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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-08
AuIoBoRlLEs AS MAIL ".

At Saginaw, Mich, last nloltn what
purported to be test of OH the auto
mobiles efficiency in the rural mail de-
livery service was made. The route Sc
lected was more than thirty miles IN
length, running to Frankenmouth over
variety OF roads--plank, macadam.
gravel, sand and a specimen of the or
binary country road where nothing had
been done to improve uron the native
soil. The start was made from the
postoffice at sos a. m. the return being
exactly three three hours later, aitho
the trip with horse consumes an en-
tire day of hard travelling. One nun
dred and forty stops weTs made for col
leeting and delivering 457 pieces OF mali
matter. For the trip only IL cents
worth of gasoline was burned, Wniie
the average cost to the carrier OF the
provender for his horse is so cents.
The test" was so satisfactory that
the Saginaw postmaster Jumped at
once to the conclusion that the auto
mobile is the mailwagoL of the future
and will make other tests on the diff
ferent routes leading out of Saginaw to
give further proof Of the correctness of
his position.
1t is more than likely that over stone
or plank roads the auto would prove
cheaper and quite as reliable to the
carrier in the long run as the horse.
The Saginaw trial appears to prove
that proposition, but to the rural car
rier in Iowa the proposal to substitute
automobiles for horses will appear only
as a good joke. The spring breakup,
with its season of bottomless roads. and
the early summer when the highways
are scanned with deep ruts, would put
any auto manufactured completely out
Of commission in a week. There will DE
little mail distributed over Iowa in au-
tomobiles while present road conditions
exist.
Perhaps the auto has the best Of the
argument. Perhaps the fault as not
with the self motor, but with the Iowa
roadsnaking system. Mdybe we should
have decent roads all the year round.
But we won't.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-08
LUOKkR-ON in IOWA

Goodell. Sept. S.-The excessive rains
of the past two years In Iowa not only
have raised the water in the lakes
Okoboji, Spirit, Storm Lake and Clear
Lake-but close observers claim that
the flow of our artesian wells has ma
terially increased. Passengers on the
Rock Island railroad, when at Golddield,
have for years got off the train to get a
drink of the cold water from the flow
ing well opposite the depot, and this
we'll apparently has increased the flow
of gallons per minute. The LOCKER On is
told of popularity of this we'll, per-
haps which has been noticed in other
places, but was new to the writer At
certain times during the same day this
well flows higher than ut other times.
This Is plainly shown by the water
sometimes going over instead of I'M
der, the normal flow, a stick OF wood
nailed across inside of the we'll box.
There's theory among local scientists
that when the stream Of water shoots
over the stick the wind is blowing hard
on Lake Okoboji or some other lake
that is the source Of supply, and thus
increases the pressure en- the current
in the earth beneath.
well-posted politician tells the
Looker-On of the happy condition of
local republican politics In Sioux City.
It's an open secret that Uncle George,
thru the unfortunate political practices
of some CT his lieutenants at one time
(not SO long ago either), was out OF
touch with county and city politics. this
to say nothing OF the whole Eleventh
district. But now all is forgiven, the
sharpened hatchets in both wings of
the party have been buried. Now it is
the correct thing to cal, at the Journal
Office to make any new marks on the
slate or to use the sponge to erase any
figures that will seem to affect results.
Everybody" wants George d. Perkins
TO succeed Cummins a t the close of his
second term, and will work to that end.
Incidentally this politician also tells the
writer that Hubbard, of Sioux City, and
Funk, of Spirit Lake, will be close
rivals in the congressional race. The
Journal win. of course, support Hub
bard" not because of any ill-feeling
towards Funk, but because Hubbard is
the home candidate" The writer's in
formant says it Will be a fight to a fin
ish, with little or no assistance from
any outside source.
The other day a passenger train,
carrying United States mail was
stopped and only allowed to proceed at
the rate of four miles an hour this on
the c., r. l. & p. system, with no fear
a..
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-08
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getler and cutting our trains; nor tina
the packers have been benefited by
banding together in mutual harmony
and esteem to cut out little aggrava-
tons such as meat deliveries and low
prices caused by competition. Com
munty of interest Is a great thing 70,
the communers. 1t is to be sincerely
regretted that the public in no instance
is a cofnmuner. In fact the chief role
of the public today is that of legiti-
mate prey for any combination, be II
capital or labor, which has been for
tunate enough to establish a monopoly
and gain entire control in it's particular
line.
The upward trend of prices and the
downward trend of service today IL
Illustrates so beautifully the benefits of
combination that it seems pity that
the consumer doesn't awaken to its vir-
tues. The consumer, the buying pub
lie, is the only class which isn't or
ganized more or less thoroughly today.
His attitude is one of individual pro-
test, unaided by action of any kind.
even when opportunity is given. he
rails against the price OF kerosene 10
such an extent that an independent
company is encouraged to buck the
trust" Thereupon the octopus, backed
by unlimited capital sells oil at a ridlc-
ulously low figure, and the consumer
falls over himself to take advantage of
the bargain, only to wall again when
prices go up the minute the independ-
ent company's ruin is accomplished.
To a man the buyers of beef will curs-
the hogs in trousers who are practicing
extortion upon the meat eating pubic.
Yet an independent packing company
can do business only so long as 1t I'M
dersells the trust and not a minute
longer. The man who rails the loudest
Will walk the fartherest to patsonlZe
the shop which is underselling an lnde-
pendent concern for the express pur-
nose of driving it out OF business.
When the popular resentmen.
against extortion takes the form Oh
combinations of thee esonsumefs aha
when the members of these combina-
tons have learned the bitter results OF
disloyalty to the organization in the
hope of temporary gain-such lessons
as capital and labor combinations nave
already learned-the voice OF the pubiic
viii have weight. Laws can be evadeo'
legislatures can be released. individuals
can be cajoled by bait in the way OF
temporary bargains. But when mil
ion consumers rise up and say, sen
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-08
sn.e;,, Reduced Excursion Rates

