Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-23
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Eagle Grove. Jam. 22-The writer re-
Gently had u talk with "a SQUAD man."
one that started In II small way and
only Quit ii because he had to leave
the town and other business for good
| reasons. He got into the SQUAD bust
| ness till he owned over 1000 pigeons
| He says it is II fact that each pair of
| pigeons reproduced each year four set
tinGs and raised from seven to nine
squads each time. He had no trouble
in selling all of the squads when a
month old al 20 cents each, alive. and
ut So dozen when dressed. Better
prices We're obtained when sent to Chi
cago. He had another source of in
come from he guane droppings of the
pigeons. which amounted to so cents
u day in value when sacked and ship
ped to eastern markets. He figured the
cost of food MS 60 cents year for each
pigeon. But here's the point it took
u good share of his time to take care
OF the business. so that If his time WAS
worth anything the net result was
small. But it would seem that the
squad business offers big returns for
say invalid persons that can do light
work. Why isn't there an opening in
the SQUAD industry for superannuated
newspaper men?
Is there democratic party in Iowa?
Are they keeping up the party organi-
cation? Are there democrats enough
left I'm Iowa to entitlc them To hold Il
primary election under the proposed
new law? These are serious questions
to the followers of General Jackson. 1t
is many n day since the writer has
heard politics talked in Iowa. We used
to have some Bryanites In the days of
Coins Financial School. There were
some Cleveland democrats in those
days. And memory brings up the fact
that once upon n time there We're some
Boies democrats in Iowa. But where
are they all now? Republicans can he
heard occasionally chewing the rag
In fact Cummns and an anti Cum
minis republican put up n fight any
time worth looking at But democrats.
the old fashioned Jacksonian democrat, /
where is he?
In Webster City not long ago, In a
grocery store. the clerk came along
with Il package OF whole coffee. dump
ed It into a grinder, touched u button
time than it takes to write this, he
touched Il button again. stopped the /
grinder, and took out the ground cof-
fee. Soon after. this scribe was In a
dentists office, and he too, touched the
button and he had running machinery.
But the blacksmith that put the iron
in the fire and touched the button to
blow the fire was next seen. and ques-
.I..- hat
"somebody had been along" selling an
electrical contrivance for about 81 that
does all of these things. 1t is connect
ed with the ordinary electric light wire.
and placed where needed. Ready for
instant use and no expense when not
in use. The cost is reported at one
half cent an hour. Who would blow
the blacksmith's bellows for a cent an
hour, to say nothing of the tired boy
in the grocery store that has to turn
the coffee grinder.
The show business is good In Iowa
this year, that Is, in spots. Some of
us that have been Showed to death
have of late years figured it out that
a high priced show was the one ito
take in Not go so often, but when
we did go pay rs cents or dollar
ticket and get something for our mon
ey But this rule won't work any L
longer. Only few weeks ago the
ldiotic Fool Frivolity Opera Company
advertised in Nextown. Il county seat,
whole house reserved at one dollar
q ticket, gallery IS cents We went
we did, at one dollar per. So did 500
other .deluded individuals. We had
two hours of fun" ca. commenced to
economize and lay up money for an
other high priced show. when to our
utter disgust the Idiotic Fool Frivoity
Company advertised the same identical
play in the Odeon at Mar
shutdown. for So. 80 and Is cents, re-
served seats. Query: Wasn't the
show "a high priced one at Nextown,
Dr WAS it Eat popular prices" in Mar
shalltown?
81. - ILL., es.n..A.A-s