Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-05
Public Opinion or Iowa Subjects
as Reflected in the iowa
Newspapers.
The News of Iowa From Hun.
dreds OF Different Towns
and Communities.

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end Communities.
WAITING TO SEE.
[Carroll Sentinel
Our friend Ketchlim seems to be in
the running this year for railroad
commissioner. He Keeps right on cap
turing delegations, Greene county be-
ing the last one to go for him. Still
we're from Missouri, and if the rail-
roads don't rally and turn him down
at the last minute We'll think they've
gone out of politics.
WINDS CURIOUS FREAK.
lAlden Times.l
An odd freak of the wind is reported
from the w. w. Hale place, west OF
town, which looks as if the elements
get sorry for the damage they do and
try to make amends. Tuesday of last
week one of Mr.. Hale's corn cribs, a
structure thirty-two feet long by eight
feet wide, was blown down by the al
most hurricane hat traversed the
country on hat date. AS Don as the
wind sbated sc they could do so. he
crib was raised about two and one-half
feet at n end for the purpose of re-
leasing; some imprisoned machinery. 1t
was left propped IN this way and Sat
urday morning, after the other heavy
wind Of Friday night, 1t was found up
right again and within a foot of it's or
Higinal position. The correctness of the
account is vouched for by Mr.. Hale
himself. who acknowledges hat the re-
port has a sound about 1t likely to
cause doubt among people not conver-
san with the queer freaks Iowa winds
sometimes play.
MORE INDUSTRIES NEEDED.
webster City Freeman-Tribune.l
One Iowa newspaper has entered
vigorous complaint because of it's own
allegation that the farmers Of that To-
cality sell their products in the local
market and send their none to other
places to purchase goods. If that
charge be true who is to blame? The
local market buys the farmers produce
and sends it to other states and coun-
tries to be manufactured into finished
products. Who is to blame for that?
Certainly not the farmers. 1t is the far
mer's business to grow the products
and the duty of the local markets to
manufacture these products into nm
ished goods for the markets or the
world. The towns and cities have not
done and are not doing their portion OF
the work to develop the home markets
of Iowa-the farmers produce the raw
materials, therefore the slow growth Of
Iowa towns and the. annual loss of mil
lions of dollars which should be gained
and retained in the local markets OF
the state. 1t will not be good policy for
the residents of the owns and cities to
complain Of the farmers until they
have performed their full portion of the
labor necessary to build UP all or
Iowa's home markets.
A LONG DRAWN OUT SUIT.
[Charles City Press.l
John Eckford was down from Usage
yesterday afternoon getting legal adj
vice from the Charles City fraternity.
Mr.. Eckford is plaintiff in one of the
most remarkable law suits In the Unit
ed States. The case of Eckford VS..
Eckford is cited by able lawyers as one
! of t,,e most %stut.bornly fought cases on
record. The original suit was brought
twelve years g to gain possession of
the neat sum of $4,000 left the plaintiff
by his sister. and in the hands of his
brothers, Robert and James, as eXecu-
tors without bonds. The case has been
tried and retired. change after change
of court made Mr.. Eckford was beat
en- in the district court and it went to
the supreme court.
For IL years this man has studied the
law, in an effort to win his case, and
today is without doubt the best advised
layman in the county. No point is too
technical for him to quote the correct
reading of the law. Since the dismissal
of his last attorney over ten years ago,
he has employed no counsel save as an
advisory, but has fought his own bat
ties. A retrial of the whole case is
docketed for the term of court nov sit
ting in Mitchell county and Mr.. Eek
ford is ready with confidence of win
ming.
TROUBLE IS WITH THE MEAT.
[Vinton Eagle.]
1t is a good thing the newspapers
have taken hold of this meat business
1t looked for a while as tho it would
run riot. But after wading thru sew
eral columns of editorial we have come
to the conclusion that the trouble is
with the meat. We thought for a while
1t was with the price. 1t looks now as
tho it would be necessary for congress
to pass a law compelling the farmers to
raise more beef. Things are getting al
SKIES and sevens on the farms. Here
are the hens laying around until eggs
are out of all manner of reach. The
cows and loafing too, and butter is away
beyond the top shelf. And so with
everything. The attorney general has
grabbed the meat trust by the throat
and intends to shake it loose, while
1000 union men down in Peoria nave
signed a pledge to boycott meat
the trust had to join hands to protec,
their lives. We all threw our hats
high in the air in 1896 for higher prices
and now that the prices have got high
err than our hats we are Kicking like
steers. This whole things has got mixed
up, 1t was our prices we wanted raised
and not your prices. We expect yet tc
fall off the stool by some n coming
in and offering us two dollars a yeal
for IL paper. If that comes to pas;
the climax will be reached sure.
PASSING OF THE COUNTY FAIR.
Rockwell City Advocated
rY1,a Croenn county fair urpI1ndc Nyyar.