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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-28
PROPOSED ROAD Law CHANGES
Huntington Hawkeye.l

Huntington Hawkeye.]
The good roads movement so success
fully inaugurated in Burlington few
months ago is to be continued with re-
newed vigor. T. G. Harper, president
of the State Good Roads Association,
returned yesterday from Des Moines,
where meeting of the officers was
held. He is confident that within a
year there will be a marked improve
ment in Iowa roads.
In speaking to Hawkeye reporter OF
| the laws to be presented to the next
legislature, Mr.. Harper said:
"These laws will all be in the form of
amendments to laws at present en- the
Iowa statute books. We shall ask
| first that the road tax law be amended
| so that it will be payable in cash In
! stead of labor
I.Asain. we want the law changed
which says this road fund must be ex
pended before November /, and three
! fourths of the amount before July 10
4 The present law is not enforced and the
/ farmers wait until their crops are all
in and other work done before they dc
any work on the roads. Then when the
4 fall rains come the roads are soft and
~
j practically useless. If the law is
4 amended to require all road improve
i ment to be completed by July i they
4 will be good and hard and impervlous
to the heavy rains.
q Another change under consideration
is a law requiring that all hills should
be less than S per cent grade. In'
} load a farmer can haul is limited by ths
highest hill between his home and tht
4i place of sale, and he can carry no more
. produce to town than he can haul up
! hill, even though the balance of the dis
lance is level. With such law thu
s problem of cheap transportation o
crops would be in measure disposed
of.
AN official should be appointed II
each county whose duty 1T is to see tina
all road laws are enforced. Inc sur
veyor in Iowa counties at present re
ceives a small salary and has no knowl
edge Of civil engineering or the dutie
he is given by the law. Iowa cities pa.
& their engineers good salaries and Their
is no reason why the counties shoul'
not be willing to pay competent man
AS it now is the lines in half the coun
ties are not correct and endless !itiga
ton may result. know of one in
stance where a man came to me an
in description Of real estate set dow
one of the lines as the c., B. & Q. rail
road track. If the Burlington straight
ems Its line here as it has been dom
out west his land is likely to be great
decreased in acreage. The office 9
| county surveyor should be filled by civ
engineers, men who know their busi
ness.
while we do not expect to secure a
this legislation at the next session, on
committee intends to make a great Ell
fort for some reform in the present roa
lla,yS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-28

The Pittsburg mare Edna Cook. 2:1514,
by Alcantara, has shown John Collins q
mile in C.1O1h
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-28

WANTED.
WANTED --FlhST-CLASS WAIST AND
skirt hands at once. Mrs. Carter, Ill South
First avenue.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19
Who Arc Responsible,


Every drop OF American blood spilled In Is.
philippines is directly chargeable 10 Nh
ilohrs Vests and others OF thor Xix who ha n
opposed the ratification Of the peace tre,iyI
and hayo thus encouraged Aguinaldo and MI
followers to maintain their hostile attltuds|
toward the United States.--San Antonio El.l
press.
New, the Express knows as we'll as aryl
other paper that the above accusation Is nptl
only unjust but Ia uttsrly untrue and With
out foundation in fact. While tho l.egistes
believes the treaty should ave been ratiiel
at once /, Is not silly or so unjust as 10 ili.I
pEte to these who Thought differently the M
spcnsibility for splitting American bio1d. TIA
ihilbinOs are fighting for freedom AMI tasl
primo cause CT their resistance WIS the adj
mnisIa,ions action in threatening to t3scil
upon them government which they Ga nj
want. II thu pres,cerc mad publicly anrolrc q
his intention Of guaranteeing TO than taa
kind CT government they desired Instead o.
merely exchanging masters for them thiy
wculd net now be up Ia arms az intt Us
OF course It IS argued that prompt ratacs-4
tion OF the trenty would have prevented aa
outbreak. Admit this. and yet no sersl9!,e
person would reason that the d7iay 10 RAJ.
hcation caused tho outbreak. The cause t]r
resistance to American authority was si'ra
in the terms o. the treaty itself before y was
over presented to the senate for ratlhcauop,
aud the ratification would not have remover
the cause.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19
Give the Boys n Chnnc.
Ia GrnncA .Innrnnl

