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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 with
Hardin. whereas, under the present ar
rangement, Marshall alone comprises
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 nom
ors with another county, yet there are
three other counties robbed of similar
priyflege-Jasper Jackson and Clayton.
If the shifting of population is such as
to require it, Marshall and the others
will submit reluctantly. tho Marshall
has q larger population than any other
In the class changed from single to
double district. Marshall county has a
population of 2s,s91. All those in sim
gle districts exceed 10000. They are
Clinton. Des Moines, Dubuque, Lee.
Linn. Mahaska, Polk, Pottawattamie.
Scott, Wapeno and Woodbury. all save
Mahaska having large city. Only six
of the eleven will have a larger popula-
ton than the Marshall district under
the proposed change.
The combined counties have popula-
lions exceeding $4,000. 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
zuYDER ZEE NOT IN 1T.
Retaining Of Land Along Mississippi
Five Times the Proposition of Drain
ing the Zuyder Zee.

Engineering News.l
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 work in this
direction now being carried out along
the Mississippi which will reclaim a
tract OF land $500 square miles in eN-
tent. The work of retaining the st.
Francis basin, which lies on the west
bank of the Mississippi between New
Madrid. in Missouri and Helena. In
Arkansas is already we'll under way,
only a few additional miles OF leyees
being necessary to complete the artifi-
cial banks which are to hold in check
the flood waters of the Mississippi. The
soil is an aliuvial 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 cverflowed by the
waters of the Mississippi. With the ex-
ception 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 a 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,S 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 it 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 s1,430 per square mile,
compared with the $4,000 in the Egyp-
tan RECLAMATION.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
CITY ELECTION.
counciImen,

By request of many citizens have
consented to become candidate for
councilman from the Second ward at
the ensuing city election.
A. II. BIRCHARD.
Editor Times Republicans: At the
reouest of many citizens and voters
of the Third ward, have consented
to be a. candidate for alderman of the
Third ward. MERRITT GREENE
/ will be a candidate for reelection
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 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, have consented to be
candidate for councilman of the Fifth
ward 1SOM 2. WOOTON.
I will be q candidate for reelection
to the city council as member from
the First ward, at the election to be
held March 81. I. T. KIRBY.
Please announce that I 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
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
rNew York Press. ]

We suspicion that 1t is true enough
that a woman would obsti'uct the polls
by refusing to vote until she was sure
that her hat was on straight, but We
also suspicion that she would more than
make up for this by seeing that her
conscience was on straight, too, which
Is q point that is absent rnindedly neg
lected by many an image of his Maker
that wears pants.
Some persons that mistake bad liv-
err for cynicism often hint around thal
women would be sure to vote for the
handsome candidates only. In LOOKING
over the portraits of the respected TEL
low citizens that run all over the Unit
ed States this year for offices OF all
kinds. from constable to congress, 1t
struck us that If women waited to cast
their ballots for handsome men they
wouldn't be likely to roll UP real
heavy vote anywhere in this country.
We never could prevail on ourselves
to take much stock in the theory that
women like handsome men. They cor
tainly don't seem to marry them.
1t is true that women would be ham
dicapped in politics because they can't
well hang over bar; and we note that
fcw men can get real close knowledge
Of the issue of the day until after the
third drink Women might have to use
intuition instead of the more reliable
and better known brands of rum to find
out lust how she ought to vote. lntui-
ton is a female talent that is despised
bv man. but it is a good deal less noisy
than his talents and does not produce
nigh as bad taste in the mouth next
morning.
When woman has the suffrage 1t Is
not likely that she will make election
bets never to wash or to comb her hair
or to wheel another woman thru town
in a barrow If her candidate amt elect
ed. She also will probably be content
to consider that election is over when
the votes are counted. Perhaps she
will feel badly for awhile and say that
the other side is mean thing, but af-
ter that she will see that the children
are dressed and sent to school as usual,
and she won't spent the rest of the
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 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 nostrilss 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 a time
when little else commands attention.
Every city and town in Iowa can afford
to spend considerable sum in this di-
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 well hand it 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
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
speeial low rate, affording a 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. & T. A., Marshalltown,
Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26

