Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-07
FARM cHANoes NUMEROUS IN
RURAL DISTRICTS IN VICINITY
OF oRINNGLL.
MORE FAMILIEs RETURNING
THAN LEAVING THE STATE
Men Who havs Tried California, ME.
ssuri and Daketas Como Back 70
Coed Iowa seilAons Farmer Goes
Back to illinois and High. Priced
handsome Of the Changes.
'pecial to Times Republican.


Grinnell, March 1.-THE following is
a partial list Of the farm changes that
have Just taken place in this vicinity:
Col A. c. Jones leaves the Hannah
Morgan farm to take charge Of the
Ross Penrose farm in Rock Creek
township, which Jones recently bought
of Buchanan & Smith. Of this city.
G. w. Young, who has been working
farm in Rock Creek which is vacated
by Emme. Littrel, who goes to Colo
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Deacon Harvey s. Bliss, of this city,
and Thomas Allen. who has been on the
Bliss farm, have dissolved partnership
and Allen moves to northern Iowa.
John Osness, Of Malcolm township. has
bought the Bliss farm and will take
charge of it.
Frank Allen, who has been farming
the Barnes place north Of this city,
moves to a farm near Sheffield, and
John Fisher. who bought the Barnes
farm. will move there.
T. B. Kirkpatrick bought the Henry
Hink. Jr. farm in Chester township.
but still rents the Paden farm south
Of Grinnell and remains there this year.
Press Shaw takes charge OF the Hink
farm for Kirkpatrick, and Fred Pulls
moves from Malcolm township to the
Woodford farm which Shaw vacates.
This Woodford farm has recently been
sold to Henry Hink, Sr. Tom Lynch
leaves the Henry Hink, Jr. farm. to
which Shaw moves, and takes the G.
p. Buswell farm in Chester township.
Dan Edgington has moved to farm
he recently bought near Sheffield.
Iowa, and rented his farm near here on
the state road to A. E. Halstead. who
leaves the George Murray farm in
Grinnell township to be carried on by
! John Alerton. who quits the grocery
business in Grinnell for that purpose.
E. Larson and liver Thorson. both
unmarried. who have been farming the
Theodore Olson place. southeast Of
Grinnell, have decided to quit indepen-
| dent farming and work for other peo-
pie Lee Albright takes charge Of the
Thee Olson place. leaving the Roy Tar
bin farm for that purpose and George
Trumbull leaves Grinnell to work the
Tarbin farm.
l.. NJ Smith has sold his farm to
George Evans. who moves there and
carries on tho place himself. The
Charles Ridley place. four miles south
Of Grinnell, which Evans has just left.
is taken in charge by Walter Adams.
CD. Palmer, who has been team
ster in Grinnell, takes charge of the
Richardson farm recently bought by E.
J. Harris.
| A. w. Haycock's sons take his farm
and Charles Fopma, who has been
farming that place, takes the S. s.
Preston farm now owned by j. E.
Stewart.
| w. H. Van Zant. who has been carry
ing on the Preston place. leaves It to
carry on his own farm recently bought
near Sully.
! Peter Anderson leaves the Henry
Barns place west Of Grinnell and goes
to Illinois to take charge Of the farm
he has bought there and Willis Martz
from Blue Point takes Anderson's place
on the Barns farm.
| w. G.. Reynold has bought the Ed
Newcomer farm in Chester township
and leaves the Norris farm In Rock
Creek to take charge Of his new pur-
chase and Newcomer moves to his own
farm bought recently near Newburg
| Ole Engel leaves the Orrin White
place northwest of Grinnell and takes
the Norris farm in Rock Creek and
Tobias Alertson comes back from IL
linois and takes charge Of the Orrin
White place.
Will Sickle has left the Fitzgerald
farm and gone to try farming in Mis-
souri, and Samuel A. Downey who has
been farming with c. L. Stanley east
Of Grinnell. takes the Fitzgerald farm.
Henry Rickard has sold his farm to
his brother. Elmer Richard. who il now
in Missouri, and goes to his own farm
near Sheffield.
John Goodfellow quits farming his
place in Grinnell township and rents
the unsold part Of 1t to E. C. Heishman.
He has sold 24O acres Of the original
farm to Worth Porter. who moves back
from Green Mountain to take charge
of 1t.
I. A. Newton moves to Grinneli and
his brother John takes his place in
carrying on the Thomas Newton farm.
Erick Peterson leaves the Ned Rice
farm to occupy his own farm recently
bought In Minnesota, and G. p. Sickle.
who has been working for Robert Han
nay. takes charge Of the Rice farm.
James A. Hotchkin has sold his farm
in Rock Creek township to H. 5. Gar
rett and has bought farm near
Searsboro OF Charles Hasley.
Elmer whitcomb has come back
from California to his own farm in
Rock Creek and John. Reese, who has
been on the Whitcomb place. has rent
ed a farm of H. s. Garrett.
w. M Adkins leaves the ]. F. Ad-