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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-23
THE VENEZUELA CLAIMS.

venezuela's reported arrangement
with Germany and Great Britain,
which Ia, to devote one-half the GUS
toms Ave Venezuelan ports, II, addi-
ton certain other percentages OF re-
ceipts at two other principal ports or
entry Is the cause for the activity OF
the United States in pressing its
claims against Venezuela and for the
demand for settlement by arbitration
or otherwise. It is feared that the arr
rangenent with the two foreign coun-
tries would leave the revenues of the
South American republic too greatly
crippled to satisfy our claims. This
country does not propose to held the
sack. :.
The principal American claim
against Venezuela is that Of the New
York and Bermuda Asphalt Company.
Three other claims are mentioned as
subjects Of arbitration--the 'yritch-
neld claim, based on an asphalt con-
eeSSlon, the CtalW ol u SNeaiHSHlp eoht-
pany, tased on franchise violation,
and the claim Of newspaper cores
pontlent, Jaurett, for damages aris-
ing from his expulsion from Venezuela.
Castro maintains that the asphalt
. company has no just claim. He holds,
on the contrary, that II there liz just
claim in the case it is a claim by
Venezuela against the company for
aiding revolutionary attempt to
overthrow his government. But he is
content to hold the company to a for
fixture OF its concession. He also
claims that the other cases against
Venezuela are without merit.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-23
SEED OATS.

Mr.. A. j. Banks of Montoar, Offers
Suggestions.
The seed corn discussion has been
both Interesting and instructive: let us
lay that aside for the moment, ana
throw little light on "a much neglect
ed subject, not nearly 80 vital, per-
haps. but nevertheless important. why
is it that oats on productive SOIL SET
dom produce over fifty bushels per
acre while corn on such land returns
seventy TO eighty bushels Pc acre. ans
the feeding value OF corn nearly doubls
except under certain conditions? Is IT
that oats consume as much vegetable
matter at fifty per acre as corn at sew
enty per acre, or that nat culture
has been woefuly neglected. A care
full observer will be emphatic that
the latter is the chief cause. One Will
find ten farmers cautious about seed
corn where he Will one VINO takes Il
second thought about seed Dats. Fan.
ming mills are scarce, but anyone who
has used one for cleaning seed oats
knows the cost is trivial compared
with value OF the extra bushels OF
oats he puts In his bin. tina fall. Run
o. bushe of the average oats thru s
mill and you will find blown over two
to eight quarts of light cats, SONS
straw, and underneath a. lot of weed
seed: would you like to find corn stalks
and various kinds Of weed seed In your
seed corn? Examine part of your
Dat field this summer when headed out.
Here and there the stand Is thin, prob
ably caused by straw caught in the
FrA ri lon 1uN.e
short stalks. with few oats on, which
will be dropped or run over when har-
vested these grew from light, inferior
seed. We tear our hair about poor
stand of corn and barren stalks. while
across the fence our oats ore ten times
worse. On examination you will find
conditions that will surprise you In
an ordinary field of oats. sown from.
seed as 1t comes from the machine.
What is the reason OF your neglect of
oat culture? Several First, we look
upon oats as secondary crop, a nee
essary evil, some do, crop we would
do away with If we could, excepting it
Is necessary for the straw for bedding
and also for seeding to grass: of course
IN feeding balanced a ration oats cut
quite figure: also tanning mills are
a bother to take care OF and necessi-
tate some trouble in running the oats
thru.
But the paramount reason is that
corn Is the one crop we figure on, con-.
sequently the things neces sary to make
a large oat crop are neglected. This
is not meant to stir the ire. OF the care
ful observing tiller OF the soil, but the
one who represents the majority. Also
to call attention to one and all that
while we are SO nervous over our seed
corn, to remember we are losing mon
ey every year over neglect of seed oats.
A. j. BANKS.
Columbia Stock Farm. Montour.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-23
Iowa Newspapers

CITIZENSHIP AND POLITICS.
IOliumMn Courier.

