Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-22
Interesting Personal Gossip
About Men Who Travel
In Iowa
sALEsMAN's FRUIT FARM LUCK
Had Worked and Saved for Years to
Establish Fruit Farm Which
Should Take Care of Him in His
Retirement and One Bad Hail Storm
Destroyed 1t All.

T. H. Sheath, general salesman for
M. E. Smith Wholesale Dry Goods,
Of Omaha, was accompanied on his
trip last week by w. S. Hampton, a
special salesman with line of laces
and handkerchiefs. They called on
trade in western Iowa.
j. r. McPherrin, with NJ. D. Wells
& Co., shoe manufacturers of Chicas
was taking a number of orders last
week in western Iowa. Mac was just
finishing up his summer trip and after
vacation of a few weeks will start
out with spring line.
P. D.. 7. kystra, representing James
S. Kirk Co, soap manufacturer Of
Chicago, spent Sunday in our city.
Walter Hull, one of the promising,
young men of Marshalltown, has
supply house on South First avenue
He expects to put two men on the
road this fall. Walter will have the.
best wishes Of all the boys travelling.
out of our city.
Will Sundell, of Mason City, sales
man for the Pontiac Shoe Co, Of Pom
tiae, H., spent Saturday and Sunday
in our city. at the home of his par
ents.
Fred B. Crowley, salesman for Huis
kamp Bros, shoe manufacturers OF
Keokuk, was looking after trade in
towns on the c., M. & st. p. last week.
Fred is covering the territory that for
over thirtyfour years was looked after
by Brother French Of Des Moines, who
retired some two years ago to take life
easy.
L. L. Putzel, salesman for Marshall
Oil Co., of our city, called on the trade
last week Mr.. Putzel is one Of the
very best salesmetl in their employ
and commands very large trade, Sec
ond to none in his line,
Our attention was called last week
to the way in which the c., NJ. & ST.
p. treated the travelling public. who
are SO unfortunate as to have to travel
over their line. In western Iowa, on
the main line between Marion and
Council Bluffs, they have only one pas
senger train going west that will stop
at all stations. 1t SO happened that
two ladies from Wisconsin were called
to Defiance, Iowa. on a sick message,
and We're sold tickets to Defiance, but
after arriving in Iowa were told that
the train they We're on did not stop at
their station. and they would have to
get off at Manila, and stay until noon
of next day, when they could get j
train. They were put off and COM
PEELED to drive the distance of ten
miles. after 10 O'Clock at night in a
hard rain Such treatment will not
last long. If it does. the people will
take more radical action than they
have done. 1t would be well if the
Milwaukee would take a few lessons
from the Rock Island railroad, How
to treat the public decent
G.. II. Cleaver, with Clark, Quein e,
Morse, wholesale hardware of Peoria,
ILL.,, left Friday morning last for a
visit Of few days at the house.
E. E. Reams, until short time ago
one of the leading dry goods merchants
of Defiance, Iowa, has made a success
of the shoe business with the Amer
lean Hand sewed Soc Co, OF Omaha,
Neb. He is at home until August 10,
when he starts out with the spring
line.
o. %. st. John, salesman for B. GIL
insky, wholesale fruits of Council
Bluffs, called on the trade in Carroll
on Wednesday list Mr.. ST. John has
quite a fruit farm ten miles south of
Glenwood, Iowa, where he lost every
thing by one of those terrible hail
storms some two weeks ago. He had
been working hard of late years try
| ing to get his fruit farm in such
shape that he might retire from the
road when it was all ruined in a few
minutes He says no one can imagine
the fierceness of storm unless they
were there to see 1t. 1t cleaned fields
of grain so clean that one could not
Sc a spear ofIanything.
Will Hodges, with Sinclair Packing
| Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is In
the east on vacation of three weeks.
| NJ l.. Grafton. general salesman for
Carson, Pierre Scott & Co, wholesale
dry goods Of Chicago, has lately re-
turned with Mrs. Grafton and daughter
from six weeks visit at Evanston,
! ILL., They have taken suite of rooms
| in the Abbott House on East Main
street, where they are now nicely To-
Gated.
T. Underwood, who is in the drug
business at Ottumwa, made a trip for
| his brother to Marshaltown last Fri
day, in the interest of Mckee & Potter,
cigar manufacturers
| r. b. Ines of Waterloo. salesman for
Hamilton Brown Shoe Company of St
Louis. closed up his summer trip OIL
Thursday last. He will take a few
days vacation before starting out with
his spring line. Jim Is one of the jolly
knights of the grip.
Oscar Coke. of State Center known
| by all of us as the big good natured
rustler, is making great success In
the interest of Kit Carson Land As
| ISOLATION of Kit Carson, Colo. He re-