Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-17
attested by numerous reliable wit

attested by numerous reliable wit
nesses."
This town has been fortunate in that
OF the various manufacturing enter
prlses started here nearly all have
! grown into big concerns. The latest
is the Spauldings branching out and
| INTO the automobile business. They
have already nearly finished a new
| three story brick building. 200x60,
which. with the other buildings used
in the buggy manufactory gives them
ample space. This additional building
with the new necessary machinery
means an outlay of $4,000 Their out
put for the first year will be 200 ma
chimes, probably more if stock can be
bought advantageously. This auto bus
mess has now put thirty more men on
the pay roll and with their families
means so many more added to the pop
ulation of Grinnell AT first they will
offer for sale. two machines, to be
known as "Spauldings so" and "Spaul-
ding's 40 to 49," the figures indicating
the horse power. The prices will be
somewhere between $3.50 and $500.
The first season no travelling men will
be employed to sell their machines, as
the nome demand Will use the entire
output The Spauldings say they are
merely getting ready to be in a posi-
ton to take advantage of the inevitable
change from the buggy to the automo-
bile. At present here in the west, the
buggy business keeps UP but in the east
at least twenty-four carriage manu-
facturers have added the manufacture
OF automobiles to their business, and
these firms have done SO because of
the falling off in the demand for bug
gles, carriages and other vehicles
drawn by horses.
1t would seem as tho the prejudice
against rabbits as an article of food is
disappearing. Marksmen report in
creased sales every year of dressed
rabbits-undressed would seem to be
! the proper term. The market is firm
and higher prices demanded A nickel
piece was big thing for the boy
!. hunters few years ago. Now two
| dressed rabbits for a quarter Is a
common price. Leave out the idea of
eating dressed or undressed cats and
20 cents buys nice lot of fresh, ten
DER, nourishing animal food in reality
much cleaner, considering the food
they live on, than pork or chicken.
Showing the trend of appetite on the
hotel bill of fare was fried rabbit with
cream gravy and of the six travelling
men at the table. four of the six or
dered rabbit for supper. Stranger
things have happened than we shall
soon protect bunny with closed sea-
son. And 1t may be our children's
children will be kicking against the
rabbit packing house combine.
got thru the last legislature the dollar
serves the thanks of all taxpayers. In
Poweshiek county alone so far there
has been paid into the county treasury
s775 for gun licenses and the figures
for the state over are estimated by
some at $4,000. The law needs
amending in some respects. At present
every dollar goes to the game and
fisheries department of the state, which
is all right. but the counties should
be allowed for postage necessary to
mail licenses when applied for. Powe-
s,liek county is "out" over SIS for this
very item this year. The law provides
shat persons under is years of age to
have a gun license must have the
written consent of parents. One big lit
tie fellow nine years Of age presented
such consent in the court house in
Montezuma the other day. The writer
suggests another amendment to this
law Make the revolver license of
Iowa s. and fine every owner of a
revolver IS that has not such IL
cense in his possession This will stop
some of these didn't know it was load
ed accidents.