Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-05
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The Worth county fair association
is in poverty stricken condition and
the county fair may be abandoned.
The people should come to the aid of
the association and continue the fair
as an annual county holiday. 1t is one
of the old time institutions that should
be preserved.
As a result of the Slocum disaster
the upper Mississippi excursion and
passenger steamboats, have been thor
oughly inspected. and, according to
Inspector Knapp. found to be as safe
as it is possible to make them. Apropos
of life saving appliances, Mississippi
river boats are replacing the old cork
life preservers by others made from
kapoe. a soft cottony substance. OBJ
tanned in the Philippines, which is
said to be superior to cork in buoyancy.'
The new life savers weigh two pounds
each, and are capable of floating tweA-
ty-four pounds of iron, which is
very good test,
Clearance Mackey. before departing
for Europe with Mrs. Mackey, the 9TH
err day, took out an insurance policy
for 100000, Jointly, with two COM
panies, one accepting 100000 of the
risk, and laying off 100000. Larger
policies than these are carried by other
rich Americans, at the head of whom
W. To- ~
sured for $1,500,000.
A Bows gardener has sold 2,G0of
quarts of strawberries at 10 cents
quart, from one and one-half acres of
land. This looks like a home made
get-rich- quick scheme that is worth
copying.
When the Perkins plank. which
read Tariff rates should be changed
from time to time, by the friends OF
the policy and not by lite enemies.
whenever necessity for change shall
arise" was offered at the state con-
vention, Messrs. Blythe and Young. de-
tenders OF the true faith, turned It
Cummins. Now that the national ex-
preston reads Rates of duty should
be readjusted only when conditions
have 80 changed that the public inter-
est demands their alteration. but this
work cannot safely be committed to
any other hands than those Of the re-
publican party" as they are claiming
1t is the pure quill of standpatism
Funny thing, isn't it?
Lawyer = Then. too, there will be
the court crier's fee.
Fair Litigant (breach of premise) -
oh. shall do my own crying. l should
never think of trusting anybody else
TO do that. Goodness, no.-Puck.
Canada's wheat crop this year prom
ises to exceed that of 1903 by about
SO, 00o, 900 bushels. This is a big In
crease. and, with no abatement likely
In succeeding years, it is easy to pc
seen what a mormidable wheat produc
ing and exporting competitor the great
Canadian northwest has become and is
becoming. 1t COulu now, IL Heeu were,
feed Great Britain by itself, leaving the
United States out of the question, tho
it is not likely to be drawn on 10
that extent. But the territory stands
for one of the greatest grain producing
regions in the whole story of the world.
old or new.
The winning jockey In the Chicago
Derby received $4,000 for his brief ride
to which an exchange objects as more
than the highest salaried minister in
that city receives. However, the min
lister who could pick up $4,000 for the
congregation in little over two min
utes would have no trouble In getting
raise of salary.
Congressman and senators from all
over the United States will watch
closely the election returns from the
Seventh Kansas district this fall 1t
viii be test case as to what govern
ment garden seeds will do for man.
Besides his regular superintendent of