Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-29
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects
as Reflected in the Iowa
Newspapers.
The News Of Iowa From Hun.
dreds Of Different Towns
and Communities.
A BIT OF COOL HISTORY.
TClinton Herald

Ls-iliilOu
Many readers will not soon forget the
not, dry summer of 1901 winds that have
ruined the corn and injured the wheat
and oats. But not many are living to-
day That remember the summer OF 1916
and how there was snow and frost in
eVety month and vegetationSof all kinds
was nearly all frozen. The morning of
the Fourth of July water was frozen
over and in August corn was kilie,! out
right and cut for fodder. What little
corr did escape was in very favored To-
calities and states Corn brought un-
heard . of prices and farmers were
obliged to provide themselves with corn
grown in 1915 for the seed used in the
spring of 1917; this seed being difficult
to get at So bushel The price of all
breadstuffs went soaring and flour sold
in 1917 for s13 Il barrel.
DYNANlITING a WELL.
LWaterloo Courerl
The news is brought to town of a
novel means of increasing the How of
water in drilled we'll The incident
happened last night on the Fairbank' S
| farm, occupied by John Will The well
had not been giving satisfaction. tho it
| was li0 feet deep with twelve feet of
water 1t was thought If a sufficient
1 charge of dynamite could be placed at
/ the bottom of the well and touched off
4 the column of water might be removed.
4 The suggestion was acted upon at once,
two and a half pounds of dynamite be-
4 ing lowered down the 6-inch tubing The
4 dynamite was weighted To carry it to
/ the bottom. and Il wire Was attached 10
cap When the gentlemen who We're
| conducting the experiment had moved
| back to a safe distance and the dyna-
mite was exploded. one of the mos. uni
| que sights given To men TO see was Wit
messed. The 12-foot column of water In
| the tubing was thrown into the air to a
| height of 40 feet and at the bottom OF
! the water column WAS tail of FIR. like
comet. two feet long. A sounding
| made at once disclosed the well to be
perfectly dry. hut within ten minutes
| there We're fourteen feet of water in the
| well. two feet more than before the dy-
Mantle had been exploded. The concus-
sion had opened up the seams in the
rocks.
TAX FERRETS IN VAN BUREN,.
tkeosauqua Republican,
Last Friday and Saturday We're busy
days at the court house here. these be,
ing the days on which quite numbei
of citizens from all parts of the count,
were invited to make their appearance
4 and show cause why the tax ferret's
findings against them should not be en-
/ tered en- the tax books Of this county
\ OF the considerable number who mad,
their appearance some. perhaps most oil
/ those who We're examined, showes. ca
4 lily that they We're not liable for add.
\ tional assessment and their names wer.
scratched off the list By Judge Mccoy
the ferret. Quite number We're con
\ WINGED that they We're delinquent IL
i some respects. and their names wer,
4 put on the tax books for the years fo
i which they We're delinquent Still an
\ other class filed protests, thru their at
\ torneys. These cases, we understand
Il Will come up later, and If no agresnen
4 can be reached between the prot estin.
I parties and the ferret. the former ma,
j conclude to bring suit to cnjoin TIL
treasurer from placing their alleged de
u linquencies en- the tax books The re
y suit of Friday and Saturdays work wa
4 that about $1,000 was entered on the ia,
i books, about $500 of which was paid
. Judge Mccoy is doing the ferret ac
. in some ten other counties and had t,
4 adjourn here Saturday and go to som
1 other point. He thought he would b.
back in about two weeks 10 continue IN
4 hearing here 1T is understood that III
j Will have all Interested parties n@tifie,
as to the date of his return. Some of TIN
. attorneys here say that from what the,
J can find out there is another installmen
of citations to be sent out, but j
is thought this batch Will not be lars
Il one.