Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-28
Southern Iowa Items

rested here for, illegally transporting
liquor in an auto from Omaha TO Des
Moines. They were found guilty by
jury and Immediately arrested by a
deputy marshal from Creston on fed
eral charge for illegal sales. Council!
Bluffs officers want them too for a
charge Of Illegal transportation If LID
uor from Omaha in a truck. The two
men and Frank Tochel, also Of Des
Moines, were running an auto load OF
whisky consisting Of ESQ pint bottles
from Omaha to Des Moines, when their
car broke down near here. They paid
farmer with whisky to haul the car
to a barn, where officers found the liq-
uOr.
Davenport.
The community's formal application
for the governments PROPOSED s20OOo.-
600 nitrate plant has begun its journey
to the national capital. 1t has for it's
destination Secretary Of War Baker,
chairman Of the commission appointed
to pick the location for the plant. The
application, or rather petition carried
with it signatures of the mayors of
Davenport, Rock Island, Moline, Bet
tendorf, East Moline and Silvis and al
so the signatures Of thirty prominent
business men of the six cities. There
was attached to the petition the report
of H. S. Putnam. of, New York City,
who made detailed investigation and
plant on the Mississippi river near the
Rock Island arsenal.
Davenport.
In these days when potatoes are \
thing to be priced and coveted-when
they are even passing as legal tender
in some portions Of the United States
when a householder considers himself
unusually fortunate if he possesses
enough for the next meal-comes the
report that John H. Strohbeen. Of Wal
colt, has at the present time no less
than $1,000 bushels of the Valuable tu-
bers in storage. And more-they are
| ready right now to be thrown on the
market to do their share toward allie
WAITING the tremendous potato shortage
| which has the country in it's grip at the
present time. Altho the "spuds" are
owned by Mr. Strobeen. they are being
handled by Fred Schultz, of Walcott.
Mr.. Schultz quoted a price Of SO a
bushel to prospective buyer Saturday
night. There are about $4,000 bushels
here at present. We can begin ship
ping in carloads this week." Mr..
Schultz told the prospective buyer.
Muscatine.
| Gladys, the S-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Swain, of Atalissa,
met with serious accident Friday
afternoon at the Hershey State Bank
building, when she had her right hand
badly mashed when she was caught be-
tween the floor and the elevator.
Prompt NATURALIZATION will probably
save all but the index finger which had
to be amputated. From details Of the
story received from Michael Flynn,
who was operating the elevator ut the
! time Of the accident. the child and her
mother were on the second floor of the
building and the elevator stopped to
take on passenger. The child went
into the elevator and with the gate
closed, the operator started for the
third floor. Just as the elevator was
nearing the third floor the child at
tempted to leave the elevator, grabbing
the iron grating of the door, on the Sec
ond floor, at the top. The elevator, be-
fore it could be stopped, crushed ,her
right hand badly. and her left leg drop
ped between the elevator and the gate.