North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-12-11

Secretary......We had u most pleasan,
chat on Saturday evening with Judge Will
| liams and Hon. Maturin L. Fisher, at the
Evans House. We give our friends their
titles because it is the fashion-My have
| too much sense to care a copper or cop.
perhead about it......Gardner McGregor
has returned from Chicago where he hiss
been attending Commercial College.
."".John II. Townsend, of Nunda, N.
Y, favors us with papers which we appre.
ciatc for their value, and also for the re-
gardful memory If the esteemed friend
who sometime thinks of us.
Insura nee.
Mr.. L. c. Snow, Secretary of the WEST
ERN ACCIDENT AND FIRE INSURANCE. Con-
PANY, at Des Moines, has been to see u.s.
The Company numbers. among its men,
bers some of the leading business men of
the West. Parties interested can find
their names by calling on Hon. DOUGLASS
LEFrlNGwELL, special Agent for McGreg-
or, Clayton County, and adjoining coun-
ties, or M. j. BRowN, Esq, Solicitor for
the city of McGregor and vicinity Mr..
Brown was injured recently in his labor
and was ''laid up" to the amount Of Sll5,
which was promptly paid him on Monday,
by Mr.. Snow. This Company began two
years ago as an Accident" exclusively !;
but finding the field open for more extend
cd work, the Fire Department was opened,
and now the Company is among the most
successful in the State. We should Judge
by the energy of Mr.. Snow, in the prose-
cution of business here; his excellent Sc
lection of McGregor agents, and his in
structions to them as to taking risks, that
much Of the success of the Company is
owing to his labor and business judgment.
The strength Of the Company may he de-
pended on by review of the list Of stock
holders. We name few: Col. Merritt,
Geo. w. Jones, Jno. McWilliams, S. F.
Spotford. w. H. Quick, F. w. Palmer, z.
c. Nourse, Mills & Co., G. w. Clark, Gen.
Dodge, Judge Baldwin, Gov Butler of Ne
braska, Ex-Gov. Saunders, of Nebraska, all
of them eminent for financial ability and
social worth.
Judge Lefingwell and Mr.. Brown are
ready to take applications on good risks.
oad-Ma king.
j. L. Ainsworth, Chief Engineer of the
Cedar Falls and Mo. River R'y, says some
good things about the invention OF our
County citizens, E. II. Williams & Brother
A., in writing,.i is quite ne enthusiastic in
praise Of the Excavator as our friend
Judge Williams has been in prosecuting
the invention. After saying that they are
well made. durable and useabIe in all kinds
of soil, Mr.. Ainsworth says:
ITO common road making and repairs,
think they are peculiarly adapted, not
Only on account of the cheapness of handl-
ing the earth, but because they pack 1t so
hard and solid that it is less liable to cut
into ruts and holes in wet weather.
would suggest that you change its name
from Excavator to SelfLoadiny Wagon !;
it gives better idea of what the machine
is, and it would be less liable to encounter
prejudice
Why would it not be we'll for the Legis-
lature. at its coming session, to authorize
Counties and towns to invest in the Self
Loading Wagon?" Would not such a
move lessen the taxes on road-work and
improve the roads at the same time? Let
our representatives try it and "report
progress" ...-.-