The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-16
Granger Items.

Mrs. j. 7. Drummond is on the
sick list.
Farmers are getting ready for
springs work. We have something
in view with the high prices Of IS cts.
for corn so cents for oats ETC., with
prospects OF them going higher.
There was the usual large congre-
CATION gathered at the German
Lutheran Church last Sunday when
the news reached them that their
pastor Rev. w. Noting was sick
with the grippe.
At a special school meeting last
Thursday evening, 1t was decided to
repaint the school house; recent
visit there informed us that its dingy
room needed it badly.
Andrew Bronner who has been
sick all winter il is reported will come
out all right with the spring.
We are very glad to hear that there
will be monument erected for Mrs.
(ieuth Mt the German Luthern Gene
terry at Granger. This will be the
first thing in the shape Of q tomb
stone erected at the cemetery. We
will hope that the rest Of the graves
will soon be followed by the example.
Trustees c. Bell and Ahrns have
purchased wall paper to finish
the German Lutheran Church at our
place. We have new as fine q place
for worship as any Of them.
We are not in a stew at all about
Cresco's Alliance store; We seem to do
just as much II not more business
than before.
am a farmer have farmed about
Granger for the last 20 years, but
l don't believe that it will benefit us
worth cent to drive away our mid
die Men. don't feel as If want to
drive seven to ten miles i'll want 10
cents worth OF nails or bolts. OF keep
store supply on my farm. think
tbs farmer is doing himself more hurt
than good in p!edging himself to de-
prive another man OF his business or
mode Of doing business. l think
there is heap Of trust in that very
thing. and am death to all trusts il
they are in my power. was called
a year ago to help form trust against
the lorsemen in our locality, but re-
fused but the thing carried alright.
The farmers 60 operated together
and..proposed to pay only SO aa4a SC
much for the use of such and such
grade of horse. The outcome is that
we have not half the good stations
in our neighborhood this spring as
usual: we got there once and that
will do. Now II want to use q good
horse / will have to 60 from 6 to 10
miles to get the use Of one, will ask
the farmer where the benefit comes
in, saving D couple of dollars last
year and earning 1t thrice over this
year. tell yon my brother farmers
the more business men of all kinds
we can keep about us the better it is
for US there is competition enough in
all of it, and the more business men
we have the more competition there
will be. have been in the Cresco
alliance store a good many times and
have bought some goods there, but
il that was the only store in Cresco
| wouldn't 60 to Cresco to buy any
goods there because would want an
assortment to get my goods from.
tell you that l have nothing to say
in particular against the alliance
store but will say this, that that
there never was one store big enough
for oil kinds Of people to get an as
sortment Of all kinds Of goods. If
all of Cresco's merchants were to
pack up and leave tomorrow it would
be severe loss for the county, and
the alliance store with all its laws
and regulations and members would
not agree with one another in two
years hoy to procure and handle
every thing the general public de.
mands, consequently 1t will throw
the smaller firms out of business and
deprive them of their homes and
property. And then there will be a
disagree ement between the farmers
and the rich man can fill his pockets
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