Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
Looker-On In Iona
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Special to Times Republican.
Garwin, Oct. 2S.-This town is ex-
periencins quite a healthy boom. Last
summer an artesian we'll 1854 feet deep
was bored. resulting in a flowing Wel',
which sends up a stream twelve feet
above the surface of the ground. THIS
wtaer is so free from minerals that the
boiler OF the ditching machine used on
the street here, has been entirely free
from lime deposits by using this water.
Now the city has put UP water tower
on the hill and water from this wei,
apparently and inexhaustible supply
will be pumped into the tower and thus
distributed over the town. The pipes
are in along Main street and the d.tHl
being covered. A new large implement
building to be occupied by J. b. To-
land is being erected and as bit OF
private enterprise Messrs. Williams
Bros, and Berger are finishing the
alter building named the Savoy, fire
proof excepting the roof, to cost abolt
$500. While intended for the NOV
lees it will have stage for vaudeville
work and small theatrical troupes,
dressing room drop curtain, etc. They
install their own electric lighht system.
When the reader learns this complete
little theater is in a town of less than
500 population, its going some" The
creamery is running under able man
aeement, the hotel will be reopened
this week, the farmers elevator Is
erecting two large corn cribs and all in
al GarWin seems to be very prosper
Gus. For the benefit of some who Will
have il that the corn crop of Iowa
this year is q failure, more than one
farm in this vicinity is building an ad-
dition to his corn crib. Sixtyfve to
seventy-five bushels TO the acre is the
estimate on many farms.
Belmond is another town doing pref
ty well, thank you. Their electric ligh
system Will soon be in operation, three
miles of new wafer mains are laid, and
optimistic citizens say the main streets
to the depots will be paved in a year
or two. The beet sugar factory Is in
a waiting condition. Possible investors
are holding off o see how the free
sugar tariff works And this is the
town that has the solid cement fire.
proof cement building used as and
erected for postoffice. E. 81. Sheffield
is the man that built and owns 1t. Mr..
Sheffield feels sad these days. At
stead have been stealing his thunder.
Hes the man that originally advocated
draining some Of our Iowa lakes" ana
using the reclaimed land for state
farms. He can give the name of
lake that the state of Iowa ought to
drain and use for a home and farm for
epileptics. He goes Governor Clarke
one better on the blackbird business.
Says the blackbir6s around one lake
We're in such countless numbers, so
many millions Of them, they actualk.
kept the corn from sprouting, so deep
and dense was the shadow they created.
Maybe this sh ould be marked as Art
emus Ward once wrote this Is sar-
castle"
And if things are quiet in some parts
Of Wright county, just mention drain
ing Goose lake and something is doing
INN edfately. To drain or not to drain.
that's the question. Whether it's noble.
in the mind to suffer the attacks of the
voracious ducks and blackbirds or 10
take up arms against them and drain
the lakes. thus end sea Of troubles,
we'll take one side or the other and
somebody will jump on you. There's
no doubt but what we need to save
every lake in Iowa, this from, the
sportsman view. On the other nnad
It's might poor business proposition
TO allow hundreds of acres Of marsh
land covered with a foot of water. say
only half OF the time, what few fish Il
contains being frozen to death every
severe winter. II would seem as tho
much hard feeling could be avoided IL
this whole lake drainage question was
in each and every case referred to
commission, say Of five nonresident
citizens and let their recommendations
be final and settle the matter.
In Alexander the other Gay four
farmers in the store We're taking hog
cholera. All had lost heavily, One
farmer had used vaccination. the other
three had not. One had used a worm
medicine. the other three haa not. The
losses We're about the same but here IS
the point, all had examined their dead
hogs and every case folnc worms
| enough to kill any hog. One man siad
he found lang white worms in the
lungs Of some Of his hogs. And in all
cases these hogs were sick a week or
two before dying. Again these tarr..nrs
lived In different parts of the county
SO 1t was not local epidemic. These
| four farmers agree that virus and so
rum are useless.