Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-06-16
THE Editor Among the People.

The work OF improvement is lnafcn-
ing grandly on despite the low prices
of farm products of every description.
The truth is, with the low prices of
labor and building material of all
kinds there has never been a time
when so much can be done for so little
money, and the man who has been
so fortunate as to accumulate some
thing when times were better could
never procure more for its outlay. F.
r. Bouska in New Oregon is building
barn on his farm in section 6, 9S.11,
of the following Dimensions: 24x4S
with stone basement for stock. The
frame will be 16 feet above the base
ment. The building will be ready for
use before the harvest. A year or
two since Mr.. Bouska erected good,
comfortable home on the farm and
with the barn will be finely fixed.
We find many of the farmers plow-
ing up their old meadows and sowing
them to something which will make
stock food and many others which on
ly escape from the lateness OF the sea-
son before their condition was dis
covered.
Tuesday night there was great
housewarming time at James Longs,
near Lourdes, at which seventyfive
couples trlpped "the light fantastic
The young folks from Mr.. Owens took
in the party while the writer enjoyed
the hospitality of "the old folks al
home.'
The Maple Leaf Creamery is under
the management of B. E. Sheldon its
butter maker enjoying a good degree
of prosperity. 1t is turning out 75C
pounds of butter per day is cooper
alive with over one hundred patrons
II The president of the Association i:
John Kerkman, treasurer G. w
Locke, secretary Frank Burish. Mr.
Locke has the post-ottlce ana keeps ;
good stock of general merchandise
and is literally patronized. A black
smith shop is one of the recent con
veniences of the place.
| From Maple Leaf we took in the OLE
familiar haunts of other days where
resided Michael Forester SEN, Ale.
Hutton, Robt. Locke and Bernard
Clancy, now all departed and The
premises all in other hands excep
that of the latter row owned by Pete
Clancy.
At Thos. A Connery's the recen
down pour of rain washed out tn
bridge and right in the street scoope6
out hole in which stands water tt
the depth of six feet. Supervise
jacobson was on the ground with {
force of men preparing to put in ;
good structure with span wide en-
ough to carry away future floods. A
. Mr.. Connery's we found an interesting
family the mother being the daughter
of Michael Forester, deceased. Mr.
Connery has fine apple and butter
nut orcharn growing and is preparin!
to build a larger and better residence
Passing from here we came to Aug
Lauck's, one of the recent new conner
from Bremen county. He has a farm
Of 24O acres with every improvement
upon it made during the past tw
years. He is now on the foundatio
of barn which promises to be one c
the best in the county. The ston
basement from the native grant
3 gathered from the farm is laid il
9 courses of about fourteen inches nice
/ ly squared and hammer faced and wi
be 36x56 with post l6 feet above.
addition to this will be a carriage hou-
: drive way and horse stable 2SX36 wit
/ posts % feet resting upon substar
. tial stone foundation. The timber
. for the frame are the heaviest an
g best we have ever seen put in an
e building in the state and It's cost wi
: be about $1,000.