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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02

will be no cheap lands because the de-
mand for productive lands is compete
tive and the wide public domain has
passed into private ownership. AS
population doubles itself we may eX-
pect the prices of the soil to follow the
increase of population.
A conversation between a drunken
druggist and his German farmer part
ner in the purchase Of farm, over
heard on a train near Carroll few
years ago. illustrates this point to
perfection. Said the druggist thickly
to his partner: Fritz, we bought ia
theirs farm out in the Bower today
for $3.50 an acre. The price of it to-
night is $75." 20, dot is too much"
replied Fritz. "Too nluch?" roared the
enraged druggist, why you Dutch
fool, there's a new baby born every
time a watch ticks, but there'll never
be any more corn land!"
However, if we can not bring the
$4,000 man to the 81 900 farm, we may
combine him and the $4,000 farm of
ten acres. And this is the better and
more natural combination.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02
Topics Of the Times

IT'S better to have sworn off and
failed than never to swear off at all.
And to cap the climax of the boom
in the sheep buiness the stock ex-
changes report the biggest business Of
any year.
Last was hard year to let loose
Of. Taken all around it was the kind
to keep.
The Count-NIa fol! 1 had beaut-
full dream last night.
The Baron-What was re dream?
The Count dream Eat I was mar
rying into a life insurance family
Puck.
What did your wife give you for
Christmas?
BOX of cigars"
what you goin' to do with 'en?"
''Have 'em boiled with corned beef
for dinner some day." - Cleveland
Leader.
Charles T. Yerkes, whose death was
recently announced, was an acknowl-
edged expert in leg and electric trac-
ton.
The announcement that California
college professor has discovered sure
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02

possibly long before that. The young
congressman is said to be many TIMES
millionaire His fortune has been
variously estimated at between $1O,-
100000 and $15,O00,OOO, all of viii ch
he inherited from his father, who was
an extensive grape grower.
His wealth and excellent family
name enabled young Longworth to cut
a wide swath in Cincinnati society. EIe
is said to belong to more clubs than
any other man in the vest, his me1n-
bership including entree in the Glib
cinnati, Washington, Boston, New
York, London and Paris exclusive cif-
cleS.
Longworth, though thirty-six years
old, is hardly settled in his habits. His
friends have always proclaimed hinp
not marrying man. He is tall anil
we'll proportioned and always dresses
in the height of fashion. He has d
frank, joyial countenance. His face
is long and made to look longer by real
son Of a half badness. His forehead
is unusually high, giving his face an
imprint of intellectually.
Mr. Longworth has q high talent for
music, both vocal and instrumental
Ills best songs, those which have most
delighted his friends, are Of his own
composition. Indeed, if Longworth had
not taken up the law and politics he1
could have made reputation as al
composer Of music
AS horseman it is said Longworth's |
equal does not exist in Cincinnati. The |
Longworths &c an out of door people, \
delighting in all kinds Of sports, and
being ardent advocates of the strenu-
Gus life. Up to within the last few
years Longworth delighted to startle
the natives of Cincinnati by his reck-
less, hair raising rides through town.
On the recent trip abroad Of the con-
gressional party Mr.. Longworth and
Miss Roosevelt went horseback riding
and strayed away from the main par
ty. 1t is related that Miss Roosevelt |
had narrow escape from a runaway
and that her gallant escort distinguish
ed himself ard earned her undying |
gratitude by quick and timely action.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02

scheme to force hens to lay is proba-
bly, only precursory to the discovery by
some professor of commerce of plar
to force The price up.
DR.. ~ C. Morse, of Eldora, can lay
claim to literary prominence in the
special articles he has contributed to
leading magazines. On New Years he
sent his greetings to fellow physicians
in the following original verse which
was received in Marshalltown by DE-.
b. +. Kierulff:
Dear Friend:
Could words reveal
What my heart would say.
by way of salutations
To you and yours this day
You would konw indeed
How sincere-how true,
Are the wishes of success for you
May the coming year
Bring neither grief nor pain,
But perfect health and happiness
With earth and heavenly gain.
That Burlington minister who de-
clared over his signature in a publish
ed communication Ito HI with pol
tics" may have been a little too free
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02

