Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-11
Looker-On In Iona

Toledo, May lion May / at Rock
we'll early in the forenoon regular
blizzard was in progress. The wind was
from the northwest, and excepting a
less degree of cold the storm was equal
to any of the past winter And during
this storm an optimistic storekeeper
remarked inside of a week we will have
forgotten all about this kind of wealth
er. BY the way have readers noticed
that nearly all of the kicking against
the backward spring came from the
merchants and business men, those
that had something to sell? The farmer
was not happy, but almost invariably
remarked, There is nothing hurt yet,
if things change by corn planting time,
we are all right" Well corn planting
time is here. Personal observation in
central Iowa shows the ground to be in
splendid condition for corn planting.
Unless great weather changes occur
thousands of acres of corn will be in
this week. Only few cases are report
ed where the freeze killed the oats
some, and there is plenty of time to
pillow and plant these fields to corn. 1t
is true garden planting is two to three
weeks late, but the old chaps say we
will still have new potatoes in our gar
dens on the Fourth Of July. The outlook
for fruit, peaches possibly excepted.
was never better. AT least in central
Iowa none of the small fruits have been
damaged, simply because none We're in
blossom, and while we may have a
freeze yet to kill all of the cherries,
apples, plu1ns and pears, such freeze
is not likely after May Is or 90, when
such fruit trees will be in bloom
Strawberries promise big crop.
Who would be a railroad employe?
A we'll known conductor on a passen-
ger train that goes thru Marshalltown
everyday, some time ago had an attack
of the grip and asked for lay off. Be
fore the necessary red tape had been
measured off, said conductor, mean
while taking his train out every day.
got we'll and then when the order was
given for the other man to take his
run, he felt so we'll that instead of be-
ing sick, going to bed, and calling the
doctor, he dug some worms and went
fishing.
An ex-station agent telling his exc
perience, says, once he secured a Job
en- another railroad three hundred
miles away He therefore notified the
company he was working for, that he
would quit March 1, altho his new job
was contract to begin April 1.
Wanted vacation of a few weeks He
even wrote the management all of these
particulars. No attention was paid to
his resignation. and only on the last
day of March was he relieved, and the
new agent chucked in. And this prob
ably happened because he wired the
superintendent. that he should turn the
keys over to the section boss and leave
town April 1 whether they had a new
man there or not
Our senator's at Washington are re-
ceiving many letters these days from
admiring constituents. Dolliver es-
pecially is getting "the taffy act" The
writer has seen several of the answers
these letter writers have received from
the senator and Dolliver apparently is
as happy over the present condition of
affairs is any of his constituents The
funny business is that the average
Iowan seems to have little or no IN
terest in this tariff discussion. Once
in while somebody says something
about free lumber, probably going to
build this year, once in a while one
hears of farmer that objects to free
hides. but damns the shoe and harness
trust. Iowa apparently has no inter-
est in details. The fact is there is so
much prosperity. TIERS no time NOR
inclination to kick
Another amusing theory is the pres
ent expressed admiration of the former
standpatter for Delivers stand for
revision downward" When Cummins
said the consumer had rights as we'll as
the producer, there was big howl
Democratic doctrine. free trader etc
Now these same men everywhere are
praising Dolliver. Only Brother Payre
of Nevada seeming consistent But
then too he is happy He's always on
the offside, Never happy unless he's
miserable"
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