Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-12
Grtnnell and Vicinity.
)ecial to Tines-Republican.

special 10 lnneS-ttepuD!lCan.
Grinnell. Jan. 12.-Levi W. Little.
who died on the second Of this month
at the home OF his son ir Glendive,
Mont, was many years ago resident
OF this city and was an army comrade
of D. F. Hays in the Fourth Iowa cav
airy in the civil war.
4 special meeting of the city council
was held on Thursday evening to con-
slider the rather alarming water condi-
tons that seem to confront the city.
Paul Myers, OF the Iowa Light, Heat
and Power Company. that does all the
water pumping for the city, made the
statement that the city Is normally U.s.
ing 100000 gallons and the capacity OF
the wells in their present condition Is
about go, 900 gallons day. The re-
servoir now holds in reserve about co.
900 gallons 1t is said that the three
and half inch we'll shows signs OF
choking and If stopped would leave the
city with but ore five inch well. which
is insufficient for ordinary needs. Sew
eral remedies were proposed but no de-
finite action to remedy the trouble was
taken. Mayor White has called upon
the citizens to be as saving as possible
age and the possibility OF a greater
stringency.
Four prominent Grinnell College men
have just enlisted in the quartermas-
ter department Of the naval aviation
corps and expect to be sent to the
Great Lakes naval training station. Az
ter a month Of training there they are
to have a. four months course at Dun
woody Institute at Minneapolis. The
men are Chuck" Hoyt sprinter. his
brother, Dad" Hoyt, footballist, Bob
Lee. baseball star, and Shorty" Her
man. Of the glee club
The Blue lodge and the Royal Arch
Masons are to hold joint Installation on
Wednesday evening OF next week. the
installing officer being Grand High
Priest !. T. Forbes, OF Marshalltown.
with Grand Custodian Meeker as his
assistant.
Ray Hagen. who formerly lived in
Grinnell working for the Interior Tel
ephone Company and also In the Jack
son drug store writes friends here
from his position with an army medical
unit "somewhere in France"
Sheridan township friends have
cause to mourn the death Of, one OF
their former number Jim Dray. who
died from an attack OF pneumonia
while at the training station in Texas.
HIS BODY WAS brought to his CORNER
home in the northern part OF the state
where near relatives are living.
The live Ewart Community ClTo
Starts out we'll on the new year with
the following list Of officers: Presi-
dent, J. J. Farmer: secretary, Mrs.
Emily Hamilton: treasurer, Mrs. Sadie
WATSON; librarian, Mrs. c. Steck. Their
next meeting. on Friday evening, Jan.
%, will have the following program:
Singing; Rotations, Marine Porter
Gladys Mcconnell. Marjorie WATSON,
Leona Cox, Cecil Wilson: readings,
Lizzie Donnan. James Matchett. Mrs.
James Reid. Mrs. John Cox, Ruth Cope
land; debate, "Resolved-That immi-
grafton should be further restricted by
the illiteracy test" Affirmative, Carl
Gerard and Norman Farmer; negative.
Leo Farley and William Rutherford.
Floyd Pugh, seriously III at Camp
Cody and once reported to be at
deaths door. is now said to be slowly
improving and there Is good reason to
expect his ultimate recovery
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Robson plan to
start tomorrow night for San Diego,
Cal, to spend several months "'!.n
their. daughter Mrs. H. A. Keener,
whose husband is an inferno in the
hospital in that city and who holds the
rank Of second lieutenant as assistant
surgeon in the coast reserve.
Mr. and Mrs. N. ]. Morgart are hav-
ing the pleasure OF q visit from Elder
George Miller Of Des Moines. He had
come to Kellogg to preach the funeral
sermon of a former parishioner, E. u.
Parmenter. He is a man Of striking
appearance as shown by the number OF
men who asked who he was at the Com
munity Brotherhood meeting where he
gave the opening prayer in such terms
and with such fervor that no one was
left in doubt as to his loyalty to coun-
try and the principles just now in
volved.