Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-27
LOOKER-O ON in IOWA.
Observation-Disclosures

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For the Times Republican.
Havelock, April g. Here are some
figures that may bring out Others fully
as interesting: Eagle Grove hasa pop
ulation of 1850. OF this number a few
over HOO are school children. Say one
third of the population are attending
school. Compare, this with Webster
City, with population of 1900, and
only two more children on the enrolled
lists than in Eagle Grove, or say one
fourth of the population, and Eagle
Groves figures are the more striking.
Eagle Grove at present has to hire
empty store rooms to accommodate the
school children, altho 1t now iia., two
$4,000 school houses "A $4,000 school
house will be erected this year.
This suggests that the year 1901 Will
witness the erection of more public and
private buildings than any pervious one
In the history of Iowa. Literally, mil
hons of dollars will be put into all kinds
of buildings. The carpenters masons,
and contractors all tell the same story.
More work ahead than they can do.
This refers to the towns. If the farm
crs get the fever for building. equally
with the town people. and man that
able to earn $3.50 to So day as a me-
,chanic with tools.
There seems to be general approval
of the action of the republican state
i. e., n large number Cover 1,60o) Of DEL
egates. 1t viii be "a town meeting.
with all that it implies. The idea is,
no boss or set of bosses will be able to
control such a convention in the inter-
sisof any one candidate. And the men
who are selected by this convention will
De as near the choice of the pcople as II
is possible 10 get by convention meth
DDS. ON. noticeable feature this year,
is that hundreds of delegates will go to
Cedar Rapids with a choice for certain
men for the different Offices, Indicated
ard expressed before leaving their
homes. We have had many conventions
in Iowa where the candidates ware Sc
lected after the ..brctherin' got to-
gether. This year the trouble will be for
the friends OF the different candidates
TO get together, after they arrive as it
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