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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25

/ LOOKER.ON In IOWA
irss Observation-Disclosures

| Hampton Oct. 25.--Here'S another
| town where Uncle Sam has helped the
| citizens to an up-to-date postol1lce.
Thru the efforts of the postmaster the
government made a ten years lease
| with Rule Bros. for q. furnished room.
A solid oak, bank style, of counters,
doors, boxes, money order department,
a cabinet with drawers for stationery
and blanks, and a private room for the
! postmaster, in all costing over $1,000.
is now what strikes the visitor as
| complete an outfit as it often seen.
| Such a room with all the boxes and
| furnishing belonging to the owner OF
the building, and "a ten years lease
surely presents any postofflce location
| fight for that length of time, and also
saves an outgoing postmaster any loss
on fixtures and as we'll saves the In
| coming Nasty big expense. One of
these days Uncle Sam will be rich
enough to buy us all a postoffice build
ing, and then with a postmaster APP
pointed for life, or pensioned when
physically or mentally incapacitated,
we'll have postal millennium.
y
Altho the following has appeared
in the news column of the T.-R., the
writer wishes to reproduce it, for it is
model ''hride" notice, and contains
one sentence possibly overlooked by
many
The bride has been head clerk in the
dry goods house of VIM. Schneider &
Co., for the past ten years, was an ac-
tive member of the Congregational
church. taught the infant class in Sun
! day school, was very popular with the
little ones, and did excellent work In
the church and Sunday school Miss
Schneider now Mrs Baldwin, was a
beautiful bride was an active member
Of the Cooking Club here and in fact
she was leader in society and one of
our most popular young ladies and she
will be missed by her friends her place
in church and society will be hard to
fill She goes to FIT. Dodge to live.
Mr.. Baldwin is a young man of ex-
| cellent character and stands high In
his home city, Fort Dodge, where he
has responsible position in the post
| Office service.
| "She was an active member of the
cooking club" How insignificant
comparatively speaking are the other
announcements. One almost hears the
pie in the twinkling Of an eye" And
think how impressive Will be the eon-
| tinued silence Of Baldwin, when 1t Is
on the end of his tongue to mention
! chow mother used to make dough-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25

of two bets of $4,000 to $500 each, one
with Pomroy Brothers and the other
with Max Borg. G. H. Marshall an
nounced that he would wager $1,000
that Roosevelt would carry this state
against $500 placed on Parker by nj
Il. Mendham, and had $4,000 more tic
bet at the same odds on the same prop
osition. III. *. Burras ~ Co., are COM
missioned to bet $1,000 to $500 that
Roosevelt will be elected.
Mr. Pretyman, of England, in reply
to a question OF the government lately
stated that the average annual cost OF
maintaining in commission Il first class
bnttleship OF 1900 tons is: Pay OF
wages of officers and crew, & 1850;
victaulling. G14,6O4; coal, G23600;
stores and repairs, G9.5iS; naval ord
nance stores, ,G5,550-a total cost OF
$4,000, or $4,000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25
PREVENTING HOG CHOLERA.

An Iowa farmer and stock raiser
sounds note of warning that farmers
Mould heed when he advises strongly
gainst the common practice of stuff
hogs with new corn. He says that
disease Of cholera in hogs is in
,ed by this practice, which ruins the
estiof Of the herd and makes the
: lot culture for the germs of hog
slera. His argument is SO plausible
so much in accordance with ordi-
" common sense that it should at
TT the attention of every hog feed
h. in the state.
Ihe Iowa hog is Iowa's greatest
llIct He lifts the mortgage and
les the bank account. Unlike Mrs.
soy's .tcfilder" he pays the rint.''
se have been large sums expended
ne vain effort to find specific for
disease that costs Iowa annually
ons Of dollars. An epidemic Of
- cholera is calamity IN the state.
axes hard times in the commune
1t ravages.
IFS Hamilton county farmer is
good advice, which too few will
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25

