Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-24

ident. Tie farm cards ask nothing
about incumbrance. The population
card asks DO you own your own
farm?" If they don't of course the
question of incumbrance is not to be
asked.
Wisconsin is taking lessons from
Iowa in it's travelling library work all
tho Wisconsin has been in the business
ten years and Iowa but four. For the
four years that Iowa has been in the
work 1t has published a quarterly bull
letin which is circulated free to librar-
ians in the state. 1t has proven very
importan. factor in the work as 1t
keeps the library commission in touch
with the libraries. When Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Indiana and Iowa formed
a league, Iowa was requested to make
it's paper a league paper. This was
refused because the value of the quar-
terly was in it's distinctively state feat
ures. Now Wisconsin and Minnesota
have each started the publication of
quarterlies. Copies have reached the
commission Office in Des Moines. They
are patterned much after that publish
ed in this state.
Secretary of Agriculture Simpson
made quite study of conditions in the
south when he was in Florida recent
ly. He is convinced that the state is
alright for elderly people or invalids,
who dread or can not stand northern
winters, but for other people his advice
is to use Florida only as winter re-
sort. Mr.. Simpson finds the people
very much different from the northerns
and says after few topics Of conver-
sation have been exhausted there Is no
bond of union for conversation with a
southerner. They think and act diff
ferently and are interested In differ
ent matters and Mr.. Simpson thinks
change the conditions. Mr.. Simpson
made number of inquiries concerning
the Fairhope colony, which is compos-
ed of Iowa people entirely and visited
the colony 1t is run on the single tax
theory. While he had but short time
there he gained some interesting In
formation which he promises to give
to the readers of this paper soon.
There is an interesting bit of news
concerning postoffice investigation
In this city, 1t seems that at one of
the evening papers special employe
of the post office has been furnished
each day to weigh the mail so that
It would be loaded on a wagon ana
hauled direct to the trains. The other
office made application for the same
accomm cd dations, but was refused on
one pretext or another. Finally a let
ter was sent to Washington. D. C., to
hea douarters to ascertain the reason
for the show of favor. Postal inspec-
tors came on from Washington to look
into the matter. They have not yet
made report. Just following the Wis
II of the inspectors the evening paper
which had been shown the fasors pup
lished {! story to the effect that the IN
spectors were endeavoring to nno oul
whether or not Postmaster Mckay en-
dorsed the National Rural Mall car
riers' Association in it's attack on con-
oressmen in a speech he delivered be-
fore the state association.
Oninjons are in conflict as to the
merits of the Hepburn bill introduced
in congress- Saturday. For the most
mart those who have been following the
legislation in such matters desire TO
wait till they receive the entire Dill
before passing Judgment on the mat
ter. The one defect that is being
pointed out. however, at this early
date is that litigation will be as long
drawn out as formerly over questions
Of rates till the shipper who instituted
them may be dead and buried. There
is. however. still skeptical air on the
part of a number and those who have
yen,ured to discuss the matter are ex-
meeting to find the bill loaded.