Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-14

Sdiu MI CummlnB to q representative
OF the Register who interviewed him on
the question, "that am committed to
a policy OF q change in the mulct law
to make 1t less stringent. am not so
committed. Ishave no thought of rec
commencing the amendment of the
mulct law. am in favor of leaving
the law as 1t is. 1t Is not conceivable
that prejudice aginst the republican
platform. ticket and the party can be
Induced by Misrepresentation of my
position on these matters. stand by
the position of the party ITSELF
The Omaha Bee says: iowa demo-
Gratis insist that they are encouraged
over the political situation in the state.
1t is noticeable, however, that 1t is not
necessary to put up fence to stop the
crush of aspirants who wants to, make
the race for governor
ss&
A village ordinance of Tarrytown, N.
Y, reads as follows: ANY owner of a
dog found at large without being muz-
zled will be subject to $40 fine" So
greatly do they fear the spread of hy-
drophobia in Tarrytown that they
threasen to gag owners of ours.
sardines ought to be cheap this year,
as theherring are SO plentiful in Maine.
A correspondent of the Lewiston
Journal says. II have never seen
such a rush in the sardine factories in
Eastport as there is at the present
time. More herring are being caught
than can be handled at the factories,
and 1t is impossible for the steamers
to take the sardines to Boston as rap
idly as they are prepared. Some of the
factories at Eastport are receiving
1000 hogsheads of herring a day, and
most of them are working day and
night to try and keep up with the
rush."
Madam said the handsome and
we'll hammered university man who is
turning an honest penny as member
of the Pan-Americap guard, ARE YOU
looking for an exit?" mo, sir, am
not" said the woman from Penn Yam,
with much asperity, II am looking for
a way to get out."-Bufralo CONNER
cial.
In Oklahoma j. r. Woods appeal for
troops to eject the squatters who have
crowded his shoe string claim adjoining
the Lawton town site has been referred
by Ex-Governor Richards to the secre-
tary of the interior In the meantime
Woods attorneys have requested the
civil authorities to remove the tres
passers who increase in numbers hour
ly. The Woods homestead now has
the appearance of an independent town
and for mile the land is covered with
tents and rude houses.
The Chicago Great Western is profit
ing by the fact that 1t leads directly to
the southwestern drouth stricken re-
gton from sections where supplies NAV
be secured.
With the shipments just made from
Kansas City to Cape Town, the British
government has spent $1,000, 900 in Kan
sas City for horses and mules for serv-
Ice in South Africa. Col. Skinner. of
the British army, says that approx
mately 100000 animals have been ship
ped from that vicinity thru the port of
New Orleans in the last three Years. The
average paid for these animals is $50
head. making the expenditure s5,000,0OO
in Missouri and Kansas alone.
Many will concur with Secretary Will
son in the statement that the damage
to corn is so serious that it is very easy
to overestimate the crop, and that the
full effect of the injury will not appear
to reporters until later.
Reports received at Phoenix, Ariz.,
from twenty three points in the terri
tory all state that the largest alfalfa
crop ever known is now being gathered.
The crop is the second one this year and
will be of extraordinary value at this
time, when the hay crops of the central
western states are reported to be burned
out
Beg your pardon, said the new
boarder. as he stared around, "but
don't see the potatoes"
AT this table, responded the land
lady in icy tones, the potato comes on
as notwithstanding Plaindealer.
When 1t gifts dry in Kansas.
It does the thing up right:
The vegetation sizzles up;
It's jes' perfect sight;
The cattle stand'n below,
N some folk do the same;
It's mighty hard to tell which crowds
The noisiest at the game.
kansas Poet.
TIE CONVENTION AND TICKET.
IKeokuk County News.]
Mr.. Cummins looks every inch "a
statesman. He is every inch states
man and an orator. The people may
well feel proud to support such man
for governor of the proud state of