Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-20
LOOKER.ON IN IOWA !
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

+ LOOkEk.UN In lVWA +
Observation-Disclosures
Clarion. May 19.--At this writing the
outlook for big corn crop In this part
of the state Is a dubious one. Contin-
ucd rains have oVerllowed the low
lands, and much of the river bottom
land will require extremely dry wealth
er If it IS planted to corn before June
I. The oat and grass crop is all that
can be expected but Wright county
wants corn crop this year and
wants 1t bad.
Atho the acute stage has passed
II is siill IL question open to debate.
The school directors Of many localities
in Iowa have been between two fierce
fires One, that or the high school
boys that wanted to play base ball
with the Ncxiown base ball club on
other days than Saturdays. This pos
sibly could have been winked at II only
the two clubs were to be excused from
attendance on base bail days. but in
the town whore the game was to be
played. say on Friday afternoon, 1t
would require the presence Of United
States military to have kept school
open AND scholars present. IT is claim
ed that in some cases the teachers,
even women teachers. had that tired
feeling on Friday afternoon that only
rest n a game OF base ball would cure.
On the other hand, some Of these
school directors were ..ice boys, had
played the national game AZ 1t is play
ed today and now having boys Of their
own. had a fellow feeling for them,
much inclining them to allow two or
three school club games a week. But
duty must be performed. We must
set down on too much ball. too much
play. So the fiat has gone forth Only
nigh schooi games on Saturday. When
these boys are grown up. then the
authorities in many towns will allow
them to play ball on Sundays.
From every direction comes the re-
ports of the formation of cooperative
societies to handle grain. coal and lum-
Der In towns all over the state. In
some counties they are SO numerous,
only a few miles apart, that 1t already
suggests competition among these CO.
operative societies themselves, to Sc
cure business enough both in buying
and selling, to make these business
ventures paying oness as this certain
and sure problem has to be solved
that of doing business enough, to pay
running expenses In nearly all of the
later formed organizations. merchants
and other business .men have taken
stock in these concerns, so that from
now on, Oldtown and Nextown will
really compete, this in the way Of put
ting up prices for grain they wish
to buy, and putting down prices of
coal and lumber they wish to sell.
how Is the regular grain
dealer, coal and lumberman in these
towns to make living, support thei-
and chip In for everything
In public enterprise.
Every year in Iowa. probably so al.
over the country, witnesses more and
more women engaged in work in our
stores, banks and all Offices Of profess
sional men. 1t is the most common
thing in the world to, find young
lady In charge OF a doctors, lawyers
Or dentists office. And the certainty
one has OF courteous treatment when
business CALL almost recon-
Giles the visitor to the fact that so
many wage earners are now In public
life. But it is a noticeable fact that
.hese young women cannot and do not
become Strictly business" This III
he sense that their whole thoughts
ire on the business OF their employers.
Around the postoffice windows where
some nice young girl hands out pen
etters after the mail is distributed and
the crowd gone, there is generally
some nice young fellow that re-
,uires half an hour to buy a
,ne cent postal card. AS
soon as he gets out Of the way, IL the
Dashful writer wishes to get his mail,
ne is sure to interrupt an interesting
with another nice girl
outside of the window. All these nice |
girls are just as social in business
hours, as out Of them. They can't |
aelp it.
Every spring trip around to the
owns where our lakes are situated,
,ne hears yearly the same stories.
For instance this year at Lakeview |
after the ice had gone out several
wagon loads of dead fish came ashore,
his caused by the whole lake freezing |
over and "smothering them" 1t is |
said that deputy fish commissioners |
attention was called to the need of |
.utting holes in the ice during the
severe cold weather, so that the fish |
Gould have air. but he laughed at the |
dea, and said what was everybody's
business was no body's business" thus |
he state keeps up the practice of |
stocking the lakes with flnny fish, then
las game wardens to protect them
while middle aged, and when they have
become large enough to be worth
they are allowed to die by
he wagon load each year, just because
If the want of fresh air. And here's
mother bad thing. Its the game fish
hat need this fresh air. Bull heads,
,ar, buffalo and German carp don't
eem to need fresh air. 1t don't seem
hat this annual waste of fish life is
IN illustration Of the law Of "the the
urvival Of the fittest."
q ~ Np111'>A-.-<