Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-20
GREAT VARIETY Of
WINTER WEATHER IN
NORTH AND SOUTH IOWA
Special to Times R Republican.

| It ais nave DceU ear tpouI e<S
similar as day and night. A local
farmer one day last week reported that
in the course of his trip to town one
OF his horses dipped its collar In water
while the other balanced itself on the
top Of a snowbank Its feet on a level
with the others back At the same
time all over this part Of the country
farm yards protected by groveA and
windbreaks were filled With snow bank
ed solidly in many cases to height OF
five or six feet and 1t is said that they
were twice as high at the close Of the
Sunday blizzard and that brought
about most of this disagreeable state
of affairs.
Those who have been pfophesying
high waters for the coming spring sea-
son have plenty of evidence for their
predictions since the last wet snow
storm. Until that occurred there had
been an unusual fall Of snow. Plough
ed fields everywhere were bare or
nearly so. 1t was because the snow
was all in piles that the fall appeared
heavy. But since the last blizzard 1t
Is different. One man watching some
men clearing the railroad yards at the
Geneva station remembered that In the
thirty five years of his residence here
the drifts being shoveled out were the
his hest he had seen along the tracks.
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A horse dealer remarked the other
day that late spring means good
local business for him so far as the
selling end of his transactions Is con-
cerned. He says that when the work
season is late irf it's arrival the farmer
is inclined to take imprudent risks in
breaking In" his horses too rapidly
with The result that many Of the ami
mails are soon laid up with a sweeney
Greet spring management. and thus a
market for home use Is created.
Anybody can draw upany kind Of a
petition, go out with 1t and come back
with plenty of signers" declares the
opponent OF the petition method Of do
ing business and then he tells how
petition was once drawn up praying
for the execution by hanging OF the
members OF town council and was
signed by three members OF the body
affected because. they didn't know
what they were signing. AT public
sale the other day an ardent advocate
OF good 20 roads was ndustriously
circulating a petition he had clipped
from an agricultural paper favering a
road measure of recent fame. Two
young farmers stood talking IN the
shelter OF a barn wall ibid You sign
the petition YETI asked one. NO.
what petitlon?'' inquired the other.
why, the petition against paved
roads" earnestly answered the first
man who admonished the second to be
sure and nle his protest against paved
roads Maybe the story OF the three
councilmen was really true.
Here Is road story that liz true.
In a Cerro' Gordo town few days ago
a travelling salesman was trying 10 sell
an automobile dealer new kind Of
Continuance to attach to the wheels OF
cars TO facilitate travel on muddy
roads. A farmer happened along and
attracted by the demonstration. paused
a moment to listen and observe. When
the salesman had reached the end OF a
line the farmer remarked, II believe |
know where you can sell three or four
thousand OF those without particle OF
trouble" "where! asked the travelling
man pulling out his notebook. You
just try Pitt-Jehnston & Company.
Des Mones. Iowa" said the farmer,
and down went the address in the Ht-
tie book This farmer has faculty Of
appearing serious when he Is not. but
he mad to hurry away to, place where
he might laugh,
There Is money in digging tile
bitches, probably some hard work in
volvpd. too, else it wouldn't be likely to
pay SO well as It does. How much
did yea make today, Ole?" asked the
landlord as the young fellow came in
after a days work. 20 not so much
today" was the reply, mot quite 81.
1t is said that $40 is about what some
% ;thiasa :;iG:; as2re az good" days
pay for this work which Is all marked
out for them SO that the physical part
is all there is to the business, no
knowledge OF surveying or anything OF
the kind being necessary.
Live stock market conditions this
winter have developed some feeders
who have operated somewhat different
~ from the usual order. Ever since
the beginning of the present winter
season one Manly farmer. Mf. L. II.
Prell has been attending the public
sales held within fifteen or twenty
miles of his home, buying up cattle
offerings, driving them to his farm,
feeding them awhile and shipping them
to market with gratifying financial re-
suits. The price OF the hundreds OF
bushels OF corn that he bought was
high but the constant market advance
more than made UP for this and every
thing was fed at good profit. There
Is some tedious labor involved in
business OF this kind which means long,
cold hours Of riding to get little
bunch Of cattle from Ave to twenty
miles on short winter afternoons over
roa DIS that The animals frequently OBJ
iect to travel and perhaps 1t would be
Just as well not to envy the hustler who
puts In a cold winter at this kind OF
work even II he does succeed III making
the job pay out.
Farm hand wages are not falling on
any this season either Reports Of $40
and S4b are common and one case In
Franklin county OF $50 per month was
lnstanced. Many members OF the farm
help force in this part OF tbs so:::trs
own cars and in one case 1t was saio
certain man ID to receive s4o and
gas" during the coming season
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