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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
IHE TWO CENT FARE slLL.

The Times Republican does not be-
lieve there is a general demand among
the people of Iowa for reduction of
railroad fares to two cents per mile.
At least there is at present no agita-
ton upon this subject, and the legis-
lature would do well to make very
careful inquiry into this matter be
fore passing upon the bill introduced
ton. Under our code railways are di-
yided into three classes, and are per-
mitted to charge maximum rates as
follows: Class A, 3 cents per mile;
class B. 3ls cents; class c. cents
per mile. These rate were regarded
as reasonable when the law was en-
acted, and the question is whether
they are now regarded as excessive or
unreasonable. 1t will devolve upon
the legislature to ascertain whether a
two cent fare is reasonable in this
period when prices are generally adj
yancing. II not reasonable and prof
table to the railways the bill should be
condemned. Passenger earnings con-
stitute only about twenty per cent of
railroad receipts, and the rate of earn
tngs per passenger is about two cents
per. mile in this territory, so that the
margin of profit is not large even at
<1,a ,,rocnuf CYaded rate
The people are inclined to be fair
in their treatment of all great interests
in the state, knowing that il they pros
per it viii aid each individual inter-
est. This is their present attitude
toward railroads. They are unwilling
to pay greater rates than the service
demands. and yet they would hesitate
to cut rates to a degree that would
seriously injure these great arteries
of travel. and the courts would not
sustain them in doing SO. 1t remains
to be determined by facts and figures
whether the proposed bill is fair.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
AN uNwELcoME MEASURE.

The bill of Senator Hubbard rear
ranging the senatorial districts is the
first that has been introduced In the
legislature. 1t is planned to meet the
growth in population, particularly In
The northwestern part of the state. This
bill places Marshall in a district Win
Hardin, whereas, under the present ar
rangement, Marshall alone comprises a
district. OF course such change Will
naturally be distasteful to the people OF
this county, who have not recently
been called upon to share political hon
ors with another county, yet there are
three other counties robbed of similar
priyilege-Jasper, Jackson and Clayton
If the shifting of population is such as
to require 1t, Marshall and the others
will submit reluctantly, tho Marshall
has a larger population than any other
in the class changed from single to
double district. Marshall county has
population of 2s.ss1. All those in sin
gle districts exceed 10000. They are
Clinton. Des Moines, Dubuque, Lee,
Linn. Mahaska, Polk. Pottawattamie.
Scott wapello and Woodbury., all save
Mahaska having large city. Only six
OF the eleven will have a larger popula-
tion than the Marshall district under
the proposed change.
The combined counties have popula-
lions exceeding 10000. tho some in the
northwest do not much exceed this
number.
It is not known how favorably this
Hubbard reapportionment bill will be
received elsewhere. There is little
doubt, however, that it will meet with
severe criticism from some quarters of
the state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
CITY ELECTION.
Councilman.

BY request of many citizens have
consented to become a candidate for,
councilman from the Second ward at
the ensuing city election.
A. T. ORCHARD.
Editor Times-Republican AT the
reouest of many citizens and voters
of the Third ward, have consented
TO he a candidate for alderman of tho
Third ward MERRITT GREENE.
/ will be a candidate for recollection
to the city council from the Third ward.
at the election to be held March 81.
DIR. G. w. HARRIS.
Please announce my name as a candi-
date for councilman of the Fifth ward
for election at the coming municipal
election to be held March 81, 1902.
H. MEAD.
Editor Times Republican: Please an
nounce my name as a candidate for
council in the Fourth ward.
BYRON WEBSTER.
Please announce that will be cam
didate for councilman from the Fourth
ward. JOSEPH RADKE.
Editor Times Republican: AT the re-
quest of many citizens and voters Of the
Fifth ward. I have consented to be a
candidate for councilman of the Fifth
ward. ISOM P. WOOTON.
will be a candidate for reelection
TO the city council as a member from
the First ward, at the election to be
HELD March 81. I. T. KIRBY.
Please announce that will be
candidate for alderman in the Second
ward. R. w. MCBRIDE
Please announce that will be cam
didate for councilman in the First ward.
o. L. INGLEDUE.
BY request of many friends and vot-
ers in the Third ward, August Seberg
will be candidate for councilman from
that ward at the coming city election.
March 81.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
zuYDER ZEE NOT IN IT.
Retaining of Land Along Mississippi
Five Times the Proposition Of Drain
ing the Zuyder Zee.
IEngineering News.1