nor Cummins, was well received by the
Iowa press, both daily and weekly. so
far as the writer has heard no cbjec-
ton comes from any editorial source.
And this leads one to remark, this pos
sibility and probability Is one OF Ohe re-
wards of decent Journalism. Readers
of the Journal during Mr.. Perkins ac-
tive personal work on that daily. have
failed to find any of 1.-The Wild and
woody business Many times the prov
ocation was undoubtedly strong. I'm
questionably Dditor Perkins was sure,
his antagonists were liars, horse
thieves, and scoundrels. But the soft
answer turned away wrath. 1t takes
two to quarrel, Perkins editorially
never was one. Some of more combat
i've natures have felt inclined to criti-
else his Quaker-like traits. There
have been times when it seemed as tho
a spade should be called "a spade, but
it's always garden or farming uten-
sill with Uncle George. And so today,
If personal choice has anything ito do
with the nomination and election of the
next governor of Iowa, the newspaper
fraternity Of this state will gladly print
The name of George d. Perkins.
80
And this is good time and place to
mention without attempted f1attery the
editorial tone of the present manage
ment of the Register and Leader It's
high toned" Here again is a paper
that will not descend to personal Wilt
fication. Our esteemed contempor-
airy" is always answered exactly as
one gentleman would address another.
The people of state were SO tired, so
utterly tired Of the squabbles of the
Des Moines dailies for years at a
stretch, wherein the physical infirmity
of one editor was often the text of an
editorial, and the logical reply was
a showing of the number of dollars
the other editor obtained from the state
treasury. OF the space used in one
daily to show how many dollars per
column the other daily received for ed
itorial matter. Personalities in those
days were supposed to be forceful
writing There seemed to be no in
consistency in such papers not so
many years ago, in personal attacks
ON a candidate for office this year,
and next year, supporting him with
"fullsome fattery" for the same Of
flee. Over in Dubuque there is quite a
change from former newspaper work.
The dalies there do not now kept set
up, the former adjectives SO freely US
ed. Davenport, too, has improvedi
Council Bluffs now seldom falls back
into savagery. But candor compels
the statement in Cedar Rapids there is
great need of Improvement in this line.
The town does not seem large enough
to hold the editors of the two dailies
there. And not satisfied with Chew
ing one another" they are continue
ously looking out of town for clips on
other editorial shoulders. In all SER
ousness it is now common matter of
remark chow decent the Iowa papers
have become" From one who is daily
thrown into contact with the readers
Of Iowa papers, the assertion can be
made, such "decency" is thoroughly
appreciated.
e % N,111A-s,I
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25
nuts" Leader in society? What's
that beside being able to give Baldwin
three square meals u day as long us he
lives

nuts" Leader in society? What's
that beside being able to give Baldwin
three square meals Il day as long us he
lives.
In this column has been mentioned
the number of Irish Americans In Iowa
who viii vote for Roosevelt. A re-
cent issue of the Boston Pilot, the pa
per of the most influence among those
of Irish birth in this country, explains
this condition, which seems to be
prevalent outside of Iowa.
Our pilot" readers have fur
Their tenderness for Roosevelt because
OF the Celtic strain i'm his own blood,
that is natural too. and not blamabe
from the standpoint of the strictcst
American patriotism. At least eight
good presidents In the still short line
of American chief rulers have had
blood in their veins, and the first OF
these was James Madison. The Her
aid notes that President Roosevelt is
q member OF the American Irish His
torical Society, and that he was pre-
scented for membership by the editor of
the pilot" That is quite true, and it
is also pertinent to note that it all
happened years ago, and when no one
was even remotely suggesting Mr..
Roosevelt for the highest office in the
peoples gift.
The recent interview with Judge
Helsel in which the suggestion was
made that editor and Congressman
Perkins is the man to succeed Cover
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25
AsRC eating THE COMMANDMENTS.

