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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26
nroMned hi erand Rlver.

TIenton-Archie Brodie, aged "a.
was drowned in Grand river while in
swimming with some companions.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26

Charlottesville Paris AIcCants has
been relnanded to JAIN without bond
on the charge Of killing George King
The differences between the two were
n domestic nature.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26
Bow Hurt IN Runaway.

TrentoR- Emmett Warren, aged ten.
was probably fatally injured by run.
away team.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26

When a woman says she will always
love you, the chances are she doesn't
take into consideration marrying you
or else she isn't posted.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26
Boy Drowned in Missouri River.

st. Charles-Martin Zeits, 3 years
old. was drowned in the Missouri river
while in swimming. His body has not
been recovered.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26

The reason folly flies is because
there is so much of 1t traffic would be
blocked if it walked.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26

Boy Drowned In Swollen Stream.
Lebanon-The 14-year-Old son of o.
NJ. Schmidt was drowned while trying
to ford a swollen stream IL miles
north OF here.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26
on the Side.

Many a woman would be better on
without a husband whose life is In
sured.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26

And now it is proposed to investigate
the Wheeling stogie. have smoked
this fragrant weed occasionally but
never yet have had the nerve to in
vestigate it.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26

Lovers Lane" is the only one that
has no turning-except in the divorce
court.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26

There were no trusts in the land
when Patrick Henry said, Give me
liberty or give me DEATH" To-day, be-
ing of the same mind, he resignedly
would have said, Bring on the pail
bearers!"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-26

The summer resorters seem to have
run out of names for their cottages.
Here are few offer without personal
financial consideration: The Beanery,
Idlewild, The Eyrie, Solid Comfort,
Crows Nest, Rose Nook, RavenroOst,
Sunset Cottage, Dawn Cleft, Blue Bell
Hollow, Bryn Mawr, Mosquito Nit, The
Hennery, Paradise Alley and Forget 1t
Above.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29
How 4 Raise Potatoes.

NV preference for potato land IS
clover sod, plowed in the fall, d1sced
the following spring, and narrowed
down crosswise so as to thoroughly
pulverize the soil, writes G. W. F1ske
to the Agriculturalist. i'll have to use
old ground, / pillow the land seven or
eight inches deep, turning under
good heavy coat of manure. IL IS
very important to get all Jumps out
of the soil so as to have a good seed
bed to begin with.
l select good, medium sized po-
tatoes, not small ones. soak the
seed to destroy scab, using the cor
rosive sublimate formula and flnd II
effective I cut the potatoes with an
Aspinwall cutter leaving about two
ewes to the piece, and drill them with
an Aspinwall planter about seventeen
inches apart three to four inches deep,
according to the time of the year. the
rows being three feet apart. l plant
from five to eight acres per day.
AS soon as the planting is finished,
start narrowing with lever narrow,
the first time across the rows, har-
rowing once week, lengthwise' and
crosswise alternately. AS soon as l
can see the rows, I cultivate with a
six shovel cultivator to kill the weeds
Then, using weeder crosswise to
level the fround, alternate with Gull
tivator and weeder till the vines are
budded. To finish up, I use one
horse cultivator with wings to throw
the dirt which protects the potatoes
from the sun, as well as kills weeds
in the rows.
When the young bugs begin to
show, 1 spray with an Aspinwall
machine, using one and quarter
pounds of Paris Green to the acre,
spraying as often as needed. With
the sprayer, / can go over from
twenty-five to thirty acres per day.
l begin digging the latter part. OF
July, using four horses on Dowden
digger and getting out four or five
acres day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29
KILLED THE PRIMARY.

The question of statewide primary
legislation is again up to the people of
Iowa. When the new primary bill went
to defeat the other day, it was at the
ocratic annex to the standpat crowd in
the legislature, purchased by y the
standpat vote, that seated democrat
over a republican in the O'Brien
county contest. 1t was the same line
up and the same policy that killed the
Crossley bill.
So it comes to the people. If the
voters of Iowa want the primary law,
they must see to it that legislature
favorable to such legislation is elected.
1t is an individual matter for each voter
to decide. AS matters stand, the bill
has not been defeated, but assassinat-
ed. The democratic contingent was
brought in much after the fashion of a
railroad construction gang in election
time. They seated Whitmer and UNI
horsed the primary.
We will have the primary. It is only
delayed. The-action of this legislature
will prove a spur to public sentiment,
which is Overwhelmingly favorable to
a statewide primary. There is good
time coming.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29
SAVE THE "FALLs.x.

