Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-05

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the writer does not know whether the
6irinnell council has been at 1t again"
or whether the Chicago Record Herald
lhru some three weeks late correspond
5ent, has just heard of 1t. 1t is here re-
printed. headlines and all.
FORBIDS TREATING.
Council at Grinnell, Iowa, Says Prac-
tice Encourages Drunkenness.
Especial to the Record Herald
Grinnell, Iowa, Sept. 29.-The city
council has just adopted an ordinance
which makes it crime for two or more
rersons to congregate and buy each 9TH
err drinks. 1t is held that treating pro-
rlotes drunkenness. The exact yerbiage
CT the ordinance is as follows:
That it shall be unlawful for two or
r,ore persons to congregate within the
limits of the city of Grinnell, on any
street or vacant or unoccupied property,
On or about the college campus or build
rigs, In or about any lumber yard, in
my car or on o, about any railroad
rounds or stock yards, in or about any
,arn, stable or corn crib, storehouse,
ievator or depot, or in any other place.
or the purpose of drinking beer or any
Kind of intoxicating liquor, or for the
purpose of creating disturbance or do
ing or committing any disorderly act"
1t is hoped this law will do away with
much of the drinking here. Grinnell has
always been strong prohibition town,
and when Josiah b. Grinnell founded the
place he endeavored to provide In the
deeds that no lots should be sold for sa-
loon purposes. Iowa College, located
here, is also powerful factor for tenn
l,erance, and the city council is merely
,tcting in line with public opinion.
$50
/ The Sitting out process" that is now
going on in many of the new towns in
Iowa brought into existence by the new
railroad building, in 1900 and 1899, is in-i
teresting to observers. A large number
tlf men went into business in those
towns for the first time In their lives.
Many were the sons of well-to-do farm
mrs. who bought lots at fancy prices, put
up store buildings and filled them with
tsGods at any price the travelling men
asked. A year or more has rolled around
and these men are beginning to find out
there Is something in bookkeeping be-
,;ides putting in stock of goods and
opening the store doors. They are be-
ginning to find out that every one of the
did towns seven or eight miles away is
still doing business at the old stand
Now they know by their daily sales that
i town of 100 or 200 people can not sup
port from three to five stores In the
same line, and must depend upon the
farmers trade to keep their business on
d paying basis. And somehow the stores
In the old nearby towns are giving more
pounds of sugar for a dollar than they
like to. and are paying more for butter
and eggs and all country produce than
they, can and get out on IT, So even
now one begins to notice an empty store
fere and there. The Survival Of the
flttest" is again exemplified.
Another noticeable thing in the busi-i
ness line is the large number OF 500
called restaurants In all of our Iowa
Iowa towns, business where $50 repre-
sents the stock which is turned over
every week. and sometimes in day, II
any "doings" are going on; stores that
depend upon the nickel trade and are
making money. During the hard times
OF Ave years ago this class OF business
did not pay and hundreds of little store
rooms were closed, but now they are at
1t again, and apparently oil making
money. In some of the new towns they