Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-14
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! Grinnell. Sept. 14.-If publicity is
an aid to enforcement, the anti-tipping
law will be success, for in nearly all
barber shops, and hotels, signs Of mo
| tipping" and printed copies Of the
! law are to be seen. This law is
peculiar in this respect, the Upper,
rather likes the idea, while the tippee
is utterly disguised. Barber shop pro-
prietors generally are glad to help en-
force the law as they say the system
caused much dissatisfaction, especially
among those unfortunate enough to
be employed on a "tight-wad" when a
Upper got into another chair on the
call Of next" Travelling men as a
rule are glad this law is in force, as
these men working the larger towns,
and stopping at the larger hotels found
dimes and quarters a necessary part
of their expense bill, running into
many dollars during a month. But so
determined is the travelling public to
keep up the system, a common report
is that Pullman and dining car en-
ployes are now tipped by the thru
passengers before crossing the state
line This law, however will have few
prosecutions as what's everybody's
business is nobody's business and will
soon become a dead letter, unless en-
ployers and officials of corporations
take an interest in its enforcement
and warn continuously both employees
and their patrons.
Thru Minnesota, on some railroads,
one see from car windows. great big.
tall silos, made of brick and covered
with a cement top. And, frequently.
when these silos are most in evil
dence, are to be seen on the railroads,
milk stations, and an occasional milk
train. The milk station is nothing but
"a big platform located at railroad
crossing, and the milk train consists
of an engine and refrigerator cars.
The crew must ride on the engine or
on top Of the cars, for no caboose
seems to be necessary on Z milk train.
Living in Iowa we sometimes wonder
how the farmers Of northern Mime
sofa make a living and get rich. They
raise little corn, feed few hogs, and
more stock can be seen in one hour in
an Iowa county, than in half days
car ride in northern Minnesota How
ever one Minnesota farmer raised
900 bushels Of potatoes this year.
In Mahaska county there is big
crop Of fall apples going a begging"
One car load Of Wealthy's has been
shipped out Of new Sharon, the buyer
paying SO cents a hundred pounds, ION
the trees" But there's hundreds OF
bushels Of fall apples. big, clean. free
from any blemish, high colored stock.
that owners would be glad to sell for
80 cents a busheL And three hours
ride in almost any direction from new
Sharon brings one to small towns
where good cooking apples are SELL
ing for 80 to 40 cents peck. In st.
Paul and Minneapolis the stores ad-
vertise as bargains, ten pounds OF
Wealthy's for rs cents; Maiden Blush.
ten pounds for IS cents" Around
Oskaloosa and New Sharon and some
other places, pruning and spraying Is
becoming quite general. The next
thing should be cooperative SELL
ing agency. Iowa towns can use every
bushel of apples raised in Mahaska
county, If producers and dealers can
get in touch with one another"
The town Of New Sharon, has gone
into the oiling Of streets, probably
more extensively than elsewhere IN
Iowa. Not only are the business
streets oiled, but the residence part
Of town has the same attention. Own
ers of store property pay $50 for
dose" of oil, and resident property
owners 50 for one sprinkling. At these
figures 1t is cheaper than sprinkling
with water Is by the month. as a
sprinkle of oil lasts for months. City
officials tell the writer that this OIL
business is less expense than to keep
the road drag in operation on business
and residence streets. 1t seems that in
1915, so the writer Is told. city councils
will be enabled to levy q 2-mill tax for
this kind OF road making. and 80 well
pleased are the people OF New Sharon
with oiled streets, next year every
street inside the city limits will be
oiled. Not only that but the farmers
are talking Of doing the same kind of
road work.
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