Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-01-24

call for mile Of paving eighteen feet
wide from the Paul SchAney corner
south to the j. p. Carney farm and
for mile the same width north from
the corner q few rods east OF NAL
lard.
Rockwell CIty--0raveiing OF the
first stretch Of Calhoun county pri-
mary road authorized for permanent
Improvement with state and federal
aid has progressed three miles since
the work started late last fall. With
the completion OF about three more
miles, tho work will have to stop until
warm weather breaks up the roads
sufficient to permit them to be
smoothed off.
WapeIlo-Merrit Noble. n fnrm hand
working on a farm near Oaltvtlle, was
found guilty Of ongninally assaulting
the s-year-old daughter OF Mr. and
Mrs. Ed. Rathburn OF Oakv1lle. The
jury delrberated all night The court
has set Jan. - as the date 70 pass
sentence upon Noble. Noble, who IL
81 years old. was arrested on Sept. 80
on tho farm near Oakvilla He was
charged with assault to commit rnpe.
Postviile-Aviator Clifton P. Oleson
who made Postville his headquarters
for n while last fall and wSio was q
member of the United States air SER
vice during the war has gone by air
to Florida with his bride. who was
Madge Colby, OF Clear Lake. Not con-
tented to remain long In one place
with aa-airplane at her disposal, ana
an aviator husband, Mrs. Oleson has
planned a winter trip from Florida
west to Colorado, thence over the
Rockies. They will fly back to their
home in Iowa In tho spring.
Cedar Rapids--Linn county book
keepers are going to organize for the
purposing OF combating tho high cost
Of living. That announcement was
made by NJ. A. Lindsey, county agent.
who made report to the state as
ISOLATION that more than 100 persons
In this district are engaged IN the In
dustry. The date for the organization
work will be announced soon in order
that the early spning will find the
actual work we'll underway. The high
cost and scarcity of sugar has made
the demand for honey many times
what 1t has been in the past.
Ames-Miss Ruth Clough. Des
Moines, has accepted the position OF
public school nurse here and Is en-
Ssged upon her new work. The public
school nurse has been brought to
Ames thru the cooperation Of the
home service division OF the Ames
Red Cross. Ames' portion OF the
moneys derived from the sale Of Red
Cross Christmas seals. and the school
board Nurse Clough Is a graduate
nurse from the Iowa State University
hospital. was an army nurse enrolled
with Uncle Sans forces. and has had
general hospital and private practice.
kmes-George H. vonTungeln, OF
this city, state superintendent Of the
rural survey for the interchurch world
movement, is home from Atlantic
City. y. j., where he attended as
staff delegate the frst international
conference of the movement Mr.. Won
Tungeln has charge OF the taking OF
the religious census for all iowa In all
towns OF 5000 population and under.
A city supervisor is yet to BIO named.
The census will be taken first In those
counties which have no towns Of over
8 1000 population. Later. with the as
sistance of the city supervisor, the
census for all other counties will be
taken.
AtIantic-The proposal to change
the route of the White Pole road
across Cass county has raised q storm
OF protest. The federal aid project in
volv;ng the Improvement Of the road
between Anita and Lewis at cost OF
upward of 100000 may be ahapdoned
Farmers along the White Pole who
would be left of the road II the route
were changed are up In arms ana are
supported by three Of the nve super
visors. The board applied to the state
highway commission for federal alo
for the Improvement Of the White Pole
road from Anita TO LewAS. The dis
trict engineer made plans Tor lay1ns
out a new road between Atlantic and
Lewis. The plans were approved by
tho state highway commission. Tine
SUPERVISORS by q vote Of three to two
disapproved the new plans, VIII refuss
to condemn the land needed for tht
new road and will not award con-
tracts for the improvement. But Y
they are not approved the county vii
lose the federal aid altogether.