Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-03
No CHEAP LAND BOON
Predicted Exodus From Iowa to
Newer Country Will Not
Result This Year
CAN'T BORROW THE MONEY
Prospective Purchasers From Both
Country and City Unable to Neso-
&iate Desired Loans--Evergreen
Groves to Make North lowa Famous
.-Wilson's Observations.
Special to 11mes-Repupl.can.

Special to Times Republican.
MANLY, March 3.-From several diff
ferent sources comes the statement
extensive movement to the region of
cheaper lands on the part of farmers
where land is high, and also large
number of men heretofore employed in
cities, men who are either without
a good prospect of steady future work
or those who in the past moved from
the farm into town and, becoming dis
satisfied with the experiment and
financially unable to begin again where
tion to localities in which their means
will permit Of land ownership. Many
believe that regular land boom will
begin with the opening of spring. now
only very few weeks distant, and no
doubt many a man who us holding
land for speculative purposes is view
ing with satisfaction the prospect of
unloading at good profit, while the
looked-for land scramble continues.
But one day last week one of the
members of a large land trim In
North Dakota who stopped here over
night, expressed the opposite view. de-
cla1ing there would be no considerable
movement Of the kind and giving the
reason for his belief. I'VE usually EN-
ploy about u dozen travelling men, he
said, 'ibut we have let them all out.
While there is no question but that
q very large number would like TO
emigrate to our country they will not
he able to do so this year. A large
proportion of this class, those already
farming, have only part Of the money
nee essary to begin in the new home
and such people usually borrow OF
their home banker enough to make up
what they need. The prosperous wage
GARNER In the city. and he is the only
kind of a wage Garner who can ever
hope to buy land, also borrows some
money, often mortgaging his property.
and borrowing money. This year will
not be so easy as in the recent part,
therefore, the prospects of rush to
north or south, within the next twelve
months, is not at all probable"
Que Of the features that will some
day make this part of the country
famous is that OF the evergreen grove
For several years many thousands OF
pine, spruce and other kindred varie-
ties have been annually planted, and
the result in part is now becoming
apparent. The soil here seems adapted
to the growth Of the pines, a conscien-
tious nurseryman has started the tree
growers In the right manner. and the
past five seasons have been favorable
to tree raising. The three rows OF
eyergreens on the north and west
sides of many Of the farm homes in
this vicinity are already sufficiently
large to promptly put every blizzard
that strikes them temporarily out OF
business. They certainly 'beautify the
country, and a few farmers are already
figuring on their value as future
source Of lumber supply. One wealthy
land owner contemplates setting out
6,4C0 pines on ten-acre tract, expect
ing to leave to posterity snug TOR
tune by so doing. He is about 6o
wears Of age, but believes that ABOUT
twenty live or thirty years from now
the owner of that grove will be able
to furnish few million feet of white
pine lumber to home builders almost
at his own figures. The estimated cost
of planting three-foot trees on TINS
tract is about $1,000.
The thrift and accumulative capacity
Of the German farmer are proverbiai.
Wherever they settle they establlsh
prosperity. Not little of their sue
cess is due to their cooperative meth
DDS of doing things. A good illustra-
ton of this prosperity so universally
noticed among them was afforded the
other day at the home of a well-to-do
farmer on one Of the local mail routes.
"Come i'm said he, answering the
knock of his visitor on the door. 1--WE
are all mixed up in here, but will ind
place for you. Our place is a pack
ing house today. We are putting up
our meat supply for the next nine
months" Working around some tables
in the large kitchen were four men
and as many women, each busy at a
special job. Two sausage grinders
were at work and other necessary
operations were in progress The farm
err explained that two of his neighbors
with their wives had arrived that
morning at O'clock and that they
had since killed and dressed five hogs
Each did a certain part Of the work;
one did the killing, another the cutting
etc. About 1000 pounds of meat was
prepared for future use by the mid
die Of the afternoon. A short time
before this the same people had per-
formed a similar service for another of
their number. They We're visiting
while they worked. Another thing to
be observed was there was nothing al
lowed to go to waste. Even the bones
were preserved to be burned and later
pounded into small pieces and fed to
the chickens. "This half ton of meat
is costing me about $50" said the
farmer eff sold my hogs and bought
my meat it would cost nearly three
times that amount. That's one way we
Dutchmen manage to cut down ex-
penses and at the same time get bet
ter article than we could buy. 1t isn't
true that the German gets rich by eat
ing what he can't SELL"
C. E. WILSON.