Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-29
Looker-On In Iona

Alden, Sept 29.-Twenty- three days
of consecutive sunshine in September,
1905, in Iowa. Twenty three days of
dust, heat and a thermometer register
ing so ito 80 degrees every day. But
these twenty-three days have saved
Iowa more than a million dollars worth
of corn day. Personal experience.
observance and reliable reports from
the northern part of the state makes
it, safe to assert that Iowal now has
fields than ever before. Perhaps not
SO many bushels, of corn as some
bumper years, but more sound corn
And the price is fully as remar kable
At Eldora fifty cents for new corn
was freely offered by contractors. At
Williams sixty cents has been Offered
and refused. Near Williams Is a rent
er that has been offered $50 an acre for
his share of this years corn crop, and
he is going out to Dakota and buy
two acres of land with one years. crop
of corn on one acre of Iowa land.
A heavy Shower here last Tuesday
laid the dust and cooled off the atnos
of unprecedented weather, visiting one
of the stores. the writer saw calendar
containing the weather forecasts for
September. Some talented weather
prophet last winter compiled 1T and
had it ready for THE printer before
Jan. 1. It's interesting.
+ Temperature will be above average
in south and southwest; below at
points east of Mississippi river
The precipitation will be normal in
south and east; deficient in central and
western sections.
IA Fair Period. Fine, genial wealth
er ait points in western central and
southern sections; absence OF rain felt
in southwest and portions of the Ohio
basin. SIS Cloudy Period Much
cloudy and foggy weather in north
central and eastern sections: showery
conditions in Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin; heavy rains i'm Louisiana and Flor
ida. 9-13 Storm Wave. Strong wind
and gales over lake region and along
North Atlantic coast dust storms in
southern California and Arzon 1918
Blustery Period. Cool, backward
weather over Rocky Mountain region
and the northwest; much wind and
buster in central and middle Atlantic
states: local frosts lin New York and
New England. 1923 Rain Wave.
Professor Hicks cannot excel this.
Showery conditions in Minnesota and
Wisconsin 9Th ito Sth was good
Once more ret 1t be said if polit-
ical situations exist over the state as
in three counties the writer has visited
since ex-Congressman Lacey was Sc
le:ted as standard bearer for the Iowa
stand patters, it was the best piece of
political work in Iowa for years.
Strange as 1t may seem, one has every
reason to believe, that in some counties
where the stand patters were in the
majority, certain progressive republic
can voters intended to help elect a
democratic representative to the legis
lature. They were mad clear thru"
and proposed to relieve their feelings
by knitting the republican candidate
that voted with the nd-patters in
the short special legislature. But they
will not do it. They. like some stand
patters now realize that it viii be nee
essary to have ;t republican legislature
if their vote at the next primary is of
effect in selecting the next United
States senator for Iowa. The signed
agreement of the anti-Cummins crowd
in this last special session was a real
and effective measure for genuine 5har-
mony Voters now realize that the
candidate for senator receiving a
majority vote at the primary will be
elected The democrats will not con-
troll the next legislature. Meanwhile,
one hardly Eears C1lnmins and anti
gunlnins talk. There, seems to he a
general feeling for each wing" to do