Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25
Farm Exchanges and iTranspo-
sition of Farmers in
Grinnell Vicinity
RETURN TO IOWA
Men Are Moving to Town and Others
Are Moving Out to the Farms-some
Move to Cheap Lands Far Away and
Still Others Come Back to GrinneIl
Other News.

4 Grinnell, Feb 25.-Again on the frs,
day of March will the rural population
of this community readjust itself. Men
women and children, poultry, cows
and household furniture will take to
the highways and trek thru the mud
from one farm to another, each man
seeking to better his opportunities by
) the change.
/ VIII Evans, who dissolved partner
ship in December with G. l.. Miles. and
/ moved to the Paulsen farm near Kel-
/ logg. resold that place and bought the
George Barnes place by the lake. and
has taken possession. He was too near
| Kellogg and too far from Grinnell on
| the Paulsen place, and had to move
either Kellogg or himself, and chose
the latter, Asmus Huebner has moved
to the Miles place, having sold his
home on the east edge of town. to
John HinlS. who has quite active farm
ing and moved in from Sheridan town
ship.
j. r. Carter. who has been renting
one of the Robert Tyson places, goes
to Minnesota, where he has bought a
farm No doubt he will be back in
old Iowa in a few years. Carter had
bought a Texas farm, was lucky
enough to sell out, but he had the
cheap land fever and had to move.
Clarence DUR goes onto the Tyson
place.
Z John Alertson leaves the other Rob-
ert Tyson place and is selling his stuff
He will move to a farm near Green
Mountain. He had rented the Belden
farm, but when Ivor Burrson, who has
been renting the Charles Booknau
place, in Sheridan, couldn't resist talk
ing few thousand profit ON his pur-
chase of the Charles Newton farm, he.
bought the Belden place and Alertson
gave it up. Burrson takes possession
of the Belden farm and Jim Emery
leaves that place and goes onto the
township. which is vacated by Ed Lar
sen. who takes the Tyson farm, vacated
by Alertson.
Toby Alertson, who left here last
spring for northern Iowa, on the Min
nesota line, was drowned out. came
back to old Poweshiek, but found so
many like him coming back that he
could not find a farm to rent this side
OF Illinois, SO he goes there for next
year.
Ole Engle, who left here a few years
ago for Dakota, has billed sale there
OF his personal property and Is re-
turning to look for place here.
Fred Schmidt leaves the Chris
Schultz place in Malcolm township to
go to Iowa county, and Ed Ahrens on
the Chris Schultz place in Grinnell
township, goes to the Malcolm farm
vacated by Schmidt, while Chris him
self leaves the brush and squirrels,
where he has been living, and goes
onto his Grinnell township farm.
Charles Agy has sold the old Ram
sey place that he bought of Bower, a
year ago, to Newburg person, and
gives possession March l. Agy is still
looking for place.
r. G. Pippin has resold the D. W.
Norris Westtield farm and Ed Lin
coin has taken possession and moved
onto it. He sold his Washington town
ship farm to his brother, Robert Lin
coin, who Is buying it for one of his
sons.
Mr.. Berge Stearns leaves the
Charles Newton place for Bert Tohle's
farm at Jacob. The Newton place was
sold to Ivor Burrson and resold to Mr..
Evans of Iowa county. Tohle leaves
for Dakota where he was the holder
of a lucky number in Uncle Sans land
lottery last summer.
Mr.. Swartwood leaves the Harry Nc
Hose place, adjoining Grinnell on the
south, owned by E. S. Bartlett, for che
H. H. Fleener farm, northeast of town.
w. Adams leaves Fleener's and returns
to town.
H. w. Spaulding has bought 100
acres of A. "A Foster adjoining G1Finnell
on the north, but Mr.. Foster retains
possession this year, so that Mr..
Spaulding will continue making bug
gies another year, at least.
Jim Hotchkiss made a trade with
his father and takes possession of part
of the old place and the father has
rented Jim's place to Warren Mac
Donald, who has been renting part of
the G. H. Ontlank farm. On account of
the death Of Mr.. Ontlank the DISPOSE
ton Of this is not we'll settled.
Arthur Connolly leaves the Brac
Parmeley farm in Rock Creek for
northern Iowa and Brac leaves the city
for country life on the farm again. He
has been living the past year in Tur-
ner.
John Henry Hotchkiss leaves the
Grill Adkins farm and Frank MacDon-
aid takes the farm Frank has been
having year off from farming and has
been working in Newton. John Kelly
leaves the John Hotchl1iss farm, which
he has been renting and now
bought out Mark Holmes farm near
Turner. Holmes goes onto an eighty
in Malcolm township, owned by John
Evans.
Charles See has left the Sells farm
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