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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-28
IOWA DEMONS AND NILES.

Discussing the Perkins challenge to
Cummins to engage in joint debate,
and approving of the idea, the Sioux
City Journal says: 1T is the duty
of the candidates to give the rank and
file facilities for understanding just
what each candidate stands for, letting
the voters come to an intelligent YER
dict as to which candidate may be most
safely trusted to carry out the work
of the party To this rejoins the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: yes, but
isn't this quite impossible? Haven't
we heard over and over again in con-
nection with the discussion of the pri-
mary law that it is out of the question
for the rank and file to know the can
didates and determine their respective
merits. The Journal and these others
who believe direct nominations are i'm
practicable because of the impossibility
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-28
SOME TALL FIGURING.

In an Iowa daily of recent date
there appeared an article showing the
average amount and value of the an
nual production of quarter section of
land. A promoter Of interurban rail-
ways, in order to ascertain the possible
freight business which might be Sc
cured for his road in a certain Sec
ton addressed a series of questions to
the farmers along the proposed route,
and figured from the answers he re-
ceived that the average gross receipts
amount to about $4,000 from each 100
acres.
The promoter consciously or uncon-
sciously has arrived at some very err
roneous conclusions after reading the
farmers answers to his questions.
For instance, one man reported that
he had raised 1900 bushels of corn.
1000 bushels Of oats, 1875 of potatoes,
so tons of hay, go head of hogs and so
head of cattle The corn was figured
at $1,000, oats at $3.50, potatoes at
$66, hay at $3.50, the hogs at $500, and
the cattle at $4,000. The sum of all
these items totals s4,966, or almost
$4,000, and the claim is made that
this is fair average according to the
answers received.
The article creates wonder as to
how the farmer managed to raise all
those hogs without using up some of
his corn; how he could make cattle
worth $50 apiece at the age of one
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-28

year and yet market all his hayAand
grain; how he contrived to maintain
the two or three teams of horses nee
essary to carry on his farming opera
lions, without feeding them grain and
hay; what the family lived on If
they didn't make an occasional raid on
the potato pile. Children soon learn
that 1t is impossible to eat their cake
and at the same time keep 1T, and
any sensible man ought to know .hat
he is counting values twice when he
adds the price of the feed to that Of
the finished hog, or steer, and makes
no allowance for maintenance Of the
family or of those animals which must
De kept at all times on the farm.
Iowa farms are perhaps unsur-
passed for fertility and the men who
operate them know something of
farming but it is safe to say that al
most any of them would be well salts
fled with half the revenue the interur-
ban promoter assures US that they
receive We hear much of the pros
perity of the farmers. They are
prosperous but their prosperity is that
of thrift rather than of large gains.
The bank balances Of Iowa farmers
represent careful economy. In most
instances every dollar of it represents
self-denial and every cent is the wages
of hard work. Fifteen thousand dollars
is far above the selling price of an
average Iowa farm Of 100 acres. To
figure 33 1-3 per cent return on the
original investment will appear to the
practical farmer as ridiculous.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-28
WHY NOT "DENATURIzeor ALCOHOL.

The movement in favor of "denatur-
lied" alcohol is growing and gaining
supporters. "Denaturizing' alcohol is
treating it by some method that will
render 1t absolutely undrinkable 1t
is asked that congress exempt alcohol
thus treated from the revenue tax of
$2.07 gallon for the benefit of the
consuming public who use alcohol in
the arts and trades. The movement is
being strenuously opposed by the
wood alcohol manufacturers.
made by dissolving shellac in wood
alcohol, because as stated, being UNI
taxed, wood alcohol is cheap. Painters
using this varnish in close places, be-
come dizzy and nauseated and subse-
quently suffer from vomiting, head
ache and blindness. Vanishing is not
the only occupation in which blindness
and death are caused by the use OF
wood alcohol instead of the vastly
more expensive grain alcohol In hat
making, soap making, manufacturing
celluloid, decorating powders, smoke
less powder, dyes electrical apparatus,
and Photographic supplies, it Injuries
seriously the health of employees DR..
Butler, of Montreal, notes fifty-four
cases Of injury, with forty deaths. Mr..
j. w. Cotton, of Lynn, Mass, gives
details of eight cases of the use of
wood alcohol in the arts with disas-
trous results. A painter, for example,
who shellacked floors of three rooms
with wood-alcohol varnish, working
three days at the job became totally
and permanently blind.
There seems to the average onlooker
no reason why the wood alcohol inter-
ests should be thus protected. Wood
alcohol is dangerous by the testimony
of scientists. 1t enters into thousands
of preparations when it's presence is
II grain and potato al
cohol may be "denaturized" to keep out
of the list of possible beverages, let us
1,o1,o
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-28

