Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-04
LOOKER.ON In IOWA


i LOOKER.ON IN IOWA !
Manly Sept. 3.-Being out of town
from June ] to September l this year
the writer figures as gain in several
respects. First and foremost he avoid
ed all the worry about the corn crop
For twenty years and more he has
started in along about May ! to be
uneasy over late planting; this, follow
ed by a poor stand made a loss of
Some necessary sleep. Then the cut
worms made trouble in some Locale
ties. Now came a eool June and we
were ali sure corn would not be a foot
high 4th of July" 1t rained and rained
and the weeds got ahead of the corn.
and again this scribe felt blue. But
| what gave us all sensations of pain
was when 1t was time for, corn to
! shoot" Before those Scientific cusses''
at Ames got to experimenting with
| tassel and pollen, we knew if it was a
dry spell just at shooting time we
| wouldn't get a corn crop in Iowa, and
| for several days. metaphysically speak
1 ing, we all prayed for rain Not big
cloudburst or flood, but gentle shows
ers, just right, oh Lord All this.
enough to drive some men to drink,
was nerve racking, gray-har breeding.
but what really tried mems souls was
the danger of early frost. Last week
was specimen of that kind of uncer-
tainty for pessimistic soil owners. But
| the wrifnr boc ha
| his mind. He had a little worry dur
| ing planting time, then took to the
woods, and enters the state September
| to see a bumper crop in sight, and
feels perfectly safe in appointing him
self president of the Iowa Corn Crop
Insurance Society. offering extra low
premium rates on the crop of 1906.
Even Minnesota has big corn crop in
sight Way up north where the black
bass bites best, where the ears of corn
six inches in length are busters"
where they have few hogs, and feed
working horses wheat and barley even
up there this year they will get some
corn. Up in the muscalonge country
we don't worry about the corn crop.
We figure if we get acorn crop it's
like holding four aces or throwing five
SKIES. Happens that way once in a
while AS one big farmer of twenty
acres in Sawyer county, Wisconsin.
says We don't expect to raise a
corn crop and always expect to get a
smaller crop than we expect to-"
AT TINS writing visitors are return
ing from the Iowa state fair full of
enthusiasm over the big show and
pfophesylng all sorts of future i'm
provements. needed and necessary, for
the fair grounds. It's a pity the leg
lslature is not in session during fair
week. They would feel so good over
the show any amount of money would
be appropriated. And also at this
writing, up this way. the Minnesota
state fair is beginning to fill the
trains with visitors headed that way.
They claim to be the Barnum of all
state fairs and put up s65. 900 this wear
in purses for their agricultural horse
trots.' But Iowa has only a city of
$4,000 close by the state fair gates to
swell the attendance while the Min
nesota state fair. draws crowds from
the twin cities with a population of
100000. Illustrating the intense riv-
airy of these twins, one day last
week st. Paul had 100000 fire and
within six hours committee of Min
neapolis citizens called on the burnt
out st. Paul concern, and offered them
a free building site, if they would re-
locate in Minneapolis.
Another thing one escaped by being
away from Iowa from June to Septem-
Der, was the political campaign, clos
ing with the republican convention. OF
course with the daily T.-R. and the
Sioux City Journal regularly, one kept
fairly we'll posted. The Iowa crowd
in St. Paul and Minneapolis, and
there's quite bunch of them. all
watched the contest. with sympathy
according to former alignments IN
Iowa, but if any one thing was brought
out in this fight it was the need of
statewide primary law. And outsid
ers are free in remarking that this
battle of republicans was far from
creditable in manner, method or polit
zeal tactics. Some of us We're much
surprised at the political company Mr..
Perkins found himself in, as we are
at his attitude since. 1t isn't like Un-
Gle George.
But little mention has been made of
the announcement that the Chicago
and Northwestern railway, has issued
orders for the future that none of their
attorneys or employees are to take an
active part in Iowa politics. This is
the wisest move railroad in Iowa
can take. Geo. D. Perkins would have
been the nominee of the republican
party of Iowa, if all of the railroads
had taken similar action year ago,
and then enforced the order. He owes
his defeat to his friends. and whether
he likes the comparison or not it's an
other case of old dog Tray. All thru
northwest Iowa months preceding this |
fight, the writer heard times and again