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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25
THREE-FouRrHs CROP ASSURED.
Des Moines Banker Makes Auto Jour.
ney Thru Iowa and Notes Conditions.


Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 25.-"With a hay
crop here in Iowa even better than
two years age, when it was practically
four and one-half million tons; with
threshing reports showing exceptional
ly heavy yields of oats, some of the
reports being almost unbelievably en-
coura ying; and with three-fourths OF
an average corn yield in sight right
now, the crop outlook for Iowa Is ex-
ceedingly encouraging"
Such is the assertion Of John A. Cav
anagh. vice president of the Des
Moines National Bank, made to-
day after recent cross country trips
which have taken him into virtually
every part Of the state. Mr.. Cavanagh
was emphatic in stating that the pros
pect is encouraging and that optimism
should prevail turnout Iowa generally.
The crop outlook must he looked
at in large. statewide way, rather
than from any local or individual
view point" continued Mr.. Cavanagh.
TT is true there are farmers scat
tered here and there turnout the state,
particularly IN the southern half. who
are looking ct things thru darkened
glasses these days. Their oats is al
most complete loss. Yet we must
not let these individual and isolated
stories of pessimism blind us to the
fact that Iowa, as whole, is produc-
ing crops which bid fair to keep the
aggregate up to the half-billion dollar
mark which it reached last year.
From my own observation in drives
around the country-one recent drive
covering seventeen counties-and from
reports which come to me from bank
ers thruout the state and from thresh-
ing crews on my own farms and else
where, I am confident that the oats
production in Iowa this year is a rec
d-breaker, so far as acre yields are
concerned. You must bear In mind
that the average here in Iowa is thir-
ty-three or ttirty-four bushels to the
acre, the latter figure having been
reached in 1913. Now, what are this
years reports? Most of the oats fields
which are being threshed out are
yielding from thirty live to fifty BUSH
els to the acre. while sixty bushels is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25
Northern Io1ua Items

! LeMars.
From vital statistics compiled by the
| county clerk 1t is shown that i'll tiis
| past year there were 500 births rec
orded in Plymouth county. 27l males
and 23S females. This is the larges
ever reported In the county in one
wear. There were 1856 marriage licenses
issued and ten divorces granted during
| the year.
Sioux City.
Local merchants have been notified
nv the vigilance committee of the AS
sociated Advertising Clubs of the
! World to warn credulous persons witf
a fondness for bargains against adj
yertising peddlers offering to sell goods
from "s345Ooo stock OF salvaged
goods from wrecked steamship
ANONYMOUS handbills, usually are
PASSED in advance of the peddlers' ar
rival, the warning declares.
Cedar Rapids.
Mrs Rosalia Waitley. a pioneer OF
this state and of Indiana, died in this
city, Sunday morning at 1880 at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. NJ. L. Hot
1898 A avenue. Organic heart disease
was given as the cause. Miss Rosalla
Mackenzie was born Sept IL. 1888, IN
Knox county, Ohio. She was dauSh-
ter of Moses and Hester (Sapp) Mac
Kenzie. In 1865 she was united In mar
rage to Corydon Waitley. native oil
Ashtabula county, Ohio. Mr.. Waitley
was a former student at Hiram Col
lege.
Fort Dodge.
Last Thursday Right Senator Ken
Won. on a speechmaking. tour in the
southwestern part of the state. me,
with a mishap between Hamburg and
bingham. which might have been SER
ions On the way over the automo-
bile in which he was riding skidded
and landed in the ditch. so badly
wrecked that to resume the journey
was out of the question. Nothing
worse happened than that the senator
had 70 travel the rest OF the way on
foot carrying two heavy grips. ne
was pretty well worn out when ne
rea ched Hamburg. mile and a halt
from the scene of the spill.
Ames.
In haeinning the school year and It's
work. a new plan will be used this
year. Heretofore the general teachers
meetings have been held on Saturday
precedlng the opening Of school. This
wear, Superintendent Hicks plan pro-
v,des for giving Monday. Sept. s. over
to meetings and conferences feT hotn
high school teachers and elementary
teachers. The day will be full one
and one spent with profit to all teach
or. in beginning the work Of the year.
Pupils will report for school work
Tuesday morning, Sept. 7. The princl-
nails Of tho various buildings will see
that such pupils are enrolled and prop
crly assigned to work.
Cedar Rapids.
Surrounded by about thousand en-
thusiastic Bohemian-sp speaking protes-
tants OF Cedar Rapids and vicinity. the
Rev. yaclay Hlavaty. assisted by Rev
Francis Pokorny. Rev. Samuel Cony-
beare, Rev. F. Chada. Rev. J. Dud-
ycha. Rev. F. H. Shedd, and John
Rompotl laid the cornerstone of the
new Bohemian Presbyterian church al
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25
EARLY SETTLER PASSES.
Monroe p. Babcock, Farmer Of Hardin
County, Dies After Brief illness.

