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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
C. G.. Messerolc's Letter Stirs Up
Railroad Commission, Which
Will Make Investigation
LlMl T ED
JURISDICTION
State Commissioner Had Nothing to
do With Rates Whict, Affect Hauls
Reaching Beyond the state-secre-
tary Dwight N. Lewis Talks = In
terest in Farmers Institutes.
ecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. 14.-Dwight N.
Lewis. secretary of the railroad COM
mission thinks that some of the
criticism and efforts against the COM
mission could better be directed to-
ward the interstate commission and
would be productive of more good. He
saws furthermore that while the COM
mission is very anxious to do all it can
and sometimes goes out of its way to
suggest to some railroad that it would
be an act of generosity and kindness
to pay for some poor mans COW where
the man is too poor to sue for it, yet
whe. it comes to rates the commission
must stay inside the state. Mr.. Lewis
wrote to c. G.. Messerole of Gowrie,
telling him that in his circular which
was recently sent out and in which he
claims the rate on corn to the Miss
issippi is 12 cents hundred, the II
cents is evidently the Iowa proper
tional on the thru rate, and that the
Iowa rate for corn for 20 miles is y
cents Mr. Messeroles reply was re-
ceived Monday, in which he still main
tains that the rate to the MISSISSIPPI
is IL cents, and asks how that is for
showing when the Omaha rate to the
Atlantic is Tx cents. He does not
give the source of his information on
the IL cent rate.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
ONE CENT A WORD

Advertisements under the headings
WANTED" "F'or Sale" ITO Rent ITO
Exchange" ITO Trade" Lost" or
Found" inserted in this column. ONE
CENT A WORD for each insertion.
than Is cents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
Wanted! Cereal Mill
WANTED TO PURCHASE

WANTED TO PURCHASE
for CASH, Cereal Mills Goats and
wheat) with daily capacity Of from
ten to fifteen cars. Must be we'll locat-
ed, In good repair, and up to date ma
chinery. Will only deal with princi-
pals No attention will be paid to re-
plies not giving full particulars re-
garding the property, price
wanted, encumbrances, etc. Address
A-22, care Of Lord & Thomas, Trude
Building. Chicago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14

Winter Tourist Rates via Chicago
Great Western Railway.
To Jacksonville, Fla, at $3.50; Au-
e,,.ta. at $477O: Townsville, at s4s.-
70. For further information apply to
j. r. Harding. agent, Marshalltown.
iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
SettIero' Flates to Points in the South.
east.

On the first and third Tuesdays Of
each month, January to April inclus-
i've. the Chicago Great Western rail-
WY will sell one way tickets to points
in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentuc-
XIV, Louisiana, Mississippi, North and
South Carolina, Tennessee and Virgin
ia at very low rates. For further in
formation apply to ]. r. Harding,
agent. Marshalltown. Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14

Wanted-Situatio in millinery store
as maker. Best of reference. A. C.-14,
care T.-R.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14

Wanted--Lady or gentleman of fair
education to travel for firm of $780,
900 capital. Salary $1,O72 per year and
expenses; paid weekly. Address with
stamp, j. A. Alexander, Marshalltown,
Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14

Wanted-Everybody to Know that
the AMERICAN DISPATCH MES.
SENGER co. Delivers Parcels and
Packages.
Reliable Messengers Furnished.
Prompt Service. Reasonable Charges.
Phones, New 9o5; Old So.
J. E. CROSBY,
20 NORTH First Avenue. Manager.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14

Wanted--Agents for our new state
map and booklet, Iowa" Iowa Pub
fishing Co. Davenport, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14

Wanted--Teams to haul stone. In
quire at Cagwin's feed yard for G. b.
Moore
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
TllSa, Indian Territory

800 ranch 120
GOO that
- lasedc a
Eiqthya cresfv miles of price So 500 =
dsmoo
Oneh ndred five mi . - =
!. r, fort cutivaton 49,
@S4oo hundre and TWEEN
Of T,
for
there
Ihave20 Indian Territory for
Rooms atlonaIB Building
T.. Nxs IOWA.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
CoIonists' Rates to Points IN The
Southwest.