One OF the featrues at once objec-
tionable and attractive of Mr.. Kiplings
NEast Indian stories, is the naively COM
1nonplace fashion in which his charac-
ters abrogate the moral code. We have
looked with untroubled eyes thru Mr..
Kipling's spectacles into that indefin-
lite territory east of Suez, where the
best is like the worst, where there amt
no ten commandments, and man can
raise a thirst" as we do at our neigh
boris boy going to the devil, until the
trouble comes home to us. Then we
!. don't like it.
Just now a United States army Of
ficer is asking the annullment of
marriage contracted by himself and a
Filipino waSaan during his service in
Z llss = u Y fiipppines. He wants to marry
a white woman in Kansas. The Fill
Pine wife who lived with him and bore
him a child appealed to the war de-
partment for protection of her rights.
Then the officer, whose letters written
since his return to this country begin
with .My dear wife," and end with
.sYour husband" denies to the depart
anent that the woman was ever his
wife by proper ceremonial and puts her
who was the daughter of leading
family in the position of kept woman.
There is a cringing currishness about
his plea that almost transcends its i'm
morality.
Evidence in this case has developed
! that mprganatic marriages are conn
4mon between United States army Off
! GERS and Filipino women. It is alleged
that not less than half a hundred
.,American army officers have left
shanded wives among the women of the
philippines.
This abrogation of the ten command
sments is a long way from what it Is
cracked up to be-" when it finds
| local application The United States
army wherein conduct unbecoming an
officer and a gentleman is considered
sufficient cause for dismissal is no
place for the men with the morganatic
wives. 1t is certainly no place for man
cowardly enough to desert his family
and ask the government to assist him
in getting rid OF the woman he ruined
and the responsibility of paternity
(which he assumed. These fellows have
10 right to their commissions as off,
.ers and gentlemen. They should be
.ncontinently fired by the war depart
snent and forced by law to support
their Filipino wives and half-breed
children. Sst,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25
One Of Manv.

H. A. Tisdale, of Summerton, S. c.,
suffered for twenty years with the piles
Specialists were employed and many
remedies used but relief and perma-
nent good was found only in the use
of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve This
is only one of the many. many cures
that have been effected by this Won
derful remedy In buying Witch Hazel
salve. 1t Is only necessary to see that
you get the genuine DeWitt's, made
by T.. c. Dewitt 81 Co. In Chicago, and
n cure is certain. DeWitts Witch
Hazel Salve cures all kinds or piles
cuts, burns, bruises. eczema, letter,
ringworm, skin diseases, etc. Sold by
all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25
BETTING ON FOOTBALL.

A dispatch from Iowa City conveys
the information that much "Ames
money" is already at Iowa City to be
wagered on the event of Saturdays
football game between the two state
colleges. The dispatch speaks of
amount sent as a big consignment
There are many fathers and moth
ers over the state to whom the an
nouncement of this big consignment
Of betting funds will have more inter-
est than the result OF Saturdays contest.
Many good old farmer up the state
with an inherent horror Of gambling
will wonder worriedly if his boy is one
OF the consignors. He didn't send the
money to be used that way, and 1t jars
against his principles and sense of
propriety that big consignment OF
"Ames money" should be sent on TO
{ Iowa City to bet on a collegiate con-
test as syndicate of sports would
ION the result Of a prize fight or
horse race. He believes it is wrong
and Incidentally wonders II the boy
wouldn't be better off picking corn
than pursuing the higher education, IL
these ''big consignments" are includ-
ed in the pursuit
And he Is right. Gambling does not
belong to college football. Doubtless
the big consignment would shrink 70
very small proportions when compar-
ed with the sums wagered on sport
ing events by men who make betting
their business. but 1t is big enough to
cast sinister shadow over great
game that must be kept immaculate Il
Il Is to endure as a college sport. Cut
out the big consignments" and play
football
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25
Saves Two From Death.

"Our little daughter had an almost
fatal attack of whooping cough and
bronchitis" writes Mrs. w. X. Havi-
land, of Armonk. N. Y, but when all
other remedies failed, we saved her
life with DR.. Kings new discovery.
Our niece, who had consumption in an
advanced stage, also used this wofl-
derf,l mcdicinie and today she is per-
fectlv we'll" Desperate throat and lun,
diseases yield to DR.. Kings new dis
coverv as to no other medicine on
earth. Infallible for coughs ana
colds soc and 81 bottles guaranteed
by Mcdonald 81 Mahood Co. Trial
bottles free.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25
e. % NyA41~s~<
Broke Into His House.

