Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-11
LOOKER-ON in IOWA.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
For the Times Republican.

Nemaha, Jan. 1O.-The cause can
hardly be traced, but something has
brought about revival of bowling,
of ten pins, of cooked hat, and new
game the writer has not caught on
to-" Never before in Iowa have been
so many bowling alleys in operation
The thunderous roll of the balls is
heard from early in the morning till
after midnight This much to the
enjoyment of those doing business
next door. In some cases the bowling
alley is up stairs and the business
house underneath have continual
appreciation of the fun going on just
above them. AS rule these bowling
alleys are free from the demoralizing
influences of the saloon, and are con-
Quoted in such way that in many
towns ladies patronize these places.
And the old boy who hasn't rolled
ball for 80 years." has got the fever
as bad as any one else. Still after
rolling few games, he finds to his
establishment that he is using muscles
that evidently have not been called up
on for 80 years. And the next morn
ing he is sure of 1T.
WIN al VI lHe prosperity III SSi~
dence in Iowa and elsewhere, there is
an industry (not to say manufactory)
that has a decided set back. Men who
have invested money in it can not
get back their principal, much less
declare dividends. There is no use of
covering 1t up any longer, the Belgian
hare business is demoralized. To IL
lustrate: In the pleasant little town
of Jolley q sale was made a few weeks
ago, of buck, with a pedigree as
long as your arm, big fellow who
would weigh a dozen pounds, more or
less, doe and six little Belgies, wire
covered coops all complete. all this for
less than the lumber and nails in the
boxes cost. In one case a s25 buck
(pedigree back to 100 generations;
that's not so long, only 6 years. for
20 cents. Why. things have come to
such a pass that these blooded stock
animals are now being eaten as food
cheaper than chickens. In some cases
after offering them six for quarter,
they have been turned loose to in
crease and multiply on the prairies of
Iowa Another Illustration of the in
exorable law of nature and business
The supply exceeds the demand. More
than all, the supply is increased, seven
fold every three weeks.
1t becomes the duty Of a newspaper
man to attend to all matters While
the epidemic of blowing up Iowa
banks has been perceptibly lessened
since the Greenville bank robbers We're
captured and convicted, bankers are
not now feeling any too safe, and
nearly all country banks only keep on
hand sufficient funds for daily bust
ness, the large amounts being depos-
tied in the city banks. surrounded by
more people and police. 1t is generally
admitted that no modern safe is Sc
cure, If the robber has time enough
to operate, SO that in addition to the
latest improved safe, the banker of
today carries burglar insurance. Now
the writer has suggestion any safe
manufacturer can adopt or patent If
he seas At And that is. TIA make and
furnish to bankers safes In one. The
idea is, the burglar needs so much
time to open or blow to pieces a safe.
Give him this time on the three in
one safe, and when he gets the first
one open, he finds little smaller one
Just inside. Now he must do his work
all over again, and when safe num-
Der two has been successfully oper-
ated on, he finds still another await
ing his skill By this time the ex-
plosives if he has used dynamite has
probably awakened the whole town,
and it's high time to be going" Or
If said burglars are experts with tools
and have the latest, most improved
styles, 1t will bother them to open S
safes between midnight and daylight.
OF course this three in-one safe will
cost money. but it is by no means GER
tain that the additional cost will pre-
vent sales. Bankers will spend money
to have vault and safe that means
absolute security.
1t is interesting to watch the public
take up certain matters and talk of
them Just why the Iowa citizen
should be particularly interested in a
| Nicaragua or Panama canal project,
more than some other national affair
is hard to understand, but he is. The
Philippine or Boer war are secondary
matters of interest. Somehow the Iowa
citizen seems to think he Is doing
something himself in digging this pro-