Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-06-30
Notes About the County.

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Growth in the products of nature
and in the works of man are visible to
an observing person everywhere, crops
of all kinds are obtaining prodigiouS
growth from the geneal sun and the
plentiful showers. The weeds are also
doing something. Farmers, who early
in the season thought the hay crop
would be short, say that the abundant
showers have made about an average
crop. Timothy fields are in blossom
and the season for securing th harvest
is near. In Albion township there is
a great deal of wheat growing also in
Bristol, Minn. Aug. Walters has a
| fine field of it on the State line and
| another south of the Iowa river.
The roads in portions of Albion have
been seriously damaged and washed
out by the recent heavy rains, some of
them being not only dangerous, but
impossible. We drove out on the State
line road west from Granger to the
Gueth farm, now occupied by VIM.
Kreuger, and after crossing the ford,
found the highway washed out its en-
tire width, seven or eight feeti in depth
and as many feet in width with per-
pendicular sides. For nearly a mile
the public highway through that ra-
vine is washed out and torn so that
it is impossible. Those residing
there had worked out their road taxes
and caanot, unaided spare the time
or money to put them in repair. Un-
der the circumstances and conditions,
we believe the board of Supervisors
should appropriate from the county
funds sufficient money to make them
paSsable. For work of that kind the
board should not hesitate, even if the
needed funds had to be borrowed.
Harry T. Williams seems very much
at home as a merchant. He has the
stock that Branley Chaplin had in
Granger and has made additions there
to both in the hardware and grocery
line. In wire goods he has an elegant
line of hammocks and door mats, lat low
prices, with or without your name in
door mat.
G.. e. Brink has sold over 80 sets of
double harness since March, and still
the orders come in. He has full line
of SeaSonable horse goods.
+. L. Damon had a narrow escape
from death or severe injury recently.
He was fixing a telephone pole and
buckled the strap aaound the pole and
prepared to drive spike when the
strap broke, letting him fall distance
of more than twenty feet.
John Michel has about completed one
of the big barns of his township. 1t
is 4Sx62 feet with 30 feet posts, gam.
brel roof, giving an immense NOW for
hay and ample stable room. Iver Zach
arias Of Lime Springs was the mechan-
ic in charge 70 the fine structure.
Andrew Michel has one of the best
| finished and best arranged farm houS-
es in his county. The fine piece of
carpentry in its construction was the
handy word of Fl. o. Lovald of Lime
Springs. We enjoyed cordial well
come and nights rest in their fine
home. a fine young, bearing orchard
is on the farm and nice vineyard
from which they have some most
delicious wine of last years vintage.
ID. E. Horton, Notary Public and
Justice of the Peace, has an elegant
farm on the summit of the Bristol
prairie. the most beautiful and fertile
farm lands of this productive region.
In coming from Mr.. Horizons to
Granger as tbs town is approached
from the north a lovely view of that
town and of Florenceville comes in
sight.
At Florenceville, Mr.. Wickham
carries an excellent stock of goods in
all lines needed in farming COM
munity. He is Il square dealer who
will not misrepresent quality to make
Il sale.
The Florenceville Roller Mills under
the management of Abe Priyat is
prepared to do as good work in the
production of -four as can be done
anywhere, and its manager is rejoiced
at the fine prospect of an abundant
harvest of wheat from the farms right
about his home. We found our genial
and versatile correspondent, A. b.
Van Dee, mill-dust covered assisting
in the repairs going on about the mill.
On the road west from the German
Methodist church, G. L. Miller and
Aug. Walters with a force of men and
road scraper were repairing the
public highway where it had been
washed and quilted, though they had
previously worked out their road
taxes.
| At John Bronner'S, the quarantine
was removed the day we were there
and Mrs. Often, who was quarantined
with the family, has few red spots
on her face, no poX marks and her boy
and sister who have been with her all
the time did not take the disease.
Strange that it should be so; if it was
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