engineering NeWS'J
| The proposed draining of the Zuyder
| Zee, which has been under discussion
| for the past century is popularity looked
upon as an engineering problem in land
reclamation without a parallel in con-
temporary history. The land that
would be reclaimed by this work would
be about $50 square miles.
In comparison there is a work in this
direction now being carried out along
the Mississippi which will reclaim a
tract OF land $500 square miles in ex-
tent. The work of reclaiming the st.
Francis basin, which lies on the west
bank of the Mississippi between New
Madrid, in Missouri, and Helena. in
Arkansas. is already well under way,
only a few additional miles of levees
being necessary to complete the artiti-
cial banks which are to hold in check
the flood waters of the Mississippi. The
soil is an alluvial deposit and there
fore, remarkably fertile and capable of
the highest cultivation.
A comparison of the extent of the ST
Francis Basin with the combined areas
of Rhode Island and Delaware gives
good idea of its magnitude All of this
area was recently overfiowed by the
waters of the Mississippi. With the ex-
oeption of few gaps there has been
constructed in this work continuous
line of levees some 212 miles in length.
The work has been done under the SUI
pervison of the ST. Francis levee boards
of Missouri and Arkansas, acting in
conjunction with the United States
government. The expenditures of the
two boards together to date amount to
about half million dollars, while the
government has expended about three
quarters of million dollars additional.
Already the reclaimed land has appre-
ciated in value many times its original
valuation, and is now held at $50 an
acre. Railroads now intersect the re-
claimed area establishments have been
claimed area in several directions, nu-
merous industrial establishments have
been built, the population has been
doubled. and general prosperity has
appeared where originally there We're
only waste swamps.
1t is however. not only in the extent
of the undertaking that the st. Francis
basin reclamation is notable, but in the
very low cost at which 1t has been ac-
complished The work of retaining
about $500 square miles of the Nile
valley in Egypt is now being carried
out by the building of dams at Assouan
and Assiont at an estimated cost of
twenty-five millions dollars, while the
entire reclamation of the $500 square
miles of the st. Francis basin will not
cost more than five million dollars all
told. or only s1,43O per square mile,
compared with the $4,000 in the Egyp-
tan reclamtion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
South Carolina Responsible for Till
ISt. Louis Globe Democrat.l

lSt. Louis ope-DemocTal.1
Tillman is hitting South Carolina
and the democratic party some pretty
hard knocks these days 1t would. of
course. be unfair to say that there were
many Tillmans in the democratic par
ty. 1t would be also unjust to say
that ruffianissl is the regular thing in
South Carolina. Still the democratic
party, or a large section of it, has been
following Tillman's leadership for
many years, even tho his ruftianism
was discovered long ago. South Caro-
lima has recently reelected him to an
other six years in the senate, and every
person who gave him a vote for the
new term knew just as we'll then as
he knows now that Tillman was q
blackguard and rowdy. This much
responsibility, at least, for Tillman
rests on the democratic party and the
state of South Carolina.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
SPRING CLEANING NEEDED.

With the coming of spring and the
advent of milder weather the cities and
towns of Iowa have a duty to perform
in the cleaning of streets and the cart
ing away of the accumulated filth of
winter. This ought to be done before
1t is transformed into dust and carried
into the nostrils and homes of the peo-
pie. It should be done in the interest
of cleanliness, but chiefly to promote
public health. It will not only insure
greater healthfulness. but will add to the
attractiveness of every town and city in
this commonwealth. The cleaning of
streets and alleys and the repair of
sidewalks are essentials that should not
be overlooked. This duty performed
may save doctors bill or a suit for
damages against the corporation. 1t
will give employment to labor at time
when little else commands attention.
Every city and town in Iowa can afford
to spend considerable sum in this d.
rection. 1t will encourage citizens to
clean their own premises and to make
them more attractive. 1t will inspire
them to beautify with new paint, new
shade trees, pretty lawns and other at
tractive features of town life.
Commercial bodies, clubs and other
organizations should use their influence
to bring about these wholesome i'm
provements.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
Blasts From Rams Horn.

