Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-23
Looksr-On In Iona


Baimond, Oct. 2S.-Betw cen here and
kenawha is big drainage ditch.
Passing y Thursday the 18TH inst one
saw less than foot of water in Il.
During September nearly twelve inches
OF water fell in Iowa For ten days
from he 9th to the lsth OF October it
ra.ned every day IN this vicinity. Wa
ter was standing in the co:rf:elds. the
small ponds and sloughs were fui! Of
water and Vet here was this drainage
ditch with only & foot Of water. Why
Reports come from every direction
81 corn sprouting and several farmers
near here say they have ssen it In low
places with growth six inches high
Gnquesiionabiy corn is down" in bad
shape. Huskers VIII earn their money
this year In some way this damaged
corn VIII have 10 be kept out of the
crib There are all sorts OF estimates
o. the damage. some claiming il will
agure u per cent. And corn stalks as
fodder is almost worthless this year
The continuous rains have soaked out
The nourishmerr usually IN the stalk.
T. offset some OF this trouble the
pastures everywhere are wonderful for
the middle Of October and thousands of
dollars worth of feed have been saved
in the usual stored up winter supplies.
And the late rains have been both
blessing ard the opposite 20 the potato
crop. Reports come everywhere Of a
big yield and low prices. some store
keepers are buying what they use at
20 cents and retailing fox ilolf dollar
a bushel. Travelling men .eii Of seeing
potatoes loaded in.cars in come places
IN Minnesota. which only brought the
grower Is cents per bushel.
50
In Geneva last week the ritter saw
twc beds OF eyeri}earing s:raNb rr.ts.
They were on two residence lots nd
each owner told the same story. They
have borne ripe berrier continuously
since last June. There had been no
pruning. pinching off blossoms and
! berries, had simply been let alone. One
oed received little or no cuitiY alton this
year and yeT on the first week IN
October the writer saw great big red
ripe straw berries. All this is men
toned in this column for up to this
time the scribe mas been ;: doubling
Thomas on 'evsrhssring' strawberries.
The promise Of cheap apples this
year Is being realized. Although our
loTa crop is a failure. car loads 81
/ ouik apples are now being sold in
mary places In Hampton the store
I WINDOWS are filed with Ben Davis.
selling for 90 cents per bushei ont Of
III" stores. In another town good sized
Jonathans we're peddled out OF car
ana delivered a; sI.25 per bushel Ia
many towns housekeepers can now
contract winter apples a, 50 to s3.25 a
I barre Of eleven pecks. These New
I York and Michigan stock. One OF the
apple men from Missouri tells the
I writer that every town in Iowa viii
Rave shipped in tf,s year at ieas. one
car load Of Missouri apples IN bulk.
That there Is an arrangement by which
shippers know. what towns have been
supplied and thus avoid overstocking
evident the grower and consumer thus
! get close together and the middleman
I has but little chow 10 do much bust
/ ness
| a hardware dealer complains that his
stock q now handled in many lines
by Fair stores. An ice cream dealer
says the dry goods stores are killing
his ice cream trade. A druggist says
department stores are spelling his
trade in many kinds of toilet prepare
tions. a groceryman ;ells Of meat
markets handling groceries, and marke,
men tell Of grocery stores selling hams
bacon and bologna sausage. And each
and all complain that the mail order
houses are running the retail business
of Iowa. Regular grain dealers kick
because there are SO many farmer s
| elevators. In fact the only non com
petitive business seems to be the deal
ers in postage stamps.
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