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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-25
"How LONG, Oh LORD, HOW LoNG2"
Readers Of Iowa exchanges have re

Readers Of Iowa exchanges nave re-
Gently seen the following item cred
tied to the Burlington Hawkeye:
"rhe Knoxville Journal inquiries
what there is about ]. w. Blythe OF
Burlington that makes his approval
or disapproval SO potent thing IN
Iowa politics. 1t is his candor, frank
ness and fair dealing. Few men in &C
tive politics have made more nom
orable record in this respect. With
these qualities are united polltlcai
sagacity. a superior knowledge OF men,
executive ability, steadfastness OF prin-
chile and fidelity to friends and to ev-
erv promise made. Such qualities are
innate and essential in mastefful leao-
| ership."
Few men are so God-lilSe in charac-
ter. Let us see, "candor," "frankness,
"fair dealing" political sagacity,"
superior knowledge of men, "execu-
tive ability" "steadfastness of princi-
ple.' fidelity to friends and to prom
Uses" "masterful leadership" Truly
wonderful man, But the Hawkeye
overlooked one of j. w. Blythe's DOM
mating attributes, his maiden-like
modesty. With this the list would have
been complete.
Then the Washington correspondent
OF the Brooklyn Eagle sheds light on
the subject by the comment that "it is
being drafted by Chairman Hepburn
ana CONGRESSMAN Mann, two of the
strongest opponents Of railroad legisla-
ton of the past 1t Is said that draft
of the bill has been approved by j. W..
Blythe, general counse. Of the Burling-
ton road, who has been here for the
past ten days"
1t will be very interesting to the far
mers and manufacturers Of Iowa, to
learn from this New York paper that
the bill by Hepburn and Mann two of
the strongest opponents of railroad
legislation in the past" 1t will be very
Interesting to know that their bill has
the approval of j. W. Blythe, the gen
eral solicitor of the Burlington. just
why it seemed necessary to Mr.. Hep
burn to antagonize the Quarles Cooper
bill, just why it seemed necessary to
Mr.. Hepburn to gain the approval OF
J. w. Blythe may never be known.
Mann. it will be remembered, is thu
Illinois congressman who used his po-
sition few days ago to insult, brow
beat and bully a gentleman by the
name OF Bacon. who was witness be-
fore the committee. and whose offense
consisted In thinking and saying that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-25
THE BRAzENNEss OF THE UrILITARIaN.

There are those with the sense of
utility so abnormally developed that
they would. IL 1t were possible, cut
the Grand Canyon OF the Colorado In
troughs The lumbermen's campaign
against the big trees of the Mariposa
Is an example of utility gone mad.
The big trees are in n category Of nat
ural wonders with Niagara Falls and
the Yellowstone and Yosemite parks.
Nothing OF their kind approaching
them exists in the world and they
should be kept as inviolate from the
lumberman's AK as the Yellowstone
from -emption by settlers.
So much has been written Of the gi-
gantic sequoias that little remains to
be told that is not familiar. Some
comparisons recently made, however,
may assist to n better idea of their
monstrous growth. OF one of these
trees it is estimated that n box big
enough to contain the White Star
steamer, Oceanic, $50 feet long. might
be made from it's lumber. King Arthur
for the accommodating of his knights
might have made 1900 round tables
forty eight feet In circumference OF
another. Cleopatra's Needles measure
seventy feet in length and seven feet
at the base, but one Of these big trees
might have furnished the, lumber for
the castings and the timber for raft
strong enough to carry both the obe-
lisks on their voyage from Egypt TO
America. A tree near Wildwood con-
tains enough wood to sheath the Ma
sonic Temple at Chicago with one
inch boards from the ground to the
fourteenth floor and in another there
ia planling enough to cover wide
street three miles long. Bartholdfs
statue of Liberty at the entrance to
New York harbor would reach It's
torch only to the first Dough of one
Of the big trees, bough itself six feet
in diameter.
These trees were pointing skyward
on the west coast OF the Sierra Neva-
da when the mummies of our museums
were laughing Egyptian children and
the Hebrews bent their backs in the
brickvards of the Pharaohs. They
were before Moses and ante-date the
pyramids. Perhaps they We're waving
In the winds the day Abraham went
IN into the mountain with his son as
a sacrifice. Back beyond history and
human knowledge the concentric cir
cles of their growth is the palimpsest
Of evolution.
1t would be an outrage to destroy the
Oldest living things in the world. The
big trees belong to the future as they
have to the past They should be
diligently guarded against every foe
and remain. to teach the nagnificence
of nature and the narrowness OF the
~ 90 human existence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-25

