Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-27
Northern Io1ua Items

Rapids. brought $3O,605 at sale con-
Quoted at the Sioux City stock yards
pavilion, or an average Of $3.50 head.
The sale was one of the most sue
cessful ever held at the yards The
cattle went into the territory sur
rounding Sioux City. Many of the
cattle in the offering were young
which makes the sale average all the
more remarkable. Preceding the sale
Prof. C. +. Curtiss. dean of the college
G. agriculture of Iowa State College,
Ames, and Frank D. Thompson. rep
resenting the American Shorthorn
Breeders Association spoke Lake
wood farm, one of the finest stock
farms in northwestern Iowa, is man
aged by J. B. Mcmillan.
vinton.
Funeral services for Oscar Richart
were held at the Methodist church
Wednesday afternoon in charge Of
Rev, Roy L. Smith, assisted by Rev. S.
S. Smick. More than 1000 people
gathered to pay their last tribute to
the dead soldier boy. MIR. Richart left
with the last contingent Of soldiers go
ing as motor driver and was located
in Kansas City. He left about three
weeks ago and was taken sick almost
mmediatelN upon his arrival there.
He was the second boy from this COM
munity to give mis- life for his country
in this war. The music for the ser
vice was furnished by quartet COM
posed Of George D. McElroy. E. NJ.
Tinkham. Mrs. B. l. Turner and Mrs.
Anna Mclean, with Mrs. Ella Edwards
at the piano. rhe pallbearers were six
boy acquaintaaces.
Hinton.
Hinton "the town without a knock
or" went over the top in Red
Cross sale held here Wednesday with
total proceeds close to the 10000
mark. Hinton has 500 people A $50
liberty bond. which was sold and re-
sold, brough. what is believed to be
the highest figure for any bond in a
community Of this size-$2S,O00. 1t
sets record for Plymouth county. In
addition to this forty head of hogs
were sold: There were horses, an auto
mobile, carriage, chickens, eggs and
in fact practically every type of farm
was opened IN the afternoon with an
address by Rev. D. Il. Huber. Of Sioux
City. J. NJ. Wormley, of Kingsley, also
made an address. The auctioncer was
A. A. Lyle. of Kinksley. The sale con-
tinued until late ut night
Waterloo.
|. A railroad conductor whose two
sons are in service and who has no
one at home dependent upon him,
pleaded to be accepted into the army
by>thc local exemption board. Because
he is not registrant and because he
is too old to be accepted at army
or navy recruiting offices, the conduc-
tor will probably not be able to realize
his ambition to fight for this country.
IT have two sons in service" this 100
per cent patriot told board members,
"cne in the army in France and one
who recently lost leg in action, il in
the navy. / have no one here that is
dependent upon me and l long to be
allowed to go TO France where l mfy
be permitted. to see service with 0 /
soldier son. 1t is possible IL am re-
ceived for railway service, that might
run across my son in the navy. / am
determined to do my best in active
service for my country, and IL am not
accepted here l will try elsewhere. II
necessary / would walk to an Atlantic
seaboard city for debarkation. This
stalmart railroader was near the
verge of tears thru disappointment
when Informed he had little chance to
enter the army. He mentioned. in his
conversation with the, board, that he.
had bought liberty bonds for each Of
his sons. --5--- =. = 49, :. ------