The Reporter would command e..
sly council pass curfew orJinonce Wy
poys should not be allowed In rrn ~ n.i,,s.
aiur : o'clock, but In Rockdale thay s arb
~ sr rJt nIIst any old hour in the night and
Reporter. :" 'S'-Nockdale
II there Is any one thing In Crane
Justly boast of is It's ou'otpo.s 90
sun has given II the shake. Tn. tow, Vns
electric Nght Tor street illumination. Tn,
eity's council hasn't started in the mater w,
Inc citizens are not rubber-necked ma .an
III afford to permanently injure Il bv a MI,
Children ditto. va
NO city council has the rlght-nor sho,,a
assume Ito curtail chiIdren's bo,,r.
recreation. II Is not in tho Innocent a,nuso
ment OF playing hide and Seek or ,hs 80.
ing out OF pair of knee breeches In n,a,,,a..
marbles that the boy becomes ed,.a.a, a.,
crime Prison walls do not rs-echo ,he 80 ~
ihn an, Of men whose only sla has been pavinr
boylsh pranks or childish games rr p'a' ~, ~.
streets or parks Of native hon.. ny. tae
o crock IN the evening. Tha Reporter avidsr,
~ mas forgotten thai he ever was ~, .s
perhaps. he wasn't one; maybe he WIS .a.iy
,,npent- nm i,herty S p,9ssess the love for the
TO- The brim boy so much values. Msvhs IL
never played "shindy' and carriai ~ ~. ~
premiums In bruises. Maybe he nsver n "a = ei a
=. inuhlnniepes and. 6eing loser. was down
when tho other boy patted him on ths b,saa
Win his brogan forcing a snan.sho1 q, 81.
profile into the sand Maybe he never unde,sH
'ook TO practice acrobatle hurdings over a
lsme sawbnek and burst his SUNDAY .chooi
pants, BOOSTING the flpg OF truce al The ssn,s
lime, aud while mother placed anoiher ,ssr,
over some Of the cid stsnd-bys stood nhiver
~ w'hout tie 1sgsinss' upon an fey dsal
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19
HuLLY GEE.

For The Post. -,
Did that blizzard kinder git yen,
Did 1t freeze yer fount o. thousl.,,.
Did yeh mark tn dwindlin' wooop,a'
An say things yeh hadn't ousn''
Don't yeh be afraid TO Tess up
Fer yeh amt no wuss'n me, -.
Yeh gh'd seen me hunt tn woodph"
Heard me whistle: Hully gee'
How tn smoothin' irons .wuz nea'0''
How toted EN- ter bed. ,
How their corners punctured siuh'D''
Till ] most wished / wuz dead.
How my shirt (ahemD my garmensS nks.
Slapped my lean an shiverin
Ez / scrambled In tn darkness
Fer tn matches an tn lamps
An how. In tn murky NORM.
pnddlln' cross TIL Icy floor. ,,nA
Bumped my shin agin tn Wasns'a-'
Mashed my nose agin tn door
IT'LL my patience went a glimmer'h
An with constant GROWN ire
How ] rastled with tn furnace
Trying hard ter start nre'
But a cup o. steamln' coffee
An some biskets nice an warm,
Sort o. soothed nv angry feennss'
Made mo ut ter fight tn storm
An I know behind III norther
Summers balmy breezes play,
An III flowers an birds air comm
An I'm glad they're on 10 Wy rAvis 4
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19
THE PRICE OF COTTON.

as general thing the holding of cotton
proves losing business for the farmer. but
lhis season the rapid marketing of the cron
mas been greatly to his detrlment.
Inc season started with predictions Of
me largest yield ever known. Mr.. Henry
Neui' VINO has been quite successful in es-
'una'ins the size Of the crop in past sea-
sons astounded the world last September
wan the statement that the American yIela
would reach twelve million bales. or nearly
= million more than last years phenomenal
crop For the nrst tive or three month, Of
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19


