Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-02

crops 10 an extent not III keeping Will
/ his unobtrusive dimensions. All kinds
, OF poisons were tried on him in tain
TIL the recent discovery Of new one,
i, its constituents not disclosed, which
sweeps him off the earth, root and
branch so to speak. leaving of his hide
and hair neither bark nor animation; a
good riddance of this damaging mar
mot which, With its companion in sin,
the pocket gopher. has cost the western
farmer no end of money by its ravages.
The metal workers and electrical
workers unions in Chicago have been
sued for $4,000 damages by a switch
board and electrical supply company.
The suit will be likely to settle the re-
sponsiblity of the unions and its out
lcome will be watched with interest.
Turn about is fair play and the unions
should accept the gage thrown down by
the employers and fight the case on its
merits. Its good faith and responsible
ity are in question.
Hubbard women who bought So laces
for 20 cents and no questions asked of
q band of rowing gypsies are Mortified To
learn that the wandering Ishmaelites
bought the lace of Hubbard merchants
at 10 cents per yard. The ladies will
be likely to be more str7tt-laeed in the
future.
Army blankets from South Africa,
carrying the germs of typhoid fever,
may actually have been brought TO En-
/ gland. as a London dispatch alleges.
and sold without washing or disinfec-
ton. If so, the proceeding was unwise,
iif not irregular. Yet Il dozen easier
ways of organizing an epidemic Of this
than the one here indicated. The ty-
! phoid bacillus is believed to be harm
less until it enters the human system
thru the mouth, and it rarely does SO
except in the victims food or drink.
Contamination from the blankets re-
ferred TO comes within the range of
possibility, of course. bat the chances
are very much against 1t.
The purchase and distribution by the
federal authorities of herds of Siberian
reindeer in certain ports of the enor-
nous territory Of Alaska have been al
ready. if official reports can be trusted,
of no inconsiderable benefit to natives
who have suffered privations from their
own reckless determination of game in
earlier years. These simple children of
barbarism need constant watchfulness
and care.
The jealous allegation is made by the
Nonpareil that on the day the Corn |
Belt editor arrived at Sioux City ar
rivals of hogs broke all records at the |
strange that the Iowa rooters and the |
rooters for Iowa should strike town to-
gether.
why don't you see a physician?"
mo, stree" answered Farmer Corn
tossle. IF 1 get cured. it's got to be
by patent medicine. Nobody gets his
picter in the paper fur, bein cured by
a regular DOCTOR"
washington Star. 4
The Illinois legislature has author
lied the experiment of ,he voting ma
chine. The voters will determine
whether election commissioners shall
purchase or lease machines for the
purpose of making the experiment.
When the people have expressed their
will in the matter a state commission
to be appointed by the governor, upon
which there will be two mechanical eX-
perts, Will select the machines to be
permanently used in all elections. II
the machines may be so far perfected
as to give absolute accuracy it will be
but short time until their use be-
comes general in all the states.
In village near Oxford a country
policeman in charge OF the district pre-
scented his infant son for baptism
Name this child" said the learned
Oxford divine.
"Septimus Octavius, SIR" returned !
the policeman.
But, err
Yes; that's all right. sir. He's the
seventh son, but the eighth child."
And so the christening was COM ,
pleted. London Standard