Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-27
Looker-On In Iona

Ackley, April 27-Iowa Falls Is one
OF the towns where the King road drag
is used intelligently and regularly. The
result is good roads. Streets that had
bad ruts and chuck holes in the fore
noon, in the afternoon after the road
drag has been used were like race
tracks. There seems to be right time
to use the road drag, not too soon nor
too long after the last rain. AS the last
rain has come pretty often this spring.
it is the intelligent use of the road
drag that has made the streets of Iowa
Falls credit to the town, while at the
same time many other towns had al
most impossible street.
! Two boys living near Iowa Falls are
doing quite a business this year Sin
frog saddles" That is more high toned
than to say frogs hind legs, but the
price is the same. Market steady and
| firm with good demand for fresh stock
at 10 cents a dozen pair. The referred
to boys esold the hotel man thirty doz-
en- one day last week. The writer is an
expert in the line of frog catching.
Takes up ten or fifteen dozen to Wis
consin each year for bait There is a
way to catch frogs so these boys make
good wages even at 10 cents a dozen.
| You don't run 'em down.
A passenger on the night train last
Saturday on the Illinois Central re-
ports seeing over a dozen barns and
buildings on fire during the trip from
Webster City to Waterloo Not for
many years has any one storm been so
severe in result. The buildings struck
! by the lightning seemed to catch fire
instantly, whereas in many cases re-
ported in the papers fire does not fol-
! low the bolt of lightning. We have con-
siderable to learn about lightning as
we'll as lighting rods, and lightning rod
men.
For garage in one Of these towns
along here, the owner pointed out a
$4,000 machine he had just sold a far
mer. An everyday sort Of farmer, not
the man that owns 1900 acres and
farms by proxy and renters. This far
mer had previously owned a Cheap
machine, but fell in line with "the
make" this dealer handles, so bought IL
and afterwards contracted for a ton
and glass front an additional cost OF
say $500. If this column was ever used
for moralizing, here is a great chance
Let the reader add the comment.
This late, wet, backward cold spring,
some claiming the records show the
coolest April for twenty-three years
is doing wonders for the grass crop
With hay at $40 to $12 ton it's not a
~,
throwing out so many bushels Of So
cent corn as in many places cattle
can almost now get living on this
new crop Of grass.
It's true many farmers along here
are not yet thru seeding. 1t is also true
much blowing foS corn has yet to be
done. Even the gardens are not plant
ed. There will be few new potatoes
on the Fourth Of July along this part
Of Iowa.
But again the other side. The fruit
growers are happy. Everything
. promises big crop Of all kinds Of
| fruit. Nothing is in blossom yet and
, the trees seem to be waiting like the
garden planters for spring to come
The chances are that with the late
blossoming date Of all fruit trees
which is inevitable this year. there viii
be but little damage from frost, as
when spring comes this year 1t will
: virtually be summer Even the dande.
, lions are late, and the writer has We
to see pussy willow. Worse than ali
, bullheads are not biting and It's al.
. most time for bass. Redhorse ant
suckers are running and taking tn
hook freely. much to the delight Of til,
. small boy. and some Of the old boy