Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-04

Forest City-As a result OF the al
vertisfng turnout the eastern states
! twenty haying and harvest hands nave
reported for work and have al been
located at "a per day. These men are
a big relief to the labor shortage which
has existed in the county up to the
present time and insures us or plenty
Of help for harvest.
Storm Lake-Two Chicago men who
are interested in various summer hotei
properties over the country visited
Storm Lake the first Of the week ana
went over the prospects for the erec-
| ton of large summer hotel at Storm
Lake and left announcing that they
would return very shortly to go into
| the matter more fully.
SheIdsn-This city claims the dis
tinction of having the only woman fair
secretary in Iowa, if not in the entire
United, States. At a recent meeting
of the board of directors of the Shell
don district fair, Mrs. George Gardner
was chosen secretary to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation OF
the man who had held the position for
the past two years.
Mason City-James Buchanan. cap
tain of the Mason City police force for
five years was dismissed from the
service by Chief Thomas Lock. He
will fight. Buchanan contends that
he holds his position under civil SER
vice appointment and that charges
preferred against him must be made
to that board. Charges named by the
ob;of ;pol,do i,,offiniancv conduct IN.
becoming an officer, leaving the sta
ton while on duty and not being in
sympathy with the present admin
istration.
EIkader-Frank Hannah. operator
of the grain elevator at Masonville,
was instantly killed when his car
plunged eff a bridge and into several
feet of water pinning Mr.. Hannah be-
meath Seated on the front seat beside
her father was his little daughter
aged years, who was thrown into the
water hut mraculously escaped in
jury. The little girl MANAGED to get
out Of the water by herself and ran
home to inform her mother what had
happened. The mother rushed to the
scene of the tragedy. to find her hus-
TDanQ pinned DeHtdlIl Inc tui
WaverIy-Frederck Setback. 81 ears
Iold, for many years prominent In tn"
Iowa synod of the Lutheran church
ond one of The founders of the Wart-
burg seminary and college at Waver-
ly. is dead here. Mr.. Setback was a
native Of GERMANY where he was
student in the public schools and col
~, 70 In
French, Latin Fnclish and GEOGRAPHY.
Owing to the German revolution in
1889, he came to America and FOR
many years was p noted ir'""rter or
lace and silks of New York H'tv Lo-
eating in Favettc county Iowa, in
1879. he purchased several hundred
acres Of land while livin~ in that
county he assisted ., organi2ir~ and
establishing the WarthurS College
here and for manv years was the g"n-
eral treasurer Of tho Iowa SYNOD OF tho
lutheran church. Nv Setback was very
generous and hts charity work extend
cd far and wide.
ieMars--A JONI, stocie conary is ',e-
ing oreanized ny tho P'rehred Live
Stock Association of plymouth courtv
and the members of the commerciai
club OF LeMars. to hu''d $4,000
stock sale pavilion in LeMars. 1t is
planned to start work soon to hove
the building completed In time for the
winter sales iftpossible.
Grundv Center--A splendid rain ~
This section saved the corn crop In
Grundv county. The long drouth, Of
July had BEGUN to tell and some farm
ers had begun to estimate the damagel
and possibly the ears had not filed
as they would with more moisture. but
corn nevertheless was looking fine
The threshing In This community IS
.rout all done. Seldom have tho
rarnncrs he'd hcttcr opportunity to
get their Grain into tho bin, and 1t Is