The Chicago Great Western railway
will on January II, February 81 and
March 81 sell one way Colonists' tick
cts to points on the Frisco and Rock
Island systems In Missouri, Arkansas,
Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory,
Texas and Colorado at greatly reduce
ed rates. For further information ap.
ply to i. II. Harding. agent, Marshall
town, iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
WANTED.

Wanted-200 men to call at West
Main street and I'll explain how you
can get a SIS suit for one dollar. Made
to your measure. ]. A. Duns.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14

IF there is any railroad in the state
that is charging IL cents hundred on
shipments of corn from Gowrie to say
Dubuque, or between any two points III
the state that are 200 miles apart we
would like to know it, and il informa-
ton to that effect is given to the rail-
road commissioners there will be some
thing doing" said Mr.. Lewis today.
THE commission can't regulate mat
tiers outside of Iowa, but it can inside
of the state and does do it, Mr.. Lewis
was shown the statement that from
Wesley, Ia, to Chicago, the rate on
corn is 9A cents while the price for
corn at Council Bluffs was AIS and
at Chicago for the same corn 42&, Il
difference of is cents which repre-
sents the freight charge from Council
Bluffs to Chicago. THAT is work for
the interstate commerce commission"
sal MIR. Lewis. IF those figures are
correct don't blame those people for
being up in arms and they ought to
stay up in arms till they get what they
want. The fact is the Iowa commits
sion has just what the farmers and
others are now fighting to secure for
the interstate commission. The Iowa
commission can fix rates but the rates
are confined to the state. If a ship
ment begins and ends in the state the
packages remaining intact all the
while but the shipment for a part Of
the way going thru another state the
Iowa commission has no authority to
regulate the rate, according to the de-
cisions of the courts.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

coas. Shipments = Reduced freight
rates on household goods to Denver,
Spokane and Pacific coast points; FIRE.
quent shipments: lowest possible rates.
The Boyd Transfer Co.. Minneapolis.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
FOR SALE.

For Sale 800 acres good eastern
Kansas land, near town and good
schools; very cheap and on easy terms.
Delario Smith. City.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14

That's the whole thing in a nut
shell. If the Farmers COOPERATIVE
Grain Association can show any case
where a shipment has started and
terminated in this state and has not
at any time passed thru any other
state where IL cents has been charg-
ed for corn shipment of 200 miles, 1t
won't take long to find remedy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14

For Sale-Baled hay by ton or car
lots. Address A. P. Ludwig, Rural No.
1.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14

of last week at Bows the attendance
at the farmers institute was some
thing like 800 and that this shows the
interest that the farmers conventions
are arousing over the state this year.
Three years ago when he first began
to attend these Institutes the attend
ance was light and struggling. My
experience with farmers Institutes
teaches me that the farmers are TAX
ing more and more interest in these
gatherings" said Mr.. Wright today
"The credit for a great deal of this
increased interest is due to the state
college at Ames. 1t used to be that
the professors in these institutions Of
learning spent their time experiment.
ing on scientific matters that We're per-
fectly useless. For instance it takes
three and a half pounds of protein for
a COW giving twenty-five pounds of
milk day. Professors have known
this for twenty-five years and yet
they experimental on feeding COWS so
as to get more butter fat with less
protein.
"Now they have quit that and are
experimenting like the Minnesota
professor who went out and bought a
herd of COWS and experimental. He
figured that COW is nervous, eXpends
energy that is useless and a cold COW
must have part of it's feed for warmth
He carpeted the floors of the stalls.
built the stalls so that the cows could
not kick each other and put shades
to the windows to keep the flies from
bothering the COWS in the summer
time and all that. He IS getting the
results in a practical way that scien-
tific experimenting never got, and it
may be found to be serviceable. 1t
used to be almost impossible to get
anyone from the state college to at
tend these farmers institutes. Now
there are three from the dairy depart
ment and seven or eight corn scorers
who can be secured at most any time.
1.-The short course at the state coll
lege in corn and stock judging is do
ing part of the work of arousing in
terest People have little conception
of the interest there is over the state.
Twenty years ago farmer bought q
farm out in Wright county for seven
or eight dollars an acre and the first
wear raised fifteen dollars worth of
flax on an acre. Now the land is
worth eighty dollars an acre, but he
can't raise a bit more flax. Brute
strength did it before. Expert farming
must come in now
The heating plant at the state house
is not yet completed, but is in opera
ton. However, the building is not
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-03
FROM COUNTIES TO COLONY.