The Hardin County Citizen predicts
IF the standpatters succeed in holding
up revision until the next congression-
al election. there will be u hot time for
some of them"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-25

the exposure of the wouldbe go-be-
tweens and their dismissal from the
public service
Cunningha ham and lumber two OF the
rinRleaders who were going to make
the letter carrier vote the decisive fac
tor In the last presidential campaign,
seem. after all, to have had n certain
sense of humor. They knew that their
was ninety-ninc one hundredths
bluff" They admitted to themselves
that the strength OF the "organiZa-
ton" they pretended to represent was
largely fictitious Wrote one of them
to the other:
Both political parties think and be-
lieye that we have much more strength
many more members in our orEaniHa-
ton and "a more perfect organization
than we have. This is all In our favor.
and all comes from the quantities "'
kilograms and petitions sent to Wash
ington last winter
How the bluff failed to work and the
dismissal of Keller, Cunningham.
lumber and the rest is history, and
history always teaches lesson IT
should warn all government employees
that faithful service and not politics
is the safe policy especially when the
political pressure is more wind than
influence, and 1t should teach the adj
Instability of extending the prohibi-
ton against fine work from the carrier
up to the higher postal official.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-25

The Newton Herald, having labeled
one OF its editorials "a True Story"
it's Osl1aloosa namesake is Glad to
note this self suggested indication of
democratic reformation"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-25
Topics Of the Times

some people are willing to argue
over whether Eve ate an apple OF
ounce while the neighbors send IN
something for the children to eat.
The Cooke Sisters located at In
d,anola. are said to be the only women
coal dealers in the United States.
observation-disclosures said the llttie
girl. who was having her iirst eXpef-
fence of riding in sleeper.
"Hush, DEAR Whispered mamma
"vou will waken the others
But mamma, / only want to ask
one question"
well. what is ii?
.Who has the fiat above us!"--
Life.
pono Leo x is credited with having
administered a most appropriate re-
buke upon a presumng visionary VINO
pretended to have discovered the phil
osopher's stone, and demanded Il re-
compense therefor. His holiness pre-
senthd the discoverer with an empty
nurse "The true possessor of the
nhilosopher's stone" said the pope is
the miner, whose iron, copper or TIN
are always convertible into more prec-
ions metals. Agriculture is the mob
lest of all alchemy, for 1T turns the
common earth into gold and confers
no g.
ward of health
The farmers and shippers are evinc-
Ing a desire to see Mr.. Hepburns Dill
close by and like the Methodists seem
inclined to put Mr.. Hepburn thru Il
probationary test of his alleged con-
version.
One Way-Hicks-He'll never sue
coed in life-never make a living IN
fact.
Wicks-Why do you think that.
Hicks-Oh, every time he opens his
mouth he puts his foot in 1T.
Wicks-Well, that's one way at least
Of making both ends meet.-Cathollc
Standard and Times.
Methuen, Mass, is being made so
rich by the gifts of one of it's towns
men that the citizens are finding 1T
difficult to pay their tax bills. This
queer state Of affairs has been brought
about by the gifts of Edward IL.
Searles Mr.. Searles is Methuens
richest man, and being childless and
without heirs he has intimated on sew
eral occasions that he will leave his en-
tire estate, amounting to many mil
lions, to the town. In the meantime,
merely as foretaste Of his bounty, he
has given the town, which has only
eighty-five pupils in its schools, a 81
100000 high school building, and H.
brary building costing 100000. These
buildings, Of course, must be main
tanned, and it is said they burn more
coal for one item, than all the rest OF
the town combined. AS one citizen
rather ruefully expresses it, when the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-25
A Grim 1rsaeoy

