Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-27
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Conrad, Feb. 27.-There seems to be
another use for the road drag. The big
thaw and the three warm days of last
week left the roads in the worst con-
dition Of this winter. Where the snow
|'drifted travel over the soft snow left
deep holes which afterwards froze, and
at this writing in many places, tip
over" is sure in case unusual care is
not taken. Another dangerous thing Is
the hole in the now frozen snow and
ice, caused by q horse going thru
foot or two OF the soft snow. Men
arriving here today report horses
down twice on the trip to town. All
this, say the road drag men, could
have been avoided if the road drags
had been used while the snow was soft.
II is exactly aiuns the same lines es
Using a drag after a rain when the
ground is soft. 1t would be good
idea for some to work these snow roads
during the next thaw and report re-
suits to the Times Republican.
! Not everybody has read or heard
of what some Iowa boys and girls have
been Going IN Washington, D. c.. dur
ing the past two weeks. A special
from there is to the effect that Wash
ington has been entertaining for four
| or five days this week ten lads from
Iowa who have gained fame by rails
/ ing extraordinarily large yields Of
! corn from an acre of ground. In fact
( they are the ten champion corn raisers
of the state The boys brought with
them a 2-year-old Iowa girl who is
the best breadmaker in the state. The
Iowa bows and girls on their visit to
Washington have been treated like
! princes and p-incesses. Their ex-
penses have been paid as
result of the proficiency they
! have shown, and besides taking in all
the sights they have been presented to
the president of the United States, and
each has been honored with certif-
: cate of merit personally delivered by
the secretary of agriculture.
I The contest which has resulted in
bringing the boys and girls to Wash
| ington involved the award o. a mum
Der of prizes. In seven out Of the ten
congressional districts OF Iowa the rep
jresentatives in congress offered trip
| 10 Washington 20 the boy between the
ages of 10 and Is who could grow the
most corn on an acre of land in each
district The citizens of Pottawattamie
county, which includes the city of
Council Bluffs. offered 4 similar prize,
while two agricultural journals under
took TO paE' the expenses Of the champ
ion breadmaker of the state and the
states champion corn raisers.
The best b-ead'naiker in the state is
Miss Lois Ednonds, Il years old. OF
Clarinda, Page county. who won over
5000 competitors. The state champion
corn raiser is Lester Finch, of Fair
bank, Buchanan county. He raised 1857
bushels Of corn on an acre of land at a
cost of II cents a bushel.
The contests We're planned and car
-ied out by Prof. E. G. Bishop, who is
connected with the state agricultural
college, Iowa In judging the winners
Of the corn growing contest Professor
Bishop took into consideration the
commercial value and cost Of raising
the crop, as we'll as the yield. Besides
the state prize winners the names OF
the unsuccessful contestants who car
iried away the honors in a field of more
than 1000, are as follows:
Vivian Edwards, Clarlssville, Butler
county; Harry E. Lavalle, Postville,
Fayette county; David r. Jones, New
Sharon, Poweshiek county: Charles F.
Whitehouse. Granger, Polk county:
Glenn Mead, Percival. Fremont county:
IVY E. MAYOR. Stratford. Hamilton
county: Clarence L. Brown. Salix
Woodbury. county: Arthur Strohbehn,
Traynor. Pottawattamie county.
The corn boys. as they We're called
in Washington, were On the go every
minute, and what they missed seeing
here wasn't worth looking at. They
found time 10 drop in on DR.. V. p.
Claxton. United states commissioner
Of education. The doctor had lot Of
rice things to say to them. He told
the girl in the Iowa delegation that
any girl or woman who could bake
bread better and feed the family bet
ter than another woman is more
valuable than the man who invents
things. DR.. Claxton told the boys
that their achievements were OF larger
ultimate worth than those Of an army.
If you grow twice as many bushels
Of corn on an acre in Iowa, or twice as
much anything else, you double the
produ ctiveness OF your state, and that
is the equivalent Of increasing our
territories by going to war and con-
uuering a country as big as all New
England and New York put together
It mary towns, especlailS the Small
| ores. bank competition grows up
which to say the least is interesting. 1t
seems the account OF creamery
was sought by two banks in the town
where the creamery is in operation.
and inducements were held out which
finally resulted in formal cash bids.
TIE result was one bank paid the
creamery $500 in cold cash to have the
account on it's books. the other bank
bidding $675 previously. AS the ac-
count is worth about 500 a year in the
way Of interest on deposits one Won
ders why this fierce opposition exists.
Perhaps for the same reason 1t pays
storekeepers to sell some goods at less
| than cost.
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