Japanese traveller. Mr.. Mizutan shuI
roku. discovered an island in octohsJ
1897 lying about 600 nautical miles tn N
east of the Bonns. 1t Is a small sn,c,
only some seven and one-half miles ,
circumference, but IT is peopled bv nv
rlads OF penguins and produces an ahlul
dance of bananas and cocoanuts Snrs1
folk say that the place is really Marcn|
island. and that it was discovered los
ago Be that as it may, the Japanese rasj
ernment, on receipt of Mr.. Mizutani's al
port last June, decided to call thu is,an1
Misunderstanding or southern MI
island. in allusion to the immense color5
OF pengulns-twelye different kinds-th,1
nave their habitat there. The prefy MI
Mani Is used to distinguish the island
from Tori-shima bird island). which nv
FARTHER north and nearer to the Bonins]
mere are no people living on Minam1
ttori-shima, and a ten years lease Of Il ma
peen granted to the discoverer, who Is saIS
to be making very profitable speculaiioa
by exporting its fruits, as we'll AZ mi
feathers and flesh OF the penguins. M
climate is equable, the thermometer
standing generally in the neighborhood Il,
20 degrees Fahrenheit There is an abun.
dance Of vegetables, but little rain, ana A
great scarcity of water, so that five stiIlsl
have had to be erected.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19
mon. he missed N. Y

mon. NC missed ~. ~ B
IN > AZ, Il possible on,, that Rqckdale !. !, N
Of Wen yle WITT, his state without an ne only
degree every other lncal,,., greitfr Or
nre coached IN various WY, way Wherein Ia -
tninR ana anything bu, ga 2 become 4,
nnio au5ens2 Has 1t no cc ssr men and T.
naa sr sinner performs ahiv,i n HhicSl
eihi deliglit? Has Il none a Of ,Sn sIt5 4
d 5hl sssr'nase and destroy the ys,,a silu
sodiaess. a and eS ssn n shs cldl Is 49,
the streets for innocent eS,, s,hs dumpsd b
over? eniiuren to ssn.3
TAKE care Of tho men who
the laws and who are okias mi. ,niafi1se n
sores upon soeiety's rumr' ana I'M Ina lechst7
dien to the care OF those q wh nave y, tas 4
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19

| the season everything tended to confirm
Mr.. Neill's guess. The receipts during
| September, October and November broke
all records. and In Texas were nstonish-
ingly large. It seemed then as II the rush
| OF cotton to market would never end. AS
a result Of all this prices last fall were ex-
tremely low. and in November went to a
point below anything ever before recorded.
In fact, fully 100000 bales OF this sea-
sons crop, or what Is now believed
| to be three ourths Of the total Yield. had
passed out OF the farmers hands by Jnn-
nuary /, and the average price paid there
for was less than s cents per pound.
Since the early part OF December there
has been gradual advance in the price of
the staple. and middling cotton is today
worth 3-s cents per pound in Houston,
or nearly 81 more per bale than the aver
age price the farmer secured for his crop.
Why is this the case? Simply because
the world has learned that Mr.. Neill over
estimated the crop by perhaps mil
lion bales. and that there is now far
less cotton left in this country than
the spinners counted upon. Buyers
throughout the South are returning
from country towns and stations, and are
announcing that the cotton is not to be
found: that the farmers sold practically
everything they had last fall. Nothing Is
left now but the remnants OF crop that
Is likely to prove something less than H.
100000 bales. instead of the little more
than 100000 promised by the crop
guessers.
The unwarranted and unnecessary guess
ing made by Mr.. Nell, and concurred in by
his satellites, together with the most rapid
marketing Of cotton ever before known, hos
cost the South dearly. The farmers and
merchants have lost millions by 1t, while
the foreign spinners have gained thereby. |
Every bale of cotton bought and stored last |
fall has enhanced In value IS to 81 per
bale.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19
wherein we Are to De Blamed.

