Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-28
CAD ROADS AND INFLUENZA IS
CAUSING MORE THAN USUAL
AMOUNT OF GRIEF.
ONE MAN RESORTS TO
BLANKS AND POSTAGE.
Sends Complete Forms and Return En-
selope and Avoids Trip Thru Mud
and Exposure TO pisease--Harnsss
oiIing Business on lnereass-Rural
Observations Of c, {. Wilson.



Acklcy, Jan. -S.-ln c9mmo. with ,Ae
rural mail carrier, the doe,-r a"4 o.l.r.
classes OF men whose several tgca-oAs
require them 10 travel tGe -..nos. .I.-
passa5le roads Of the cy-n.rs. iA-
township assessor is aao.n- aLs J-g
this winter anything buJ a-gyeAaI, So
far as transportation is Cuas..-e
Then, too. the prevalence OF ~ '----.
Doesn't help ths matte. any tys .r-
body not even ali assessed. :e.saes L..
idea OF exposing h.use. constantly 30
an aiment 50 serious as a- mas
proven .lsuls 10 be. Necessity Is tae
muEher OF invention. guas inc yIa s,-.-
.us. and one Hardin lya..s d. So q.
is :gr.nE out an i".d IJs.. .a- no."
hls aversion 10 mud a" -.-. In
steaG OF visiting his "Flg..Hs ,. A. -
son he s.m!y mails eacn .A... NJ. d
I letter CNI tanning hon Il - 10
by the property owner a-a 2. IA !-
dr. IS q stamped e1ve.o..e - . d. .-
10 provide Tor lis re.ur-. A.: aN....
wAen the roads sha. hGNc ~. d.
ehd smooth and ever "g4- e-. ..sE-
ing and coughing ana arge.-- '-2- lar.
tally self assessing oE-g1. .o" NJ. boz
made comp,etc as tn assessor .E9'~
in and administers The c..a &. SKYE
conscientious MARI. IS Oh 'a. ...."f.
Al the time this IS written Il Is TOO
early to determine how we! u. "lsi
wiu work al;ho one man aas i AZ! 10
say he didn't "hDo" d dtr1-a .@-nz
about filling out his BLANK.
The harness dealer was talk - aAeu.
his business, past ard l- Y. AS
ago he figured OF having AZ lEe-1-"
Of forty sets 0t harness uro111t n ion
oiling Now an average seas e "'.r
rms up 10 -four ti1zss h FORM EL.1
Der. This is explained -ar' : -l RAJ.
fact that oili1g ham = is ono o. ."~
very few jobs that has not materially
adva., ced in price in the !as- ten E"arS.
partly by the modern tendency 20 l@0
such work 70 those win special cup
nsent and also 10 the at ,ha' -coi
harness is a va,la1le piece Of Troo =
~ in these times ard deserves IN asst
care that can be given i because o.
its greater value.
Noticeable indeed Is -hs 0NonEo that
has come over the character ~ ne
section force on the railroad = HI
past two ~ threz years a ore "n@
about the last place the dailv 070n~
wo'ild think II looking for business
would be the section gang for. .fa' IN
the foreman cut 81 consideration, h.
would find hardly 4 man on tho jo9
that could read paper printed n th''
English lar-uag= or, in may cases in
-vEE -
or Mexsca1s. and these the lowest
types Of the countries from which they
came with no homes e~c"nt Gid worn
out cars. set BY The sid Of the tracks
in the station yards constituted -"
materials with which the unhappy
foreman was expected 70 keep IN his
section and even these the cement
r mills and tile factories were constant
ly stealing away from him. II is al
different now There < nothing IN
common in 7n.liHg Intelligent roun'
men and vel educated respectable
and self respecting rs ~ other forms
OF manual labor conditions
of manual labor activities. The higher
wages paid for this s!rd % work ac-
counts. Of cours- for tho change.
4 banker doing business N SINAI
iowa town. related an sy-orienco su~n
as comes occa sionaIIy TO rHen endowed
with desire TO bes.Ow u0asEed for fay
ors upon his fellow neirzs. l. his
work he was last winter brought !n-
frequent association with farmers per
picked by the intrlca0ies Of n" in
come tax Law. Thought h." would help
Some of these 10 make the mex year