President Roosevelt's inter.s. in the
preservation of Niagara Falls should
meet an answering echo from the
country when he says: II hope that
this nation will make it evident that it
is doing all in its power to preserve
the great scenic wonder, the existence
of which, unframed, should be a mat
tel of pride to every dweIer on this
continent"
The falls are not the property Of one
generation. They belong as much TO
the future as to the past. Since the
first white man stood stunned before
their mighty magnificence they have
been one of the wonders of the world.
There are some things IN nature that
do ont belong to the trader, that are
not to be bought and sold.
To offer the future generations knit
shirts and notions as substitute for
the most magnificent natural scena in
the world would be evidence Of nation
al deseneracy.. 1t would DE one gener-
alton stealing from another.
there is no limit to greet. CONNER
cia.;sm sees no BEAUTY in nature,
knows no regard for the b.a,,tifui, no
,esl Get for granduer. It would quarry
the Yosemite, set Niagara grinding,
run loom with the gevsers and out
sila Of the entrances to these natural
wcr ders nail sign no admittance
except on business"
1t is up to the people of this coun-
try to save the Falls. Congressman
should hear from their constituents in
unmistakable language. Shall we turn
Magyar into mill dam for the benefit of
a few manufacturers?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29
| he
Prof. Macy on Roads.
rGrinnelJ Herald.1

"I think it a very unfortunate thing
for the people of Poweshiek county,
said Prof Macy recently, that they
have not paid more attention to Henry
Booknau's ideas about road improve
merits and drainage. One of the things
which first impressed itself on me when
I began to study our local institutions
was the shameful waste of money in
the care of country roads. Passing
wears have but deepened that first inn
preston as l have seen the constant
washing away of Iowa soil thru lack
of proper underground drainage. All
over the county we have instances
where small sloughs have become. by
constant washing, large creeks. and in
places where small culverts once an
swered as a crossing, county bridges
are now required, and still the washing
process goes on. AS long ago as the
time when my father left the south to
come to Indiana he was interested In
this problem and accomplished some
excellent results by following the same
ideas as Mr.. Booknau has been advo-
eating in the way of thing. A relative
of mine by marriage has made great
name for himself and met with re-
markable business success in the tile
and brick manufacture, and the thing
which first gave him prominence was
his advocacy Of underground drainage
and the beneficent results which Indi-
ana farmers met with by following his
advice. I firmly believe that much of
our surface drainage water could be
carried away promptly and effectively
by proper and systematic filing and lit
orally thousands and thousands of dol
lars could be saved to Iowa farmers an
nually If they would but insist on their
supervisors abandoning the present
short sighted and expensive road pol
icy which is making bridge building
one of the large items of expense in our
county budgets. After years of ex-
perience and thousands of dollars of
expense it is difficult for an on-looker
to see that our roads are any better
than they were before or that we have
been pursuing anything more than a
temporizing policy"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29
Give the Trees Room.

Inc temptation is always to plant
trees much closer than is best, with
the reservation that they can be
Trimmed after crop or two has been
produced. This is not often done,
however, because it takes too much
nerve to cut down good trees
A Kansas grower gives his experience
along this line. He planted his trees
just twice as close as he intended his
permanent trees to stand, intending
toscut at least half of them when they
began to crowd, and the orchardist
resolved that he would cut them after
the next crop-just one more crop and
half of the trees would be removed
The next year the trees did not bear
at all, and he still waited to gather an
other crop. The next year the crop
was fairly good and after he had gath
cred it the orchardist thought he
would surely cut out some of the trees,
for by this time they were getting very
thick. However when he looked at the
thrifty appearing trees his heart fall
ed him and the cutting was not DONE
The next year, knowing that the or
chard had already been injured, the
orchardist was not willing to risk the
temptation of looking at his trees. In
stead, he sharpened the ak, gave in
structions to the hired man to cut out
certain trees and then mounted his
horse and rode away, returning after
the chopping had been done. 1t takes
a good nerve to cut out these trees, and
few persons possess it.
In good, strong soil, where trees will
grow to a good size, 80 by 80 feet is
none too far ;ooart, even in the west,
where trees do not live so long as they
do in the east. Many growers plant
even farther apart than this for their
permanent orchards.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29
DANGER SIGNALS.

