Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-06
Looker-On In Iona

Radcliffe, May ga trip across the
! state, that is in central Iowa Will con-
voace any one. that unless we again
have freezing weather, there Will be q
fair crop of cherries and apples ano
almost the usua! crop Of strawberries
Grapes are sending out new buds anc
some claim there is every probability
Of a good yield. Cherry trees that lost
! half of their blossoms by me freeze
are now full again, some showing no
! signs Of the hard weather they went
thru. Box elders and maple trees are
now discarding the leaves formed in
March and April, and starting a new
| supply. The NAPLES are casting on
| their seeds for the second time, this
last being the frozen product. Very
few cat fields show any signs of dam
age. The corn planters are starting
everywhere. the soil in fine condition.
The rain early in the week was a god
send for small grain and pastures. A
close observer in rama says the noted
freeze will help many a man that was
loaded up with cheap potatoes as there
will be a demand for old potatoes a
month longer than usual. That the
freeze made it impossible in this part
OF the state, for many new potatoes
on the 4th of July" That merchants
with cellars full and farmers with po-
ta,o pits OF good stock will find a de-
mand for them not possible If the early
planted potatoes had met with no mis-
hap.
Nearly ali prominent men have "a
double that makes them trouble or
1;-a-, y ~ re
We have all read Of senator Cullom's
resemblance to Abraham Lincoln. And
SO common and general in these days
are pictures and cuts of noted men
that the public recognizes them ev-
~erywhere. All this was suggested in
Tama in calling on Mr.. W. H. Albreeht
HIS resemblance to the late Mark
Twain is so striking that strangers
notice and remark on ii.
Co away from town and get The
news" Golfers of April %, says:
"On a grain farm in Iowa, carefully
managed. its owner. Fred McCulloch
made $4,000, over all expenses. for last
years work on 325 acres in Poweshiek
county. Many of his broad acres netted
| him as high as $3.50 per acre. Only
J one crop piOSSI q IOS!I6 S0!IAS. iaS ~
Of timothy making a loss Of s3.06 pc.
acre. Every acre was given the mos;
careful attention and cultivation. and
a complete record was kept each day
of each separate item Of expense re-
quired to conduct the management OF
the farm. These figures at the close
Of the season were compiled into tables
showing the hours OF labor for both
w. 1I-@ Mn 1Noa. nnc% far
planting. caring for and harvesting the
grain.
As will be noted from the plat. the
farm was laid off in fields, each field
being taken care Of it by itself. and in
this way was determined Just which
crops were paying and which were
causing a loss. Mr.. MccuIloch was
very careful in his selection OF seed
only planting that which had beer
thoroughly tested, obtaining in thi:
way a most excellent stand.
SO
About as good a story on the
~"booster' business, comes from th'
employes of a certain railroad, that fol
several years deservedly was damned
by the public So general was tn
practice that even the men working FOL
this railroad always "joined in Choir
US" Lately an effort has been mad
in the way Of new equipment, NOR
and better trains, fixing up the road
bed, etc. to get new trade, both pas
senger and freight. And n OF tn
imprinted orders to the employees ma
been, quit your kicking. If you can
boost. Shut up or quit the road. VIVA
a great thing for some towns II suc'
an order could be issued and some
body could enforce it.
Like the automobile and some othe
twentieth century features the tran
auditor has come to stay" May b
there are spoilers still "spotting ou
il would seem "the train auditor" doe
the work unless the Spoilers ar
needed to spot" the auditor. When tn
latter first appeared the conductor wa
mad thru and thru. Didn't like it
little bit" Now he enjoys it. Give
him a holiday. All he has to do Is
run the train while the auditor does a
of the work. It seems some brass col
Jared official conceived the idea of hav
ing an office man, now known as tral
auditor-says SO on his cap-withou
notice board a train and collect all tn
tickets and incidentally all of the cas-
) fares, while the conductor for that tri
Just ran the train. Then the report {
that run" is compared in some wa
with the conductors daily report, an
thus the railroad finds out "whethe
thee onductor is working for himself {
the railroad AS this auditor appear
) without previous notice, sometimes &c
, ing on a branch, sometimes north, cas-
. south or west, evidently getting his Oh
= ders from headquarters. II there is an
!. regular "skullduggery" going on he ca
get some traces Of 1t, but whether /
also acts as detective in addition to h
! regular duties OF ticker ana fare collet
' tor none of the railroad men seem
know. It's amusing to watch the oil
ferent conductors when the auditor
on the train. Some help him by poin'
ing out "the only man that got 9
here" and visit with him turnout II
i trip. Others don't even look at I'll
auditor" and some of US imagine IL |
should get of the train for a iunch tt
: chances are he would "get left"
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