Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-11
KNIGHTS Of 1H[ GRIP
Mr.. Shove Says He Knows Of
Men Who Want 70 Build
For Travellers
MORE AS TO BULLETIN BOARDS
Success, Sickness, Changes in Location
and Other Personal Gossip About
Well Known Travellers chronicled in
Mr.. shove's Letter This Week-New
Traveller Building in High View.


Mr.. Shoves Letter This Week-New
Traveller Building in High View.
am pleased to note the boys are
becoming very much interested in the
special effort that is being made by
Marshalltown parties to induce them
to own their own homes. The neces-
sity Of saving a portion of ones income
and providing home for his family
is of such vital Importance that any
special inducement made in our behalf
Is thoroughly appreciated. Ii the boys
who are interested in securing a home
for themselves will write to the Times
Republican,, or to me, they will be oil
rected to the persons who' will erect
them home and let them pay for 1t on
monthly payments.
At the last annual meeting of the
Western Travellers Accident associa-
ton of Omaha, Neb., they voted to IS
sue what is called a Glass B certificate,
which pays every loss occasioned by
accidental injury, the same as all 9TH
ers, and in addition pays for partial
disability, which pays for such IN
juries as do not wholly disable the
member, but cause loss of part of his
time, at the rate OF from So to $40 per
week, the amount depending upon the
extent Of the disability. 1t also pro-,
vides for the payment Of the physi-
clans fees in cases Of this kind in an
amount moi to exceed $25 They think
they now have a certificate strictly up
to-date, and one that will be appreci-s
ated by all.
Railroad Agent breaks out again.
Some parts of his article consider un-
worthy Of notice, and not at all gentle
manly. i took pains the past week to
call on one of the very best operators
on the C. N w. system. He informs
US that all agents if so desired, could
report how the trains are running at
least thirty minutes before the time it
s is due to arrive on it's regular time.
This agent says we expect them to
look after US like a mother would her
\ babe. He does not need to worry, for
the boys are always able to take care
of themselves and to be on time We
think If the agents would take a little
more interest in the travelling public,
everything would be much pleasanter
for the agents. None of the railroads
wish to have the public abused by their
employees.
We can not help but recall little
incident that happened some two years
ago to number of US at Grinnell over
the Iowa Central. Some fifteen pass
eugers had purchased tickets for Mar
shalltown, the writer among Them for
/, the Il: 0s p. m. train. In a short time
the train was reported in wreck and
would not be along perhaps that night,
We asked the agent if there was not
some way of our getting to MARSHALL
tow on freight train. He politely
informed us, no. After two freight
trains had gone by without stopping,
& few of us got desperate and walked
to the telegra phi office about half a
mile from the passenger depot, and
called up the superintendent at Oska-
loosa and asked him why it was we
were not allowed to go to Marshalltown
on one of those freights. Everything
had then gone, SO the superintendent
ordered the freight that had then got.
as far as Pickering to back UP as far
as Grinnell, which is about fifteen
miles, and take all passengers for the
north. How much better it would have
been for the agent to have put HIM
self out just a little, and had one of the
trains stop. He would at least have
saved the company quite a little money.
He further says no class Of working
men has to work like the agents of
! railroad. But very few agents know
what work is, compared to the work
OF travelling man. He says the poor
creatures have to work twelve hours a
day and sometimes longer, but to be
sure they get paid for every hour they
work over twelve hours, while we
boys never know when our days work
is done, often working twenty four!
hours without any rest not even a
good meal If We're an agent, en-
closed in little AXIS office all day, as
he says they are, would be glad to
have a train come along to unload
freight or some traveller with num-
Der of trunks SO could shake the
cobwebs from off my shoes
John G. Petty, of Des Moines, sales
man for Sprague, Warner & Company,
wholesale grocers of Chicago has TAX
en- a two months vacation and with
his wife is in the south for the benefit
of Mrs. Petty's health. Johns many
friends hope TO hear of the speedy
recovery of Mrs. Petty.
A.. G. Riehl, of Burlington, Iowa,
salesman for Adams & Johnson
Company, of Galesburg. Ill, called on
his customers in our city on Friday.
Mr.. Riehl is quite pleased with our
city.
Charles Coleman, proprietor of the
Pilgrim hotel, is always noted for his
Willingness to help people in distress.
So. some of his friends induced him to
look at watch that was to be ratified
for the benefit of poor family. 1t
will take Charles two weeks at least
to get over the shock he received after
looking at it.
Dave Keefer, salesman for the Ger
man American Coffee Company, who
mel with a accident week ago will