Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-08
United Commercial Travellers
Promoting a Picnic and Min
strel Entertainment
DATE IS SOME TIME NEXT JUNE
Committees Appointed and Success of
Undertaking !. As.ured-TraveIer
TO Edit Edition of Omaha Trade Pa.
per-Auto as a saIesman's Vehicle
pemonstrated-Notes Of the Week.

chambers Saturday evening. April s,
it was decided to have a travelling
mems old time picnic and minstrels
for all travelling men, whether U. c. L. S
or not, early in June. The following
committees were appointed:
On Minstrels-L. R. Maxwell, A. H.
Simon. s. W. Griffith. Will HELEN and
Roy Roberts.
On Picnic-L. J. Jarrett, D. NJ. Keef-
err, w. j. Van Deveer, H. w. Shove,
Tom Healy, George Rapp, J. E. Swing
ley Dan wheater E. L. kinnan, c. NJ.
Coleman, W. T. Scott. Ralph Scott, G.
H. Clever, Ed Staltz, A. NJ. VOORHEES,,
I. T. Forbes, e. c. Lainson, G. r. Will
Jams, S. B. Lusby, Harry Comparet,
+. e. Rouse and I. S. Rist.
1t is requested Of the above gen
tlemen that they meet in the U. c. T.
chambers, fremont block, next Sat
urday evening, April IS, at p. M,
sharp. to organize and start the ball
rolling. Our picnics heretofore, have
been a great success, and as 1t has been
number of years since our last, all
ought to take an active part in this
one. And again let the travelling men
of the state know that the travelling
men of Marshalltown are still alive.
In order to make it winner from the
start We must have a good attendance
at the meeting next Saturday evening.
Remember travellers. if your name does
mot appear on the committees we want
to see you just the same to help us
along. so be sure and attend.
Herbert Edwards, with Guteman &
Co., fur and hide buyers, of Des
Moines has fully recovered from his
long spell Of sickness he had this win
ter. He was looking after his trade in
the towns along the Milwaukee.
w. N. HELEN, of Des Moines, sales
man for the Marshalltown Buggy Co.,
of our city, was writing orders in Car
roll and vicinity. Will was married
some few months ago, and was ac-
companied on his trip last week by
Mrs. HELEN. Mr.. HELEN will edit a
travelling mems department in the Des
appear in Saturdays paper. We shall
look for something good from him. as
for years he was associated with his
brother i'm the newspaper business at
Webster City.
C. L. F'oor, salesman for the Iowa
Soap Company, of Burlington, took his
share of the soap business in western
Iowa last week, Mr.. Foor. during the
base ball season, plays professional
ball, has pitched a number of years
for Davenport and has been seen in
some of the Iowa games at MARSHALL
town, while playing with Burlington.
He thinks he will now stop playing
and attend strictly to the soap bust
ness.
Mr.. Sibley, late with G.. G. Prouty,
wholesale grocers of Des Moines is out
in the interests of the Independent Bis
cult Company of Davenport, taking the
territory formerly covered by the late
Clarence Johnson. He spent last Wed
nesday in Manning where he booked a
number of large orders.
M. ]. viele, with warfield, Howell &
ICo., wholesale grocers of Des Moines,
was working as hard as ever along the
towns on the c., NJ. & st. P. Brother
viele is said to be the hardest worker
in Iowa.
The Trade Journal, of Omaha, Neb..
will be edited on April 81 by the trav-
cling men of Omaha under the aus
pices of the Travelling Mems Protective
Association. Nothing will appear i'll
that issue not written by a commercial
traveller. We shall expect something
spicy. A great many orders have been
taken for that issue of the paper by
the travelling men and they expect the
issue to be the largest ever turned out
OF Omaha.
L. j. Nedd, one Of the firm of Voegele
& Dining Co., candy manufacturers of
Omaha, looked after the trade in west
ern Iowa all last week. L. j. is one
of the most popular travellers in Omaha
and no one in his line commands a.
larger trade.
Arrangements have been made
whereby the Marshall Telephone Com
Illus Jul, at 1SdSl I'LL ~ IiilI1-
utes before the time Of the arrival of
the trains in and out of our city if they
are to be on time or not. So by call
ing up the central you can find out just
how the trains are moving. This sure
w is a great convenience to the trav-
cling public and it also saves the
agents a great annoyance, not having
to answer the telephone calls that
would otherwise he put in.
E. G. Rowell, of the firm of E. C.
Rowell & Brother. furniture manufac-
turers of Cedar Rapids, wrote num-
Der of good orders in the towns OH the
c., NJ. & st. P. e. G. makes his home
in Sioux City. where they have dis
tributing house for their western ter
ritory.
Billie Hale, at one time one of the |
leading shoe statesmen in Iowa, has re-
tired from the road, and is in charge
of the shoe department of Whitton & !
Whitehead, of our city. Billie says thu |
road work is all right were it not for
being away from home so much, which
is the reason for his retiring.
The Toledo Travelling Mems Asso- I
citation, at recent meeting. passed |
strong resolutions in favor of restoring
the railway time tables to the columns
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