Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-27
Looksy-On In Lo,va

Spencer, Feb. 27.-A two weeks trip
in Northwestern Iowa gives one the
impression the progressive movement
is waning in this part OF the state.
Particularly does this show In the an
! nounced candidates for county onlces.
Only here and there are straight
! progresstvss cut as candidates against
| the republican and democratic would
! be office holders. Perhaps in one or
two counties, a man will be sent to the
(, legislature as a progressive, but near
! ly all will wear a republican badge. In
l nearfEs all of these towns are few cut
! and out !progressives, men who DO
much talking because their hearts are
in the cause, but it is safe state
Inent to make, that in counties where
three tickets are in the field, the pro-
/ gress!ve candidate will not poll over
/ half the number of votes that Roose-
Welt had. Another noticeable thing is
| the frequently heard statement. i
never left the republican party. l
voted against Taft, that's all. 1t didn't t
occur to me TO vote against the repub-
lican state ticket any more than 1t does
this year" A chairman of the county
prog, esSive party told the writer he
hoped there would be no county or
state progressive ticket in the field and
he proposed to vote for Cummins if
there was a dozen other can iida.es.
Another peculiar state of affairs ex-
Z ISIS up this way. AS everybody knows
northwest Iowa has been gradually go
Ing DRY" Il IS sad there is now not
an open saloon on the c. & NV.
railroad from Tama to Hawarden. Yet
the word prob ai,ion is hardy heard in
the hotel or corner grocery talk There
Seems 10 be 40 prohibition organization
or Intention TO send p-ohi aticnists 20
the lestsla ttlVe. And the wet" crowd
the business men who honestly think
the loon helps trade, for some reason
are not "holle-ing" This referring 10
Counties ana towns with open saloons
3 year or tNo ago. The situation
seems so be much as the Iowa farmer
regards hog cholera. If you are rails
ing hogs il IS a part Of the business,
and If in the saloon business. why you
take your chances # being shut up.
An incorporated company in Sioux
City see millions in their patented auto
stee! tire. II is hard to describe, but
il is a tire Of air cushions covered with
a thin layer Of rubber TO make i,
noissiess. In some way as the wheel
goes around. driving OIL. some Of the
air. it is automatically filed again
with air before the next revolution. Ii
is claimed 10 be practica! and to wear
as long as any steel manufactured arti-
Gle and TO be sold al much less figures
than the rubber tire.
AT Crystal Lake. near Sioux City, an
immense crop of ice has been stored
ard many car loads shipped to Kan
sas City and other points. They have
in operation plane TO cut off the de-
posit Of snow, 'sH,sh and dirt which ac-
cumulates On all lakes This plane is
placed at the top Of the chute. and as
the cake of ice is drawn UP to the ice
house it goes under the knife and cuts
off the one, two or three inches of dirty
ice. The knHe can be set to shave of
any thickness desired, and SO easily is
1t operated there is no Slowing up
when the block OF ice strikes the knife.
With this kind OF planer there Is no
need of pianing or scra.ping the ice
before it Is cut. Travelling men men,
ton that there has been or will be 1900
cars of ice. shipped from Spirit Lake
to Kansas City, and over 1000 cars to
other points. A low freight rate is p-s-
sibie. because no claim for damages is
possible. as all is shipped at the own
ers risk. Railroad men say they get
it in the neck both coming and going.
If it is an open winter and no snow
shoveling Necessary. then the coal
carrying traffic is light. Here il 10
about the 1st of March and many de-
pot platforms have not been swept this
winter. One business man in Rock
we'll City says his coal bill has no.
been half what is was last winter. The
livestock in this part Of the state have
been in the corn stalks every day this
winter and not over an inch or two OF
snow has been on the ground at one
time.
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