If there is any danger of colonial
government for Hawaii it will lie in
the success of the scheme to establish
elective county and municipal govern
ments here.
County government is not wanted in
this Territory except by politicians
and they want it SO that they may get
from it what the taxpayers will have
put in.
1t is to be feared, as a general rule
that elective counties would be man
aged by the worst elements for the
worst purposes Here and there good
men would have a foothold; but the
general results would be deplorable.
People began to see that within week
after our former counties were organ
lied, though Oahu did very well as
compared with the rest.
The talk at Washington of colonial
administration began in a study of our
failure to govern ourselves wisely and
honestly. An exhibition of our in
capacity, such as the personnel of
winning tickets in some of the other
islands in the abortive county election
of two years ago foreshadowed, could
not help but revive the colonial issue
Furthermore, a wide-open county
and municipal system, would, by the
scandals it created and the taxes it
raised, build up a strong colonial par
ty here.
If Hawaii consulted it's own interests
before those of the job chasers it would
stand pat for the government we now
have
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-03

Labor has won an unexpected victory
in Russia where the Car has sane
ment of a Senate to stand between his
ministers and the people. No one could
have anticipated such step a year
ago, but the leaven of democracy has
been working since the 8th day of last
February when Russia's naval prestige
in the Far East was stricken at a
blow, and the Car has become gloomy
over the outlook. What he has yielded
means that he must yield more AS for
his autocracy it has evidently gone for
good
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-03
ASKS The GOVERNOR
FOR INFORMATION

AS showing something of the work
that comes to the clerical force in the
Governors Office it may be noted that
a letter was received there yesterday
, from a man who wanted all the infor-
; nation about Hawaii that there is-and
that an effort was being made to sup
ply it to him. In the first place this
inquiring gentleman wanted to know
who was the Governor and who the.At-
torney General, and who the Secretary
of the Territory, how long each of them
would hold Office and what was his sal
airy 1t might be thought from all that
that he was looking for a government
job here. Then he wanted to know
when the Legislature met and the full
names and addresses of all the mem
bers. 1t might be thought from that
that he was going to try and lobby
through some grating scheme. Next
ne wanted to know all about the stat
ute of limitations, and it might be in
Ierred from that that he had done
something somewhere and was looking
Tor safe place of refuge.
And all these conjectures would be
wrong. because he was only a San
FRANCISCO publisher getting up a sta
ustIcai work. And he wanted to know
several hundred things besides what
nave been enumerated here.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-03
HIDDEN TREASURES OF ANTIQUITY.

