Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-14
Looker-On In Iona
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Beimond, April H.--What can be-
called "a lucky railroad accident o.
Cured here last week. Freight train
NO. ass going west on the II. & st, L.
orlage near town. fog some reason
winch Will probably never be known
Jumped the rear wheels OF q loaded car
directly across the track. This on a
wooden bridge. And so little damage
was done to car or bridge that the crew
on the train pulled the car back on 10
the rails inside Of three hours and traf-
fic was resumed as usual
Here's another lucky affair: August
Meier, farmer living near Thornton,
look his whole family to town TO an
evening Show When they arrived
home late at night, they found a fire
mad started in the parlor. burned the
curtains. scorched the piano. a big
round place in the carpet. had burned
and the floor had been on IRE. Thanks
to closed doors and lack OF q draft the
flames were ,extinguished and a glass
OF water put out the few. spots still
ouA Hhe oH tHe idHnly return.
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How much the American people take
for granted was shown In railroad
depot the other day. The depot agent
spoke up from the window, All Of you
In the room going to- Mason City step
up to the window and change your
tickets. sold your tickets from the
wrong case" And eight men and wo-
men walked up.-who had paid for tick
cts to Mason City and had tickets for
Sex:own. The agent, had sold eight
/ tickets for Mason City and persons had
paid for them and neither the agent
nor one of the eight persons had looked
at them. And in a bank once. the writ
er heard the cashier ask Of a town
man: Whom did you, take that check
FROM" The business man had taken
an unsigned check and endorsed It,
when he deposited his checks and cash
for the day the cashier failed to notice
the lack Of signature, and credited the
business mans account with the un-
signed check. BY the way, II one will
take the trouble he can find bank bills
lacking the signature of either the
cashier or president. They are good
just the same Good with both sigma
lures missing If put in circulation by
the bank falling to put on the sigma
lures at least that's what one bank
cashier said.
Il isn't necessary to 60 over to Eng
land or Ireland to find where ones re-
Iigious belief enters into public affairs
1t seems that IN one Iowa town there
happened to be only one Roman each
lit 81 80 10 Fov fty
was not so bigoted but what ne gave s.
| a year to the VI. z. church and to give
/, his daughter the right kind of a teach
ers education, sent her to Cedar Falls
/ where she graduated. or course he
! could have sent her to some convent
| but he didn't. Well, when she applied
| for country school she couldn't get
one in that county because she was 9
| Catholic" Now the scribe happens te
know several mighty smart school
{ ma ans in Iowa, who eare regular at
| tenants and consistent members Of the
Roman Catholic church, and they arr
| teaching and drawing good salaries
and he told this father OF them ant
. where they taught. Il don't doubt YOU
word" said he, but my daughter car
| no. get school in this county.
Railroad Commissioner Clifford
| Thorne is as popular an official as W,
| have in Iowa today. The voters es'
| pecially the business men, are readin.
! of the railroad rate fight he is making
and they feel he is trying to stand To-
the interests Of the people. -
| There's another public official VIII
has the people behind him and that
Commissioner Barney. Even II SOM
of us have to disagree with some Of hi
| theories We are very much please!
with his PRACTICES.
Governor Clarke is another officia
much in the lime light these days
strange as it may seem. many OF hi
best political friends regret that he ha
made q public defense Of his enforce'
work as q member Of the executive
council In raising farm valuations. Tn
/ democrats are making the most Of y
and the sympathy they have for tn
dear farmer Is touching. More thal
one voter has said to the writer: !
1 the republican party goeS back o.
i Clarke and fails to Yenomtnate nm,
hope the democrats wilIswfn out" sue
men are Disguised with the attempt
Of ambitious republicans TO secure :
nomination, giving a. an ument IN
can not be reelected.
4, II may be that Just before the dat
| set by law, there will " Z list ofs'.ps00
|, GreSsive" names put on 2pfcefe rely J.
tickets and 4 fght made TO ieieets o
"A icials as progressiveS from Unats
States senator down to conSsabses N
, !. coroner. but at this writing svsFy 70
-, r.,t ,,rorressives are coming 0ut