Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-18
IOWA NEWS ITEMS
Washington.

Washington.
4 Farm land In Washington county
has advanced $40 an acre this year
Several men have refused offers of 800
an acre.
Abba.
! The well at the city park was put
flow of water was found. Three holes
were put down before water was found
in sufficient quantity.
Montezuma. s.
While some parts of the state have
been blessed with heavy rains this
section has not been so favored. It is
still too dry for fall blowing and the
streams and wells have received but
little benefit from what rain we have
had. This section needs badly an old
fashioned soaker, says the Republican
+ Clarion.
Mr.. Stickney, OF the c. G. W., IL
1 expected this week to finally determ-
Inc the amount OF land required at
this place for a divisiona He insists
that Clarion will be a very important
point in the G. G. w. system, and he
knows better than anybody else, says
the Democrat. The town has offered
u certain sized tract, but the company
wants more ground.
Iowa Falls.
The committee on the library and
park proposition is collecting the sub
is the plan OF the city to use the build
Ing on the lots for q library this win
ter. A fine boiler of two hundred
horse power capacity will be installed
by the Iowa Falls Electric Light and
Power company, at their plant in this
city the later part OF this month.
New Sharon.
Will Way was In from Union town.
ship few days ago and reported that
some of his corn was yielding fifty
bushels per acre. One ear sent to
town measured fouteen inches. : -
Miss Kate Ogborne left Monday night
for China, whittier she goes to renew
her missionary labors. and the warm
hearted love of all her people is ex-
tended her in bountiful measure.
Lake City.
One of the many farmers who have
recently purchased farms in this sec
ton informs the publisher OF the
Graphic that there is to be better
class of farming for money making
inuagurated here by himself and
friends who are moving here. That
paper says:"very well; our farmers
who are not selling out will be quick
to observe and profit by the new meth
DDS upon their own farms. All are
ready to learn"
Fairfield.
There are now fifty persons at the
couny farm, twenty one of whom are
in the insane department. The
porch climbers who committed several
robberies in this city Tuesday night of
last week worked Charlton Sunday
night and Mt Pleasant Wednesday
night. They secured a gold watch and
u revolver at the former place. and
were driven from three or four other
homes. Two men were engaged In the
work at Mt. Pleasant and they took a
gold watch and $50 in money from the
residence of John II. Wallbank.
Mason City.
The Oldest inmate both In years and
actual term at the poor farm. Nelson
Knight, was buried at Cedar Lake
Monday afternoon, death having come
to his weary body Saturday at 1890.
Nelson Knight had been an inmate of
the poor farm for II years and was So
years of age when death came to his
release. When young man he was
wheel wright and as such came to Clear
Lake in the early SOS. He never mar
ried and had no relatives except half
sister living four miles from Ventura.
Twenty, one years ago his health failed
and he. applied to the supervisor for
support having lived in quiet way
there ever since.
Hampton.
Recorder: 1t is generally understood
that the potato crop is fnilure this
year, but notwithstanding, there are
some potatoes raised here. James Fox,
south of town. brought into our Office
a half peck of variety known as
Rural New York. No. g." of which he
raised about hundred bushels on less
than an acre of ground. They are as
fine specimens as we ever saw. many
OF them weighing from nineteen to-