Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-19
Northern Io1pa Items

| trary to law The car was taken from
local garage by the police and held.
When the owner called for the machine
few days later he was arrested ana
posted forfeit bond of 500 and the
car. He has never appeared since and
the car is still being held. When taken
large quantity of whisky was found
| in the automobile. na
Dysart.
F. TIE pupils. and faculty Of the Dy-
sart public school did their bit most
Iloyally Tuesday and wednesday by
subscribing more than $500 to the Y.
| NJ. c. A. fund Patriotic addresses
were given before the high school stu
dents Wednesday afternoon by sup
erintendent Tindall and the Rev ME-.
Mitchell of Tama and Superintendent
Bangs of Traer. The students antlcl-
| pated these speakers, however, by
raising $3.50 previous to their arrival.
Patriotism is running rife and the Dy-
sart young people can be depended on
to do their part in every campaign.
Monticello.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Hogan have Just
received a letter from their son, Ray
mond, who is now in France, saying
that he is we'll and likes army life.
Other boys from Monticello, now in
France are Lowell Hicks, Mitchell
| Northrop, and George Sewers. Marion
McGisey who was one of the boys TO
enlist early, in the regular army, IS
now a member of the Eighteenth infan-
trv. and is stationed at Fort Douglass,
| - ba1 IN Fra e,
but the division will remain IN SAT-
Lake city to guard a large number OF
German prisoners who are imprisoned
there. A number of other boys from
this locality are in the Rainbow divi-
sion, which left New York some time
ago for France.
vinton.
vinton high school went over the
tom in the Y. NJ. c. A. drive We'd
nerday. Two speakerS Rev. H. E.
Harmed pastor of the First Congrega-
tional church Of Cedar Rapids, and Eu-
gene Palmer OF the same city, made
enthusiastic speeches on the war and
especially on Y. NC. A. work. Pledges
to the Y. NJ. c. A. were then made by
the students and teachers. The sum
81 s567.5O was raised and many are
raising their pledges. It Is hoped the
$500 mark can be reached soon. The
quota for the schools Of Benton coun-
| .tv was $500 OF this amount $50 was
expected Of the Vinton school From
the alumni and students there are
twenty-five with the land forces. ten
with the navy, seven with the avia-
ton division, seven boys and two girls
with the hospital corps. and one WITH
the Y. M. c. AN making a. total Of flf-
| ty-two in active service for their
country.
DEBORAH. q.
| TO catch a full grown gray wolf alive
In her hands IL an experience not
given to many women, even IN pioneer
days. But this was the experience OF
Mrs. Bertha Fox, Of near National. one
day the Arst OF last week. To reach
the mail box on the rural route. Mrs,
i FOX mas TO pass through a t.nhered
patch Of about a mile. On her Journey
to the box this day she discovered a
gray wolf caught in the wire fence and
unable to extricate itself The animal
appeared thin and apparently weak
from exhaustion and hunger. She APP
preached It and taking II by the back
OF the neck ana back 50 that It could
not bite. she carried It 70 her home
l and there had 1t killed p, FEW days
later. On Monday Mrs. Fox brought
the carcass to town and collected the
bounty on the animal. She then sold
the pelt TO Ross Richardson. netting
her Z neat sunn for her bravery and