
The girl was returned by the police
from Chicago.
The herald., 1917-02-22
Swiss Railroad Lines.

Railroads were introduced in Swift
erland in 1874 with the construction
of the Basel-St. Ludwig line. Inc
Zurich-Baden line followed in 1871.
By 1850 there were 1000 kilometers
(62l miles) of normal-gauge lines in
use, and in 1912 their length reacheu
$500 kilometers (2,175 miles).