Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-06
Looker-On In Iona

Eldora. y OF- o--DuIiiiS Lie seot'AA'
cola snap we had a few weeks ago.
ducks and geese afforded our Iowa
hunters unusually good sport some
OF these hunters strongly opposed 10
the spring shooting regulations were
open in admitting that perhaps we
VIII have better shooting in the fan"
Then came our Indian simmer long.
inc and pleasant and duck shooting
even in the fall was poor. But per-
haps before this gets into type will
have q small blizzard and the fun will
commence again.
In quite a small town. where there is
little demand for garden stun because
everybody has a garden Of their own.
one man pointed out lot OF tomato
vines. still bearing. on a patch OF
ground not ten feet wide and thirty
feet long. and said ne had sold this
year in that town from this small spot
over SIS worth Of tomatoes. He got
them, in early from plants grown in the
/ furnace heated basement Of mis- house
and so got early high prices. Last
year a clerk in one Of the Marshall
I town stores sold $50 worth of tomatoes
T. from his garden.
4 The writer was sure he rad met men
on the road representing every line
/ Of business He knows of a travelling
man selling Smiths Blackberry Bal
sun. price 50 for Il box containing
two dozen bottles. Some days he
coesr'. sell any Some days by max
I irg' three or four towns he has big
day Of sales OF sl2 TO SIS. How his
firm makes any money after his salary
and expenses are paid is a conundrum.
Another travelling man told the writer
he Travelled once eighteen months with
Z. out making sale. and then sold an
I $4,000 job What was 1t? Grain ele-
yato- complete. Built 1t, put in gas
engine, scales, everything complete and
when finished got his money. And not
( eye-yDody knows that many colleges
/ keep man on the road TO induce stu
dents TO come 10 our college" Some
are aware there is a woman traveller
selling babies, real live sweet babies.
that .s takes orders and later delivers
the gooGs She is an adept ut the BUSH
nesE, both IN digposing NJ her stock.
az web as selecting good homes, which
imDlies good people. for the children
from the big home which sends her
out, All this was called to mind by
meeting not long ago travelling agent
for hospital. This agent visits peO-
pie with chronic diseases, the unfort-
innate who are not cured or helped BY
the local medical talent, and many OF
| whom are ready to try anything that
promises relief. Contracts are made
covering board, medicines and medical
attendance, 30 there il complete I'M
Ioerstanding before these sick people 60
to the hospital. In one case at least
this travelling agent, not even doctor.
closed deal for $3.50. All this refers
TO private hospitals. But 1t seems that
public hospitals find it necessary to
keep men on the road, for recently
man representing a public hospitai
conducted by the -- at Blanktown
was out securing subs criptions Tor
maintenance and soliciting the friends
OF rick people to have sucn sick people
INsent to our hospital Why not?
Every other line has "a man on the
road"
1 ON the c. 4 ~. w. railroad from
tTansa to Eagle Grove, ruiiribg regu-
lIayl, on the way freight, is conductor
forgot to get his name--who taxes
care Of his cabooce ~ tho he owned It
Lately he has purchased and put dowE
an oil cloth on the floor. Biacked the
store with polish he paid Tor. The DAY
the writer rode with him he was var
nishing the woodwork while the trair
was running between stations. He FUR