S. LeQuinn Of Cavendish. VT. was
robbed of his customary health by in
vasion Of chronic constipation. When
DR.. Kings New Life Pills broke into
his house, his trouble was arrested ana
now he's entirely cured. They're guar
anteed to cure, Csc at Mcdonald & Ma
hood Co.'s drug store.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25
IOWA LplkIuNs AhG NOTES.

How many would vote for Parker
next month IL they knew his election
would destroy business conditions, ruin
prices, throw worlkmen out of employ
ment and destroy Values asks the
Carroll Herald. Not many. 1t might
be we'll in this connection to recall the
prosperity of '92 and think OF the dark
days and months and years that fol-
lowed the election of Cleveland. 1t is
pretty safe to let we'll enough alone.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25
Never Ask Advice.

When you have cough or cold don't
ash what is good for it and get some
medicine with little or no merit, and
perhaps dangerous. Ask for I'oley's
Honey and Tar the greatest throat and
lung remedy, it cures coughs and
colds quickly. For sale by b. A. Nor
gan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25
cbarberlain's Couch Remedy.

N o one who is acquainted with its
good qualities can be surprised at the
great popularity of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. 1t not only cures colds
and grip effectually and permanently,
but prevents these diseases from re-
sulting in pneumonia. 1t is also a Ger
tain cure for Group. Whooping cough
is not dangerous when this remedy is
given. 1t contains no opium or other
harmful substance and may be given
as confidently to a baby as to an adult.
IT is also pleasant to take. When all
Of these facts are taken into consid-
GRAFTON it is not surprising that people
in foreign lands, as we'll as at home es-
TEEN this remedy very highly and very
few are willing to take any other after
having once used it. For sale by all
drnpgistS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25

"The man who is kicking about the
high taxes has an opportunity. this fall
to vote for the biennial amendment
and thus lop off part Of the expenses
of the country" declares the Poca
hontas Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25

There appears to be no let up to the
applications for divorce filed In the
district court Of Cass country. which
naturally leads the Anita Tribune to
the belief that il marriage is not q
total failure, there is at least grounds
for the suspicion that 1t is, In many
cases, a huge joke on somebody"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25

Avoid serious results OF kidney or
bladder disorder by taking Foley's
Kidney Cure. Sold by B. A. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25

Mrs. Minerva Smith, of Danville, Ill.,.
writes: "I had bronchitis for twenty
years. and never got relief until | used
Foley's Honey and Tar, which is sure
cure" For sale by B. A. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25

The Council Bluffs Nonpareil has
observed that Some men are SO lazy
that they would rather bet on u thing
than argue it out.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25
Iowa Newspapers
DIVORCE.

VALLEY Junction Express.
II is doubtful whether the agitation
Inv ecclesiastical bodies against divorce
will lessen the number of votes by one.
1ut aHy moral and intellectual culture
that will lessen the number of i'll suit
ed marriages will help greatly towards
n greatly to be desired end. It is like
wise very doubtful il the refusal OF
these bodies to perform a marriage
ceremony where either of the parties
have been divorced Will prevent q sim
Gle remarriage OF such persons. There
are magistrates in plenty. Yet the
church'a conscience must be conserved.
The spectacle OF church militant
standing horoically by II position FOR
moral right at the risk even OF driving
some apparently very proper people
from its fold is sublime and glorious
sight This spirit is whit gives the
church its moral power. In this way
only can it be influenced in moldng
the course of government.
A BASE BALL TYPE.
TCouncil Bluffs Nonpareil.1
George Stone, Milwaukce's great
outfielder. stood ut the head of the
American Association In batting this
wear His average was something over
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-25

