Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-10
STATE CENTER MAN AND HIS
DAUGHTERS LONG IN PUB
Lie SERVICE.
w. o. BOWER ASSESSOR
THIRTY.sEvEN YEARS
At Same Time Has Been Deputy
Postmaster or Clerk for Thirty
Two Years, While Daughters Have
Been Postn,istresses--Wilson's OBJ
servations.
special to Times-Repuhlicairs

Special to Times Republican,
State Center Feb. lO.-fo have
served for thirty-seven- consecutive
years as assessor Of State Center, to
have been acting in the capacity eth,
or of deputy postmaster or clerk in
his home town office In the last thir-
ty-two wears, to see two Of his daugh-
tiers officiating at different times as
post -mistresses is the unique exper-
ience of w. ID. Bower, of this town.
Things of this kind do sometimes &C.
cur in "one man towns" but very sell
dom indeed in those of the size of
State Center. Mr.. Bower is IS years
old and has therefore spent nearly
half of long lifetime in this particu-
lar work. and IL Appearances count
for anything the end is at some con-
siderable distance yet. He has never
made Campaign for election and
always succeeds himself with little
or no opposition.
When Joseph Lander was post
master of State, Center back in 1885
Bower went into the office as his
deputy and every succeeding incum-
bent has retained him either as depu.
ty or as clerk. For ten year period
one of his daughters was deputy and
when Postmaster Swift went out of
office the deputy succeeded him. In
the meantime another daughter was
growing up and she took turn at
the deputy business. was later APP
pointed acting postmistress and re-
Gently has received notice of regular
$. iTpointment.
This part of the country seems to
have habit of continuing men in
local offices for long periods of time
George Alexander, Minerva town.
ship farmer. has served twenty eight
years as assessor and thirty 1.-TWO con-
secutive years as school board secre-
tary which is also an unusual record.
DR.. Theodore Engle of State Center,
a leading physician of central Iowa
and an unquestioned authority on the
subject of germs" is firmly of the
opinion that the quarantining of in
fluenZa patients is an entirely use
less procedure so far as attempting
TO stop the progress of the disease is
concerned. He contends that the
rassing of some 10000, 900 men furn-
ished the condition. for the develop
nlent OF the .flu' germ which. when
it got under way was very soon ev-
erywhere and that all that was need
ed was some weather that would
cause people TO shut themselves up
into poorly ventilated houses and
places of inside work or otherwise
commit physical indiscretions result
ing in the lowering of their vitality
and thus making them easy victims
of the scourge. In support of his
theory he tells of visiting a former
Indian camp near the north line OF
Minnesota where nineteen of the red
skins had established an abiding
place When the epidemic struck them
at about the same time that it was
raging over other parts of the coun-
try it left only eight of the entire
number alive. Needless to say these
eight didn't stay any longer than was
many miles from where any outsider
had been for months. a perfect quar-
antine" of unaffected people, but this
failed to protect them from the ON
nipresent cause of 1t all and they
might as well have been in a crowded
city as far as results we're concerned.
Doctor Engle reiterated the theory
that a resisting bodily condition is
developed~h nature to neutralize the
effect of this and every other germ
but that this requires time and that
the present dap preventative is a good
physical condition. this to be obtained
and retained by proper ventilation Of
homes, offices, etc. and 10y all around
right methods of living, SO that the
effects of this troublesome flu germ
may be thrown off until the coming
Of spring when VIC will all be living
for time in such q manner that it
can work us no further injury.
Heavy snow falling early in winter
and remaining on the ground thru
out the season is al! that ever pre-
vented the timely harvesting Of the
corn crop in this country. that is I'M
til this present year. There is still
a considerable acreage in the field
as yet unhusked 1t is explained that
wages for other kinds of labor were
so high last fall thar the established
prices for corn husking were not at
tractive and that consequently the
necessary help could not be secured.
A month of corn field service finish
es almost any kind of clothing and
husking gloves were "out Of sight.
In price so that the necessary expense
of the corn husker was much greater
than usual driving him into other
kinds Of work.
Leaning up against the wall OF
To- t.