Is daily enacted in thousands of homes
as death claims. in each one. another
victim of consumption or pneumonia.
But when coughs and colds are prop
erly treated the tragedy is averted. r.
G.. Huntley, of Oaklandon, Ind, writes:
"My wife had the consumption and
three doctors gave her up. Finally she
took DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, which
cured her and today she is we'll and
strong" 1t kills the germs of all dis
eases. On dose relieves. Guaranteed
at so cents and 81 by Mcdonald & Ma
hood, druggists. Trial bottle free.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-25

and that congressman were to blame
One of the important and vital
things about the Quares- Cooper bill Is
this. 1t makes the rate established by
the commission immediate and per-
manent until overturned by the court
of review. This is what Roosevelt de-
manded in his message. 1t simply
clothes the commission with the form
that WAS originally intended for 1t and,
for ten years, exercised by 1t. The Hep
burn bill calls for n new commission OF
seven members. With a salary of $10,-
900 each. Mr.. Hepburn has had trouble
enough with the pestlferous members
a house cleaning, next he adds a grist
of new judges, in the appointment OF
whom the railroads will move heaven
and earth to exert an influence, and
next. he provides that on appeal the
rates established by the commission
shall be suspended until final judg-
ment.
A beautiful scheme indeed if this is
all there is to 1t. There may be more
that has not yet been explained, but
remembering that it "has the approval
of J. w. Blythe" the man who resem-
bles God almighty in everything but
personal appearance, the public will
want to know. If the railroads are to
retain their right to suspend ana tie
up the commissions rates by an appeal
to court that will be all they will want.
Shippers could sleep the sleep OF Rip
Van Wrinkle before they get relief.
Pious people have read Of the stone
being given when bread was asked
and they will want to know whether
J. w. Blythe, with his deliied at
tributes, is q false or a true prophet.
But the rest OF us, who have been cry
ing in the wilderness for an Iowa Con-
gresham who will some day introduce
a bin or suggest an appointment not
by the railroad attorney
whom Iowa politicians keep In auto
cratic power must exclaim. How
Long oh Lord How Long,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-25

town receives all Mr.. Searles fortune
Eve shall be so rich that we shall be
poverty stricken to keep up appear
A. ID. 1000.
Give me a spoon of cleo, ma.
And the sodium alkali
FOR I'm going to make a pie. man.
I'm going to make n pie.
For John will be hungry and tired.
ma.
And his tissues will decomopse,
So give me a gram of phosphate.
And the carbon and celluose.
Now give me II chunk of caseine,
ma,
To shorten the therinic fat;
And give me the oxygen bottle, ma.
And look ut the thermostat.
And II the electric oven is cold,
Just turn 1T on half an ohm,
For l want TO have the supper ready
AS soon as John comes home.
Cleveland Leader.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-25
THE CARRIER AND POLITICAL PRESSURE

Without doubt the rural mail carrier
delving thru drifts and facing the
singing winds today, is inclined to
look upon his $500 annual salary as
below a righteous rate of compensa-
ton for the hardships endured. Twen-
ty-flve miles for $3.50, over n drdfted
Iowa road with the mercury shifting
between zero and fifteen below is call
culated to induce such cogitation. 1t
Is hard drive for horses and man.
and for low pay, but the carrier should
ask himself what other and easier
work awaits him at similar or increas-
ed pay. If he fails to get an answer he
had best bow his head to the blast
and keep on drawing his $50 monthly.
1t is just $50 better than nothing. There
Is considerable coal and food and other
necessities and comforts to be had for
1920 a year. True enough, 1T comes
hard, but he must have it.
AS matters stand now he must take
his pay without too much grumbling
or step aside for another who will. 1t
is not unlikely that the wage Of these
deserving men will be increased sooner
or later. but it is not likely to be done
Immediately. The action of the leaders
of the carriers association have set
back the question of salaries for future
consideration. The story of the scheme
to bluff congressman and the disas-
ttrous result of the show down is an
amusing one.
In a letter sent not long ago to the
house Of representatives Postmaster
General Wynne "details the circum-
stances which led to the decapitation
recently of certain luminaries in the
postal service. These had conceived
the idea that their mission in office
was not so much to expedite mail de-
liveries i'm city and rural routes as to
get their salaries raised by dabbling
in politics. With relightful naivete
they set to work to organize q letter
carriers voting trust" and then pro-
ceeded to- auction off its influence and
good will to the highest political bidder.
In their eagerness to drive profitable
bargain they tried to negotiate last
summer with both the republican and
democratic national committees. Meth
err party, however, was willing to in
vest in the gold brick" offered to- it,
and the net result of the venture was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-25
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

