Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-05
full, that we have many substantial
new school houses

full, that we have many substantial
new school houses.
And these same good times have re-
suited in new court houses, new
churches. and hundreds of fine bust
ness blocks all over Iowa. Baskerville
for instance has just finished a $4,000
store and office building. Think of a
town that Is years ago, was wild and
woody" now having a three-story Of
flee building with electric lights hot
and cold water, steam heat, water
closets, and finely furnished rooms
turnout. They haven't got it, but a
steam elevator seems a necessity. And
only last Monday man who wanted
to be on the city council in Esther
vile spent $500 for expenses of car
riages banners and "such things" to
get the requisite number of votes. And
this booming town of Baskerville has
four weekly and one daily paper
Stranger still it's going to have an
other daily. We republicans can't
stand it to have Our daily" democrat
ic, so we are going to have a repub-
lican daily too. A noticeable thing in
this thriving town, is the number o:
small churches. ie., churches with q
limited seating capacity. There is
strong talk of a $4,000 Presbyterian
church being built here this year, prob
ably for an increased accommodation
of women and children. For Esther
willie is no exception to other Iowa
towns in that about women and chill
dren to one man makes up the con-
lSYonS WI a he.
is talking about, for he was there
last Sunday and saw and heard a
woman running" an excellent choir
for the Easter service, and too very
attractive young women acting as
ushers. And the writer is told that
in an Estheville church, woman
officiates.
In one town in Iowa the writer
prophesies, there is going to be trouble.
1t seems that visiting preacher,
(perhaps he is not now in charge of a
congregation dropped in and after
visit of two weeks sold 'steen thous-
and dollars worth of stock in
one of the get rich quick companies.
The writer is not going to give any
names for perhaps this visit may re-
suit in that congregation and regular
minister making enough on this stock
to increase their contributions to for
eign missions ten-fold. On the other
hand if 1T don't pan out, their exper-
fence will be no different from hun
dreds of others in Iowa who have gone
crazy on the stock business. Clerks,
business men, hotel keepers. "all sorts
and conditions of men" are investing
in mining stock and oil stock Spleen
didly Autographed stock from to 10
cents share are in the hands OF trav-
cling agents. The mails are filled with
tempting offers, and this stock is sold
on time and also on guarantee Of ten
per cent interest, and repurchasing of
stock at price, paid for it, any time
within year. Who wouldn't invest
in such a safe plan. so
Meanwhile men with more money are
buying land at s65 to 800 an acre.
that possibly can not be made to pay
a cash rent OF over So an acre. Up
this way so many young farmers have
gone to Minnesota and the Dakotas,
that q banker in Germania told the
looker-on, that ANY number of farms
around there are going begging at
50 an acre cash rent" Certainly a new
school Of financiers is springing up in
Iowa. All this as result of good
times"