Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-27
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
City.

t Mason City.
Hon. Tom Way and wife left Satur
day for West Baden, Ind. for a coupl
of weeks sojourn at the famous healt
resort.
Pocahontas.
Joe Payer. who has been under
going siege of the smallpox. was re
leased from 47-days quarantine o.
. the list.
Upton.
A carload of new steel bridges 70
Cedar county arrived this week. Their
opportune time.
, -Terril.
Howard Everett arrived home Tues
day from .Assiniboia. Canada, where h.
disposed of over 5000 acres of the com
pany's holdings, at a good profit.
Bristow.
Il l.. T.. Cline went to Madison, Mimi.
i last week To look at q farm of 400 acres
near that place which was listed by 2
land company of this place. Mr.. Cline
has since bought the land at u consid-
1 GRAFTON OF $50 per acre.
/ Mapleton.
a company of eight Monona county
land seekers started Tuesday afternoon
for the province of Alberta, Canada
They are all gentlemen of means and
most of them will make purchases if
pleased with the prospects there.
Abba.
Potato stories are coming in thick,
/ t;,,t,
/ and snake stories look like 8 dimes
along side of them. The latest one is
that Mr. John Collins. of Monroe town
ship. took "A potatoes out of one hill.
AS far as learned Mr.. Collins has the
banner
Washington.
Threshing of the oat crop has re-
stunned here again. Those who have
tried it say the yield is hardly worth
the work. Several have given up
threshing and are feeding the oats in
bundles To their swine. The bundles.
in most instances. are too wet TO feed
to a thresher.
Jefferson.
1t is said that in many localities
oats are beginning to sprout in the
shock. owing to continued wet weather
Commenting on this the Bee says: y
discouraging situation. The farmers
who threshsd carly are in great good
fortune. The old fail was pretty slow
but if the grain was pounded right
smart" it didn't sprout.
Dubuque.
The monument to be erected in
memory of Dubuque county soldiers
war will in all probability be erected
in the center of Jackson park. The
finance committee now have $4,000 and
nave not yet solicited south of Fourth
street. The monument will cost be-
tween $1,000 and $1,000.
Council Bluffs.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for record of the Noiseless Wash
ing Machine Company. The incorpor-
ators are oliver Lincberger, John
t'reese, Charles A. Lineberger, S. w.
Creel and Andrew |. F'alk. The capital
stock is $4,000, and the business of
the company is to manufacture the
washing machine.
Mt Pleasant.
Mr.. j. II. Harshbarger, who is quite
low With typhoid fever, remains much I
the same. His breathing is short and
and he is unconscious most I
All the time. There is still some hope |
OF his recovery. but the case is con-
sidered very dangerous. The news has
been telcgraphed to his son William I
\. lIarshbarger, who is visiting in C,lli- 7
fornia.
Stanhope.
The northern land craze is still or
in this vicinity declares the Mail. The
mi Minnesota in special cars. One land
company chaperoned Il party of farmers
10 South Dakota this week in a special
ar over the Northwestern. The far
ners have money. and they are going
% invest where they think they can
make the best interest Land in this
,icinity is advancing all the time. Land
hat WAS purchased several years ago
or $40 per acre is worth $50 or more
The late storms have seriously dam S
.scd the grain in the shock, according /,
q the World. Barley is beginning to
plout rs is flax. Oats are rotting {
md they will have to be scattered /
bout iii order that the sun may prop /,
ry dry them and put them in con- :
ition for threshing. Potatoes ON the Ii
vet land are rottng. Yet the yield is {
normous. The summer apple crop is
cry good and grapes promise to be Il j
.ig crop but will be three weeks later ,
han usual on account of the continued a
amp weather. i
NEWELL q
The Mirror describes a new modern {
arn built by W. -. Rust. The barn e
5 5lS60, With u basement the whole $
ize of the barn. Twenty cords of t
ock We're used in the walls Of the d
asement The basement is sup h
lied with managers tor feeding c
ny and grain. built ON Il new i
nd convenient plan. There viii be c
number of box stalls for COWS a i
atent device for cleaning the barn II
,ms thru the alley in the center in h
track one hundred feet long. which $
arries its load fifty feet from the a
arm. The basement will hold one h
undred head of stock. Water viii, Id
e carried in pipes to troughs in al Il
arts of the large basement s,1pplief, 9