Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-07
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Grundy Center. Nov. THE movies
struct 1t rich when they start
ed the voting contest scheme.
There's no gambling connected with 1t
so the county attorney or the state
authorities have nothing to do or say.
Three prizes are generously put up,
the highest. $75 cash and the others
Of less value. Hotel girls are favorite
contestants for the prizes: SO are the
telephone girls. In one town the tel
ephone girl visits the hotels, stores and
all public places. and sells tickets to
the movie" good till used, five for
so cents or ten for dollar. As fast as
these tickets are used she gets so many
hundred votes for each ticket. One
hotel girl sold $50 worA of tickets to
the guests and others. 1t seems good
scheme all around The movies" are
crowded every night and some worthy
girl gets SIS. Although called a voting
contest. 1t is nothing more or less than
commission paid to some girl for
selling tickets But like the news
paper voting contest so popular few
years ago. somebody gets "peeved' for
only one girl gets the SIS.
A noticeable change of public senti-
ment concerning newspaper war news
is seen everywhere. 1t has taken some
time for those who favor or sympathise
with one of the nations engaged in this
big war to realize that from the be-
ginning the daily papers Of Iowa were
really neutral. That these papers pub
lished the news as received by them;
that the headline man of the paper
made his headlines agree with the wire
reports. no matter where his personal
sympathies were. It's hard to
convince some people that a daily
paper employing a hundred men, is not
run as some country weeklies, where
the editor is the whole push"-editor
publisher. printer, mailing clerk and
the devil The editor of any paper
can show his sympathy by what he
writes, but when 1t comes to giving
the news sent from Petrograd, Berlin,
Soudan of Paris, he prints what he
receives, or else does not run real
newspaper.
The future motor car. electric. Oil or
steam power, that Is the single to be
run on the sean: railroads, is yet to
appear. The public wants such service,
1t pays the railroad good money. when
in operation. but is not as reliable as
the steam engine. For several years
the Rock Island has run one from Vim
ton to Iowa Falls. Leaves Einton go
ing north in the evening. And when it
runs it's success, but ii has spells"
when its out OF commission and the
old engine and baggage car, and pas
senger has 10 be sent out. But this
Is FACE which employees of both the
Rock Island and Chicago Grea, West
ern wfica runs motor from Clarion
TO Mason City can prove such motor
car service is paying proposition to
say nothing OF the appreciation OF the
travelling public.
Grundy Center has only shipped out
say fifty cars OF potatoes this year, as
against about 500 cars in one season
some years ago. Prices paid by buyers
here were 80 to So cents but the acre
age planted was small compared with
some years. The corn crop around
here is not salable at any price only
to feeders. Fortunately there's plenty
OF stock in this vicinity. and probably
some corn viii be shipped in to finish
OF some cattle and hogs. But farmers
say the cattle and hogs hereabouts will
be shipped out in large numbers when
the soft corn has been used ur.
This town has well deserved repu-
tation for as good street pavement Of
brick and cement as anywhere In the
country. This year they are trying to
finish fourteen and one-half blocks Of
asphalt pavement for residence streets
and this. too. is an excellent job of rs
kind.
Then. too. as big improvement,
thirty new residences have been built
here this year, nearly all modern in
every respect.
And the town now has a commercial
club of 113 members, of which great
things are expected. Last but by no
means least they are building an ss5.-
900 school house of which detailed
account will soon appear in the T.-R
Came near forgetting to mention the
bus which runs finely on
these well paved streets.
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