Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-11
ooGo NOT KNOW REGARDING
KEEPING QUALITIES or HIS
PRODUCT THIS SEASON.
MUST LEARN As FARMER
DID WITH SOFT CORN
M jor,tv o. Uvisnsss Men Are Opposed
70 oovsrnmsnt Operation OF Rail
esads- Po~sshisk County rarm"
Estab,ishs. Moving Reeord---c. I.
Wilson's observations.
spec,aI TO Times Republican.

Special to Tunes -tSePuohN"h'
Montour, March ll.--smilar 10 'he
predicament Of the farmer two years
age Is that o. the zee man at the pres
ent time. The man who harvested an
immature corn crop faced new eNPe-
rience. He knew not what to expect IN
the way Of keeping qualities OF his dam
aged crop. and was equally unceF'a'"
IN regard to its feeding value lie
nassed thru a period Of experiment ana
sducatiop and the knowledge he gained
will serve him well II he snail III Iu-
ture 20 thru another such season AZ
this partic dlar town the Ice haTNesu"s
season apparently ended last saturoiy
noon with about half the usual amount
nut in This ice averaged about seven
inches In thickness. The observer
wanted to know II ice OF this thickness
and quality would Improve after oeihs
harvested and the man most interest,"
ed admitted that he was asking hlHlset
the same question. He said that Ice
men everywhere would know Things
later on about their business that they
do not know at this time. This KIND
of an ice season is a new thing and as
was the case with the farmer and MS
half matured corn, the ice dealer hopes
II will remain new as long as he is in
the business.
Mr. c. V. Scoville, OF Montezuna,
moved the other day from town 10
farm a few miles away This was by
no means his first change of location
as the following will show: Nineteen
years ago he began on farm four
miles south o. town. Since that time
he has owned and lived on four other
farms between this one and Monte
yuma, all Of them on the same road. On
two Of these he has placed entire sys-
sems Of improvements. The total acre
age OF these farms is about 500 acres.
While all this was being done he has
lived in several homes in MonteZuula,
having at different times owned e!gh-
teen lots in the town. On one Of these
The public library building now stands
and on others nne homes have been
built
When the merchants of a town are
organised as they are in one not far
from the center Of the state they GER
tainiy ought to be able to hold the
trade OF the territory Of which they are
the centers. Three business men Of
little town near the one noted above
decided to combine and buy page OF
the larger towns paper for year Of
steady advertising. They accepted the
publishers rates without complaint but
the publisher didn't accept the adver-
tisements. Said he would like to have
the money but didn't care to lose more
home advertising than the three out
sidefs offered and the little town will
have to figure out some other method
Of telling the public Of its advantages
~ 2 trading point.
A we'll known business man of a
Tama county town was talking about
government operation Of railways. In
common with most business men he
was against" To his way of thinking
one Of the greatest objections TO the
system is the absence of personality.
He declared that half the life Of the
railroad business went out with the as
sumption of government nagement.
When unexpected conditions arise no.
body appears TO be accessible to rem
edy matters needing attention. The de-
lays and annoyances incident 10 the
going thru many hands of matters for
adjustment make attempts Of ADJUST
ment impracticable. Under the old sys-
tenn every informed business man
knew where to go for help in his rail-
road perplexities but not SO in these