Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-23
orRETCH OF IMPROVEMENT
LEADS TO BUSINESS DISTRICT
FROM TWO DIRECTIONS.
NOVEL SAND AND GRAVEL
PLANT IN OPERATION
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Rockford. sept. 2S.-A mile Of pave
ment on an east and west road which
includes the principal business street
of this town is being put III at the
present time and will result IN a great
Improvement n the appearance Of
Rockford and q convenience 10 is sp-
preach from the territory on either
siAa. Another noticeable Improvement
IN a SIS, 600 concrete dam across the
Shell Rock river 10 utilize the wafer
power for the mill located IL the Town.
This structure replaces one Of wpVc
which has been in service many years.
Nj Alfred keeruer, who Owns
tract Of land near Rockford which -
underlaid with sand and gravel IS
building 4 sand washing and gravel
plant which Is said 10 ee sOIue tA4ns
new in this part Of the country and IS
already attracting the attention OF
outsiders interested in this line 0: in
dustry. Il consists OF a framewOTh
fifty feet high equipped with revolvlrs
screen which grades sand and deposits
IL into watts where Il is washed and
small. but heavily constructed stone
crusher which takes care Of the gravel
as The whole is brought TO the PLAN oy
means Of 4 motor train Water IS p.ped
from the river about 300 feet distant
and q modern trough conveys the
waste hack 10 the river as the sand IS
washed. The capacity Of the plant IS
eighteen yards per hour.
I'm going to quit my Job" said
,abcring man the other day. and con
ttnued, 81 don't work for any IS day.
The man to whom ne was talking sald
he thought that pretty good pay for
common labor. but the other insisted
that he knew where he could get more
and ne was going TO 90 and get Il.
When this was repeated TO a Butler
county farmer. re said. We paid two
men Sc each day for farm work al
one time this season and then they
came near striking on US one day be-
cause we didn't want to give them
their turns handling some high-priced
machinery that we thought we ought
to handle ourselves. We boarded these
men too. 1t wasn't the high cost OF
living that made il necessary for Us
to pay such wages, ii was simply
labor scarcity, whatever the cause OF
that was and is
II has been common in other years
70 see an array OF farm sale bills In
The windows and on the walls OF ousl-
ness buildings and along about Christ
mas time when they become unusually
abundant We notice them and com
ment on the consequent numerous
changes that this means for the farm
population of the surrounding terri
tory. These sale notices usually begin
To appear about Dec !. or after corn
huskins time. but this year it is diff
erent The pink and white and yellow
announcements are already in evidence
appearing strangely out Of season. The
very numerous land sales haTe been
the beginning OF a hitherto unhearc Of
shakeup in farm populauol; these
public sales form the second chapter
Of the performance: the third will
occur March !, next, when farmers
everywhere will have 10 go thru the
experience Of becoming acquainted
with the strangers who are 10 De
neighbors for a time long or brief, no
body can intelligently guess which in
such times as these.
Butler county furnishes az least tao
instances Of men staying on the joO.
The first of these is the case Of three
rural carriers. on the Parkers1urg man
routes. Sixteen years ago Frank MAJ,
George Ceperiy and Frank Lyons were
CARRYING on the three routes from the
town and all three are still Al it anc
have been all these years. II As douDl-
full if this record has been dupllCatec
in any other town in this state. The
other is a case of farm tenacy ana
probably all circumstances considered
has no parallel IN a territory much
more extensive than the state Of Iowa
About twenty years ago family con =
sisting of a man wife. three sons anc
two daughters came to tenant 25u
acre farm short distance from the
town of Greene. The usual things hap
pened, one Of the daughters married
the "ole fclkg' concluded to 90 10 a
smaller farm and moved away taking
the remaining daughter with them
The unusual part of it was that the
three sons remained in charge of the
farm That was almost twenty years
ago. They are there on that farm yet
Three brothers, working together al
single then and all unmarried as yet
They have no outside help in the way
of cook or housekeeper for home tai.
ent" is taking care of that in gooc
shape. Their farming is strictly up-to-
date, tractor, automobile and all. The!
take three daily, papers and otheI
periodicals and are thoroughly in
formed on current affairs. They hav'
many friends and the highest respec
OF the community in which they live
Smell Brothers of Greene are uniqu
53N in their farm life.
c. e. Wilson
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