Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-07
M oviIIe,

M ovIlle.
A farmers telephone company will
be organized at Neville. At meeting
held last week about lao farmers
agreed to take stock. \ number of
Neville business men will also take
stock.
Waterloo. n
The little son of E. Matthews. ISL
West Mullan avenue, was severely in
jured Wednesday night when the auto
mobile driven by Matthews cold d
with the car Of gGedis Murray, at the
eqraeA Of sEssst 'Mullah avenue and La
Ffayette Street, Is, -
scSdsra Fails
e crowd estimated at fully 12,0O0
people attended the Fourth of July eel
sebratfon atzs the Cedar Valley fair
grounds "Wednesday and greatly en-
joyed the program; of racing events and
other features3whiah made the occasion
.onesof genuine, pleasure for all who at
tended
Ninton.
( The sale of Shorthorns held by F. T.
Greenwalt & Sons at their farm near
Mount Auburn Thursday netted $l2,S23
for the forty three head sold. A bull
i I months old brought the high price
Fred sSchnoor. of Fairbanks. bidding
him in at $1,000. The top-notch COW
brought $780, the buyer being E. Grevc
of Gladbrook.
Storm Lake.
Lake the latter part OF last week and
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practors Association, of which LLOYD
Smith, of Cherokee, was chosen presi-
dent, and E. r. Lyon. of Ida Grove,
secretary and treasurer A board OF
eight directors was also elected The
next meeting will be held at Storm
Lake, July %.
Sheldon.
Farmer Ed Wolf set precedent
one day last week when he hauled to
the Jenkinson Elevator Company 1,O5U
bushels of oats in two trips-52o bush
els at a clip--think of it! record
never before equalled in this section
A tractor was used for motor power.
hauling six or seven wagons, quite a
sight for northwest Iowa. At present
oats prices Farmer Ed made every
trip count in dollars and cents as we'll
as in quantity hauled.
Waterloo.
Ed Miller Is in the hospital with
dislocated shoulder and William KEEL
Ter, Art Stitz and Bert Oberdorffer
received several minor cuts and
bruises late Wednesday afternoon
when the automobile in which they
were returning from the celebration
at New Hartford collided with an
other car. about mile north Of Ce-
dar Falls and turned turtle twice, The
machine, which was being driven and
is owned by Mr.. Stitz, is q total
wreck.
Waterloo.
Three were hurt when the auto
mobiles belonging to e. K. Long, $50
Williston avenue. and C. II. Ehlert,
Dinsdale, collided at the corner OF
East Mullan avenue and Lafayette
street Wednesday night about o'clock.
James Small, sos Logan avenue, who
was riding in the Long car, received
serious injuries about the abdomen and
head, Ella Butler, Of Cedar Falls, re-
ceived several minor bruises and cuts,
while another Cedar Falls girl was
also somewhat bruised. Both cars
were badly damaged.
Sioux City.
The conviction Of official Washing
ton Is that America is "in for fight,
declared Representative George c.
Scott Of the Eleventh Iowa district,
who returned to his home for q brief
visit during lull in congressional ac-
tivity. The talk OF a war lasting
years is serious, not something In
dulged in by excitable people or with
q view to preparing the people for q
remote possibility, said the congress
man It Is the belief In Washington