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

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the railroad yearly is s47 less than the
cost of the coal used In pumping the
water. This indicates that 1t is no in
ducement for the city to furnish water
to the railroad at present prices for it
Is an actual loss. Another heavy con-
isumer Of water, at runously low rates,
is the hospital, which uses 5000. 900 gall
Ions yearly. This leaves only about S.
100000 gallons used by private consum-
ers. The Journal AYERS that they get
dirty water, and yet they pay six times
as much for 1t as the railroad.
Laurens.
j. A. Farmer, who has been here the
past week from Montezuma, has raised
the necessary funds to put 1000 young
bass into Pickerel lake There is now
water enough in the lake so that he fish
will winter in good shape. The dam
across the outlet will be raised about
four feet. 1t is estimated that with this
small outlay there will be good fishing
in the lake in about three years, If the
young fish can be protected until then.
Marengo.
When some question was raised as to
the quality OF corn raised in the Iowa
River valley, the farmers got on their
metal in defense of their own and as q
result the showing of corn at the fair
last week exceeded any showing made
for years, both as to quality and guam
tity. The percentage of the corn crop
may be below the average in sections,
but 1t is not to be applied to the Iowa
River valley as the farmers have dem
onstrated.
Mason City.
The curb and gutter contractors are
pushing the work, now for all they are
worth. They have a fair complement of
men now and Wednesday over 900 feet
We're put in and Thursday they expected
to make 1t better than 1000 Some of
them are putting In fifteen hours day.
The sub-contractors have a lot of work
before them, not: only in this city, but
elsewhere, and want to get this Job out
of the way as soon as possible. They
will reach Eighth street by this evening.
Dubuque.
An electric line connecting Platte
vile and Dubuque is now practically
an assured fact said a. we'll known
business man Thursday. "a right of
way has been laid out, estimates on the
construction prepared and an engineer
is at work making survey of the
country between here and the objective
points. Within a week I will know for
a. certainty and then detail of the
plans will be made known to the pub
lic.pe Plattesville is in wisconoin, near
ly twenty miles northeast OF Dubuque.
Brooklyn.
James Gilmore has been exploring
co 1T ;o;~ u
gives it as his judgment that farmers
viii be happily surprised when they be-
gin husking this fall. He had not ex-
amined his own crop for some time until
oneyday this week and he feels justified
in stating that IT will average close to
fifty bushels per acre. Dave Wolford
has field that will yield sixty bushels
and not hurry 1t at al. Reports of this
character are in harmony with Iowa 8
record. notwithstanding the unfavora-
Ole season.
Trear.
Z. Gehl has purchased the Wade
brick building of j. B. Stoehr at s4,50O
Mr. S. paid. for 1t only few months
ago. 1t is occupied as a restaurant.
80. A. Antrim has sold his farm of a
quarter section south of Goldfeld.
Wright county, that he bought fifteen
years ago for $3.50 an acre. for $50 per
acre. At the Traer fair, In the Por-
terfield baby exhibit there We're nine
entries. On account of the lovely little
multitude the judges had quite a time
to arrive at any decision. No. finally
Won and the prize was awarded to the
eight-months-old daughter of Mrs. JOS
eph Tomlinson., near Dinsdale.
Perry.
The city's new $1,000 air compressor
has arrived and is now being placed in
position at the pumping station. The
contract says it must be up and in good
running order by Sept. 20. The new res
crvoir is also completed. and on and
after the above date there certainly
ought to be no further question about
Perry's water supply. With an album
dance of water (Which we have) and
plenty of first-class machinery to
handle 1t with, the people may be as
sured all the water they want to use for
all time to come. But 1t has cost a lot
of good hard cash to bring about these
results.
Hampton.
John Heyer sold his eighty-acre farm
in Reeve township last week for $95 an
acre. 1t should be stated, however, that
the farm joins the town plat of Hamp-
ton on the south. r. d. Smith sold
eighty acres of land two and one-half
miles southwest of Hampton to L. c.
Wohlford at $50 per acre-no buildings
upon 1t. r. A. and E. H. Mallory
bought the 500 acres ofsland, known as
the Anderson land, in Reeve township
last week and have already sold about
200 acres of it to o. G. Reeve and Thorn
as f. Sargent at $50 per acre; and there
are no improvements on the land, only
breaking. These prices look as tho
Franklin county farming lands were not
falling off in price, TO say the least, says
the Recorder.
GIenwood.
The canning company has put up $4,000
cans Of corn thus far. 1t expects to
handle 100, 900 this season. - Thru his
attorneys DIR. C. H. Dewitt of Glen
wood sues Mills county in the sum of
1920, being the outcome of the small
pox epidemic last winter. AT the June
meeting Of the board of supervisors
final action was taken on the various
smallpox bills. Among these was bill
by DIR. Dewitt for medical attendance
in the gum of 81 $50, the board cutting 1t
down and allowing him some 5000. This
the doctor refused to accept and brings
suit for his full claim, based on his