Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
LOCAL COMMENT

Don't lose all hope of fruit crop
lust because of an early frost. Nearly
every spring the same questions arise
over fruit possibilities because of frost
damage, aud aa usual thing people
do not suffer for u lack of an abund-
ant crop.
The Marshall county board Of super
visors may find that they made u tea
strike" by the promotion of the corn
experiments of the past few seasons AT
the county farm, thereby acquiring
fine lot OF secG corn for distribution.
Farmers in more than one part OF the
state are complaining this year because
of the weakness of the terminating
qualities OF their seed corn. They
claim that the cobS had not become
thoroughly dried out last fall when the
corn was harvested. and that by test
ing out this spring Il big per cent has
failed to terminate.
1t would seem that 1t would be
good idea for the supervisors to con-
duct this year for the boys of the
county another prize winning contest
for the best corn grown, independents
~ VI lIle lHNtihuNS NViiNN''' 49,
work among the little fellows. and the
Inducements held out to get them In
terested In cultlvatlng a little patch Of
corn are just what will make good
farmers out of them. 1t will always
pay to keep them Interested, and they
can not be expected to compete with
their elders in such contest as the
institute will promote this season.
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II painting houses is any evidence
of prosperity, there Is a widespread era
in Marshalltown at the present time.
Never In a spring In recent years have
painters been SO busy as now. rep
resentative of one firm said yesterday
that he had requests for figures on
twenty jobs that he had not even in
vestigated because he knew he could
not get to them until fall This will
mean that fall work In the painting
line will also be good. The high price
of lead and oil this spring does nos
seem to affect the painting business in
the least. altho lead is retailing at So
this spring as against $3.50 last year,
and oil at SO cents as against So and
3S.
1t is never too late to agitate the In
terurban question, even tho every prop
osition that has seemed feasible local
ly has gone gimmering. Cedar Falls
is pushing a new railroad project, in
trying to interest the Northwestern in
building thru that city.
Trade excursions, run in a wholesale
way, as tried at Waterloo during the
past few years, are declared as un-
ufacturers' and Jobbers Associa-
ton OF that city. The Wat
erloo business men ran the thing
into the ground and for that reason
are going to rest on their oars for
time. Last spring merchants from
along the Omaha line Of the Great
Western, were brought into Waterloo
in large numbers, entertained and
shown about the city at absolutely
no cost to themselves, but their loss
Of time. Car fares, meals and other
luxuries We're heaped upon them, and
the jobbers footed the bills during ten
days of excursions The jobbers now
claim that they derived but very few
sales from the excursions, and that the
merchants did not come prepared to
buy goods, but rather to have good
time Marshalltown retailers plan was
better one, and all the inducement
held out was a slight rebate In rail-
road fare. People came because they
wanted to and because they would have
come any way some time or anoth-
err. The excursion days only brought
more in town at one time, and offered
an opportunity for seeing friends and
becoming better acquainted.
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Monday will be the last day
for property owners to sign and ac-
cept the committee contract on file
with the city clerk for settlement of
the paving controversy. Out of a total
of nearly 400 interested parties th:
mayor estimates that more than half
have signed. Unless a much greater
number sign, the Barber Asphalt Com
pany will be free to withdraw their Of
fer and litigation will grind merrily on
for the lawyers.
A new scheme has been proposed to
better trade conditions in Marshall
town. It was suggested at an informal