Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-29
STREET CARS VS.. LIQUORS.

1Dubudue TimesJ.
In most towns the street railway
company is glad enough to be let alone
in the enjoyment Of it's own privileges,
but strange exception is now noted
in Wisconsin, where the Wausau street
railway company has turned aSEressor
and has entared proceedings to close
the saloons at Weston on the ground
that the same are unlawful. denoraliz-
ing and injurious to the business of
the plaintiff. The company alleges
that the councils granting Of licenses
to seven dealers on June 81. 1909. was
unlawful for the following reasons:
The town had 1,O4z inhabitants, &C
oording to the census of 1905, accord
ing to which the town board was au-
thorized to issue but five licenses, one
for every $50 inhabitants, or Traction
thereof.
That no applications as required by
the statutes of 1900 had been made to
the board at that time.
That the applications were not filed
fifteen days before the licenses were
granted, nor published In a daily or
weekly newspaper. or posted in three
conspicuous places by the clerk prior
to the license granting.
That at the time OF the granting the
board did not have before it the proofs
that the applicants were full citfzens OF
the United States, etc.
That the applications gave no de-
scription OF the premises on which the
liquor business was to be conducted.
IOWA LAND AS AN INVESTMENT.
CE e. Taylor. IN Traer 6tar-Oipper].
We can scarcely imagine a gnsatsr
land crank" than the editor OF this
paper We have preached the gospel
of land for twenty-five years. When
the best Tana county farms could be
had for $50 an acre we urged our
friends TO buy them as soon as they
could make reasonable cash pay
ment When the $75 mark, the 500
value. the $125 price was reached we
argued the stronger for investment.
Today that $3.50 per acre Is required
for a good farm, we still advise our
friends to buy If they have enough
ahead to make any kind Of a reasonable
cash payn ent. If not we advise buying
in cheaper counties. The burden OF
our song has always been to buy land.
Twenty years ago we saved up a few
hundred dollars and bought 100 acres
In northwest Iowa, paying 9ie psr
acre We urged many friends to do
likewise and many did. That land Is
now worth ss5 to 500 per acre. Seven
years ago we bought land In Canada
at - to IS per acre. We got every
body we could to go up and make like
investments. For over twenty years
we have followed up the practice Of
putting our surplus in land and these
Investments have proven immensely
more profitable than the newspaper
business or any other business we know
of we might have followed.
The writer has sold over $4,000 acres
Of Canada land individually and every
man who bought has made good mon
ey. The man who held the land longest
made the most. One north Tan1a man
who bought section five years ago
can sell for 900 clear profit. a net
profit Of $4,000 per year, perhaps
double what he has made in actual
farming here. That "a and IS land is
today selling more readily at $50 per
acre than it first sold at IS. We have
seen hundreds of fortunes made In
land. We have scarcely ever known
a case where good land was bought at
any reasonable price that did not give
good returns We are today more en-
thusiastic in our efforts to induce peo-
pie to buy land than ever. In the
face Of this record We do not under
stand why our South Tama friend can
question our belief in the wisdom OF
land investm ents made in a COED ceur-
try with fertile soil and safe rain
fall. We scarcely know how we could
be more enthusiastic without great
danger of an explosion.
Our friend Is right. Land is the
basis az all wealth and money Invested
in land is the safest and best invest
ment anybody can make" We believe
eur boys will see Tama county farms
bring $3.50 per acre. Farming can be
done here on t356 land with ample
profit II done right. Our sons will see
Canada land now selling at $40 per acre
bring Size per acre. The young man
who can raise a few hundred dollars
can do no wiser thing than put It into
land.
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american T1resherman).
Indiana has more and better roads In
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