Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-15
Looker-On In Iona

Allison, April l5.-Ten miles from a
county seat, four miles from smaller
town, lives a man IN Iowa. who did not
hear Of the Easter tornado. or the
Ohio floods, ill the following Satur-
day when he came 10 town TO do his
weeks trading. AS he had not been
sick. two or three conclusions can be
drawn. First, he did not take daily
ppaer and did not live on rural
route. Again if he has weekly he
is satisfied TO get il Saturday. And.
Furthermore he Is not "a social ami
nal" for surely If he had a telephone
or the neighoors dropped IN once in
while, somebody would have mentioned
these terrible disasters. Query. does
such man enjoy living in Iowa:
On one of the branch railroads Of
Iowa the people have complained 10
the officials Of the railroad of the
wretched service they received in the
way Of irregular trains. The business
men and others more than once have
petitioned our board Of railroad COM
nissioners. But all in vain After
big snow storm while the main line
was opened in d day or two. il was
were operated. But listen. Uncle
Sam heard Of these things from time
20 time. A few weeks ago one Of his
poEtoffice department officials took
the superintendent of the division and
made trip over the branch. He had
a schedule Of the mail trains time az
the different towns. He also had
report showing the actual time the
mail arrived each day for the previous
sixty days. Then he plainly told that
superintendent unless an immediate
Improvement took place the United
States government would put on a star
route for mails at these different
towns and cancel the contract with
the railroad AS one other branch
railroad in Iowa did have this ex
perience last year this superintendent
knew Uncle Sam meant business.
Listen again From that day the mail
and passenger train has started III
the morning only few minutes late
and returns in the afternoon with
average promptness for any main line
train This writer saw "a thru
freight" held twenty minutes for the
branch passenger train, and last year
a reverse system was customary and
expected All of which is offered here
TO suggest to the people Of Iowa. that
If they board OF railway commits
! sioners given necessary legal power
and said board had the necessary de-
sire and intention to look out for the
interests Of the public. said board in
many cases in Iowa could do what one
/ man repT esenting Uncle Sa nflas done
for the people along this referred to
/ branch railroad.
In these days when we have first
class dentists and doctors in every
F. town of any size in Iowa it seems
! strange that a travelling doctor or den
| test can make good money by trav-
/ cling. paying car fare and hotel bills
and DO nothing but just pull teeth.
/ But there's tooth puller who
cleaned up s45 in one day in Nox-
town" recently. A local doctor gives
J the writer this information and fur
thermore says this travelling doctor is
| a good one He uses a secret prep
aration and actually pulls teeth with
| out pain but not without "payin'.
1t does this local doctor much good
10 hear how the travelling doctor talks
! To EN-" IF you want that tooth pulled
get in the chair, if not, get out OF the
way and let the others come in,' is
what he told one tinaid old man with
the perspiration standing all over his
face for fear sit would hurt" The resi-
dent physician would probably have
said please take seat IN the op-
Grating chair"
Our democratic friends have got ar
investigating committee at work II
Iowa. In one Iowa town where th<
republican Nasty has been holding on
overtime, because Of the "ruction' a
, Washington. business man, black
smith, druggist and one other man
a doctor, wtTe a%owea candidates .s'