Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-07-25
County Notes.

Tuesday last we met c. G. Kettle
son, of New Oregon, near his home.
He is so paralyzed as to be totally un.
able to help himself to turn in bed,
and is almost unable to arise from his
chair but manages when up to get a
few steps from the houce. And this
Old soldier, entirely unfit for any care
OF himself, gets but the meagre and
insignificant pension of sl2 a month
when it should be four times that
sum. Why is it so?
Jas. d. Long is now the owner and
proprietor of the old Larry Long
homestead, one of the first located
and finest farms in the county. His
residence is model farm house finely
finished and we'll furnished through
out. The farm is in a high state of
cultivation as the abundant crops
testify. Its barns are abundant and
IN good condition with tool honses
and places of shelter for every piece of
machinery and for every implement
used on the farm. He has a geared
wind mill with which he grinds his
feed, saws his wood, turns his grind
stone, pumps the water for his milk
house and stock. His farm is literally
stocked with horses, sheep and cattle,
the farm alone being worth $4,000.
John Fitzgerald has a fine young
orchard full of fruit. We found him
and his venerable wife we'll for their
years and the hard work they have
done. They have farm of 2SO acres
in body.
Thos. Seukup has fine farm,
comfortable house, a good barn,
plenty of cottle and horses, every
thing to make life and home. He
refused $40 an acre for his farm of 16O
acres last week.
John J. Lydon has a fine farm in an
excellent state of cultivation.
Lewis V. Swistka has a beautiful
and slightly spot for his home and a
tine farm of 160 acres finely improved.
The Dunt boys on the j. +. Kobo-
liska farm are doing nicely.
Thos. McClusky is building new
barn on his 24O acre farm on the
county line in the southeast of
Howard township. The barn is 5Ox5O,
posts "a feet. The work has been done
by Mr.. Miller, of Elma The farm is
being conducted by George Myers and
he is doing the work satisfactory to
himself and to the proprietor.
Matthew Brophy has sold his farm
of 24O acres on the county line in the
east part of Howard township to
Richard Tietgen, OF Alta Vista, for
$40 an acre. Five years ago Mr..
Brophy bought the farm for 500 an
acre, has raised large crops each year
and has about 20 head of cattle grown
on the premises, a lot of fine horses
and an immense crop this year which
he will have. He is out of debt, will
have $4,000 for his farm beside his
cattle. horses and crops.
Aug. Bandle and VIM. II. Bandle
are two of the thoroughly up-to-date
farmers of Howard township. They
are farming over 500 acres of the
choicest land that lies out of doors
anywhere in this wide world.
Ed Clear in the southwest corner of
Howard township on the county line
has fine farm with immense crops of
all kinds. He has bunch OF fine
cattle that will bring a handsome sum
of money one of these days.
The electric light plant at Elma
lights the city abundantly. 1t is
owned by the city, is paid for has
over 600 lights in use and is paying
expenses. The entire plant cost about
$1,000 and is capable of furnishing the
power for as many more lights if need
be. Here is an Illustration of the
benefit of municipal ownership.
Private ownership would have in
some manner made the cost represent
about three times as many dollars,
two thirds being pure fiction, wind or
water upon all Of which the owner
WOulu WALTZ W llluhe ulNlucIluS. l. ne
most ultra prohibitionists of the city
have made no protest against the
means by which the city has procured
the funds for the purpose.
Albert Stevens at Lowther is having
a stone foundation put in for a barn
32X100 feet, posts % feet. Judging
from its plan it is to be one of the
best in the county.
G.. w. Shellhamer has built barn
4SX76, "a foot posts in the center, Ia
at the sides, driveway in the center,
horse and COW stable in the same. lie
has cream separator, the Du Laval,
and is well fixed all around.
Jas. Irwin has 100 acres of oats
ready for the reaper and is running
; two haryesterS. His other farm crops
are on like extensive scale.
. Mark n. Wildman is located on d
spot of ideal beauty. Has an elegant
+ home surrounded by grove that has
4 been growing for the past twenty-sil
+ years.
John Goodbrand delights in goot
i crops and short horn cattle, both o