NounSy, OleS S%ISeF oTSet
Special to Times-Republican.
Eldora, Aug. 25.-Monroe p. Bah
cock, another Hardin county early
settler, passed away Monday evening
after an illness of only few days.
Mr.. Babcock was born in Michigan
Oct. 10, 1S4S, came to Hardin county
with his parents when he was six
years of age, and has lived here ever
since. He was never married and
during all of his active life he lived
as bachelor upon his farm near
Owasa, which farm grew under his
management from small beginning
to half section of the best land in
this county. which he leaves in the
very best state of cultivation and i'm
provement. Five years ago he moved
to Eldora, where he purchased resi-
dence, and continued his solitary and
active life. Two weeks ago he took
the train to Owasa, walked from there
to his farm, inspected some work he
was having done there, walked back
to town, returning to Eldora on the
evening train. The day was very
warm and he thought he became over
heated. The next day. for the first
time in his life. he consulted physi-
clan in his own behalf, but little, how
ever was thought of the ailment until
last Friday his symptoms turned for
the worse, and he phoned for his niece,
Mrs o. B. Poer. who came and stayed
with him to the end.
His funeral will be held Friday at
the Baptist church at 1880 p. m. in
this city. Rev. w. E. Stanley will Of
ficiate, and burial will take place in
the Berlin cemetery. Mr.. Babcock
leaves a will, disposing of all his prop
erty among his surviving brothers and
nephews and nieces Of deceased sis
tiers and brothers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25

the corner of Ninth avenue and Sew
enth street Sunday afternoon. The pro-
; gram started promptly; &. 3 G'c!ock
with the invocation by Rev. Chada and
hymn by the congregations This
was followed by a prayer by the Rev.
Samuel Conybeare of the Central Park
Presbyterian church and sketch Of
the history Of the church by Mr.. John
Rompotl
Cedar Rapids.
With the prospect Of $500 guests
staring them in the face, the local
! railroad men behind the contemplated
B. c. r. & n. reunion. at a meeting
in the commercial club rooms Monday
night. organized themselves on work
ing basis, and within the next week
will have the plans for the gigantic
railroad meet we'll under way. The
direction of the entire affair has placed
in the hands OF standing executive
committee. composed Of w. G.. Haskell.
chairman: A. L. Steece, G.. A. Merrill.
and John c. Farmer vice chairmen,
and A. Fl. Croft. secretary this COM
hittee to appoint subordinate commit
tees of five members each from each OF
the railroad crafts and give over the
dreds of old Burlington employees The
date for the reunion Is now approx
mately set for the final week in Octo-
Der. and the intervening weeks afford
plenty of time for the elaborate prep
arations planned for the event
Waterloo.
Can Mrs. Sarah NJ Roulette have
her own last will and testament pro-
hated and carried out before her
death? Mrs Roulette asked the courts
to do so today. She has presented n
puzzle that Probate Clerk O'Brien says
the courts will find hard to solve. Mrs
Roulette and her husband S. F.. Hou
lette. decided that both should agree
to the final disposition OF their money
and property, which constitute a sub
stantial estate, before death parted
them. SO they drew up double will.
1t provided that should Mrs. Roulette
be the first to die. Mr.. Houlette will
receive the entire estate with the ex-
ception of $1,000 which was to go to
Mrs. Houlette's son, Elmer r. Kinder.
It also provided that If Mr. Roulette
should die first, the widow will receive
the entire estate. After both are dead.
the estate will go to the three sons.
Edward Claude and Elmer. This was
a mutual agreement. Mr.. Roulette
died recently. The mutual will was
presented to the court to-day. Il is
easy enough for the courts to execute
Mr.. Houlettes part Of the will because
he IS dead. But how can the courts
settle Mrs. Houlette's part Of the will
since she Is living? To execute the
will means the fulfillment of all its
provisions under the law.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25

