Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-08
STATE BOARD OF CONTROL PUR.
cHAsEs POLK COUNTY FARM
FOR EPlLEPTlcs.
TRACT OF 1850 ACRES
BOUGHT FOR 100000
Flynn Farm Selected Because Of Fer.
tiIity, Improvements and Accessible.
ity-Liss Eight Miles From Polk
County Court House and Interurban
Line Will Be Extended Thereto.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Jan s.-The Iowa epi-
leptic colony will be located at Flynn
station near Give, Polk county.
The state board of control has de-
cided upon this location for the colony
on condition. The farm purchased is
that of the estate Of the late Martin
Flynn, pioneer farmer and stock dealer
a magnificent farm of 1850 acres, with
fine brick residence, big barns, silos,
drainage, water, grove, nearness to
railroads and general Instability.
Price to be paid is 100000, or about
sls5 an. acre, Which considering the
location. and Improvements and high
quality of the land is declared to be
very low In fact the board was urged
strongly to buy other tracts in distant
parts Of the state for $500 an acre or
over.
= Convenience Unquestioned.
The farm is the most slightly and
convenient Of any that could have been
secured, SO members Of the board be-
lieve. The building site is high and
seen from two railroads. There is a
splendid grove Of native trees on the
farm, mostly walnut and oak, and also
many old evergreen trees. There is an
inexhaustihle spring on the farm, so the
water question will never bother
There is ample drainage There is
abundant clay on the farm to establish
clay products industries 1t is required
~ s%,t~ xr,if1
the Milwaukee, railroad to construct a
siding on the farm and to establish and
maintain a passenger station on the
farm and stop all trains there. The
Milwaukee has two lines touching the
farm-the road to Boone and the one
to Spirit Lake. One line cuts across
a corner of the farm and the other
skirts the south side.
The building site is eight miles from
the Polk county court house and near
est point on the farm to the city limits
Of Des Moines is about three and a
half miles. The street railway COM
pany will build an extension of its "Ur-
bandale" line to and past the farm on
the route to Adel, which is sure to be
built
Nearness to Des Moines with three
good hospitals and other facilities was
one reason for choosing this location.
The station Of Give. which Is a juno
ton of the two lines, is about mile
away, but new station will be es-
tablished on the farm.
Land Unrivaied.
The land of the Flynn farm is univ
aled. There is absolutely no better
farm land to be had anywhere In the
state. The farm was for many years
maintained as stock farm by Martin
Flynn. and as such 1t was of course
ma intained as to fertility of the soil.
Much Of 1t has been in grass and clover.
There is some high and rolling land at
the building site but the rest is COM
paratively level.
The fuel problem is one which had
a great deal to do with the selection OF
this farm. Coal can be secured from
the many mines in this part Of the
state so that saving Of many thous
ands of dollars year will be effected
in fuel over some OF the sites proposed
There will also b a ready market in
Des Moines for garden products and for
other things If industries are estab-
lished.
The selection Of the site will be a
surprise to many In Des Moines, for
they had been utterly Indifferent to the
location. and in fact a great many were
urging that it not be located here. But
members of the board reached the con-
c!usion this was the cheapest and best
of the locations offered