1t is with others, and it Is one of the
most telling temperance sermons that
could be preached. 1t is q 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 its 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 viigor 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
cants is habit that grows relentlessly,
insidously and with the effect of inn
pairing the brain and un-
fitting It's votary for respons-
ible position. 1t fastens its
coils about it's victim so tenaciously
that it can not be shaken off. Loss of
self-respect, 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
Burlington 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
Mamma Country Homes.
minneapolis Tribune

Rural free delivery is likely to in
troduce the English fashion of giving
distinctive names to country houses
cottages and farms. Probably this is
not as much of an affectation as n
convenience for addresses and the
postman. There begins to be demand
already for naming country roads and
numbering the houses on them. Prob
ably 1t will be found easier to mama
the houses, as we'll as prettier; and
we shall have a 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
The Rich Will Remain.
TOmaba Rae I

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 we'll
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
South Carolina Responsible for Till
Ist. Louis Globe-pemocrat.l


ISt. Louis Globe-D Democrat
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 We're
many Tillmans in the democratic par
ty. 1t would be also unjust to say
that rutfianissi 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 rutiianism
was discovered long ago. South Caro-
lima has recently re- elected him to an
other six years in the senate, and every
person who gave him vote for the
new term knew just as well then as
he knows now that Tillman was a
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
MUST LEAVE LIQUOR ALONE.

The officials of the great Burlington
railway system have decided to enforce
a rule requiring all employees to abstain
from the use of Intoxicating liquors.
They do 1t to protect the people who
entrust their lives to the care of the
road. They do 1t 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 a simple business
proposition with the Burlinton line, as
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
Eur,ntg 4i,trrs- Trpi1hl rsllaIItnnu,t

week in a gin mill explaining how IL
happened and tapering off.
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
a Eireman's Close Call.

"I 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.
81 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, felt as well
as ever did in my life." Weak, sickly,
run down people always gain new lie,
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
Will Read Newspapers.
brooklyn Eagle.

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 were done by
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
Very Cheap coIonist 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
II Jnlua, 1t1rd,rrsdap, Frhruarp 70. 1902

|by a, very, respectable member of the
nobility, who had been his governor
for eight or nine years, and sabove 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
plea sod
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
q Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby
agree to refund the money on a so
cent bottle of Greene's Warranted
Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure your
cough or cold We also guarantee a
25-cent bottle to prove satisfactory or
money refunded.
Henry C. Sieg. George P. Powers, c.
A. Seely & Co., Marshalltown; H. May
tar Laurel
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
"Ferninst the Government" Anyhow.

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
Just the same no matter what the adj
ministration had done. If 1t had done
one of the things the "kickers" are now
that it should do, they would
have opposed and denounced it just
the same
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 G. ]. Lander, druggist
Marshalltown, Iowa.
Mrs. Louisa de Camp, the first white
woman born in Wisconsin, died at
Prairie du Chen. She was Q104 years
old
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
HAIR SOFT AS SILK.
New Scientific Treatment Kills Dam
druff Germs and Makes Hair Soft.

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

Madame: in reply to your note will
say, give your children Rocky Noun
tain Tea each week. Keep them we'll
all the time. 35 cents. Mcbride & VIII.
Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
&C G. CT on EVERY Tablet,

Every tablet of Cascarets Candy Ca
thartics bears the famous c. c. c. New
er sold in bulk. Look for it and accept
no other. Befare of fraud. All drug
gists. 10 cents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26

Gen. Presley N. Guthrie, former adj
jutant general of Pennsylvania and one
of the best known military men in the
state died at his home in Pittsburg.
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 a 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 a 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 tariff, is with his
district (the Tenth.) 1.-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 noti-
fies his district what it is expected to
think and makes it like it, 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 II. will be i'm
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 be 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 1t is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Boone Republican says: I'VE
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"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26

According to the Carroll Sentinel,
Iowa people generally are more inter
ested in having railroads pay their
share of the taxes than they are in
two-cent fare"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26

Comendng 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 good
sized man in Kentucky, anyway"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26

The Sioux City Journal considers
prosperity 80 lusty that ~ will be i'm
possible for congress to choke it off at
one session"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26

The Davenport Democrat remarks
that mo argument Is needed to prove
that the senate of the United States is
putting itself on a warlike footing
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26

II Is stated that depression in Brit
ish trade is causing the sale of many
old liners and merchant vessels for
the purposes of dismantling.