Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-05
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The Sumner Gazette tells of wom
Ian living near the Bremen county tow
who is Il grandmother al the age OF ST
A boxing match ana rat-kllins
contest were features OF the Perry car
nival. The town is evidently workins
toward the Tilman attraction for mex
year.
Charles Aldrich, curator of the STATE
historical department, celebrated his
15uh birthday Friday. While Friday !.
an unlueky day to be born on, it does
mot seem to have brought misfortune &c
Mr. Aldrch or the state. Curator Al
Edrich is an instance of he virility and
Icapabiity which sometimes attaches tc
old age. and the people of Iowa VIII
join in wishing him many more birth
days.
Judging by the array of applicants
ieighteen in number, for a vacant rural
mail carriership, a $500 a year job is
Es,iu considered somewhat Of a plum In
Iowa.
The civil service commission has just
received call from the Philippine
government for $50 male teachers with
salaries as follows: Twenty-Five at
$1,000 seventy at $1,000. and fifty five
| 5000 per annum. 1t Is desired to Sc
cure these teachers without unnsces-
! sary delay. and an examination will be
HELD on Oct 1920 in various cities.
Preachers appointed are eligible for
promotion to the higher grades in the
service. the salaries ranging from $500
| to $4,000 for teachers and from $1,000
to $500 for division superintendent.
For application blanks and further in
formation concerning the scope of the
examination, trans portation, conditions
of employment, ETC., applicants should
apply to the United States civil serv-
ice commission, Washington, d. c., or
to the secretary of the civil service
board at any postoffice where letter
carrier service has been established.
Application blanks are 10 be had at all
postoffices.
United States Senator w. A. Clark,
of Montana, who recently sent his
check for $1,000 to Wesleyan University
err, lawyer, soldier. country merchant,
miner banker. politician, newspaper
publisher and railroad operator. He is
|64 years of age, and l.. is claimed he
does not know the full extent of his
wealth, which is estimated at over
$500, 100000.
Burlington Is not satisfied with the
population given 1t in the government;
census reports and proposes to count
them over, hoping to find 10000 people
within the limits of Its corporation. II
meratogs from Waterloo and Fort
Dodge hope would become certainty.
There are 100000 Indians in the
United States. The government holds
for their benefit trust flpds amounting
to s24.0o0,000 and 115o00.000 acres of
land. an average of 460 acres of land
and 500 in money for every Indian
man, woman and child. The Indians
pro rata, are the richest Americans
During the last thirty years $240,000.-
600 has been spent on them. Appropri-
atoms for their education have risen
from $4,000 in 1877 20 s3.600.Oo0 in
1901 In twenty years congress has
voted s45,ooo,O0o for Indian schools.
Is w. ]. Bryan attempting to break
into the Carnegie Rockefeller class
His gift to the Cedar Rapids carnival
and $40 donation to a Reinbeck
church gives rise to this suspicion.
London has a new law which might
we'll be initiated aaere. 1t provides for
sprinkling old buildings in process of
demolition. 1t is only surprising tina.
the watering of such buildings during
the pulling down process to stop the
dust nuisance has not been thought of
before. Another important point is that
The housebreaker will be compelled to
cease his work between 10 a. m and
p m, when the streets are required
for the public.
II viii not help matters to say that
If republicans had not been advocating
democratic doctrines Derry Sullivan
would not be running for governor
Des Moines Capital
Neither would it be true.
The president of Guatemala seems to
have settled the labor question-for
Guatemala. The Guatemalan law pro-
vides that every one of the laboring
classes must work or go to jail, conse-
quently there are no strikes In that re-
public. Labor troubles have arisen,
however. and the president recently is
sued a decree that thereafter planta-
ton laborers should be paid $3.50 a day |
paper money. This is equivalent to % |
cents silver. and is about twice what