viii be in effect from all points on the
Chicago & Northwestern railway for
the occasions named be.ow:
Deadwood and Lead, S. D., Sept. 70
IL. International Mining Congress.
Ogden and Salt Lake City, UTAH
Sept. 10 to IS, National Irrigation Con-
: Baltimore, Nd, Sept 81 to rs. SOW
ereign grand lodge, /. O. o. T.
Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo
Oct. Z to IL, Brotherhood of st. Andrew
Detroit. Mich. oct. 1s to %, Chris
tan church national convention.
San Francisco and Los Angeles, Can.
Oct. 90 to %, American Bankers con
vention.
For information as to rates, dates OF
sale. etc. Of these or other occasions
cali upon the ticket agen. of the North
western line.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-08
The Genuine VS.. the counterfeits.

The genuine is always better than
counterfeit, but the truth of this state
ment is never more forc.bly realized or
more thoroughly appreciated than
when YOU compare the genuine De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve with the
MANY counterfeits and worthless sub
stitutes that are on the market. w. S.
Leabetter, of Shreveport. La. says:
After using numerous other remedies
without benefit one box Of DeWitts
Witch Hazel Salve cured me-" For
blind. bleeding, itching and protruding
niles no remedy is equal to DeWitts
Witch Hazel Salve. Sold by all drug
gists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-08
e.rf,,, Odds Against Him.

Bearidden. alone and destitute. Such
IN brief was the condition Of an old
soldier by the name of J. ]. Hayens'
Of Versailles, Ohio. For years he was
troubled with kidney disease and neith-
err doctors nor medicines gave him re-
lief. At length he tried Electric Botters.
I. nut him on his feet in short order
and nov he testifies, I'm on the road
10 complete recovery" Best on eartn
for liver and kidney troubles and all
forms of stomach and bowel COM
nlaints. Only so cents. Guaranteed by
George p. Powers, druggist.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-08
TOPICS OF The
TIMES u = =

