Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-16
:LO0KER-ON IN IOWA


Radcliff, Dec. 15.--As the writer re-
members the story of Job and his boils,
his friends advised little cursing and
a funeral. Several hundred years after
a prototype, afflicted with Jobs COM
forters, only finds out by similar ex-
perience how many friends he really
has. that is If his particular
boil is located on the back OF
the right wrist. Somehow there is a
hand shaking epidemic. Men who nave
passed him by with cool how are
your" for years now give him the glad
hand, and, on one or two occasions, also
grab his wrist with their left hand. 1t
makes it more emphatic. OF course, af-
ter one or two shakes like this, he offers
his left hand to the next friend, only to
be stared at as putting on style. Then,
to kill that offensive opinion, he
shows the boil on his right wrist ana
Immediately hears lecture on high
living; also is offered during the day
203 sure cures for boils. Finally, the
day is over. He returns to meet the
sympathetic partner of his joys ana
sorrows, only to be assured that man
can not stand pain, and there's no use
keeping the whole family up all night
to pouItice little thing like that. AS
the writer remembers the original boil
story, Job failed to follow the advice of
his friends Perhaps he hired some one
to do an effective job. Wanted an eX-
pert "cusser,n by a newspaper man who
has to furnish copy twice a week for
this column.
Radcliff is another town where the
bank building Improvement is in style.
Both of the banks here are finishing
new buildings, which, when complete,
will represent an outlay of several
thousand dollars. The interior decora-
tons of each will be of the most modern
make and a credit to the banks and
town. One gets an idea of the differ
ence between the "then and now by
noticing the little one-story building
next to the new bank building, with
small windows of Sx10 glass, the room
hardly large enough to hold the new
vault and safe. But when that sign
Farmers Bank" was painted, 1t
agreed with the new town on the west
ern prairie, and the writer guesseS that
money was 2 per cent a month In those
days, and knows now that you can get
it at per cent, and no commission. Ii
the new north and south railroad
crossing half way between here and
Hubbard, and the consequent new
towns, are cutting into" the trade OF
the two mentioned towns, the appear
ance of the streets and stores does not
indicate 1T. One can hardly get chance
to talk to business man In these towns
after 10 o'clock in the morning, so busy
are they with the country trade.
The writer is told that landlord has
tbeen found for the hotel building, who
will take possession Jan. 1, 1908.
The writer, In common with others
| is watching the outcome of the fight In
Butler county, on the mulct petition
son that he was in that county severa
days while Abrams crusade was going
on, and the predictions were freely
made at that time that the result of Mr.
! Abrams work would be legalized sa-
| looms in Butler county. The taxpayers
| and a large majority of the business
men had no sympathy with his whole.
| sale action against every druggist IL
| the county save one" and what stirred
| up much more feeling was the com.
mencing Of cases against some drug.
gists in which no evidence could b.
brought when the case came to trial
The Incorporate zeal OF such temper.
ance workers as Abrams often bring.
about an opposite result from that de.
| sired by the better class of temperate,
workers in Iowa and elsewhere.
1t will be news to some to know tina
| Mr.. Peckham, a feeder of $50 steers IL
Hardin county, has been obliged to shit
| in 1900 bushels of corn to feed his cat
| tie. This comes from Missouri, and Il
! laid down at about 40 cents per bushel
and this feeder was forced to do Thu
because the men who have raised soft
or sound corn In Hardin county would
| not sell it to him at less than so cents
per bushel. And everything looks al
/ tho these raisers of the soft corn of 100
will get so cents for 1t from a local de
/ mand. Pity the sorrows of the poo
Iowa farmer, who can only get half
/ dollar bushel for soft corn.
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