Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-19
Looker-On In Iona

Malcolm, Dec. t9.-jThe town of Gill
man is Just putting on the finishing
touches to u new $1,000 church. But
even before this is all paid for. the cit
liens hold town meeting and virtual
| y decide to tax themselves $4,000 for
a new school house. 1t Is this kind OF
people that has made Iowa what 1t is
today, the best equipped state In the
union. this i'm the way of churches and
school houses. God made the coun-
try but man makes the town and
the school buildings and churches.
| C;rinnell college is making a big eff
| fort these days to raise 100000 more
| to secure All endowment of 100000.
Carnegie offers $4,000 aud the educa-
! tional fund 100000 conditional on the
larger sum being raised by Jan. l.
1909. The students are taking hold of
the matter and the holiday vacation
will find nearly all of them at work as
soliciting committees. Meanwhile II
this strikes the eye of some one that
can spare a few hundreds or thou
sands Il is to suggest that Iowa col
lege hangs up big long stocking ON
Christmas eve.
The present agitation not only In
Iowa. but all over the country. this in
the way of war on tuberculosis. is go
ing to radically change some of oyr
business methods. At the present time
in all of the larger cities of Iowa and
many of the smaller towns. consumers
can now buy canned fresh milk that
has n warranty from the packers to
be from inspected cows and not from
distillery fed animals. 1t is not con-
densed or evaporated or prepared or
sweetened, but by u SECRET process just
fresh milk with some of the water.
naturally there. taken out OF 1t. Used as
canned ii takes the place OF cream for
coffee and other uses. TO be used as
milk, two parts of water are added
Those that have thoroughly tested 1t
are loud in its praise and keep can
in the house, in case they run out OF
milk or the milk man forgets them
This is not to advertise any particu-
lar brand for there are several good
brands in the market, but to suggest
IL your milk man sells milk from nom
inspected cows, or puts up the price be-
yond reason. why buy your milk at the
grocery store.
The size of the walleyed pike taken
from the Iowa river at and near Mar
shalltown this year has been source
of wonderment to all fishermen. More
than score have been caught weigh
Ing from ten to fifteen pounds each.
Not long ago the writer saw one six
hours after being landed that weighed
twelve pounds And to bring home
wall eyes weighing four to eight pounds
has been common experience. Just
why these big fellows travelled up
stream so far this year, no Teller can
find out, but they did leave the Mis-
sissippi and the Missouri in 1908 and
came into the Iowa smaller streams.
Statements are made that the Illinois
river, this year has furnished 9,00O,-
900 pounds of fresh fish to the market
men OF the big cities. Iowa river can
do the same, IL the dams are provided
with flshwaNs. II the seiners are i'm
prisoned and the seines destroyed, II
the refuse from manufactures is kept
out of the river and if the river In reg
ularly and Professionally stocked by the
fish commissioners. Sf
The suggestion to protect the rabbitsi
of Iowa by closed season. strikes
many as funny business" just the
same here is food supply that is just
beginning to be appreciated In every
market in every town in Iowa, one
can buy big fat rabbits, five to ten
cents each, or "three for a quarter.
dressed" Thousands are being shipped
to the eastern markets, where they
are appreciated and bring much more
in price 1t is a funny world. but the
average Iowan carrying home a rabbit
is the butt for all jokes Many labor
ing men are actually ashamed to have
their neighbors know that they eat
rabbit. As one ditch-digger said to
the writer: Il earn my money by hard
work. I can afford to pay 20 cents =
pound for the best beefsteak. l don't
have to eat cats or rabbits" This
"cat'' idea does turn the stomachs Of
some, but after few trials Of young
fried rabbit, or rabbit pie as mother
used to make It," the prejudice ceases.
And for one to boast that Iowa fur
nishes millions Of pounds Of rabbit
meat causes a genera, smile, but this
food supply is here and everywhere.
They are in the towns as well as the
country, one can shoot them any night
out in the back yard. There is lot
of good fresh meat right here today,
that anybody can afford to buy Why
not cut out beef, pork and mutton a
while. Get used to cat meat and
you'll enjoy it.
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