| imam argue IL out.
There never was time in the his
| tory of our country when its affairs
We're better administered, when its
various offices, from the highest to the
| humblest were conducted by more in
! telligent, more able and more patriot
| ic citizens, than Is the case this year
of oIr Lord nineteen hundred ana
four" declares the Villisca Review, and
suggests that 1T would be we'll for the
American citizen to pause and give this
matter thought before he decides to
cast his vote for change OF admins
tration."
"The railroad commission OF Iowa is
practically worthless institution" de-
| clares the Iowa Falls Citizen. 1t
amounted to something in the days Of
William Larrabee, but whoever hears
of it doing anything now? The rail-
roads elect most commissioners and
they serve the railroads rather than the
| public"
| The Sioux City Journal believes
"rhere is little cause for worriment
over the prospect that Judge Parker's
election to the presidency can be
bought with cash." 1t points out that
the presidency is a good deal bigger
than the democratic nomination for
the presidency. sxss Mr.. Hearst can
testify as to the difficulty Of exchang-
ing cash for the latter
",The people of Iowa are not content
with their natural products and the
wealth they contain. but they play
them against the mines Of the west
the oil fields of the south and the vast
land areas of the distant northwest
and playing, as he does, at a long dis
lance, he is pretty apt to lose" asserts
the Cedar Rapids Republican. "The
great bulk of the money that has been
thus risSed by Iowans has been lost
forever. 1t is scattered in holes In the
ground turnout the mountains of the
west, it Is rotting In the northwest
and it is scattered from California to
Florida"
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-08-15

impossible problem to solve. Inquir
les were made, engineers of national
reputation sent for, until finally a re-
cognized drainage has been establish
ed in the valley, which is working out
a situation of encouraging aspects.
A notable instance of this practical
drainage system may be cited in the
now almost complete reclamation of
Del Hiscock's farm in the Mckee val
ley Two years ago Mr.. Hiscock found
it almost impossible to raise enough
hops to clear the expense of his place.
This was due to the excessive sub
irrigation, the water naturally draw
ing the alkai in the soil to the sur
face and thereby killing all vegetable
growth except the salt grass. Upon
the advice of an engineer, Mr.. His
cock had the land drained by means
of bitches sunk to depth of IL feet
on his farm; the laterals leading to the
main ditch constructed on the boun-
Diary line of the ranch, and these main
bitches being in depth about six feet.
This year Mr.. Hiscock has a very fine
crop on the north 40 of his 80-acre
farm and by next year the south 40
will have been reclaimed SO as to
place Jno gu acres III as Hn0 a prOQuC-
tive state as ever before There are
other instances of this character be-
tween North Yakima and Yakima
City and out on the school section,
where sub-irrigated and alkali lands
have been reclaimed by means of
these drainage canals.
Three weeks ago the commission
ers from the only drainage district es-
tablished in the county, viz: F. R.
Noble, d. B. Eby and J. A. Rush, of
the Sunnyside, went up into the Yaki-
ma valley for the purpose of looking
into these experimental systems of
drainage and determine if possible up
on the feasibility of trying the
scheme in the Sunnyside country.
They were greatly pleased at what
they saw, having visited the farms up
on which the scheme had been tried
and found them all far above their
most sanguine expectations. The
commissioners of this new drainage
district are going to put in several
miles of ditch work in the Sunnyside
country for this purpose. 1t will no
doubt prove successful
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-08-15
Savinu Alfalfa for Seed.

A number of methods may be en-
ployed in handling the alfalfa crop
when harvested for seed. Possibly
the plan requiring the least amount
of expensive labor is to use a binder.
In this case the table of the binder is
set as low as possible and the alfalfa
elevated, passed through the binder
and dumped without tying. These
loose sheaves may be afterwards turn
ed over and thus drying fastened
with a comparatively small amount
of labor. Sometimes the binder may
be used and the sheaves raked Off so
as to be in windows. In case the al
falfa is very short it may be neces-
sary to use the mower, although in
this case there is much advantage in
attaching an old reaper table or some
thing of the kind to the cutter bar so
that the alfalfa may be pulled off in
sheaves, although in some sections 1t
is usual to cut it with mower and let
the swaths dry in the sun as with
hay. In any event it saves much Ia
Dor if one can harvest it in punches
according to the plans given. While
cutting should not be done before the
heads are well turned yet there is
danger in leaving the crop too late,
because in this case there may be
considerable loss of seed by the heads
dropping off.