no unusual report. have had word Of
fields yielding as high as eighty BUSH
els. while DIR. Chapel tells us he has
been informed Of fields running as
high as ninety bushels to the acre.
Here we have fields yielding practical
ly three times tho general state aver
age. in year when many folks are
saying the oats crop is a failure. OF
course, the quality Is not as good as
usual. but with the continued demand
Of Europe for our small grains and
with the largely augmented yields
look for the oats crop of Iowa to be
worth fully as much this year as it
was last year. when it brought $67.650.-
900, over one-fourth Of the value OF
the crop for the entire United States.
Corn Makes Great Improvement.
II was amazed when compared the
condition Of corn last week with it's
condition a few weeks ago. c. w.
Davis. county adviser for Greene coun-
ty for the last two years, accompanied
me on recent trip. He estimated
that Greene county. for example. would
produce four-fifths of a normal crop.
Now Greene county is heavy corn
producer, yielding an average of four
ty-four bushels to the acre. where the
state average Is but thirty three or
thirty four II Iowa has seventy
five per cent crop of corn, we will have
yield this year of between 26000000O
and 2T00O00 900 bushels On the gov
ernment's figure Of $40 bushels to the
acre for Iowa, on ten-year average
we would have a corn yield this year OF
; over twenty-slx bushels. Now this does
not seem so good to us in a state
where we raise fifty, sixty and even
eighty bushels to the acre. but it does
seem good in comparison with the ma
tiOnal average. which has fallen be-
low this figure five times in the last
ten years.
con this three fourths estimate our
cornfields in Iowa will yield as heavily
this year as the tenyear average fol
the United States, according to the
government own official figures
Looked at from every viewpoint there
fore, I find the situation encouraging
rather than discouraging.
Our hay crop is unusually heavy
this year. Hay Is an important factor
in our agricultural prosperity. mas
much as it adds some s4o.0Oo,Ooo q
year to our crop wealth. 1t will UNI
doubtedly break the ten-year avera &c
this year. Our fruit crop bids fair tc
be heavy. With the foot land mouth
disease stamped out. and with an un-
usually heavy demand for cattle and
horses and good prices prevailing
therefor, our livestock farmers con
front the future with smiling faces
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25
SCHOOL OPENING DELAYED.
Grinnsii Pupils 70 Report Sept. Is, Be-
cause Of District Fair.

special co IlmeS-hepuDIlCdn.
Grinnell, Aug. 25.-Owing largely to
the fact that the state fair is on next
week and that Grinnell is preparing
for the week following the finest fair
in all her history, that is to cover four
days, the opening of the public schools
las been postponed until Monday,
Sept. IS. The present prospects are
good for record breaking attendance.
Arrangements will have to be made
for extra room not only to accommo-
date the expected additional pupils but
to try to avoid the crowded condi-
tons of last year when the halls had
to be used in some cases for seating
capacity. 1t Is said that rooms out
side the school buildings will also have
to be fitted up as was the case at the
time of building the present high
school. Following is a list of the teach
ers employed for high and grade
schools for the coming year:
High. school-Charles B. Bell, prin-
cipal; Elizabeth Fisher, Harriet korns,
Pearl Cessna, Georgiana Holloway.
Mary Taylor, Rose Rule, T. T. Granny,
Maud Cessna, Helvig Anderson, Han
nah McIlrath, Helen Trip, Hester
Sanders, -Rolla Trumbo, G. II. Mich
DIS, BESSIE WalidCe, I1eleH AHoiiiSoii'
Jennie v. Weber.
Center school-Flora Smith and
Maud Bortell, eighth grade; Daisy A.
Bestor, seventh and eighth: Nettie
Bayley, seventh; Emma Bobzin, sixth !;
Sara Warner and Ada Sweezy, fifth !;
Lillian Bray, fourth.
Parker school-kate Zimmerman,
principal. sixth grade; Winifred jam
ison, fourth: Clara I. Smith, third !;
Ada B. Smith, second; Grace Cavett,
first; Ida Woods, kindergarten.
Cooper school-Edna Davis, princi-
pal, seventh and sixth; Edith Olau-
son, fifth and fourth; Ruth Paine,
third; Susie Tenant, second: Myrtle
E. Parkes, first: Edith Trimble, kim
dergarten.
South school-Lizzie Davis, princi-
pal, first grade: Lulu Baird, second;
Ina Sprague. third; Bertha Smith,
kindergarten.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25
X. p. LODGES PLAY BALL.
Iowa Falls Knights Challenge EIdora
Brethren and Take Them Into Camp.

