Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-04
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

/ TOPICS OF THE TIMES ;
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/ President Roosevelt continues to be
one of the busiest men in the nation,
tho he is trying TO enjoy a vacation.
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| The striking miners in the anthracite
region are leaving for the bituminous
fields to secure work. This may create
a shortage of labor hereafter that will
tend to make the operators open their
purses-if nothing else will.
| The Transmissssippi congress will
be asked to work for deep waterway
between St. Paul and st. Louis.
They had waited a long time for the
return of the prodigal, AT last he came.
After appropriate greetings his father
said, rather sadly for so glad an oc-
casion:
My son. I'm very sorry, but we have
Neither can afford to buy one. having
of late fallen upon evil days"
Il feared as much" replied the son,
so l stopped at the drover's on my
way up and ordered the bet fatted calf
he had. There it comes now" and on
looking out they beheld two strong
butcher men struggling IN with the
largest and latest calf they had ever
seen. This fable simple tho it may be,
shows how even q prodigal may sue
ern business methods, says writer in
iLippincottS.
The Georgia peach has reached the
Chicago market and is said to be fine.
Secretary Shaw put a quietus on the
presidential boom some one started for
him. He is Roosevelt man, regarding
him mot only a prince among men but
peer among statesmen" His Iowa
constituents endorse this estimate.
Very few people realize the great
ness of the peach crop of southwest
Missouri. on one single peach farm in
that part of the state there will be em-
ployed $500 pickers this year. There
are 1877 900 tree on the farm which will
yield about five bushel to the tree. The
box material purchased to pack the
crop cost $4,000. About 500 cars will
be shipped from this one farm this
year.
Commissioner Willsey of the land de-
partment of the Northern Pacific rail-
way on the 31st closed deal with j.
Van der Las of Dickinson, N. D., by
which 100000 acres of railroad lands
scattered thru sixteen townships are
The lands will be given over to settle
ment AT once, it is said, and converted
into farms within two years. The syn
dicate is composed of Iowa farmers
principally, With few from Illinois
and other adjacent states. Many of the
men interested in the deal plan to settle
on the land al once. The price paid is
not made public, but it is understood
TO be low as compared with other re-
cent purchases of North Dakota realty.
The tract sold by Mr.. Wilsey is one of
the few of any size owned by the
Northern Pacific in North Dakota.
The Rock Island reorganization
scheme is something like Chinese
puzzle.
Speaking of cool summers, CORE
that in the summer of 1916 planting and
harvesting all over New England went
almost to naught, and there WAS great
suffering for want of sufficient food.
Snow and ice in various parts of New
England were reported during June and
1.-The year without IA summer" and also
eighteen hundred and : starve to-
| DEATH
The big rain of last night has a rec
ord of both benefit and damage. 1t
didn't hurt the corn crop
| Damp in Maine.-TallS about fore
thought! George Turner knew what he
was about when he purchased a canoe.
He is daily drilling his hired help in
padding and throwing spear. and
when / asked why the other evening,
he said: Il expect to have my potatoes
dug that way. "-Aroostook Republi-
can.
The Chicago Record Herald states
that Chicago river. famous far and
wide for its filth for so long time, is
now contributing to the cleanliness OF
the city. An enterprising group of men
| whose homes are near the stockyards