The Sioux City Tribune remarks
that Perkins has one big advantage
over the governor if he wants to cam
vass the state. The governor has to
pay his railroad fare"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-28

SAY" exclaims the Chicago Live
Stock World, "Cummins, of Iowa, did
MT do thing to Elkins, did he?'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-28

/ of the rank and file knowing the candi-
| dates and grasplng the SITUATION, II
may be presumed, would not like to be
considered inconsistent, and therefore,
| the Journals reference to the rank and
| file must be regarded as an inadvert-
ance In keeping with the idea that
the rank and file are incapable of man
aging the nominations, the joint debate,
II it is held, should be held behind clos
eG doors, before selected delegates,
with admission by ticket only. The
rank and file has no business poking
their noses into such a place. Would
we cast these pearls before swine?'
anxiously inquiries the Nonpareil. AS
to the debate itself? Sure! BY all
means lets have the debate. 1t should
be conducive to harmony"
Speaking of the vacancy occasioned
by the death of Judge Kline, of the
state board of control, why not APP
point Warren Garst of Coon Rapids? 2"
suggests the Hardin County Citizen
He is thorough business man, is
we'll versed In state affairs, and is COM
petent in every way"
The Sioux City Tribune remarks
that Perkins has one big advantage
over the governor if he wants to cam
vass the state. The governor has to
pay his railroad fare"
SAY" exclaims the Chicago Live
Stock World. "Cummins, of Iowa. did
MT do thing to Elkins, did he 2"
The Iowa City Republican fails to
recall an agreement made between the
miners and the operators that was not
prefaced by the fiat refusal of one side
or the other to come to an agreement
"The partisan press should proceed
on the principle that the party is to be
upheld only in what is right, but that
wrong action or tendencies are to be
exposed and opposed" insists the
Ocheyedan Press. This and this only
is true loyalty to party. If one is loyal
to a friend he will not help him to
commit suicide. nor will he fail to in
terfere il occasion requires to prevent
self murder
For more than hundred years we
have been framing laws to catch the
common thief, and he is hemmed in
now by thousand fences, but the law
hasn't been perfected to catch the un-
common thief as the failure of the gov
ernments case against the packers
proves" comments the Dubuque Tele-
graph "The uncommon thief is
product of Later day commercialism.
The task confronts us as nation to
perfect our laws to catch him and that
we have so far failed. simply indicates
that the foresight of our legislators is
not comprehensive nor the conclusions
infallble."
The Logan Observer says: "a few
lovers of sport belong to the state leg
islature and for that reason the pro-
posed anti Sunday baseball theater
law was NOT passed. IT'S as we'll per-
haps, because it is likely baseball would
be played on Sunday just the same;
and the opera house doors would swing
just as easily"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-28
Topics Of the Times
Mr. Rockefeller will show Missouri.

Passers by the state house should
not fail to note the striped hide Of
Steve Elkins hanging on the COVER
nor's back fence.
The Sioux City democrats are strong
protectionists-of gambling.
Mr. Elkins also wanted Joint de-
bate" He got it.
LATE Young thinks that the fact that
the railroads are making money ought
to silence the voice of every tariff re-
vlsionist, and theoretically that Of
every rate regulator.
The fact that u. Willie Pope" will
be chosen president Of the Atlanta ex-
position is evidence that Willie is no
jay.
The socialist party is the only one
with which Bourke Cochran refuses to
be sociable.
The new Rockefeller baby may be
said to be the latest addition to Stand
ard Oil stock.
All is not lost. Ice dealers who
failed to secure supply of ice should
get into the breakfast food business
before the pure food bill becomes law.
The senate, which seems willing to
take the quarter of a century to pass
rate regulation measure, passed a
$40, 900, 900 appropriations bill in twen-
ty-five minutes.
The committee appointed by the
Maryland assembly to look into the
non-payment Of dividends on the
states holdings of Baltimore & Ohio
stock has reported that the officers of
the company have deliberately depre-
ciated the value of stock of the WASH
ington branch by emitting to declare
dividends for a number of years dur
ing which large surplus existed, and
that they did this for the purpose Of
depressing the price of the stocks OF
which at the same time they were
buying n a controlling interest.
II want to complain about the way
you printed the notice of my daugh-
ter's wedding said the fussy old man.
Nov, the brides name was Gratia,
and
Il n IT ci1.2''
"How did we have it?" interrupted
the editor.
You had it Gratis. sir!"
well, that's not so bad. You gave
her away didn't you ?"-Catholic STAN
dard and Times.
DIR. Annie Shaw has gone to Oregon,
where she will be busy until the middle
of June conducting campaign for
women suffrage. DR.. Shaw is Miss An
thongs successor as president of the
National Association Of Women Suf-
fragists.
Coin Harvey, whose name was fa-
miliar in the first Bryan campaign,
has given up writing books on finance
and is now running a summer resort in
the Ozark mountains. He bought an
old hotel there and has damned up a
creek to create an artificial lake, and
has everything to make up a summer
resort except the patrons.
Retired Publican explaining details
of his new mansion)-"I'd like to ave
two statues at the foot of the stairs
Architect-"What kind of statues
would you like?"
Retired Publican-"Td like Apollo on
one side and Apollinaris on the other"
London Taller.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-22

