The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-09-09

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start the road drug movement there
because OF the lack of central instl-
| tute authority In those states, a weak
ness which has since been remedied.
Now, Wallace's Farmer OF Des
Moines, H.. had given considerable
space TO the King drag, so wrote to
Its editor, asking advice. My letter to
him was brought to the notice OF Cen
eral Manager Ashton of the Chicago
and Northwestern, leading to the spe'
cIal train campaign over the North
Westerns Iowa lines In the spring of
1905. The Burlington carried on n
similar campaign the same fall. and
In the following winter we had the
pleasure of seeing road drag law
passed by the Iowa Legislature.
The rise OF the road drag to fame
has been marked by number of OPP
portunc accidents, each of which has
had an influence on the outcome. In
fact, as stated in previous article.
the inception OF the King drag system
was itself largely accidental. And the
| success OF my letter to Mr.. Wallace
was another instance, being due to the
accidental coming together of Messrs.
Wallace and Ashton In Des Moines
bank, they never having met before.
At the bank tho conversation drlfted
to corn, and Mr.. Ashton went to Mr..
Wallace's office to see some fine sam
pies. BY chance my letter lay open ON
the desk as they passed, and Mr.. Wal
lace remarked, There. Mr.. Ashton, Is
a matter In which you and all railroad
| men ought to take an active interest" !"
Mr.. Ashton gave heed and began an
Investigation which ended in my en-
gagement to make tho tour of his road
in April.
Another such occurrence which con-
meets later on with the one just re-
lated had Its beginning when the
brother of our rural free delivery car
rier visited him In 1902. This brother
accompanied our carrier over the
rural mail route and saw what the
King drag was doing. Ho returned to
his farm home near Sac City, Ia., built
a drag and made a road which be-
came the talk of the vicinity. The
township authorities decided to expert
ment with the new method, built
drags, hired men and teams, made a
close record of expenses and noted re-
suits.
1t happens that Sac City Is Chicago
and Northwestern town, and when Mr..
Ashton visited there to Investigate he
was shown the roads and the records.
Tho showing satisfied him. and he Mt
once wired me to visit his office Mt tho
FIRST opportunity. Is 1t not clear that
The writing OF this telegraphlc message
began on the day that the visitor from
Sac City journeyed over our rural
route2
Not long after this railroad work In
Iowa the Alton In Illinois and Missouri
and the Santa Fe In Kansas adopted
the same general plan of campaign,
and all three of these states have since
fallen into line by enactlng road drag
laws.
These campaigns by the railroads and
the publication by the Saturday Even
ing Post of an article bearing on the
Well Preserved.
"I told Miss Knox today" said he.
"that the only word that properly do
Bcribed you was peach"
"IndeedT replied Miss Butte. II sup
pose she said something real nice, as
usualf"
"well. she said: Il suppose that IA
the proper word. At any rate, she
looks we'll preserved d.'"-Philadelphia
Press.
New Dish Drainer.
A new dish draIner shaped like q
trough is of galvanized wire that fits
Into an iron pan. The plates are put
In this directly from the soap suds.
the rinse water poured over and the
plates allowed to dry without wiping.