The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-05-21
h. Z. TUCKER,

In driving through what was at one
& time termed the Swedish Settlement
recently we stopped and had good
vtsit with the johnson boys, Frank,
Oscar and Joseph Oscar and Joe
6till live on the old homestead, al.
( though Joe owns farm nearby, ana
Oscar owns the old home place. Frank
lives right next door on a 80 acre tract,
where he has comfortable surround
/ mrs. He has reached that time in life
where he does not have to make every
J minute count, but he does all the work
that comes his way on the little farm.
He and Mrs. Johnson are thoroughly
cOntented. They have two fins boys
ERWIN, the eldest, following the min
! isterial profession, and isnoW lo cated
1T Holdridge, Neb., where he delivered
the baccalaureate sermon to the hlgn
school class last Sunday. Ruben, the
younger son, is only recently back
from Camp Dodge, where he was Tor
five months. He contracted the nu
while at the camp and this was fol
lowed by pneumonia, and he had quite
tussle with the disease but finally
won out. Mrs. johnson is q splendid
lady, refined, welr educated, and
makes splendid helpmate to her hus-
band. 1t. was at this place that we
viewed one of the finest orchards on
our trip. Everything was in blossom
and looked beautiful A daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs johnson was at the Os,
\ car johnson home assisting with the
house work as neither Orcar nor Joe
had ever Joined the matrimo nal ks.
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One Of the fine homes on the Spirit
! Lake Air Line, between Deloh and Old
4 Kiron, is that Of e. w, Anderson, abous
half way between the two towns mem
toned. Here Is a home that was built
about four years ago and it is a de-
liRhtful home. In size it Is 37x4l,
story and one-half, and is thoroughly
modern in every respect. It is hcat-
4 ed ON q plat Of high ground that fur;
1iishes very commanding view, and
4 one can see a long distance in either
direction. The foundation for the
/ house is Of cement block construction.
and built up Of sufficient height to
& furnish good high basement, IN
which Is located a vapor heating plant
\ The first floor contains six rooms, all
finished in oak and well oiled, and
there are two large rooms upstairs and
/ the hallway. The windows are fitted.
with full sized screens, and also sup
piled with storm windows for the cold
weather. A fine water system is in
stalled throughout the house and a
4 most necessary adjunct to all modern
homes baths one of the latest
4 type The Anderson home is one to
be proud Of, and is being wen kept S. !.
AS q side issue ITO farming Earl
Heiden has about loo New Zealand
rabbits on his place the old Rogers,
farm, just south OF Denison. Dfscoursel
Earl doesn't have much stime to attend;
to the rabbits and that duty fails upon
Mrs Heiden. One of the cares that
she strictly adheres IT'D iss To giyH ahgh
Of the 100 rabbits a thorough cleaning
twice q week, disinfeets the homes Of
the beautiful fellows, and looks after
their feed. "A good many rabbits have
been shipped by the Heidens this
spring to different parts OF the ,coun-'
4 try. Prices range from SIS to $95 each.
Many Of these rabbits have been,
/ through the show ring at Omaha and
among them are ahnum Der OF prize
winners. Earl has a fine layout in the
farm ine-8O acres Just the right dis
3tance from town for him, and the place.
is well improved One of the features
of the farm is the water system. Fresh
water from "a never failing spring is
piped all over the place, and a dydraul-
4 ic ram forces the water from the
spring. The milk room at the house is
as cool as any refrigerator because
or the ever running water, which emp
ties into a large open tank. Earl IS
starting in the pure bred game by pur-
chasing all of his foundation stock
/ insthe swine line from w. A. McHenry.
The brood soWs are bred to the great
boar Mr.. MoHenrys purchased from
Peter M0uw. up in O'Brien county. He
also has some good stuff in the cattle
line, one critter that we remember,
being Brown Swiss purchased from
Mott McHenry. This COW recently
4 calved fine male calf and it is a
peach, in color and action.
Gathering up $40 eggs each day is
some task, yet one that Mrs. Fred
\ HansOhn, Of Milford township rather
enjoys. During thespresenti laying
4 season Mrs Hansolin has gathered on
an average OF 90 dozen eggs each day,
and has been selling them at the De:
lott market. She has on the place at
\ this time about 400 chickens, White
/ Ieghorns predominating, and they pre-
scented A pretty, sight, White waiting
for Mr.. Hansohn to come in from the
field, Mrs. Hansohn told US something
0f the farm. They have nics farm
\ Ia section s, Milford township, with a
i good set Of buildings The house
stands back from the road and occu-
pies commanding position, facing
Il toward the south. The home is two
story one, and the living room has a
large bay window, and this window
Mrs. Hanson keeps filled with potted
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