Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-12
Looker-On In Iona

Sheffield, Oct. 1.-THE local corre-
, spondent OF the Times Republican
mentions the ever bearing straw berries
marketed III Hampton. Three fruit
raisers, A. Z, Stonebrook, n. E. Ferris
+ and w. H. Koebl are engaged quite
; extensively in the ever bearing straw
! berry business. having several acres
/ now in full fruit and blossom. The
frosts in the early part of the week did
not hurt them as much as the garden
| truck in town. Not only do these fruit
men supply the local market at Hamp-
ton but they ship several crates week
10 other points. This has been a con-
!, tlnuouS performance from the middle
of June till now, say the middle of
Octoher. AMI these fruit men are also
selling to the merchants of Hampton
every few Gays. an ever bearing red
raspberry. the st. Regis. Think of buy
ing fresh strawberries in October "a
20 cents quart and red raspberries at
80 cents a quart, raised in Franklin
county. 1owa-not Florida. The writer
is told of one man near Usage who has
sixty acres of these ever-bearins
strawberries Soon the writer and 9TH
ers all over Iowa will be eating straw
berry short cake in October. for this
Of fare Oct !.
Hampton probably has two of the
largest feed sheds in Iowa. J. L. Swift
ger built one l56X122i. feet, brick walls
and iron Orders, not a post inside the
building. The Foresters have fine
hall in this building. al lof which rep
resents an outlay of over $4,000. 1t
Io+
room and women's reception room Be-
sides heing a feed shed it is an autmo-
bile storage. I. B. Switzer p brother,
is the owner of the other feed shed,
nearly as large, covering two blocks OF
ground. Storage of all kinds is used,
horses aies and other uses are found
tor this building. Hampton must be
some time to make feed sheds cover
ing four and half blocks Of ground.
profitable investments.
Jogging along. the writer hears some
talk Of the gcvernorship No one can
dldate mentioned seems 10 have any
particular advantage, unless perhaps
Cosson has slight lead in the race.
There is considerable talk and fear
That the nomination will have to be
made by convention and this is in
oily followed by mention Of a
dark horse In the dry" counties the
name Of Harding is the bogie man. II
by chance he is nominated by primary
or convention there will be something
doing on election day. Governor
Clarka's name seems to go asily with
al entry OF a dark horse. always sup
posing conv ention Is called and
deadlock follows
The number Of harness shops in
Iowa are less every year The auto
mobile is justly the cause. The ten
dency is for a less number but also for
more complete stocks under one roof.
The repair shop business Is naturally
lighter and these are now found in
the back room Of store room filed
with harness. blankets. nets, saddles,
etc Few men are are learning the
trade. as machine made are for sale
in all these shops. and are sold to COM
pete. and do. with the mail order
houses. Again the war advance in the
price of leather is quite a factor. Many
harness makers are now selling sets
OF harness at prices impossible. If the
stock was purchased on present mar
ket. 1t would seem as though the har-
ness business of the near future is to
be like the store business. Not one
shoe eobbler in fifty car make pair
of shoes any more than one jeweller
in thousand can make a watch Soon
hand made harnesses will be like shoes
and watches
When the passenger trains arrive on
any OF the railroads entering Iowa
Fails. the travellers think they have
arrived in a town OF 10000 inhabitants
Five big auto buses make" the
trains. Hogan. the old bus man. has
two. ard Turner and Clipper three.
Uniformed motormen and conductors
shout out. city style With Iowa Falls
paved STREETS these buses take one to
other depots or hotels before YOU fair
ly sit down in the bus. And with all
these additional bus accommoda tons
all seem to be doing a good business.
It viii be very long time before Iowa
Falls has street cars with this numbe
Of auto BUSES and universally paved
streets
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