Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1917 — Safeguarding Watchman. [ARTICLE]

Safeguarding Watchman.

After completingjts factory an Alameda firm hired a nightwatchman. Soon, however, the manager formed Ms own suspicions that he was doing more sleeping than watching at night. So he put in a couple of time clocks, one at each end of the building, to be punched by the watchman every halfhour. “What’s these here clocks for?” demanded the watchman when he found them installed when he came to work. “What sense is there in fusin' around and punchin’ these htggL' things i" “It Is a measure of humanity,” explained the manager suavely. “We don’t want you to be burned up if the building should catch fire while you were asleep." •