Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-02

mason Ctty-MrS. Harriet CaWley,
as administrator of thea estate of
Charles NJ. Cawley, deceased, was
awarded damages of $4,000 in the
district court here by q verdict reach
ed in her case against the sPeoples'
Gas and Electric company CawIey, a
telephone lineman, was killed by an
electric shock received while work
ing on a pole at South Louisiana
avenue and Maple drive, Sept. Il,
1919. The telephone wires and electric
light wires crossed at that street in
tersection. Mrs. Ca,wley asked DAM
ages of $4,000 in her original petit
ton. which was filed in the clerks Of
fee
Cedar FaIis-Suspension by L. r.
1saacs.s principal of the high school.
Of four seniors and his decision to
withhold their diplomas. made
public today, will result In court
proceedings by parents of the stu
dents, If the principal is upheld by F..
L. Mahanna superintendent Of
schools. The boys, William Merner
Claude Vinegar. Clark Mullen and
Earl Miller. freshman, who boast
ed, that he had not been rnolested on
his entrance to high school. The
hazing took place Thursday and, it
Is said. was followed by complaint
filed with the principal by Miller.
Three Of the seniors are members Of
the class play cast.
Oavenport-The threatened street
car tie up here next Tuesday has
been averted as the result of court
action. District Judge A. J. House. at
Maquoketa. Iowa, granted an injunc-
ton restraining the Davenport mayor
and city council from interfering
with the operation Of the cars on q
seven cent fare basis. It also re-
strains the Tri-City railway COM
pany from closing the operation Of
Its cars and from charging more
than a seven cent fare. The street
railway employees union has agreed
with the company to continue the
operation OF the cars at the present
wage scale OF 50 cents an hour pend
ing the decision OF an arbitration
board to be formed later.
Central city-Eighteen or nineteen
years ago while working in the har-
vest field on the old Stickney farm
south of town, Marshall Stickney lost
watch. It, was an Elgtn, full jew
eled, hunting case, and one that he
paid good price for and highly
priced. A thorough search was made
for it then. but without avail. Her.
ehal Stickney lives on the place now,
and one day last week while blowing
in the field he noticed something
glistening in the sun and went over
and picked up the lost watch. The
case looks as bright and shiny as the
day it was lost, but Of course the
works are badly rusted. Marshall is
glad to get the watch again and in
tends to have new set of works
put intP the case.
Cedar Rapids.-The Cedar Rapids
Gas Company Is wondering just
where it is headed for and when it
will land there. A few days ago the
company went before the city coun-
).cil and asked for an increase in rates
on account of the advance in the
price Of all materials that go into
the manufacture Of the product. No
specified amount was asked, the
company saying it was willing that
the city examine its books to ascer-
tain the amount required to obtain
reasonable return on the Investment
The company informed the council
at the time that 1t would be forced
to close its plant unless it received
an advance. Now comes the council
and introduces an ordinance to cut
the price Of gas from s1.05 a thou
sand to 80 cents, the pre- war figure.
Jefferson-Plans are we'll matured
for one Of the greatest enterprises
for this locality yet to be undertaken,
involving dam across the Coon
river, and the formation of a lake
| about four miles long. One Of the
minor objects of this Improvement
is to provide a lake resort for hunt
ing fishing and boating, but it's great
and important need is to provide
water power for electrical uses. One
of the prime movers In the enterprise
is Mr.. f. M. Montgomery, who owns
large part of the land which will
be inundated by the proposed i'm
proyement, and who stands willing
and ready to make concessions Of
great value to the whole proposition
Engineers from the state highway
commission office will be here in a
short time to make complete sur
very of the project.
Dubuque-Next fall the local divi-
sion of the Illinois Central railroad
will have seventy-fve new engines
for service out of Dubuque An order
placed by the company May %, calls
for fifty new Mikado type locomo-
tives which. it is said will have Al
per cent greater tractive effort than
the present type Mikados. now in use;
they will also get twenty five new
Pacific type passenger engines. BY
placing these new locomotives in the
freight and passenger service on the
local division transportation facilities
will be materially increased and
much OF the congestion now prevail
ent will be eliminated. The new
engines are to be delivered early next
fall. Many Of the engines now in use
are practically new and by retaining
a number of them with the new en-
gines the local division will be one of
the best eQipped railroad systems in
the country.
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