Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-26
Eagle.

bulls and five cows. The largest one
weighs over LOO pounds. For q pair
OF these he was offered $1,000, Which
offer he refused as they are worth as
much to him as anybody. He has sue
ceeded in raising only one calf, 50 far
He lost three last year. so the writer's
informant said. because they We're in
too small an enclosure. He has also
succeeded in raising one half breed.
The writer was fortunate in the time of
his visit for the whole herd was UP to
the barn ON his arrival. Accompanied
by Mr.. Brigham, former owner of the
hotel here, the newspaper man boldly
walked up to the ten foot wire fence
that enclosed the barn and pasture OF
forty acres And up came the 1900
pound bull just as bold. Ills eye
looked wicked, SO did the shake of his
head. The writer retreated and the
bull followed, in fact all of the herd
did the same. That wire fence looked
thin. A buffalo bull only a foot away,
only meshed wire between the writ
ter's precious body and buffalos
shaking head and horns was too close
an interview, even for newspaper
man Don't be nervous" said
Mr. Brigham, "ali he wants is
an ear of corn" And when this scribe
handed his bisonship an olive branch
in the shape Of a big corn stalk. with
a small nubbin OF corn thereon. peace
was declared Only We had to feed
the whole outfit. They all wanted corn
and their shakin heads emphasized the
idea that they wanted 1t Immediately,
p. d. a., as 1t were. They're a study at
this close range. Five carcasses o.
dressed buffalo would ruin any butehe.
in Iowa. They're all fore-quarters,
neck and head. The writer once saw
la l12 pound catfish that dressed 81
pounds and he will guarantee that
these buffalo bulls will shrink 70
per cent, unless one prefers neck
pieces and shoulder cuts. The cows
look meek and forlorn and run to
shoulders the same as the bulls The
big bull that first came up to intro-
duce himself is the boss, and the way
he ordered the other bulls and COWS
around showed his authority was rec
ognized They Were not allowed to
take corn from our hands, il he could
swallow what we had given him and
get to us quick enough TO prevent the
other fellow from taking 1t, thru the
wire fence. The writer is told that
the men In charge go into the feed
yard and treat them exactly as cattle.
Just the same that wire fence looked
"sIhaky.'
Last month at one of our city cleo
tons in Iowa, a Chinaman, born and
raised in this country, wished to vote,
oh n q
ballot. Probably good law, and ac-
cording to law. But this affair sug-
gested some things to the crowd at the
hotel One man asked: Supposing
that a German came to this country
with his wife. with the intention of
taking out naturalization papers soon
after arrival as possible, that he died
a few weeks before his son was born.
soon after arrival here. could that son
vote when he was 81 years of age, after
a continuous living in this country?
Or. would he have to be naturalized p
Again, some one asked: How about
the japanese? Can they become citi-
zens by the same regulations as other
nationalities? These questions We're
answered several ways. Who knows
and will tell the T.-R. readers?
Yes sir, we've decided to go to
Blanktown to live" What do you think
settled it. Sidewalks; cement side
walks They've got thirty miles of ce
ment sidewalks, and crossings, in that
little town. We can go to the depot
to church, to school, to the stores or
the neighbors and keep our shoes
clean" So BlanktoWn gained a nice