Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-27
Northern Io1uu Items

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I who was born six weeks ago. The gift
was 800 liberty bond made out in
James name. The baby land her
7 to remain with Captain Meyer until
| he is'ordered overseas.
LAWYER
At meeting held in the opera house
| the Schlatter family met with the
| business men and citizens of Lawler
and promised to in the future to do
all in their power to uphold the United
States government in all it's war
activities. They also will have erected
! in the center of Main street steel flag
staff that Old Glory may wave. In the
place of the monument that has been
there. The sum of $1,1o0 was also
given to the Red Cross society. I'm
mediately after the meeting was over,
| fire was set to the monument and
! burned to the ground.
| Boone.
w. F. Myers, superintendent Of
| bridges and building Of the Northwest
ern lines, executed a remarkably
speedy bit of building last week when
F! he constructed a permanent bridge on
branch line south Of Carroll in
eleven hours A bridge fourteen niles
south Of Carroll on the Harlem, burned
| Friday night 1t was a structure 1913
! feet long and is Is feet high. All ma
| terial to be used in replacing the
structure had to be loaded and hauled
| to the scene At o'clock Saturday
morning a permanent bridge was in
| place and st.rrs;;s were crossing It. MT.
Myers has also done some speedy work
in building for, the road, his work re-
| pairing damage, wrought by the
cyclone being noteworthy.
Ida Grove.
Crop conditions in ida county con-
| tinue most favorable to all kinds Of
grains and oats and barley are, rapid
~ ripening, many farmers expecting
to get into the fields a week or ten day.
ahead Of the usual harvesting time.
| Weather conditions have been most
| excellent during, the six days ending
| Sunday night for the wheat and many
farmers arc predicting the biggest
yield in the history Of the scounty. Hon.
w IS. Finch, one Of the most exper-
| fenced Of Ida county farmers has
thirty five acres Of spring wheat ana
says that he has never In all his
twenty-five years experience seen 4
better stand or more promising,
showing than this year. The cool
| weather has been most favorable to
the farmers in their corn fields and
they have taken advantage Of the con-
| ditions by cleaning their corn, many
| being ready this week to lay their
corn by and many fields are above the
knee high status, which, in favorable
years is a Fourth of July state Of
affairs.
Sioux City.
The Woodbury. county farmers are
| the most patriotic in the state Is the
opinion Of Charles Breun, Jr., Wood
lbury county food administrator. In
compliance with the recent request
| that farmers turn over their excess
wheat flour supply, 100 Of the 200 far
nrers who in February reported their
supply to Mr.. Breun, delivered to him
their surplus. This record can not be
| equalled by any other county in the
state. Since the call was made far
mers have delivered over 10000 pounds
Of wheat -four to the grocers of Sioux
City and $4,000 to the smaller towns
Of the county. Storage Of the wheat
| -four was made in the Marten and
Ketels Milling Company, where 1t was
! checked and later disposed OF. Because
farmers delivered their supply in
many kinds Of packages it was inlpos-
| sible to ship it directly to the soldiers
| in France but q corresponding amount
was packed in jrste bags and shipped
/ from Minneanolfp 10 France by the