Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-25

fair and from there go to st. Louis t.
be entered at the horse show. TIL
Republican says: while it is probab!
that the Emmett county fair was no
q complete success as Il moral show
from financial standpoint it will holt
over anything in its line ever attempted
here before.
Tama.
As forecasted by the Herald, tn,
members of the Young Mems club vii
at once begin preliminary work look
ing toward the establishment OF
Young Mems Christian Association, tn,
openng of rooms in the business par
of the town, and the furnishing of TIL,
salne With baths. reading matter,
games, etc. Citizens of Tama Will sool
be asked to contribute toward the cos
of the undertaking.
Sac City.
III. c. Best, who was employed by j
w. Wright in the creamery at Earl.
until its sale recently, is endeavorins
TO interest the farmers i'll the neigh
| borhood of Sac City in the re-openina
of the creamery here There is in this
city Il practically new plant in ex-
Icelient condition and there seems to be
no reason why the cream gathered in
this locality should be sent away to be
made into butter
Spirit Lake.
Governor A. r. Cummns and his wife
have been guests at Manhattan
Beach the past week. but Will return
| TO loes Moincs tomorrow, says the Bea-
con of the I'D This week of outing
| is all the governor will be able to pull
lout of busy year. Besides giving un-
RENTING attention to the business of
tie state he has generously responded
to calls for counsel from many of the
counties. The better Governor Cum
minis is known the more his fine ability
and high grade character will be APP
preciated.
Jefferson.
Jessie NIilett, daughter of Theron
Millett living west of town. has had an
experience that few people would care
to encounter. Four years ago while
attending the Illinois picnic she acct
dentally swallowed a pin. A week ago
last Sunday she was taken with nausea
and the pin was elected from the stom-
ach and was in such Il decayed con-
dition that it fell to pieces when
touched by the hand. Miss Jessie is now
eleven years Old The doctors say it
is nothing short of a miracle that she
had lived and at last was able to throw
off the poisonous difficulty.
Hartley.
S. r. Harris, of Bucyrus. Ohio, is
here looking after his three fine farms
west Of town. Mr.. Harris has owned
these lands for many years, having
bought them in an early day when
this part of the state was almost a
wilderness and long before the county
Was organized. He had great faith
in the future of northwest Iowa and
has lived to see mis- holdings increase
from the insignificant price of $l.5o
per acre to $50 and $40. 1t seems al
most beyond belief that the broad
and fertile acres of O'Isrien county
We're once sold for almost a song. Mr..
Harris thinks that land will so much
higher still and does not wish to sell,
according 10 the Herald.
Traer.
Col. f. T. Langley. a former lawyer
and postmaster of Traer, has received
the republican nomination for county
of Orange county. California.
Ii is a good paying office out there, HAY
ing a salary of 5000 attached.
Robert Mindreln sold his flrm two
miles south of Traer, this week to John
l.verts, q neighbour at $io0 per acre.
This is the highest price ever paid for
farm land near 'Tracr, but as the piece (
consists of only forty acres With ample 7
it is 40 higher price than
has been paid proportionately. At
l., f.. TAYLOR left for Rouleau, Can /
.,cl;t Monday night. With large party I
of land seekers numbering nearly I
twenty, a dozen of whom We're from
lround Trser.
Spencer.
The weather tho past week has been
To farm work and the ma
uring of corn. Repeated heavy rains
awe kept the grain in shock so we
hat it could not be threshed in fact
t has been so wet that in some in
stances il has already begun To sprout,
md unless dry weather comes soon
heavy damage is sure to result from Il
his cause Much hay also has been
by the rain. Corn, while it
$ making some progress, owing to the
lamp cloudy weather is not maxine
he progress it should ana unless the
roSt OF autumn holds off longer than
Usual, damage Will result from tha
.stuse The rainfall during the past
even days exceeds five inches and the
ground is thoroughly soaked Reports
ne numerous that potatoes are rottng
md NOW that the ground is so thor
'ughly soaked, farmers are anticipating