Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-13
Looker-On In Iona

New Hartford. Jan. 13-While o. B.
Chaplin OF Union, was alive the town
frequently was the recipient of his
generosity. and now the bank which
ne founded is doing things along the
same line. AS a Christmas or New
Years present this bank recently pre-
scented the town OF Union with chem
Ical engine and hose cart attachment
which may save some costly conhagra-
zion.
Outside Of Des Mones and the "ef-
fet east there is probably no bank
building in Iowa costing as much and
of as unusual architecture as the now
being finished building the Newcomers
OF Eldora have erected on the north
side Of the court house square With
three sets Of windows it apparently is
three stories high. but really is only
Two stories. of course giving very
high ceiling, both on the main floor
and upstairs. The building is built of
cream colored glazed terra Gotta and
represents an outlay of 100000.
Once upon a time in one of our Iowa
towns there lived a weIl-to-do not to
say rich individual that would get
full" After he had made a nuisance
Of himself about SO long, the city mar
shall would coax him to go home thus
carrying out the new plan Of the Sioux
City officials, avoiding arrests, costs,
etc. But one day this well-to-do cit
izen left team shsvering from the
cold, hitched to a rack for several
hours withous food or water The
marshal took the team to the livery
stable, and when the owner went aft
ter his team dispute arose and this
time an arrest was made and costs and
fine imposed. The next day the we'll
to-do citizen sold out his holdings in
some local enterprises and metaphor
ically shook the dust of the streets
from his shoes. But two things have
been noticed in that Iowa town. One is
this good citizen when he is sober has
not been arrested since. The other is
the merchants and other dealers of the
town are still doing business at the
old stands.
Under the head Of 1.-TWO Blades Of
Grass Where One Grew Before" COL
iier's says: This boy is Jerry H. Moore
| of Florence county, South Carolina.
He is the champion corn raiser Of the
world-at least he is the champion
among boys. and, SO far as we know
the champion among men at the present
time. Jerry raised two hundred and
twenty eight bushels and three pecks
Ion SINCE acre last summer-that is,
within twenty-four bushels OF the
worlds record, which was made twen-
ty-two years ago. There are more than
a million full-grown men farmers in
the United States who were content.
when they gathered their crop last
October. to find they had raised forty
bushels an acre, one-ffth Of Jerry's
crop. There is a hint of important
changes to come in the fact that Jerry
| lives not in Iowa. nor in Illinois, nor
in any other part OF what is commonly
called the corn belt, but in South Caro-
| lima, within seventy-fve miles OF the
Atlantic ocean. In the present state OF
this nation 1t is more important to
give distinction for performances like
Jerry Moore's than for proficiency in
rhetoric, and more suitable to print
a picture Of him then Of the man who
won the local nomination for congress.
President w. w. Finley, OF the South
ern railway, said OF the recent South
Atlantic States Corn Exposition that
"1t marks what believe to be the
most important development in south
,ern agriculture since the invention of
the cotton gin" Practical persons who
want to learn more about Jerry Moore's
methods OF cultivation can probably
find out by writing to Mr.. William e.
Gonzales, who Is the editor Of THE
State" at Columbia, South Carolina,
and IL an enthusiast on his states pro-
lgress In corn-raising.
And speaking about boys, on an iowa