The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-07-02

checks amounted to between 800 and
800 per month The Brodersen farm
is equipped with all kinds Of machin-
cry. that. serves to tighten farm work,
and we found buildings for all OF this
equipment. 81 '' '' '' - ''
s On one eff our trips during the past
week we made the acquaintance OF a
jolly fellow in the person of Adolpl
Moeller who lives about seven miles
west Of Denison, on what is known as
the VIM. ikoepke place, Mr. Moeller
has. owned this farm for the past six
years and he is. taking excellent care
OF the little so acres, and says he has
plenty of land for his purpose. He was
being ably assisted in the work OF the
farm by son and daughter. The
daughter reported good luck with her
chickens this spring and had in the
neighborhood of $50 Buff Orpingtons.
The son was out in the corntield and
Mr.. Moeller said they were then lay
ing the corn by for this season. 1t
was at this place we, noticed one of
the best gardens we have yet looked
upon, and the folks were having nice
new potatoes for the table. A nice
little orchard was bearing consider
able fruit and the daughter was busy
picking over goose berries prepara-
tory to canning One hundred ever
GREENS had been set out this season
and all were growing. Mr.. Mueller
has been a resident of Crawford coun-
ty for the paststhirty years, with the
exception SoE tWOisyears that. he. spent
In Kingsbury county $: Dak. He has
ten head pfNcattle, and about seventy
i've head of hogs, hester.iWhites and
Durocs, and had planted 253 acres OF
corn, IL acres of wheat and acres Of
bats. He informed us that he hadSre-
Gently sold nine head of hogs for $19.1S
per hundred and they averaged better
than 300 pounds.
The !heavist rain that has visited
Paradise township in many years fell
over that township last Saturday week.
and twas not long until Paradise creek
was bankful and running over. The
big bridge right at the DR.. Coon farm
was damaged SO much that the road
on west had to be abandoned. Morris
Detlefsen, of KenwoOd, who had the
road work for the past four years was
at the bridge last Thursday morning
but said he would be unable to repair
the same because the west approach
was entirely gone and some OF the
piling had been washed loose @tsf
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lit. J.,4R,lle, mora commonly called
TON, lis ;stiil On the old homestead
down in sectionst27 and 'S4, Paradise,
where he has lived since about the
year 70. OF course tom" has not
lived there. all his life, because sne was
born in go, and in Clinton county,
hut he has lived s1engeenouglIs On arhu'
old home place to become we'll known
not only in, .hisi own neighborhOod, but
all over the county, and to speak Of
Tom Rule is to speak of a man well
versed on all subjects from politics to
to religion, and on down to as,'icul-
ture.; livestock. and why the u, S.
licked Germany. He had two sons in
Uncle Sans service, Robert, vino was
in France four and; one-iaf months,
was a member of the ,SSth Division,
Co. B, as machine gunner. Herbert
was at Camp Dodge for two months
and @then the armistice was signed.
Both boys are jnaW at home, and assist
ing with the farm work. This farm
comprises 245 acres and is,..Well I'M
proved, havingsa good set Of buildings