Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-17
PRESENT YIELD PROOF OF $500
TO $500 PER ACRE VALUE
OF CENTRAL IOWA SOIL.
IOWA RIVER TURTLE
GOES PlCkEREL FISHING
G. 6. Wilson Discovers a True Fish
Story at Union-Catches Thirty
twoinch Specimen Of Pike Family
History.
History.
BY G.. +. WilSon.1

IBy c. f. Wilson.l
Union, Aug. 1I.-When a Hardin
county man was asked about his
| corn crop prospects he answered. 1.-The
best in thirty seven years" and
when the grain dealer of the same To-
cality was questioned he replied, "a
bumper crop if frost keeps away I'M
til the usual time for its appearance
Travellers constantly comment on
the wonderful prospect in this and
other adjoining sections of the state
and admit that Iowa farm land is
held at a real. instead of an imagin
airy value. So far as the north CEN
trail part of the state is concerned
there is a great prospect for corn.
Here is n fish story guaranteed to
be perfectly true. \ farmer living
near Union had occasion to ride one
of his horses across a shallow place
in the Iowa river. Noticing a COM
motion in n rifle he investigated and
found a large pickerel floundering in
the water. He rode on thru the
stream and looking back saw that
the Ash was still where he had first
seen it. and wadng back he potiuced
on the big creature catching it near
the middle with his hands. Surprised
at his success he lifted it out of the
water and his surprise was increased
when swapping turtle with firm
hold on the tail of his intended vic
tim came along. The latter had so
tired the fish that it could offer little
resistance when its human captor
took it from the water. 1t was thirtN
two inches in length and weighed
six pounds.
In the yard of the II. T. Gale home
at Liscomb is a large pear tree that
lis in a way to kill itself producing
fruit unless some sort of assistance
intervenes in it's behalf. A few years
ago most of the limbs on one side
broke down with the too heayy load
and this season matters arc worse
than ever for. the remaining limbs
are literally filed with fruit.
Agent Purcell, of Union doesn't ex,
pect to sell any tickets at certs a
mile when the time arrives ior the
old rate TO again go Tito effect. He
cites a provision in the Congressional
act restoring the roads W fpcNata
control which declares that mo
fares or rates shall be increased or
decreased except on authority OF the
interstate commerce commission or
state railway commission", ana
thinks that this covers the situation
so far as the lower rate is concerned.
While the old Albion Seminary
students Were holding their annuel
reunion in the little town one day
last week there was an interesting
exhibit in the window Of the local
bank. placed there in honor. of the
occasion. This consisted of the 1r.i,,
and possibly the only, flag that floai-
ed over the court house of Marietta,
the then county seat of Marshall
county. Also a collection of the cards
of the business firms of Albion as
they existed in the year 1875. A COM
plete count of the present day BUSH
ness concerns of the town totals
just an even twenty. Forty five years
those days the Albion trade territory
was much larger than at present and
more thanlthat it is said that one OF
the present day firms does more
business in a year than half a dozen
did in the earlier time mentioned. In
cluded in the announcements are the
names of G. H. Tro,Nman, general
store; Gideon WHEELER, dry goods
and clothing furnishings and no.
tons: James H. Reynolds, drug store;
w. d. Post, grain. lumber, coal and
live stock; ID. s. Dever. blacksmith
| and repair shop: J. B. Cripps, Albion
nursery: G.. ]. Shoemaker, staple ana
fancy groceries, insurance agent:
David Worcester, justice of the
peace and collections: j. w. Modiin
farm and spring. wagons. patentee
HaWkeye washer; j. NJ. Howell, AL
bion House, good sampling rooms.
stabling in connection; tan old timer
says there was a saloon in operation
in the back yard of the hotel, but
this does not appear in the exhibit;
a. c. Rogers, staple and fancy gro
! cer!es: Myers & Stanley, butchers;
w. e. Walker, house mover;l S. G.
Gillespie, groceries, crockery and
queensWare: D. B. Way. harness
shop; Randolph & Beeson general
groceries; Albion Seminary. John
Sanborn, A. NJ. principals: Cunning
ham & Co, blacksmiths and manu-
lecturers of wagons and ,bugeies; d.
+. Brewer and Larson. makers of
butter tubs, pork barrels etc;
Three church cards appear, the NJ.
e. church, J. NJ. Hedges, pastor; Di-
ciples church, F.. Waldron, pastor
Presbyterian church. D. Chapman,
pastor. A very few of these men are
still living none of them in Albion.
| Inclosed in a number of picture
frames in the home of j. j. Wall, is
the military record Of his son, Lieut.
Earl Wall, Albion's world war hero
who lost his life on a battle field in
France. There are pictures Of his
company in it's training camp at
Leon Springs, Tex, n platoon pic
ture, two portraits of the young Of
ficer in uniform, his commission as
sergeant of Company D. First Regi-
| ment, Illinois Engineers, commits
sion as End lieutenant infantry in
United States army, death memorial
signed by General Pershing. certi-
ficate of death with honor" issued
by adjutant general at the direction
of the president, a French memorial
and its Interpretation, distinguished
service citation for acts Of bravery
at Bots de Mauamont, France, and
picture of the young soldiers grave