CITIZENSHIP AND POLITICS.
IOttumwa Courler.1
How often we hear the statement
from some man OF business, a repre-
sentative citizen 20, ! didn't know 1t
was election day until they tclcphoned
to me to come and vote. don't take
any interest I'm politics" This should
not be- Every citizen should take an
interest in politics and enough inter-
est to enable him to talk intelllEentiy
OF n political issue and to take either
one side or the other on every dues-
tiou. This Is the solution, and tho
only one 1T now seems, for the con-
ditions of which many American writ
ers are now complaining. They say
that Americans politics Is In the hands
of men far below the average in IN
tcllIgence, that ward bosses form the
basis of the political fabric and that
therefore politics Is corrupt, ana de-
files the hands of the man who dab"
bles In 1t. But why not suggest d
remedy7 1t is easy to pick out Il flaw
In everything that Is human, but the
good comes from suggesting remedy.
And the remedy to what may be bad
in American politics Is so easy to see
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-23
Spelling THE CHILDREN.

If parents would be satisfied with
inourning over what they sentimental
ly believe they might have been and
cease attempting to twist the lives of
their children into the shapes they
imagine their own should have taken
there would be fewer good men and
women spoiled during their growth
Parents remember themselves too
much as they are and too little as they
used to be. The man who thirty years
ago bore an evil reputation among the
mothers of his neighborhool who had
washed bloody noses and dried the
tears of his making raves when his
ten -year-old comes home with the
light Of victory in his eye and telltale
scratches on his cheek. Mothers whose
pertness and self confidence, drew the
criticism Of the sewing circle in their
earlier days are Mortified by soleclsm
OF any sort by their own daughters
They fail TO recognize their younger
selves in their children and are at
tempting to change the variety with
out changing the seed. The mother
who worked hard, dreams of luxury
for her daughter. The father with a
trade is hungry for his boy to take up
profession. The trouble with most
OF US who have children is that we
expect SO much more OF "our own
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-23

special brain fiber for one to be able
to direct his own activities into useful
and profitable channels. 1t is truth
the world over that the alert. opeii-
eyed, shuppy and glugery young men
and young women are the oheS VINO
always skim the cream from the crock
of good luck leaving only the piue
and creamlcss milk for him him whose
principal mission in life ~ To wag the
tail OF every enterprise AMI OF every
procession.
WELCOMING SPRING.
IEitch In the Nonpareil.l
Why howdedo spring, you purity young
thing,
You're sweet ez a peach, III be
bound, >
Bin lookin' for yew. a hull week er
two
An wishin' tibet yew wu'd come
round
Jest come right on in; 'twould be
sure sin
To leave ycw out thar in tn storm.
Come. hurry up. do. Well swing tn
door to
An keep TIL house cozy an warm.
Come don't be slow; it's proper we
know,
TO dawdle an shipper an grin,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-23
SUNDAY SALOONS.

Before ministerial association In
New York City the other day, District
Attorney Jerome, famous for his nerve
as prosecutor OF gamblers, argued
the advisability OF legalizing the Sun
day liquor traffic In New York City.
Mr.. Jerome's suggested plan included
permission for liquor sellers to open
their places under certain restrictions
certai,a hours on Sunday. As the sit
uatiorl stands the liquor retailers sell
all dsly Sunday in New York as in
many other large cities ard some
smaller ones They simply open side
doors or lose the keys to the front en-
frances and go on doing business, Sc
cure in the power of themselves and
The class that supports them to crush
the municipal administration that
makes any effective move against Sun
day saloons. Mr.. Jerome believes that
the legalized Sunday saloon might be
held to the hours granted it. His sug-
ScStNWl Wao ASt Will u SAAiiy SAicHSC
on the part Of some Of the ministers
and caustic rejection by others.
Perhaps one of the strongest rea-
sons for the lax regulation Of the
liquor traffic in this country is the
common hope that soon or late it may
be done away with. Countries where
the saloon is as legitimate as a groc-
cry store regulate it more riyidly and
enforce the regulations. The general
American contempt and dislike Of the
saloon business as a parasite upon
public welfare renders the average
man unwilling to meet it on level
ground as an institution. He views
the saloon as an expedient to be rid Of
as soon as practicable, not an essen
tial to be given permanency. The re-
former is not seeking reform for the
saloon so much as q way toward its
abolition and that Of the habits behind
it.
But Mr.. Jerome's suggestion has the
wisdom of complete knowledge behind
it. II a vice is unconquerable the best
fashion of controlling it should be the
first consideration. Saturday evening
and Sunday are drinking days in the
cities. The saloons supply the demand
illegally and at all hours as things are
1T would be better for law observance
and no worse for morals if the Jerome
Elan We're to be carried out.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-23
Decisions

