Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-12
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Clear Lake, Nov. PIT is common
thing for hunters to use something
unusual to attract the curiosity of the
game they seek An old gag is for
some one to stop in a crowded street
AMI look intently upward for short
| time, and soon he will be Joined by a
hundred curious ones all looking for
| something up there" The other day
| in the smoking car on Great West
ern train. d big, husky dago occupied
| two seats by putting his grip between
them ard then lying down, face down
ward. And that performance made
the life of the brakeman and conductor
burden. Incoming passengers
stopped, took a look, and Immediately
asked IL the man was sick. When the
conductor came thru they asked
| Whats; the matter with that man."
Some very inquisitive asked other
dagoes in the car: what makes him
lie on his stomach?" They found out
He wanta to-"
Since some things have been said
in this column on the present cost Of
living in Iowa this more particularly
referring to table foods, many have
given their experience to the writer.
Wage earners and their wives are do
ing much figuring these days There is
considerable going without, and much
more substitution. And here is an
almost universally related experience:
1--WE used to think we had to have
fresh meat three times day. but have
found out even twice a day is not nee
essary to feel good and keep strong
and healthy" And much more fruit
is eaten than formerly, even at present
high prices. One railroad agent said
to this scribe: Il used to think eating
fruit for breakfast was a fad. Now I
take the money we formerly put into
beefsteak and buy fruit. Now 1 am
satisfied with a little fruit. cup of
coffee and some griddle cakes. where
when we first went to keeping house
we always had for breakfast two
pounds Of meat. fried potatoes and
other things Thought we need such
things to keep strong and WELL"
The writer recently heard of some
peculiar deals connected with the clos
ing UP of an estate in an Iowa town.
Part Of the property the administrator
was called upon to sell was in live
stock At the public sale one horse
that the owner when alive had repeat
edly offered for sale at $65, was sold
by the auctioneer for s145 And big
bunch Of steers was sold at the asking
price of two months previous. altho
the Chicago market was fully 2 cents
lower. In fact the whole public sale
IN of HiSnnSinQ
of farm animals. machinery, <etc., at
private sale.
| There is quite sentiment growing
in Iowa and elsewhere in favor OF ap-
pointing our judges instead OF electing
them. In many of the celebrated
cases" lately in Iowa, the public has
fancied that the presiding judges were
influenced in their action and rulings
by the possible result at the next con-
vention or primary. In one case ia
particular where bank ofrlclal es-
capped with very light sentence, many
expressed an opinion politics were pc
hind it." In another case where hum
dreds of dollars Of the taxpayers mon
ey was expended with no result. there
was a general talk that the 1ncom-
petence Of the judge was the cause OF
the futile result, and political dea.
the reason why he was Judge. 1t may
be that the quite general feeling IN
Iowa in regard to our trials, that le-
gal technicalities and sharp practice
on the part of our attorneys has too
much to do with the acquittal of In
dicted persons, is the cause OF this
talk of Iowa appointing judges Ger
tain lit is there is big demand TOT
some change in our court procedure
It reminded some Of us of arlte-bel-
lum DAYS to see last week printed
cashiers checks in circulation as mon
ley. Some of these were newly printed.
smooth and crisp, and good for one
dollar at Newtown State bank, John
Smith, cashier" took us back to the
days when everybody made money
It's a very profitable business for its
safe to assume that the Nextown
State bank will never be called upon
to redeem over ninety per cent of these
cashiers checks. Loss by fire, wear
ing at Observation-Disclosures
ing out and carried away by strangers
was fully ten per cent in war times.
Meanwhile these cashiers checks pass
readily for we all know the NextoWn
State bank is good"
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