appear al the opera house matinee
and night on Thanksgiving Day Is pos
sibly the most pleasing Of any of the
socaIed "book-plays that have been
introduced in recent years.
The first act opens with the arrival
of Sir John Manners who is unknown
except by name. both to Dorothy and
her father Sir George Another saitor
Sir Malcolm Vernon, Darothy's cons.n.
is expected and Sir John whose fam
lily is at feud with the Nernqns adro.t.
~ takes advantage Of a mistake which
has been made by the servants. to
pass himself of as the loked for in
diyidual. In this guise he wins the
heart Of Dorothy ana the appreciation
Of her father only to be repudiatea
when The real Sir Nalcolm arrive,
ana the deception is discovered. with
come all obstacles and in The end
wins but the winning makes an in
terCsting story.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-22

Arthur Dunn, the popular mu#ica.
CON edy STAR i'm his newest success
Tho LITTLE Joker" viii De the attrac.
uru at the Cairo opera house ON Tues
day. Nov. 9th. for one Performance
ouiv
Mr Deuu made more Than good ID
The Runaway" dUU-g his last ca
uaaameut here and is welcomed back
In his latest comedy which viii ma.
daubtcdly ice one r. the Laughing
reats of the season.
t.r Dunn's ua. vehicle i- said 20 D"
entirely original i'm theme aud faII IF
BRIGHT. witty dialogue of thc rapid
fire kind. interrupted Only by tae many
ND TO da.e musical Numbers which
include new topical songs. pared es
character.fic numbers. ensembles
and new dances and groupings max
inn i'm all q most daIigh ful evening
entertainment bv company r. metro
u1'ifan artists engaged especially t'I
their adsptabiIly to the roles wh c.
hreg enact
4 fea.ur OF 81 Duna'- prod elton
is The beauty chorus and tdo pretty
little dancing girls al ravrel 20 10.
uost exquisite creations of .tc cos
irr crs' art.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-22
CA|RO'S LIBRARY
Comprises 1900 Volumes-lIinojs
Has t46 Public Libraries in
"a Counties,

Cairoites have just reason to be
proud of the Cairo Public library with
it's 1860 volumes Few cities the
size OF this has a library Of such mag
nitude
Illinois has in all l46 libraries To-
Gated in seyenty-four counties Of the
state.
Twenty eight counties with an az,
gregate population of 4S8,1S6 are with
out any public library; thirty-tive coun-
ties with a population of 643.l9+ have
no free libraries. Outside Of Chicago.
there is only one library in the state
with more than 50.0o0svoiumes, there
are only seventeen inf ate with
over 2U.009 volumes esch and Oh the
remainder ninety-nine have less than
5000 volumes each.
Among one hundred Libraries out
side of Chicago and Peoria only thir-
teen have an income Of over $4,000
seventy-nine have $4,000 or less sixty
two Of them having S 900, or less.
and twenty-eight less than $500.
Gifts of libraries from individual
citizens in the state aggregate So
732.657. Mr.. Carnesies gifts mp 20
the date of question were $4,000
There are forty-two college Libraries
and eight normal school libraries
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-22

The H. y. Hook came out of the
Tennessee river yesterday with an
empty barge
The &. 5. snag boat John n Ma
comb left for Natchez yesterday
morning
The Dick Fowler was in and out as
usual yestes day doing fair business.
The Island Queen will spend this
winter in Green river
The new 5. 5. Brown will soon b.
down. she is readg for business and
has only been waiting for water.
The river marked 2S.5 feet on the
Cairo gauge at p. m. yesterday
showing a rise Of 40 feet in q hours
The Fulton came up yesterday with
two barge of logs, one for the Chi
cago MIL and Lumber company and
one fC- the Singer company.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-22
CA|R0|TE HON0RED.
MRS. ALEXANDER w. WELDON
ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT
OF STATE ASSEMBLY.
At Rebekah Grand Lodge Meeting in
Session at sprinefied-Mrs. w.
n. Geisenhof Given Degree
of chivalry.

