Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-01

] carnegie library on the city property
lot owners on the south, east and west
sides of the court house square might
form a combination and engineer q
scheme that would double the value OF
their property. BY pooling issues and
/ giving free of cost the necessary land
for both a library and government
building. the adjoining property would
double in value at one jump. aided by
the certainty that the Masonic temple
is to be built facing the court house
Here's a great opportunity for some
| Napoleon of finance to get in his work
If that latest of glucose combinations
will result in the re-opening and con-
| tinuous operation of the Marshailtown
factory, the people hereabouts won't
have reason to complain of the evils of
n glucose trust. If the price of the pro-
duct goes up notch or two the manu-
facturers of others products and not
the small consumers will be affected by
| the increase.
The following incident in connection
| with the tour of the celebrated author
lecturer, Ernest Seton Thompson, may
| have been responsible for the efforts of
that versatile gentleman to change his
name. Mr. /. C. Speers, who arranges
| the western engagements of Seton
Thompson, tells the story on himself,
and 1t is a good one. 1t would seem
| that nearly everybody in America at
least knows who the artist is, but in an
Illinois town nearly twice the size of
Marshalltown, when Ike called on the
president of a prominent woman's club
| to endeaVor to place date, the dear
lady had never even heard of the man.
He informed her that Mr.. Seton
| Thompson was the author of the wide
ly read and charming wild animal stor-
les about the bears, wolves. etc. She
drew back with look of disgust and
exclaimed: why, we don't want
nothin TO do with any wild animal
show" Ike excused himself. grabbed
his hat and hustled for the next town.
She probably thought he was either the
advance agent for Hagenbach's menag-
erie or a trained street dancing bear.
$40 ~,
The despicable efforts to make a
scapegoat of DIR. w. s. Devine by few
of the democratic leaders in this city
and few others who sought to hide
their own dishonor by holding an hon
est man up as a shield have fallen fiat,
and his enemies are sorely disap-
pointed. DIR. Devine had an opportun-
ity to secure the dismissal of the In
dictment against him by paying back
into the county treasury the fees which
he was charged with wrongfully TAX
t,>sr 1,,t L. ,fo,,
come to a trial and to trust to the fair
mindedness of twelve men for acquit-
tai and vindication. While the plot
against him was political one, or was
inspired thru politics, his vindication is
the more complete when a jury con-
tanning six democrats declared he was
not guilty of the misdeeds charged in
the Indictment. DR.. Devine cared moth
ing for political beliefs of the jury
men and instructed his attorney to ac-
cept the first twelve men of the regular
panel called, with one exception. That
exception was a man who until recent
,ly was prosecuting civil suit against
him, which was sufficient reason for
challenge for cause.
One of the leading West Main street
grocers has asked the T.-R. to go
after" the trading stamp scheme to aid
him, the grocer in getting rid of It, The
T.-R. has no desire to $50 after anoth-
er mans business, yet it believes that
said grocer should quit the trading
stamps If he doesn't like them With
practically every merchant giving
stamps of some kind the scheme loses
it's value as trade getter and a little
concerted action among the merchants
could throw off the tax and stop the
entire stamp business. However, the
T.-R. doesn't give stamps, hence es-
capes the tax and is not In the going
after" business.
The editor of the T.-R., in company
with several other business men, was
invited last evening to attend an annual
banquet of the Railway Y. NJ. c. A.,
where he was surprised to see what
fine lot of boys and young men COM
pose that organization and what an en-
thusiasm they seemed to show in their
membership. The Y. NJ. c. A. building
has been remodeled until it is now we'll
equipped with baths and swimming
pool The gymnasium classes are
crowded and the entire work OF the
association seems to be flourishing. 1t
would repay any business man in Mar
shalltown to visit the place and see
what a fine institution for the amuse-
nlent and instruction of boys and young
men the Y. NJ c. A. affords. Secretary
Felingham has been unusually sue
cessful in his management. He Is a
man of sincere earnest purpose, a
Christian worker, whose piety is not
made obtrusive, a man who can make
friends with the boys and command re-
spect among business men. With the
aid of his helpful wife and a strong
of ladies he has pushed the
Y NJ. G. A. work forward with rapid
strides. 1t is a place where boys like
to go and good place for them to be.