GIVING LIQUORS TO MINOR


Defendant was taking some whisky
to sick lady In the community where
he lived and was accompanied by
a young man about twenty years OF age.
On his way he stopped at the house
of "a friend and handed the bottle to
him and asked him to have D drink. HIS
friend took the bottle, and tried to take
the cork out, but could not, and hand
ed the bottle back to defendant to
take it out for him. Defendant reached
1t back after removing the cork. Ills
friend then asked the minor to have
drink, and while the defendant was
holding the whisky out to the friend.
the boy took the bottle and took
drink. Held, that defendant was guilty
of causing intoxicating liquors to be
given to minor, though defendant
did not offer the liquor to the minor,
and the minors taking the liquor was
at the suggestion of a third person,
defendants guilt being based upon mis-
permitting the minor to take the WINS
kv Parker VS.. State, "a S. w. S22
(Texas.).
Prosecutor was approached by W.,
who showed him q lock capable OF pc
Ing opened without a key. Thereafter
they met defendant, who pretended 70
be countryman with large sum OF
money, whereupon w. offered to bet
dollar for dollar, that he could open
the lock without a key. Defendan.
handed w. his money and w. took out
his money, putting 1t with defendant g.
when they turned to prosecutor ana
asked him how much money he had:
Prosecutor took out his money and
w. pulled 1t out Of his hand, handed
him the lock and said: While de-
PENDANT counts ten, you open the lock-.
Defendant counted ten but the lock d'd
not open, whereupon defendant snatch
ed the money which w. handed 70 nun,
and after prosecutor stated that they
had robbed him, departed. Defendant
was convicted Of larceny in the lower
court. and contended that II guilty at
all his conviction must be obtained UNI
der the laws Of Missouri making It a
penal offense to obtain money by a
trick or confidence game. Held, tnat
prosecutor never intended to part with
the title to his money, and hence the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-23
Topics Of the Times

DR.. Osler should fit nicely into Eng
fish customs, judging from the follow
ing from a London paper: Capt. Ben
ton, of Boston, Lincolnshire, who has
saved 40 lives. has at 50 fallen into
such dire need that a fund is being
locally raised to buy him street or
gan" Forty mine lives at the price
the old man saved job lot of human
junk.
Despite the news reports of good
shooting at Victor, Colorado, President
Roosevelt has decided to take his hunt
in Texas.
Canada's wealthy men are beginning
to emulate the example Of American
philanthropists in the liberality Of
their gifts for public purposes The
gift Of 100000 by Sir William Mac
Donald, of Montreal, to the cause Of
education in the province of Quebec
is a princely one and would be notable
in any country.
The grave at Pirbright Of the late
Sir Henry M. Stanley is to be COM
nemorated by monolith II feet long,
4 feet wide, 2 feet inches in thick
ness and weighing six TONS The stone
was found in Devonshire, after a long
search to comply with Lady Stanley's
desire that a monument should be
erected to the famous explorer which
had been fashioned by the ages,
tempered and colored by time and I'M
touched by man" The only exception
to the latter provision is in the in
scription, which bears the explorers
name and also the name by which he
was known to the natives of darkest
Africa, "Bula Matari." the rock break
err.
Missouri has a new congressman
who lives twelve miles from the near
est railroad. He will probably get
much nearer than that to the railroads
after he gAts accustomed to his new
job-Atlanta Journal.
A we'll known writer on trade union
subjects has been doing some figuring
which he used in the following man
ner: A conservative estimate of the
number of organized wage earners and
| the amount they Garland of neces-
| sity spelld--shows in a truly startling
manner the tremendous power they
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-23
SEED POTATOES.
What Size of Piece i. Best for Plant

