Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-10
Iowa News Items

Clinton-The school board OF Sln-
ton has voted an increase OF si9o
10 each of the school teachers IN the
schools there for the balance OF tins
wear. SIS TO be paid them April
and SIS at the end OF the year.
Cascade-Frank J. keefe, former
mayor and for a number of years
member of the real estate firm OF
Keefe & Tallman, has disposed or
his interests here and will remove
TO St Paul. Mr.. Keefe is well
known IN the real estate and insur-
ance circles of the state.
Sioux City-The Sioux City office
of the United States free employ
ment agency was busy place dur
ing the month OF February. OF the
S14 men who applied for jobs, 67i
were given work. Jobs were sought
by 235 women and 1S5 Of them were
placed in good positions.
West Liberty-The March / sea-
son has brought to the West Liberty
banks an unprecedented amount Of
business, and tho final figures have
not been prepared, 1t is conservative
~ estimated that the total volume
of business passing thru the three
local banks will reach the 10000
900 mark.
Mount PIeasant-Miss Eva B. AL
len. of Wayland. was elected county
superintendent of schools to succeed
Carolyn Campbell, who has resigned
to marry H. J. Pendray, of Oska-
loosa, a former deputy treasurer of
Henry county. There were three
candidates for the. office, Miss AL
len receiving fifteen out of twenty
one votes.
West Liberty-Love, of dope, will
find a way, and so in spite of double
locks, some addict to morphine and
cocaine forced an entrance to the
offices of Drs. Kinlball here, and
got away with their entire supply,
as well as what coin and currency
was in a drawer Of a desk. AT the
same time the keys to the office Of
DR.. L. A. Royal disappeared, but SO
far as has been ascertained. nothing
else was taken from the latter place.
Museatine-A careful check on the
| work of county truck drivers will be
kept this year by the county engi-
neer's office. At present there are
four trucks used by Engineer Halb-
fass in the work on the county and
state roads, three of which have been
| loaned by the government while the
other Is the property OF the county.
| Hereafter the drivers of each of
these four trucks will be required to
| make written reports Of each trip
made, on small blank forms provided
for the purpose. These will be filed
daily with the county engineer.
Fort Madison - The musicians
union has sent back its charter. Ac-
cording to information given out by
Henry Poll Miller, secretary of the
! late union, the members disagreed
| over a law which was enacted at the
local body recently, which made it
necessary for not less than six men
to play at any one time. Persons de-
string to hire an orchestra of less
| than six pieces could not secure
union players and as result nom
union orchestras sprung into promi-
hence. The members of the union
! orchestra withdrew and as a result
the local was forced to disband.
! Sioux City-The strike of cooks
and and waters Sc S:.!! on in aiority
of the eating houses of Sioux City,
and a few of them are being picket
ed. However, the strikers have grad
ually abandoned the idea of picket
ing some Of the places, ones that
are frequented by farmers. They
tried it on one OF the leading hotels
When the farmers and stockmen.
hundreds Of whom are In the city
every day from all over the north
west with shipments of cattle for the
local markets, learned this hotel was
being picketed, they checked out at
other hotels and went to the pick
eted place. It has continued to do
capacity business in both the room.
ing and dining room ends.