Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-07


adopted, and buildings will be author
lied only where the public needs are
most pressing. Not over 20 per cent OF
the bills introduced will become laws.
and 1t is quite likely that the proportion
will be less. If the % per cent are
agreed upon they will call for appropri-
ations aggregating approximately Vs.
100000. 1t is possible, however, that
the amount may be reduced below this
point. and the figures might not exceed
6,000.0 900 If $S,500000 is appropriated
this does not mean that the entire sum
would be taken from the treasury
forthwith or during any one year.
Minnesota is having a special session
% the legislature to revise its revenue
laws and so is Colorado, while other
states look on enviously. including Ne
braska, If we may credit the Omaha
Bee.
How would 1t do for the legislature
to impose a tax on trading stamps. as
personal property, or to authorize mu-
inequalities to impose license for their
use, rather than to attempt to make the
use of them a punishable misdemeanor
4 tax would kill the scheme, and as
these trading stamps have certain
percentage valuation 1t would not be
difficult to secure basis for assess
nent
The comic valentine Is the next
of those who have Weaknesses or fads.
The discovery has been made that
every law enacted by the last Wyom-
ing legislature, which met Il year ago.
is invalid, for the reason that the bills
We're not read and recorded properly
in the lower house. 1t affords the
lawmakers another chance to learn q
little law while attempting to make
more.
Republican leaders in the United
States senate have found it necessary
TO fight the democrats in their efforts
the Philippines. The scattered Fill
pino guerrillas thus find warm com
patriots in the persons of such minor
ity leaders, as Tillman, ct al. with
whom the pitchfork is mighteir than
reason.
An anti snitch" campaign is going
on in Kansas City. A "snitch." ac
cording to one of the papers, is a
cheap lawyer, very frequently young
lawyer, a man of small practice and
precarious income, which would prob
excessively active in drumming UT
trade. His speciality is the individuals
who have suffered supposed or real
injury to feelings. character or per-
son. and his method is to induce such
individuals to bring damage suits. on
to threaten suits. with the object o.
extracting money from the person,
firm or corporation upon whom lies
the alleged blame"
Senator Hartman wants to change
the Iowa law governing the drainage of
lands to the common law method. I'm
der our statute the owner of land can
not turn his drainage upon his neigh
bor's property. Under the common law
he may drain it to suit his convenience.
even tho it be to carry the surplus
water out upon the land of another.
-iSh m
shotgun method of protecting proper
ty? lit is said he is fortified with arLu-
ments to support his proposition. and
as he is a man of experience and
ability the people will gladly hear any
reasons based on justice he may have
| for the change before condemning his
| measure.
Farmer Prymm Gin the city theater)
Better take off yer hat, Sary; all the
other wimin folks has theirs off.
| His Wife-Let them. the brazen
to say tibet I'd do anything in show
place tibet wouldn't do in church,
Brooklyn Life.
\
| President Green, of the Texas Mid
land railway, is also president of a
Tarpon club and says that it is one of
his ambitions to have live tarpon in
] a tank among the Texas exhibits al
the Worlds Fair. He is now in Wash :
| ington consulting the government fish
| experts about the best method of keep
/ ing a live tarpon in captivity, thing
which nobody has ever seen. The tar
pom attains length of six feet.
The Des Mones Capital claims that
the smallpox situation in the capital
city has been grossly exaggerated. IT
shows that there are 62 cases in the
pest house and 226 outside of it (some
of the latter being qaurantines of per-
sons exposed and not afflicted with tho
disease) or total of 2S6-instead OF
500, as claimed. The situation is GER
tainly bad enough as it is, and war
rants the most active measures for its
suppression. such as have lately beer
put on foot.
Can any one tell me what meter
is?" asked the teacher of a primary
class in an Allston (Muss.) school q
few days ago.
The teacher nodded and the child said