Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-23
Eurning observation-disclosures nndup 75 1901

The project of building into the heart
of the town may be abandoned and yet
the shorter line running thru the linn
it's of the city about three quarters
OF mile from the courthouse may be
chosen. Meanwhile 1T may be remem-
bered that the only located surveys of
the route to Sioux City pass thru Sac
City.
Waterloo.
Thursday an assignment of mort
gage was flied a the court house where
by Abraham Simmer, the Waverly phi
lanthropist, transferred a $1,000 mort
gage on Blackhawk county property to
the Finley hospital at Dubuque. The
mortgage was upon Blackhawk county
land and bore interest at the rate of
Ler cent. 1t is evident, says the Re-
porter, that Mr.. Simmer has put all his
loose coin into circulation by gifts to va
rious institutions thruout the state and
is now conveying other properties.
Perry.
Thomas Bennett is In the city from
Almyra, Ark, to visit his mother and
brother. Mr.. Bennett will take his moth
er home with him. In 1858 Tom tried to
now stands, and while the crop was
growing an immense herd of buffalo
came In from the north and destroyed
It, and on account of the wild nature of
the country he moved away, but came
back later. He has been receiving
warm welcome from his old-time
friends.
Colo.
Banner: We have been informed that
the Des Moines. Iowa Falls & Northern
railroad began grading the roadbed at
the East Indian bridge last week and
will push the work right along as long
as the weather will permit. 1t is also
rumored that John Wilson, Jr., will open
up coal mine on his farm along the
line one-quarter of mile north. 1t is
said that there is a valuable vein of ore
lying over the coal suitable for the man
ufacture of superior quality of paint.
Mr.. Wilson should be congratulated in
securing the line of road thru his farm,
as he has waited for an opportunity to
develop this valuable numerous wealth.
Audubon.
The Republican asks: Were times
ever more prosperous In Audubon coun-
ty than now? Attic crops We're cut
short, some slightly and others to half
the usual yield, yet prices are more than
making up for the short yield. Many
fields turned out forty bushels of corn
to the acre. and as corn now brings over
80 cents, indeed almost so cents at the
yards of some OF the feeders, 1t is seen
how profitable corn raising this year
was. Stock and all kinds of farm pro-
t.,.s, I1sx ytr 6ar I'M a
been year before when the products OF
Audubon county. grain. stock. fruit,
poultry and all. have been worth as
much on the market as this years crop
is now worth"
Arlington.
News: She can't call us a joiner
any more. She rode the goat last
Tuesday evening in the Royal Neigh
bors-the editors wife did. When we
Joined the Masons and she happened to
discover that we had our shirt on SO
the bosom came where the back collar
button belonged, she laughed and
laughed and laughed, and said before
she would go into an order that had
such foolishness she would burn the
pancakes up the next morning and
make the next batch of bread so we
would have case of dyspepsia. But
the other night when she came home
and we discovered that she had her
shoes on the wrong feet, we told her
we were even. o, these joiners are
great people, and there is no lodge from
knights of Labor to w. c. T. u. that
is not represented now In the editorial
household.
New Hartford.
The Review says: "Corn Is king.
drouth or no drouth. but in years OF
what is termed drouth, In Iowa, corn is
not only king but in many instances be-
comes the medium of exchange In real
estate deals and other transactions. Milo
Lewis, living northwest Of town. is one
who has recently turned the product of
the soil to good account In land deal in
Minnesota. Mr. Lewis had in something
like 100 acres of corn this last season
and the average, he says. was seventy
bushels per acre. He saved the good
corn for seed, of which he had an i'm
mense quantity. Later he took trip
to Minnesota and while there S2O- acre
farm took his eye as being just the thing
he wanted. He made the purchase, trad
ing as part payment LOO bushels OF MS
seed corn for which he received ~ per
bushel, or s2,40O He still has many
bushels OF the same kind left which he
will safely keep until the demand from
the farmers OF the drouth-stricken
plains next spring force the price to
few dollars more. This was 'drouth
year in Butler county--so they say.
AGAINST HARRISON PENSION.
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