1t is not wise to set the house on fire
to thaw the frozen water pipes.
You may know a mans principles by
the things he has an interest in.
The diamonds of truth are more cas-
lily lost than the pebbles of error.
The invitation to lean on the Lord is
for the weary and not for the lazy.
A death in the home on earth oft
opens the door to the home in heaven.
If you cultivate poison weeds you will
probably be the first to eat their fruit.
Chicken feed in the collection does
not promise growth of wings on the
givers.
The loving judgments of friends are
harder to bear than the harsh ones of
foes.
Don't cast your bread on the waters
when you might just as we'll hand 1t to
some hungry one.
He who sweeps the pews for the glory
of God will be more pleasing to Him
than the preacher who seeks his own
praise
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26

it is with others, and 1t is one of the
most telling temperance sermons that
could be preached. 1t is a sweeping
declaration that. no man can use intox-
icating liquors and be entrusted with a
position of great responsibility. 1t is a
terse enunciation of the fact that soon
er or later liquor will befuddle the
brain, unnerve the arm and bring cataS-
trophe in It's wake. 1t is the common
sense deduction of the lessons of the
centuries.
The man who "can drink or let 1t
alone" smiles in youthful vigor and de-
rision over this possibility, but he is one
who knows more now in a positive way
than. he will later on in life. The lesson,
however, ought to be fully impressed
upon young men that the use of intoxi-
cants is habit that grows relentlessly,
insidously and with the effect of inn
pairing the brain and I'M
fitting its votary for respons-
ible position. 1t fastens its
coils about its victim SO tenaciously
that it can not be shaken off. Loss of
pride, position, home and
friends are some of the baneful fruits
of such self-indulgence, and proof of
the erroneous views of youth. Business
men have justly come to watch with
suspicion any employee who seeks pleas
ure in the cup that briefly cheers. The
warning is in line with it
and every other method to guard
against deterioration.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
The Rich Will Remain.
TOnaha Bee.

The statement is made that the tax
ferret law in Iowa, which has resulted
in the listing of millions of dollars
worth of property which had escaped
the assessors, is driving many rich men
out of the state. AS a rule rich as well
as poor live where they find 1t profit
able to themselves, and 1T is not likely
that any large number Of wealthy peo-
pie will leave Iowa for the simpl reason
that they are forced to pay their due
share of taxes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
Naming Country Homes.
minneapolis Tribune.l

Rural free delivery is likely to in
troduce the English fashion of giving
names to country houses.
cottages and farms. Probably this is
not as much of an affectation as q
for addresses and the
postman. There begins to be demand
for naming country roads and
the houses on them. Prob
ably it will be found easier to mama
the houses, as well as prettier; and
we shall have crop of designations
that might have been taken out of
novels Of English country life, with
variations due to our Indian nomen-
clature and the quaint humor of Amer
lean rural life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
MUST LEAVE LIQUOR ALONE.

The officials of the great Burlington
railway system have decided to enforce
rule requiring all employees to abstain
from the use OF Intoxicating liquors.
They do it to protect the people who
entrust their lives to the care of the
road. They do it to guard the interests
of the road itself and the property of
stockholders. They do it in the interest
of the very employees upon whom the
ban ID placed. 1t is simple business
proposition with the Burlinton line. as
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
Relief in Six Hours.

Distressing kidney and bladder dis
ease relieved in six hours by the New
Great South American Kidney Cure
1t is great surprise on account Of its
exceeding promptness in relieving pain
in bladder, kidneys and back in male
or female Relieves retention Of water
almost Immediately. II you want
quick relief and cure this is the rem
edy. Sold by c. ]. Lander, druggist,
Marshalltown, Iowa.
Mrs. Louisa de Camp, the first white
woman born in Wisconsin, died at
Prairie du Chen. She was 104 years
old.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
Special Low Rate to California.

