Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-05
Large Number in Radius of
Which Grinnell is Main Bus
mess Center
MOVES IN NORTHERN HARDIN
That County Also Witnesses the Usual
Number of Changes, Some Families
Moving Outside the state-some
Leave Farms For Town Life, and
Vice Versa-Iowa News.
Special to Times-R Republican.

Grinnell. March 5.--In the later years
of the life OF the late d. w. Norris OF
this city. he used to furnish for this
paper and the local papers of Grlnneii
each spring very full and accurate
list of the changes in the ownership
and management of farms in the Vi
entity of this city. His wide aequaiht-
ance and intimacy with the business
relations of this class of the commun-
ity fitted him better than any one e'se
to furnish such information. The FOL
lowing is given as the nearest posslple
.nnroaeh at present to such a list:
Nj. II. Garrett leaves the Ihonas
Richardson farm south of Griunell Tor
tho John n Ware farm near Newburg
while Elder Cox vacates the ware
Mace and goes 10 northern Iowa
Frank Allen leaves the Prosser farm
and takes the Thomas Richardson
place. Arthur Connolly leaves the H.
III. Howell place and goes into part
nership with b. ID. Parmley on the
farm of the latter. Thomas Enlleid'
from near I.ynnville will work the u.
NJ. Norris Westfield farm recently
bought by DR.. Pippin of this city. w.
G. REYNOLDS goes from the Norris
westfield farm to the d. W. Norris
farm in Sugar Creek, While !, b'
Kirkpatrick leaves that place and takes
the McBlain place for market garden
ing one mile west Of this city George
Chase bought and occupies the
Clutter place in Rock Creek township
and sold his Washington township
farm to Emery Alexander, who leaves
the Mrs. Woodford place in chester
to occupy his own. Tunis Stangeland
leaves the Thomas Newton place for
Reree Stemseund to occupy while he
moves to the so acres he bought in
washington township of Thomas
Berthulson from which Z. r. Garrett
has just gone to farm the Nj. A. Garrett
place. G.. f. Garrett will carry on the
farm recently sold by Berge Berge-
son to W. H. Stuhl.
Charles Watson left the Bergeson
place to go to Minnesota but later
changed his mind and is stocking up
again to farm in Poweshtek county.
Clarence Blair leaves the Thomas kee-
nan place to be farmed by Charles Hill
kema who recently married the daugh-
ter Of I. X Terpstra. Albert Young
sold his farm in Rock Creek township
to Mark Holmes who already occu-
pies it while Young bought and oper-
ates the restaurant hotel in this city.
formerly owned by George Nagel. Jo-
nah Littrell takes charge of the c. O.
Parmeley farm in Farm Creek ii. n.
Fleener has rented his farm northeast
of Grinnell to Walter Adams and has
moved to this city.
Mr. F'leener sold his Sheridan farm
to H. S. Bliss of this city and it has
been rented to Thomas Allen. Ed All
rens dissolves the partnership with his
brother Will. leaving him on the old
Frederick Ahrens place. and moves to
the Cessna farm in Grinnell township.
recently sold to c. w. Schultz. Charles
Agy leaves the latter place to occupy
the fourteen acres he bought Of E. P.
Bonner near the city limits on the
northwest and just vacated by Will
liam Wisecarver, formerly owned by
John Ramsey c.. w. Schultz has
moved from this city to his farm in
Malcolm township, which Guy Mintle
has just left to occupy the eighty he
has bought of the Hubbard estate.
r. A. Conger dissolved partnership
some weeks ago with G. H. McMurray
to occupy the farm he had bought near
Vancleve. and Andy Lunt takes charge
of the McMurray place. William Vogt
moves from this city to take posses
sion Of the farm bought Of E. H. Kits
man while Kitsman goes to the north
ern part of the state. BODY and Peter
Alerson leave Malcolm township to take
charge of a 24O acre farm near North
wood Ole Opdahl leaves the old Jo-
seph Murphy place for farm in Mar
shall county and Fred Murphy takes
charge of the old place. Jake Weber
leaves the Mrs. Lisker farm and his
brother Joseph takes his place. c. L..
Stanley of Sugar Greek has bought and
occupies the Ambrose jenkins farm in
Malcolm township. Frank Brown goes
to the N o. Pilgrim farm lately pur-
chased in Sheridan township. Mr.. Pill
grim recently sold his forty south of
Grinnell to William Hink who takes
possession and Pilgrim moves to the
city. George Cashier has bought the
A. A. Reno farm north of Kellogg. and
takes possession while Mr. Reno takes
Cashiers five acres adjoining Grinnell
and will move to this city. j. w. Harp
ster sold his farm northwest Of Grin
nell to T. s. Mason who now occupies
it, while Harpster moved into the c.
~ \, ;,, oft
George Whitney will carry on eighty
acres of the Richard Whitney farm.
Frank Judkins Will leave the A. j.
Blakely farm south of this city, and
move back to Grinnell. Charles G. Day
from Illinois. takes charge of the l..
X. Waters place, while Thomas Null
ligan leaves that place to farm the old
Mulligan homestead. George Pierce
leaves the Dr. Wiley farm in Washing
ton township to enter into partnership
with S. X Pierce on the Westfield farm
of which he has charge While S. X.
Pierce has gone to California. Henry
Mithelmann leaves the Thompson place
in Chester township to take charge of
the DR. Wiley farm.
Nearly all these changes occur in
Grinnell township and in townships
surrounding and adjoining it. To note
all the changes within radius that
makes this city its main business CEN
ter would require a supplementary
list almost equal in length to this
one
Steamboat Rock Changes.
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