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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01
A GREAT WORK.

The isthmian canal is subject Of
wide interest and Of common CONVEX
sation everywhere. There is however.
another great public undertaking we'll
under way in itself as important to
American prosperity as the canal which
has failed to attract such general at
tention-the reclamation of those arid
sections Of the United States where
slimatic and geological conditions
make vast areas Of land unproductive
and unfit for human habitation. To
supply the natural deficiencies and
convert a desert into fertile fields and
make over the wilderness into land
of milk and honey is a task that only
a few years ago was above human as
sumption. The irrigation engineer and
photographer have assumed the role of
special providences and are doing it.
Under the terms Of the act that made
this work possible, the government was
to construct these irrigation plants and
turn them over to the settlers without
demanding any returns from the set
tiers until the plants were working and
the settlers reaping the benefit of a
plentiful supply Of water. From the
were to return to the government, in
ten yearly payments, enough to cover
the actual cost Of placing the plants
on a working basis. The government
was to obtain Its reclamation fund
from the sale Of public lands In the
different states wherein the plants
were to be constructed. No territor-
les were favored in any manner and
the total field to be covered with equal
to two-f1fths Of the United States. The
region embraced includes some of the
country, yet they have made astonish-
ing progress in their work. Up to the
widest and least known territory of the
present time contracts have been let on
seven of the projects, and the work is
being pushed to completion with all
IAe euel6y a. Tic SoAAiaio " sAAS
forces.
Over 100000 acres will be reclaimed
by the work already under way and
which is being pushed on the tracts
where the most land may be reclaimed
ct the least cost and with the least
labor. Later all the vast stretches of
the arid lands Of the west that are
capable Of irrigation by methods
known to modern engineers will be
vubdued and turned into homes. 1t is
. magnificent undertaking and one
worth the study and attention not only
OF students Of engineering, but of
the people whose work it is and to
whose benefit it is to rebound.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01
SECRET ORDERS IN AMERICA.

This is a country Of secret fraternal
societies. There are more Free Ma
sons in the United States than in all
the rest Of the world combined. Ac-
cord;nu 70 the latest figures there are
about $4,000 American Free Masons.
There are some fifteen million Amerl-
cans who go to the polls to vote. Num-
erous as the Free Masons are they
have not as yet, been accused OF turn
ing Presidential election
But there are in the United States
bigger secret societies than even the
Free Masons. The Odd Fellows, for
instance, claim 100000 members In
this country. The Modern Woodmen
number 100000; the knights Of Py-
thias, 100000; the Ancient Order OF
United Workmen, 100000. The total
membership of fraternal orders in the
United States, according to the 1905
New York World Almanac, is $685.
coo.
The American Free Masons are not
affiliated and do not correspond with
the Masons under the jurisdiction Of
the Grand Orient of France. They
are. however, affiliated with the Ma
sons of Germany and Austria, as well
as with those Of England.
There are 10000 colored Free Ma
sons in the United States. The coll
ored brethren, however appear to pre-
fer the ODD Fellows. There are 229,-
900 members of the Grand Order Of
obi Fellows of America, which is a
dist,nctiyely colored organization.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01
The state Irvine Factory.

Nebraska FarHleF.J
Nebra ska will go into the twlne pusi-
ness next year. from present lndlca-
tions William Ernst is user OF tWlne
in his grain raising operations ana
no has studied the proposition pretty
carefully. He has conceived the 1oea
that IL the Nebraska legislature could
be persuaded to adopt some measure
whereby 1T would create the means
of production 1t would then have
some reasonable claim on approprlat-
ing the proceeds from this enterprise.
the state Irvine factory can be OPP
Grated cheaply and the venture seems
to- be one that will cover the pesen
legislature all over with glory, II It's
business sagacity can only see the
opportunity that this bill offers.
Kansas has made the hit of a life
time, in law making, by appropriating
for the erection and equippage of a
Irvine factory 1t now has an institu-
ton that is money maker and the
legislature Of Kansas and all the Kan
sas people are Dragging about 1t.
When a legislature can point to a
money making enterprise that it put
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01
Topics Of the Times

