Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-24
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Taina, Sept. 23.-An accommodating
depot agent on an accommodating rail-
road means much for the travelling pub
lie. The other day a travelling man
drove into Dillon, on the Iowa Central
He wanted to go to Grinnell and had
and expected a four to six hours wal,
ahead OF him. But nothing like trying
so he asked the agent, HI. n. Engleman
what chance there was to go south.
Nothing stops till the passenger was
the reply. So said travelling man Went
over to the store and sat down pre-
pared to entertain the postmaster till q
p. m. In five minutes afterward, over
came a boy, Agent thinks he can get
YOU south said he; train is
going to stop and set out some cars.
And the travelling man got permit and
reached Grinnell four and a half hours
ahead of the passenger train. just be-
cause an agent and railroad company
feel like accommodating travellers when
they can consistently do so.
Mayor Spaulding. of Grinnell. may be
a little off, when 1t comes ito reform
by ordinance but one of his employees
who spoke disrespectfully of Mckinley
found out he could not work for the
reform ordinace mayor and express
such sentiments. This employe was
called to the Office. paid OF,
and remarks appropriate to the occa-
sion also handed him by word mouth.
We need such manufacturers. such
mayors and If reports are true, such
superintendent as the Grinneli car.
riages works has. who intimated no
charge would be made if any one saw
fit to use the company's tar barrel. And
the Locker-on is told that the mayor
did not even rebuke the superintendent
for the proposed reckless expense of the
material.
The writer does not know who run
the Grlnnell fair" this year, but he has
good evidence that it was about as
wide OPEN as anything of late date,
this referring to the gambling outfits.
And the thinness of these skin games
We're so transparent as TODD away with
all claim of obtaining money under
false rretenses." One business man is
reported to have dropped s4s and a
farmer. invested s115. so the stories CO..
Young unsophlsticated boys seemed to
avoid these chances to make money,
leaving 1t for older and wiser C?) heads
to taks advantage of the golden oppor-
tunitiss. Whether the city limits in
clude the fair grounds or not the writN'
is unable to say. but some of the citizens
there tell the Looker-on, they wished
Spaulding and his henchman had got
wind Of 1t.
Such papers as Forest and Stream
have much to say on 10. habits az the
FISH of our lakes and streams. Accord
Ing to a late writer the wall-eyed pike
lives exclusively in meat diet. Min
nows frogs. all smaller fish. young birds
anything except bull heads, all are well
come and palatable. And personal ex-
Iperience of the writer confirms this.
During a two weeks vacation at Oko-
boil. he helped" dress several wall
eyed pike, and in no case found any
with but meat diet during the .dissect-
lest fish of the lakes are vegetarians
Zone not weighing over pound and
half, actually walked towards the boat
on the end of his tail, when he was not
foot In the air and out of the water,
all the way from the end of fifty-foot
line to the side of the boat not strictly
'yegetarians for they will take a fat
minnow or "a juicy frog as side dish.
But post -mortem examination of u five
FOUNDER the writer did not catch, but
"helped'' dress, showed that moss was
his chief Diet Bull heads and
perch aios eat green stuff and it is well
known that the carp and suckers, both
the same family, eat moss and water
plants, as we'll as acting as water scav-
engers 1t has taken several lines for
the writer to give an opinion why. the
fishing is poor during July, being much
better earlier and later in the season.
Fish as well as human beings Ike a
change in diet and care less for meat in
hot weather.
If prosperity in Iowa continues much
longer, only the rich will own cottages
around Okoboji. Prices of desirable lots
have gone skyward this year. Owners
of such lots ask $500, to 81 .000,S for lot
with fifyt feet front. To be sure there is
lots of land to the acre. up there yet,
and there are fifty miles more or less of
water front, and one can buy lots as
low as $500 to SIPS, but they are not de-
sirable, this referring to railroad and
steamboat terminals. If as talked of,
the Chicago and Rock Island build up
on the west side of Okoboji, there will
be big rush to secure the best lots over
there, but at present one wants a good
bank account to try and own real es-
tate all along the eastern shores.
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.C.IrMN1Ns ON NATURALIZATION.
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