Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-06

Csruing-wiliiam Irwin attempted
suicide by hanging but was found In
time. and rescued. Ill health and al
legged domestic troubles were the caus-
es for his depressed spirits. MT. Irwin
is n plumber and an, excellent work.
man,
carroiI--Frank o. Satter, for moro
than two years past assistant manager
and editor of the Boone County Demo-
crat In the neighboring city Of Boone.
will become editor and manager OF the
Carroll Times upon the retirement OF
f. C. Bundy.
Corydon--The annual old settlers
meeting will be held in Corydon this
year on Saturday. Aug. Q. The wayne
County Old Settlers Association Is
nearly half century old and Its an
nual meeting Is one OF the big events
OF this section.
Ananosa--The fwapsipinicon river
here Is the lowest in years. The dam
of the Iowa Electric company Is dry
and at times no water. goes thru the
nnme Electric power IL being recei-
we'd from the company's plant In Cedar
Rapids since Saturday
.ksosauqua-The Hotel Manning,
closed during the war will reopen. The
commercial club has induced the city
council to consent to heating the
building with exhaust steam from the
city power plant This costs the city
nothing and means big attraction for
visitors to Keosauqua.
Cedar Rapids--Having just COM
pleted what Is said to be the finest Y.
NJ. C. A. In the state, w. F. Hunting.
who has been general secretary for
several years, Is seriously considering
tempting offer from the "Y" at Sioux
Falls. S. D., at salary said to be
81. 500 more a year than he now re-
ceives.
Atiantie-C. r.. Donaldson. local man
and state agent for the Commonwealth
Life Insurance company. has returned
from Colorado Springs. where he at
tended the convention OF men who
had done 100000 worth Of business
during the past year. Mr., Donaldson
was high man of ALL some thirty OF
whom qualified. His sales were nearly
a half million.
West Liberty-Mistakes In weighing
are things Of the past as far as the
management Of the elevator here IS
concerned. since, the installation OF
the new ten-top registering beam
scale which simppfes the work OF
weighing grain and makes the pos
ssbility OF mistakes quite remote, ac-
cording 10 the owner and manager,
George F. Schaefer. -
ksskuk-C. r. Joy, Of Keokuk, has
been appointed on special commits
sion, made up Of twenty men over the
United states and appointed by the in
Fternational committee OF the Y. NJ. L.
A. This commission will make COM
plete survey Of the Y. M. c. A. work
In the United States and Canada and
will submit a report on "The Occupa-
ton Of the Field" to the next interna-
tional conference of North America
which will be held in Detroit In No
vember ~ z.,....-4
Museatine-Altho the report from
the surrounding counties state that the
average wheat yield this year Is about
twenty five bushels per acre. there
are farmers in Muscatine county VINO
an rather Inclined to doubt Those ifig-
ures because as they say. the son IN
Muscatine county Is Just as good as
any Of that in iowa, and the7 farmers
produce Just as much per acre. Ac-
cording to J. w. Merrill county agent.
the average wheat yield ~this. year for
Muscatine county is between 20 and
% bushels per acre, with the oats