Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-25
Public Opinion On Iowa Subjects .
Reflected II the Iowa News.
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Tho News Of Iowa From Hundreds
Of Different Towns and Com.
nunfties.
"A MODEL FARM.
* ida Pioneer.l
Twenty-Five years ago a thinly clad
and penniless young man came into Ida
county to make his home. His stock In
trade consisted OF Willingness. to work
and email kit Of carpenters tools He
Worked at his trade one year and then
made the first payment on an S0-acre
tract OF land out In Grant township.
buying 1t OF the railroad company and
paying therefore. $3.50 an acre. This
young man and his wife went to work
with energy that 10 always. crowned
with success. These people now own al
fine farm as any in the county, con-
sisting of 400 acres we'll improved. This
man was John Abbey. Ye writer had
the pleasure Of their hospitality at their
house one night last week, and was
agreeably surprised at their very COM
Portable position. They have large,
two story, eight -roomed house, finely
furnished. and four bright children to
help care for the farm and make home
happy.
The home is surrounded by a veritable
forest, every tree being planted by Mr..
Abbey. There were cottonwood trees
seventy five or eighty-foot high and two
feet in diameter at the butt. Then there
are maple, box-elder, ash and walnut,
which contribute to the beauty and
comfort OF the place, besides the nam
moth willow hedges that act as a wind
break. He also has been growing ev-
|.erything in the line Of fruit, Of nearly
an acre and a half in good bearing con-
dition.
His residence cost about $4,000 and is
modern and Beautiful. The outbuildings
consist of a large horse barn that will
hold twenty head of horses and forty
tons OF hay. Then there is the cattle
barn 56x62, two stories high. with hay
loft capacity of seventy fiyestons. Many
other buildings are on the place such as
hog barns chicken houses implement
sheds and a granary and elevator with
q grinder attachment, the latter being
operated by horse power. Windmills
and water tanks are also among the
equipments which renders him in excel
lent shape to feed stock. He has about
100 head OF cattle, twenty-four of which
are mich cows, and nineteen on feed,
besides forty-or fifty hogs. Nearly ev-
cry season he feeds and ships from two
to three car loads of steers. and while
We We're there he purchased of neigh
Der fifteen or twenty more young head
Twelve head Of horses are used on the
place.
The farm contains ninety acres OF
pasture. forty of meadow. and the bal.
ance In crops. and the entire farm is
fenced with cross fences. Truly this Is
one of the best farms in Ida county and
is we'll worth $50 pc acre, but 1t Is not
for sale at $75. We don't know OF any
family in the county more worthy OF
owning and occupying this than IS that
of John Abbey.
IOWA GAINS A CONGRESSMAN. 3
[Des Moines Regieter.l
When congress meets in March, 1903
the Iowa delegation will have an ever
dozen instead Of but eleven members
This is in accordance with the probable
new apportionment that will be made
when thescensue is reported The WORK
OF tabulating the census is, being carried
on with greater rapidity than ever be-
fore, and Mr., Merriam hopes to have the
full count finished in time to be sub
United to congress in December. The
count by state has not yet been com
jpleted. but Director Merriam says it is
progressing very rapidly and will be an.
nounced as coon as possible. in order
that 1t may be a basis for the appor-
tionment OF Representatives in the con-
gress that will convene in 1903. 1t is as
vet impossible to say just what the
make up of the new congress will be
but the census authorities say that the
partial count already made shows tina,
the congress OF 1903 will have 3s1 mem
bers instead Of 357. The increases. ii Is
believed will be as follows:
Massachusetts. 1; New York, q: New
jersey. i; Pennsylvania, 2: Virginia, 4;
Georgia. 1: Ohio 4; Illinois g. Alabama
l; Missouri I: Arkansas. 1; Michigan, !;
Iowa. Il, Texas l: Wisconsin. i: Cali
fornia, y: Minnesota, I; Oregon. I; Kan.
sas. i; Utah, 4; Washington, l.
One problem to be brought about by
the increase in the number OF the mem
bers OF the national house will be that OF
additional room, as the house chamber
liz already crowded. and 1t will be almos,
impossible to seat "a more congressman
Elk Speaker Reed advanced the sugges-
ton some time ago that the individual
seats be removed and benches substi-
tuted and 1t is possible this will have to
be done. The total membership OF CON
graes has increased from 63 to 3S1 during
the century. Iowa had two congressman
In 1850, six in 1860. nine in 1870, eleventh
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to start out the new century with an
even dozen. The changing OF the con-
gressional districts OF Iowa Is the next
great problem to face the people. and II
will furnish lots Of work and fun for
the politicians.
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