Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-23
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teresting reading to get all Of the facts
and figures OF the ice crop Of the
country. for that matter Of Iowa alone.
Everywhere just now where there is
stream or lake the harvest is in prog
ress. The railroads are handling hun
dreds Of cars. Thousands of men and
horses are at work. At Iowa Falls
there is continuous procession OF
loaded and empty wagons, passing thru
the streets. filling cars at all of the
railroad stations for shipments to
places where they cannot harvest the
ice crop at home. Some one figures
out that with ordinary weather the
amount sent TO Iowa Falls this year
for the ice crop at this point alone
will amount to $4,000. Between thirty
and forty teams are at work at $2.50
per day of eight hours. And at Clear
Lake, Storm Lake and Spirit Lake
these figures will be increased. Then,
too, are the hundreds of small towns
where they put up their home supply
from nearby streams and small lakes.
And as this work comes at q season OF
the year when otherwise these men
and horses would be earning little or
nothing, the ice crop Of Iowa should
be reckoned up with the other money
making Industries of the state.
One of the most enjoyable express
sions of certain class of readers, is
to refer to "the lying newspapers" To
tell such persons that reporter mere
ly puts into words and type what peo-
pie tell him, is a waste OF breath. Such
people believe the average newspaper
EN- joys lying, rather than stating facts
and the truth All this and more oc-
ours to the writer when the experience
of the past few days is remembered.
Saturday night occurred the Trtmble
murder at Union Monday morning
thirty-seven men from Union took the
train for Eldora. When asked what
was going on, they said the murderer
had been captured, was In Jail at Ell
dora, and they were going up there
to identify him, and DIG
emphasis put on "identafy inns
was report number one, incorrect and
not sent to the T.-R. At Eldora
travelling man said they had MIN IN
fail. but the officials were lying pc
cause of being afraid of the croWd
coming from Union. Error number two
not reported. Another travelling man
in the smoker said they had him but
had sent him to Grundy Center for
safe keeping. Misstatement number
three. Not wired in. At Iowa Falls at
noon same day we heard the go61
news they" had captured him at Al
den. True as far as shin" was con-
cerned but the captured tramp sug-
gested before stringing him up to look
over the records of the Ackley GAIA
boose where he slept Saturday Night
the time Of the murder. Report NUMBER
four not sent in, because of the tramp's
unimpeachable alibi. Monday evening
at Iowa Falls we heard 'they had him
in a school house near Robertson
School house surrounded by armed
men and at daylight they would gel
him. And then we heard "he" had helo
up the storekeeper at Robertson. got
something to eat and retreated to the
school house as above related. This
looked good to the newspaper man and
a long special was mentally written
mn but concluded to wait TIL Tues
day morning and send In the account
of the capture with it. But the tele-
graph operator called up Robertson
TUESDAY morning and found the story
was made out Of whole cloth, SO lie
or report if you please, number hve
was not telephoned to the T.-R. Of
the contrary we received the nlgh'
I edition of the T.-R. and Tuesday NOR
ming got the facts. Moral. All newspd-
ner men. young and old, don't bei1eve
and publish all you hear. The people
MS we'll as the newspapers are otter
! "mistaken."
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