Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects
as Reflected in the Iowa
Newspapers.
The News Of Iowa From Hun.
dreds Of Different Towns
and Communities.
REGISTRATION EXPENSIVE.
CGriprall HoroId

The registration law for a town the
size of Grinnell is very expensive
luxury. Preparatory to the city cleo
ton last Monday two registrars sat In
| each of the four wards of the city for
three entire days prior to election day
and on that day for the purpose of reg
| istering persons who had moved into
the city or changed residence since the
general election last fall. The total cost
of maintaining these four boards OF
registration was about 500. The num-
Der of voters who presented themselves
for registration was about twenty-five.
1t therefore cost the city about SIS
vote for the votes registered for the
spring election.
REGISTER WANTS A SPELL DOWN
Estate Register.]
| In spite of the fact that during the
past two months there has been a
general effort made by all the profess.
ors in Northwestern University to have
the students put special study on the
subject of spelling, a most discourage
ing showing has just been made in a
series of tests, and the faculty fear that
the average university student is de-
stined. to be poor speller. In a test
examination held Thursday, in the ele-
mentary class in English, only twenty
of the more than sixty pupils in the
class, succeeded in passing above the
required average The, showing is
nothing short Of disgraceful, and it
should be warning of the fact that
mourned day 'fads'' have spoiled our
schools. In the days OF the old-fash-
toned spelling down." the boy or girl
who stayed on the floor last won an
honor the whole school envied and,
incidentally, that boy or girl was learn
/ ing how to SPELL Nowadays they are
too busy with their foolish "fads' to
pay attention to anything so common
place as spelling, and the showing
made by the students In the Evanston
university points out the result.
| When notice of the result of the ex-
amination was posted on the college
bulletin board, the whole university
ors are telling Of some Of the details
of the failure people are alarmed. and
4 in fact Disguised. The word thor
ough" was not spelled correctly by
fully third of the class, and several
"faddists" gave it as "thoro." The
word Judgment was missed by half
of the class, and many other common
words were spelled in manner noth-
ling short of disgraeeful. Bvery school,
college and university in the country
should follow in the footsteps of
Northwestern University and give this
matter an investigation, followed by u
special school.
THAT OLEoAfARGARINE BILL.
[Sioux City Journal
The renovated butter clause of the
| house bill was not highly pleasing to
the dairy interests which were SO en-
thusiastic in support of the original
"oleo" bill. The working over and puri-
flying of stale or rancid butter is con-
sidered d legitimate part of the BUSH
ness of many creameries. The dairy
men claim that the butter thus treated
is just as good as fresh butter, and they
did not like the idea of having 1t brand
ed as an imitation. notwithstanding
the opposition OF the dairymen, the
amendment seemed to many members
to be so consistent that it received gem
eral support and was adopted
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senate to. strike out the section con-
corning renovated butter, and much
pressure was brought to bear with that
object In view. Instead of striking out
the section the senate has deemed 1t
advisable to make it more stringent in
its restrictions against process butter.
In the house the promoters of the an
i-oleomargarine campaign vigorously
opposed the comparatively mild re-
strictions proposed there against rem
oavted or process butter. 1t remains
to be seen whether they will accept the
senate's action In introducing still more
rigid provisions on the subject. They
will have weak case in opposing the
amendment, for the whole measure is
undoubtedly more consistent in its
present form. Ii oleonargarine is to
be placed under ban for masquerade
ing in false colors it is only logical that
process butter should also pass for
what it is, and not as fresh creamery
butter.
The Journal would not be sorry to
see the oleomargarine bill in it's en-
tirety fail, tho such a result is unlikely.
While there is much in the argument
that oleomargardne should not be sold
as butter to consumers who want but
ter, the rational remedy would seem to
be to punish the party perpetrating the
fraud rather than the manufacturer
who produces the product and sells 1t
to the wholesaler for what it is.
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HOW MANY WE'RE LISTENING?
IChariton Herald.]
1T is an amusing matter some
times, and sometimes not, to talk ov
er rural telephone line and find that
nearly all the patrons of the line,
principally the women of the famil-
les on the line) have their phone re-
ceivers down and are taking in all
that is being said. The patrons liv-
ing in the country have little enough
to liven the hours, and it is no Won
der that they listen when they hear
the phone ring, even if it is for
some one else. Town women have
their gossip exchanges and their
sewing bees and their neighborly
calls. at which they can open their
store houses of gossip. but the
country women can not visit each
other so easily. so they hail with de-
light the substitute of the rural
phone which they use to talk to
half the women In the township around
them, and they can hardly be blamed
for listening to all that goes over
the line, even IL it is not meant for
tt,air aorc Thu amusing mart of the