Special to Times-Republican.
Eldora, Aug 25.-About twenty
members of the local K. P. lodge went
to Iowa Falls yesterday afternoon ac-
cepting a challenge from the K. P.
lodge at the latter place for game Of
ball. Those volunteering from here
were: Percy Doud, center field; Will
liam Beecroft, left field; E. L. Cham
berlin. right field, Guy Jones. third
base: NJ. D. Barber, second base; S. D.
Moser, first base; Fred Weireman,
short stop; E. w. Dunn, pitcher, and
B. Thompkins, catcher At the end of
the seventh inning the score stood
to in favor of the home team, when
an armistice for thirty days was ar
ranged when return game will be
played at Eldora.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25
WILL EXTEND SERVICE.
New Owners Of Iowa Falls Plant Plan
Aggressive Campaign.

Special to meS-Republlcan.
Iowa Falls Aug. 25.-The Iowa Fails
Electric Company, which is Installing
a new electric light and heating plant
in this city. has taken over the plant
of the Iowa Gas Company. which was
sold a few weeks ago to c. d. Jones'
of Independence. The plant will be
enlarged and the service extended I'M
der the new ownership. This COM
pany is also conducting an aggressive
campaign with view to building a
number Of high tension lines out OF
this city to supply electric current for
several surrounding cities and towns
in this part of the state. Preliminary
work has been done in Wellshurs ana
Alden with a view to securing electric
light franchises in both places. Other
places are being canvassed with a
view to supplying current and among
these are Buckeye, Bows, Ackley, and
Popejoy. se
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25

Greatest sheep.Breeding Countries.
Between them, Australia and Argen.
tina pasture one-third of the worlds
sheep.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25

Milford Mail: l.. F. Meyers pur-
chased from F. w. Knight, of Spencer.
the knight farm, adjoining the town
of Milford on the south. 1t comprises
about 200 acres. part of it being in farm
land and the remainder being blue
grass pasture. Mr.. Meyers may decide
to divide the farm into smaller plots
and sell it out in acreage tracts. The
price paid was $140 per acre.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25

Cherokee Times: Berlin Warren sold
his eighty-acre farm for an even 5000
an acre to a neighbor. James Lamont.
The land lies in Liberty township.
about three miles from Meriden. 1t is
good land in a high state of cultiva-
ton. Mr.. Lamont gets possession
March I, 1916.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25

Hawarden Independent: Mrs. John
Kramer has sold her 120-acre farm,
three miles northeast of Hospers. to
Arie Roos for $167.50 per acre. w.
Riemersma has traded his quarter sec
ton farm, a half mile east of Hospers.
to W. Van Surksum for a quarter sec
ton in O'Brien county between Shell
don and Sanborn. The Sioux county
farm was put in at 1925 per acre and
the O'Bricn county farm at $1S5.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25

Spencer Reporter. w. II. Gillett has
bought the C. A. Burke farm in Mea-
dow township, consisting of 160 acres,
the price being $751; per acre.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25

Pomeroy Herald: The G.. G. John
son so. three and half miles north
west of town. was sold to Alfred Pet
erson, son of Charles Peterson, for
50 $50 per acre. The place has fair i'm
provements upon 1t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25

Orders for 100000 TUNES for the
Russian army have been placed with
Leeds firms.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25

Inwood Herald: Andrew Christian
sen and Ed Engebretson, of Sioux
Falls. bought quarter OF land up in
Brookings county for which they paid
$40 per acre.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25
NORTHWEST IOWA FARM
SALES NUMEROUS At
J ADVANCE IN PRICES

Rock Rapids Review: George JEFF
fers purchased the Ed Miller farm. a
mile south of the standpipe. this week.
paying an even S35.Oo0 or S21s.75 per
acre. In the deal Mr.. Miller takes in
Mr.. letters residence In this city for
$4,000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25

The Racing Program will begin Friday. Aug 81 better
in
containing
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25

