Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-09
Looker-On In Iona

Dysart, Dec. s.-The immense land
has brought out many plans for MAX
ing deals with both residents and non.
residents. Here Is one way D. H. Eyer
of Clarion. has OF doing business. He
received an order to sell farm $50
miles from where he lives. So he made
this proposition to the owner. He
agreed TO advertise It free OF cost to the
owner make the sale. draw up all the
papers. and receive a certain commits
sion for his work. But the answers to
The advertisement mus, be written by
the owner. and all letters received must
he sent to Ey!er. Eyler ran an ad In
the Times Republican at a cost Of
sos The owner received ninety-six
letters which he answered and sent the
!.tters 20 ENler. The farm was sold to
the satisfaction OF the owner EYER
got his commission and he also had
nina-y-six letters from parties that
wanted % b''v Iowa dirt II can he
seen at a glance that these letters
were worth more to him than the s1o,75
The I'D cost. And all this was open and
above hoard no sharp practice, which
occasionally occurs in some land
transactions.
1t comes to the writer from a re-
liable source that the accident insur-
ance com panies not only Of Iowa but
All over the country, are irving to get
together and make automobile accident
Insurance a class by itsss Not the
machines but the accident Insurance on
the persons that ride in them. II is
difficult proposition to handle. First.
nearly everyone that carries accident
insurance rides more or less in an
automobile And such persons want
accident insurance TO cover automobile
accidents. But the expense to insur-
ance companies has grown tremend-
ouslv within the last two or three
years Members OF mutual accident
companies find an increased Yearly as
sessment very probable Naturally they
dislike that but still they want to be
insured from automobile as we'll as
railroad accidents. 1t would seem as
tho automobile accidents ought to be
paid for in mutual com panies. by the
members that use them daily. rather
than b. persons that perhaps ride in an
auto once or twice year. On the other
hand If any one company, mutual or
otherwise. makes auto accidents extra
hazardous and charges extra rate, they
viii lose considerable business.
The writer Is informed that in. Nor
rison. Iowa successful potato dump
was operated this season. The dump
is modelled much like grain eleva-
TOR, only the potato dump is built 30
It can be used any where In the rail-
road yards. The farmer with his load
OF potatoes drives UP q platform. The
end gate is removed. the front Of the
wagon elevated and the potatoes run
into a bin below Then he drive.
around to the side of the dump. the
elevator is started. regular sized pota-
toes are elevated into the car and the
small ones drop into another elevator
which carries them to the farmers
wa gon. This work is done by moving
screens which also sits out the dirt
Now if some lucky inventor will put or
the market practical potato picker.
the problem is all solved We can now
plant. cultivate. dig and dump by ma
cninery. Give Us picker up" and we
will al! raise potatoes.
There is store in Grundy Center
tina, sells over 800 bushels Of wheat
yearly for chicken feed. Not Q mixed
up oats. corn and wheat for chicken
feed. but good straight wheat, and the
chicken raisers pay the price and want
wheat. Nearly all Of this is town
trade. One gets an idea Of what the
poultry business amounts to when he
Is told Of an Iowa farmers WIN that
brought to one dealer in year $4l6
worth Of eggs and chickens, or on an
average OF So per week she sold to this
one dealer.
About as good Joke book" these
days is to pick up in the hotel Office
some daily or weekly paper bearing