The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-07-28

the three Slater boys over in East Boy
I er township, and their friendship an,
advice is desired and often sought
First in line on the road from Denisol
Is the. home Of Henry Slater and thi
land is a part of the land owned by th'
father Mr.. Solomon w. Slater, wht
passed away in 1906. At the time! o
his death Mr.. Slater owned four nun
dred and forty acres of land, and 5thi.
land is now owned and worked by thu
three sons; The home of Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Slater is a very hospitable one
Mrs. Slater is q daughter of the late
David McWilliams, one of the pioneer
citizens of the county. She has hat
great success in raising chickens, ant
always has on hand many fine ones fol-
SALE Mr. Slater keeps good stock ant
at the present time has a number OF
head on hands. Frank Slater lives the
next place east of his brother Henry
and hes very comfortable home, light
ed with d farm lighting plant, and ey
erything arranged for the convenience
Of Mrs. Slater. Frank works 16(
acres, and on Thursday the three boys
and children were in the hay field put
ting up hay All three working togeth
err saves the cost of much hired
help, and the boys get along fine to-
gether. Frank keeps Poland China
hogs, and purchased some good stock
from Charley Speck. This stock is OF
the Quarterrnaster blood, and there are
some 40 head of young hogs, and a
number of old ones on the farm, Mr.
Slater is not keeping many cattle at the
present, having but 10 head OF good
grade Shorthorns. George lives at the
old place where his father lived so
many years, but does not occupy the
old house, for he has built a new and
modern residence. The new home. is
just across the rayine west from the
old home, and is surrounded by many
oak trees, well trimmed, and the house
is commanding in appearance and coy
and comfortable on the interior. This
home was erected five years ago, and
is 20x48 feet on the ground. 1t Is two
stories high and has a full basement.
The entire building is heated with a
furnace, has electric light, and Mrs.
Slater uses an electric iron, washing
machine and a churn. She Is
now Wishing for an electric vacuum,
and we rather imagine she will have
her wish granted. On the first floor
are the living room, dining room, bed
room and kitchen. Wide opening from
the living room and Ginning room per.
NIT the throwing of both rooms into
one when company comes. An open
stairway leads to the upper floors,
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bath room and hall. The finish is in
hard pine oiled as if wax, and in the
different rooms are many built-in cab
inets. A beautiful and costly Victrola
supplies the family with delightful
music. An air pressure water system
furnishes water for all uses. Mrs. Sla-
ter's maiden name was Hulce, she be-
ing a daughter of L. M. Hulce, former
~ of Vail. She is the mother of two
children, and the youngest recently
celebrated her birthday when her moth
er baked tempting birthday cake.
From the highway leading up to the
front and rear of the home are to be
found cement walks, and the entire
house is surrounded with wire netting
fence,s and livestock Of whatsoever ma
ture is kept from the yard Mr.. George
Slater has long been known as a breed
err of pure Shorthorn cattle, and has at
this time IS head on his farm. He has
three herd bulls, the first being Royal
Rex Sixth, a Princess bull purchased
from Mr. WestthrOpe, Of Harlan. This
animal Is four years old and has made
lots Of money for Mr.. Slater. A Cum
berland bull was purchased from Chas.
Saunders over at Manila three years
ago. The Cumberland stock is consid-
cred very valuable. Another bull was
purchased from the Harrington's and
this animal is Of the Westthrope stock.
Mr.. Slater has Is fine calves, 10 of
them being bulls and some of these he
offers for sale He recently sold one to
Sasges Bros. at Charter Oak. He is
keeping five milk cows, has 55 acres in
corn and IS aeres of small grain.
tractor does the heavy work including|
the binder work, and the three Skaters
work this in conjunction, and during
the busy season the tractor is never az
lowed to rest. A farm truck is also of
use at the Slater place, as
is a sedan car for family use. Claus
and wife are living in the
old home place and work for Mr.. Slater.
All the stock is kept at the older place
where there are sufficient number of
1t Is deeply regretted that
Mr.. and Mrs. Slater think strongly of
to California to reside.
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Last thursday was one time that we
met w. II. Wilroth and he,s wouldn't
talk real estate. He was busy with the
binder cutting a field of wheat that he
thought would go ~ bushels to the
acre. And he came near losing q part
Of his machine when a bur came lose
and permitted a bolt ito, slip. w. II. |
lives in section So, Milford township, |
and is working $50 acres Of land. He
has in 62 acres of corn, and had tassels |
July 4th. He also has ~ acres in oats,
and 20 acres in wheat. Workmen have
lust installed an electric light plant at |
The Wilroth home. The plant is known !
IS the Western Electric. and is claimed
10 be one of the best. The plant is sit
lated outside the house. and under
ground wires run to the house. All the
buildings on the place are lighted, and
i big arc light is located in the yards.
The plant is equipped with sthree-way
switches and this idea is found most
Wilroth has some very fine
hogs on his place. the Duroc breed, and
u sOws narrowed 80 pigs. He has some
If the McAndrews stock. Shorthornl
,attle are kept and there are Is head,
If which are good milk cows. Six
work horses, all good ones, and in the
Jest of condition furnish plenty of pow
n for farm work. Mrs. Wilroth has
100 Rhode Island Red chickens and 40
indian ducks; also number of geese.
rhe Wilroth's entertained a lot of com
,any Sunday, and w. H. was kept
pretty busy at the freezer; he filled 1t
vice, and when some one called for
he third freezer, he 'bucked." We
ire going to visit at this place at a
alter date when the farm work Ia not
10 pressing. ANA we, may have some
hing else 70 tell about.
FIJI
We made the acquaintance of Mr..