Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-21

ceeding as before with fine prospects
| for plenty Of business for the fall and
winter.
10 realize that Mason City has no
time for discussion of hard times one
need but look out Of the car window
as his train pulls into town and see
the throngs of men busy in the famous
Mason City brick and tile factories and
| the cement factory. And on the streets
! the same activity is evident Merchants
are enjoying an exceptional trade and
will stop only long enough to tell one
how busy they are.
| Des Moines was never more prosper
GUS Every factory is running full
time and many overtlmes One furni-
| ture factory bought a ton of tacks dur
| ing the past year to fasten tags on It's
shipments Another spends 500 day
| for postage Scarcely any Of the fac
tories were closed down last fall or
| winter. New Industries are springing
up and the jobping and retail busi-
ness has been better than during any
previous two years In the city's his
| tory. The highest skyscraper in the
state was completed this year at Des
Moines, eleven Stories and several
other large office buildings are being
erected.
Cedar Rapids continued to build ho-
tells, office buildings, private resi-
dences and factories continuously dur
ing the past year, and Is planning inn
| 'provement for next year Mnprece-
denied.
Dubuque reports no setback to the
immense lead mining Industry OF It's
vicinity and is forging ahead with pub
lie and private improvements costing
nearly million dollars.
Iowa Falls has no indication Of a de-
preston to report. Every industry is
in full operation. Everybody is busy
and happy and crops in the vicinity are
in fine shape.
Davenport Is enjoying wonderful
era of prosperity after a slight depres-
sion during the so-called panic. Dur
ing the early part OF the year the glu-
cose works employing about 500 men
was closed down for a few months
1t is now in full operation with ZOO
men. Street paving, costing several
hundred thousands Of dollars Is being
completed An immense new wagon
factory occupying nearly full block
is being built. The Bettendorf Axle
company which has an order for 1900
steel under frames for railroad cars,
has contracted for a new foundry cost
ing a third Of a million. The big Silvis
shops OF the Rock Island road are run
ming full time. The water, light ana
street railway companies are spending
about million dollars on improve
ments. A new six-story office build
ing in the heart of the business dis
trict is being erected, and three inter-
urban companies connecting the COM
munity with the richest territory IN
the vicinity. are ready for construction
work.
Had it not been for newspaper re-
ports, Ames would not have known
that a business depression existed. The
bank deposits increased twenty per
cent Immense public and private I'M
provements have been made. Eighty
three new houses were constructed.
Factories increased their number OF
employees. The attendance at the Iowa
state College increased fifteen per
cent. Agricultural implement men re-
port the greatest year in their busl-
ness lives.
If there was any real panic it was
not felt at Atlantic or in the surround
ing country. The farmers of the vicin-
ity, the largest depositors in the banks.
are coming to town in their automobiles
spending money freely and living bet
ter than they ever have before. BUS
mess among the merchants Is good
and everyone is satisfied to allow the
present conditions to continue.
The Abba and Munroe county, an
swer to the query Of business condl-.
tions is an array of facts and figures
that leave no doubt but that the fight
ing Sixth district will be in line Tor
continuation of prosperity In the face
Of the so-called panic Abba merchants,
having pledged $4,000 for an interur-
ban to Hooking, paid every cent OF the
amount and then proceeded to raise
$40 900 more for an extension of the
line in another direction six miles to
Hiteman. Now the merchants of the
town have 100000 tied up in interur-
bans. every cent of which will be paid
IN before election day. New coal
mines are being developed in all di-
REACTIONS and the companies Interested
and the railroads carrying the producs
ia market are spending several hun
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improvements. Everyone has employ
ment
There is not and has not been an idle
laboring man in Centerville. Only one
factory closed down during the depres-
sion and that was merely to make I'M
movements and extensions. There is
not a coal miner of Appanoose county
out of work. More residences were
built this year than during any three
previous years of the city's history NO
less than twenty residences costing ov-
err SIS, 900 have been erected and scores
of others costing from $500 to $2,00O.
/ Marshalltown is enjoying one OF the
best periods of commercial activity In
| her history. Railroad reports show
larger shipments than in previous
wears, new public and private build
ings are being erected and the city has
been making many improvements in lts
streets. Factories are running full
time and prosperous conditions prevail
| turnout the surrounding country.
Arrested for Wife Desertion.
Mason City, Sept. 21.-Crawford
county authorities captured man
wanted here for wife desertion yester-
day and Sheriff Holdren left last night
over the Great Western for Denison
where the man was safe in the Craw-
ford county Jail. The sheriff of the
county made the capture in Deloit,