Palestine Advocate. al
Last Sundays battle at Manila wa' N.Y. ~,
the direct fault OF the United statess cr Inc
United States 10 censurable only ioi a.
fact that Ii should not have so musn
threatened to subjugate the inhapi,lian,,ih hing
the Philippines by force OF arms Ia'S se v
of il rcing people into independently Ia not
right
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19
A New con.t,tnt,o,


Tho agitation In favor Of a pev e..
stituuon received hard blow wh.n
.rnor Hogg came out so strongly ss..s'
or course the fat ex-governor 4, s''a.'
bic. and is DOUBTLESS off In SINE -, - 'atal|
ments he makes against const,tn,,as.,
ventlon, but the people Of ta. r.s. a' 81
generally found him TO be on In a,s haI
OF most questions. and his pronnun, lsnt 81
sltl9n 10 new constitution will aIs.'Vu op
fanny be fatal to the movement ~. invost q
a. least. And perhaps II IL iusss .nh "
Tor, even though IL be admitted tsss ~ M
emit instrument is antlquated ths nsnt Pro
nov fairly familiar with ia nrov lHssople q
there Is 70 knowing whether a neu 's suu a
be any better, and the work ~ AM uas WOO
wat laws are and what are M u.nk u
tional would all be to do over ar vs constti
co'lc be no objection. however ~ y. llel
ses'ion OF The Houston Post inn ,s u'e "
lAtlire create commission OF saw an et
10 prepare II new constitution as ~, IN
im.ilt TO the present instrument. rh,.a merl
nave to be adopted as Joint resoI,,,smH0 vl
tue legislature end submitted as rss.l
vote OF the people. And II the peor,s ~ ~
want new constitution. they wnu,a XVI Nv
na an Opportunity of saying So Tha ~ ~
reai oDlecuon TO this plan is that tbe mlj
would almost certainly be to no ptrro speu !
q new constitution could hardly he ps ~,
which would, In its entirety mes " ttam9
proyal Of majority of the nnon,s 'ns 81 Y
wouid object TO ono feature And 49,, eol9
another. and thus, although tho amon %e
wonio perhaps be a big improyements nr 4
present constitution, 1t would faIl ~ y.
prevail. AN VI ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19
THE HOUSTON DAILY POST.
by TIM
Houston Printing Company.

&. = ; f sSlsNESTos. ve.- BPsss'DssI.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19

rhR DAILY POST, n the SUNDAY POST.
70 Columns. 40 to TO- Coils.
sHMi-wHskLy PosT. us Coils. per Week.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19

+ Houston people arc fast hndinx out who
fheir friends are " their dssp water enter
prise An4 they arp discovering Il the some
')luae W cpler q their snsmiss
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19

nfsTuRnc Ar TIM pcsrorricH At HOUSTON TEXAS.
As SECOND CLASS MATTER.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19

Subscription BY Mall Daily and Sunday Post. one
year. $500; six months, $500; fhres months,
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19
Telephone Numbers: sS.sis.,., 49, ~.

The cty.-The Post Is delivered to any part Of tho
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Mr.. Theodore Sering has charge OF the city
Circulation and collecting Messrs Theodore
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ing and subscription) and no money shoad be
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tor Printing Company.
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19
Love----and--sonp.

We are Young, and We want soap
both are loving. Both need scrub
You love me bing'
And l love you. Yon soap INC
Each each others And soap you.
Faults reproying-- Each each otnei
Some in me Rough hldes se'uo'
And some in you. hing.
Yon scrub me
What Ia best anu
For us 70 do?
Live and love, What is pest
Continue loving; For US to do?
You loving me, Live and rup,
! loving you. Continuing ruop.ne
Each each others You RUBBING m''
Faults reproving- /, you.
You reproying me, That is best
/. you. For us TO 90
That is best IS. O.. upham,
For us to do. philadelphia Mer-
III. u. Hirst. curry.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19

