Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-11
Building Active in the Southwest
-..Minor Matters Picked Up
En- Route.
Special to Times-Republican.

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has been seriously injured but farther
| west and north the stalks stand thick
| with hanging ears. The farmers are
satisfied the prices are to their liking
and within the past year the asking
price of farms turnout this section has
advanced from 25 to 40 per cent.
1t is different in Missouri. Coming
north from Abba Thursday a New
Providence man who had been buying
apples in the state south, was exhib-
itirg samples of Missouri corn. He
handed around nubbin that Marshall
county farmer would leave sticking to
the stalk even in bad year. 1t might
have been four inches long. The exhi-
bitor stated that 1t was the best ear he
had been able to find in q large corn
| field Potatoes, corn, small-grain, every
thing except fruit he reports as crop
| failures and predicts suffering among
| farmers.
A new industry, or at any rate new to
the writer, is the ready sale of butter
milk by southern Iowa creameries for
use as chicken feed by poultry raisers.
! The price paid is cents per gallon and
| the stuff is in great demand by poultry
houses. The buttermilk goes long way
toward paying wages. Some of the
smaller towns along the lines of the 20"
are making a great growth this year.
The greatest change in appearance and
activity in building is at Gravity. Here
1 -, 10 ,e he tow h "a q ri n
Blocks of brick business houses have
been erected beside number OF good
residences.
Shenandoah, really the star city Of the
southwestern portion of the state Keeps
up its building activity. 1t is in no
wise boom" however but simply the
steady growth of a good town. All the
money Invested in home money and the
growth OF the city healthy and lieces-
sary.
N. S. Storrs superintendent OF the "o'
has issued notices to the local agents
of that railway bearing upon the loafer
nuisance. The order requires agents to
keep waiting rooms and platforms free
from loafers and to call upon the local
authorities for aid in its Inducements.
II no action results from the nottfica-
ton of the local officials, agents are
directed to notify Superintendent Storrs.
He says significantly at the close OF his
order 81 do not wish to call your at
tention to this matter again" Other
lines might with advantage follow the
lead of the Burlington In this matter.
I'M. at ir,n
railway stations is a crying evil. In
many places the waiting rooms are red
client of bad tobacco and worse language
when the brigade of village loafers
come down to see the cars come in. And
in some parts of southern Iowa seem
ingly large proportion Of the popula-
ton are on hand at train time. Along
the x. & w. the contingent is especial
~ strong and includes everything from
tailor made suits to five cent straw hats
and overalls rolled above bare feet to
the knee Thru this mob women must
push their way as best they can. To
the average travelling man Storrs' order
seems to fill a long felt need.
$50
Politics on the reservation are SLOW
The leaders of the anti-movement are
quiet. II was a hard blow to the av-
erage southern Iowa editor when Cum
mins was nominated. Many of them
had fought him with in Incorporate
zeal and blind confidence Of victory
that left them wondering what had fall
en- on them when they came to" after
the convention. The average south
western Iowa editor and his anti Cum
minis followers and associates had elm
mated !Cummins nomination from
among the possibilities. and when the
blow fell it nearly KILLED father" Now
he finds that the plain people are thor
oughly pleased and satisfied with the
result and this knowledge adds to his
embarrassment.
Page icounty's one vote for Cummins
was from Essex. There's little his
tory connected with it. Harry Eaton.
strong Cummins man, secured the
proxy of the delegate from his town.
snip What pressure was brought
against him to prevent his vote for
Cummins will never be told. Eaton,
dead game, faced the entire anti dele
cation and threatened to appeal to the
convention If an attempt were made to
cast the county's vote as unit. He
voted Cummins. Another member Of the
same delegation said to the writer:
why, 1 went up there with the idea
that there was scarcely man in Iowa
who wanted Cummins for governor
When I got there I wanted to vote for
him myself. am thoroughly glad we
were defeated in the convention" And
outside of the men who have managed
the politics and controlled the patron-
age Of Page and who see dark clouds in
the political horizon, the average voter
of the county, irrespective of party
feels that Iowa is fortunate in its next
governor.
On the train lately fell into CONVEX
sation with an apple dealer who was
returning from Missouri, where he had
been buying apples. He made a state
ment that emphasizes the growth and
value of the rural telephone. Said he:
II will sell most Of my apples to farm
ers by telephone tonight after get
home. i can reach nearly all the farm
houses of my community thus. and be-
fore the shipment arrives at New Prov
|idence ! will have sold out most OF them