| Tom Dennison is coming to Iowa.
There is also something coming to
Tom.
| A Perry mail carrier last Wednesday
walked twenty miles carrying his mail
sack and making his regular deliver
| les. His wagon remained behind stuck
fast in snow bank, while the plucky
carrier delivered every piece and came
into town only slightly delayed. He
should find sack of corn at the foot
of the mail posts along his route often
He deserves well of his patrons.
| Frank E. Stouffer, formerly a Mar
shall county resident, now editor Of the
Sac Sun, is q candidate for postmaster
at Sac City. 1t is to be hoped that
when Congressman Hubbard goes to
his cupboard for postoffice appoint
ments, that Stouffer's bone will not be
overlooked.
"My hat is a perfect poem, isn't II
John?"
1T ought to be. 1 paid more for 1t
than Bryant got for 'Thanatopsis.' -
Houston Post.
| According to the Eddyville Tribune
| a supervisor in county not far from
| Wapello, established new record fol
economy at the last meeting of the
board, when he kicked on a bill for
ribbons for typewriter" "She a nice
girl, but the county is under no obliga-
lions to buy her clothes, I don't think,
said old eagle-eyes.
| Commenting on Governor Cummins
Cedar Rapids speech, the Burlington
Gazette says: "And the only basis
| for his vicious and uncalled for TRADE
is the fact that Mr. Blythe Is at pres
ent in Washington looking after the
| interests of the railroads, in view Of the
proposed legislation regulating freight
rates."
| Well! Joining Mr. Blythe's assump-
ton of political dictatorship to the
above, what other basis for honest crit
icism would the Gazette require?
Society has long preached at womeI
about the duty of marriage, regardless:
| of the fact that most Of them are Will
ing enough to enter that estate unde1
reasonably satisfactory conditions, bu
the tables have recently been turnet
by a young western woman. Anna
Vorwerk. by name. who thinks tina
the responsibility for homes that d.
not exist lies with the men. Man il
naturally dtsinclined to marry, sh'
says, and should, therefore, be thu
most frequent subject of exhortation
along that line Morover, men ar
more numerous than women, contrar!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01

hog cholera is to keep the animals IN
a sanitary condition and in the pest
of health, which means to supply aii
the needs of the animal system ana
to give them sanitary sleeping places
and pure water to drink. One OF the
best means OF insuring healthy, Vlgof-
Gus animals Is to supply them abund-
anty with waste fruit and green food.
Any animals dying, no matter from
what cause should be burned and the
place carefully disinfected. Numerous
dsinfectants are now made that are
cheap and effective, and an ounce OIL
prevention is worth a pound of cure,
so the sleeping places and the yards
occupied by the hogs should be THOR
oughly disinfected once week. "A
suitable sprayer can be obtained for
about rs cents. Hog cholera IN the
south can never be controlled unless
the animals dying with 1t are imme-
diately burned. as the buzzards and
other predaceous animals spread the
disease by feeding on the dead and
communicating the streams. leaves
grass and everything with which they
come in contact.
If lice are troublesome. n mixture OF
kerosene oil and grease composed OF
equal parts, will effectively destroy
them. 1t may be applied with a brush.
If the animals cannot be approached
In the open, drive them into O. lot some
where and see that the vermin are de-
stroved. as they seriously discommode
the animal, and SO retard his growth
and development.
The writer is personally opposed 70
hogs following mules, horses or other
animals to gain a part of their living
IT is filthy and unsanitary practice
and there are too many other wastes
that should be stopped on the farm be-
fore CRYING it's necessity as matter VI
economy 1T is doubtless true tnat MAJ,
dirested food is n frequent source OF
disease now attributed to other causes
and certain 1t is If the animals 1ol
lowed" are diseased they are likely te
1 transmit the same trouble to the hogs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01
Atlanta Constitution

