Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-02
Looker-On In Iona

Conrad, May This town has al
ways had the reputation of being meat
and tidy" Not only the business places
stocks but residences ard lawns and
streets are noticeabIe for the care need
ed to keep them attractive. This spring
an epidemic. evidently conta gious. has
struck the town. to paint the inside Of
the business houses. and the result is
so pleasing the wonder is other towns
have not caught the fever. becomin g
innoculated by just observing the i'm
proved appearance Of Conrad. But
many Iowa towns are immune to the
paint fever.
Iowa Falls has many public enter
prises worth mentioning. but none
more SO than Mrs Sinlplot's private
school for the purpose of teaching
young girls 20 sew. At present build
ing about 40 by so Is in an unfinished
condition, being two fun stories and
basement when completed. Children
whose parents are able pay for teach
ing 20 sew but some charitable work is
done. The college at Ar1es is doing
some practical work along the line Of
cooking. Never was money better in
vested by the state of Iowa Now if
We could have local schools in every
town to teach our girls TO sew and
cook, what blessing to mankind in
genera! and Iowa in particular No
need of mentioning schools necessary
for our girls 10 be taught dancing.
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mothers can be depended upon to at
tecd 10 this branch of their education
Why is il one enjoys railroad trip
with one conductor more than another?
You don't have to associate with him
II YOU have cash. mileage. or a ticket
All conductors will treat you we'll, but
that old verse will come to mind every
time some conductors go thru the train
Il do not love thcs DR.. Fell.
The reason why 7 can not tell
Some Of us the other day saw two
farmers come into the smoker carry
ing harness which they placed in
an empty seat ahead Of them. 1t hap
pened to be the seat where the con-
ductor kept his ticket box, and MOTTO
ing the harness. he spoke up get that
truck out Of that seat and then went
thru the train picking up the fares
Well we all knew harnesses are not
made to put on car seats. but Just the
same II the occupants Of that car We're
voting to elect a new president Of that
railroad that conductor would have re-
ceived very few votes. Hardly neces-
sary to vote him into the office He
imagines he owns the road today.
Nearly every town has a man that
would be such a nice man If he would
let liquor alone" And it's true hes
good fellow when he's sober" but he's
drunk so many days in the year that
there's little display Of nice man and
good fellow. In such towns the drug
gists have blacklisted such men for
many years, the beer saloons won't
sci! him q drop and the 7oo,lessers
don't dare to take any chances. Still
such men get liquor and get drunk
Who furnishes the stuff? In town
in northwestern Iowa there was such
a case. Friend Of the drunkard and of
mis- family. determined ito find out
where he got his liquor" A volunteer
detective force Swallowed" him night
and day. For three days and nights
they tagged" after him, two men al
ways on duty On the third night Mr..
Drunkard took a walk in the suburbs
Of the town. So did the volunteer de-
tectives. Just as it got dark the latter
saw the former go into a big cu1vert,
remain moment, come out and re-
sumo his walk. Then the detectives
grabbed him and found on his person
two full quarts Of whisky. This was
great "old sleuth" work. but the de-
tectives have not yet discovered who
stocked the culvert with whisky.
1t is admitted duck shooting this
spring in Iowa was the best for years.
One day two weeks ago three men en-
tered the cars in northwestern Iowa
with 40 dead ducks. mostly blue bills
and teal. And they shot many they
couldn't get, waves SO high they float
ed out in the lake" Literally thous-
ands OF ducks on their way north to
nest and hatch out tens Of thousands
of young ducks were killed on such a
trip. It can be safely asserted these
thousands OF ducks viii not increase
the stock Of ducks in Canada or Iowa
next spring. These hunters admit this
argument. but say hunters in the south
have been shooting ducks all winter,
and all the dead ducks they got level
of, win not come north in the spring.
That's true, too But in Grfnnell
there lived for many years man that
for several years previously killed
hundreds Of buffalo out west just to
get their hides which he sold for 81
each to men that came to those happy
hunting grounds with wagons and dol
lars after the hides. We're a great
people. The man that killed the goose
that laid golden eggs was just as smart
as We Americans are
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