Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-11
STATE BECOMING HEADQUAR
TIERS FOR PURE-sREO CATTLE
AND HORSES.
HIGH PRICES PAID AT
AUCTION IN DIES MONIES
This Region in Few Years to Be Sell
ing Large Numbers of Animals For
Price of S4se and Bulls at $685.
State Spelling Contest.
.cjal 10 Times Republican.

| Des Noines. Feb. II. The high
prices being paid for pure bred cattle
! at the sales now being held is attract
( ing the attention Of Iowa business men
as we'll as farmers and breeders. It is
considered rs evidence that this coun-
try is to become the headquarters for
the pure bred cattle business the same
as i = becoming the center Of the
horse breeding industry and that we
are now no longer importers Of live
stock t. any extent. Instead this mid
die west region Will he in few years
be selling large numbers of animals for
export, both cattle and horses.
Charles Escher, Jrr of Botna, who
was elected member OF the state board
Of agriculture this week 10 succeed
John Summers, OF Malvern, in the
Ninth district. IS the man who recent
y bought the Aberdeen Angus herd OF
Sears McHenry, of Denison. There
were 2QI animals in this herd ana
Escher paid $4,000 for the herd.
Eschers' friends here say thai the
Eschers. father and son. together viii.
the son-in- law. Earl Ryan. conduct the
"a = al = g.! " "a LAC yt+S-44NSS al S-!S
country. They now have between 500
and 100 pure bred Aberdeen Angus cat
tie on their farms near Botna.
Cyrus A. Tow. Of Norway. also
member Of the state board OF agricul-
ture, is getting high prices for Here
fords. He recently refused an offer ot
$4,000 for l+5 pure bred Herefords.
At the sale of Polled Herefords held
or he 80. =,;- l.
day the average price paid for the anil
mails sold at auction was s+S9. Tn.
bulls averaged $3.50 and the COWS $393.
Another reason cattle men give for
the high price OF breeding stuff j. that
cattle men here can not bring IN range
cattle as they formerly DID for they
are not TO be had Hence they must
produce the cattle. The good prices
being paid for cattle generally, the big
demands being made on this country
for meats and the annihi!ation OF the
breeding districts in Europe are slim
ulating the industry the breeders here
say.
State Spelling Contest.
The state board OF agriculture is
planning a spelling contest which is to
be statewide 20 determine who is the
best spel!er among the school children
Of Iowa No pupils above the eighth
grade will be admitted 10 the contest.
The plan is TO have spelling contests
conducted in every county in the state.
A small admission fee Is TO he charged
10 the county contest and the winner
at this contest will have his expenses
paid 10 the state fair contest out Of
these proceeds. Then these winners
from the ninety-nine counties in the
state will take part in a contest 10 be
held in the women and childrens
building a the fair grounds az fair
time.
The board is also planning on repro
duc.ng the famous horn Of plenty
which won such distinction for Iowa
in the Panama Pacific exposition a.
San Francisco. II cost the Iowa COM
mission $1,000 10 put OF that horn o.
plenty but the agricultural board be-
lieves il can be produced here for half
OF that sum. Just where TO find spac.
for 1t is puzzling the MANAGEMENT; If
It is placed in the north end Of the
agricultural building as suggested j:
viii crowd OFT the dairy exhibit and
this the dairy department seriously OBJ
1ects TO.
More Candidates Appear
More aspirants for political honors
are asking for blanks and nomination
papers from the secretary Of states Of
flee. Two candidates are already out
for state senator IN the Mitchell Win
nebagO district, l.. \. Jensen, Of For
est City. and P. T. ST. John. of Rice
vile. St. John has been representative
from Mitchell county. G. A Hall, OF
Bedford, who represented Taylor
county In the last general assembly,.
is out for reelection. He was a visitor
al the state house yesterday.
John T. Adams. Of DubUnque. ma
tional republican committeeman from
Iowa, will be a candidate for re- cleo.
ton and wrote 70 Secretary Allen yes
terday for blanks
Applies For Right Of Way.
The Iowa Falls Electric Power Conn
pany was before the state railroad
commission today asking for fran
chise for a transmission line from
Wellsburg 70 Holland. The Fayette
County Utilities Company is asking
for franchise from Oelwein to Halle
ton.