Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-25
KNIGHTS Of THE GRIP
Travellers Want All Trains Ac-
curately Bulletined In Rail
road Stations
MOVING TO MAF.sHALLTowN

town Is the One Town From Which
Travellers Can Make Their Territory
and Sunday at Home.
There should be law compelling all
railroads to post on black boards In
their waiting rooms the time of the ar
rival of all trains daily, at from tWen-
ty minutes to one hour before they are
due. The c.. & N. W. have such a
black board in nearly all their stations,
but few of them are used. In our city
you will find all trains bulletfned at
least one hour before the time they are
due, and ii is quite a convenience, both
to the agent and the travelling public.
One day last week, at Hampton, the c..
G. w. agent reported to the hotel that
the train was thirty minutes late; inn
agine the surprise when the train
pulled in on time, leaving eleven of the
boys, and as that was the last train for
the day, rather than use the time, five
Of them had to drive, seventeen miles,
all because the opera eor was not COM
PEELED by law, to find out just how the
train was running.
I am pleased to note two new homes
for travellers are to be built soon in
High View. Two travelling men today
closed deals for new homes to be built
in High View just as soon as the
weather will permit. They are +. E.
Rouse, who lives in our city, salesman
for the American Wringer Company Of
New York, and A. j. Weadley. of Iowa
Falls, salesman for Black Hawk Coffee
Company Of Waterloo. There is no
reason why we can not have Marshall-
town one of the leading cities in Iowa
for travelling men; good schools, good
churches, rents cheap, when compared
with other cities, in fact, everything to
make it an ideal home for the families
of the boys. Our railroad facilities are
of the best which enables one to start
out in any direction early Monday
morning, and we wish to state that any
travelling man wishing at any time to
look over our city with intentions OF
locating, il they will report to w. ]
Van Deveere, secretary H. c. NJ. A., or
II. w. Shove, 402 North Fourth street.,
they will see that they are shown the
city and will try and give them any in
formation they may wish.
Petitions are being circulated for
which are being signed
freely, among the members of both the
!. S. T. NJ. A. and 1. C. NJ. A. for a
funeral benefit (natural death9 of $500
to be added to the benefits we now
have. II looks to 81 good many of the
members that with the larger surplus
which is accommodating, the families of
the boys should derive some benefit
for the money we pay in, other than the
accident benefit.
G. w. Langdon, for sixteen years
with Armour & CO.. is now out for the
Ft. Dodge Grocery Company, with ter
ritory in western Iowa. G. w. lis a
very pleasant gentleman to meet.
Ed Kinnan, salesman for Let's,
Fletcher Company, worked towns on
his Northwestern trip last week. Ed
reported fine business and the outlook
is for the best year he has ever had
with the firm.
The Iowa Central had a new time
card yesterday and the principal
changes were in the time Of the local
freights. Instead of going south at 5
a. m. will leave at 1:15 p. M, which
will enable one to make connections
at Pickering with both the c., M. &
st. p. trains, east and west The local
from the south will arrive in MARSHALL
town about moor, which will give us
as good as another train between Grim
neil and Marshal town. AS it was be-
fore, it came north in the evening, the
same time as the passenger, and was
Of no benefit whatever.
BY the adoption of a new constitu-
ton at the annual meeting of the C. G.
T. A. of Cleveland that association will
admit hereafter persons in other walks
of life who are not more hazardous
as life or accident insurance risks than
commercial travellers.
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The travellers Of Nebraska are wor-
ried because freight train permits were
revoked January 1. 1t is stated, how
ever, by the railway arrangements, that
more trains will be designated mixed
trains hereafter so that the train serv-
ice available to commercial travellers
will not be seriously effected
F. s. McCord, salesman for Menning
& Slater, of Des Moines took care Of
his trade in western Iowa. Fred is a
candidate for one of the directors in
the I. S. T. NJ. A. to be chosen at the
next election in January, 1908. At the
last meeting Of the I. S. T. NJ A. the
salary to be paid the directors was
raised from $500 to s40O per year,
which makes it quite an inducement
for one to be director. Already sew
enteen of the Des Moines travelling
men have ann ounced their candidacy
for directors, and it is predicted there
will be as many more as time grows
near for the election. 1t seems quite
question with many, If it was just
the thing to do, to raise the salaries. 1t
being purely travelling mems mutual
organization.
c.. B. Slater who has covered the