MIR Charles After last night re-
ceiyed message from Springhell
announcing the election OF Mrs, Alex
ander W. Weldon OF this city as vice
president OF the Illinois Rebekah As
sembly. The election was held yester'
day afternoon al the meeting or the
grand lodge Of | o. O. F, now IN
sess on in hat city
Mrs. Weldon who is a leader IN Par
tbenia Rebekah lodge OF Cairo has
received other honors at the hands OF
the state assembly but The one ac'
corded her yesterday is indeed high
compliment 10 her and TO the lodge
she represents,
The grand lodge also conferred the
degree of chiyalry upon Mrs. w II.
Geisenhof of Cairo. for her Jealous
work in behalf Of the order and pre-
sented her with a fine gold badge.
Cairo's delegation in attendance at
the grand lodge meeting is eompos-
ed Of the following persons: Judge
and Mrs. A. Comings, Mr. aud Mrs
". II. Geisenhof Mesdames a. w
Weldon. Herman Weber Charles Ar
ter. Isaac Valdez; Mi Peter Kobler
The delegates expect 10 return home
Saturday
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-22
Yeaterday.e RIver Forecasts.

The ONO At Evansville and MI Yer
non viii continue rising during Nh.
next several days rise will continue
rapid during the next three days. A.
Paducah and Cairo will continue ri-
ing during the next six days a STAG.
of about 81 feet will be reached a.
Cairo bv noon Friday
The Tennessee from Florence 10 the
mouth. WI continue rising for sever
al days Maximum stage al Florence
viii exceed aood stage by from tw,
o four feet All JohnsonyilIe the max
i'm NJ stage viii probably be above IS
feet
The Mississippi from Chester 60
Cairo. viii canuruc rising during tas
next @5 20 IS Hoars
p Fl. SMYTH.
Local FnrccastcG.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-22
LOSSES BY RAIN
Crops in the Bottom Lands Round
About Cairo Badly Damaged
Corn and Cotton Especially.

Great damage has been done 10y
the rain to all crops in he rain bell.
The great corn field on the Tiern2n
farm in the Drainaga District is very
seriously damaged II has been the
custom of Mr. TierHan 10 sell this crop
in the field bat this year there seems
70 have been little or no demand for
corn and il has remained ungatnered
AMI was caught hy n rain.
Like reports c. me from Missouri
and from points farther up in Illinois
But the southern cotton crop Is es
pecially in bad state where ine rain
has reached It and the loss viii be
very heavy.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-22
THE CIVIL SERVICE ON THE RIVERS
Ordered in Cairo Next
Month For Federal Government
Positions.

The United States Ciyil Service
Commission announces examinations
TO be held in Cairo as follows:
December l2-To secure eligibles
for fillinf a large number OF vacancies
In the position of veterinary Inspector
nj 81 POO per annum each, in the Blu
reau of Animal Industry, Department
lof Agriculture, and similar vacancies
as hey may apear in that bureau
AS but twenty-one eligibes were Sc
cured as the result Of the examina
ton held on October II, 1906, for his
no. ition. and as there are at least fifty
vacancies 10 be filled, qualified per
sons are urged 10 enter this eXamna'
lion. The number of eligibles for this
position has never been equal 10 the
demand
December 12-1&-To fill a vacancy
in the position Of miscellaneous piece
work computer in the Naval Obser'
yatory and other similar vacancies
as they may occur in the Naval OBJ
servatory. The Department states
states INdl HilNNtildhtbHH N'iHh''NN'
are paid by the hour and earn from
$500 to $1,000 per annum.
December i9.-To ill vacancy in
the position Of wheelwrisht, at $500
per annum, Uintah and 0uray Agency.
Utah, ard vacancies as they may &C.
cur in any branch Of the service re
curing similar qualifications.
Attention is invited to the fact that
applications for this position may be
filed at any time but only those hled
prior to he hour OF closing business
on December 10. 1906 with the Civil
Service Commission. Washington, D.
c., in complete form. will be con'id-
cred for the specific vacancy mention,
ed
No educational test will be given
and it will not be necessary for APP
plicants to appear at any place for
examination,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-22
Four Hundred and Fltty'Five Coal
Boats and Barges Started From
Pittsburg--Rivers Still
Booming.

