Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-18

garage building will be completed early
in the spring. The poles are In place
and the wire is being strung on them
and in a few weeks the town Will be
using electricity, the Juice being fur
nished by the Park Dam Company, OF
Eldora One gets an idea of how
farming is done in this vicinity by
noticing that on the day the writer was
in town, four carloads OF hogs were
shipped to Chicago, each carload being
shipped by the owner and raiser of the
hogs. Then figure out at present
prices, how big a check each farmer
| brought home No wonder it hurts
| when hog cholera gets into neishoor-
hood, where farmers feed and fatten \
carload of hogs.
The Hubbard creamery transacted
in 1912, so the farmers around there
do something besides raising hogs.
In Ames it was learned ii is no joke
the students ind the parcel post
mighty handy to send home the wash
ing" Broken open packages gave
away this economical stunt. And the
rural route carriers have more than
suspicion that return packages contain
doughnuts, cake and pie exactly as
! mother used to make them.
The alumni and other citizens who
are waging war on the proposed action
OF the educational board are reported
10 have raised a fund Of over thou
sand dollars to carry On the war. One
observing citizen of Ames figures out
all this ruction would have been
4 l.. i t,,&t nd t,S
He says there is a law which prevents
any of the educational board from be-
ing candidate for the governorship,
while they are members OF the board
So when Il recent governor OF Iowa de-
sired to succeed himself. he naturally
appointed sel eral prominent 1owanS on
the board. thus lessenins the numbers
OF possible entries for the race. Won
der if that is true?
The town of AmeS is up against
situation that will come TO other towns
and the outcome Will be watched With
| interest The town has a we'll managed
municipal electric light plant. So We'll
managed that they have some $4,000
to their credit in the bank. But now
| the town has outgroWn the capacity Of
the plant Something must be done.
The machinery, etc, has seen its best
days. To put it in shape for present
needs of the town it Will use UP that
| $4,000 and as much more Of the tax
payers money. Then TO complicate
matters the Boone Electric Company
and the t'crt Dodge Car line Coinpany
made overtures to sell the -ATes cleo
trio municipal plant. electricity az
wholesale. the Ames company 10 retail
Il TO their patrons as al present. som"
claim this price is lower than Alnes
can make their own electricity. Others
, admitting this argument say these big
companies are offering this low whole
! sale price TO kill off the local company
and when II is dead and buried. say te:!
Years from now, these big concerns will
pat up the price and the public really
get no benefit. The majority favored a
plan by Vote 10 enlarge the home plant
Here is another clipping for Your
scrap book. DR.. f. Rice, of Roland.
has used his automobile for profess
sional work every this winter OF 1872
Is. with the exception of four days.
and on these four days some were run
ming their machines.
! Dtchers near Roland, and this is in
Story county. Iowa. have worked every
/ day this winter OF 1912-1S A gang
boarding at the hotel have walked out
20 their work, nearly a mile from
! town. every morning This winter.
Many southern birds spent January
| in Marshall county. The old settlers
| can not give the name of the species,
! but they don't below here one woina II
| III Albion saw and fed some brea d
crumbs TO a robin in January. 1912.
/ These birds seem TO come and go in a
| day. which is explained by the fact
some kinds Of birds can travel several
| hundred miles in twenty four hours.
, The English sparrow has given open
| air concerts every morning in Iowa eV-
! cry day of the winter of 1898. Like
! the poor they are always with us. but
this winter they have done much more
| concert work than usual
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