Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-30
IOWA NEWSPAPERS.
THE EDITOR AND HIS ENEM1Es.

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THE EDITOR AND HIS ENEMIES.
[Montezuma Democrat.l
Every editor makes enemies. A little
squib. aimed at no one in particular,
will hit some hollow-headed individual
and he at once declares himself "agin',
the paper. The paper may have given
him complimentary notices. but the inn
aginary thrust puts him on his dignity
and he at once establishes himself as
critic, but he hasn't nerve enough to.
go to the editor with his supposed
grievance. Just notice and you will see
that the men who are "agin' their
home paper are, as a rule, men who
would not be missed if they would leave
the community forever. On every
question of local interest the home pa
per stands ready to fight for the best
citizens at It's back.
| THE DEMOCRATIC ATTITUDE.
[Audubon Republican,
The action of the democratic party on
| n very unpatrfotic character. They
also urged the adoption of the peace
\ treaty with Spain. Having gone thus
far they then thought they had the
president in observation-disclosures position
and they began, to express sympathy
with Aguinaldo. who is leading a re-
volt against our government, when it
was simply carrying out the plans and
unavoidable results of the war with
| Spain and the peace treaty. Their ac-
4 ton in this is most despicable. 1t is
lunpatriotic and dishonors their party
history. There are thousands OF demo-
. Gratis in Iowa this fall who will refuse
to have part in that matter and who
will either rot vote at all or who will
vote the republican ticket.
CAUGHT FOR $4,000.
4. [Waverly Republican,
\ H. C. Stumme, of Maxfield, owns a
i good farm In Howard county. Recently
a man appeared in Cresco saying that
he had traded farm in Blackhawk
county to Mr. Stumme for the latter
Howard county farm and applied to the
Cresco Building and Loan Association
for loan of $4,000 on the farm. He
had an abstract OF the place and deed
from Mr.. Stumme. The building and
loan association didn't have the cash
on hand, but as everything appeared to
be all right the stranger was referred
to an attorney who had money TO loan
The attorney examined the papers ano
finally made the man a loan of $1,000 or
the place, taking mortgage as secur-
|ity.
The Cresco lawyer went to the bank
to get the money for the stranger ant
was about to have a draft made ou
for the $1,000. but the man insisted OF
getting the cash, which was paid out u
him, and he departed. His demanding
1.-THE cash instead of draft and othel
factions while at the bank excited thu
lawyers suspicious and he immediatel,
began inquiries at Waterloo, where thu
deed from Stumme was acknowledged
and found that there was no notary IL
Waterloo by the name of the one WIZ
} had taken the acknowledgment, ant
further inquiry developed the fact tina
. 1.-The deed was fictitious instrumen
and that Mr.. Stumme's name had bee
forged in the alleged conveyance. an
that he had not traded or sold his How
ard county farm to anyone. In tn
meantime the stranger had disappeare
with the 50 900 which he had secured i
1.-THE deal, and officers have since bee
hunting in vain for the swindler.
THE NEW c. & N. w. LINE.
[Traer -Clipper.]
Nearly $4,000 in taxes was voted I
the new road from the Iowa line t