Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-22
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Seventeen years ago where this town
now stands was an Iowa prairie.
The beet sugar business which has
been a good thing for both town and
country promises a revival next year.
Only about a hundred acres were
planted around here this year. But they
will make several train loads, not car
loads, but train loads. A beet sugar fac
tory at Chaska, Mimi, takes the out
put as we'll as that at Olaf, the next
town east on the NJ. & ST. L. The
growers are getting big returns. and
from the present outlook next year
larger acreage than ever before will be
planted.
And the town of Belmond and east
ern parties are warming over" the
project of building beet sugar factory
in Belmond. The soil in this part OF
the state has been thoroughly tested
for several years. There is no soil any
where better for sugar beet raising.
Everything looks as tho the democra-
tic administration, because they have
to have the money will repeal the free
sugar Jaw which goes into effect next
May. Sugar prices are up. the south
wants protection on sogar, the gov
eminent has got to increase its in
come, the beet sugar men with money
want 10 build more factories. Belmond
citizens vii meet their proposals to
erect a factory there. so it is safe to
assume its a GO
The town CT Rockwell is only a small
gathering II enterprising citizens. yet
they had blackboard bulletin on the
streets wills the big games Of baseball
We're being played. Each inning was
reported, outs. runs, men on bases,
the whole stuff" OF course the
larger times make this a yearly affair,
but Rockwell is a small burg and as
the writer saw the interest manifested,
the offer of bets, the knowledge of the
qualities Of the players just the same
as tho it was a crowd of fans in Chi
cago. He wondered why this was thus.
Probably not five men in the crowd
had ever seen one of the league pay
ers. l. is doubtful if dozen men in
Rockwell had ever seen a big league
game played. yet there they were as
excited as tho these players were
friends o. their childhood. and every
one had a strawberry mark on his eft
arm. Who can explain why they raised
the money to get this wire report and
why they APPARENTLY got big moneys
worth?
The state OF Connecticut has lot of
blue laws on her statute books.
which they can neither enforce nor re-
peal. They make no effort to enforce
them. and at the meeting Of their leg
islature it seems Impossible to repeal
some Of them. In Iowa we are stuck
in the same way on curfew bell city
ordinance in several towns The only
enforcement is for tire city marshal to
ring the bell at O'Clock And good
: men and women in these towns would
were repealed Yet it is bad business
Young people, knowing the situation.
pay no attention to the curfew bell.
and it is the easiest kind of rea son-
ing on their part to think other laws
can be broken with inpunity. In such
towns the laws. concerning fast driv-
ing with automobiles are almost ig-
nored by the young people of both
sexes Ii is only when city marshal
is in sight that they slow down. Might
as well have an automobile bell and
ring 1t at o'clock
Just how they get those positions in
depots hotels banks, stores and other
public places is wonder. The young
chap with the big head" is bad
enough Suppose has father does own