Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22

listed before that time or may have
enlisted at some other station. The
name was sent to this country by
General Pershing, with list Of men
who were killed in action.
Clinton.
One Clinton woman has solved the
problem Of conservation of fuel most
acce,ptably and happened upon the
plan during the storm that showed in
the wood pile that supplies the kitchen
range. Snow was deep and bread was
ready So her husband placed two
wires in the furnace, over low bed
of Goals. put bricks on these, and the
result was 50 good that now al the
bread is baked therein. She also
bakes potatoes there and cooks meats
en- casserole in the same place.
Dysart.
Dysart is soon to be exceptionally
we'll equipped to handle fires which
may occur. At the meeting Of the
city council which was held last
Tuesday evening it was decided to
purchase a new chemical engine. This
new machine is among the best
manufactured and especially adapted
for use in towns similar to Dysart.
1t has chemical capacity Of As gal
Ions, claimed to be equal to about 49,
900 gallons Of water in JQuenching
hre. 1t will force a stream of chemi-
cal 80 feet into the air and can be
put into operation in a very few sec
onds. With Dysart's new deep well
which will furnish an abundant supply
Of water for the tower and hose they
should be equipped to control most
any fire that might come.
Cedar Rapids. ,..
The police Tuesday arrested Ed Ven
drenburgh Of this city on charge Of
forgery just as he was boar ding a train
for Sioux City. The police assert the
man had passed nine bad checks on
as many different merchants Monday,
obtaining $3.50 in cash. The name
Of his brother in-law was signed to
the checks. He has made confess
sion, the police say. When question
ed he admitted that during the day he
had passed checks at the following
stores: Armstrong-McClen COM
pany, where he purchased merchan-
disc amounting to 322 and gave
check for 1850; the Golden Eagle.
where he purchased merchandise
amounting to ,s1s.s6 and gave a check
for $780,. P. T. Cooks where he bought
fifty cents worth of goods and gave a
check for $3.50, and the Killian COM
pany where he purchased $3.50 worth
Of goods and gave check for SO. He
made the checks payable to Ed Bar
ton, and signed the name OF his broth
erin law, George Bellon He admitted
also that during a previous visit he
passed several checks, to which he
signed his own name, altno he had no
funds In any bank.
Sioux City.
Alex Ernakovith's patriotic motives
he believes are misunderstood When
the government urged patriotic Ameri-
cans to buy less pork so that the Ann
erican soldiers in France would get
bacon and other pork products, Erna-
kovichL bought hog and started to
raise 1t on the waste from the table.
Ernakovich thought 1t was proper to
raise hog in the city. Hadn't he read
in the newspapers that cities were let
ting down the bars against hog rails
Ing in the corporation limits in order
to increase meat production. Yester-
day Mr.. Porker who had grown sleek
and fat on table scraps Of the Erna-
kovich family, was led TO slaughter.
Ernakovich was the executioner. He
landed blow on Mr.. Porker's head.
There was series OF sQueals. A pass
ing policeman heard the noise inves-
tigated and arrested Ernahovich for
the city ordinance prohibit
ins the slaughter Of hogs in the resi-
dence district. Ernakovich was
fined SIS in police court today after
pleading guilty to the charge. He be-
lisves that his patriotic motives were
misunderstood. He further believes
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