General Miles suggestion that auto
mobiles should replace horses in war
fare is about as valuable as his bath
tub would be for naval review.
BILLY Orchard editor OF the Gid
den Graphic. has been appointed by
Governor Cumnlins as delegate to the
National Irrigation Congress to be held
at Ogden, Utah, Sept Is to is, and
naively confesses that his confidence in
the wisdom and Judgment of the gov
ernor remains mistaken by the APP
pointment It is to be hoped that
eBillys" ideas Of irrigation for Wyo-
ming are not similar to his expressed
views on irrigation" in Glidden.
If investigation should support the
theory that milk from distillery fed
cows contains liquor it is likely to cree
ate a demand for condensed milk In
prohibition towns.
The Record, a new democratic pa
per. has been launched at Oskaloosa,
primarily for purposes of revenue, 1t Is
presumable. ard with a secondary
purpose to SHOW up deviltry and ras-
caHty." The Record appears to have
looked the field over carefully and set
tied near an unlimited supply of raw
material.
The fellow UP in Hamilton county
who turned his sister-in-law and hei
four children out of door deserves
commisere ton rather than castigation
If he was giving his wife's father and
mother home. and providing fo1
them, wasn't he doing about all thai
he was called on to do? Every fellow
ought to be always glad to see his rela-
tlves, but unfortunately good many
can not work up any enthusiasm over
the prospect. Especially are visits
lasting weeks, by a woman and foul
children undesirable, and the people
VINO h we, no more consideration fol
the rights of others than to infiic
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-08
Copyright 1885, by FLEMING Il. REvELL COMPANY.

and eager to help on the lrn ZEE 1851
ness as local ..institooshun." ~
Second in command in the church
building enterprise stood Lady Char
lotte, and under her labored the Hon.
Fred, the Duke, and, indeed, all the
Company of the Noble Seven. Her
home became the center of new type
of social life. With exquisite tact-and
much was needed for this kind Of
work-she drew the bachelors from,
their lonely shacks and from their.
wild carousals and gave them taste
of the joys Of pure home life. the
first they had had since leaving the
old homes years ago. And then she
made them work for the church with
such zeal and diligence that her hus-
band and the Duke declared that
ranching had become quite an inct-
dental interest since the church build
ing had begun. But the Pilot went
about with radiant look on his pale
face, while Bill gave 1t forth as his
opinion, though she was leetle high
in the action, she could hit an uncom-
mon gait.
With such energy did Bill push the
work Of construction that by the 1st
Of December the church stood rooted,
sheeted, foored and ready for windows.
doors and ceiling, so that the Pilot be-
gan to hope that he should see the de-
sire OF his heart fulfilled the church
Of Swan Greek open for divine service
on Christmas day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-08
Thru to California Without Change o
Cars.

The Iowa Central will inaugurate Its
regular winter tourist car service to
southern California on Oct. 81. continu-
Ing each Wednesday thereafter during
the season. The car will leave on train
No from Albert Lea at 1880 p. m,
Mason City at 2:40 p. na Hampton at
$50 D. M, Eldora at SOL p. M. Mar
shalltown at els p. M, GrinneH at
7:1o p. M, Oskaloosa at $50 p. m- ETC..
running by way Of Kansas City ana
the popular Santa Fe thru New Mexi-
CD and Arizona, arriving at Los An
geles at a. m. the following Sunday.
Tbe rate for double lower berth is IS
from Albert Lea and $3.50 from Mar
shalltown and south. For full infor-
nation as to rates, berth reservations,
etc. apply to agents or address A. B.
Cults, G. p. & T. A., Minneapolis.
Mimi.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-08
once more allowed the regulation speed
of the train.

once more allowed the regulation speed
of the train.
Tn at Esthervile the Rock Island has
evidently prepared for the coming win
ter. The writer is informed that 500
carloads of soft coal are piled up along
both sides of the track. AT any rate
for several hundred feet on both sides
o. the tracks near the depot coal is
nicely piled up in a long strip say ten
feet wide at the bottom and from six
to eight feet high. And SO precious
are these black diamonds that a
Waterman patrols the grounds at hours
when the general public is not present
10 guard it.
The Garner and Titcnka prancn OF
the c. X. l. q p. railroad, from the
time it was built by private company
tin now, has furnished many squibs for
the newspaper writer. And 1t is doubt
full il any railroad on earth is run just
at the present time as this one. In
order to make connections with
stock train at Garner i. is necessary to
start from Titonka at ~ o'clock in the
81,
road barely supports oae train day
each way. you ride on that, walk or
hire livery team. But the stock train
on the main line only rams three days
in the week just now, ON Tuesdays
Thursdays and Sundays, SO to accom-
nlodate the trainmen as we'll as the
public this train is allowed ITO run
three hours late" on thu other days In
the week. Again, sonnet times there is
no stock and then they run three hours
late, and on Sundays. Ii no stock, the
whole crew stay at TitonRa and attend
church. All of which is accomrnodating,
but for a tenderfoot who looks it up
in the guide" gets up at a m. and
waits three hours, we'll
u 70 EoAzs~n@
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-08

