Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-08
Lowa News Items

Sioux City-Judge n. T. Reed In
federal court this morning granted
the petition of the Sioux City Gas
& Electric Company temporarily re-
straining the city council from inter
fering with the rates the company
proposing charging for gas The COM
pany has announced the gross rate
will be $3.50 but the net rate will be
4 $3.50 IL paid before the tenth Of the
month. The rate is now $1.10.
Tahor-This years graduating GLASS
was the largest ever graduated from
the Tabor high school. The class
was very interesting and unique from
several points of view. Thirteen OF
the class have been together since
tho third grade and nineteen ever
since the eighth grade. For the size
Of the class and the size of the high
school from which this class is grad
uated, it challenges competition in
the state. With this class graduates
the champion basketball team Of
southwest Iowa.
characteristics. Abel Vincent
has sold the old homo place. which
consists Of twenty acres of land, at
now resides on a farm north of Coin.
Twenty -seven years ago Mr.. Vincent
purchased an eighty-acre tract >>of
land Of r. NJ. Johnson, paying 500
an acre Later on he sold sixty
acfes to d. s. Lake. but retained the
north twenty acres with the improves
ments. which Mrs. Vincent now sells.
The improvements on the place now
will exceed half the value Of the
land.
6sthsrvllle--Mrs. Lauren Wheeler,
OF Orleans. died early Monday morn
ing from burns sustained while at
tempting to clean a cook stove by
buring kerosene. The gas from the
oil blew back from the stove. setting
her clothing on f1re and burning her
severely. She was brought to q loca,
hospital on q stretcher in the after
noon and It was thought that she
would recover but she passed away
nthe early morning. Her husband re-
ceived aerious burns on his arms and
hands In his attempt to put out the
! fire on her clothing. Mrs.. Wheeler
was Just young woman. being but
nineteen years OF age. She had been
married about q year.
osden-One Of the biggest road
grading and crawling projects ever
undertaken In this vicinity has been
started. The project comprises the
grading Of tho road from Ogden to
the Dallas county line. q distance OF
twelve miles. Tho contract for the
work was let recently by the Boone
county supervisors. The grading
OUTFIT consists OF mammoth tractor
which pulls grader and elevator.
About twenty-five teams and dump
cars are used to take tho dirt from
the machines and haul Il 10 tho nils
and low places. Tho tirst camp of
the gang has been established . short
distance south OF Ogden. Az soon al
the graders set nicely started they
win be followed by the gravel crow
and the road WIN be surfaced. rolled
and Dragged into q first class pike.
-TamaA young fellow Is years
old. who save his name ~ Wilbur
Nelson, was arrested here by Mar
shall Wilson. who thought from his
actions that he must be craxy. He
rad arrived In town on one OF the
night trains 4 short time before. and
was seen lettering about tho North
western station. A little later he
stepped into tho station eating house
ana bought q glass Of milk. which he
threw upon the floor. The young
man stated that his homo was in
Cedar Rapids, and Marshal Wilson
wired the CHIEF Of police Of that city.
Nelson's mother came TO 6et her
son. She told the local authorities
that her son had been fourteen
months ia the army overseas, and
had not been accountable since his
return homo. suffering from shell
shock.
Dubuque Dubuque post office au-
thorities are scrutinizing closely all
war sayings stamps Of the 1912 Issue
being turned into the office to pre-
vent counterfeits being taken in.
The presence Of q counterfeit that
resembles tho genuine closely enough
to fool the ordinary observer has
brought the warning to local postal
officials. An ordinary observer. IN
looking over the stamp Of the 1919
issue, cannot detect the forgery. and
an experienced eye is needed to de-
tect the. spurious issues. The coun-
terfeit. department officials say, IL q
close reproduction Of the genuine. It
IL OF q somewhat lighter shade of
blue than the genuine, and may be
detected on this ground. There are