Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-15
ONE SPECULATION MAKES MONEY
WHERE ANOTHER LOSES ON
SIMILAR INVESTMENTS.
ONE KNOWS HOW TO DEAL.
THE OTHER MERELY CANDLES
Corn Yisld This Year variss-Land on
Which Best Crops Were Grown Last
Season Produce Short crop-c. e.
Wilson Discovers 1o.Year- Old Bust.
ness Woman.
Special to Times-Republican.

OWaSa, NOV. lo.-A man secured pos.
session of farm in north Iowa coun-
ty and undertook to dispose of it at a
profit. An extremely dry season re-
suited in the failure of well on the
place while negotiations were pending
and the result of this and some minor
discouragements was the final sale OF
the farm at an actual loss to the spec
ulator Another individual tried the
same thing. He employed different
method OF selling and obtained diff
ferent result. He invested in a farm
located in neighborhood where near
ly all the people belonged to a certain
religious denomination. then he began
a search for buyer who desired to live
in that kind of community. After a
while such a man was found. the place
was shown to him. price agreed upon
and the would-be purchaser proposed
to close the deal at once. The owner
found excuse for delay until the fol-
lowing day and that very night the
mail brought an offer from a banker
in a nearby town $3.50 per acre higher
than the other man was to pay. When
shown the letter containing the bank
ers offer however. the first man raised
his former bid So per acre and the
owner did not consider it necessary to
wait for a longer price and the deal
was closed at once. Success in a land
speculation appears to depend some-
times on the ability of the Spectator
to engineer sale.
AS early as the middle of last week
farmers in this vicinity We're finishing
huslling theior corn. According to their
own statements they are taking an av-
erage of forty to sixty bushels an acre
from even the largest fields. 1t is to
be noted that in many localities where
the corn was best last year it is max
ing a poor showing this season. In
the vicinity of a Franklin county town,
where for the past seven years at least,
corn was better than in other sections
in that part of the state, the average
yield this year will be, perhaps. not
more than twenty-five or thirty BUSH
els per acre. No rain Of any conse-
quence fell there turnout the entire
growing season. In the territory sur
rounding Alden the stalks are so tall
and the stand so good that in most
fields the only way to locate a husking
outfit even tho but few rods distant
is to listen for the sound made by some
monster ear as it comes in contact with
the throw board. In other years crop
like the present one would show up In
long lines Of cribs at the railway sidings
but in these days nearly all goes into
buildings on the different farms, struc-
lures more imposing and expensive
than We're the residences OF the corn
nf
Mr.. Frank Carpenter, a resident OF
Owassa. and a veteran of the civil war.
to be and is. a reminder of stirring
times AT the close Of the war it de-
volved upon Carpenter and two others
to deliver to the federal authorities
the person Of Ben Harris, the man
who had charge of the dogs used to
hunt down the escaping prisoners OF
Andersonvile prison. About three
feet inside the stockade there ex-
tended q line Of low posts on top Of
which were nailed four-inch pine
boards. This formed the deadline to
cross which meant death to the I'M
fortunate inmates of the place. It was
a piece Of one of these pine boards
with fragment of laurel root for a
knob that formed the material from
which the old cane was made. 1t
might be added that when the party
called at the home of Harris in the
early morning, they were informed that
he was away from home but when
they returned rather Unexpectedly
later in the day. he had returned and
was promptly taken into custody and
delivered to the authorities at WASH
ington.
Three little girls were standing IN
the yard of a farm home when the
man in the buggy stopped at the gate
and inquired for Mr.. MostOllar The
oldest, a little miss OF not more than
10 years informed the visitor that
Papa and Mamma started away an
hour ago and will not be home till
evening. Who are you?' she asked.
Being told that the newspaper man
was there again on his annual collect
ing tour the diminutive lady replied,
20. they have been expecting you.
Will YOU give me a receipt II l pay
you?" The astonished collector agreed
to furnish the receipt and the girl
darted into the house and out again
with the required amount Of money.
You see." she explained. 1--WE have
been studying business forms at school
lately and can just as we'll fix this up