Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-18
cash rent. How,s that for Marhail
county soil?

county soil?
The town Of Brooklyn has new
100000 school house and $4,000 Pres
byteriau church. thanks 10 the taxpay-
ers and the religiously inclined people
Of the town, Many new residences VIII
be built the coming season.
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In one Of the meat markets in Grin
nell a dressed veal WAS hanging. hide
on. only head and two first joints OF
legs cut of, and II cost the proprietor
Is cents pound and freight charges
Higher retail prices are coming IN the
near future to the meat eaters OF that
town.
It's a matter of general remark that
"the rabbit crop" this year. ie., this
winter, was failure. OF course, re-
moving so many wooden sidewalks has
forced bunny to live in the suburbs.
Only a few years ago any one on the
streets in the residence portion OF any
Iowa town, could see on moonligh,
nights, hundreds Of rabbits. the wood
en- sidewalks making an Ideal home foi
the cotton tail Dressed rabbits In those
days were cents each six Tor q quar-
ter. And closed season talk for rab-
bits was form of lunacy talk. There's
an unproven theory some disease. an
epidemic of some kind. has killed thsm
of by the thousands. and this theory
has some foundation in that many
farmers report dead rabbits IN the
fields. This too, where there was
plenty Of food. AT any rate another
factor has been added to the high cost
of living. When dressed bullheads
were sold at 25 cents pound in Mar
shailtown, that hurt but o have to go
without dressed rabbits. that's too
much"
The Hartford Couran, tells us again
some good work their utilities commits
sion is doing in Connecticut. We had
similar case once in Narshalltown,
the company settled and that was the
end of it. Read this:
Utilities Report on Sufield Accident
AS result of the accident in SUI
field on Dec. IT. in which Miss Ger
trude Garity received SO severe an
electrical shock while attempting to
turn on an incandescent lamp which
hung from cord in the toilet room
of her reside nee, that she was rendered
unconscious and SO burned as to neces-
state the amputation of both her hands
the puddle utilities commission of the
state has recomme ended that each pub
lie service company in the state, gen.
Grating, transmitting or supplying for
public. general or other uses IN the
state, electrical energy of any char
acter. shall institute a careful and
systematic inspection of all it's lines in
the months of April and October Of
each year. and shall file a written re-
port with the commission within five
days after each Inspection"
Today in Iowa thousands OF people
are every day and hour exposed to this
kind Of danger. Does anybody know of
any authority anywhere vested in any
Iowa official to order any inspection of
telegraph OF telephone wires?
For that matter has anybody the
authority, or II they have. was it ever
used to prevent our railroad companies
employees from emptying day after day
into the water tanks. any kind OF water
in the passenger cars tanks, and some
times not emptying the settled sediment
IN SuCD lankS weeks. Yes IlUINHs
Has anyone got any power in Iowa to
prevent the tank filler from using his
greasy, dirty, unwashed hands, TO
handle the ice, or to put in ice cut in
some slough. the receptacle of the
washings of hundreds of acres OF high
er grounds? Do we need public util-
tiles commission in Iowa.
The N. & ST. L. railroad avoids such
criticism as the above, by not putting
any water in the tanks in the cars
running on the branch lines. The State
Center branch train was dry one day
last week and the crew, when asked
about it. didn't know when the tank
was filled. All this is nobodys bust
ness in Iowa.
I, may be in some localities there's
some interest in the so-cailed progress
hive party but tbs scribe fails to run
on to it Even in Grinnell where bull
moosers are much in evidence. the av-
erage voter cares very little about