Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-18
Looker-On In Iona

referring 10 recent mention IN this
column Of the financial arrangement
in the big hospital an Iowa physician
tells OF the case Of a lady school teach
or who was unable to pay all of her
bill for surgical operation, arranged
to send IS a month until balance was
paid. She kept her contract and after
the last payne nt was made received by
the next mail a check reinbursing her
for all she had paid.
In ono Of the stores here today the
writer heard two farmers talking Of
the need OF universal and systematic
spraying OF our apple trees. as well as
other fruit trees. One OF these men evil
IDENTIFY had several acres in apple trees,
for he said the oyster shell scale, a
close relation OF the San Jose scale
that infests the orchards Of California,
Washington, Idaho and Montana, was
so thoroughly covering his old trees he
had little hopes Of saving them. He
has commenced a determined and per-
sistent fight for his younger trees and
thinks his work will be successful, but
1t means from now on, continued war
fare, and yearly work such as is COM
pulsory in the apple orchards OF the
west. Mr.. G. H. Richardson, a banker
here, tells Of his experience in the
apple business. He sent away last
year and received several barrels of
choice fruit He determined to try the
experiment of wrapping each apple in
paper and used such progressive
papers as the Times-Republican and
others for that purpose. Result-Such
newspaper wrapped apples were in
good condition long after his barrels of
unwrapped apples were decayed and
useless. To his surprise he found that
in each box where the wrapped apples
were placed where decay developed.
only that particular apple was rotten
and spoiled. Such rotten apples did
not even wet the wrapper thru or in
jure the other apples packed around it.
1t may occur to our apple producers
that il they go into the spraying bust
ness and pack their finest fruit in
boxes-each apple wrapped in paper
they will sell for 5 cents apiece next
April. the price we are now paying fol
irrigated western apples, some OF
which are as ins;pid as an Iowa pump
kin, slightly favored with apple Juice
! Our Iowa Ben Davis. which deserves tc
be classed with German carp, as a last
| resort are choice eating apples in com
parison with some of these high priced
handsome irrigated apples.
| At this risk of occupying consider
a Die space the writer wants 10 pat {.
this column the following letter head
and then make few remarks. Much
Of 1t explains itself:
| Amsterdam Schoo! Township-rIan
cock County, Iowa.
! Board OF directors-Albert Neiman
District No. /: G. A. Miller. District
No. q Fred A. Freerksen. District No
8; Peter Luppens, District No. 4: F. C
Paine. District No. 5: A. D. Paine, Dis.
trict No. 8: A. Kirkeberg, District No
Z; Harry Peters District No. 9: Jol1r
Cooper, Director Large.
| A. D. Paine. president: T. /. Rikans.
rud, secretary: Martin Cosgrif, treas.
urer; E. W. Pruismau, truant OFFICER;
post office address of all. Kanawha.
Teachers Wages-State certificates
sos per month; first grade certificates
cents per month for each per cent II
certificate. Second and third grades
average per cent divided by two. Con.
tracts made for full year
General Conditions - Large, new
school houses: heated and yentiiatin,
systems, free writing material, tex
books. reference library, tablets. pen
CHS, etc. Slate blacitboards, dustles
chalk new globes, sanitary drfnkini
vessels, large library. several set
readers for supplementary work, mai
box by schoolhouse; four holidays al
lowed teachers: all schools have bee
in charge Of teachers holding mrs
grade or state certificates Tor severa