Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03
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beer. and then uses the sneak as q
witness in prosecution against ths
saloon man for selling TO minor or.
one occasion Mr.. Marshall stepped into
a place Sunday morning, asked for :
bottle of beer. got 1t. paid for 1t, and
Monday commenced prosecution. That's
the way he works, and II he feels d
duty to do this kind of work, he
certainly has ''the respect OF his en-
emies." for his methods are those OF
a man and good citizen.
1t strikes one accustomed to the en-
vironment of Saints Rest, for 10, these
many years, to read as matter of news
in one of the Sioux City dailies, an
account OF ''confab" among tn :
newly elected democratic city officials,
whether or not We shall allow the
gambling rooms to run" There are
given the names of those who are run
ming an open game. and the pros and
cons are given whether 1--WE" shall
close them or not. All this In a daily
paper for school boys to read.
1t has never been satisfactorily ex
planned to the writer, the bad effect
OF running water on open vice, but
there's something in 1t conducive to
la lax enforcement of law against
gambling saloons and the social evil
River towns. the country over, are
notorious in this respect. Only a little
while ago the Dubuque papers were
cody and calmly talking over the
question Of what parts of the muloi
law it was advisable to enforce THE.
state of Dubuque comes by its title
honestly enough. During the prohibit
ton days they were law unto them
selves, but now a spasm of virtue mus
have struck them, and they feel as
though there was quite reform In
enforcing part of the mulct law. OF
course it is true no community can
enforce a law continually and effect
lively against local non enforcement
sentiment. but are the better class o.
citizens in Sioux City and Dubuque
ready to openly and publicly admit
that the state of Iowa has laws on the
statute books that cannot be enforced
in these respective cities?
Speaking of towns, once more has the
writer to refer to noticeable polite towns
of Iowa. travelling men tell of towns
where the business men come forward
and grasp he pilgrim WITH he cu.-
stretched hand Where he is invited
to sit down and take off his things.
Where I'VE really don't neei anything
in our line, a,.t ii you're wi;';ns to put
your time against n ~. II. he glad 20
look over VOL samo'.,s." Where the
landlord The hote. clerk. the bus man,
the dstv IAN, the deoo: agent. are su
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towns n owa, where 20 !t.n4ss is IN
the air as well AS 4 iaily All hourly
expression os the citizens thereof Ard
here IS d solemn fact ra,sa o. effec.
just as sou p.aase, such toW.ts are ~
variaby )ros ,e,,ius. Fvs. In there
close llnles in northwestern Iowa, n. Sc
polite" towns s,a p-oscpran.' Tiny
have fever v,,.ant stores aui less va
cant houses. One of the names OF these
towns is spelled Clarion.
From allsources comes the hard luck
stories on feeding cattle the past year
Mott withstanding the reports from Ames
on the scientific feeding of soft corn,
the practical and large feeders of Iowa
have not obtained good results In feed
ing soft corn On the contrary some
feeders have put their opposite theories
into dollars and cents, and have shipped
in Sound corn" and claim the addi-
tional price comes back to them and
more in positive results. One big feed
err at Belmond told the writer he made
money In feeding sound corn at 10 cents
bushel more than for the home grown
corn of 1908.
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come To- the writer Is Of the feeder near