Word from Pittsburg IL that twenty
five boats are about TO start from
there with four hundred and tifty-tvc
boa.s and barges of coal far the south
ern ports about -oo0000o bushels
in all. The Monosahela River Coal
and Coke company has scheduled the
following lows Sam Clark, seven
teen barges; Cruiser seventeen
barges Ed Roberts, seventeen light
beats, Valiant, twenty-five barges;
Ironsides, twenty-five harges Josh
Cook. seventeen barges, FIVE light
boats: Charles Brown, twelve light
boats nine barges; Exporter four cen
light boats. ten barges; Thomas Rees
twenty-five barges John A. Wood
thirty-tWo barge Harry Brown, thIr
ty-two barges Boaz, twenty boats
three harges. The Peoples Coal Com
pany will send ont: Oakland twenty
two barges. six boats, Crescent, G, W
Thomas ana W. c. lutte, seventeen
barges each. and the 2 NJ Preil with
fourteen barges, The A. r. Budd Coal
Company expect to send out the Reap
or ana Volcano with fifteen barges
each. and the United Coal Company
will send out the Helen White Clyde
Diamond and w H. Flint with about
eighty barges
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-22
UNION SERVICES
Will Be Held BY Cairo Churches on
Thanksgiving Day at Calvary
Baptist Church.

The churches Of Cairo will hold
q union Thanksgiving service on
Thanksgiving Day at 1890 a. n
Thursday. November 29th al the Cal
vary Baptist church, Sixteenth and
Poplar streets.
Rev. J 7. Tracy, pastor of he South
ern Methodist church will preach the
sermon and other clergymen viii Off
ciate in the various portions Of the ser
vice. There will be special music
In the evening at I;45 Rev. > ?.
Mahoney will give a lecture al Cal
vary church on the subject, The
Science of the Battlefield
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-22
COUNTESS ANNA BOUND HOME

New York Nov 2o-Mr. and Mrs.
Frank JAY Could sailed on the Kaiser
wilhelm II. Of the North German
LLOYD Line from Hobokeu for Cher
bourg today. and with the sailing Of
MI and Mrs Could comes the Fl 81
announcement that the former Coun
tess de Castelar,. divorced wife of
Count T5ni de- Cas'eliane. is To make
an early visit to this country, p-ob.
ablv returning with her hro'he-.
Frank Gould. and his wife. Whether
the children OF Countess Anna would
ACCOMPANY their mother on This WISH.
b. was .a'd would depend ea'ircly
upon whether pc mission Ter the visit
could De- secured from the French
courts o. from Boni. he father Of the
boys.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-22

Ni s. Amelia Bingham l- '-~or'! ="
rr tine urr=on. vcuus or r"rrr
-sIse~ eilt --rr CO. whicf trFo RECENTLY
fecn adopted by fho "frI' aii et.r ta"
cou1try. Last vrer af trn tire of
her production Of "The FHshy Nr7
Johnson al the Princess Theatre
Neu York SIR. Ftchs property H'n
called for tao use of silver coffee
service in the second 8rf. Hi-- Binz
ham made t9Ur OFT tae fari.r. sto17
r be .iltersmiths and haaiv r1ii
-..- ur.- to f1e head of fhe silver De-
uar ment ~ Tifauy's TIE resuI. aas
he service which she usel in The
play and &C. was sd dainty AMI so e1Tfc
uve thar society aomcn promptly FIRE
irofu-ed Ukc services i'm iFeir H"wF5
Ihs Lilac E1lm shl-h IA Linz
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-22
For Men Only.

The High Flyers, the big sdcce
of las. season will again be al the
opera house on Monday Nov %. )
exuerse has been spared to have thi
attraction again one Of the creates
shows on the road The aggregation
is again headed by that funny Hiils
Hebrew comedian Milton Schusier
assisted by Fred Bar b and host D.
the best vaudeville talen, and saapeil
opening act and the burlesqUe hrdiu
burIesque ladies obtaiusDie. Both oa
eniug act and The burLesque are guar
anteod TO he full of mirth and brga
music backed by the grea
est scenic and light effects.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-22

The Pittsbarg Gazette-Times says;
TT was reported yesterday thar mates
are now compelled TO submit to color
tests Heretofore the test was con
fined TO pilots Recently several
mates are said TO have been reduced
to lower pc iticas because Of their
ia lure to identity co.ors. Royermen
claim the test is unfair and that while
these men were able to distinguish
the colors the trouble lay in the fact
that they could not name them