what Size Of Piece is Best for Plant.
ing.
No attempt is here made to list the
complete literature of the different
sources relating to the above question.
Only a few selections are made.
These are mostly from the work of
those experimenters whose work upon
the subject considered has been such
as to give weight to the conclusions
quoted.
Ohio Experiment Station Bulletin,
Vol. Ill: Other conditions being the
same, the larger the cutting the
greater the total product
"The marketable product also in
creases as the size of the cutting in
creases."
Utah Experiment Station Bulletin,
No. 20, 1892: "The results in the main
correspond with the results obtained
in 1890 and 1881, the yield increasing
as the size Of the pieces planted in
creased
Maryland Experiment Station Bull
letin, No. 81: It is shown that in a
particularly dry season, cut pieces
were at a distinct disadvantage as
against whole tubers. Maryland Ex-
pertinent Station Bulletin, No. 2, 1888,
II. e. Alvord: In a test of forty, pre-
sumably pure varieties Mr.. Alvord
says: THE exhibit (products) plainly
showed that the greater the quantity
Of potatoes used, the greater was the
product. And this was true not only
of the total yield, but also of the pro-
duct of merchantable potatoes,
AS a means of Illustrating this feat
ure Of potatoe culture, which seems to
be agreed upon by most experiment.
ers, we here append a table con-
structed by DR.. Alvord, upon the basis
of three years. trials:
Usual cutting $500. .1911a blu. per acre
Whole potatoes -. .2s1R bu.per acre
Single eye ........ 1852 bu. per acre
4'The most profit is shown to result
from planting whole potatoes the size
of hens eggs at the rate of eighteen
bushels per acre."
New York agricultural experiment
station report 1888: Little or nothing
is gained by using cut potatoes for
Seed while the labor of cutting and
the greater market value of the larger
tubers may constitute a positive loss. 9
This statement was based upon an ex-
pertinent III WHICH equal weights OIL
seed were used per row.
New York agricultural experiment
station report. 1889; '"The cut seed was
later than the whole seed, and the fin
err it was cut, the more was this diff
ference" THE more seed potato
planted, the greater the crop"
Michigan Experiment Station Bull
letin, No 81: THE yield gradually de-
clined from the half to the single eye
'1t would also seem that the halves
Of medium sized potatoes are better
than whole ones of the same size, or
even of much larger size"
Virginia Experiment Station Bulle-
tin, No. 8: Larger cuttings than two
eyes except the eyes are close on the
tuber) Is a waste of seed"
Rhode Island Agricultural Expert
ment Station Report, 1890: Using
equal weights of seed of cuttings and
of whole tubers, the results indicate
the largest yield in the case of whole
tubers, but the single eyes pieces pro-
duced the largest per cent Of mer-
charitable potatoes"
Indiana Experiment Station Bulletin,
No. So: Half tubers produced a
larger yield than whole ones.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-23
that 1t is wonder 1t has not been
4

that 1t is wonder 1t has not been
seized upon long before this.
In England nearly every man who
has attained any prominence in poli-
tics is a graduate of one Of the excel
lent British universities. The scale OF
intelligence is high. There Is less
room for the loud red necktie and the
checkered trousers that the American
cartoonists have made so popular with
ward bosses in this country. Politics
is the game of the gentleman and 1t Is
on a higher plane than in the large
cities of this country. The reason Is
that the men who are factors in bust
ness life In England are factors also
in political life. 1t is a valuable hint
to America and one which should be
used to improve conditions here. The
real citizen is a politician. He is not
doing his duty, either by himself or
by his country, unless he is Interested
in politics. 1t is not necessary for him
to show that interest by running for
office, nor by handling ward. But
he should be able to discuss questions
of political nature and vote in the
way that his business judgment die
tates.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-23
Incredible Brutality.

