Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-09
HIGHER PRICED GOALS
secoMlNo POPULAR
Cheaper Grades Must os Still Lever
70 Meet cempstition 81 Eastern
Minse-orain Office Helps Farm
ere With Income Tax Rsperts-c.
e. Wilson's Observations.
Special to Times Republican.

also by an indain who evidently pur-
posed to Journey after the fashion Of
civilized modern humanity. After a
few minutes Of waiting the big red
skin filed his pipe, lit the contents
and strobe out Of the room, thereby
giving evidence that he wasn't 50
greatly uncivilized after all. Rather
dull place to wait so long. Perhaps
Cronk Bros coal and lumber office
would be q livlier place to wait and
1t was. Last week, it will be recalled
| was a cold one, and the coal trade
| was brisk. It was explained that the
average citizen, whhen he puts in his
winter supply Of fuel, actually buys
enough to last him about TO March 1,
forgetting that from year to year
That Feb. /, is about the, middle of
the fuel using season SO far as heat
ing Is concerned. Consequently when
a. cod spell arrives later on the coal
trade is very active. Another fea-
scarcity OF nigh grade eastern coal
in the market. The abundance OF
this early in the season and the
scarcity of Illinois and Iowa coal
compelled many users who had never
doNe so before to buy the higher
priced coal and now that is the kind
they demand. 1t is the opinion or
the dealer that the result will De
either u raise in the price of eastern
coal or a drop in the other kinds to
preserve the balance in their use,
and II this is true it is easy to pre-
dict which it will De, raising the one
| or lowering the other. .aa
Then the farmer came in. said he
couldn't remember now much he had
received for hogs sold in the last
year and the office books were
studied while for the information
! needed ito complete 1.-THE income tax
report. Another farmer remarked
that farm bookkeeping was no small
job, that he has been starting In
with the beginning of each new year,
keeping on faithfully for few
months and then dropping out alto
gether. Still another remarked that
| even while on the bookkeeping Job
he forgot entirely his blacksmithing
bill, which was no small item.
| Later on another man came in and
the subject Of talk shifted to profit
able crops for hay substitution. This
man had put out an acre each OF
sorghum, sudan grass and milles.
He cut the sorghum with binder
and insisted that the bundles lay end
to end and touching each other on
the ground. That he got at least
Ave tons Of good feed from this crop,
about four tons of sudan grass and
nearly three tons Of millet. This ne
fed with corn fodder to his
| thirty-six head of cattle for
three months and has most
Of his hay left. Another man re-
membered that he took forty-nine
loads Of clover hay on a ten acre
tract last summer at two cuttings
| and there followed a discussion OF
methods OF putting UP clover hay in
| which It. was brought out that the
secret of curing" green clover in the
NOV lies in putting 1t into the barn
unaffected by rain or dew. At this
point one farmer occupant OF the
room opened q letter. held up
check which had, been enclosed and
remarked that this was one OF s1.SOo
worth OF checks that he had received
within a week for clover seed that he
had advertised but which had all
been sold.
At last one man announced his In
tention Of going home. He had
walked in because of the condition
of the roads. Had sustained $40
damage to tire few days ago and
now he, will walk till they get better
This evidently was an anti" in tie
matter Of hard roads for as ne
mentioned the tire damage one of
the proprietors looked up over his
glasses from his daily paper and. said
to the other just a trifle maliciously'
would have helped pay your paving
Wouldn't ~" and quietly went
on with his reading.
Strange how much shorter an hour
seems when spent in a live grain
office than when sitting in waiting
room in anticipation OF the coming
Of train.
What Is claimed to be the biggest
car or shelled corn ever billed out OF
this part OF the country was shipped
from the elevator Of A. Brackne,s,
Of Clemens. not long ago. It con-
tanned 1925 bushels and twent!
pounds. 1t was the maiden trip Of
new car from the Bettendorf yards
ana was consigned to st. Louis
firm which sent it on to Chattanooga.
Tenn.
Few men, comparatively have act
ed In more varied capacities In life
than has c, ]. Stevens, OF Montour,
..'Iowa,s Oldest Mayor" Mr.. Stevens
drove q prairie schooner" from Polo,
III. to Lama county in 1885. He was
u farm hand two years, rented
farm IN 1857 and bought one In 1859.
In 1854 hesopened up lumber bust
ness IN the then new town OF Mon
tour. He was station agent in the
town for ten years. He served three
terms an county clerk Of Tama coun-
I N and was postmaster OF Mcntcur
from 1905 to 1914. At the present
time 10 IL IN the insurance business
besides acting IN the official capacity
mentioned above. Mr., Stevens y
,ns&rly 81 year, Of ags,
IS e,Fve HlejSi eieado ~ Hslns &