convention and Mr.. Blythe was the re-
cognized head. He never lost an OPP
portunty to speak good word for
Roosevelt and the farmers of Iowa.
This was necessary in order to secure
the power desired. Now, however. the
mask is off, and ]. w. Blythe is at
Washington, In the interest of his en-
pjloyer, the Burlington railroad. taking
active part as a lobbyist in the enact
ment of railroad legislation. Mr..
Blythe can point to his recent victory
in Iowa as evidence that he is in har-
mony with public sentiment here. This
is what the farmers get for permitting
the railroad gang to capture the state
convention and run things as they
like The Freeman Tribune comforts
itself with the reflection that there
will be other state conventions and
we shall see what we shall see."
The Waterloo Courier thinks I'm
Governor Pennypacker of Pennsylvania
some mighty good material for a Rus
sian grand duke was spoiled to make
a measly looking American"
Some of the powers will be giving
those Iowa manufacturers lay off
for pernicious activity in politics."
predicts the Mason City Times-Herald.
"They have been out-classing the mail
carriers in their side-lines."
"Jim Blythe's measure by the name
of the Hepburn bill is just as bad,' OBJ
serves the Boone Republican.
when man has but the choice of
paying % cents per pound for a poor
quality Of axle grease, or of paying 30
cents for butter, he is not disposed to
sympathize very deeply with the pro-
moters of the oleomargine laws" re-
marks the Mt. Vernon Record.
The Des Moines News asserts that
"Mr. Bryan has grown on the country
ever since he faced that hostile con-
yention at st. Louis and made it APP
plaud him for his sincerity. His con-
yictions are stronger than party ties
He is more Of patriot than PARTISAN
eve wish something would happen
to this freight bill agitation" de-
clares the Keokuk County News. "The
railroads hold up a man good and
plenty. For years and years" the
News recalls, "the freight tariff on
print paper to Sigourney from the
mills was SO cents per hundred. Ship
ment of print last week amounted to
s25 or SO cents per hundred" The News
doesn't "care a straw how hard the
president and congress gets after these
fellows who control the freight traf-
fc. Hit 'em. Tige is willing"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01

ment. BY uniting with Fulton county,
which, on account of its wealth, would
stand the burden of the taxation, the
nonresident land owners and the five
thousand resident landowners of Ham
ilton county would have their taxes
cut in half.
Grundy county newspapers are
building a paper Northwestern railway
line from Jewell Junction thru Grun-
dy Center to Waterloo. But the Burl-
ington Hawkeye assures us that rates
legislation is certain to stop all new
building in Iowa. Grundy must wait
for the interurban.
An effective method of dealing with
the saloon evil, and one that is worth
study in other cities, has been furnish
ed by Bremerton little town on Puget
Sound. Upon the establishment of a
navy yard at that town, saloon men
were quick to see the advantage of be-
ing in a position to annex the payroll
III,
were no less than sixteen ginmills on
the main street of the town. AS a re-
suit the money Of the employees was
promptly transferred to the till of the
saloons, while the navvies received jags
in return, and discipline became i'm
possible at the navy yard. Finally the
people of Brenerton were given to I'M
destand that unless they diminished
and regulated the saloon evil, no moro
ships would be sent to that station for
showed it was in earnest in this threat
the authorities of Bremerton respond
ed by raising the saloon license from
$500 to $1,000 and banishing all saloons
from the main to side streets of the
town, This had the effect at once OF
cutting down the saloons to six, and
these were we'll conducted, while, in ad-
dition, the town has practically been
freed from vice, which always flourish
t.s in connection with the low saloon
Work has now been resumed at the
navy yard, and the Tackles are once
more enabled to keep some money In
their pockets, and discipline can again
be enforced.
A bill to provide matrons to take
charge of women prisoners In county
tails will be reintroduced into the New
York legislature during the coming ses-
sion of the Women's Prison Associa-
ton. At the present time the women
held in county jails, whether for trial.
as witnesses or for sentence, come IN
the majority of instances, solely and
exclusively under the care of men
They are searched by men and attended
by men, and are often held for months
under such conditions. This bill rece1v-
ed last year the Endorsement of many
organizations and a large number OF
Individuals among whom were many
prominent clergymen and business men
from all parts of the state.
Some Pueblo Indians visiting Wash
tneton to see the Great Father" tool
a ride in one Of the numerous seeing
Washington automobiles that lumber
along the avenues of the national cap
itsl at all hours. They paid their dol
lar and listened intently to the lecture
of the man with the megaphone at the
front end of the machine. After the
trip they climbed down and plodded VI
the street.
How did you like 1T. chief asked {
man who saw them get off.
Much talk, much ride, much smell.
said the chief. who had had a Whit o.
two Of the gasolene.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01
Why Young Stock Feeds Best.

