Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12
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What good reason lis there for the
removal of the State School for the
Deaf from Council Bluffs, if that city
provides a satisfactory site?-Rock-
well City Advocate.
Referred to Grinnell.
Have the retail coal dealers who are
about to claim damages from the rail-
roads for short tonnage considered az
the possibilities of opening debate
on short weight.
To the December number of the At
lantic Monthly Major r.. L. Billiard
contributes strikingly interesting pa
per upon Road Building Among the
Moros" Major Billiards. experiences
while experimenting the construction
Of highways In the wilder parts Of the
Philippines are peculiarly instructive.
His actual dealings with the F'ilipinos
in the course OF this very close and
concrete contact with them make an
excellent and readable story. which
will afford edifying reading both 70
persons who are in favor of the policy
of the administration in the islands and
to those who oppose it.
The heading "Our Envious Neigh
bors' under which the Des Moinas
Register and Leader Is conducting q
column approximates pure libel.
Lovers of house furnishings and the
decorative art generally will be i'm
mensely pleased with the December
number Of the Craftsman which Is up
to the high artistic standard OF this
excellent magazine
A reason and one not generally TAX
en- into consideration for the slow
movement of hogs. cattle and grain
narketward may be found in an item
from Grundy county weekly whica
contains the information that 100000
pounds of poultry was marketed at
Grundy Center last week. At an aver
age OF 8 cents per pound these fiva
tons of poultry threw $4,000 into the
laps of the housewives of Grundy
county. When the income from butte:
and eggs Is added to the $4,000 poul-
try money the aggregate will account
for the grocery bills and necessary ex
penses of a large number of Gruniy
county farm houses. The farmer
doesn't have to sell his hogs or corn
while poultry. eggs and butter prices
keep up. 1t Is remindful of President
Stickney's story told at Omaha. He
had visited an iron mine in the Mesa
ba country where seven railway tracks
entered the mine and seven trains Wee
loaded at one time by steam shovels.
He was profoundly impressed with the
magnitude of the iron business until q
few minutes figuring convinced him
that the Iowa hen alone exceeded in
her value Of production all the iron
mines of the Mesaba range.
Ten years ago Rev. John Scudd sr,
persuaded his church In New York
City to put ten pin alleys in the base
ment of the church building In order
to keep the boys out OF the publ.
halls and alleys in many OF which IL
quor is sold. Now the church ana
Rev. Scudder are building a 100000
structure which is to contain bowling.
alleys, pool and billiard tables. rife
ranges a theater, a ballroom, room
for card parties, an armory. a gymnas
ium and a Sunday school room. DR..
Scuider doesn't believe the devil
should hold monopoly of amusa
ment."
A Muscatine button cutter earned
$40 in less than weeks work by cut
ting 302 gross at 10 cents. To be pre-
else his gross receipts were exactly
5000.
AS producer OF wealth, the Amer
lean farmer has no rival. This years
corn crop would buy, at present quo
tations, all the stocks and bonds Of
the United States Steel corporation,
and have $2OO,ooo,oOO left over with
which to buy the independent COM
panies. The hay crop is worth $780,
10000, or more than the present
market value of controlling interest
Of all the stock in the Pennsylvania