Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-04
so ONE TRAVELLING MAN HAS
CHANGED HIS FOR ONE LESS
OBJECTIONABLE.
CUSTOMERS REFUSE TO
PLACE THEIR ORDERS
Embarsoos on Stock Shipments Make
Grief and Monetary Loss For Buy
ers - Recent Farm Moving Ex.
perisnsss Strong Arguments For Bet
ter Roads-Ni lson's Observations.
special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
New sharon. March lis there any
thing in name? At least one travel-
Ing man thinks there Is as the follow
ing will show He registered at the
hotel The landlord scanned the page
and looked at the man with puzzled
expression, as the other remarked
quietly, Last name on the page
Have YOU changed your name since
YOU were last here" asked the pro-
prietor, and The other answered, That
Is just what ! have done" And then
he proceeded, "On several different o.
castons | have entered business houses
introduced myself and solicited bust
ness for my firm. After ! get about
so far along Mr.. Businessman says:
What did you say is your name?' |
repeat 1t and he says: That's Ger
man name, isn't it, | admit that It
is and after 4 little more talk he say $,
guess ! dont want anything more
today and l know why he is so loaded
up. Hansen isn't 8 a bad sounding
name. Nobody ever asks questions
about 1t except hotel proprietors once
in a while and then it doesn't cost any
thing to explain
A stock buyer operating from
Story county town was III the stree,
one stormy day not long ago when an
acquaintance asked him Is he had any
thing in the yards for shipment. lie
was sorry to say he had Two car
loads of hogs and an embargo on for
the rest of the week. he had just
written a cheek for sS5 to pay for corn
IL feed those hI2s where they were I'M
til they could be moved on All pos
sible profits gore already and onIy
chance staining in the way of con-
siderable loss. Not all OF US are tenn
peramentally fitted for buying and sell
ing livestock IN the market Eighty
five dollar e.rbargoes are only Incl
dents in the business tC be expected
occasionally according to the statement
of this dealer who will continue to
buy and ship i'oss.
Last weeks moving experiences
should aid in swelling the forces OF
good roads enthusiasts in Iowa. One
day load after load of household goods,
grain. farm machinery, ETC.. were ro
be noticed puzzled laboriously thru the
deep mud often by four-horse outfits
that needed every ounce of power that
they possessed to get along. Fine joo
of cleaning up for the housekeeping
department at the homes where these
were unloaded in such a time, Then
when the roads were in the worst pos
sible cut-up condition came a freeze
and the next day other movers were
rafting slowly and painfully over the
same highways. soaring up furniture
and shaking the "daylignts'' ont OF
everybody and everything concerned.
The 1919 spring moving of Mahaska
county or that part of it created by
the conditions noted, If it could be aD-
piled to the purpose. would improve a
good many miles of public road and
this without doubt would apply to the
ninety-eight other counties Of the
state.
The professional travelling auditor
should afford "A fruitful source of ma
terial for the writer Of stories involV-
ing commercial crookedness and kind
red rascalty IN general. One of these