Feeders generally are coming to rec
ogniZe the fact that the younger an an
mal is fed the cheaper will be it's gains.
AS we have pointed out to our readers
on other occasions, this fact is UNI
doubtedly one of the reasons why far
mers are gradually becoming Impress
ed with the fact there is something OF
Importance in young feeders and early
maturity.
One of the best tests showing the
advantage of the feeding of young cat
tie that has come to our notice is the
comparison made in the feeding of g.
month-old calves, yearllngs 2year-old
and 3-year-old steers at Manhattan,
kas. All were fed the same rations
Of alfalfa, corn and Kaffir corn, accord
ing to the amount they could handle,
advantageously. There were nineteen
calves and twenty steers each in the
other three lots. The following table
shows a summary of the results:
Feed consumed per 100 pounds
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01
AC0UMTY wEEKLY's ENTERPRISE.

It is surprising what a newsy sheet
can be made out of a country weekly
when a publisher becomes infected
with virulent attack Of enterprise.
This weeks issue Of the Maquoketa
Excelsior is a case in point. Because
a ready print house at Davenport fail
ed, because the ready print trust wants
too much money and because the edi-
tor wants to make his paper better
than anything ever before published in
the town, the announcement is made
that the Excelsior. hereafter, is to be
al ''home print" 1t appears with the
first page devoted to a careful resume
Of the weeks Geographic news fur
nished in plate, selected and edited in
the syndicate office by editors fully as
competent as any desk men on the
metropolitan dailies The second and
third pages contain the local and per-
sonal news. The fourth page is head
ed by the editorial opinion of the paper
in the same style established by the
great dailies Of the country. The fifth
page contains the opening chapters of
the "Filligree Ball. in plate. this be-
ing a serial story of the $3.50 popular
novel character and as good story as
could be bought for that price in book
stores. In less than year this $1.50
novel will be delivered in full to sub
scribers of the Excelsior while the SUBJ
scription price Of the whole paper a
year is only $3.50. The sixth and sew
enth pages contain the neighborhood
news Of the township ana county, the
local and world markets, the sports of
the town and other local news and
the eighth page Is devoted to poultry
and farm notes and miscellany Of a
very high order which can now be Sc
cured from the plate houses.
The makeup Of the Excelsior is al
most model for other country papers.
It gives the people of Maquoketa a
parer as respectable and newsy in ap-
pearance as any first-class daily, the
only difference being that it comes but
once week. The same care and taste
could be exercised in other weekly Off
ees to the vast improvement of many a
county newspaper.
II one were privileged to criticse the
Excelsior the T.-R. would suggest that
the important local news be "slugged
up" with newsy head lines just as the
dailies do and this class of news put
on the first page. There is no reason
why the good news of a town that
would readily be featured with Slug
heads" in a state daily should not be
featured in the same newsy style by
the local paper, whose readers are
more vitality interested in the subject
matter than any other set of readers
could be. This is thoroughly practi-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01
Fraud Exposed.

few counterfeiters have lately been
making and trying to sell limitations of
DR.. Kings New Dicovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs, Colds, and other
medicines, thereby defrauding the pub
lie. This is to warn you to beware
of such people, who seek to profit, thru
stealing the reputation of remedies
which have been successfully curing
diseases for over thirty-f1ve years. a
sure protection, to you, is our name
on the wrapper. Look for It,, on all
DR.. Kings or Bucklen's remedies, as all
others are mere limitations. II. e.
BJCKLEN & CO., Chicago, ILL.,, and
Windsor, Canada. Mcdonald & Ma
hood Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01
Keeping the Hogs Healthy.

