Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-21
IMPROVEMENTS THAT RAISE
TAXES psPLoREo sY SOME,
WELCOMED ~ OTHERS.
CASE IN POINT IS
FOUND IN sEARssoRo
c. e. Wilson, Of the Times Repub.
lioan, Writes Interestingly Of His
obssrvations-Stoek at Newburs
Waits Weeks for Cars in Which to
BE shippsd-car Shortage Acute.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Repuplican.
Gilman, April 21.-The town of
Searsboro and surrounding country
has been incorporated into a con-
solidated school district and bonds
have been voted for an $4,000 school
house to be built in the little town.
An electric light service is another
promised Improvement for the place.
The usual stories OF opposition to
the plan are being told, and an en-
terprising retired farmer, the kind
1 hat isn't afraid OF a raise OF the taA
rate TO pay tor putting u town on the
level with the rest OF the world,
tells this one. Naming man VINO
had been active in hgnting ConsoI-
dation because lit would just raise
his taxes and wouldn't do him any
good. he continued.
The next day after the election |
went down ana tod him l was look
ing for a small farm for an invest
ment, and asked II his farm was for
SaAC. 1AC SSAb ~ Nesct IAAShS liz "StiAN
sell for $500 per acre" This the in
Quirer happened to know was an ad-
vance of $50 an acre over what he
had been asking only a few days
earlier. The consolidation advocate
will always believe that the result
of the election had a great deal to do
with the sudden advance in the ask
ing price of the others farm, ana
why the latter opposed the PROPOSE
ton, the effect of which he was so
prompt to take advantage, is a mys-
terry to the man who sought to test
his sincerity in the matter. If is was
because of solicitude for the well
fare of young laOoring man of the
town, who has lately made a first
payment on a home of his own, 1t
was a case of wasted sympathy. for
the latter is telling that with the in
creased value to his newly acqu ired
property, due to the expected i'm
he feels that his home is
worth about double what he paid for
it.
OF town of about 1000 inhabi-
tants in one of the central Iowa
counties a resident said the other
day, L have lived here about thirty
years, and 1 don't believe there are
any more people in the town than
when l came. And in those early
days il wasn't much more than
stones throw from the center 10 the
edge Of town in any direction. Since
those days we have spread out in
every direction, for this Is a pros
porous and thrifty community. where
a greater volume of business is done
in a day than was at that time in
a week. But while there. are SO
many more and better residences than
in the early days there are not so
many in the houses as formerly. |
believe I could name forty houses
in this town with only one occupant
each. This same condition doubtless
exists in other towns everywhere and
very many of these will find it diff
cult to accept census returns, having
associated growth in population with
that Of homes, while the truth Of the
matter Is these two are not running
in parallel lines at all. If all the one
and two-occupant houses OF q town
were to be removed, a startling
shrink in the territory covered by
that town would result. In the
earlier days it was different"
T.. ~ ne thu nf
Newburg last Thursday there were
three carloads Of cattle and one of
hogs waiting to be loaded and
shipped to market. They had been
brought in more than two weeks
earlier, and the owner of the stock
who lives four miles away. had been
coming In twice each day with feed
for them. The manager OF the local
elevator and coal yards said that
several Of his customers were ready
to have their coal for next winter de-
livered, but that he had none to
sell them. Shortage Of cars. This
man predicts the worst experience
ever in the matter Of securing fuel
for the next cold season, and all be-
cause of the impossibility OF
shipping. A Gilman resident was In
Sioux City when the strike OF tho
switchmen struck that place, and
saw the owners of forty cars of stock
receive the information that these
cars would not be unloaded in the
usual manner, altho later this was
ACCOMPLISHED nv the police force OF
the city. What this man can not
understand is why any farmer or
stock raiser in this state should be
expected to hesitate for q moment
to do his part In retaining Senator
Cumnins in the senate for the trying
times that are certain to como C.
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