OF the Hepburn bill, the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil says: 1T contains
nothing new looking to solution of
the vcXatious problem of public con-
troll or supervision OF railroad rates
On the contrary 1t embodies about all
the complications and uncertainties
that have been suggested from any
quarter. Yet, it may be the measure
that is destined not only to become
law, but to effect q complete or par
tal remedy"
The Newton Herald, having labeled
one OF its editorials "a True Story"
its Osllaloosa namesake is Glad to
note this suggested indication of
democratic reformation."
The Hardin County Citizen predicts
If the standpatters succeed in holding
up revision until the next congression-
al election. there will be u hot time for
some of them"
"As between John Mitchell, president
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea and his detractors from among the
Colorado strikers, the country will have
no hesltancy In deciding in favor Of
Mitchell without going very deeply in
to the evidence" declares the Cedar
Rapids Republican.
Ii the DEBORAH Republican Under
stands them Alright, what are styled
the standpatters do not propose to
permit an investigation into the ques-
ton whether there are or are not tar
if schedules that deserve revision"
The Republican points out that "As-
sorting there shall be no such investl-
cation is equal to saying that shall
not be done which 1t was practically
agreed in the late campaign should
be done All that is asked, that has
been asked, is fair play and honesty In
the matter The people are not unreas-
enable; but they would like honesty
on the part of their representatives.
"As long as the world shall adhere to
the false idea that principle right in
the abstract is not practically right.
just so long will hotels bar entrance to
Booker Washington and the lines of
class cleavage be we'll Defined as
serts the Dubuque Telegraph.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-25
Tonic 70 the Svstem.

For liver troubles and constipation
there is nothing better than DeWitt's
Little EARLY Risers, the famous little
pills. They do not weaken the stom-
ach. Their action upon the system is
mild, pleasant, and harmless. Bob
Moore, of Lafayette, Ind, says: mo
use talking, DeWitt's Little Early Ris-
ers do their work. All other pills ]
have used grippe and make me sick in
the stomach and never cured me. De-
Wits Little Early Risers proved to
be the lung sought relief. They are
simply perfect" Persons travelling find
Little Early Risers the most reliable
remedy to carry with them. Sold by
all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-25

The many friends of G. H. Hausan,
engineer l.. T.. s. w. r. r., at present
living in Lima, o., will be pleased to
know of his recovery from threatened
kidney disease. He writes: Il was cur
ed by using Foley's Kidney Cure. which
1 recommended to all, especially train
men who are usually similarly afflict-
ed" r. A. Morgan,
Douglas Island news. [volume] (Douglas City, Alaska) 1898-1921, 1905-11-08
The NOrthIand
The Latest News, from Reliable
Sources, Concerning the Great
North, Condensed.
Information for Everybody.

