Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-19
Looker-On In Iona
.ial to Times-Renuhlican

LOOh6I.OUl IN IONA
Special to Times Republican
Meservy, Oct. 19.--If the same con-
ditions prevail over the state generally
as here, the potato crop is but little
injured. Right here in town in gar
den that had no protection from weeds
or grass the writer examined the po-
tatoes as they We're dug and none were
frozen or injured by the big freeze OF
the 18th inst. One man that has thirty
five acres still to be dug claims no in
jury, so far. On the 18th the writer
saw two teams blowing up pasture
ground and no trouble was experienced
on account of frozen ground. Reports
from the potato fields of Minnesota are
that before the freeze the ground was
covered with two to four inches of
snow and this protected the fields of
the potatoes still in the ground. So it
looks as tho we shall yet have a good
crop at fair price,
An ingenious arrangement for hand
ling potatoes was seen last week near
Belmond. The running gear of wagon
was heightened out as when lumber is
hauled. Two inch planks were used for
the body of the heightened wagon.
Stat boxes as long as the wagon box
was wide were made, each with holes
in the ends, to handle. The boxes hold
ing about two bushels were taken to
the field, the potatoes picked up into
them, and two men easily loaded them
into the wagon and as easily unloaded
them into the car from the wagon. 1t
is claimed in this way a wagon can be
unloaded in half the time then general
ly used in shoveling into the car and
"a heap less backache."
The Iowa farmer now days buys an
automobile much as the town dweller
an Iowa town it was known that young
Jones was talking of buying "a car"
That forenoon the writer saw five
agents each with the best machine on
earth, after that man and prospective
buyer Each machine was put thru
it's PAGES, showing it to be kkind and
gentl, not afraid of the cars, would
stand without hitching. women could
drive 1t any where, had made mile ir
two minutes fat, and ate less oil and
cost less for shoeing than any Other
make on the market. Get in and try IL
for yourself. don't be afraid, perfectly
gentle And he got in and one agent
went home on the steam cars with a
check for $3.50 in his inside yes,
pocket.
Talk about enterprise. Within weel
after Cook and Peary landed in the
United States, in one of our Iowa towns
book agent was selling book giving
full account of the two trips to the
pole The publisher was "a wise guy.
He had both accounts in the same bool
and took sides neither with Peary o.
Cook Both books were properly IL
4 Illustrated, both had maps and both wer
authentic" And the same book agen
also had the book giving full accoun
4 of Roosevelt's travels in Africa. Thi
was before the first installment o
Roosevelts own story appeared in tn
magazine that pays him a dollar
word.
In the Illustrations, one could easil.
recognize Teddy and Kermit, the on
shooting with rifle and the other will
a camera. The natives too one recog
nized as, from photographs taken o.
the spot, for the trees and grass locke,
Just like Africa, and said natives wer
black and shy of clothes just as ma
tive should be- In the grain offic
where the writer listened to the we
told story. told by the book agent, h
secured an order for both books, s3.7
per.
In Iowa Falls not long ago the writ
er asked some questions concerning tn
motor cars the c., r. I. & P. Ry. ha
been running on their tracks fro1
Ninton to Iowa Falls They averag
about 100 passengers each trip eac
way AT present only one round trip
made. Experiments are now bein
made with crude oil as the power pro
ducing fuel In a recent issue of tn
Railroad Age Gazette, we are told ths
several railways running out of Chi
cago have been testing passenger me
tor cars. The Rock Island has bee
using an Oil burner On Aug. 3 it re
ceived a "gas electric" car, and som
officers of the road with invited guess
', made a trial trip from the La Sal
street station TO Bureau, Ill, and bac
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa F
also has one of the gas-electric car
and a part Of it's officers made a trl
in it one day last week. This car
to be put in service on the Southe1
Kansas division. The Santa F'e has al.
been trying a steam motor car. II
Rock Island expects soon to have 8
motor cars Of different designs
service on its lines.
The wonder Is the G. & NV. r
does not experiment" on such par
8 Of their system as between Tama ar
8 Jewell Junction. And IL the Iowa Cei
q trail will experiment the same we
on the Story City branch, no furth
appeal to the railroad commissions
: will be made for a better passeng
q service.
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