Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-01

old. died at "a local hospital Sunday OF
injuries received Saturday night when
she ran In front OF an automobile driv-
| en- by DR.. d. J. Kelsey, Prominent dem
fist. Her skull was fractured and both
legs broken.
kinosley--Thls city plans as large n
job OF improvement MS any I'm the state.
II will take bids until . y. m. Aug. ~.
on 10000 square yards of pavinS. or
this Immense Improvement $1,000
yards must be laid this year.
T. H. Johnson of Sioux City is ongin-
eer. Town Clerk w. II. Payne Is taking
the bids here.
Rockwell City-Three girls from the
state reformatory. east OF town. tried
To make their escape last week. They
got as far as Pomeroy In their femin-
alls when they were captured by
Sheriff c. w. Keeney. Two girls were
leaving the refomatory for good. as
their terms had expired. but on ac-
count of the escape they were returned
for longer time.
paullina-Four boys, all OF this
place, were winners In the O'Brien
COUNTY CNHttst iot ivy %
| Marvin Smith was first within score
Of 1899 points out OF a possible l,i60.
Tho other boys ranked In the order
| named: Lester Grouse, Richard Simm
and John r. Scott. These boys will
| compose n stock Judging team to rep
resent this county at the Iowa state
fair, with all expenses paid by the
| fair management.
Manson-Tom Griffin e. Son have
| sold their prize Poland China boar for
| $1,000, T. +. Smith OF Alta, being the
purchaser. The boar weighs 1000
pounds and he is the first Manson hog
| to bring a dollar n pound. He Is one
Of the finest individuals in the state
and isthe result OF long and careful
| breeding of his breed of swine by
| Griffin Il Son, who have always placed
! their faith in Poland Chinas and made
a big success of II.
| Northumberland in Worth county
| has reached the $4OO mark. At least
| that is the price paid by c. X. Thorn
for the 40-acre. farm of Alfred Ander-
| son, adjoining Northwood on the
southeast last week, the total con-
sideration being $4,000. Mr.. Ander-
son has purchased the home of L Tor
| bloa, in the southeast part of town and
will move to that place as soon as
| vacated by Mr.. and Mrs. Torbloa, who
expect TO go to Norway within a few
months.
Neutrality-suspicious. of the William
| Galloway Manufacturing company
{nln v,-hn 6nr1nn1S q
| wage schedule and collective bargain
! ing were refused by the ma ement.
This is the second strike of Waterloo
employees. $50 Iowa Dairy Separator
men having gone out yesterday. Other
| industrial workers are expected to join
as their contract expires. 1t Is said
| by the owners OF the plants that
stocks on hand will supply their trade
| for a year and that the plants will re-
| main closed.
cIarion-About thirty members OF
| the Commercial club assembled at the
noon hour at Hotel Moore to talk over
| the organization of local credit bu-
reau on last Friday. George Duffield,
Mr.. Zeh and Miss Larson Of Eagle
| Grove were present and explained the
| working of the. credit bureau in that
| city, it having been in operation for
some time. Each speaker went into
| detail IN explanation of the manner OF
avoid bad debts. and Of collecting
| those that obtain in spite of best laid
| plans" They spoke enthusiastically of
the success attained in Eagle Grove in
keeping the dead beats off their books
inl ar1 a6 cnnnortpd
action on the part of business men in
every town in Wright county.
Manson-James Colligan has sold
his farm to Fred Hoeffing for s91,0 900,
possession to be given the first of next
March. The farm lies two miles east
of Manson and consists of go acres of
fine land, all tiled and fenced, with
fine buildings and an apple orchard of
ten acres which is famous oil over this
section for it's good quality of apples.
John Colligan has occupied the farm
for a number Of years. James Colligan
has owned it over twenty-five years,
| having purchased it from c. A. Whit
| tlesey, who bought it from his father,
| Eliphalet Whittlesey, one of the early
| settlers Of the county east Of Manson.
! When Mr. Colligan bought the land
a quarter of a century ago he paid
$4250 per acre for it and everybody
| thought he paid pretty high price.
Lake Mills-T,he greatest IN Getting
| ever held along the Pershirg way,
which has become noted for enthus-
iast;c meetings, was held here when
more than a thousand business men,
merchants and farmers and their fam
! lilies laid aside their business and at
| tended a Pershing Way picnic held In
the city park here. The big drawing
card was the presentation Of the verbal
arguments in the contest Of the rout-
ing of the way from Clear Lake to
Lake Mills. and, despite the stunts OF
airplanes circling over the park. the
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