Seward will have a beer factory.
Valdez has lately had an epidemic of
marriage.
The striking longshoremen are again
at work at Nome.
Judge c. S. Johnson, of Alaska, is
quite sick at Seattle.
The U. S. Revenue Cutter Grant is
said to be ready for the boneyard.
The Nome Nugget has installed a
Mergenthaler typesetting machine.
A new strike is reported on the Nov
ikakat river in the Yukon country.
Seal skins bring % per cent more
this year than last, in the London mar
ket.
The steamer Oregon made six round
trips from Seattle to Nome during the
past summer:
Maj. L. H. French is at the head Of a
company to develop the great Kou-
garok country.
For the first time since its incorpora-
ton in 1901 the city of Nome is practi-
cally out of debt.
Maj. L. H. French will represent the
Nome Chambe of Commerce at Wash
ington, D. c., this year.
During the summer a total of 1927
pass engers have gone into Bering Sea
ports on the Nome vessels.
The Nome steamer Corwin reached
Juneau last Friday with about 30 pas
sengers bound for the south.
William Clark, pioneer quartz miner,
says that the property at Windy Arm
is one of the best in the country.
Ira D. Orton, lawyer and bankdirector
at Nome, declares miners can save
money by shipping dust to California.
Boiler Inspector Newhall and In
spector of Hulls Whitney of the Alaska
district are at their headquarters in
Juneau.
A large number of laborers from
Nome were on the steamship Corwin
for Seward to work on the Alaska Cen
tral railroad.
Mrs. Alexander Mccartney wife of
an Alaskan miner said to be worth
100000 has been arrested in Seattle
for shopliftipg.
Candle Creek, Nome district, is to
have big ditch in the near future. 1t
will materially increase the gold out
put of this district.
Douglas Island news. [volume] (Douglas City, Alaska) 1898-1921, 1905-11-08

Il. a. cross mas Deen CHOSEN W rep
resent Council City in the Alaska con-
vention, to be held in Seattle, Nov. 10.
eff the government of the United
States treated Alaska with the same
consideration that British Columbia
treats it's mining country, in three
years the development Of that vast ter
ritory would be fifteen times as great
as it is now. Alaska cannot have its
own earnings, Alaska, large in territory
and richer by far than the whole At
lantic seaboard, cannot have repren-
tative, a delegate or even a commission
er in congress. 1t is ignored in every
way by Washington except in the col
lection of moneys due the general gov
ernment." Thus William j. Robinson,
the representative in British Columbia
and Alaska of large syndicate of
Philadelphia, New York and Boston
capitalists, arraigns the national legis-
lature. He registered at the Hotel
Washington yesterday from Atlin, BIC.
where he has spent the summer, says
the Seattle P.-I. His syndicate's oper-
ations are carried on under the names
Of the British American Dredging Com
pany and the British Columbia Dredg-
ing Company. Two years ago his COM
panies placed three and one-half-foot
bucket dredge on their Gold Run prop
erty and built at Atlin large power
plant of 1000 horse power, using water
from Pine creek. Last summer on their
Spruce creek property they put in the
largest dredge ever built, with a seven
aud one-half cubic foot capacity and
digging twenty feet below the water
level to bed rock and to the benches
twenty feet above. The.syndicate's in
vestment in and around Atlin is about
S8OOO0O. "We are all Americans and
bought our dredges on the Coast" said
Mr.. Robinson. "The Ottawa parlia-
ment passed a special bill admitting
this American machinery free of duty
and thus saved us $4,000. This is
striking illustration of the anxiety of
Canada to develop its mining country.
The great development of Atlin has
been made possible by the British Col
umbia government making and main
tanning roads and trails. Wherever
good prospect is found the government
is ever ready to build road or trail to
that point. 1t is freely admitted by
all mining experts that the placers of
Alaska are much richer than those of
any other spot on earth. A large pro-
portion of the American money now
being spent in British Columbia would
undoubtedly go to Alaska if the United
States government would give any
thing like square deal. Under gov
ernment support it would produce
more from it's natural resources than
any other mineral producing state on
the American continent. Its real
wealth of gold, copper, iron, tin and
other metals has not been touched.
Nome will produce this year about So
100000: Tanana and other new strikes
adjacent. between 100000 and slO,-
100000, and the copper Developments
ON the coast of Alaska have proved
values in the last two years of S1OO,oOo,-
600. The fishing industry on the Alas
kan coast is still in it's infancy and is
producing millions each year. This is
the country that the government is do
ing nothing to aid"