During March and April the Iowa
Central road will sell one-way excur-
sion tickets to points in California from
all it's stations in Iowa and Illinois at a
special low rate. affording splendid
opportunity to visit the Pacific coast.
Elegantly equipped tourist cars, with
all the modern conveniences of travel,
leave for the coast every Tuesday in
March and April carrying the tourist
thru without change and free from
many of the discomforts and annoy
ances of winter travel For full infor-
nation, reservations in tourist car
rates and circulars, call on your local
Iowa Central agent or address George
s. Batty, G. P. & 7. A, Marshalltown,
Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
a Fireman's Close Call.

'T stuck to my engine, altho every
jcint ached and every nerve was racked
with PAIN" writes C. w. Bellamy. To-
connective fireman of Burlington, Iowa.
II was weak and pale, without any APP
petite and all run down AS was about
to give UP got bottle of Electric Bit
tiers and after taking it, l felt as well
as ever did in my life" Weak, sickly,
run down people always gain new life.
strength and vigor from their use Try
them. Satisfaction guaranteed. Price
so cents. George P. Powers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
Very Cheap colonist Rates

To points in Montana, Idaho, Wash
ington, Oregon and Utah will be in
effect at oil stations on the Iowa Cen
trail road daily during March and
April You can reach not only Butte,
Helena, Boise, Tacoma, Spokane, Sc
attic, Portland, Salt Lake City, Ogden
and Denver, but many intermediate
points at these low rates.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
HAIR SOFT AS SILK.
New Scientific Treatment Kills Dan.
druff Germs and Makes Hair Soft.

1t Is an accepted fact, proven fact.
that dandruff is germ disease; and It
Is also demonstrated fact that New
bros Herpicide kills the dandruf germ.
Without dandruff falling hair will stop.
and thin hair will thicken. Herpicide
not only kills the dandruff germ, but 1t
also makes the hair as soft as silk. 1t Is
the most delightful hair dressing made.
1t cleanses the scalp from dandruff
and keeps 1t clean and healthy. Itch
ing and irritation are instantly re-
lieved. and permanently cured. At all
druggists. There's nothing Just as
good" Take no substitute. Ask for
"Herpicide,"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26

week in gin mill explaining how 1T
happened and tapering off.
4 If woman should bet a hat on the
election and lose she would probably
pay her bet. We admit that this would
be an outrageous innovation and blow
at the bulwarks of the republic. 1t Is
the only danger we can see in woman
suffrage.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
"Ferninst the Government" Anyhow.
Indianapolis Journal.l


To estimate at their true value the
attacks and criticisms of the admins
tration policy In the Philippines it must
be remembered that 1t would have been
lust the same no matter what the adj
ministration had done. II 1t had done
one of the things the "llickers" are now
that it should do, they would
have opposed and denounced it just
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
INT Jnlua 1urd,rpsdap, Frhruarp 26. 1907

sby q very, respectable member of the
nobility, who had been his governor
for eight or nine years, and tabove all.
who held the purse during his tour.
But the prince. once he had got away
from home rule. took the bit in his
own teeth, and went very much as he
,,1o, ,aJ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
Will Read Newspapers.
IBrooklyn ga aleu-

BY request of their superintendent
the teachers in the public schools of
Reading, Pa, will read newspapers
hereafter. He does not believe that
they can be well informed unless they
find out what is going on in the world,
We are doing many things today that
are far more important, not merely to
US, but to the whole world, and to the
world of the future, than We're done by
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26

