Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-09
SECTION OF COUNTRY NEAR
CLARION TO BE OCCUPIED BY
NEW FARMERS.
SHAKING UP IN POPULATION
CAN NOT BE EXPLAINED
Land Good and Farmers Prosperous,
Vet There Will Be Something Doing
at Moving Time - labor-Savins
Methods Of "SwiIlins" Piss-c. e.
Wilson's Rural Observations.
Special to Times -Repue4ican.

Special to Times JRepuSfican.
Rowan, Jan. The The following is an
Illustration of what moving day does
with the inhabitants of a rural COM
munity sometimes. The territory III
which the changes here given will oc-
cur next spring is about three miles
measured north and south and hardy
| more than that distance from east 10
west. just why such shaking Up III
population should take place in single
season in this locality is not easily eA-
planned. for the land is good and the
people prosperous, yet every one con
! cerned seems to have selected the
same time in which to make change.
] The farming firm OF Hansen and
Nelson is to be dissolved with Mr.. Nell
sonson as the retiring member. he
will occupy what is known as the
/ Bingham farm now tenanted by VIII
liam Bailey, who will move to Rowan.
/. r. L. Harris, a young farmer Nv
ing at present in Rowan, is preparing
to move to a place three miles south
of the neighborlng town of Aiexan-
! der.
| Inc w eDer DIOliieIS nave -SoiN 'iiSiA
farm east Of here and Carl, one of the
| brothers, will occupy his farm north
| of Bows, while Fred will move to the,
place now occupied by William Stet-
fens, whose plans for next year nave
not Vet assumed definite shape.
Mrs. Moon, for the past Few years
| n resident of Rowan, VIII again live
on the Moon farm north of town and
/ w. j. Peddle, who has been operating
the place, will move to the Munson
+! farm east of here, where new set
of farm improvements have been re-
Gently erected.
(! D. E. Fletcher will move 10 the Nor
ton farm southeast OF Clarion and his
/ place will be taken BY sam Smith,
who at present is occupying the VIII
liam Veeder farm on q Belmon1 mail
route.
A. f. Emerson, another well known
farmer some time go moved - Row
an and engaged in business and his
farm is to be taken by Mr.. Farmer,
also from the vicinity of Belmond.
NJ. Hensley, who has been living on
the Ferguson farm near here, is maxi
ing preparations to move on, that place
having been purchased by Ed Drur|,
who sold his farm near Dows last fall
at record breaking price.
Herb Bailey has sold his farm to a
/ Mrs. Pressedder, of Oskaloosa, and has
| bought another in tne vicinity Of Car
ner, to which he will move in March
Ex-Consul ]. z. Rowan is to move
from his home in Clarion to his farm,
a short distance from the town o:
Rowan. This farm is now occupied by
C. E. Weld, whose plans for the fu-
$,,-n ~ ar .
When these changes rave all been
! made there will be a community in
the territory tributary to Rowan tina.
would make it a land Of strangers &c
an old time resident returning after
an absence Of a year or two.
One way to "sNill' pigs is to carr,
the stuff in pals from the barre
where it is mixed to the troughs where
=. it is fed, but that is not the way {
farmer near Chester Center in Pow
I. eshiek county was doing it one da-
: some time ago. Instead of buckets h
had galvanized iron tank rlounte'
- on three wheeled cart something Xix
the trucks used around freight depots
A horse was hitched to the vehicle an
? instead Of two pallfuls it was two bar
relfuls that We're taken out for tn
1 go thirsty porkers. Half dozen 0
the animals were admitted to tn
troughs, the opening to the feed var
closed and the swill dipped out an
into the six long troughs. By III
time this was completed the aosen
n members of the herd had been al
Il tracted to the place Of entrance by Il.
piteous squealing Of the porcine hord
that witnessed the feasting of the for
tunate six. the gate was opened an
= the noise ceased and normal condi
! tons were once more established.
Last Thursday morning really wa
not the kind of day a rational ma
"A would choose for a pleasure driv
= The thermometer or the drug sto-
4 corner in Goodell registered Is below
ID sharp brisk wind blew from tn
nor thwes: and tracks made in the sno
were rot visible more than five mir
utes after they were formed. The liz
eryman didn't know whether he coul
get thru or not; he would try. TT
= other man couldn't see any fun ahes
- but a driving schedule planned mir
months in advance, SO many da,
from each town is seriously affecte
sometimes by the loss Of days tin
and this was one of the times whe
r. driving seemed necessary and the sta
p was made. For about three hours {!
team struggled thru the drifts. On
while blowing thru a particularly de-
- one there was sharp metallic soul
~ followed by the exclamation, 1.-The
goes a new shoe" Finally there can
an opportunity to make a short cut
driving thru a ree-fanked lane. He
a dozen rods more and: the .kndUs "
so deep that the team was stopped
"a breathe moment. .ssboff. dri
. ahead and another stop. Then 0ne
the horses concluded to He-doKn a
nee -.=--- 80 =.
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