Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-18
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Wall Lake. Aug. 17-There has been
considerable talk that the corn crop of
Iowa was injured by the dry spell Of
two weeks ago. This may be true in iso-
lated cases. along lie river bottoms
where the soil is light with sand sub
soil. But the writer who has been over
the central western portion Of the
state, has yet To see field that has
been Injured. The July rains, which
We're general, put the ground and crop
lin just the condition to stand ury
spell. Corn is TWO weeks ahead of its
general condition on the 18th OF Au-
gust. Up the Movale branch of the c.
y n. w. the writer saw on the 10th of
August many ears of corn that had
yellow, hard kernels showing at the
end of the ear. Pasturage was never
better, and to talk of corn being in
jured by a cry spell when the pastures
are covered with green, luxuriaut feed
is nonsense. Oats are turning out WE'LL.
The best yield the writer hears of is or
the G.. a. Edaru farm, near Schaller.
This crop yielded seWenty-five bushels
20 the acre by actual weight. Prices up
the branch are II to l9 cents for new
oats: that il, were last week.
Railroad men are pleased that at last
the automatic coupler law is in actual
effect. Not railroad in Iowa now re-
ceives a Loaded car that is unprovided
With some kind of an automatic coup
Ter. knowing that the law would be
strictly enforced after July Is. each.
railroad company has been sending to
the shops all cars tina; will pay to be
remodeled, and thus today all cars can
be coupled automatically The other
Law regarding air-hrake attachments is
not fully enforced or lived up to, as
railroad men tell the writer. but were
getting there" From what one hears
there will be little need of any further
legislation Oh the double header train.
sl3rakeHien, tirep4en and engineers are
quietly protesting against the making
mp of such trains. and in some cases
and on SOM roads have positively res
fused to goseut or a double-header AS
fast Us the smaller locomotive engines
are used up they are Invariably re-
placed With big ones the railroads as
we'll as the nleE being anxious TO do
away With the double header system.
The way railroad company has of
disciplining its msnsis new to the wri-g
tsr-zpernaps to the reader. One Of our
big trunk lines. So the story goes, has
superintendent who has frequently
told the men when they actually needed
IS sep, from8ions and continuous runs.
In otfer Mosds, when they We're n3t in.
a sate physical condition to run their
trains, Tie up and go#to bed Well, a
certain crew had been out thirty-six
hours, catching only such sleep as.
watts afforded them. Coming into a
about 100 miles from their divis-
ion point. they received a four hour
Wait order. as some live stock Was
coming off another road. The fireman
sent word te the train dispatcher that
he was goinss 10 temp and GO to bed.
II would do ne good to call him at the
end OF tour aours;; he was going to have
his sleep ou.. They cid call him when
ready 70 GO ard he wouldn't get up. So
ia brakeman fired 80 the END Of the trip.
Now the peculiar part of this affair
was. that when the fireman reported for
duty they forgot 10 call him for four
weeks Tie railroad company did not
ire the t,isnar: oh. no: only the
caller for tn. company someway forgot
he was In the employ of the company,
and another man Vert out In his place
He figures aut That nice long sleep has
cost him s1G0
II Is an eIan secret that the heather
are. confused and COMPOUNDED by the
o. the different sects of re-
lisious teachers In Chlra they can not
understand how the Roman Catholic