Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-02

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line, where 1t will be used for shanties.
The construction company will put up
one OF these shanties every, Ave miles.
where 1t will establish camps. The.
route of the new line was located and
line fences taken out and the contrac-
tors are making all preparations for the
early beginning Of work The Mcintosh
Bros. announced that they. would put
$50 men to work at once, and would
push the labor as fast as possible. They
must get their part Of the work COM
pleted BY Feb. i, 1902, or they viii lose
q heavy forfeit.
Glenwood.
| A friend who recently returned from
visit to his old home in the apple dis
trict Of northern New York tells the
Opinion that there is complete failure
this year. That 1t will not be per cent
Of crop. With niece he went over
into the Canadian orchards and tried to
beg or borrow few apples The tour
was made in o joking way to spy out
the land. Everywhere they sent him on
to THE next house" as they only had
few for their own USE Finally he did
get the privilege of picking up a few
windfalls, but they were grudgingly
given. 1t appears that Mills county.
Iowa. is the banner apple district again
this year.
Humboldt.
The Republican declares that the UNI
lawful shooting of prairie chickens
(Which became lawful on Sept. u had
been general in all parts of Humboldt
lcounty for weeks. One business man
| In Humboldt stated that farmer living
not far from town approached him with
4 a proposition to inform on ten Hum
boldt business men who had shot chick
ers on his place If any one would start
the matter. He proposed to divide his
share of the fines imposed with whoever
would take the matter up. 1t is known
that many have driven out from the
different towns hunting. and that many
farmers have killed off the coveys raised
in their fields.
Pocahontas.
c. P. Leithead picked up curious old
silver coin on the street Tuesday The
date stamped on it shows it to be $50
years old. 1t is badly battered and
the coin got where he found it are end
less. He picked 1t up on the sidewalk
or rather the place where we hope some
time to have sidewalks on Beulah ave-
rue, where they have been blowing ard
using scrapers and spreading sand. 1t
may have been plowed QUIT may have
been shipped in with the sand-it may
have been brought to this continent by
some early explorer who was captured
by the Indians and carried into captivi-
ty thru the state of Iowa century be-
fore Iowa was state.
Rockford.
Mr.. Ayers, who lives near Rock Grove,
planted ten acres of newly broken-up
grub land to melons this year and w. j.
4 Lorenz, who saw the field last week,
says that it is g remarkable sight There
! are hundreds of big melons which will
average from fifteen to twenty-five
: pounds each. Mr.. Ayers is supplying all
the country round and getting very sat
isfactory prices. The Register
|says: John Fullerton has five acres of
rape which he finds of almost inestima-
bic value for his stock these days. His
shotes are thriving wonderfully we'll on
it and his dairy cows have a good ration
of It once day. No forage crop is OF
!. greater value than rape and the wonder
is SO few farmers grow it,
Dubuque.
A new telephone company has beer
organized in Dubuque, which will ex-
tend the present excellent telephone
services to the adjoining states of Illi-
nois and Wisconsin. The new corpora
ton, whose articles We're filed Friday
With the county recorder, is to be known
as the Interstate Telephone Company
with headquarters in Dubuque. The new
corporation is organized with a capital
stock of 100000, and will build tele-
phone lines to East Dubuque, Louis
burg, Jamestown, Hazel Greene
Platteville, Lancaster and the towns in
Wisconsin and Illinois. The company
will be managed by its officers, presi-
! dent, vice president secretary and
treasurer and three other directors who
will be elected annually.
Winterset.
For sometime past the real estate
| agents of Winterset have been very
|, busy showing Madison county land to
prospective buyers The Madlsoniar
!, says the heretofore unprecedented sales
OF last season seem likely to be sur
passed this year. Notwithstanding the
dry weather the prices are constantly
) rising. The yield of crops in this famous
blue grass region is far in excess of any
territory beyond us in any direction
Small grain and hay are full crop
Many farmers are realizing $50 to s22
; an acre for their timothy seed, with the
hay left. Glover promises large yield
OF seed. Corn is a half crop at least
which means full crop anywhere cas-,
of the Illinois prairies or west of the
Missouri river. except few small val
legs
Davenport.
f. E. Moore has received permission
from the board of public works to cree,
a button factory in this city. :
Thomas Gillies has applied for divorce
from his wife, and his petition would
sound like lots of others if it was his
! wife that was telling the story In this
case, however, it is Mr.. Gillies who
states that he has always been duti-
full and loving husband. and 1t is his
wife who calls him bad names, threat
ems to take his life and occasionally
scares him into the belief that she is
proceeding to carry out her threat. He
says that during June and July of this