Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-24

rush Tor the last car. Standing beside
the platform was tWo-seated car-
riage, with driver, and the writer
thinks four horses (perhaps only two.
the Looker-On was excited. The car
iriage was trimmed with flags and the
crowd escorted a lady toit. About this
time the writer was sure Mrs Admiral,
President, Vice President Hazen-
Dewey had been on the train and the
writer had missed a chance for an in
terview But it was not her. Miss
- had won first prize at an clocution-
airy contest at a district contest OF
high schools and this was the way the
Grundyites welcomed her home. And
llet the writer say right here 1t was a
nice thing to do. II was something this
young lady and her parents will re-
member for a life time. And the young
people of Grundy will try to keep up
the reputation of a town that shows
such appreciation of hard work in high
schools. There have been so many
hard things said in papers in the past
about Mrs. Grundy that the writer
hopes this item will be copied.
sss
The town of Hartley is about to try
an experiment in the matter of saloon
tax. They have had three saloons
paying $1,000 year for the privilege
of driving the bootleggers out of BUSH
ness and incidentally selling beer made
expressly for Iowa stomachs Finally
one saloon man had a business neigh
Dor who objected to the distance from
his door to where the mulct law legal
lied the sale of intoxicating beverages.
That would leave only two saloons.
But the city wanted this $4,000 a year
to fix up sidewalks and crossings, so
the saloon. One Thousand five hundred
dollars year seemed too much for a
saloon man to pay. With two running in
a town where everybody wants a
..schooner." So the arithmetical gem
Jus of the council suggested this prob
lem i'm mathematics: Statement
Three saloons in Hartley pay $4,000 a
year Three saloon men pay rent on
three buildings; also Insurance.. taxes
and barteEders; also three proprietors
and families and three bartenders and
families live on the profits of these sa-
Ilocns. all sell schooncrs and allow the
Hartleyites TO rush the growler." "A
good lady acquaintance of the writer.
one who wishes to be Up in the slang
terms of the day. said when they
were at the worlds fair they rushed
the groaner every night.') Guery--lf
three men, three saloons and three bar
tenders can do all this, let us make the
mulct tax for Hartley $1,000 a year and
let one man do ak the business. This
with the temperance argument staring
US in the face that he will probably sell
pony glasses and kill the GROWER. And
the temperance scientist of Hartley
says yea. DO this and. we will know
Where 10 locate our dlunkards. One
man Will be more careful of his privi-
leges than three. One man can refuse
sven a government official If he's half
fail, and know he will not lose his
trade. One man can shut up at legal
hours and not feel bad because the
crowd has gone ove. osthc other place,
Who have drawn the curtains and
list says one saloon Will not ruin as
many boys as three in the same town
One saloon VIII not make as many
families curse the day the American
saloon was invented as three. One sa-
loon is not one-third as bad as three.
People buy more watermelons when
EVERY store in town handles them than
When the corner rocery has "a inonop-
oily It's astonishing how many ideas
one picks up, even by travelling In
Iowa.