Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-05
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
The Doings of Your Friends in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

1 and III. Stiobeilti Spt oiila ."Nt''
I IS per acre. The grade is not good. 1t
IS said that the prize vii start at from
2ou 80 cents.
E!dora.
| While there is now and then field of
| corn that WAS drowned out by the en-
i ssive rains of the early summer the
|llcraid thinks il is probably safe to say
that the yield in the county us whole
will be the greatest for many wears II
lie present warm weather shall cons
time thru August.
Bode.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
|aew office and elevator Of G. j. Johnson.
The new addition to the elevator Will
double the storage capacity. and VIII be
used exclusively for oats. Ii will be the
| largest single bin in this part OF the
country. and will hold 1900 bushels of
.Ioals. When completed the capacity of
the whole elevator will be $4,000 bu-
shes
Greene.
The water works pump has at last
been nut in shape so that it works per
fectly from the river and arrangements
Iwill soon be completed for putting in 4
4
mot work We'll on account of the tine
sand filing up the screens. With the
open well the system will be completed
and be one of the best in this part OF
the state.
New Sharon.
Farmers have had excellent weather
the past two weeks for putting up their
hay, and that they have been making
good use of il has been evident from
1.-THE deserted appearance of our streets,
as at times not a team could be seen
hitched in the business part of town.
To the farmers things do not look near
| ly so blue as they did three or four
weeks ago. when it was raining nearly
every day.
| Thompson.
A Norwegian school was opened in
the Thompson public school building
last Monday morning under the direc-
ton of Professor Tord Lee. a number
lcf our young people whose parents are
Idesirous that their children shall be
come acquainted with the literature and
the social, political and religious his.
tory of their native country are in at
tendance. The school will probably con
tinue for four weeks.
Dubuque.
The board of library trustees has in
formed the mayor and city council that
lat q recent meeting the board fixed the
special tax for the maintenance OF the
ICarneige Stout library at one-quarter
of a mill on the dollar of the taxable
valuation OF Dubuque property for the
year 1902. Some time ago the council
decided to set aside $4,000 year for
maintenance of the library.
Cedar Falls.
The Gazette states that the demand
for Harvesting machinery is so impera-
tive just now that several times ship
ments have been made by express. This
makes a heavy expense for the imple
lnent dealers and occasions consider
able delay to passenger trains but is
necessity. The travelling public will
have to make some sacrifices as COM
Ipensation for living in the first agricul
tural state in the union.
Winterset.
The oats and wheat harvest in this
section is over and threshing is in prog
ress. Probably from a fifth to a third
of the oats crop was lost by the rains,
but as the growth was large, and the
weather permitted of filling of the grain
early, the total yield will still be very
good. Wheat was much better saved
than oats. Most of the hay is saved,
except heavy clover, which suffered
from the rain. The condition of the
corn crop is very hattering. Iowa will
suffer no lack of hog and hominy" next
year, says the Madisonian.
Charlton.
The Patriot says: A busy farmer
came TO the city the other day in a
great hurry for some supplies, and
while the merchant was putting up the
goods he stopped to regale the farmer
with q gloomy story of poor trade and
dull times, when the wide-awalle gran
ger said: Hurry up. l must get back
home quick. Some rainy day when [
can't do anything else | will come in
and we will mingle our tears over the
robbery of the farmer by the trusts and
syndicates. am too busy now feeding
Z cent hogs and cent cattle. Good
bye"
CentervIIe.
The Citizen says in the near future
visitors can come into Centerville over
the new I. & st. l.. railroad, get onto
the new electric street railroad. ride
Gown the residence avenues past many
rev and hondsome residences, past
handsome new $4,000 church. two fine
school houses. one costing $4,000 and
the other $4,000, past a new $4,000 Ii
brary building, then past several new
business blocks, then another handsome
$4,000 church, and as they come upon
the square look upon s; new $50, 900 fed
eral building, ride on around to the
other side and view fine 100000 court
house. and by that time they will be in
the business center of one of the most
hustling and progressive cities in the
west.
Council Bluffs.
Without question one of the busiest
places in or near Council Bluffs now is
the Iowa School for the Deaf campus. |
where rapid and substantial progress is
being made in the construction OF, the
temporary buildings that are to take
the place of the main building and wing |
which We're destroyed by fire last |
spring Practically every available car
penter in the city is employed there /
and the work is being pushed rapidly I
towards completion. Some delay was
cccasioned by the contractors being UNI
able to get lumber. but practically all I
of the necessary material is now on
hand and no further delay is antic-
rated. Ii is believed that the buildings
viii be fully completed by Sept. 1. They |
viii cost about $2S,000.
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