Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-10
TOPICS OF THE TIMES


are attempting to induce the New York
miner, who fell 500 feet down shaft
without serious injury, to enter for the
air ship race.
The lower floor of the Newton opera
house is leased for n bowling alley, ana
the newspapers of that city are roast
ing the manager for permitting the
bowling alew to operate during the
presentation of the drama dear to the
Newtonian heart. 1t is embarrassing
to have an incipient thunder storm
growing beneath the stage when the
scene calls for bright May morning,
or to have the rolling rumble of lig-
nun vitae ball drown the voice of the
distracted mother when she shrieks for
her 'cheild."
According to the report of Waterloo's
mayor, Waterloo appears to be an ex-
oellent base for crooks to operate from.
In his report he says: There are now
living in Waterloo not less than a dozen
professional crooks who obtain liveli-
hood by dishonest Methods and rec
ommends the establishment of detec-
tive force This would seem to indicate
rather bad state of criminal matters
in the city on the Cedar.
The Presbyterian committee is still
at work on creed revision. Those who
in the meantime pass in their checks
preparatory to the usual trip into the
unknown beyond will have to take their
chances.
One of the results of the practical
part of George d. Herron's peculiar
theories is the Uncle SANS club for
which the people of Grinnell are about
to erect home. 1t is proposed to spend
$4,000 in building baths and fittings and
deed the property to the city. Few
American cities of the size of Grinnell
are more willing to spend money to a
high purpose. Silly ordinances and
cranky attempts to enforce them may
make Grinnell seem somewhat ridicu-
lous at times, but as clean, moral and
cultured little city Grinnell holds excel
lent rank among those who best know
the town.
It is noticeable that the reports OF
successful swindles, sales of gold bricks
and orders that turn into promissory
notes, worked among the farmers come
from sections as yet untouched by rural
mail delivery or telephone. 1t takes an
unusually shrewd swindler to operate
in neighborhood supplied with daily
newspapers and where one farmer may
by telephone get the judgment of his
neighbors on the line.
With a few unnecessary amendments
the state senate passed the bill placing
travelling Libraries under the supervi-
sion of the library commission and soop
the public will begin to receive benefits
from this most excellent institution.
Senator Hanna's stand in favor Of
Major Rathbone is the first intimation
of sentimentalism of character APP
preaching Stiffness he has ever shown.
To shake the verdict Of court organ
lied and conducted under Governor
Woods administration will need more
than Senator Hanna's avowed belief in
Rathbone's innocence. Senator Hanna
can scarcely afford, from a political
point of view, to make fight on the.
findings Of the court that properly con-
i,.cf
Such action on his part will be prompt
ly resented by the people.
$50
The suspicion that Governor Cum
minis would not sign the Molsberry bill
granting to railroads the power to in
cur much greater Indebtedness, was
enough to bury it In the house. If the
legislature had not spent so much time
in considering these measures there
would be little about them to criticise.
Petaluma, Cal, claims to be "poul-
try town almost exclusively. Nearly
every resident is engaged in the poul-
try business. There We're shipped from
1t last year not less than 100000 dozen
eggs and 10000 dozen poultry. Eggs to
the number of $4,000 doz. have been ship
ped from the town in one day Last year
$4,000 was paid out to merchants OF
the town for feed for poultry, besides
many thousand dollars for feed stuff
imported from San Francisco by the
larger poultry raisers. A large ranch
owner will frequently go into a store in
Petaluma and lay down $500 for feed
stuff. Twenty to thirty coops of poul-
try are shipped every day to the mar
kets at San Francisco. Wells Fargo
shipped thru their office last year 1000
cases of eggs and the Petaluma EX-
press Company is handling 100 cases
day.
President Roosevelt is contemplating
writing history of the Texas revolu-
ton. He will begin the work immedi-
ately upon his retirement from the
presidency. 1t is to be hoped that he
will be unable to give his attention to
the matter until after his second term,
but there can be no doubt that hunter
ana fighter like Roosevelt would make |
an ideal historian for Houston, Crock
EFT and Boone.
Senator Trewin secured the passage |
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