Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-31
Looker-On In Iona

4oSA1uOAu, SAE. oU.-:An UNUSUAL poll
tical condition exists up this way.
When the crowd gathers in the post
Offices in the morning all open the pa
per TO read at once the action Of the
legislature the preceding day in regard
TO the election Of United States senator.
II favorite candidate has gained a
vote or more there Is great rejoicing.
and the other feller" is crowed over.
afterwards in their place. of business
and one finds not near as pronounced
a feeling in favor OF this or that cam
dida,e In one town. where the repre-
sentative changed one day from Funk
TO Kenyon, hardly a mad man was
heard from. II can be said that the
s'endpatters are more intense in de-
handing that Late and Lafe only is the
man OF men. but q score o. standpat-
tiers quietly admitted III Kenyon gets
there they will not lie awake nights.
One account Of his congressional district
Mr.. Garst had few followers up this
way. The same is true OF Mr.. Byers so
their withdrawal only interested the
voters 20 notice which candidate In
creased his lead. In . general sort OF
way this is the situation In Hardin,
Franklin and Wright counties The
staadpatters Will not feel very bad If
enough Young men go back on him
and elect Kenyon. Mr.. Funk has a
strong following. but 80 has Mr. Ken
yon. II the mem bers Of the legislature,
those that represent progressive
strongholds. get together and elect eth
er OF these men there will be but little
geenrai dissatisfaction. There is a gen.
eral feeling that the republicans get
together and do something, elect some
bory. The talk OF Judge Deemer 1s
not favorably received. II the stand
patter should Toss up penny" wherf-
er TO vote for Young or Kenyon. some
would like 10 have it ended that way.
And the head or tail plan for Kenyon
or Funk would not offend many The
idea now most commonly expressed Ia
for the republican members OF the leg
islature 10 'gec busy and do some
thing.
A story came to the writer this week
OF young lady. well. some would call
her an old maid, that for a number OF
years worked here in Iowa in LAWYERS
offices as stenographer and shorthand
reporter. and at not very large wages.
Circumstances brought her out west
into thriving western town, where
she entered upon the same kind of
work. She had saved up few hundred
dollars and as everybody else was
specu!ating in land. she made an in.
| Vestment and cleaned up 5000 inside
OF six months. Now she has the land
fever bad and as the firm she works
! for is doing land office business. she
has several deals on the side. and is
credited with considerable shrewdness
IN her Investments Horace Greedy
didn't say go west young woman, but
1t was good advice to young men, and
is just as good to young women.
Mr. Barney is getting some pound
ing because Of his expressed opinions
| on tuberculosis in cattle" but he is
getting much praise for the inspection
work he is doing by self and deputies.
Creamery men. some Of them that have
/ been visited and told few things are
In sympathy with the work being done
along this line. And they are of the
opinion that the cream buying stations
now regular thing in nearly all Iowa
towns, are not as rigidly inspected az
they are in the creamefies. In one
Iowa town, not here, the creamery man
told "of the filthy condition in the room
over town. where they bought
cream" and a visit Of the writer
proved every word of the criticisms. It
is probable that few laws put In the
statute books have ever had 30 Eener-
al public feeling and sentiment in
favor OF as our pure food and sanitary
inspection laws Mr.. Barney and his
assistants have the communities with
them in every case where they bring
violators to task
Pocahontas county probably n the
banner county in drainage work. A