Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-19
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects
as Reflected in the Iowa
Newspapers.
The News OF Iowa From Hun.
dreds Of Different Towns
end Communities.
HARMLESS ADJUSTMENTS.
TDenison Review.1

HARMLESS ADJUSTMENTS.
/ [Denison Review
Mr.. w. o. Payne of the Nevad
Representative is a dear, good fellow
but just at this time he is affected wit
the redistricting monomania. This
certainly about as bad as the al
puzzle when it once takes firm hol
on a man. Some time ago we met MI
Payne in Des Moines his pockets wer
bulged with maps and he had plan
without end at the tip of his tongue
The legislature will not. however. max
any changes. The amusement of max
/ ing redistricting plans is harmless. ant
we hope Mr.. Payne is securing grea
amount of pleasure from 1t.
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/ CARRIERS APPRECIATE F'AVORS.
shenandoah Sentinei.l
The rural mail carriers speak yer.
highly of the many accommodation
and kindnesses shown them by thu
patrons the past winter. Many pres
ents of meat and butter and honey ant
milk and other good things have beer
made TO them, to say nothing of thu
horse feed. Without this help the car
riers could not have gotten thru tn,
winter without loss upon the meagel
salary paid them. When they stop fol-
noon lunch the patrons are always kline
and careful to have hot coffee ready fol
| them. 1t is considerable hardship fol
q mail carrier to ride twenty-five miles
with the mercury way below zero and
to stop and handle mail a hundred
times, and the kindness of the patrons
in showing their appreciation goes far
to make the carriers satisfied with their
jobs. Usually, too, the farmers have
been kind in opening the roads thru the
snow drifts. A few exceptions have
have won the appreciation OF the car
riers.
TEACHING IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Emma I. Evans in Woodward Enter
prise.l
|. came here hoping / could bring
along the enthusiasm for the work that
used to save one from WEAKNESS at
home. but these people are not clean.
at home or in person. / can not like
the work for the sake of the native.
have managed to keep up enthusiasm
by very vigorous waking of my
youthful patriotism, but am so sordid
grown that while do my best II is real
ly entirely for love of America and not
OF the Filipino. and that love has to be
spurred by the fact that the scenery
the climate and the eNiled Americans
are all "buero" and by the further fact
that it pays. / am not conscious of any
la Nf my y1 ri w 7
but am not so sorry when Saturday
comes as l Used to be of old.
The rest is delightful and l am able
TO save very much more than / hoped,
at least. it looks that way now.
l was rather agreeably surprised on
the social side. too. The army people
are all very. very kind to us. There are
not many women over here in the prov
inces and every effort Is made to make
their life in every way pleasant and
safe. Some of the soldiers are said
to be very rough. and no doubt they are,
but those with whom came in contact
both here and en- route are very cour-
teous to an American woman and have
known how gentlemen behave If they
are not themselves gentlemen.
GAMBLING.
[Guthrie Guthrian.1
The present term OF court has I'M
cradle petty gambling in this town
among the boys and young men. This
vice is one of the most insidious of the
many that the human race is addicted
to. and permeates and honeycombs all
classes of society. A great number OF
people look upon semi gambling de-
vices with equanimity, but hold up
their hands in holy horror when they
see or hear of the common herd indulg-
Ing in vulgar and vicious gaming, for
getting that these small devices are the |
ones that initiate the youth. and are the |
stones 10 poker
In almost every store there are de-
vices in which there is an element of
chance which induces us to part with
our coin. the indulgence of which often /
eads to other hazards, and in short
time the gambling habit and instinct I
becomes fixed. Our citizens are to some |
extent culpable in the past in allowing
he petty gaming to go on in our midstt
without any effort on their part to put T
ooked upon the amount of the hazard
rs being so small that it carried with
t no crime, losing sight of the facsth
he amount of the stake is not the line
Upon which the penalty is drawn. Our
'ourts make no distinction in the pen
slty, whether il is one cent or one dol 7
az, the crime is the same. These penny
.nte games have been going on so long
lmong the boys without interference
hat they came to believe that il was
lot considered among the crimes o..
,ur statute books. The arrest of a few
IS was done at this term of court. and
heir being heavily fined, will teach
he boys the enornity of their offence,
nd will be warning TO others not
aught in the drag net of the law that
it is not stopped that their turn viii
ONE next. We sincerely hope that the
lesson administered by Judge {
Applegate VIII have it's effect upon the {
outh of our town and will he the |
means of graduating this vice from
mong us. i
A Fireman's Close Call. Il
II stuck to my engine altho every j
tint ached and every nerve was racked {
18th PAIN writes C. W. Bellamy, a To- |
fireman of Burlington, Iowa. )
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