Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-02
Looker-On In Iona

Belmond, Feb John Rule. pro-
prieto- Of the Case Hotel, is firm be-
lever in the theory q fresh air for
everybody. everywhere, 5uI the prac-
teal exemplihcation Of tho theory
causes him much grief. He has sur
mounted one trouble. In Coo. weather
especially. travelling men and others
will persist in leaving the front door
open In two minutes the office cools
off what taxes ten minutes TO neat
again This threatened John with an
untimely grave and his clerk, Hill be-
came so nervous that me guests claim
he would tear out handsuls Of hair In
his excitement trying 10 keep thar
from. door closed. But John owns
fine scotch collie and oyycareful train
ing has taught Brownie 70 close the
door when requested 20. Brownie
taught himself to open an door with
a thumb latch on the outside and TO
close the door was = much harder
part Of his education. But Brownie
is wearing away. To close door, say
200 times day. is NOR. than any DOG
can stand up under To oolige
Brownie sometimes the srests close
the door as they enter II vs. when they
go out that kills Brownie All this
i leads up 20 Johns experience last
Wednesday night when the terrmo-
! meter registered % degrees below zero.
Some fresh air guest before going to
! bed opened MS window half way up
Result. the steam pipes bursted and
the water pipes IL two rooms froze
! and cracked ard the Case Hotel had
| running water in two rooms. AS soon
! as trade lets up Hin is gong to teach
!. .ar m.
close the windows.
There's some strange things about
| the railroad business. For instance. we
have ali seen gravel trains hauling
/ gravel for surface work. serenty-n Ave
| to 100 miles. These gravel trains fire.
quently go by another gravel pit. fifty
miles nearer to where It ID dumped.
And the writer once saw an employe
OF the shops come thirty miles to set
| a pane Of glass. It wasn't to do any
other work, for he went away on the
next train. I one town the agent Of
the railroad ordered a crate for the
depot furnace during August. Again
| in October he asked for II. In Decerp-
| Der he was trying TO keep the depot
warm, using iron rods as part OF the
(
! iness is hard to understand. Kansas
City and St. Joseph are now getting
their ice supply from northern Iowa,
1 this on railroad that must have good
/ ice 200 miles south Of place OF ship
ment.
After ali none of US are capable Of
running a railroad. Il takes experts
to Go that Why IL some OF us were
I
branch lines we would run trains to
accommodate the travelling public and
the people in the towns along the line.
In nearly every town. these days a
dozen or less wagons with shelied corn
are seen around the elevators. This
from o'clock in the morning till fire.
Iquently after dark. Prices have got
up to s5 cents for shelled corn and in
one place on the Algona branch. so
cents for oats. The writer IL told that
the latest kind Of corn shelters can
shell out 1000 bushels a day. Every
farmer for miles around has to help
his neighbor when the shelter begins
work. One farmer told the writer he
had to return" forty-one days work
himself and team. and besides this
| paI0 easu Iof some haulinB Wheh ne
shelled his corn.
4 In spite OF all this daily turning into
cash Iowa's corn at big prices, retail
dealers claim trade is not good. Banl
deposits are increasing the farmers
accounts but they are not buying any
more than usual in hard times" Trav.
cling men are hocking to lows TO taks
l ~Hx - nR 8~svH
! chant. are es!;s ordering Just :. ~.
! they actually need. One optimistic
dealer says It's because our farmer
iare 70 busy they haven't time - com.