Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-04
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Iowa Falls, Oct A number of
Iowa towns now have the general de-
livery system for the stores, meat mar
kets. etc. Usually as is the case here
a contract is made with some livery
or dray firm to do the work, each firm
paying according to amount delivered
and service rendered Grinnell IS work.
ing a different plan. A regular COM
pany was formed. a cooperative de-
livery company This concern COM
posed OF the business firms of the town
purcha sed thirt teen horses and seven
wagons. Hired eight men and pu:
Mr.. Scott Roby in charge as BOSS
And the system works well. Teams
leave the stores on schedule time. I, &
merchant or his clerks fail to have
goods ready a. this time on schedule
the delivery wago1 goes on and such
goods have to wait for the next trip.
And if some procra estimating house
keeper waits too long to ord lar the
steak for dinner. why they b 4come
vegetarians for that day. The early
Closing movement in Grinnell Is also
run on schedule time. Anyone in the
store when the tine comes for closing
is waited on hut +, doors are locked
when the hour 70 close arrives. Much
Of this pron1ptness comes from the des-
sire of the clerks u live UP to the letter
az we'll as the spirit OF the law.
We are having some good work done
by our dairy commissioners AMI pure
food law enforcement. but there's
room for great Improvement in our
crea m ries-some of them-and our
cream buying stations many OF
them-in regard to flies no reference
NIo frr No
writer has been in none Of them here.
SO far this trip but there are such
places in Iowa where the flies fairly
swarm Not twenty feet from the
hack door of one creamery is an OUT
house open to the visits OF all of the
flies that come along. And in tina.
creamery, some old, many times used
mosquito netting. was spread over the
cream tank and hundreds of flies We're
on top Of Il, and many under, that
were drowned in the cream and had ID
be skinned out before churning. There
is az least one creamery in Iowa, wnere
the milk is delivered to the farmers
after going thru the separator, ana
such quantities have run on and into
the ground that a percpttble bad odor
can be noticed blocks away. There
are cream stations in Iowa, where the
smell almost knocks you down. Cream
is spilled on the floor and dries there
50 thick that 1t stands above the floor
level The testing tube in some places
is enough to make a non-butter eater
of an observer. Evidently the place
Is never mopped out, and equally in
evidence is it that the buyer has not
washed his hands since day before yes
terday. All this is not exaggeration
Coll ha M
Barney and assistants have not the
power to enforce sanitary conditions.
There is no desire to roast any state
officials It's to call somebody's atten-
ton to this state Of affairs in many
places not all. Many creameries and
cream stations are models Of neatness.
Jokingiy IL was suggested in this col
umn, the next fad in automobile circles
would be to take people TO church. One
man seriously approves of it. He says
lin our church are the owners of thirty
ma chimes" They are all in use for
pleasure Sunday afternoons If the roads
are good and the weather fine His
| idea is for these machines to make
regular trips Sunday mornin gs, on GER
tain streets. the territory to be divided
among the owners of these automo-
biles. They should be placarded with
small banners. for instance, "40th Pres
byterian, 9Th ST" 10th Baptist, Main
St" list Church of Christ, 18th ave-
nue." etc. From the pulpit or in the
church greeting, notices should be Civ
en-, Mr.. John Jones auto will pass thru
Eighth avenue Main street to Eleventh.
and Church street to door of church, at
10 a. M Elderly people and children
are given preference, but these JOY rides
are absolutely free to all. Special calls
will be made TO places, if intending
church goers will phone the church
janitor at 1915 Sunday a. NJ, or by
notifying: the pastor any time during
the week" This man also thinks the
same system would be good for the
mid week prayer meetings.
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