Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-17
BANK CLEARANCE GAINING AND
REAL ESTATE DEMAND APP.
PARENT IN IOWA.
IMPROVED CROP CONDITIONS
ADD TO HOPEFUL PROSPECTS
Prices For Livestock and Grain Ex.
peetsd TO Go Hishsr-Farmsrs Sell.
ing Whsat Direct From Machines At
81 or Mors Per Bushsi - Reduced
Acreage Not to Affect Net Revenues.
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Des Moines. Aug. 17.-Increases in
bank clearfngs. a gain in real estate
transfers and greatly improved crop
conditions are giving hopeful outlook
to business In this section for the COM
ing fall months. Bank clearings last
week showed a gain over the corre-
spending week year ago in all Of the
Iowa cities quoted in Bradstreets re-
port. Waterloo bank clearings gained
21.s per cent, Davenport 21.3, Des
Moines 1913, Cedar Rapids 81, and
Sioux City a per cent.
Prospects for high prices for grain
and livestock are also. greatly slim
ulating business. In many Iowa To-
calities Iowa farmers have been able
to sell their wheat direct from their
machines for 81 to s1.05 per bushel.
The market is somewhat fluctuating
but strong prices are bound to rule for
there is considerable loss in all parts
of the country reported because Of wet
weather. Foreign Inquiries as to pos
sible supplies Of cattle. are also noted
with much interest here, for Iowa will
probably have more cattle and hogs
this fall than for some time.
It is believed here that while the
total yield Of corn and small grain for
the state will be cut down materially
this year due to the damage caused by
the wea weather. nevertheless prices
will be higher and the total value OF
the crops will probably be greater than
year ago when Iowa's field crops
were estimated to be worth $465, 1884,
419. When last years crop values were
finally figured up, using Dec. 1 prices.
corn was figured at SIS cents. oats at
Al, winter wheat at 81 and spring
wheat at 81. Present indications are
that prices on next December will rule
much higher than these.
The board of control has arranged
an interesting program for the quar-
terly conference Of the chiefs Of the
state institutions to be held at the
state house Sept. Z and 8. H. G. Wal
lace, associate editor Of Wallace's
Farmer, will read paper on the sub
ject Preparation of Seeds For the
Soil" Dr. Lenna L. Means, of Des
Motnes, will discuss Problems in Con-
nection With Delinquent Women;
Miss Charlotte Golf. state agent for
the Soldiers Orphans Home at Daven-
port, will give paper on the subject.
Co ordination of Functions in Child
Helping Work.; DR.. D. o. Hubbard, OF
Mason City probation officer and sec
rotary OF the Mason City Y. M. G. A.,
will give paper on the subject,
Drugs and the Youth" There viii
be a general discussion in which all
will join.
News from DR.. A. E. Kepford, former
lecturer on tuberculosis but now head
Of the Kepford- Nangle evangelistic
party, is to the effect that bootlegsers
have been put out Of business at Ser
geant Bluffs as the result Of the evan
gelistic meetings there. Kepford
preached a sermon on the protection
Of the boys and girls which is said to
have aroused citizens SO much that
they arrested crowd Of bootleggers.
consisting Of several men and two
women, and their trials are to be held
next week. A club has been organized
to work under the direction OF the
church for clean and wholesome con-
ditions and amusements for the young
people Of the town and surrounding
neighborhood. The meetings are held
in a beg tent and parties from Sioux
City, Bronson, Salix, Sloan and Whit
ing have attended. From Sergeant
Bluffs the party goes to Hartford for
a tabernacle meeting in September and
in October big union tabernacle
is to be held at Pennington.