Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1919 — MT. AYR, TOO, CAN'T SEE NEW FANGLED IDEA. [ARTICLE]

MT. AYR, TOO, CAN'T SEE NEW FANGLED IDEA.

At the meeting of the Farmers club here Thursday evening a vote was taken on the popularity of what is some times termed the new tune. The vote showed a unamjnous stand against the proposition, and if this community had all the say m the matter the clocks would not now be turned ahead in the silly effort to save time. ‘There may be localities where this “kidding” ones ‘self idea may benefit individuals, indeed we have heard that factory and shop districts really feel that they do gain something. However, this being a purely agricultural neighborhood, we cannot find the least bit of application for it, for as all know the-farmer uses all the daylight available in eroding season irrespective of what the clocks say. W, W. Miller was around Saturday to ascertain if the business men would stay by the farmers in their stand to maintain standard time. Of course this was not hard to do for last year all they did was to set their docks ahead an hour and run an hour behind them in everything except in making trains, attending meetings and such things. There has been considerable favor shown the setting ahead of clocks from some sections accodmg to reports in some papers but personally we cannot see anything to it and the quibs and locals that have by chance strayed into bur columns from time to time have been from our exchanges, and not original with us, for we do not nor never have favored a move so childish. And it now appears by the rate of the farmers that they do not favor it either. Not only is this condition true to tms club, but County Agent S. S. Davis, who was in attendance at the meeting here Thursday reports the same feeling at both Brook and Goodland where a vote was taken on the proposition.—Mt. Ayr Tribune.