Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-20
Looker-On In Iona

Belmond. Oct. 1S.-This town is
building a new city hall at cost o.
$4,000. Also a Carnegie library build
ing representing the same number of
dollars. And the citizens are talking
with more than g probability of re-
alization-of a $4,000 new school
house. When this is voted it vii! be
community school, which means in
these days, a building where manual
training, domestic science, gymnasium,
swimming pool and big auditorium.
are all part and parcel Of the build
ing, The auditorium room is the pet
plan of many. place for public gath
erings, absolutely free for young and
old: OF course under the control of the
school board. The interest taken here
in domestic science was shown in a
window display last week in Bohning's
store.
just now there's considerable activity
IN enforcing the law concerning the
weighing and selling of coal. Not every
one knows that coal dealers are re-
CURED to make out three tickets for
each load Of coal sold and weighed. Ore
for the driver OF the coal wagon, enc
FOR the purchaser and one kept for REG
,
calities is dead letter. and insp cc,ors
are calling on the dealers to have it en-
| formed. Drivers of coal wagons are
much surprised when asked for their
ticket are more surprised when ordered
TO go on a pair of scales and have their
load weighed to see il the second
weighing agrees with the sellers coal
ticket. Purchasers are surprised when
, a irE
one before. OF course all this "bothers'
the honest coal dealer, but it's he law
ard this law is going to be enforced by
the state inspectors, For the first Of
fence Of not making out the three tick
cts. generally warning Is all that's
done, but following offences will result
in fines
| The apple man from Missouri is here
with his carload of apples in bulk and
/ in hushei boxes. The producer and
F.! consumer get together on the side
track with OILY freight charges be-
tween them. Fine Jonathans are sold
for sl.25 per hushei ana Ben Davis and
his close relatives are offered at 80
cents a bushei Freight Is paid by the
man from Missouri at regular rates
and If he moves on to another town
.or stars longer in one town a dollar
/ a day is charged for the use of the car.
! Last year and probably It is the same
this year, these apple growers have the
state of Iowa mapped out SO that one
| shipper goes to only one town, say for
two weeks oI longer In this way they
avoid Furious competition" And
these men s..- there is hardly small
town that will not buy a carload of
/ apples il properly advertised so that
| farmers can come in for their winters
supply. And these shippers frequently
| load their cars with potatoes in Iowa
to ship back to Missouri. One would
think there was land enough in Mis-
| souri, to ralse their own potatoes. It
1 would also seem that Iowa has dirt
enough to raise its own "spuds." But
every year Minnesota sends hundreds
Of carloads % potatoes here. Somehow
we like to help the railroads make a
living, so pay freight charges.
! The plan of the Methodist church
in selecting at conference, the minister
for the towns in the district, probably
has some advantages or the system
would not be kept up. It surely has
some disadvantages os the talk in the
hotel office-not here-seem to indi-
/
from the postoffice and they found out
Reverend Pulpiteer had been sent
back to Nextown. Why didn't the Of
fetal board write letter asking that
Rev. Mr.. Pulpiteer be sent somewhere
else. Yes, hut he Is appointed here
/ again. Well he won't get salary enough
to keep him in bread and butter. and
the church won't let him live in the
parsonage. What il the ruction
why he doesn't visit his congregation
and doesn't speak to young people
on the street Always speaks to me
and calls at Our house" Draws checks
on the bank when he has no money
there" The banker told him he could
overdraw." Doesn't pay his grocery
bills We'll, the dealers are glad to
have him trade with them, 80 guess
they get their pay" breaches over the
heads Of the congregations" Yes. and
our last preacher couldn't preach to
anybody" And this scribe got out OF
the hotel Conference" wondering why
Rev. Mr.. Pulpiteer wanted to stay in
that town, and why the general con-
ference sent him back.
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