Much scientific and general interest
is taken in the mission to this country
Of Mr.. Charles WaIdstein. Professor OF
Fine Arts in Cambridge University
Prof. Waldstefn wishes to enlist the
moral and material aid of learned
bodies all over the world in his pro-
posed excavation of Herculaneum. In
london. Paris and Berlin funds have
been raised for the purpose and as the
countenance of the President and OF
Mr. T Pierpont Morgan has been given
to the American proposals of Prof.
Waldstein, it is probable that very
substantial sums viii be subscribed in
the United States.
To Law bare Herculaneum would
doubtless add far more to the world
knowledge Of ancient Rome, of it's
treasures of literature and art and OF
its more enlightened customs, than was
disclosed By the excavation of Pompeii.
Herculaneum was a summer home or
the Roman aristocracy. center OF
Greek art and literature, while Pompeil
was an ordinary town. Large libra
ries. much resorted to by scholars,
were there and fine collections of
bronze and marble. No manuscripts
were found in Pompeii; what few were
there were doubtless burned by the
hot ashes with which the city was COW
cred. Herculaneum, on the other hand,
was submerged and. it is thought, pre-
served in much of it's entirety by an
inundation of liquid mud Before ex-
cavations were stopped several years
ago by the authorities of the modern
town Of Resina which is built over Her.
culaneum, many manuscripts We're
found there, 1850 in all, together with
bronzes, glass, papyri, wood and marble
in perfect order From Pompeii treas
ures were taken a few years after the
city was buried, task which was
made easy by the fact that the ash
coverlet was only fifteen feet thick.
But the roofs of Herculaneum, when
the vesuvian flood subsidized, were
eighty feet below the surface and the
light of day probably never reached
them until a shaft was sunk thirty
years ago. /
If anything is to be done at Hercula-
neum, the town of Resina must first
be bought and moved away, after
which the mudcap over the Roman
city may be dredged and carried off.
Such work would be costly; but con-
sidering that vast treasures of Imperial
Rome would probably be uncovered,
the question of money ought not to be
Surely, when so much ,
wealth goes into the endowment of
colleges for classical study, enough
should be at hand to undertake a task
which may lead to the discovery Oh
the lost books of Livy and the dramat-
lists and perhaps of some treatises
about the sect of queer dissenters
whose founder had, but a brief life
time before, been crucffied between
two thieves
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-03
The GREAT STURM
ON EAST COAST

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-With six
inches Of snow on the ground, forty
mile wind from the northeast blowing
the snow into high drifts and the tenn
peratures at IS degrees and falling.
New York experienced today one of
the worst storms of the winter. The
snow began last night and continued
falling steadily today. As it became
colder travel in the streets became diff
cult
No attempt was made to run sur
face cars on the Brooklyn bridge. The
big malt house of the Kip Brewing
Company caught fire while the storm
was at it's height and was practically
destroyed. There were hundreds of
thousands of bushels OF grain in the
bins.
a fire which threatened an enormous
amount of property in the dry goods
district in the vicinity of Walker and
Church streets gave the fremen a des-
perate struggle for an hour today. The
flames finally were subdued after
causing damage to the extent of $780,
900.
Several transatlantic and coastwise
steamers which were due to arrive to-
day had not arrived in the harbor long
after they were due. Among them is
the steamer Rotterdam from Rotterdam
and the Menominee from London. They
probably rode out the gale outside of
Sandy Hook bar last night, waiting for
daylight and cessation of the blind
ing snowfall before attempting to come
up through the crooked channels Of
the lower bay
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-03
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-03
RAILWAY STATISTICS.

Somewhere between one-third and
one-haIf the railroads of the world are
in the United states The aggregate
length Of all railroad lines in this coun-
try is greater than the distance be
tween the earth and the moon. Ac-
cording TO a statistician they carry in
the course of year fourteen times
more people than there are in the whole
world if we estimate the passenger
traffic by the number of people carried
one mile. Their employees are more
numerous than the combined regular
armies Of any two nations, and they
kill and wound in their operations each
year more people than the soldiers that
Japan lost in the capture of Port Ar
thur. Their receipts and disbursements
sUrpass those of the richest nation in
time of war. Using the last annual
report of the interstate commerce COM
mission as a basis for calculation, we
find that the aggregate single track
railroad mileage in the United States
is 2O7, 977; but if we take all tracks
into consideration it is 283, 821. The
rolling stock comprises 48,871 Iocomo-
tives and 1,753. 389 cars, of which 5814o
are used in passenger service. This
trackage and property are owned by
about 1000 different roads, capitalized
for $12, 599, $50, 258, and burdened with
Sc. 444, 431, 226 of funded debts. They keep
on their payrolls 1872, 537 employees. or
639 to every lineaI mile, who receive
in the aggregate $775, 321, AS annually
in wages.
During the year these roads carried
694, 891, 535 passengers 425, 142,2O4 miles
for 1921, 7O4 592; and 638, $50, 658 tons Of
freight 173, 221, 278, 1893 miles for $685.
O20,O26 The total receipts, if we in
cIude income from various sources with
gross earnings, were $2,106, 534, 387, out
of which were paid among other sums
1885, liz, $50 in dividends and $1,257, $685.
$50 for operating expenses. The gross
earnings average about S., 258 per mile. !
The aggregate number of persons re-
ported as killed was 984O. and the ag-
gregate number of persons reported as
injured was 1858.
OF the fatal casualties, 1906 were sus-
tanned by employees, 355 by passengers,
879 by persons unclassified, and 500 by
persons trespassing on the property of
the companies. The number of inju-
ries sustained by employees during the
year was 90,4S1, by passengers 1921, and
by other persons 7841. The fact that over
half of the persons killed, exclusive OF
is a point of great signif-
icance to the credit of the railroads
and shows one of the causes for the
long list of accidents. The American
people in general are more careless
and reckless than the managers of
the railroads. They IRE impatient of
delays, and by habit and temperament
they try to reach their destinations
with the least possible loss of time.
They take big risks of life, limb and
property. They are exactfng in their
demands as to speed, ard hence they
often force railroad managers to trans
sress those rules for safety which are
submitted to by the travelling
public in other countries
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-03

