Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-14
Looker-On In Iona

Hubbard Nov IA few weeks be-
fore election day. supposedly we'll
posted man, once a Cummins supporter.
later a Lacey worker this for reasons
good to himself, told the writer in all
seriousness, that the Swedes. Norwe-
gians and Danes, We're going over to
Bryan In large number, and were also
going to vote for Lacey. Not being
abel to dispute these assertions, be-
cause this Lacey convert lived In the
midst of a large number of these Wot-
ers, the writer could only reply, Is that
so? In Roland one day last week these
figures were obtained. showing how
they went over in large numbers"
MoCallsburg voted 1877 for Taft, fifteen
for Bryan: Roland township 2s4 for
Taft, nineteen for Bryan. Here's the
vote of Story City. 2oS for Taft, TWEEN
ty-two for Bryan. Evidently the
Swedes. Norweigans and Danes are go
ing some"
During the late campaign occurred
the big base ball games. While the
political spell binders failed to have
good audiences. the fans We're talking
base ball. equal to the time OF Brany's
is to 1 campaign. Knowing this, one
bucket shop operator saw chance TO
turn an honest penny. by getting re
turns" of each inning and posting the
same on his black board, incidentally
charging % cents for entrance to the
room. Some 200 men that possibly
IN, nh, ~ thpra had
been afternoon services. occupied
chairs in this bucket shop Sunday aft
ernoon and had big time. On the
blackboard they read. game called"
Tigers to the bat" "Knockemstif
pitcher" "Rallsey makes first base,
Tanner makes home run, scoring" And
SO on. The audience sat there actually
keeping tab on the game as well as tho
they were in the grand stands two
dollar seats They forgot where they
were and cheered when Splinter made
second" And when the Cubs sur
rounded the umpire and things looked
ugly. this audience wanted to punch
somebody's head. Bets were made.
"that Buggy would fan out and
"Shorty tumble" 1t can truthfully be
said no audience ever got more for
their money. than this crowd that
"saw" the Sunday afternoon game for
a quarter on bucket shop blackboard
and when the last inning was played
and the result instantly known. near
Nv all left the bucket shop with the
same sensations as tho they had ac-
tlally witnessed the game.
In the twelve-mile drainage ditch OF
Marshall and Story county, cement TIE
thirty inches in diameter will be used
for long distance. These tiles weigh
500 pounds. and look much like big
cement barrel. Along the c. & N w.
railroad tracks at Colo there are now
many acres covered with these tiles
which are being manufactured by =
firm there and sold to the ditch con-
structor. One does not need to be
farmer to see the big advantage this
covered ditch will be in comparison
with an open drainage ditch that cuts
IN a farm worse than railroad cross
ing 1t.
There was time when half pennies
were coined in this country, and had
limited circulation. Just now hum
dreds Of men are picking half-pennies
off of corn stalks all over Iowa and
find a good many half-pennies on an
acre OF Iowa soil. Down east we used
to figure 100 ears of corn to the bushel,
out west many fields will go 100 ears
to the bushel And there are many
ears of corn in Iowa today by actual
weight worth cent. In State Center
in the bank are several ears OF corn
weighing now eighteen ounces, and
more when picked. Such corn seventy
ears makes a bushel. and when sold as
some Of it was, for local consumption,
at rs cents per bushel. they are worth
a cent apiece. And still men will go
to Alaska to dig gold, when they can
pick T. e.. husk money in Iowa corn
fields.
In Grinnell on election day. there
was stationed near one Of the voting
places, Lacey admirer to see that bold
bad democrats did not vote for Cum
minis. 1t was also a paid part of his
duty to suggest to the standpatters,
to get a primary ticket to vote for
Lacey. When he came to vote him
self, he carefully marked the big bal
lot. and walked off with the primary
vote and the superior court ticket in
his hands. And the cold. cruel judges
of election refused to let him vote
these two tickets afterwards. Another
voter one that has made eloquent
speeches for Cummins, and insisted in
all of his speeches. to be sure and get
a primary ticket for Cummins. forgot
all about it when he voted. He, how
ever, did not go back and ask to vote
again. Another man, an admirer OF
Bryan, came out boiling mad. 1t was
the first time in his life he did not
have a chance to vote for president.
HAD to vote for electors this year."
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