Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-17
Southern Io,ua Items

personally supervise. has claimed
widespread attention For the past
year Baker has been doing what he
calls mail order farming Thru the
medium Of the mails he is said to have
managed to carry on successfully the
working Of his large farm in this
county. ~
Fort Madison.
For work done during the month OF
September the chair industry will soon
transfer to the account of the workers
$685.. This is an increase of $500
over what was earned during August.
The men for that months work were
paid s510.OS. This is a real increase in
earnings and is not due to additions to
the working force. But nine men have
been added during the month, and
their earnings have been so small that
they are hardly worth mentioning.
Naturally there has also been an in
crease Of the output of chairs. but even
with this additional output the indus
try is far behind on orders. The main
fault for delay lies with the finishing
room. The building is unheated and
it is given out that unless the temper
ature is kept UP to about Is degrees
the varnishes and stains will not prop
erly dry. When the new boilers have
been put in place this fault will be
done away with. At present the fin
fishing room is doing the best it can.
Muscatine.
Startling disclosures barring the Sc
crets Of an alleged organized traffic in
cocaine, opium and other. drugs are
imminent. according to information
learned thru authoritative sources
here. That systematic traffic in il
legal drugs has been in progress in
Muscatine is the assertion Of local au-
thorities. The government has already
taken a hand in an investigation which
is expected to reach its climax in ar
rests of leaders Of the alleged ring,
it was learned. A federal inspector.
whose prime duty it is to check the
use Of drugs and stop the Illicit traffic.
was in Muscatine recently during
which time he made an Investigation
Of local conditions relative to alleged
sales of drugs. The presence Of the
federal inspector in this city last week
and during the early part Of the cur
rent week was verified by police off,
Gals today. Police Chief Rice assert
ed today that he had been cognizant of
the traffic for some time, but all efforts
to run down the traffickers had proved
futile to date. Last summer, he de-
clared the traffic in cocaine was es-
pecially prolific.
cIearfield.
A couple Of smooth book agents,
claiming to represent the Button Book
Company Of Kansas City, worked q
graft on Decatur county teachers. as a
result of which they were arrested, but
made their escape. They went to Le-
on, visited the county superintendent.
secured the names Of teachers, then
visited about forty Of them, informing
them that the superintendent ordered
the books placed in their schools to
make them accredited. Some would
not order without an order from the
director, which they pretended to Sc
cure. They would take the order and
the teachers note for $24.75 in pay
ment. They were arrested and plead
ed not guilty before Justice Woodman-
see. While waiting for representa-
tive OF their firm to come they were
not jailed, but were put in charge OF
the marshal and escaped, buying tick
cts for Albany, Mo-, but altho the sher-
If telephoned to Albany and Kansas
City, they evidently went elsewhere
They carried away about $1,000 In
notes. 1t is anticipated the notes will
now turn UP in the hands Of "innocent
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