Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-10
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The French miners should have wait
led to see the outcome of the American
strike before plungi into the mael
|strom.
Minnesota officials will manufacture
4 molasses for state Institutions. The
i state corrective and charitable institu-
Itions under the management of the
i state board of control Will be supplied
.lnext wear With Minnesota grown sorg
i hum syrup instead of the cane" prod
uct The institutions use about $4,000
/ gallons of syrup a year, and sorghum
lbs preferred by the inmates to cane
syrup, and it is more desirable for cook
ing than ordinary molasses. The annual
| report of the board of control says that
plans have been fully matured for in
stalling one or two modern plants at in
Istitutions where conditions are best
adapted to profitable production of
sorghum.
Down in Missouri Il Sullivan county
man raised eighty five bushels of pota-
1 toes in four years, beginning with but
a quarter of one tuber, thus showing
| how rapidly product Of this kind may
| be increased.
President Roosevelt was relieved of
big load of responsibility when Mitchell
/ declined to accept his latest offer of
mediation. He would have severely
i felt the weight of responsibility in urg-
4 ing upon congress any recommendation
a commission might advise: and the
| failure of congress to meet the situation
would have created further discomfort
that would reflect upon him. whether
Justly or not. Now that each side has
| refused his friendly offices his work as
mediator is ended.
| A Santa Fe conductor on Los An
geles train told a reporter of the San
Bernardino Sun that his grandfather
remembered sign which was erected
| at a point on a double-track railroad in
Ireland to the effect that, When two
trains meet here they must come to a
standstill until they have passed each
other"
| Like Iowa, the state OF Minnesota has
| q board of control to manage its state
institutions. Its first report figures out
a net saving to the state of over $147,-
900, after making allowance for it's own
expenses. some $4,000. Among other
things the board says it has eliminated
politics entirely from the management;
1T has succeeded in holding the super
Eintendents to strict responsibility. thus
enforcing higher standard of duty up-
on all employees; and it has. succeeded
in delocalizing the institutions to the
extent of demonstrating that they are
not run for the benefit of the towns in
which they are located, but for the
whole state.
A young woman in ST. Louis went tol
physician saying she was variety
actress, and wanted to be yaccinated
where it wouldn't show. You had bet
ter take it internally, then" replied the
physician.
The new conservatory to be erected
Gil the white house grounds at Wash
ington will be circular in form The.
plants will occupy the outer circle next
to the glass side of the house, but the
center will contain a highly ornamental
fountain with fish in the basin and
groups of plants artistically arranged.
There will, be al.abundance of room for
walks thru the plants and a SITTING
room near the center, Where chairs ana
tables can be arranged when desired.
The house will be brilliantly lighted
with myriads of small electric lights,
and of easy access from the ground
floor of the white house. thru the Ell
trance used by the president in going
TO and from his offices.
A suit against the anthracite coal
roads on the ground that they form ille-
gal combinations has been instituted in
the Philadelphia courts. 1t will be hard
for them to escape the Indictment.
Londoners are laughing over story
i'm which Lord Roberts, the diminutfve
warrior. is a central figure. 1t concerns
a prominent man of great physical pro-
portions who, on being introduced to
Lord Roberts, shaded his eyes in
would-be funny attempt to simulate
difficulty in seeing the small person OF
the earl and remarked "Ah, Lord
Roberts. delighted. l have frequently
heard of YOU, but have never seen you
before To which his lordship calmly
replied And have frequently seen
YOU, but have never heard of you be-
FORE
1t is hard to keep & good man down.
Determined to review the parade and
please the G.. A. r. veterans in Wash
ington, President Roosevelt was carried
down stairs to take his carriage for the
purpose.
1t is difficult to adjust rates Of trans
portation to suit all points and all peo-
pie. Occasionally the city with the
best facilities complains of discrimina
tons against it and higher rates than
more distant points, as for instance
Council Bluffs, a place that secures the
terminals of nearly ali the railroads in
this state. It's chief newspaper was the
other day complaining of freight dis
elimination against it. More marked
are the strange examples cited from
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