Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
Retailers Devote Closing Meet
ing to Discussion Of How to
Beat Catalog Houses
ARE
OFFICERS
ELECTED
J. w. Junse, of Minneapolis, Chosen
President - Secretary Greet and
Treasurer Rath Retained in Office =
Convention Close. With Banquet at
PiIarim-opposes Parcel Post Bill.

tT,a Central Iowa Retail Lumbermen'
a association Friday afternoon in discus
sing ways of meeting the competition
of the mail order houses and OF beat
ing them at their own game. Wh1le
the convention did not go on record as
advocating any special method of do
ing" the catalog houses, numerous
schemes were proposed to keep the big
houses out of the retailers territory
The session closed late in the after
noon. with the election of the following
officers: President, ]. w. Junge, Min
neapolis; vice president, w. ]. Lee, Des
Moines; secretary, c. r. Greet, Eldora;
treasurer, Andrew Rath, Ackley; d.
rectors. G. w. Chapman. Waterloo;
George S. Lane, Webster City, and r.
H. Henry, Belle PLANE.
The convention ended with a BAN
quet served to almost 100 at the Pill
grim at 9 o'clock. No program had
been prepared for this feature of the
days meeting.
A resolution entering a vigorous
protest against the passage of either a
parcel post or partial parcel post law,
such as have been proposed, was
adopted. The lumbermerl see in the
passage of such laws increased dam
gers to their business because of the
additional advantage 1t would give the
catalog houses for the cheap and
prompt delivery of their goods. Anoth-
er resolution endorsing the senate bill
looking to the reduction of first class
postage rates was also adopted as was
one taking conciliatory attitude rath-
er than one demanding drastic meas
ures to force the railroads to correct
alleged wrongs on the handling OF
traffic.
BY speeches and papers read by w.
G. Hollis, sof Minneapolis, Stanley
Moore Of Waterloo, and G. II. Rose. of
Dubuque, the retail lumbermen are, or
ought to be- hot on the trail Of the mail
order houses which are selling direct
to the consumer those materials which
the lumbermen retail The Gordon &
Valentine company. a Davenport firm.
which has recently become extensive
advertisers In Iowa territory. came In
for an especial share of the discussion.
Most of those who attended the con-
vention from out of the city returned to
their homes on the late night trains.
Others remained over until this morn
ing.
New Beaman Theater Talked OF.
Special 10 Times-Republican.
Beaman. Feb pa new opera
house is being talked of. The enter
tainments given this winter have given
universal satisfaction and have crowd
ed the present playhouse to it's utmost
capacity.
Neglected Colds Threaten Life.
[From the Chicago T:ibune.]
Don't trif1e with cold, is good
advice for prudent men and women. 1t
may be vital in the case Of a child.
Proper food, good ventilation and dry.
warm clothing are the proper safe
guards against colds. If they are main
tanned thru the changeable weather Of
autumn, winter and spring, the chances
of a surprise from ordinary colds will
be slight. But the ordinary light cold
will become severe if neglected, and a
we'll established ripe cold is to the
germs of diphtheria what honey is to
the bee. The greatest menace to child
life at this season of the year is the
neglected cold" Whether it is child
or adult, the cold slight or severe, the
very best treatment that can be
adopted is to give Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. 1t is safe and sure. The great
popularity and immense sale of this
preparation has been attained by it's re-
markable cures of this ailment A cold
never results in pneumonia when 1t is
given. For sale by all druggists.
Itch cured in thirty minutes by Wool