Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-20

The Iowa City Reporter says: "Mr.
Watts, OF this city, has recently 70
turned from trip east. On his way
home, he represents the immigration
bound for Iowa az astonishing and
unprecedented. For miles and miles.
day after day, the prairies OF Illinois
are lined with cattle and wagons, push
ling on towards our prosperous state.
A point beyond Peoria. Mr.. Watts re-
manned over night, whore he was In
formed that, during q single month,
1,743 wagons had passer. and all Tor
Iowa. Allowing five persons to wag-
on, which ID q fair average, we have
B,715 souls to add to our population.
This being but the immigration Of the
month, and upon one route only out
OF many, it would not be an unrea-
sonable assertion to say that $4,000
men, women and children will have
come into this state by the LIST Of De-
cember. reckoning from the lst Of Sep
tember.'
Remembering that those spoken Of
by Mr.. Watts all came by wagons,
please add this item, from the Chicago
Press: Most Of the passenger trains
came in last week with two locomo-
tives; and the reason Of this great in
crease of power will be understood
when 1t Is known that 10000 passen-
/ gers arrived from the east, by the
Michigan Southern road, during the
last week--a city in the short space OF
six days!"
| To the above. add the crowds who
ascend the Mississippi and Missouri
upon every boat. Of whom as many
as 600 have passed st. Louis In one
day!
| The Oskaloosa Times says: From
early morning till nightfall, the covered
wagons are passing thru the place.
We learn from old citizens that the
| tide of immigration is this year greater
than they have ever known before We
should think at least a thousand per-
sons pass thru Oskaloosa every week,
about these times, on their way
westward. Not an hour in the day but
we see teams hauling up on the
square"
| The Davenport Commercial adds:
That's our case, precisely. Our ferry
Is busy all hours In passing over the
| large canvas backed wagons. densely
populated with becoming lowaians. An
army OF mechanics have added 800
buildings to this city during the past
season. vet every nook and corner OF
them are engaged before they are fin
lshed; bat our hospitable. citizens will
not allow any to suffer for want OF a
shelter. In several instances the citi-
zens have like true aborigines. with
drawn to close quarters. and given
| their parlors to those who have come
!; to make their homes among us and
I u 10. nd lv,,A i.
not vacant dwelling or business
! room In the city"
| The Burlington Telegraph says:
I Twenty thousand immigrants have
| passed thru the city within the last
thirty days. and they are still crossing
at the rate of 600 and 100 day. We
have these facts from the ferry folks,
/ who keep q sort Of running register.
| About one team in hundred is labeled
| Nebraska; all the rest are marked
Iowa
| The Dubuque Tribune says: Daily
yes. houriy-immigrants are arriving
| in this and neighboring counties from
Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois.
All are in raptures at the lovely sights
which here greet their gaze; and they
with one accord yield the palm to
western Iowa for lovely prairies. beau-
| tiful groves OF timber. and lneandering
streams OF water"
The editor OF the Dubuque Re-
porter thus speaks of the Prospects
OF Iowa." Never before, in the his
tory OF this northwestern region OF
the United States. has there been a
now presented to those who take an
interest in its progress and welfare
! Viewing the almost countless throng
OF immigrants that crowd our streets
and learning that similar scene Il