Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-28

PECK SCORES ON cuMMlNs
Farmers Taking Great Interest in
Scientific Feeding and Farming -
Jacob Funk Estate Pays Over Near
Iy $4,000 as Part of the. Collateral
inheritance Tax.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to TimeS-Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. 2S.-Charles AL
drich, curator of the historical build
ing has added to the valuable collec-
tions in the building flag made by the
granddaughter of Betsy Ross, In exact
fac-simile Of the first flag made. The
lady is Mrs. Rachel Albright Of Fort
Madison, and she is now nearly SO
years old. The flag is of silk and all
hand sewed. Across the end which is
intended to be fastened to a staff is
written by Mrs. Albright, these words:
First flag made 1777 by Betsy Ross.
This copy of the original flag made in
February, 1905 by Rachel Albright,
aged SO years, months Granddaugh-
ter Betsy Ross Mrs. Albright in a
letter to MIR. Aldrich apologies for not
says she has been sick from a nervous
attack and at her age does not recov-
er readily. Her letter, written by her.
self, with pen and ink is a part of the
interesting prize. 1t is as follows:
Fort Mad1SOn, EeD. Il, lSU5.
Mr.. Charles Aldrich:
Dear Sir.-1 send you 2O-inch flag
l made since my partial recovery from
q long and severe nervous attack. But
/ cannot give you picture Of my
grandmother as photography was not
a science in her day, and she would not
have her likeness in Oil taken, and /
have not one to spare of my mother.
/ have some of my own. am not able
to write you a sketch of my grand
mother today, but IL you wish it, will
when | get stronger send you q copy
of the history of the making of the
flag and her interview with the COM
mlttee. was born in my grandmoth-
er's house, brought up y her care,
and was "a years old wnen she died.
learned from her own lips all prom
Used to tell you if you care to know it.
1t takes time to recover from sickness
at my age. will be ninety-three next
June, so please excuse my inability to
do more for you now.
Yours respec fully,
MRS. RACHEL. ALBRIGHT.
Ex-Governor George w. Peck of
Wisconsin feels highly elated at having
scored victory over Governor A. b.
Cummins. In letter from Milwaukee
to Governor Cummins he says:
my Dear Governor: For the last
twenty years have been speaking off
hand without any rest and while l
have occasionally been mentioned in
the papers as having also spoken
have never had the pleasure of being
mentioned as st. l have Clipped in
with you orators, sor- of chinked in,
and you fellows have got all the credit
because you worked the newspapers,
while 1 got cold shoulder and was only
an also ran,' politically and oratorical-
ly. But the tables are. turned. / was
delighted to read the enclosed in
morning paper. Wonder how you and
General Black will feel, now that you
are in the also spoke class? Hope
you got home all righ. and are happy.
Your friend,
GEORGE w. PECK"
The clipping enclosed states, under
a Peoria date: cat the annual Wash
ington banquet of the Creve Occur
Club here tonight, Ex-Governor Peck
of Wisconsin, in a humorous speech,
responded to the toast, George WASH
ington as Neighbour Gen. j. G.
Black and Governor C,ummins of Iowa
also spoke"
State Dairy Commissioner H. R.
Wright thinks that Professor P. G.
Holden and others nave struck the
right psychological moment to talk
scientific farming. F[e says he has
noted of late that a speaker on farm
matters at the inst: tutes gets little
attention till he begins to talk science
and give figures, then every one
straightens up in his seat and listens.
Mr.. Wright states that a few years
ago a speaker urging the farmers to
feed a balanced ration would be CIV
en- little attention, but this year at
the institutes balanced ration talks or
else savoring of science gets
good attention. He was talking to an
institute last week and was given
scant attention. Turning to a black
board that happened to be on the
platform he began 20 illustrate that
hay and oil cake have above the same
Ol vi lIIC
ial that makes fat and heat, while the
hay is vastly cheaper, but of the pro-
tein that makes milk. oil cake con-
tains 2S per cent and hay but 21a. He
got the attention OF the institute at
once.
The collateral inheritance tax from
the estate of Jacob lM. Funk of Webs
ter City was paid to the state treasury
Monday and is the largest that has
ever been collected. The amount is
SIS ,91o40 which is out partial pay
ment How much more there is to
come is not known. Once before there
was collected from g. Jones county es-
tate the sum of $4,000, but the law
was new then and the knowledge of
what sums were liatle to taxation was
not clear. Subsequently, about $4,000
was returned to the estate. The tax is
3 per cent on all real estate which