Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-05
ONLY rWo PEOPLE IN TOWN OF
CHAPLIN NOW WHO WE'RE
THERE IN EARLY DAY.
RURAL ROUTES ALSO SEE
MANY FAMILIES SHIFTING
Extensive Hog Raising Being Carried
on in Vicinity Of Hampton-Farrr
Land Prices Now Average $500 Per
Acre-C. e. Wilson's Rural Obser-
vations.
Special to Times Republican.

Chaplin, Nov. 5.-A farmer who came
to live in this section at an early DAY
finds now after lapse of thirty years
or more that there remain In the
town of Chaplin but two people who
lived there when he located on MS
farm. If he had made similar COM
parison using the Chaplin rural mai.
route instead Of the town and mad
gone back seven years instead OF
ton Of time the results would
have been eually or even more sur
prising for remarkable change mas
taken place within q comparatively
short time mentioned. East OF town
four men, Charles Dean, VIII Donald
son, A. l.. Rhutasel and c. A. Law
remain as of Old" kruse, Henderson
Kock, Rogers, Lumley, Bradley,
Hemm, Woodley and Beemer have
moved in buying out the former oc-
cupants, renting their farms or build
ing I'D new homes. At least three OF
these have built fine modern dwell
ings where old houses did stand.
South and west Of town the percent
age OIL CIlttnSe Is SNCi SiShtS'
in the neighborhood just mentioned.
Ira Dean. w. E. Crawford. }. d.
Sanders. Frank White. Tom Pascoe'
II. w. Freie, John Mollenbeck and w.
A. Riddle remain altho the latter Is
about to move out. Scott. the Spayn-
howers, several of the Sanders boys,
Christianson. Varrelman. Smtd. Hail.
wassen, Kethenbutel, ironing. Pascoe,,
Stilson, the Petherams, Lumley,
Switzcr Schmidt, Penaluma, Moore,
Personett, Porter, Mordick. Jones, De-
Vries, Northman. Braner Dohrman,
Stayner. Heitland. Meints. Dodd,
Koenen. Evans. Folks, Bailey, Dirk
sen, Hemmes, the Dannens. Depplng.
Rust, and several others, all are new
men to the community. North OF
town Schinagel, Crom, and Henberser
still hold out against the temptation
necessity or whatever brings about
changes of location. About fifteen
left of all that lived on a thickly
settled and prosperous mail route only
seven short years ago. No wonder
Rip Van Wrinkle was bewildered by the
transformation brought about during
a period three times as long.
Some rather extensive hog raising
is being carried on in the vicinity OF.
Hampton. E. H. Atkinson has 20
Spring pigs" in his yards at the
present time all his own, raising. He
is said to be the ehird highest man
in the county so far as numbers are
concerned. A remarkable record has
been made by r. E. Burman who with
seven brood sows raised forty-four
pigs without losing single animal at
any stage of the proceedings. w. G.
Kruse has a splendid herd OF about
200 reds" busy every day getting the
corn out Of one of his fields so that
it will not need to be husked by the
usual method.
One extremely young lady living on
the Latimer mail route will never go
down in history as Stacker in the
matter of liberty bond ownership.
According to her own statement she
is Harriet Alice Burns, next Feb
ruary" She is sole possessor Of a
$50 bond of the first issue and is saw
ing nickels right along so as to be
ready to do her duty in case future
issues are necessary.
Farm land in Hampton vicinity has
risen in value until the average price
now is about 5000 per acre. Share
rent landlords are receiving in many
cases more than $40 per acre rent
for their farms this year. The pre-
cash rent rate runs from 81
to $40. And still many both of the
tenant and land owning class say they
would be more than satisfied to return
to the conditions of ten or twelve
years ago.
C. r. Wilson.