Tennessee Experiment Station.I
Practical breeders have frequently
observed that hogs break down in the
headquarters when fed exclusively on
corn. This is due to the fact that corn
does not supply enough mineral mat
ter, and hence the Importance of hav-
ing a box containing charcoal, lime and
so forth convenient for the animals at
all times. The best method Of fighting
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01
The Sunshine Of Sprina.

The salve that cures without scar
ia DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Cuts,
Burns Boils, Bruises, and Piles dis
appear before the use Of this salve as
snow before the sunshine Of spring.
Miss H. NJ. Middleton, Thebes, Ill.
says; 'I was seriously afflicted with
a fever sore that was very painful. De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve cured me in
less than a week Get the genuine.
Sold.by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

"a little new blood from the invia-
Grating climate of Wisconsin will be
mighty good leaven IN the senate
Lat'ollctte's election.
The Cedar Rapids Republican sug-
gests that Those who are fundamen-
tally opposed to injunctions, because
they have been sometimes issued IN
labor cases will take note that this
arm of the law is now proving most
useful i'm the government procedure a
gainst unlawful combinations In res
traint of trade
"There is not city in the state
whose voters are ruled by the old rail
road lobby that Is not going back
ward" declares the Cedar Rapids Ca
zette '"rhere is not Il newspaper IN
the state supporting the railroad lobby
that is not showing signs of decay. Ihe
do nothing policy has its effect wher-
ever it is tried. There is no politician
championing that side of the case who
is gaining in popularity. and there is
no other source of political action SO
prolific of discomfort and suspicion.
Recalling recent history the Webster
City Freeman Tribune says: Last fall
the farmers of Iowa placed the poll
teal faction In this state dominated
by J. W. Blythe in control of the state
convention. That faction named ma
jority OF the delegates to the national
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01
Poisons in Food.

PERHAPS YOU don't realize Ahat marty
pain poisons originate in yAur BLOOD
but some day you may feel it"lnBe W
dyspepsia that will convinceI you. ~
Kings New Life Pills are gAlarantee1
"a cure oil sickness due to boison Oh
undigested food-or money HacK. "a
cents at Mcdonald & Mahdod 90.
druggists
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01
Pointers on prhsaina.


Don't put a tongue n your uras''
When we find n tonguei we almost az
WAYS find If on q single plank, drag.
and this is in itself obgecuonaDle, lor
the do1ble or two slab drag is "a much
more effective implemenF some per-
sons think u tongue VIII mora lhG uia6l
ut a certain angle. but this is n tr~so
ANY drag will slip side vans if it is ov
eroadea But even if tho Itnngue could
hold the drag to a particular bangle
we should remember the fact tha{ It one
angle is not suitable for all kind IS Of
soil. and all degrees of grade. WV adj
wise Won to ride on the drag so thai
you may change the anekle SLIGHTLY
to suit these varying CONDITIONS; Nther
why should you use a tongue TO Rholo
1t, even If it would hold? AS vrule
the main purpose served byl the Tongue
is to hold the single slab pn edgel III
you use the double slab DRAG each sylah
keeps the other on edge. hoWeHer
we can all agree that any idras Is
good drag, but most of us( VINO haIVe
experimental carefully believe thal re
splitlog or double slab givesl the De1st
satisfaction.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01

The pens were arranged in their or
der with the calves beginning at the
toy. 1t is interesting to note that the
gains put upon the calves cost 81 per
hundredweight, while the same gain of
the yearlings was s4.64; on the 2-year-
olds, s5.44, and $685. on the 3year-
olds.
Between the calves and the 3-year-
olds there is difference of $1.95, while
the difference between the yearlings
and the 3-year-olds is $1.31. Consider
that this difference in the cost Of gain
is for the hundredweight only, and then
allow the feeder to reckon the differ
ence on the carload. There is many
a feeder who complains when the mar
ket drops off 10 cents, but how many
times this amount does he throw
away in the feed lot by insisting on
3.year- steers?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-01

m a.. foot ar ,raa,a5 4 it certainly has
an apology for rs exsS tense anu ue
serves the commendatF"l Oh ehe peo-
r,1o