Paullina Times: The Dealy Realty
Company closed three deals for O'Brien
county farm lands. The Louis Kruse
quarter section, southwest of town, was
sold to Dick Fiddelke, the previous
owner being Mr.. Gibson, of Marcus.
Mr.. Fiddelke owned the William Wind
Ter eighty. and 1t was sold to Otto
kniese. The Kruse farm went for $212
per acre and the Windler place for s2i5.
The Bennett quarter north of Prim-
CHAR, was sold to Henry Anderson. of
GAIA, at an even 5000 per acre.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-25

Primghar Democrat: A big real es-
tate deal was closed by J. NJ. Davis.
whereby NJ. V. Huffaker, who has been
farming the Plumer place. five miles
northeast of Logan. becomes the owner
Of the William Canty farm of 1927
acres. four miles southwest Of town.
The purchase price was $3.50 per acre.
and the sum of money involved in the
transaction amounts to $49.050. This is
fine farm in Calhoun township and
was bought by Mr.. Canty seven years
ago at SOS an acre.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25

AND FACTORIES ENEMY THE GATES
Copyright by HIustriIte Zeitung.

The extreme southern line, advance
ing from Westerly, took Stonington,
Groton and the New London navy
yard and held the eastern shore Of
the Thames River. Another force
took Norwich and crossed the Thames
AT that place.
Gradually the line Strengthened out
and formed into the drive that was TO
sweep the American army before ii or
crush il. But the American army,
with everything lacking except trans
port, was not there, either to he swept
or crashed. 1t was retreating swiftly,
IN perfect order, on Albany.
AS the last wheel rolled out ~
Springfield the town shook with the
explosions that were wrecking tie dis
mantled arsenal
Eastward two divisions Of enemy
forces, perfectly appointed to act as
independent armies, were convergins
on Boston.
tcopWight. 1915, BY J. ". Muller.
An RiGhtS RcScrrcd)
Next sundays instalment OF "The In.
Nasion Of America" will describe the
rising OF New England against the in.
'ader ana the attack on Boston.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25

The original army is being steadily
augmented by additions from the
forces now landing. Believe that hos
tile line stretching across Rhode Island
and threatening us is now fully $4,000
men. with preponderating artillery"
The news bulletin that the War De-
partment in Washington gave out as
a result of this information was that
the American army, though numeri-
cally inferior, was holding the invader
in check for the time. No immediate
movement, said the bulletin, was ex-
pected.
To the General in command, how
ever. the Department telegraphed: 1T
Is OF tbs. utmost Importance to know II
you can maintain present position, and
il so. how long. We wish to work
Springfield Arsenal to the last mo-
ment Must have twenty-four hours
to dismantlc it and ship machinery
away"
Springfield Arsenal, lying behind the
protecting army, was aglare with light
at night and a-roar night and day
with labor. 1t was toiling almost lit
orally over a mine; for the foundations
were mined, ready for the dynamite
that was to blow them up when the
need came.
An army Of workmen, each provided
with his own specific instruction, was
ready, when the word came, to tear
out what machinery it could and
load it on the tralns.lo
Thus, with men standing ready to
pull it apart. the great place was be-
ing "speeded' to turn out rifles. Under
civilian and military experts all the
workers who could find room were
working in eight hour shifts. They
had increased the output from the nor
NAL 100 rifles an hour to 5000 in the
twenty-four hours.
Forces in our front constantly in
creasing." the army leaders informed
Washington after a council or war.
mo doubt of offensive intention. We
believe, however, that no forward
movement will be made until compile
ton Of landing operations. The total
destruction OF all roads in our front
will then delay enemy for not more
than two days. Think 1t safe to delay
dismantling works till expiration OF
that time"
"Thank Cod" said one Of the men
in Washington. He was thanking
lot tWo uayo VI e'oN,
wears OF unused time. Two short
DAYS had become suddenly precious.
In that time there could be added to
the stock of arms 5000 rifles before
the Springfield works should nave 20
be abandoned and the country forced
to depend on the output OF the ROCK
Island arsenal in Illinois. whose
utmost capacity was only 2oo ri"es
in each eight hour day.h
Already. without battle, the army
10. There Is sdtd to be Only one arm
In the United States that can produce
the ritIng tools. ji0s, gauges and Other
eract aud Intricate machinery needed "a
make a rife. Consequently the loss Of
the Springfield Arsenal would be d'sas'
trOus.
II. O1icidI statistics.