Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29

| be done under the supervision of the
state highway commission and there is
every assurance that it viii be made
! a fine piece of work that will serve
as a sample of paved highway. The
! city of Cherokee is expected toNmake
! the connection between the line of the
hospital lands and Elventh street,
where the city paving now ends. The
distance is 625 feet.
Peterson-C. B. Martin has pur-
| chased the Ira Fountain farm of 2S2
acres situated on the river between
! Peterson and Linn Grove for $4,000.
1t is considered one of the best stock
! farms in Buena Vista county and has
an abundance of running water. Mr..
| Martin plans to do considerable
/ amount Of improving on the place.
| Woven wire fences will be built. The
| new purchaser already has been Of
| fered a profit as an inducement to re-
sell the land.
Ermetsburg-John f. Mccoy. who
resides south OF town. shot a full
| grown wolf he killed him with rifle
| taking a shot at him as he was about
| 200 yards away from him The bullet
went straight thru the body of the
wolf and penetrated one of the kid
neys. Even after he was shot the
wolf ran a considerable distance and
dragged himself into slough. This
undoubtedly is the wolf that the hunt
ers have beea after al! winter and
which has escaped them thus far. Mr..
! Mccoy made lucky shot for there is
a bounty of twenty dollars on full
| grown wolf.
| Fort Dodge-Dr. Josephine Rust, OF
! This city, who at present is helping
! with the social morality campaign in
| Texas and Oklahoma has been APP
| pointed chairman Of the American
| Women's hospital in this district. This
! organization has been affiliated with
the American Red Cross since America
T! entered the war. Since 1917 they have
opened two hospitals in the Chateau
/ Thierry region Of France-one at Luz
! Fancy with a chain Of thirteen dispen
| saries and another at La F'erte Milon.
,as we'll as establishing thru the AM
| crican Red Cross, a children's hospital
| at Blcis and dispensary at Leval-
lois, near Paris.
WestgateLThe Peoples Power Com
| pany is the name of the organization
! for which incorporation papers have
| been filed at the office of the Bremen
county recorder. The place of bust
ness is Westgate and the capital stock
I is $4,000, $4,000 Of which is preferred
stock, and the remainder common
stock The officers given In the art
icles of incorporation are: President,
w. G. .Tegtmeier; vice president, Otto
Borchert; secretary, J. Fl. Tegtmeier:
assistant secretary, w. +. Kohlmann;
treasurer, f. S. Coleman. The direc-
tors are w. C. Tegtmeier, Otto Borch-
ert. e. C. Strumme, J. w. Oltrogge and
w. C. Matthias.
Sioux city-Three women were
pinned under an overturned automo-
bile at Sixth and Jackson streets when
the machine coliided with heavy car
driven by d. r. Brown, o420 Jackson
street. All escaped serious injury. it is
believed although one, a granddaugh-
ter of J. A. ingalls, of Kingsley, may
have been internally injured, the body
uuff the car resting unnn her for a short
time until assistance was obtained TO
release the imprisoned woman. Her
apparent injuries, as well as those or
other members of the ingalls, party,
were nothing more than severe bruis-
es. ingalls, driver Of the car was
thrown clear Of the car and uninjured
The top broke the force of the crash
and probably prevented death or seri-
Gus injuries An ambulance was called
but none of the injured was taken to
the hospital.
Webster Ci.y-Fifty-six dollars and
a nickel poorer and homeless, William
Travo, who kept bachelors hall in the
old Rasham home. 100 James street
disclaims knowledge this morning Of
the origin of the fire which was dis
covered there Members of an inter-
urban crew turned In the alarm as
they passed in the rear of the place OH
the midnight RIM. The house is perhaps
one of the Oldest !, in the city, being
owned by Miss Hattie Basham, now n
resident of Pittsburgh, Pa Her par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. William Basham.
were well known residents of this city
for many years both being buried In
Graceland cemetery. Built Of native
timbers, the strong old structure,
which is partly under ground as 1t tops
the edge of the ravine, stubbornly de-
fled the wastins, flames and the skele-
ton still stands. though rendered en-
tirely untenantable.