Two years more and then-190S. Two
years more of Roosevelt and then an
appeal to the country by the republic
can party for another four-year fran
chise to administer the government of
the United States. Today Roosevelt is
the mightiest strength Of the republic
can party. His leadership is accepted
by the plain voters and endured per-
force by the corporations. What lead
ership will the republican party offer
as a pledge to the whole people in
1908?
1t is question of tremendous mo-
ment. With Roosevelt gone, what are
we to offer the people? Shaw, offering
in his own state the ignorance of the
common voter as an argument against
direct nominations, with his record OF
corporation affiliations, his insurance
history, and opposition to rate regu-
lation? Fairbanks? Aldrich? Elkins,
who assumes dictatorship of the re-
publican party from Iowa to West Vir-
ginia, whose interests are the trust in
terests and whose senatorship is an
attorneyship? What issues are we to
come to the farmers of the middle west
upon? Rate regulation? Aldrich and
his gang have forced division of that
issue. 1t belongs as much to demo-
Gratis as to republicans, 1t was brought
out Of committee by the succor of dem
ocrats and is offered upon the floor
by a democrat. If the republican party
is to be officered in 1908 by the Elkins,
Aldrichs, Blythes and Faulkners, what
will the harvest be?
We hear much of harmony" We
are offered Harmony" candidates by
the Blythes and the Elkins a harmony
that has for its foundation the control
of the policies Of the party by the in
terests behind these Harmony" candi-
dates 1t is the sort of harmony where
the people do all the shouting and the
quietly attend to the boss
ing. Harmony" means the privilege
to vote Iowa in the next national con-
vention of the party against the con-
victions Of eight-tenths of her repub-
lican population. Messrs. Elkins, AID
rich and Blythe are anxious for "har-
of that kind.
There is danger ahead. Who believes
that a Theodore Roosevelt would be
considered in national republican
controlled by the Aldrich
wing Of the party? Who believes that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29
Strawpile

which occurs in a barrel of kraut, re.
sulting in the formation of cons1d-
cradle amount of acid.
Alfalfa is particularly sensitive to
acids, and it also requires compact
seed beed. 1t is unwise, therefore, tc
green-manure the land just before
seeding to alfalfa. The cereals, par.
ticularly wheat and rye, do not do well
after green manure. On the other
hand, potatoes and corn are not SER
iousIy injured by green manures. In
fact, potatoes are benefited by them
since the resulting acid condition OF
the soil prevents the development OF
potato scab.
Generally speaking. when it is de-
sirable to pillow in green crop before
fall-sown crops. it should be done
month or six weeks before planting
time. and the soil should be narrowed
frequently or otherwise compacted. A
few good rains will wash out most OIL
the acids and aid in compacting the
soil. The acid may also be counter
acted by adding lime.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29
A Eew "HowIers."

Here are some "towlers" of British
schoolboys; "Chaucer," we are told,
"wrote middle class English" "Ev-
cry German goes to school at an early
age, however old he Isl" can axis is an
imaginary line on which the earth is
supposed to take it's daily routine;"
'4The Pharisees We're people who liked
to show off their goodness by praying
in synonymous" ga sower went forth
to SOW, and as he sowed he fell by
the wayside, and thieves sprang up and
choked him." "The larynx is the voice
box. and shuts when we swallow It,.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29

newspapers as the Des Moines Capt.
tai of few years ago, or take the
testimony of men who have attended
state conventions within the past de-
cade.'
"Cummins Sends Elkins Answer
That Sizzles,' is the headline the Dav-
export Democrat places over the report
of the governors reply to the West
Virginia senator
Looking across the river the Omaha
Bee advises 1T should not be over
looked that under the direct nominal
ton system the voters get two shots
to their bow. If any bad, foul birds
smuggle themselves into nomination
certificates they will have to run the
gauntlet again at the election"
"The Elkins incident has had any
thing but a good effect on the Per-
kins campaign" declares the Boone
Republican.
The Davenport Times says: "Elkins
denies he is the tool of the railways
but the governor has made it pretty
plain that he acted like a railway tool
if he was not one and as men can be
judged only by what they do rather
than what they say, the governor made
pretty good case against the pre-
sumptive West Virginian."
To the mind Of the Marion Regis
ter "The strangest appeal ever made
in the history of Iowa politics IS the
appeal made to the stalwart republi-
cans of the state that they fall over
themselves in support of candidate
for governor whose proudest boast is
that he is truer, .firmer friend anG
advocate of the Iowa idea and conse-
auently a more implacable foe of the
Dingley tariff than Governor Cum
Minis is
"The business of railway men is to
look out for the interests of their cor
porations." sententiously aserts the
Sioux City Journal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29

the candidate of that wing would find
favor and earnest support with the
rank and file of the party? Placed be-
fore the people today, could Aldrich or
Elkins carry a single western state
against Bryan?
Every one of these corporation serv-
ers is a red light in the path of the re-
publican party. There is danger ahead.
Their leadership invites disaster.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29
Green Manures.
livestock World1