has come out even, unless it was run
in the most scientific way. What is
the situation at THE county farm? In
the first place the complexion of the
county board of supervisors changes
every few years and there is liable to
be a change of steward at the county
farm each time. That means break
ing in new man to business which
takes a life time of painstaking, intel
ligent, effort on the part of any in
dvidual stock man to make him sue
cessful. In the next place each of the
five supervisors acts as committee
man at the poor farm once during the
year. His word is superior to that
of The steward and his authority must
be obeyed. Suppose those five super
visors differ, as most men do differ,
in their ideas about how the farm and
cattle should be handled? One man
comes along with the power of COM
mitteeman and perhaps tells the ste
ward to change his policy about hand
ling those expensive cattle, reversing
the orders given by his predecessor
a few weeks before. He says Sell
that calf 'Wean that one Kill that
one for beef Reserve that COW for
milking Feed your cattle more
Change your way of feeding These
are samples of the various orders
1--WE sold about fifty or sixty cattle
in the final cleanup. With all those
cattle we at times have had to buy
butter, and milk, and even beef for
the inmates of the farm. We stinted
those poor people there on milk in
order to feed it to calves. The but
ter vent the same way.
Chairman Simpson and Committee
man Cain had charge of sale, but they
acted in way that had my support
We will probably get bunch of
cheaper cattle now and get milk, but
ter, and beef enough to make everyone
and let specialists outside
handle the thorobred stock business"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02
Death Of Napoleon.

100Su W NdPOtSots
Wild waE the night, yet a wilder night
Hung round the soldiers pillow;
In his bosom there ragged a fiercer fight
Than the fight on the wrathful billoW.
A few fond mourners were kneeling by
The few that his stern heart cherished
They knew by his glazed and unearthly
eye
That life had nearly persisted.
: They knew by his awful and kingly look,
BY the order hastily spoken,
That he dreamed of the days when ma
tons shook
And the nations hosts were broken.
He dreamed that the Frenchman's sword
still slew,
Still triumphed the Frenchman's
"eagle,"
And the struggling Austrian fled anew.
Like the hare before the beagle.
The bearded Russian he scourged again,
The Prussian camp was routed,
And again on the hills of naughty Spain
His mighty armies shouted.
Over EgyIt's sands, over Alpine SHOWS,
At the pyramids, at the mountains,
Where this wave of the lordly Danube.
flows
And by the italian fountains.
Again arengo's field was won
And Jena's bloody battle;
Again the world was overrun,
Made pa.c at his lannon's rattle.
he died at the close Of that darksome
day
A day that shall live in story.
IN the rocky land they placed his clay
And left him alone with his glory"
Mol
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02
Iowa Newspapers
NO OPPOSITION TO HAUGEN.
MASON City Times-Herald1

MASON O1IN l1lleS-I1eFdlQI
The activity of the press cores
pondents would make the average
newspaper reade. think that there
was substance to the reports that Con-
gresham Haugen would have OPPOSE
ton in being renominated next year
from the Fourth district. AS a mat
ter of fact the contrary is true. 1t is
ports of opposing candidates., but
they are wholly without foundation or
substance, for there is a general ac
quiesence over the district to the re-
nomination of the congressman.
In Cerro Gordo county there is not
the slightest hope for support of an
opposing candidate, and surely there
are none budding here for expert
enced politicians would not take up
The same situation exists in almost
every county in the district il anthem
tic and reliable reports may be credit
ed. Not that this district has not
many men who are both large enough
and who would ornament this sta
ton in public Service, but there is
no vacancy to fill at this time. Mr..
Haugen is measuring up to the re-
quirements of his official station and
factory to his constituents and credit
able to himself And until other con-
ditions exist there will hardly be any
opposition worthy of the name to the
present incumbent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Abba Union gives Monroe cOun-
tyty roads away when it says "the
Blas1lfeld oxen and driver may be al
right for painting in the capitol
building, but conditions would be
changed in real life if the artist should
attempt to drive on the wrong side
down in Hacklebarny district or COW
er the clay Soap Creek hills
"To the present, the Blasallfeld paint
ing, or rather some Iowa criticism of
that painting has brought Iowa con-
siderable advertising of the kind that
she could well do without and that can
not possibly do her good" complains
the Burlington Hawkeye. 1T has sim
ply made Iowa ridiculous. Suppose
that the art criticism be dropped and
everybody get back to seed corn, good
roads, politics and other familiar sub
jects."
The Grinnell Register says "Iowa is
for the most part opposed to the liquor
business and it is a raw deal when for
eign distilleries are allowed to force
their wares upon a town which is OPP
posed to saloons"
"Some good artisan ought now add
an armless and fingerless attachment
to the corn shredder" suggests the
Mason City Globe Gazette.
"The direct primary seems to be get
ting little more direct every day."
the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
iowa sent two steers from it's agri-
cultural college to the interstate live
stock exhibition at Chicago and car
ried off first and second prizes. Iowa
was content to leave the other prizes
to other states, not desiring to mono-
police them," says the Dubuque Tele-
graph.
The Fontanelle Observer understands
that the Eight and Ninth districts will
harmonic for Byers for attorney gem
eral and Hon. w. w. Morrow of Alton
for treasurer, and says: THAT is a
good arrangement and ought to lead to
further harmony"
IF Mr. Rankin, the state marshal
law advocate, is right he has a way to
stop the shipment of c. O. D. liquors
into Iowa by legislation on the part
Of the state legislature" says the Cen
terville Iowegian. 1T is to be hoped
that some way is found to stop the
iemoralizing traffic that makes the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02
May Live 100 Years.

