Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-07
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Northwood Dec 7-Some time ago
in an Iowa town two chauffeurs for
automobiles of diffe en-, manufa cture.
made wager of SIS a side that one
could beat the time Of the other. over
d country road from Lastown to
Eextown. The distance was twenty
eight miles. One Of the machines COW
cred the distance in a few seconds less
than thirty-two minutes To make
such fast time some OF the road was
gone over at mile minute rate. All
this was on a public highway where
farmers We're coming out of the corn
fields into this public highway 1t was
on a public road where some women
were driving horses not yet broke" to
autos It WAS on public road in Iowa
where some corners were almost out
of sight till close TO the town and
where other autonoh;iists not travel
ing a mile a minute had some rights.
and vet this racing at this fast time
was not breaking the law according to
what another chauffeur explained to
the crowd. AS he understands the law,
these racing Automobiles could make
twenty eight miles In thirty-two min
utes going one way. IL the return trip
was made slow enough to average the
legal limit on country roads. In other
words. If the round trip averaged the
legal limit they could not be prosecuted.
Wonder il that's the case. Some OF
us that drive over these Iowa roads
would like to know.
Another thing some OF rs would like
to know. is whether. under our present
laws, a butcher has q right to go out
in the country or down to his slaughter
house. kill an animal. then hang up the
quarters in his wagon used to haul
cows to town, and bring it thru the
public streets to his market. all this
Without any covering. no matter how
much the dust is blowing. no matter il
the wagon is unclean from the last trip
with the live animal, no matter II the
flies surround the wagon in swarms.
and no matter who knows 1t. A num-
Der of travelling men sat In a hotel Of
Ace, saw all these things and asked all
OF these questions. But then they are
natural born kickers, anyway.
Speaking Of butchers shippers tell
the writer that the number of head Of
cattle in Iowa on the first Of December
the present low price OF corn will re-
suit in more cattle being fed in Iowa
than for a number Of years. On the
other hand, farmers hearing so much
talk Of the lower cost OF living, and
realizing the present low price Of corn
and oats is in the line Of lower prices
for all farm products, are afraid to even
feed this 80 cent corn as by the time
ba Chic1
market, prices will be 80 much lower
! the farmer will get nothing for his
corn.
| Some one has said that town is
nothing but big family, all with the
same family characteristics. The bad
citizen is the black sheep Of the small
! family and II this theory is true the
first family that some years ago settled
the little town of Klemme must have
been a mighty polite lot OF people. Sew.
eral travelling men speak OF the uni.
versal courtesy extended them in that
thriving berg Not that this is con-
trary to the rule in many Iowa towns
/ but It must be an unusual case IL
Klemme
+; Not every one knows that a former
ticket agent for the c. & ". W. railroad
at Tama was elected as county OIL.
cial, and reelected as q democrat with
no one on the republican ticket to op.
pose him. And at Hampton the lows
Central agent was also elected to I
county office. This IL suggested by thu
remarks concerning the polite town o.
Klemn,e. For many years thsse twa
referred to railroad men were throws