The death OF Mr.. h. NJ. vanderhurst, which
occurred In Austin Friday, removed from the
busy scenes of newspaper life one of the best
known. brightest and most popular members
oil The Journalistic profession In Texas, "yan,''
as he was Familiarity known, was universal
favorite among the newspaper boys jovial
ani genial companion. full Of life and energy,
always wide-awake TO the call OF duty and an
inaefatigable worker 1t is inexpressibly sad
that he should be stricken down In the very
Hover of age and promise. Few newspaper
workers would have been more missed in
Texas than Van" The Post extends Its sin
ctiest sympath!es TO the bereayed relatives of
the deceased
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19

Possian offlces--Esstern business once ss Tnbun-
building, Now York (The S. c. Beckwifh Sps-
eial Agency; Western 40 iThs Rooksry) Chi
eAgo. Che S. C. Bsckwith Special Agency
Travelling ARents--C. S. &, Holland. Travelling
Auditor; E. r. Holland. B. B. Throop. Travelling
Agents
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19

me Chicago Times-Herald. supposed to BE-
the organ of the president. advises him %
issue a proclamation of paciacaion o,a
says: Let him announce that we have No
intention OF. annexing Asatic territory ,ns
that the pledge of congress as to Cuban en-.
dependence will be the pledge OF the Ameri.
can nation to the Philippines"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19

the Post prints this morning communica-
uoh from Captain II. d. Cobbs giving the
legal aspects of what is known as the prairie
dog bill. which has passed the house and is
now up to the senate The argument NJ
Captain cobbs is worthy of very serious con-
sideration The enactment of this law might
possibly. lead to very serious and undcsirable
CONSEQUENCES
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19

The Investigating commission ventured 10
say that during the war with Spain the war
department lacked complete grasp OF III.
situation" This can not. Gays the New York
World. be said of the beef trust and other
syndicates of campaign contributors. Their
grasp Of the situation was complete and
tight!
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19

Mayor Bryan Callaghan ia added TO the liz,
OF those who went into the ring once too
often"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19

An honest straightforward answer on
the part Of the Galveston cotton exchange
20 these pertinent and significant inquI-
fies. would have coufounded Galveston,
II reply based purely upon existing
facts and conditions had hcen made. the
cotton exchange would have been COM
PEELED to admit: First, that grieyous
blockade occurred by which, according 10
The report Of officials OF the Texas Car
Service association. an average detention
per day, from September to February
!. o. $3.50 cars was experienced in tho
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19

President Mckinley seems to have an idea
that Destiny Is going to shoot civilization
into the PHILIPPINES.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-19

The Post prints on the opposite mage ,his
morning the article addressed by the paople
of Galveston. through their Cotton Exchange
to Hon. T. E. Burton. chairman OF the rivers
and harbors committee. taken from the Gal
weston News of the 18th instant. 1t is sug-
sested that every citizen of Houston every
friend of the Buffalo bayou Improvement
give it careful perusal. 1t can thus be
learned Just how our neighbors on the island
are showing their friendship ~ for us.
The Arizona daily orb., 1899-11-01

Did you ever hear tell of the man who was too economical to take his home paper, but sent his little boy. to borrow the copy taken by neighbor? inquiries the Osborne Farmer. In his haste the boy ran over $2 stand of bees and in ten seconds looked like watery sum- 'mer squash. His cries reached the father, who ran to his assistance and Railing to notice barbe,! wire fence, ran Anto that, breaking the fence down. cut Hing a handful of fish bait out of his Ianatomy and running a s4 pair of pants. irhe old COW took advdntaGe of the gap fin the fence. got in, ate forty cents
 worth of alfalfa and died of bloat. Hear. ling the racket the. wife ran out, upset kour. gallon churn of cream into a basket M kittens and drowned the whole mess. In the hurry she dropped and broke a
 s7 set of false teeth. Baby left alone,
 lrawled through the flood of cream and
 nto the parlor, ruinfng a bran new car
 let. Daring the excitement the oldest
 laughter ran away with book agent, he dog broke up dozen setting hens
 Ind the calves got out and cheYed the
 sleeves from four fine shirts which hung
 5n the line.-Halletsvil Herald.