Discussing the bill to reduce railroad
passenger rates to two cents a mile
the Dubuque Telegraph observes that
Before voting on the measure legisla-
tors should ascertain whether two
cents is reasonable rate. 1t is prob
able that reduction of fare would in
crease travel. just as reductions of pos
tai rates have increased mail matter.
But even in this event two cents mile
might be too low to return fair profit
on the investment, and IN such a con-
tingency the courts would nullify the
law"
The Davenport Democrat remarks
that mo argument is needed to prove
that the senate of the United States is
putting itself on warlike footing"
The Britt News says that Congress
man Conner, in favoring revision and
modification of the tariti', is with his
district (the Tenth.) The congressman
that joins with his people in rea-
soning upon public questions the
News adds, may not attract so much
attention as the great tin god that mott
fies his district what it is expected to
think and makes it like 1t, but he will
be respected and have The confidence
of all the people all the time
The Sioux City Journal considers
prosperity 80 lusty that it will be inn
possible for congress to choke it off at
one session"
"Mr. Anonymous says the Hamp-
ton Recorder, should be kicked out OF
the columns of every reputable newspa-
per- and while the papers might not be
too 'newsy.' they would lie great deal
more reliable"
'Deliver us from election of senators
by popular vote" says the Iowa Falls
Citizen, after contemplating the man
ner in which the war revenue bill was
railroaded thru the house. The Sen"
ate does very well as it i;"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

The celluloid comb in Boston wom-
ans hair caught fire from the hot draft
! of register the other night and severe
ly burned her. These ornaments are
becoming dangerous.
Mark Twain has added two new max
inns to the worlds stock. They are:
We ought never to do wrong when
people are looking" and NO real gen.
tleman will tell the naked truth in the
presence of ladies'" To which may be
added Marks tribute to q deceased
friend: He didn't possess an interest
ing vice to brighten his sombre vir-
tues
sas, paid out $3,4S3,740.35 this month,
10000 persons being benefited.
In Illinois Rushyille man bought
thirty Missouri mules for $64 a head,
fed them three months and sold them
at SLIP head, netting 1000 profit.
-
Over in England the city of London
has smallpox scare, and it is said the
hotels are already feeling the bad eff
fects of it. The number of victims
picked up creates alarm this week
and the health authorities have been
hampered by the enormous number
IF o.cav Of ;pauar1o u-biol, ,,S y,rar
trated nurses and doctors in many
hospitals and spread to all parts of
the metropolis.
Andrew Carnegie continues his good
wor knad has offered Upton. indiana,
$4,000 for a building for it's new public
library, just opened.
The Des Moines Capital makes a
disparaging comparison between Hull
and the Fifth district congressman in
order to boost Hull for denomination
altho it pays "a tribute to Cousins.
Hands off, please.
Comenting on Representative Wheel
er's reference to Prince Henry as 'lit-
tie Dutchman," the Chicago Record
Herald says: THE prince is six feet and
half an inch tall. weighs 1S2 pounds,
and always keeps in the pink of physi-
cal condition. What do they call a good
sized man in Kentucky, anyway"
The custom of throwing rice at the
departing bride and bridegroom is said
to be Chinese. A famous sorcerer named
Chao became jealous of the power of
another sorcerer n woman. and, con-
ceiving n plan to destroy her, he per-
suaded her parents to bestow her upon
his supposed son. The crafty Chao
chose the most unlucky day for the
wedding the day when the Golden
Pheasant" was in the ascendant, so that
when the bride entered the red chair
the spirit bird would destroy her with
his powerful beak. But Peachblossom
at the door. and she passed out I'M
harmed while the spirit bird was de-
vouring 1t.
II is stated that depression in Brit
ish trade is causing The sale of many
old liners and merchant vessels for
the purposes of disrnantling.
The merger suit against the combina-
ton of the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern was knocked out of the U. S.
supreme court. The real scope of the
decision is that the supreme court can
not be compelled to do police duty in
New Jersey for the benefit of Minneso-
ia.
yanquished Interest-"Charley. dear"
said young Mrs. Torkins, do you think
that women ought to be prevented from
voting?"
Certainly not
Wouldn't you try to stop me If L
wanted to go to the polls?"
Not for an instant"
well, then. what in the world is the
use of wanting to vote. '-Washington
Star
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26

The Cedar Rapids Gazette believes
THE states that have compulsory edu-
cational laws should be compelled to
offer edcuations that will be of actual
benefit to the children"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Boone Republican says: 1--WE
should be glad to favor Barkley's anti
tax ferret bill but we don't see it that
way. We believe the present law is a
good one"