Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15
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With 1,il,man sick of the leeturing
business and the people sscker IMAM
rllman II looks as If some sort OF
compromise might be ARA ngea. Even
an armistice would be a relief.
After a glance at the German village
Iaf Council Bluffs during the street iaii
the Nonpareil concludes that the
American town is good enough Inc
German village" 1T declares. is simply
a good chance for respectable people
10 wander into third-r beer guz-
zlery by mistake and ought TO De
moved off behind Paramount Park so
that the output couldn't stray back IN
10 the grounds without getting run IN
ON the way
In Burmah the inhabitants have
novel form of the sport that Will appeal
10 the farmers of the lower Iowa
lands. In the Burmese game there Is
rain party and drouth party, when
null one against the other the victory
of either party being considered to
have immediate results as regards the
weather. The drouth party, however
obtains few victories, for the KIND OF
weather i; represents is commonly not
50 much desired as rain. In the face,
therefore. of strong public oplni3n
the rain party is nearty always allowed
10 win, the palpable "roaing in the
popular notion being generally followed
by fertilizing downpour.
Twelve divorces in one day and
twenty two during ten days teru
| is the record made by Judge Macy ii
Council Bluffs. This should put Coun-
ell Bluffs above the sneers of Omaha.
There is not only individuality but a
sort of prominence due a city that can
point to a wife exchange doing bust
ness at such a lively rate.
49,
The Oklahomans claim to have the
largest farm in the southwest. 1t Is
the lO1 ranch In the Ponca reservation.
and is so big that it Is necessary to
plant several varieties Of wheat In IL,
one OF which ripens several days later
than the other, in order that all OF
them may be harvested at their prime.
on this farm the wheat fields are of
900 acres each, the cattle pastures are
of 1000 10 150o acres each and pasture
5000 head annually. the corn rows are
one and a half miles long. requiring
500 mules and 500 men to handle the
crop. and 1t takes thirty self-binders
three weeks to cut the wheat crop and
d dozen or more steam -hreshers forty
days to thresh it. There are oo,Ooo
acres in the ranch.
The Venus of Milo grew confidential.
You see," she explained, the beau
ty columns prescribed SO many exer-
cises for a perfect arm. l thought 1t
would be easier to go without" Con-
siderlng there are only twenty-four
hours to a day. her course seemed
lwiSe. CHRISTIAN Register. .
A very simple method of keeping
| dirt roads In repair, described In the
Municipal Journal and Engineer, con-
sisrts In dragging them, after every
rain, with drag made OF split log.
say foot In diameter and nine feet
Hong. The two pieces are set on edge,
with the flat sides both facing the same
way, about thirty inches apart and
mined together. The lower edge of the
front piece is protected with iron-say
an old wagon tire. A team is hitched
so tina. the drag will move the dirt
toward the center of the road. Drag
ging every time. after a rain, not only
makes it smooth for travel, but dis
tributes the travel all over the road,
packing it evenly, and thus increasing
Its ability to shed water" There are
plenty of cheap methods of keeping
roads fairly good. The trouble appears
to lie in finding some one willing to
put the plan into practice.
On Long Island. just across from
New York City, the game laws are so
thoroughly enforced thai deer are in
creasing rapidly and some of the farm
\
| half humorous way that the deer destroy
too large a proportion Of their crops.
Perhaps If the same vigorous enforce
ment of the game law was in vogue in
Iowa there would be less complaint of
the scarcity of our native game.
| The first step toward the beginning
or a suit by the United States govern
ment against the city Of Sault Ste.
| Marie, Mich, to recover damages for
the loss of the barracks at Fort Brady
on Jan. last, by fire, is the presenta-
ton of claim for sss.5o3.21. The gov
eminent had a contract with the city
for the maintenance Of supply OF wa
ter in the fort at a pressure of from
eighty-fve to ninety pounds. and 1t is
asserted that on the night of the fire
practically no water was obtainable.
The council will disailow the claim and
the government will sue.
Billy" Hamilton, Of the Odebolt
Chronicle, is primarily a warrior and
always ready to take the warpath up
on sufficient provocation, and the atti-
| tude of the standpat coterie toward
Governor Cummins has finally started
the Chronicle to making war medicine
III thinks the governor has gone fa1
enough in his attempt to harmonic
| and believes the only thing left is ''to