Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-07
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ent indications bid fair to more than
equal the growth of last year. We'd
nesday last the writer went through a
field of oats on the farm of o. M. Tru-
man, west of Lime Springs, the grain
standing nearly to his shoulders, with
heads a foot long. We note many
fields of flax which are entirely free
from mustard, Two of this kind are
those of Robert Thomson, near Cresco,
and that of Mr.. James Shields in How
ard Center. In the country are many
fine timothy meadows which will be
saved for seed. In the early part of
the season it was thought the cut
worms had injured that class of mead
ows to such extent that little or no
seed would be saved. The good work
of putting in fine barns still goes on.
Zach Kapler is having the finishing
touches put upon one, which will be
model in it's way. Its size is 5Sx 50,
with "a foot posts, the structure rest
ing upon a solid stone foundation, wi th
an elevation of some three feet.The GEN.
trail part is 24x66, with leantos on three
sides, giving the dimensions above
stated; one Of these Is feet in width
will be for horse stable, the other
two 16 feet in width are for COW sta
BILE. The cupola is a model of taste in
shape, and the painting shows tn e
national colors, red, white and blue.
Henry Fravel is the builder of the barn
and Jack Despard and John Powell the
artists who have decorated it.
Stephen Dotzier has been building
barn on the Jim Lester farm in How
ard center, purchased from McHugh.
He now has farm OF 800 acres among
the best in the county.
Earnest Gearke is making the Lick
teig farm blossom like the rose. Be-
side he has fine herd of good cattle
and q lot of fine young horses.
AT Lime Springs l.. H Burns new
store is nearly enclosed, the size is 25
by so, and Adrian McCullock will.build
one 25x60 along side of it, both with
fronts alike. They will be.a great ad
dition to that street and will be con-
spicuous compared with others from
the height of the ceiling.
Harrington Bros. the first OF August
Will go into new quarters in the opera
house store which is 30x90, with mod
ern style of shelving. They are hust-
lers and deserve and will have the
model general assortment store of the
town.
Going west from Lime Springs, John
A. Cray is putting the finishing touch
es on his large new barn, and just
west on the Bulls farm is being erect
ed large modern style of farm house
two full stories, standing upon a COM
mandiEg site it will be conspicuous to
public view over a great range OF the
surrounding country. Will Breedlove
is the builder.
A large scope of the country where
the week has been put in is but just
| reclaimed from state Of nature. The
roads are new, reminding US of their
condition and appearance about forty
years ago, but the bountiful crops on
these new farms compensate for all
this.
Entering Oak Dale township We'd
nesday evening last the writer was
Hospitality entertained by VIM. Frost
and family, on the following morning
commencing work among its enter
prising and sturdy farmers, many OF
whom are comparatively new comers
to the county and of whom more than
score were added to the list of regu-
lar PLAIN DEALER readers.
The premises heretofore occupied
by w. 7. Wells and later by Allen
Noodle is now owned by the Karlen
Brothers, proprietors of the Oak Dale
cheese factory. They are using about
5000 lbs of milk per day, which is con-
verted into some 800 lbs of excellent
Swiss cheese which find u ready
market in Chicago and other eastern
cities at remunerative prices. The
proprietors are from Switzerland, and
though young man, are we'll educated
as the people of that country generally
are, are we'll versed in the method of
enacting laws by the initiative and
referendum which knowledge makes
them more than democrats in name,
makes them such in fact.
At Leroy we found comfortable
quarters and pleasant home with
Clarkin of the Commercial house,
which for its tidy rooms, its good
meals and clean beds, we can COM
mend to the public as worthy OF their
patronage. Here also we enjoyed q
pleasant evening with j. NJ. Wyckoff,
visited the store of A. j. Caward
which carries a splendid stock of well
assorted goods and is doing prosper.
Gus trade.
On the Garvey farm we observed g
fine herd of PolledAngus cattle.
In Oak Dale are very many small fields
| of wheat which is in fine condition
and though the blades seem in many
! fields to show indications of rust, the
stems are unaffected, remaining {
bright and beautiful green. The crop
!, of all kinds there, as elsewhere in thu
county are very promising. One o
the veteran farmers of the town is Mr.
E. Tapp, who is rounding his So yea
in a few weeks. The farm is conduct
ed by his sons who understand the al
j of producing fine crops, and who be
lieve in the maxim that ''labor con
quers all things"
, Passing over the route east we fin
an intelligent Norwegian and his sor
Sam A. knudtson, conducting a larg