The chances for living full century
are excellent in the case of Mrs. Jen-
ME Duncan, of Haynesville, Me-, now
20 years old. She writes: Electric
Bitters cured me of chronic dyspep-
STA of twenty years standing and made
me feel as well and strong as young
girl" Electric bitters cure stomach
and liver diseases, blood dis
ORDERS general debility and bodily
weakness. Sold on a guarantee at Nc
Donald & Mahood's drug s ore. Price
Only SO cents
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02
in his language but he evidently knew
the Burlington brand of politics.

in his language but he evidently knew
the Burlington brand of politics.
A travelling man received the follow
ing telegram from his wife:
Twins arrived tonight More by
mall
81 leave for home tonight If more
come by mail send to dead letter Of
fce."-Lippincitt's Magazine.
Billy Welt is another of our valued
subscribers who puts up the opedeldec
to keep the duflicker moving so that
this here one boss paper will continue
to decorate the pantry shelves.-Chel-
sea Independent.
OF 100000 of acres put on the mar
ket by the state of Texas in Septem-
Der homemakers have already taken
about 100000 acres at prices ranging
from five to ten times the minimum OF
81 an acre fixed by the state land
commission.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, wife of the
president of the Southern Confederacy
still keeps her residence in New York,
although she goes during the winter
months. Mrs. Davis is now 81 years
old, and very feeble. although not i'll.
There are four governors that served
during the civil war still living; Will
liam Sprague, whose home is near
Narragansett Pier, r. L.; Frederick
Hollbrook, of Brattleboro, VT; Samuel
J. Crawford, Of Kansas, and John J.
Pettus, of Missouri.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02
$4,000 FARMERS AND $4,000 FARMS.

In connection with the high and
steadily increasing price Of arabic land
some one has suggested that we are
going the wrong way about when we
plan to put $1,000 boy on a $4,000
farm. It is not long to wait until the
price of the average Iowa 100 shall be
500 an acre or $4,000. Even now
there are great many $1,000 men on
$4,000 farms in Iowa. 1t has been sug-
gested that We reverse present proceed
ure and bring the $4,000. boy to the
$1,000 farm. In other words that we
train and educate men to produce
good income from ten acres instead of
requiring 100. It is argued that all
that is necessary to do that is to give
every boy who is wiling to receive it
a training in the public schools, from
the kindergarten to and including the
country college, so that he will become
so skilled in the arts and science of
close and intensive cultivation Of the
soil, in the processes of plant growth,
in irrigation, soil culture and fertiliza-
ton, in the selection of the kind of
crops to grow, and in the methods,
processes anG systems of marketing
them, that by intensive farming of a
ten-acre tract costing $1,000, the $16,-
600 boy will he able to produce from
ten acres greater profit by better and
more intensive methods of farming,
than the aversg e farmer now produces
from 100 acres.
1t is possible now, and time will make
1t imperative that this be done. So
far the theory fits the facts. But when
the $4,000 man arrives he will be ac-
companied by the $1,000 an acre farm
and the $1,000 ten-acre tract will have
gone with the $1,000 farmer. The
price of land will rise proportionately
to its capacity to produce under cuti-
walton, and the young farmer of the
future find an income bearing farm as
hard to acquire as the young farmer
OF the present finds it hard to secure
100 acres.
We are told there will be no more
cheap beef bee ause of the passing of
the ranges where cattle multiplied in
vast herds at small cost for care. There
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02
WALL STREET AND THE WEST.

