Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-28

Lou Means, at one time with Let's,
Fletcher Company. but of late years
with Allen Bros, of Omaha. VIII now
visit his old trade in the interest OF
Tollerton Warfeld Company, of Sioux
City. commencing today.
statesmen of western Iowa. that no time
in years has there been such a demand
for men in their line, as at the present
time. L know of old time men with
good trade who have beer offered as
high as $1,000 bonus to change houses;
money seems no object ii Il good gro
Gerry salesman can be secured. why IS
1t? The only explanation there seems
to be is so many u men nave Deen
hired of late years, the temptations
have been so strong they have made a
failure of the business. and the firms
are now looking for old time men with
trade established.
c. +. Clarke. of Milwaukee, repre-
senting Nj. NJ. Secor Trunk Company,
of Racine, Wis. covered his western
Iowa territory last week. He never
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for Marshalltown-and the IL. G. M. A.
The Park hotel. at Manning, Iowa,
under the management of Mrs. Rugg, is
again getting back its old time popular
ity. The boys who know Mrs. Rugg
do not leave u stone upturned to help
her all they can.
Dick Adrion, of jefferson, for years
with Tollerton Warfield Company,
wholesale grocers, of Sioux City. re-
signed his position last week and starts
out today for Paxton & Gallagher. OF
Dick is we'll known In u
city, having travelled at n time for
the Let's, Fletcher Company.
A short time ago the writer, In COM
pany with a number Of commercial
men. was compelled to take a 10 p. m.
train on the Illinois Central at Dow
City. The night was very dark
was raining hard. so much so II
impossible to find our way TO the
depot without getting h aid Of the
night marshal. After arriving at the
depot we found 1t locked, no shelter
from the rain, and the only light we
had was the one from the marshaTs
lantern. The marshal informed us he
had offered to keep the depot open ev-
cry evening until after the train had
departed for SIS per month. but the
refused his offer. Could not
afford it. We stood in the rain until
could stand it no longer, waiting
For the late train, II as there was no
hotel in the city, no way OF finding out
how late the train was, we had to get
4 livery rig and drive to the next town.
It was decided by the boys that l re-
port the case to the railroad commits
and ask for the depot to be
Kept open until after the 10 p. m. train.
did SO. They politely reported back,
4 we did not like the way they were
doing at Dow City. they would not
stop that train there.
NJ. B. Crum is on the road again,
after an absence in the south of over
| year for his old firm, II. G. Streight
& Co, wholesale fruits, Of Omaha. Mr..
Crum will cover the same territory he
for fourteen years.
f. w. Knauf made his first trip last
week for the well known coffee firm, |
9. B. Miller & Co., of Chicago. He
axes the territory formerly covered by
Mr.. Searles. who was transferred to
Minneapolis. MINI. Mr.. Searles will
love his family from Des Moines to
Minneapolis this week.
Robert Barrowman, late with Nc
1aughlin Coffee Company, of Chicago.
S now the Iowa representative for
3our & Co., of Toledo, Ohio, coffee
casters. Bob at n time vas one of
he travelling force of the Marshall
Company. with headquarters
n our city. We all wish him the sue
ess he deserves.
On January IL occurred the death
f the wife of our friend and fellow
raveler, W. H. Schlichting, of Cedar
Iowa. Brother Schlichting has
sympathy of his many friends in
lis hours of sadness.
The talk of the commercial men the
asst week in western Iowa was how
ould the c., M. & st. P. road be per-
uaded to stop one of their thru trains
vest bound in the morning at the sta
ions west of Manila. AS it is now,
hey have two trains going west, one
our apart, without stopping. With
of them making the local stops, it
'ould be a great accommodation to
he commercial men.
H. H. Hendryx, of Eldora, who has
epresented the Rock Falls Manufac-
uring Company, of Sterling, ILL.,, over
owa territory for the past fifteen
ears, has resigned his position to take
long needed rest. H. H. has been on
he sick list for the past two years.
We all hope the rest from road work