Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-05
Looker-On In Iona

Sac City. Dec. 5.-This town Is soon
to have what has long been needed,
new modern hotel building. 1t is being
built adjoining the Park hotel. opposite
the court house and Will be a three
story brick building. so by 81 feet with
finished basement. The cost Of build
and furnishing will represent an out
lay in the vicinity Of 100000. D. NJ.
Palmer. present landlord of the Park
hotel, will run the new hotel.
Politics here in northwestern Iowa
are almost the same as in central Iowa.
If we have a presidential primary Taft
will run away behind LaFollette, the
only two mentioned candidates. There
is a general impression from reading
the columns of the Sioux City Journal
that Mr.. Taft will be supported by I'm
Gle George, while the readers of the
Tribune are prepared to have LaFol-
lette the candidate of the Tribune.
This much can be said. The Tribune
readers are in full sympathy with the
position of this paper, but many Jour
nal subscribers are LaFollette adj
mirers.
The inducements offered the people
OF Iowa to leave the best state in the
union, are added to by one of the
railroads, advertising free picture
show OF these farms and times OF the
northwest where this railroad has land
to sell. A hall is hired and lecturer
is there while the free show is in pro-
gress, and as the audience can actual
~ see the promised lands, without the
trouble of expense and trip to look
over the ground, it must be good
plan for everybody. Later on the rail-
road company will get returns. Tn
less one goes from town to town In
Iowa, no idea can be had OF the daily
exodus Of young and old leaving this
state for points In other states, where
the future seems to promise big re-
turns for time and money to be in
vested. Our very prosperity Is the
cause Of it, paradoxical as the state
ment seems. Rich men. farmers espec-
tally help their sons and son-in laws
get money from the place where the
old man made his money. Then, too.
the poor man wants to get away from
the gh-priced land and get some
where else where he thinks 1t will be
high priced in his old age Mean
while if the railroads OF the east are
doing anything to add to the census
| figures of some Of our towns, but even
that work results in taking many f.c.,,
farm to town. We have heard much
in this part that Iowa Is state-other
states are doing twas to make an
effort to attract people to Iowa.
! When?
The town Of Glidden is setting an
example in the way Of public I'M
provement other towns will do well to
notice. They are going to build Tor
the future. It IS an electric light plant
| costing $4,000 which is admittedly
way ahead Of present demand. A big
Corliss engine will be installed and the
| town will use the power for pump
! ing purposes, as we'll as to have power
to all Of those needing IT at present,
and hold out the inducement to manu-
/ featuring concerns TO locate In Glidden.
where power will be furnished at low
| rate.
! It is part of this column to men
ton these public i'm proveMents all
over Iowa, but an immense amount OF
public work in the way OF electric
| plants, school houses, waterworks sys-
| TENS. cement walks, even good roads,
| churches. city halls. paving public
streets, and last but not least, perma-
nent work on our farms. in the way OF
thing, cement corn cribs, and big
barns. thousands of slices, hundreds OF
fine residences, which receive only
passing notice in the local weekly
| and nearly all big dailies. 1t Is prob
ably safe to assert that Iowa spent
as much money along this line during
the present year as the United States
government has on the Panama cana
in the same year.