Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-23
NOW ONE OF sEsr-lMpRovEp
FARMS IN ENTIRE COUNTY
Flowing in Progress pse. 10 on Many
Iowa Farms ~ Hess Advertised on
Public Sales Announcements Show
Extent Of choiera Ravassa In Pews.
shisk-c. z. wilson's Observations. !.

q companion. A week or 80 later the
latter, had occasion to visit that farm
and mentioned the incident to the
farmer, who replied In substance. EYES,
I came hero fourteen years ago when
there was nothing here except the land
and fence. Il II rather billy around
here but the soil 10 good and deep ana
land here didn't cost. 30 much when
I located 40 It did in the smoother To-
calitdes. altho 1t - being held near the
SEQ mark now. My bank account wasn't
much OF an account at that time
and this quarter section was offered
me for $26 per acre, so bought It."
It seemed little short Of hearing a
fairy story to the listener, who was
county land was actually aold for 12S
week an unimproved forty In another
from tho nearest town, sold for $500,
nearly two times as much e the other
man paid for four times as much land
only fourteen years ago.
OF course If one cares to 60 INTO the
records Of earlier years he can hnd
transactions that make the $2s land
look rather high In price In 1858. for
instance. Alonzo Steele, well known in
this section thru his connection with
the Steele & Craver header works
which once existed in Grinnell, paid
SO an acre for half section Of land
only about half a mile from this city.
The present owner, W. 8. Sanders,
a grandson Of Steele. has Just finished
what Is probably the finest farm house
In Poweshiek county and which must
have cost several times the amount
paid for the farm half century ago.
1t IS a ten-room structure built Of
brick without and hollow brick within,
finished in oak and birch and with
every modern convenience. A wire
connects the place with the Grinnell
lighting plant and a pressure tank sys-'
tenn handles the water.
The rural population has been rejoic-
ing, as q whole, in the unusually mild
weather Of this winter up to the time
that this is written. As late as the
18th men were blowing in the fields.
On a number Of farms old hedge rows
have been "grubbed out" and cleaned
up at q season Of the year when the
ground is usually frozen several inches
in depth. But one young lady, Cal
ifornian visiting for three months In
Iowa, Is said not to be among those
satisfied with the weather here. She
has never seen a blizzard and doesn't
really know whether or not to credit
statements Of Iowa people concerning
heavy SHOWS. high winds. low temper
atures. blockades, etc, In fact has
about concluded that it Is al talk and
in consequence Is greatly disappointed
in Iowa winter weather.
For the past month there has been
q public sale held in this part OF the
country nearly every day. some days
there have been moro than one and
these but a few miles apart Last
week there were at least five closing
out sales bulletined and the bills told
the STORY Of what has happened to the
hogs Of this section. The aSgresate
number Of swine advertised for sale by
these five farmers was just thirty. or
an average Of half dozen to the farm.
OF course this Is not to be taken as tho
average left on all the farms by any
means, but nevertheless that was the
number advertised on the bills.
One man who noticed . porker on
his feed one day made short work
Of the investigation. which determined
the nature Of the disorder. He simply
put Mr.. Pig in a gunny sack, threw
him into an automobile A1ad took him
to the hospital at Ames for an ex-
animation. The patent never rallied
from the shock Of the Operation and
it wasn't intended that he should do 80.
His ailment was pronounced cholera
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Mrs. F. NJ. Ohmart, wife Of a we'll
known farmer near Lynnville. has a
unique product Of skillful handiwork
which she wrought years ago in her
Rirlhood days. It Is an agricultural
wreath and represents most faithfully
many specimens Of the plant kind. BY
a dexterous manipulation Of scissors,
needle and paste working on cardboard,
zephyr. green paper. silver wire. var
nish and innumerable varieties OF
grains, nuts and seeds, leaves, blossoms
and buds are represented with q most
beautiful effect. Among the 500 kinds
Of seeds used were rice, melon. corn.
and other grains, bean. grape. beet.
sunfiower, coffee, pepper, apple, cucum-
Der and prune, also buckeyes, acorns,
beech nuts, chestnuts, pecans. hickory
and hazel nuts and many other fruits
c. E. WILSON.
sHlPPER's CONTRACT.
judge Henderson Asked to Rule in
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