Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-02
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects
as Reflected in the Iowa
Newspapers.
The News Of Iowa From Hun.
dreds Of Different Towns
and Communities.
A GOOD oRcHARD1sr.

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Fleetwood Opinion.l
We had the pleasure OF looking thru
the orchard of II. w. Binder & Co., Of
Council Bluffs this week. This orchard
is part of the Stone farm and lies just
south and west of Mr.. Jamisons place
west of Glenwood. Mr.. Binder last
spring was looking for an orchardist to
care for 1t and wisely chose I. NJ. Van
Kirk. 1t was full of underbrush and
weeds early in the spring, but now is In
excellent condition, more resembling a
park. Mr.. VanKirk has disced and kept
the soil mellow. In many places the
loan companies had allowed it to be-
come so foul that mice and vermin
ruined one corner of the finest forty in
the orchard which comprises 100 acres
in all. 1t is a delightful sight to see the
east forty bearing SO we'll. The greater
part of the quarter is a dish" in the
hills and the trees have gathered
enough moisture to bear well this year.
We cannot help but observe that apple
trees in the hollows are the ones on
which the greatest quantity of fruit is
4 to be found, Notwithstanding the old
claim that they must be planted on the
hills to keep the frost from n;pping
them. In this Binder orchard the Jona-
thans are rpening in all the glory. The
past week they have aImost doubled in
size. 1t seems as tho the cool nights are
giving the fruit plenty of moisture. Mr..
vanKirk has observed that the older
trees bearing this year and that
east side of the treees There is going to
o11 ho
trees were planted 100 to the acre. The
loss of dead trees leaves about $50 to
the. acre. With half the trees bearing
one half bushel to the tree "a small esti-
mate there) will be a crop of about g.
$50 bushels. AT a dollar a bushel this
will make neat sum tor rainy day
If only rainy days would come to make
these neat sums more certain.
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THE PROBLEM OF THE POTATO.
davenport Times.]
one of the interesting things before
the public just now is the potato ques-
ton. Everybody is attentive to 1t. In
the market baskets Of the rich it now
fills more limited but far more honor
able position than formerly. while
the humblest person feels that an old
friend has suddenly assumed unex-
pected airs, as IL fair fortune had
fallen to him and he had moved from
his old haunts on modest street Into
q SNOWY residence on an avenue anc
no longer encouraged the Friendship
of his humber days. There is a va
cancy where the smiling personality Of
a long time friend was wont to be. II
lis not that there Is nothing to eat. God
knows that in this country we have
naught to complain of. But to sit
down daily with an assumed air OF
gratitude to say grace in the face OF
staring dish of beans, Is hardship
that has rarely been figured on when
lining up the possible calamities that
fate might have in store for US. Every
money Garner contemplates. in his less
buoyant moments, how easily financial
ruin may overtake him If certain vul-
nerable spots are discovered by the
arrows of an adverse fate. He Is wont
to count on the possibilities of fire and
sickness and death, and what they
would mean to him and his income. In
his darkest moments thoughts of the
possible consequences of letting his
insurance premium lapse, rise up before
him; while the idea of marriage and
the difference that would make with
his present comfortable way of get
ting on, is spectre that will not down
Shrinkage in stock values. the possible
rise in rentals or street car fares, and
indeed the most highly imaginary as
we'll as the somewhat probable avenues
thru which his financial undoing may
approach him, are dwelt upon as II
their gates were already swinging out
ward permitting the pestilential swarm
to come swooping down upon him. But
even in his most apprehensive mo-
ments there has been that confidence
born only of long knowledge and un-
failing service. that come what may
one thing at least would be left him.
the potato.
In fact the regular habits. the un-
ostentatious makeup and the ever
readiness in general of this particular
element of our food supply has be-
gotten in most of us q kind of matter
of-fact regard for 1t that amounts al
most to an Indifferent cock sureness
SO, 1t is the old fate over again. We
are to have our lesson of humility and
are to learn anew that sense of de-
pCiidCilSS WHICH 10 -OuIS dl every SleE
and from which, however, wise and
philosophical we may grow, there is
no escape.
1t will again confront us. The les
son. always old, must be for our sakes
made new again. We must accept its
teachings even though it speak to us
thru the homely medium of the empt,
potato dish. Let us try to be resigned
and to bear the situation with becom.
ing meekness. Let us not permit the
winter OF our discomfort to mark us
with crows feet or gray hairs o,
wrinkled tempers. Let us grid our loins
and set carefully to work eighteen
hours day to see IL by so doing we
cannot come up on the other side, with
the shining wherewithal with which to
vanquish circumstance. And, failing
in this lofty endeavor. let us fall back
upon our old and tried antidote TO,
lafiiction and treat the whole situa-
ton, including the beans, as a Joke.
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a Shocking Calamity.
Lately befell railroad laborer" writes
DR.. "A. Kellett, of Williford. Ark. "His
foot was badly crushed. but Bucklen's
africa Salve quickly cured him. 1t is
simply wonderful for burns. boils. piles
and all skin eruptions. tits the worlds
nh a m MON hpa lor C,,ro !,