tages certain to accrue to the smaller
city whence rapid transit and frequent
trains to the large cities are certainties.
To be sure these minor towns are para
site in character, but they are fat
parasites full fed from the throbbing
pulses of trade in the big town. From
all the evidence at hand The small town
that refuses and diseourages closer and
quicker connection with its larger
neighbor stands In its own light and
turns aside its own opportunity. The
interurbans are an aid TO both and not
A drawback TO either.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-08
wATERLoo's PREDIcAMENT.

Minneapolis JOurnal.J
The conservative citizens" OF Wa
terloo, Iowa. have run OUT OF that
little city all of its negro inhabitants
Waterloo is now an all-white city. One
newspaper participated in the crusade
No threats were made. The negroes
were merely told to go-and they went
No distinction was made between good
md bad negroes-all We're driven out
We must appeal from our correspon-
Tents statement that 1t was the city's
conservative citizens" that were re-
sponsible for this lawless action, unless
conservative is used in the same sense
OF unprogressive. No conservative
citizen ever subscribes to an unlawful!
unjust and cruel program. And that
is what Waterloo's method OF getting
rid OF the negroes is. From this sort
Of whitecappery directed at negro cit
liens the step to arbitrary interference
with the rights Of white citizens is not
d long one.
Among certain class in Alabama
the feeling was that it was at the most
a venial offense to enslave negroes by
the peonage system. This attitude was
summed up in cemarking that the vic
tim was only a niger
Yesterdays papers brought the news
that peonage in Alabama has not stop
ped with negroes, but has been apple ]
to poor whites. Why not? The VIC
Tins were only poor whites, and con-
sentative citizens doubtless thought
it were better to compel them to work
in accordance with some ones else
will than to do nothing in accordance
with their own Wills. There is no moral
difference between peonage black and
peonage white, and there is no mora
difference between either sort OF peor
age and driving persons out of a GER
tain community.
All forms of lawlessness tend to be
progressive. From misdemeanors they
go on to felonies, and from petty crimes
to great. Once the idea gets root that
somebody in Waterloo or any other
place has the right to run out" of towl
persons Objectionable to them, there is
no telling when or where 1t will stop
1t will not be in the least degree sur
prising II we shall next hear that Wa
terloo's conservative citizens" have
decided that certain white persons In
the town must move.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-08
A Puraative Pleasure.

If YOU ever took DeW..ts Little Ear
.lv Risers for biliousness or constipation
Won know what a purgat:ve pleasure IS.
These famous little pills cleanse the
l.yar and rid the system of all bile
without producing unpleasant efiects.
They do not grippe, sicken or weaken,
but give tone and strength to the us
sues and organs involved. w. h. How
ell. of Houston, Tex. says: NO better
pill can be used than Little Early
Risers for constipation, sick headache'
etc" Sold by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-08

