Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-25

will take very little interest in person.
alities The people living west of the
Soldiers Home and along Thirteenth
street are growing impatient, hoWev-
er, at the councilmaru who stands IN
their way preventing the ordinance for
a much needed sidewalk on Thirteenth
street. The people WHO will use such
a walk want 1t on the west side of the
street for the good reason that their
houses are on that side. If walk
should be built on the east side eacn
resident would have to build him a
private crossing. or wade thru the mud
or collectively they would have to build
a walk along their side of the street
anyway There is no excuse except
personal grievances fer the opposition
to this walk.
In the mater Of grading Twelfth av-
enue IL there was an opportunity u
secure the work for 1925 less than the
bid accepted, 1t might have been Wen
TO have reopened the bidding. In TINS
respect the regulations requiring COM
petitiye bidding do not give commit
tee sufficient latitude of authority tc
drive close bargains for the city.
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| Cam anyone account for such an IN
crease in students seeking ADMISSION u
| the schools unless the town IS CROWNS
| in population? When man recaiil
| that only a very few years ago there
was not O house built in the Electric
addition, hardly house west OF I'M
Soldiers Home, whole blocks vacan
around the Arnold school where nov
row after row of exceptionally fine res
licences stand, he begins to see what Il
going on in this city Let him DRIVE
south of the tracks and see how man!
| farm. have been subdivided into tive
4 acre tracts, where comfortable H.ei
homes have been erected. The marKe
for pickles, cabbage and tomatoes o
the pickle factory; sweet corn at IN
canning factory; so cents apiece 10
spring chickens at the market, and
good demand in town for all vegetables
| fruits. butter and eggs, enable maj
to earn better living at truck farm
ing than skilled mechanics can earn
IIwages in the shops
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| The story in these columns this "eei
of the prosperity at Roland because o
the presence of creamery there, oners
a suggestion to the people IN THIS Va
| cinity. Farmers estimate that there II
a net profit of at least $50 per year IT
every COW MIXED ON the farm. some
| figure it as high as 800. However, al
$50 a creamery patronized by 1,Oot
cows would distribute within the I'M
mediate vicinity OF Marshalltown net
profits of 100000 per year That Is
| such a creamery would furnish q mar
lket for about $4,000 worth OF grass
| and grain, being the cost Of the COWS
and return a net profit of 100000 be.
sides. 1t certainly has possibilities.
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Intensive farming near Marshall
town offers some attractive induce
lnents both for the man who must az
manual labor for living and for thu
investor who would rent his land
| There is a very pretty little fruit farm
Of five acres on South Center street
about twelve blocks from the cour
house. 1t is the property OF Mr.. Will
lam Sandoe, of the Fidelity Savings
bank Mr.. Sandoe says that this farm
lpays him fully so per cent better re-
turns on the money invested than doe
ordinary farming land. 1t has required
an investment of nearly $1,000 in frui
and FIVE years time to bring the plac'
up to its present profitable condition
but today the tenant lives In a pleas
anter home than most merchants hav,
who are In business on Main street
and his earnings are greater than thos
i of a first-class nlachinist In the Iowa
Central shops.
Many of these truck farmers ar
bringing their crops to market at tn
pickle factory now. Mr. w. w. Doc
little, manager Of the Marshall Vinegar
Works, says that the average yielt
from an acre Of cucumbers will be 3Ol
bushels, for which he will pay the far.
mer so cents per bushel, or $50. Cab.
bages require less work in growing ant
will yield $40 for an average acre.
crop. Horse radish Is good for $3.50 pei
acre. From which 1t can be seen tina
with few COWS and chickens and ar
acre of fruit, a man can make a goot
living on few acres near Marshall
| town.