Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-15
H|GHDNG TIE fAKR.
Salvation Army Meeting Vice
With Unique Methods at
the County Fairs
TENTS PITCHED AMONG ENEMY
Business Men and Saloons Boycott a
Temperance Dentist Who Sought to
Enforce Mulct Law-Farm Resi-
dence. in Poweshiek county-Fifteen
Acres of sunflowers.

Acres OF SunfloWefSs
Parkersburg, Sept. 9.-During visit
1 to country fair last week was sur
prised to find in the largest tent on the
grounds the Salvation army. They held
\! two meetings every afternoon, had a
large band and made an effort to get a
share of the money. On the big day
their collections amounted to $40. Just
across the avenue was lanother good
sized tent with three nickel in the slot"
machines. and a red, black and star
outfit, and it was nip and tuck" for the
money between the two. The gamblers
paid $50 for the privilege of separating
people from their money, while the Sal
walton army went in free. During the
fair the gamblers cleared $40 above ex-
penses and the Salvation army SIS, and
during the closing hours of the fair 1t
was amusing to see them both using
the same stake puller getting their can
vas down, and to the depot, together
they went away on the same train, and
if you are at the -- county tar TINS
week you will find them there, side by
side.
was in a town few days ago and
was struck by seeing hand bills tackled
to posts announcing Dentist Wanted.
Upon making some inquiries found
that the county was dry, and that IN
this town there had flourished two sa-
looms, coming up before the mayor ev-
cry first of the month and paying their
fine The dentist, believing the laws
should be enforced, proceeded to have
them fined oftener than was their GUS
tom, so they got mad and went out of
business. The surrounding territory
being largely Germans, who missed
their tonic, the business men said they
went to other towns to trade where
they could get their beer. So the bus
mess men met and agreed to boycott the
dentist, and, further, each and every
man who had an account against him
presented it with demand for immedi-
ate payment. With business cut off
and demands for money pressing he de-
cided to move, and again the saloons
run and the town is without a dentist.
1t is to be hoped that some of them will
suffer with the toothache as they de-
serve before another dentist locates in
their town.
Driving thru Poweshiek county
came to large house that was in
course of construction by ex-Represen-,
tative Jones. On top of the hill was a
large twelve room house, with furnace,
hot al o1n no 10 ho haS
that money can buy. said, Isn't this
no." he replied, there never was time
when had more hogs, cattle and grain
than had this year, and never have I
received as big price. Why that
house came off my farm last year." Mr..
Jones is like great many other good
farmers-he is putting back on his
farm on a substantial way what comes
off, and if he should ever wish to sell
he can do so, getting all his house cost
in addition to the value of his farm.
The annual tearing up of the county
roads is at hand. When the farmer has
nothing else to do from now on he will,
be out fixing things up for winter and
spring. The past season has been hard
on the roads, but II they get out now
and round the roads up and let them
get packed down hard before the
ground freezes we should have good
roads all winter and when spring comes
the water will run off. But the trouble
will be that there won't be much done
until late and they will freeze up rough
and when 1t thaws in the spring the
water will soak down thru the fine dirt,
with the result of bad mud hole.
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In this locality crops We're never in a
finer condition. They have not had so
much rain as in some localities. and
most of the oats that are not threshed
are in stacks. There is a scarcity of
machines and unless some more are
shipped in the oats will not all be
threshed until spring. Corn Is in ex-
fine condition and while not
all out of the way Of frost it is sure to
be big yield.
Poweshiek county can boast of the
fact that they have one of the very few
men in the state who successfully can
raise sheep Mr.. Carpenter, who is now
in Mexico buying q bunch and expects
to have on hand in a short time some
$4,000. He has every thing in shape and
by long experience handed down to him
by his father he is able to handle them
in such quantities as to make the aver
age farmer wonder how he does it.
Another neighbor Of his has In 100
acres of popcorn, which is in fine condi-
ton and will yield about fifteen bush
els to the acre, and at the present prices
of popcorn he certainly will realize
handsome profit from his investment.
But the man who seems to have all
these Poweshiek farmers at stand
still is the man who has just harvested
fifteen acres of sunflowers. He makes
from the seed an oil which is very valu-
able and his by-product is said to be
che Of the greatest fatteners ever fed to
stock. GEORGE y. lf1A1 I'm.
A Certain Cure for Dysentery and
Diarrhoaa.
"Some years ago was one of party
that intended making a long bicycle
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