Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1916-04-28
STILSON TO. SPEND
BIG sum FOR TILE
COrwith Man Who Bought Stam-
baugh Farm Begins Improve
ment for Increased Crops

o. H. Stilson, of Corwith, Ia, new
owner of the G. W. Stambaugh farm
three miles southwest of Morris, was
here several days last week to begin
preparations for extensive tiling,
fencing and other improvements about
the farm. He paid 500 per acre for
the land last fall but thinks it is
worth much more and accordingly he
has set aside $12 per acre as an
improvement fund. The money will
be spent Immediately.
Mr.. Stambaugh and family went to
Corwith last fall after selling their
farm here. They are living in town
where they bought a fine ten-room
house which is partly conducted as
a hotel. Mr.. Stambaugh has rented
one hundred acres near Corwith and
will farm this summer and will turn
it into a poultry and garden farm.
Mr.. Stilson says the Stambaughs are
we'll pleased with Corwith, and are
prospecting.
Mr.. Stilson has given the tiIing
contract to l. M. Holmes of this city
who is having the tile hauled to the
farm this week. Ten-inch tile will
be used. Martin Anderson, the pre-
sent tenant, will attend to the fencing
which will be made of hog-wire. The
wire and posts are also going out this
week. While here Mr.. Stilson bought
team of draft horses and turned
them over to Mr.. Anderson.
Speaking of the country in this Sec
tion Mr.. Stilson stated that in his
opinion it was equal, if not better,
than the corn lands of central Iowa
which have reached fabulous prices.
"There is no money in grain, of
course" said Mr.. Stilson, "and the
sooner the farmers here get into stock
and corn their lands will become more
valuable and the bank accounts win
grow. This is good corn country but
corn cannot be grown on wet and cold
fields. have excellent drainage on
my new farm here as it stands now,
for it slopes to all sides from the
centre. But it isn't enough, and
bitches won't fill the bill. To raise
more and better corn it is necessary
to have the soil dry, and to have it so
the air can get into the earth. Thing
will do this as we'll as carry away
the water. Some day you will see
tile everywhere in this county and
then there won't be any $50 land for
wheat purposes. We got over the
county ditch fallacy some wears ago,
but we had to go through it just as
some of the other and newer sections
of the country are doing today. I am
sailing in for a corn and stock farm
and wouldn't take $125 an acre for
the land as 1t stands now"
Mr.. Stilson located here quite by
accident. He had looked over the
country at St. Cloud, Sauk Centre
Westport and Glenwood. and then
came here to catch a train. Grasp
ing the opportunity of seeing the
country near Morris he engaged an
auto. The Stambaugh farm was one
that caught his fancy and after look
ing it over carefully hunted up Mr..
Stambaugh and made him an offer.
Two weeks later the farm changed
hands,
Mr.. Stilson states that the farmers
near Corwith, especially those with
grown-up boys, are looking for more
lands and during the past three years
Waseca county, this state, has been
the favorite point of the land seeker.
He thinks Stevens county offers still
better opportunities and will do what
he can to direct others here. e.. r.. .