Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-12
Looksr-On In IONA

Clarion, Dec. IA story is being
tel6 up this way u an Iowa farmer
hEskiag le6e0 bushels Of corn, haul
Ing The s2rgat di-yc, 10 the shelter.
then &c :Ea elevator il town Il VAS
contracted 81 s. cents for SO pounds
THIS is declared 10 be the highest
price ever paid = this locality for new
corn. FprIf2es.rer@. Il all received he
shes: grade q The Chicago market
( Only few years ago IN Wisconsin
O. : 5sning "Trip. the sriier rode over
laabeT railroad where al the dis
+ p2Ichcfs Work was done by telephone.
Z Mentioning his here in Iowa 10 rail-
read nsn ell -naaner Of fan was
-pcked" * the i1Enber railroad Today
HitA few exec pTlprs all Of Our rain
6!sPatchers Use tAe telephone in nlov-
ing trains. bsf keep thf telegraph in
commission tor emergencies and long
distance work i is probably true this
/; telephone work commenced from 2
4 railroad superintendent finding out an
/. ingenious sta Ion agent hked the rega-
/ lar teleEra ph wire so he could Use IL
: as telephone 10 talk 10 his na.g Dor
I ing station agent However the rail-
road companies have found out I, Is
better 70 string big copper w!re on the
poles and Use i exclusively for talk :
| This writer ands in the hotels the
usual gangs Of men selling all kinds
Of things 10 the farmers generally
/ there is boss" win four TO six men,
! sno pays the livery and hotel bills.
One linz OF business seems To be cut
% date, and that Is The whisky agent,
4 who stopped q the best hotel, had the
( best driving teams, always insisting OF
a sober driver and who took orders
I for future delivery. Sometimes he was
man who did not touch q drop him :
self, and man who made friends
everywhere. gu. this year there's
man who sells county rights Tor the
right 70 sell an automobile attachment.
as well rs the thing Itself. And
! il sells too TIE writer knows OF one
town where ne sold three IN one fore
aoo., at Sc EACH And The little thing
! is not bigger than small sized
/ sausage grinder But hear the rest o;
I the story. He is actually selling coun-
~ rights for $3.50. and a cash order for
/ 500 attachments al sl-25 each. 10 who.
! Suckers no sir travelling men.
Some Viii work IL as a side line ana
Two men say they will throw up thei'
| present jobs and work II exclusively.
Far be IT from the writer TO say any
thing against the sale Of county rights
May every one OF them get rich. But
| one travelling man sitting over In the
| corner Of the hotel office quietly asked
"Suposing buy Polk county and some
other fellow gees to selling In Des
MoInes and work week or two be-
fore find it cut. what can / do about
it? What IS the company you rep
resent going 70 DO about it?" "Oh," re-
piled the county right agent, that new
er ha opens, they all make money
enough selling around home In their
own county II was train time 30 THU
scribe did not hear the end Of the ar
gument.
Referring to schemes. or shall wt
say advertising. there Is now com
mon practice Of selling medicine, o.
rather giving away samples OF medi.
cines. sending thru the mails small
attractive sanple and advertising cir.
eulars Recently In one family THU
sample arrived Just when needed apt
a 12-year old girl decided II one doss
was good. two doses would cure twic'
as soon. and unknown TO any one
" q Il; :. IS ;a.os;s:>i Aese. When tht
doctor arrived. after much auestioninl
she owned up and IN a few days was a,
well as ever. But it's safe to say II
that family, using sample medicines
received by mall or picked UP OF thu
front porch the practice IL at an end.