Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-12
!. Northern Io1ua Items

on her front porch sing Good by.
Uncle Sammy. You Won't Win This
War;" McKernan called the wagon in
a jiffy and away it sped in the early
morning light When he got to the
designated house, he found a woman
an on her own front porch singing
Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding
You and other patriotic songs. Then
it developed there had been a neighbor-
hood row and when the songbird burst
forth in melody, her angry neighbor
called the police JH
Sioux Rapids.
Charles Fart, Jr, was killed in an
autom obile accident near Greenville,
| ten miles east of here. The tire on
one of the wheels collapsed while the
car was running at good speed. causing
| the car to turn over twice. Fart was
caught under the car and was almost
instantly crushed to death. Two other
men in the car with him at the time OF
the accident received painful bruises
Waterloo.
Waterloo still has plenty OF milk
| despite the refusal of 100 members of
the Iowa Dairy Marketing Association
! to sell to distributors unless the pro-
! ducers price'is increased. Alta meet
/ ing OF the distributors and the city
council of defense, it was stated the
prices asked by the producers are the
highest in the state, being exceeded
only by those prevailing in Des Moines.
| If prices asked by members of the
marketing association are granted, dis
tributors say the retail price will have
| to be boosted.
Bellevue.
| II. w. Terrell and Jack Farrand.
state agents from the attorney generals
office at Des Moines and Sheriff Nc
Carthy and his deputy of Jackson coun-
| ty. made raid on the Elinghouse
and thinner pool rooms, the Rexau drug
store and McCooley Bros, fish marke,
in Bellevue early Wednesday morning
and confiscated booze, cigarets ana
punch boards to the amount Of $1,000.
The owners were given notice to appear
at Maquoketa, the county seat at court
on July 16. 1t required two auto loads
to haul the stuff to Maquoketa, where
1t will be held until the trial of the
cases.
Lake View.
The. condition OF all the crops and the
work on the farms Of Sac county con-
! tinues to make veery satisfactory pro-
gress. The hay is about all cut. Some
oats have been harvested and this
week the reapers will be kept busy.
The heavy rain of the Fourth caused
some of the oats to fall, but not much
loss will result from this This week
will see most Of the corn laid by. There
have been very few years in the memory
of the oldest farmer when the corn was
as far advanced and looked as well
as 1t does this year at this time. THE
tables are being well supplied with al,
kinds Of vegetables from the gardens
which, never looked better.
onawa.
Many Monona county formers are
cutting their oats and wheat this week.
The yield Of oats in some fields will be
lower than expected on account of loss
by smut. Corn continues to be Of q
healthy color and in this part of the
country has been cultivated for the last
time However, in the southern part of
the county corn has been flooded out
in several places and Is not so good
generally. Many Of the apple trees have
been blighted and the apple crop will
be unusually small. Potatoes are plen-
tiful, but the dry weather has stunted
their growth. Alfalfa Is ready for cut
tins: tins nd all faramers have reported an
unusually large hay crop this season.