Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-27
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Hubbard, Feb. 27-Traveling men
are telling the story of railroad en-
gineer living at Sioux Falls, by the
name of Dooley, that owns his engine
and Is paid by the railroad company
for it's use. No one but MIR. Dooley
runs that engine. and it's condition is
like a well-groomed race horse. And
1t is also stated that Dooley Is able
to own this engine, much better off
| financially than some men that run
$500 automobiles on wagon roads.
One of the most influential politi-
clans in northwestern Iowa has been
writing to the hotelkeepers of Wash
ington, D. c.. to find out how much it
| will cost him to attend the Taft in
auguration ceremonies. From one re-
ply the following is taken: The house
Is run on the American plan All
rooms must be paid for from Feb. rs to
| March 5, whether occupied or not. All
| rooms in the hotel will be vacated on
Feb. &c and held vacant till taken by
parties to whom assigned. Rates will
be $40 a day for room and board for
two. including double bed in room. IL
only occupied by one person $40 day
just the same. Use of bath room "
per day. Single room, single bed, 50
per day"--and he's going.
| And II everybody comes to Mar
shalltown during the BILLY" Sunday
revival meetings who say they are
coming, lrotel accommodation will be
/ as hard to get as In Washington dur
ing the Inauguration week. The writ
err seriously advises all visitors, before
the meetings are in full swing. to write
ahead and secure rooms. Marshall
town can feed thousands, and on ordi-
nary occasions furnish sleeping rooms
for all that come, but il a thousand
or more strangers happen to be In
town at the same time. there Is bound
to be great Inconvenience in getting
rooms. unless private citizens open
their doors. Today in this town at
least ten men have mentioned they in
tend to run down to MarshalHown
while Billy Sunday is there"
! The writer hears OF lady subscriber
to the daily T.-R.. who for several
years has cut out and pasted In a
I scrapbooll all of the stories published
| in the paper. She gets ordinary wrap
I ping paper, cuts 1t magazine size. and
I sews on pasteboard covers. In this way
! she gets for q triffling cost the entire
! story by some well known author that
If purchased at the drug store would
require 10 cents to $3.50.
| What paving can do for town has
been well illustrated this winter at
| Hampton on several occasions. the
7, first big blizzard followed rain max
ing the streets almost impossible. The
bus could not get to the Great Western
depot on account of the mud and snow,
but made" every train at the Iowa
Central depot, simply because the
streets are paved to the Central de-
pot. but not to the Great Western. This
was for passenger traffic. The freight
business was of course more or less
affected Hampton has only paved few
of the business streets, around the
court house. but present indications
are that paving on the resident streets
is a probability of the near future.
The probable defeat at this legisla-
| turs of the attempt to restore the
circle" to the Iowa ballot Is well re-
ceived by the voters, with here ana
there an exception. Curiously enough,
the "restorers" are either professional
politicians or can be classed as con-
seryatiyes once we called them stand
matters. Such men are strong party
men and have no use for the voter that
scratches, or itehes and wants TO
! scratch. Vote for the devil II he's on the
ticket is another way Of expressing
their sentiments. On the other slde
there is great big crowd that hence
forth and forever propose to scratch
whenever the party puts up blathers-
kite. And the statewide primary en-
courages the idea of independence.
Now / vote for man for every Of
flee, no matter by whom he Is nomi-
mated. And the majority of those that
want the circle restored are over 30
years Of age.
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