Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-26
Looker-On In Iona

! Lake City, Nov. 25.--We have heard
| moves TO town, and from lack of oc-
!, cupation. exercise and different sur
roundings in a few years causes first
class funeral, whereas IL he stayed on
| the farm following his usual occupa-
tons only in less strenuous way. he
would have lived to green old age.
/ Now it SO happens that in Clarion
! there are several retired farmers who
are going to live as long as they can
| see any body else alive. The writer Is
| told of one man whose earthly pos
sessions are SO valuable that Uncle Sam
asks him to pay an income tax, YET
! this man just for the fun OF the thing.
! no pay. makes a full, hand In a grocery
! store, especially doing the rough work
| recurring muscle He is the first man
on the job in the morning, and works
as long as he feels like II. Another
| man owning two farms worth at least
$50 900, works around town cleaning
windows, running lawn mowers, and a
general all round laborer. excepting OF
course heavy work. Another well-to-
! do retired farmer works on the road
with his team, and recently was found
on a cold wet morning, working away.
| and to a passerby, who asked what he
was doing. replied Working. and as
/ happy as hell An explanation of this
remark, said the man who told this
| story to the LOCKER On, is that he was
| contented and happy because he was
| working.
| Two men on the car seat behind
were just talking. Maybe they knew
1 what they were talking about, maybe
not. Yes sir, there's going to be a
1 test case. II will be arranged for some
saloon keeper somewhere In Iowa to
/ keep open his saloon and sell drinks
| after Jan. l, 1916. Expects to be ar
rested and carry the case to the SUI
preme court. The best lawyers will be
! engaged and the expense Will be met
| by an association of saloon men. There
are several loop holes in this repeal OF
the mulct law. and legal battle will
/ be fought to finish
The town of Garner has been spend
| ing considerable money this season on
public and private buildings The new
| Carnegie library building represents an
outlay OF $4,000. improvements on
the Congregational church. $4,000
! Masonic putting ana stOEeS unuei
meath, $4,000. Also many new private
residences.
And 1t gives the reader an idea oi
the chicken business in Iowa, to no.
tice in this town near the Milwaukee
depot frame building. say thirty feet
wide and forty feet long used as bis
chicken coop with a room at one enc
70 H.-rr all n
poultry. There must have been two
or three carloads IF live poultry in this
coop" when the writer walked by
saluted by at least 300 strong lunget
ducks. And this place is only one O
probably fifty in Iowa where as large
an amount of live and dressed poultry
is handled and shipped.
Here's a hard luck story. The fros
of Aug. 30 hurt his corn. The weathe
for three weeks after did not help II
but then came several weeks OF goot
weather. Some Of 1t was going to b.
!; worth cribbing. and htisking was t
be commenced Thursday. But tn
Sunday night before 1t rained and Il
blew great guns" almost tornado
some buildings being blown down. AM
on Monday morning that corn fell
was as fiat as tho steam roller ha'
gone over It. You could see tire
month"; shoat anywhere in the field.
said the owner And the writer, from
the car windows, saw several corr
} fields as fiat as pancakes. 1T neve
rains but 1t pours."
Il -
The account Of the Chicago baby b,
the mother and doctors allowed to di
, because OF deformlty, idiocy and dis
, ease, has been the subject Of Inuc
conversation, the majority thinkin
and saying 1t was merciful act. Blu
is seems in almost every town in low
we have just such specimens OF hu
. mainly who were not allowed to die.
and the stories told in the depots an
I hotels OF we have In our town, etc
goes to prove we have hundreds
such cases. outside OF the public insti
tutions built by the state OF Iowa. 70
the public care Of such unfortunat
human beings. And after one has sa
) in hotel office. and forced to listen Z
the details OF "such case In on
time" and another man hardly waitin
for time to finish his 1oathsome stor!
q commences lin our town there's
I. IDIOT etc." and when he gets thru tn
= old fellow in the cornea says "we'v
s got in our town case where the PAL