Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-20
News of erinneII and Vicinity,

Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Dec. 20.-Publc sales of
farm produce are frequent in this vi
clnity and high prices seem constant
ly climbing higher. On Saturday after
noon last at the Matthew Lyon sale
one and half miles east of Grinnell,
thirty tons of hay in the stack sold at
sl0.25 per ton. Soft maple cord wood
brought 1915 a cord. A 1o-year-
mare brought s15l; a 5-year-old geld
ing, $3.50: and a 4-year-old black mare,
range branded, Went at $3.50 At the
Lewis Larsen sale, five miles east
of Grinnell. on Friday last. twenty
eight head of horses and colts rang
ing in age from three months to I
years. brought an average of s143.5O,
one stallion selling for $500. Five calves
averaged SIS each; three cows s35;
eighteen short 2-year- old steers aver
aged $3.50. Late and small pigs and
good fair shoats sold from $3.50 10
$3.50. Corn brought so cents a bushel
and hay 1926 per ton in the stack
1t seems hard for conservative east
ern business men and money loaners
TO comprehend that the present high
the result of some spasmodic boom that
will soon break and leave the lender
on such property without adequate Sc
curity for his loan. A lawyer of the
city was reading from letter just
received from an eastern company in
which the writer expressed himself as
hardly willing to loan the amount
asked for because. while the land
might now have valuation put upon it
that would warrant the loan, it would
not probably rent for more than SO an
acre" The comment of the lawyer was
that the farm in question will readily
rent for Sc an acre and IS an acre is
a common rental for good farm lands
anywhere in this vicinity
The action of the advisory board of
the Congregational church yesterday in
electing Rev. Samuel j. Buck as dele
gate to participate in the ordiaa''1n on
Tuesday next of pastor f. Iil-
man church was especially )ri-
ate in view of the fact that 5uck
was one of the founders of the Gilman
church and for some years its first
pastor. Prior TO that time he had been
pastor of the Chester Center church
from which that at Gilman took most
of its first membership
The sudden death of Mrs w j.
Brayton last week was a great sur
prise to most who know her, as it was
not known by many that she was i'll
She had taken a severe cold and an
abscess formed upon the brain and
death came very quickly The funeral
took place last Friday afternoon. She
was the daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. w
C. Williams, of this city.
At noon on Saturday the fire alarm
sounded and the men were soon hard
al work on the j. F. Wilson building
on Commercial street, second door west
of the fire hall. The fire was soon un-
der control but not until several hun
dred dollars worth of damage had beer
done to building and stock. Boti
stories of the building were occupied
by the Moody Saddlery Company, who
moved here but few months ago from
Searsbore. Mr. Moody was away fol
the day at Oskaloosa. The workmer
had, but few moments before the FIRE
broke out, left the shop and gone Il
dinner 1t is supposed That the fire
eau 4iOi l-'C lamp diibCA oAit- Va S'i'
stitching machines for the warming o
the wax. It began in the north ent
of the building which was smut of
from the rest by a partition, in conse
auence of which much of the stock wa
protected In the lower story the dam
age was entirely by water. There i
probabl insurance to fully cover tn
loss.
At the meeting on Saturday night o
the members of Gordon Granger Pos
| No. 81, G. A. R., of this city, the fol
! lowing officers We're elected to serv
for 1910: Commander, Henry T. Crap
in; senior vice commander, R. A. Barr
junior vice commander, H. H Morris
officer of the day, Norman Noble; Off
Ger of the guard. S. Shadbolt; quarter
master, H. A. Field; surgeon, LeRo
Forehand; chaplain, J. H. Blatherwick
delegate to state encampment, H. A
Field; alternate, P. D. Burton.
Gordon Granger Woman's Relic
Corps No. elected the following Off
GERS: President, Mrs. r. A. Barr; sen
ior vice president. Mrs. D. A. Laros
junior vice president, Mrs. A. I
Stowe, treasurer, Mrs William Harri
son; chaplain, Mrs. Klein; guard, Mr.
Joshua Cole; conductor, Mrs. l
Sharpe; delegate to state encampmen
Mrs. H. T. Chaplin; alternate, Mrs.
E. Bonyata A joint installation of of
ficers of both post and corps will tax
place, probably at the first meeting i
January
ohELoAE VALUABLE.