Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-26
NORTH IOWA FARMER NOW IN
ASYLUM BECAUSE HE
PARTED WITH LAND.
RETURN OF PROPERTY
TOO LATE TO SAVE HIM
sroodsd Over Sale When He pa"
Land Turned Several Times ana
ProRt-Somsbody Loses In Nearly
Every Transaction - Justice VINO
Married Airplane Couple Has Ia"an'
snocinl 70 rLmes. Republican.


Ackley Aug 26.-As a young look
ing man drove his car thru the street
Of small town OystandeF re-
marked; There goes q man who has
made $4,000 since last spring buying
and selling Iowa land" The assertion
created no excitement among tho Us
tsners for scores Of other men have
made regulations in this line within
the last few months and every com
munity contains number OF fortunate
dealers or SPECTATORS who find them
selves all the way from few hundred
dollars up to large amounts aheaA "'
what they were when Iowa LAND began
To boom" That there's. sometimes,
something more than grauhcau"h anu
profit involved In some OF these Ia--
deals is illustrated by the following IT.
stance. 1t is TO ne hoped, however
that not many Implications OF u VIII
come to light later on.
A respected farmer in northern
Iowa county sold his quarter section
farm to a dealer who almost inmeo!-
ateIy was offered a substantial au-
vance over the purchase pr!Ce. A lie"
weeks passed and larger and larger Il"
rreases we're noticeable in the sel4Ih-
price of the land in that community. II
MAS noticed that something was "T"hH
with the man who had sold out. O!''
dax a doctor was called OUT TO u'e
farm and when he returned 10 loNE
he sought out the new owner ana '"Iu
him that the farmer was making MIN
self Ill brooding over the sale--tha' III
sapity, would result unless stop
shouId he put TO the worrying and tha'
+be dealers responsibility in the mat
-er couId be evaded by giving the
far,per bark his farm. The buyer went
o,,t 70 the place and sold II back 10 tht
o1d owner at an advance Of SO per
acre over what he had received. ouC
evidently the mental trouble had go
ur7er too much headwav to Ne si"ppt2
In such a manner for the 1aI'ilSI -
a, insane asylum now and the laF'i'
again has been sold at very III
hiebs- figure than was paid the deal
err mentioned. OF course NOBODY Is
censured by the people, who consiuei
that the original purchaser ala
right thing IN selling back as ne uiu'
II 10 said that he even paid the CocLoi
s1oo of the gross $500 profit a4tho
inst why this was necessary IS not
nerfectlv clear. Perhaps 1t was case
OF voluntary contribution.
One thing is evident, all these gains
IN land deals are balanced by CORE
spending losses, negative tho these
NAV be in character.
A business man N Butler county
town told Of the following attalr 0.
which ne was a witness. A re'urhtu
soldier was talking 10 another man III
the street when a third man came
along the latter somewhere from '' u
so wears Of age. This man mace some
siurrinc remark 10 the ex-soldler "no
resenting the insult, talked PACK.
The older man promptly drew knl'
from 4 convenient shirt pocket ana a"'
yanced in threatening manner. Inc
either accustomed TO 4 much more dan
gerous enemy and skilled IN defensive
methods. proceeded without delay ''
art the assailant's heels arose n
the rest Of him went down and th'
knife travelled half way across IN
sfraAt The assaiIart is said to have
declared he will "get" the soldier yer
Once before II Is said this same mar
tried 10 attack a man with the sam
kind Of weapon and in the streets o
the same town. Then the question:
came I'D, where were the peace OH
GERS all this time and WHY vas no a"
ttGn taken in the matter" Are we
going to wait until somebody IS k1Ie
before ANYTHING Is done to curb ma
like this?" Also Il was explained Una
4 rerertIv tha mans wife VAS mistTearr
and the sheriff Of the county wa
n called N. the victim refused - pros
ecute and that ended that affair, An
ott1er business man Of the town con-
rntnting on the situation Sa'u
"There's no use in making the old f.
tow any trouble He'll never hari
ANYBODY. He has raised nine re
spectacle children and that's MOI
\ than very many ordinary men haN
been able to do. He isn't at all oual
re,some when he Is sober. which
most Of the time What the nee
OF making any trouble for him -
wears from this time anyone with su
Il fcfent curiosity to enquire at the TO"
where this hoppened, can ascerta1
which business man was correct u
G first n1entioner who IS sure Euch cna'
4 acters should be restrained, or u
other who is equally certain the Q
fellow will never hurt anybody.
Justice Yelland. Sheffield. who ma
" RED the couple that came to him
81 living machine the other day ar
who was victim Of some hum GRO