ECONOMY is the surest road to
wealth but there is nothing gained by
hegIectlng cough or cold. Buy a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
ana cure it before pneumonia develops.
IT VIII be economy in the end. For
SAFE by all dealers. Benson, Smith &,
Co, Ltd, Agents for Hawaii.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-03

There seems to have been a mix-up
in the dispatches regarding Kuhfo's
salary bill. The cablegram which
reached the Advertiser said Secretary.
$4,000" The coast files make it read:
Secretary of the Treasury. $4,000
Probably the facts are that the Secre-
tary of the Territory was meant ond
that his salary was allowed to stand.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-03
80

First poker player-'I say we quit
the game. now were even" Second
poker player-''Even! How do you
make that out?" First poker player
Why, you had all of my money awhile
ago, and now I've got all of yours!"-
Detroit Free Press.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-03

j. Q. Carter, an authority on all
Things Hawaiian, asserts that Robert
G. Davis. who once sat on the Supreme
bench OF the Kingdom, had native
blood.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-15
RETAINING THE SOIL MOISTURE
How TO Save Most Essential Element of Utah Agriculture
al Practice

result was almost magical. The course
Of the harrow could be seen half
mile away In the better appearance
Of the field when It started to grow.
Where one will take the time to do IL
a very light harrow can be run over a
fall planted wheat field to it's great
advantage and the Improvement Of the
crop.
In the matter OF spring blowing,
farmers make a great mistake when
they leave the newly plowed land to
dry out in the sun and wind. That
which is plowed I'm the morning should
be thoroughly narrowed before going to
dinner. and that powed In the after
noon should be similarly treated before
quitting for the night, Plow early and
cultivate often, and you will save prac-
tlcaly all the winter moisture. After
the water is In the soil, by rain fan
or irrigation, stop the evaporation as
quickly as possible. From an open,
unplowed field IL IL said that two hun.
dred tons Of moisture may be taken I'm
one week from one acre OF ground by
evaporation through wind and sun
shine. This should emphasize the
Importance OF stopping the evapora-
ton and preventing the waste of the
most essential element Of Utah agrlcu-
tural practise.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-15
THE EASTER BONNET.

A little dream Of white
And n little stream Of blue,
And that's the Easter bonnet
Our dear old sweethearts knewl
A kiss beneath that bonnet
Made your glad lips wish for two,
And that's the Easter bonnet
That's sweet enough for youl
Alta Constitution
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-15
VISC0UNT DE SCISSORS,
TALENTED BOY PAINTER.

Pierre Amadee, Viscount dc Scissors
du Mont Notre Dame, is one of the
most talented boys in the world Al
though he is barely sixteen, he has
made for himself an enyiable position
among the worlds most successful
painters, Some Of his work exhibited
recently at the Dore gallery In London
received unstinted praise from the Sc