Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-01
Looker-On In Iona

passenger agent of the Iowa Central
was in Hampton last week looking
over the ground with reference to ex-
cursions and rates to the Billy Sun
| day revival meetings at Marshalltown.
Those talking with him received the
impression that while an extra pas
senger train may be put on. there will
be no reduction in rates. Here's where
the Central will make a mistake. They
made their excursions to ST. Paul pay
last summer, because of the extremely
low fare. If the same policy is pur-
sued on the Billy Sunday revivals they
can not only make it pay for one day,
or one week, but all thru the meetings.
The writer knows what he is talking
about, this from personal contact with
the people all along the line from
! Mason City to Oskaloosa. If a one fare
trip is given hundreds will go. If a
lower rate say 81, 70, so and % cents,
for round trip according to distance,
thousands will take in the revival
meetings. The man of the house will
then take the whole family. All this
from financial point of view. If the
Iowa Central has any desire to go into
the revival business from a religious
point of view, they must figure that
out in the general offices. This scribe
only knows about dollars and cents.
L. Ashley, a farmer living near here,
on last Tuesday sold by weight one
hog for $4O.95. This SOW was only
2 years old, weighing over 500 pounds.
The animal was registered stock and
last year brought Mr.. Ashley over 5000
| he nf MIC
was thought best ''to turn her Off she
was fed only ten ears of corn day,
; which of course did not make her "hog
fat" but did make the selling figure
nearly the "top" Mr.. Ashley has two
!. more big sows weighing fully as much,
l both of them now taking care of eight
: and nine pigs respectively. He says it
pays to raise big ones if you know
: how to feed them.
: Who says phrenology is dead? A few
weeks ago a travelling phrenologist
visited Parkersburg-he has made
/, many previous trips there-and forty
e two of the best citizens had their
> heads examined To test the ability Of
the scientist two resident preachers
: called, one dressed in the clerical con-
ventional garb, the other In every day
clothes. such as travelling men wear.
' But the phrenologist was not to be de-
ceived The bumps Of each preachers
head gave them away, this with one
exception where the professor was
= clear off. Only forty-two men chad
= their heads examined" in one day at
so cents per, which is very reasonable
- less than shave, a hair cut and a
a shampoo.
The writer fatters himself that HI
- feels the public pulse, not for any
:, treatment, but to satisfy his curiosity
- on how the people feel on public ques-
tons and dolngs. And so in this col
umn, let 1T be recorded that in the neal
20 future probably in the next log
:, islature, the whole pharmacy business
~ of liquors by the drug stores is to b
u ended. In the prohibition countie
there are always one or more dru:
stores that are nothing but wfisls
w drug stores, places where ten cents buy
o. drink and a glass of water throw
20 in, where miners and drunkards ge
re their supplies Reputable druggists Il
at such towns, men that try and intend t
"a do a legitimate business, are classed b
1e almost the entire public with thes
m whisky drug stores, as all of a kin;
ne Such observers say we would not hav
VS. this number Of drug stores here, vi,
ne less the liquor traffic supported then
10 and if we are to have such drug store
IN let them pay the mulct tax. 1t woul
in astonish many total abstainers to fin
out the real legitimate demand the
exists in every prohibition county fe
n intoxicating liquors. To know of Il
OF large sale of liquors to men that do NJ
of yet get intoxicated. 1t is this class
be our citizens that makes the drug bu!
e. mess pay. The steady drinker that US,
III, for an "eye opener" as well as a mig
he cap" The man that always keeps
in the house" Such men are the on
that make five drug stores in a pr
in hibition town Of 1900 Inhabitants, got
vn paying business investments. In Il
lre wet towns, the saloon man has
.ys crouch against the drug stores. "b
cause they pay no state license, Ike
open Sundays and holidays, and g
led more whisky than we do" So betwe
Ter the radical temperance citizen and t
a saloon keeper there is common fee
ar- ing Of disgust at our present pharma
IN law And these two elements a
Mr.. strong enough to knock out probably
Dor the next legislature our pharma
ing law and eenact-what?
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