Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-24
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done so much to make the count,
Iowa, many claim-should feel com
plimented by the proprietary interes
taken in the nearby towns. Citizen!
of these towns say, I'VE must enlarge
must have more grounds and longer
mobiles" Notice the I'VE" and tn,
must" so great is the growing in
terest in this county fair, one Of thu
to Marshalltown, hired a room anc
stayed four days, and better than all
came home we'll satisfied with the ex'
penditure Of time and money.
The extent Of influence on crops By
the weather in the particular spot
where one happens to be. was shown
last Monday in Neutrality-suspicious.
We had big big rain Sunday night
by citizen remarking this rain settles
the whole business. no possibility OF
corn crop this year. Strange to relate
mot rain enough in Grinnell to lay
the dust" said the passenger train
conductor. And that old moon still
attends to the weather, many still be-
1ieve. On Monday night it did look
like killing frost. Sure to come said
one man. because it's the full OF the
moon. Well. Jack Frost did some
curious work in Iowa on Aug. ~
Working with the moon. he killed all
the corn around Iowa Falls, but didn't
hurt it at Buffalo Center in northern
Iowa. And Jack Frost and the old
moon must have had falling out on
Sept. II for the weather report from
Washington. in that state was:
With snow falling at Helena, Mont,
temperature near freezing in North
Dakota. Montana and northwest
Wyoming, the hottest September
Weather on record in Georgia, and
heavy rains in the great lake region,
the country's weather today presented
q wide variety. Warm weather prom
Uses to continue in the south but north
of Virginia and east of the Mississippi
cooler weather was promised for today
and Sunday.
The heat in Boston yesterday was
so great as TO drive one man to suicide.
and the day before there were three
deaths and eight prostrations in New
York City and like number of deaths
in Philadelphia. with many prostra-
TONS
On every Iowa farm, every year
there's a piece Of land large or small
which for some reason does not pro-
duce anything. In many towns IN
Iowa. alfalfa is grown on town lots
with big success and financial returns.
Both in country and in town every
year what amounts in total 10 hum
drsds OF acres. is much land which
produces nothing for the owner. This
suggests calling the attention OF such
owners to a possible crop for such
places and the following clipping ex-
plains itself:
There are not so many people who
know that Missouri. says the st. Louis
Republic. has "sunhower king" but
il Is fact that one farmer in this
state makes a speciality Of growing the
floral emblem Of our sister state CT
Kansas on a large scale for commercial
purposes. He sells the seed to break
fast food makers.
He is Lee C. Phillips Of New Madrid
county, who has 500 acres of sun
flowers growing on his farm in that
rich agricultural section. II costs him
like 50 an acre TO grow sum
flowers, and he markets the seed at
from 3 to cents a pound. The Yield
an acre. Phillips says, is from $35 to
$50.
Phillips, who far many years was
county clerk OF New Madrid county.
politics several years ago and
in growing sunfiowers. The
corn. wheat. cotton. and melon grow
s1s decided t15 vas crazy at first. but
he results have caused them to change
their minds.
81 plant the seed very much like corn
is planted and two plowinSs are SUM-
Gent to insure crop" he says. Il sell
my product direct to the houses that
breakfast foods. but !
don't know, OF course, that sunffower
seed enters into the production OF
articles Of that kind. A large proper
ton Of the crop is said to be used for
poultry food"
The recent wreck on the c. r. I. &
P. near Montezuma, emphasizes
common remark and general opinion.
that our railroad commissioner should
take immediate action to prevent
future accidents from the cause "a ssi..==
the ties on many branch lines is such
that engineers will only run on very
slow schedule Such a thing as max
ing up time" has ceased to be an order
on these branch railroads. and en-
gineers would refuse to obey such
orders " issued In many towns right
in front of the depot, passengers point
out the rotten ties and half expect
the incoming train to run off the track
then and there. Some Of the rails are
loose enough to be moved with ones
foot. The weeds have not been cut
this summer, 2cd or many secnans
only one or two men go over the line
once a day, much less do any work.
This is not Sensational newspaper
writing. The facts are open to our
Commissioners If they win inspect such
branch lines. When the sure to De
terrible accident" occurs. will It De
ian act OF providence" or the lack
OF action on the part OF our railroad
commissioners?
c. ". Metcalf. deputy game warden.
OF Albion, in company with Frank w.
Rigg. of Ferguson, special deputy, re-
Gently took a boat ride from Marietta
to Marengo on the Iowa river they
made four arrests for illegal fishing.
capturing nets. etc. found "trot" lines
extended across the river and con-
victed parties capturing Short hsn-
To an outsider such boat trips seem
A good way to break up illegal nsh-
ing Of all kinds. The other Teller
does not recognise the officials for
they don't wear . uniform on such
trips. Metcalf is doing his usual good
work in SEEMING bayous. for the high
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