Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-24
Looker-On In Iona

Union, April 24.-The progress Iowa
is making in public Improvements, es-
pecially in the smaller towns, is shown
here. The new l. o. o. F. building is
model both externally and in the In
side arrangements. The postoffice room
on the first floor is only duplicated in
cities OF as many thousands as this
town has hundreds of in habitants.
Across the street is the bank building,
arranged as city banks are with cages
for the unfortunate tellers and CASH
iers. The woodwork and room furnish
ing equal to any thing in Marshall
town. and the latter boasts Of some
nice bank rooms. Then too the new
church building, built of cement blocks
just behind the postoffice building, is
a monument of good taste. Now, the
town is to have electric lights. All this
in town of less than 1000 inhabit-
ants. They have miles of cement walks
and stranger things have happened
than if in this column it should be re-
ported Union will soon have paved
streets To avoid misrepresentation 1T
should be added, they are not talking
it at present
! 1t is reported that one Iowa city has
now in transit train load of thirty
cars of automobiles. This of one make
and these thirty car loads are to be
distributed to agents In near by towns.
That's going some" but it seems a
probable story when one hears that
in Eldora two weeks ago purchaser
of an auto received from Des Moines
as his number 1910, and this week an
other purchaser received as his state
license number $500. This would in
dictate that nearly two thousand sales
were made in Iowa during the last two
months. And with these suggestive
figures comes the statement from a
horse buyer, that Hardin county is now
getting the highest price for horses
ever paid here for shipping purposes
There's considerable satisfaction ex-
pressed by the conservative temper
ance element over the law confinins
one saloon to 1000 inhabitants. The
radical claims it amounts to nothing
''one saloon to thousand people will
sell just as much liquor as two" bu
the conservative figures differently, ant
furthermore says that now even in we
counties the disreputable saloon mar
will be driven out of business, fo
when convicted of any infractions o
liquor laws he goes out of business t,
stay out. One temperance man in Ell
dora also mentions that this law, viii
very much decrease the sale to min
ors and drunkards, as under this lay
the saloon man can not afford to tax
chances.
Perhaps no two towns in Iowa bette
5 enforce the prohibition laws thai
Grinnell and Eldora The writer ha
| spent a week or SO in each town jus
before and after the adjournment o
, the legislature, and now listen to this
, The business men of these two prohi
!, bition towns by a large majority d
: not regret the failure of the resub
: mission bill. They say we have all tn
, law we need, and all we lack is en-
1 forcement. Coming as this does fror
prohibition strongholds it's evidenc
n worth considering.
: II this thing keeps up, Iowa wi
g soon own the earth. In every town no,
one hears of business men and farm
ers as well, that own land any wller
from 100 acres to a square mile, I
Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Canadi
\ North and South Dakota, Minnesot
= and California. The surplus none
Q made here is going out Of the stat
o a1uoosf in direcf ratio IN the volIn
9 men that are leaving US. Few realiz
= to what extent this money and thes
: young voters are leaving Iowa ever
= year. New England years ago settle
e up Ohio. Then Ohio filed up low
) Now Iowa is doing a hundred times {
much to make more new states. Fol
tunately, there are few OF us lie
y here to continue the good work.
! or M.ss