Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-29
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a Texas paper seriously chides Pres
ident Roosevelt for carrying re-
volper.
Charles NJ. Schwab is said to be con-
si,iering a plan to establish manual
training schools in cities somewhat
after the general idea of Carnegie's IL
hrary donations. which is certainly
mor,. laudable enterprise than attempt
ing TO break the bank at Monte Carlo.
A New York man who has been
prosecuted for alleged flag desecra-
ton under the law of that state has
beer brought before the supreme court
on "A writ of habeas corpus, sued out
by his counsel. and will now test the
constitutionality of the law. The SUI
prerae court of Illinois has decided that
a similar law passed by the legislature
of that state was unconstitutional. 1t
is now up to the New York court to say
whether or not butcher may wrap
side meat in the star spangled banner.
made by the opposing candidates for
governor is likely to be considered an
added argument In favor of biennial
elections.
The habit of chewing gum in court
so irritated the dignity OF a New En-
gland judge that he outlawed the
aboninable practice. However this
sort OF tyranny may work in Massa-
chuSetts. ii Will never become popular
sin Iowa, where there is very little
counting without gum chewing.
Pisciculturists of Massachusetts and
lneighboring states are making heroic
efforts TO save the lobs.er from exter-
mination. Out here in the west the
species seems to be on the increase.
| Guwrie citizens have organized the
"Gowrie Combination Sale Company"
| The company will make lists of prop
erty for sale advertise II thoroughly
at It's own expense, hire an auctioneer
and clerk of sales and hold bi-weekly
Saturday auctions. The scheme is in
| tended to draw business 10 Gowrie and
appears on the face of II to be good
one for the purpose No article will be
considered too big or too little by the
Icompany. which intends to make Cow
! RE market town and place of ex-
change for surrounding farmers.
| A DEBORAH grocer finds a ready mar
ket for added eggs and ships several
| in Iowa, where there is very little
cases a day.for which he receives in the
neighborhood of cents dozen The
| eggs are used In certain processes of
tanning leather, and there is said to be
cons siderable scrambling for them
among manufacturers.
| The annual review of the Financial
land Commercial Chronicle, covering
the statistics of the wor,a's cotton pro
ducton and consumption for the crop
year ending Sept. L. hardly bears out
the theory that the recent quotations of
GOTTEN were justified by the condition
| OF cotton stocks. In fact II SHOWS
pretty conclusively that the high price
was purely speculative and artificial.
| Without going into details the staiis-
tics show that production during the
year ending Sept /, 1908. was greater
land consumption less than in the pre-
vious cotton year, the net result being
that while 1903 began with a deficiency
of $50 bales it closed with a surplus OF
I299,T70 bales. Furthermore, there is no
prospect of a short crop for the cur
rent year. On the largest acreage in
1.-The country's history the agricultural
department reports condition of S1.2