Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-15
susiNE-I IN An ~ Fh7;'- 8 TO
GRAVEL icHWArS E,1E,.D
ING FROM TS,.a.
CAMPAIGN TO EXTEND =
FROM YEAR TO YEAR
Alden Club Sets Itself Task of Gravel
ina Two Miles OF Road Each Year
Town Becoming an EGG Producing
and Shipping Center--Small Town
Merchants Prosperous.
,ecial to Times -E,puhhvau.

Special To Times Republican.
Alden. April ,5--Evcry community
in this state. douHhess, has formulated
road Improvement plans, more or less
definite, for the present season, but
few il any OF those except Alden can
already point to actual accomplish
nent. About two months ago the re-
organ zed--AldCn Club-with MEM
bcrship Of about 800. farmers predom-
mating. proceeded TO the business Tor
which II was rrcatcd-pulling Alden
and vicinity OUt of the mud NJ the
same time the business men Of the
town subscribed Sl.5o0 to help the pro-
iect along. Tho organization mentioned
proposes Ia gravel a mile of road IN
each direction from town each year
and also contributed to Il fund for inn
Lrovement of other township roads
until the entire territory has possessed
itself of every day in the year high
ways. Members OF the club are to
donate labor and some of the material
Is 10 be given TO the cause. One mile
has already been improved at a cash
cost to the organization of only $lI5.
\ $4,000 church and $500 par
sonage are planned for the present
season by tic Alden Meth"dists, who
suffered the loss of their church build
ing recently by fire.
AldCn's annual autumn festival oc-
casion is termed egg day. Citizens
of the town do not pretend to explain
why. but contend nevertheless, that
this community il highly favored by
nature as place specially adapted to
the raising of poultry and the conse-
qUent production CT eggs. They quote
federal statistics TO prove that the an
nuaI egg production of Iowa far ex-
ccCds IN value the orange crop of Cali
fornia And in the light of recent
transactions in eggs it looks as tho
the Leople OF Alden did not go far
wrong when they instituted their oft
celebrated egg day. Four dray loads
is a lot of eggs, bat that is just what
one single store Of Alden shipped out
one day last week. the accumulation of
nine days business. Another firm
sent out $725 worth of this important
food product, the collections of one
week. A third merchant reported the
export Of eighty-eigh cases for which
he received moe than $1,000. More
than $500 worth of eggs. practically
all produced in one early spring week.
With all OF the supposed tendency
OF the time to trade in the larger
towns, the merchants doing business
in the smaller places appear to be do
ing something too. One of the stores
in the town of Williams, in Hamilton
county is said TO have had a s1.100
day last week There was nothing
special about il either. just great
big Tuesday trade in good small
town surrounded by farming coun-
try that fifteen years ago could hardly
boast of rectangular field 50 numer-
Gus were the then untitled sloughs and
ponds in that part of the country.
Tama county man was about to
close the sale Of his farm at s275 per
acre. He told those present that he
felt he was doing a wrong thing in
letting loose of his land The buyer
remarked that he himself was the one
to be weak kneed" in the transaction
as ne was assuming a big debt. Then
the owner of the farm said Now look
here, if you feel a bit doubtful of the
wisdom of this deal stop right where
you are for | will chcerfully pay the
real estate man his commission and
keep my land. I would welcome a
chance to call the deal Off The buy
er took the place without further talk.
There hasn't been time in years when
such a unanimity Of feeling prevailed
that farm land would go higher and
still higher in price as does at this
time In the minds of men, farmers,
business men and all. c. f. Wilson.