The practice of blowing under green
crops as manures is not very general.
and we do not know as much as we
should like to know of the value of this
method Some crops do not thrive
when sown on land into which a green
crop has recently been plowed. This
is particularly true of those crops that
like a solid seed bed, or which are
sensitive to acids. When heavy
green crop is plowed under, 1t goes
thru a fermentation not unlike that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29

suggests the Dubuque Telegraph.
THE interstate commerce commits
sion wants to make it appear that
they are working for the people-and
the railroad owners and employees do
not belong to the people. They are
parts of the octopuses," says the Ce-
dar Rapids Republican, and then de-
clares: 1--WE have all aided and
abetted that system of going after
somebody. The whole American pub
lie is guilty to some extent"
ut is fact that ex-senator Faulk-
thruout the examination of Govern
or Cummins, as the attorney for the
railroads" asserts the Register and
Leader There has never been any
dispute about that. There can be
none. 1t is a fact that there was the
utmost endeavor to have the governor
tangle himself in his testimony. Any
one who will take the record can
learn that by reading a single page.
Senators Elkins. kean, Foraker and
Aldrich were hostile openly, while
Senator Crane was opposed to the leg
islation and naturally averse to hav-
ing strong showing made in it's
favor. Senator Elkins gives his
whole case away when he confesses
that he had been studying Governor
Cummins' record preparatory to the
examination. For what would he be
studying the record Of any witness ex-
cepting for the purpose of making
i,,af ~ ~ inHnIrpS
the Register and Leader. What was
Governor Cummins record to him II
he was friendly to the testimony Gov.
ernor Cummins was to give?"
"To prove the railroad lobby has
been perniciously active in Iowa poll
tics" asserts the Waterloo Couriet.
zone has only to read the files of such
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29
A F.vorite Remery for Babies.

Its pleasant taste and prompt cures
have made Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy a favorite with the mothers Of
small children. 1t quickly cures their
coughs and colds and prevents any
danger of pneumonia or other serious
consequences. 1t not only cures
Group. but when given as soon as the
croupy cough appears will prevent the
attack. or sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29
IF YOU'RE TIRED,


weak and run down, or THE blood is i'm
pure. there's nothing will do you so
much good this spring as few doses
of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Thous-
ands use it exclusively with gratifying
results Resolve today to get a bottle
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29

Despondent because she could not
get work, Gertrude shand, stenog-
rapher formerly Of Pittsburg, Pa,
committed suicide in Salt Lake City by
taking carbolic acid.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

and you make the first step toward
good health. 1t cures Grippe, Spring
Fever, Impure Blood, sleeplessness, In
digestion, Dyspepsia, costiveness, Fe-
male Ills and Malaria, Fever and Ague.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29
CURED MY RUPTURE.
lwiII Show You How 70 Cure Yours
FREE.

was helpless beddden years from rupture
No truss could hold operated on
all and cured myself by simple discovery will
mail If write for it.
1t will you Write to-day. Capt W.
Ceilings, Box 2s3 Waterown, n Y.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29
IOWA OPINIONS AND MITES.

THE proposed prohibition against
campaign contribution from banks,
insurance companies and other corpor
ations will not apply to stockholders,
suggests the Dubuque Telegraph.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29

"Cummins Sends Elliins Answer
That Sizzles," is the headline the Dav-
export Democrat places over the report
of the governors reply to the West
Virginia senator.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29

newspapers as the Des Moines Capt.
tai of a few years ago, or take the
testimony of men who have attended
state conventions within the past de-
cade."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29

"The Elkins incident has had any,
thing but a good effect on the Per-
kins campaign" declares the Boone
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-29

1.-THE business of railway men is to
look out for the interests of their cor
porations." sententiously aserts the
Sioux City Journal.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-01-05
sesesasa Z X s5s&&* ss3.s
THE METRIC SYSTEM.
Jacksonville Times-Union.
e%@%s&&s x2*&9

The school superintendent of Flor
ida must see to it that the children
are taught ths metric system without
delay; perhaps the teachers must
master it first. It will soon be. the
standard system of weights and
measures for all civilized peoples and
America cannot aftor6 to potter along
With its costly and 1dilatory system OF
translation "a reach the popular com
prehension. tc Is easier to learn than
cur old method-aasier TO. practice
and more definite. Il provides for
measurements of distance, weights
volume. and SO does away with much
that is cumbersome and readily es-
capes the memoryF
One meter is the base of the metric
system, and Is equal to 1897 inches in
length, or it Isl 3.ST inches longer than
a yard. One kilometer is a thousand
meters. One decimeter is a tenth OF
a meter; a centimeter one hundredth
ana a millimeter one-thousandth of a
meter. This. for distance.
For area the linear measurements
are squared as square meter, ETC. One
hectare is 2.49-inches in area, and has
sides 100 meters in length For
Eeights one metric ton is equal to
1000 Kilograms or 2,204.6 pounds;
enc gram is little more than fifteen
grains and a kflogram is 1000 grams.
For volume one liter is a little more
than quart, and hectoliter is 100
liters, or small barrel.
That is all there is to it, and we
may as well try to do business with
a currency not accepted by the rest
Of the world as with a discordant sys-
TEN Of weights and measures. We
need to economic the expenditure OF
thought and work required to reach
a oIsfinite result, as we economic our
money or our time; we must march
abreast of the prOcessin If we can
not keep the. lead. What will the
Florida teachers do to put the Florida
children on the right business path?