Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-04

n ~ Aala - fesnA - mr. 8 .
wosSe cendll1e0 tAan - ~ e1posto0,
ana 10 Aad sxpeees1 e = y I'D Dvl
sfs and bashss ana tal grass srow
thick along The rail 1e1eo On arounA
ths 6sad. Hefo ana theco next 10 The
ground rails bed rotAsd and allowed
hogs to como IN Or % out at Will The
last tenants hadn't taken any trouble
to mend these gaps, and the hogs that
ran outside had destroyed . part Of
the crops for two or three ysan.
'Myl There's certainly some work
to do here" Sam remarked.
whats to dor Fred Martin a0ted.
"For the 6rst thing" Sam replied.
''this fence row b to clean out. and
then Ill have to cut some poles 20 put
in the place q those rottsn raila"
"Lst me ana Joe cut the polsays said
Fred. while yoo and Andrew ciean
out the fence row. Whers's the q.
and how long must the posss bsr'
go ahead. Fred. yen and Jos." broks
In Andrew. smiling. I'VE know you
don't Hike the looks Of these brier1 and
bushes, but we'll not KICK"
"You'n 0nd the AZ In the wagon"
said Sam, "and you can cut the poles
the same length 40 the fence rails. I
think they're about ten feet long"
When Fred and Joe had gone down
tn the woods Sam brought . brier
hook and sharp grubbing hoe with
which to begin work on the tangled
mass along the fence.
MY" be exclaimed. ''but that's SO
ing to be q woolly 1obl Those boys
bad an eye to business. Andrew, when
they took the chopping. 1t does seem
Ike there ought to be some easier and
quicker way Of doing It than this"
"How long do you think it Will take
us7' asked Andrew.
Well did think at frst." replied
Sam, that it wouldn't take long. But
now. since I've had 4 second look ae
1t. think We won't moro than get
started good today"
III We could burn Il out 0rst." sug-
gested Andrew. ut wouldn't be nearly
% bad"
''No, but we'd burn up the fence"
Couldn't No follow along with Va.
ter and put out tho rails when they
caught 6reT
Good for you. Andrew Sam ex.
claimed. That's the very idea. The
DIRE will burn up nearly al the bushes
and briefs and XIII ill the boil weevtls
and other insects that arc wintering In
there at the same ume. That's why
fence rows ought not to grow up ike
this. Insects live In there in winter
and come out to WORK on the crops in
summer"
-WeiL let's get the water and start
our Ore. I'm anxious to zee how It
works." said Andrew.
Il have two barrels mp at the house, ;
Sam explained "We'n unload the
wagon and 60 up and haul them down
full OF water"
The horse was haruessed again, the
manure scattered and the boys were
soon back With two barrels OF water
and . bucket The dro was started
and allowed to burn only In one direc-
tion-ths way the wind carried It.
Sam followed close behind with the
bucket and poured water ON the rails
that now and then took ara Andrew
drove the wagon alongside and redlled
the bucket from the barrels for Sam.
Once the nre had got well started It
burned rapidly and in . very short
while 1t had gone entirely around the
6sld. Nothing remained Of the matted
tangle except q few charred bushes
and coarse briers. Taking tho brier
hook and the grubbing boz. Sam and
Andrew had these all down In less than
an hour.
"weil. that jobs done" Sam exclain-
ed when they had finished. ''and It
wasn't half - hard - I thought It
was going to BE-
III We hadn't figured out a new way
to do It, though. It would have bssn
hard enough said Andrew.
"Yes." Sam agreed I'VE saved lot
OF work there By usine onr minds 4
little 1t doesn't pay to work without
thinking. and I'm going to mix q little
Of It With my WORK from now on. Let's
drive down after load OF poles and
SEQ how the choppers are getting
along"
Hello. therer yelled Fred Martin
when be saw Sam and bis companion
driving up. 'You haven't deserted
that job. have your
''No." the two replied In unison. ''of
course We haven't deserted II. We On.
ished it, that's all, and now we're down
after some poles"
Jaw. get outy' the two choppers
scofled. Don't tell % you've cleared
out that streak Of brieFs. Why, = rab.
bit couldn't get through It"
mo-" admitted Sam. I'VE didn't clear
quite all Of it ourselves, but what we
didn't the fire did"
"Oh. you burned It out, did your
''Sure, we put the nre to It, and the