Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-02
Milwaukee Road to Use Tele-
phones to Assist in Move
ment Of Trains
]. S. 7. NJ. AS MANY CLAIMS
Pays Out More Than 100000 for
Deaths and Accidents During Past
Year - II. c. M. A. Working for
Membership of 1o,ooo-Notes of the
Travellers.

Some years ago the c., Nj. & st. P.
did away With telegraphers. using tee-
phones altogether on their line running
between Bellevue and Cascade, Iowa a
distance of thirty-eight miles, with the
best of success, and we are informed
that their plan now is to have four
telegraph stations in every 100 miles,
all stations between using telephones.
The plan will go into effect as soon
after March 4 as possible.
All travellers, members of the I. S. T..
NJ. a. of Des Moines. should feel proud
of the report sent out last week, and
help the families of our unfortunate
brothers who happened to be killed last
year. The losses during the past year
We're the heaviest of any previous year.
Fourteen death losses of $4,000 each,
two foot losses of $3.50 each, and L.
$50 indemnity claims, We're paid,
amounting to s213,5S0.61. NotWith-
standing these heavy losses, the cash
balance at the close of the fiscal Year
was s154,7OS.3S. They had member
ship at the close of the Year of 29,21S.
A movement is on foot among the
members of the H. c. NJ A. Of our
city to try and increase our member
ship this year to 10000 We have now
nearly reached the 5000 mark, rec
ord never before accomplished by any
other organization of its kind. If each
member would get at least one MEM
Der, we would accomplish wonders.
$50
D. D. Neblett, salesman for Peet
Bros, soap manufacturers of Kansas
City, left Sunday for Mason City, from
which city he will work all this week
in the interest of the jobbers. Brother
Neblett has one of the largest soap
businesses of any one in his line in
Iowa.
Mr.. w. A. Preston, who for the past
six years has represented the Central
Rubber Company in Nebraska, has re-
turned to his first love, Iowa and now
represents the Merchants Publishing
Company of Chicago and Kalamazoo
Mich He has for his assistant, W. c..
Parks, of Cedar Rapids. They both
spent part of last week in MARSHALL
town. Mr.. Preston is like small boy
with his first pair of red top boots, so
pleased is he to get back and greet
his old friends. and to be sure We are
all glad to see such men as Brother
Preston return.
The death of Brother ]. W. Jacobs
one week ago, at Davenport, among
strangers. was a sad one, as only the
week before he had been calling on
the trade in eastern Iowa for the In
dependent Cracker Company, whom he
represents, and was as happy and
cheerful as one could wish to see. j.
w. had a great many friends among
the travellers, more especially among
those ir western Iowa, where he for
mery travelled. He left a wife and
two children. They have the sympathy
of all their many friends in their sad
ness.
Fred e. Whitney, of Des Moines, the
Iowa representative for the Winchester
Repeating Arms Company, of New Ha-
ven, Conn.,. spent last Thursday in Ce-
dar Rapids.
Charles S. Carothers, general sales
man for the Pittsburg Plate Glass
Company of Davenport, called on the
trade in Story City the fore part of last
week. Charles is hustler. and never
overlooks chance. to speak a good
word for Marshalltown and it's boys.
w. G. Nicholson. of Cedar Rapids,
salesman for j. c. Peterson & Co.,
wholesale dry goods. of Davenport,
called on the trade in Monticello last
Wednesday. w. G. is one Of the popu-
lar boys running out of Cedar Rapids.
The many friends of F. E. Baroer,
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