It would have been incredible bru-
tality If Charles F. Lemberger. of Syr-
acuse, N. Y, had not done the best he
could for his suffering son. my boy"
he said, "cut fearful cash over his
eye, so applied Bucklens Arnica salve
which quickly healed it and saved his
eye" Good for burns and ulcers, too.
Only csc at Mcdonald & Mahood Co.'S
drug store. .
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-23
A Chicago Alderman Owes His Elee
ton to chaml,crlain's Cough Remed,

II can heartily and conscientiously
recommend Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for affections Of the throat
and lungs says Hon. John Shenick,
220 South Peoria street. Chicago. 1.-TWO
years ago during a political campaign,
I caught cold after being overheated,
which irritated my throat and was
finally compelled to stop. as could
not speak aloud. In my extremity a
friend advised me to use Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. took two dos
es that afternoon and could not be-
lieve my senses when found the next
morning the inflammation had large
ly subsidized. / took several doses that
day, kept right on talking thru the
campaign, and l thank this medicine
that l won my seat in the council."
This remedy is for sale by all drug
gists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-23
Pleasant and Harmless.

Don't drug the stomach to cure
cough. One Minute Cough Cure cuts
the mucus, draws the Inflammation
out of the throat, lungs and bronchial
tubes, heals, soothes and cures. A quick
cure for whooping cough. One Min
ute Cough Cure relieves cough in one
minute because it acts first on the mu-
cous membrane right where the cough
troubles-in the throat or deep-seated
on the lungs. Sold by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-23
Settlers Rates to Points in Minnesota,
North and South Dakota.

The Chicago Great Western railway
will, ON March z, IA, 81 and %. and
April-4, II, is and Is, sell one way tiek-
cts to Minnesota and North AMI South
Dakota at greatly reduced rates. For
further information apply to j. r.
Harding, agent, Marshalltown. Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-23
could WELD if their wages were always
spent after they had given due thought

could WELD if their wages were always
spent after they had given due thought
| to their best interests Taking the o.
100000 members of trade unions, and
| basing their wages at $150 per day for
| 800 days I'm the year. we find that this
| gives them purchasing strength of
| 81 ,O12 100000 per year. This sun--so
| great that 1t is difficult and we'll nigh
| impossible to appreciate it's influence
| If used to pay rent for homes built
| by union labor and In purchasing the
necessities of life. that were manufac-
tured or procured by organized work
| men, would soon work Il revolution IN
every industry in the land.
Thirty Chicago firms. controlling 300
| dairies and depots have effected an or
ganization, which. 1t is said, Will be
| able to control nearly the whole supply
of milk for Chicago. Labor men think
the organization will resist the de-
mands recently fled by 1000 milk wa
gon drivers for increased wages. while
small milk dealers are predicting Sc
milk, Il inquire WHICH iUc lulSS
are known to have desired for the last
two years.
A curious question has been stirring
Spanish feeling. and strong agitation
has only been avoided by popular GUS
tom being permitted to have It's own
way. The Cortez recently passed
law ordaining general prohibition OF
Sunday labor. This law having been
secured. opponents Of the national pas
time promptly sought its application to
bulliights, which almost always take
place on Sundays. Instantly there
arose an outburst OF popular resent
ment, so strong that the council of
state took the matter into its own
hands and by series OF special plead
ings concluded that the law does not
apply to tauromachy, which Is not
labor, but an art, like the drama.
"Do YOU not sometimes have soulful
yearnings which you long to convey IN
words, but cannot?" asked the senti-
mental girl.
Yes, indeed" replied the young
man: II was once dreadfully anxious
to send home for money, but didn't
have the price of telegram. London
Tit-Bits.
There are state owned and operated
railroads in Russia, and many women
are employed thereon. The Russians
find that women may be profitably en-
ployed on railroads despite the Ameri-
can theory that they are not suited for
this employment. Recent statistics give
the number of women employed on
Russian railway lines as $4,000. the
average salary paid to each of them
amounts to only SOS a year, altho
few of them acting as express clerks
receive as high as $3.50. The women
employed about the railway stations
are paid an average salary of $40, but
lodgings are furnished to them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-23
Low colonist Rate. to tho West

The Chicago Great Western Railway
Will from March LIST to May 18th. sell
colonists tickets to California, Ore
gon. Washington, British Columbia.
Idaho. Montana and Utah at greatly
reduced rates. For further information
apply to ]. r. Harding, agent, Mar
shalltoWn, Iowa.