/ themselves upon a long suffering NOR
/ tai deserve to be turned out of doors
The moor devil up in Hamilton didn't
marry the whole family, and it is prob
able that he thought that marriage
| with the woman who is his wife, and
| with her father and mother, was
enough. The news columns commend
| the husband out in Denver for his
| kindness and forethougkt in sending
| lis wife and children transportation.
| Well, there is nothing very commenda-
| bic about this. He only did what the
| law and good morals require of him. he
might have done more; he might have
provided for his wife and four children
out in Colorado instead of foisting
them on his poor. much suffering
brother-in-law for the summer. From
the evidence in hand the T.-R. rather
inclines to the belief that the fellow
up In Hamilton is hero. and that he
is to be commended for having the
nerve to compel his bro:her-in Law to
provide for his family.
The Scranton Journal and the Spirit
Lake Beacon continue their analysis OF
life and death. While the discussion is
edifying and instructive, after all dy-
ing is an individual and not public
matter
BY comparison with a recent twelve
page special edition of a Des Moines
evening paper the T.-R. of that same
day, with its pages eight columns wide,
contained just eight columns more
news reading for its subscribers than
did the twelve-page issue of the Des
Moines paper.
When the Chicago candymakers
strike the enamored young man will
be obliged to fall back on the ordinary
.taffys common to all courtships.
A new machine in use by the Mis-
sssippi river "claminers" is operated
by steam power and is worked much on
the plan of the modern hayloader used
by farmers everywhere. There is set
shell beds and after osening the hi
valves from the beds the CLAIMS are
thrown onto an elevator which is OPP
Grated by chains, and are lifted to the
barge, in which wire netting Is
stretched. The shells are dropped onto
this netting, sorted and culled. Often
stones, sticks and other things are
brought up by the carrier, but these
are easily separated from the clam
shells and are not hindrances to the
successful operation of the machine.
Remarking upon that Louisville
(Ky.) baby born the other day which
weighed twenty five pounds, the Knox
Vile Express says that it seems al!
right in its weigh.
The New York law regulating bar
Der shops cuts out sponges, provides a
clean towel for each shave. forbids the
use of alum or other astringents to
prevent bleeding, together with 10.
of other slaughter house regulations
for the protection of the public.
Woodbine PASSED up a street carni
val and supplied all needed excitement
with grading bee" wherein all citi
zens took part in street improvement.
The criminal classes did not attend.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-08
LITTLE TOWNS AND INTeRuBAHs

The merchants and property holders
Of smaller towns are often prone to dis
courage the building of interurban troll
ley lines because they are convinced
that such enterprises build up the cities
, at the expense of the country towns
and villages by acting as feeders and
drawing trade toward the centers. This
very natural impression appears, how
ever. to be entirely unfoanded. In fact
as the evidence shows the opposite is
the case. The interurban lines increase
the population of the smaller town in a
larger ratio than they increase city
population. Not long ago two Mar
sha1ltown professional men differed
from each other on this particular
suy reports were consulted. Pasadena
and Los Angeles were the cities in dis
pute and research developed the fact
that Pasadena's proportionate growth
since the establishment of an interur-
ban service had been considerably
In excess of that of the greater city,
w. S. Needham, whose sensible re-
marks upon the effect OF rural mail de-
livery upon the circulation Of country
weekiies were recently referred to In
the T.-R., dealt with this mistaken am-
preston in his address, from which this
paper has already quoted. His evil
dence appears to be conclusive. The
course of the Columbus, Buckeye Lake
& Newark Traction innrban in Ohio
lies along the old national road from
Columbus to Hebron. Passing thru a
number of villages en- route. When
this road was under construction the
prediction was freely made that busd-
ness in these little towns would be
practically killed. and many of the
merchants of these places looked upon
the road with distinct disfavor, believ-
ing that it meant their retirement from
trade, at least at their old stands, as
every facility would be offered the
business and do his trading at either
Columbus or Newark How ground-
less were these fearsw exclaims Mr..
Needham "The merchants along this
line are now enthusiastic regarding the
road as trade winner. A prominent
business man of Reynoldsburg informed
me that the volume of his trade had
Increased $1,000 a year. while the lead
ing merchant Of Kirkersvilie, another
village on the line, Is willing to make
affidavit to the fact that his trade for
the year following the opening of the
road was greater than any three for
mer years combined. These reports are
endorsed by every merchant along this
road, and. while they furnish no proof
that the electric line has not proved a
great benefit to the two cities in ques-
commercial artery 1t carries and dis
senAnates the lifeblood of trade all
along its course"
There are hundreds Of cases to show
that the Impression that the interurban
or complete transit facilities OF what
ever nature kill the small towns Is an
erroneous one. Aurora, ILL.,, and the
dozens of minor cities contiguous to
Chicago are examples Of the advan-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-08
Ohio and indiana homo Visitors Elk.
cursions.

On Sept. I, s, IS and Oct. 6. the Iowa
Central will run their annual Home
Visitors Excursions to Ohio and In
diana. Tickets will be on sale on above
dates with limit for return thirty days
from date of sale. For rates and de-
tails. call on agents or address, A. B..
Cuts. G. p. & T. A., Iowa Central rail-
way, Minneapolis, MINI.