Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-14
YOUTHFUL TRAVELLING MAN CON-
PLAINS OF TRADE WHEN FARM
SALE TOTALS 5000.
NO EMIGRATION FROM GENEVA
AND VICINITY THIS SPRING
Ersets Substantial Buildings From
Timber Grown on the PIaee-Gen-
eva as . Horse Raising cente~c. e.
Wilson's Rural Observations.

Special 10 Times-Republican.
Geneva. Feb. ia young CONNER
cial Traveller working for an Illinois
concern sat at the supper table in a
hotel in a northern Iowa own one ev-
enlng ana explained to The rest of US
Why he had had q bad week" These
towns i'll Iowa are ali dead" he remark
ed, "and no wonder. Nobody could do
any business in a place where every
one is moving away. Why, the last
census shows that there are not 50
many inhabitants in this state as there
We're when l was a boy and he looked
around al each of the Others in a man
ner that indicated the expectancy Of
seeing some me collapse from the
shock brought on by the
Inent.
On that same day a farm sale was
held in the vicinity of hat a
man had sold his place for s125 per
acre and bought a Minnesota farm for
$50. The purchaser will move in about
the time the present occupant leaves.
Business must have been more brisk a.
that sale than the travelling nan found
that day IN the nearby town. Horses
sold way above the 5000 mark, COWS
brought big prices. some 7-uonths-old
calves We're sold for $40 each and when
the sale was over il was FOUND that
the proceeds would reach very near u
$1,000.
II is probable that the falling off in
population in this state Will explain a
good many light weeks between this
time and n taking Of the next census.
oui every travelling man living in Iowa
and every vel posted one working
Iowa territory from other parts Of the
country know that there are still left
enough people in this part of the world
70 carry on a reasonable amount Of
trade.
So far as his particular section IS
concerned there will be no emigration
10 other states at the spring moving
tim this year. a man we'll Informed
on the local conings and goings of the
rmi population failed 10 name a
single instance in which a farmer living
on either of the Geneva rural mail
routes contemplates leaving the state
this year. However this is one of the
most stable rural sommunities 10 be
tound in this part of the country. \
IarSe proportion of the farm dwellers
own their homes. An upfailing test re-
veals the state Of financial conditions
mere at the present time. A record OF
some sixty business transactions in
ToiVing the payment Of as many small
sums OF money showed that checks
were given on the local bank for more
than 50 per cent Of the total amount.
One OF the best of the recently i'm
proved farms in this locality is that of
J. \. Switzer and the buildings he
erected did not cost the owner a fort
une, either. A small grove of tall
cottonwood trees occupied a hillside on
the farm and fifry-two of them were
converted into dimension stuff by three
men who worked at the job less than a
week. About $500 was spent besides
FOR outside lumber and carpenter work.
The result is a good roomy barn. a fine
machine shed. a big up-to-date hog
house n other buildings. There are
rows Of tall straight cottonwood trees
standing along farm lines and other
places where they serve no purpose
whatever in various parts OF the coun-
try which it would seem would be util-
ICED TO immense advantage in this same
manner, instead of being allowed to re-
main year after year where they ef-
~fectually eve the growth of sum-
rner crops and hinder traffic on winter
roads.
One of the hrst signs Of a coming
spring time is to be seen on the farm
Of ]. H. Clock. which adjoins the town
Of Geneva Mr.. Clock and his man"
that is an 1~1-year-old SON.. are caring
for a flock OF about thirty young lambs.
OF course tney nave comfortable quar-
ters for the little fellows the un-
usually mild February feather hat
has prevailed for the past few days has
also favored the job of starting them
out right. 1t is the intention of the
Clocks to nave some high priced lamb
on the market about Easter time.
This community ought to obtain
something of a reputation as a horse
raising center if present methods are
p~ersevered in for a time. On one farm
the other day more han forty horses
and colts were noticed picking over a
last summers meadow. Another young
man opened his barn door and disclos-