Nothing has so strongly emphasized
west as the comparative financial sit
uations Of Wall street and the country
west Of the Appalachians. The New
York banks are in dire need Of money
while in the west banks are overlooking
with deposits and bankers are seeking
safe borrowers. The spectacle has
been but recently presented of Wall
Street begging money from the west
We have seen short time interest rates
In New York run to figures remindful
Of days long bygone in Iowa, when the
farmer whose deposits are now stretch
ing the steel sides OF bank vaults paid
per cent month and pledged his
last team and pillow as security for a
small loan to tide him over to thresh-
ing time.
Time was when Iowa farm loans
reached back to New England and the
nod of an eastern financier ruled the
money market of the west. 1t is all
over. The western farmer holds most
of his own mortgages and the speculat-
ors Of Wall Street are begging western
money to stay east They have been
specializing with western money. Now
when the west calls it in to use in NOV
ing the crops, to buy more land with or
pay for Improvements, the spectators
find themselves in the position of the
old time Iowa farmer, who wanted to
hold his wheat sixty days longer.
The west is under no obligation to
help the gamblers. If we have plenty
of money we made it legitimately, dug
it out Of OUR coal mines, beat it out
in our Factories, merchandized for it,
farmed for it. There appears no lack
of money to loan to legitimate business
in the east. The west may congratu-
late itself over it's financial emancipa-
ton and let the stock gamblers sweat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02
Homeseekers and Settlers!

To points in Nebraska, Colorado,
Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Indian
Territory, Oklahoma, Texas and
Louisiana, the Iowa Central Railway
has placed on sale for January and
is, February and 20, round trip one
way tickets at extremely low rate for
benefit of homeseekers and settlers.
One way tickets at $500 higher than
half fare. Round trip tickets at three
fourths of the regular one way rate,
limit, twenty-one days.
Twenty-one day tickets are on sale
first and third Tuesdays to points in
other states in the southeast, west and
northwest, at one fare plus $500 for
round trip.
Don't fail to call on Iowa Central
agents for full particulars as to rates,
ETC., or address
Alb. QUITS, G. P. & T. A.,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02
The Grip.

Before we can sy1npatfize with 9TH
ers, we must have suffered ourselves"
No one can realize the suffering at
tendant upon an attack of the grip, I'M
less he has had the actual experience
There is probably no disease that
causes so much physical and mental
agony, or which so successfully defies
medical aid All danger from the grip,
however, may be avoided by the prompt
use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Among the tens of thousands who have
used this remedy, not one case has ev-
er been reported that has resulted in
pneumonia or that has not recovered.
For sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02
A NATIONAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Investigations into hazardous condi-
tions with regard to fires in thirty-sev-
en- cities of the United States have
been conducted for the last year and a
half under the supervision of the
committee of twenty of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters. The In
surance Press says the results are of
the utmost Importance to the munich
palities interested directly, besides be-
ing suggestive to other municipalities
that have similar hazardous conditions.
The recommendations are for fire pre-
vention and protection. Compliance
will result in benefits of inestimable
value. Taken as a whole, the scope of
the Investigations is beyond anything
insurance. 1t estimates that the re-
duction of fire losses thru conditions
improved turnout the country IN ac-
cordance with the recommendations,
based on the results of the investiga-
lions, will amount, for example, to
more than the cost of constructing the
Panama canal
Impressed by the Importance of the
lessons taught by conflagrations in re-
cent years. and realizing that prompt
actions should be taken for fire pre-
vention and protection, the executive
committee Of the National Board of
Fire Underwriters, on February %,
1904, appointed the committee of twen-
ty to consider what actions the board
should take. The committee began in
vestigations in June, 1904, employing a
corps of expert engineers to report on
hazardous conditions, with recommen-
dations for Improvement of conditions
ard definitions of the boundaries of
congested value districts. The federal
government detailed two engineers to
and review the reports of
the fire insurance engineers To aid
all municipalities in adopting methods
OF fire prevention and protection is a
part of the duty of the committee of
twenty.
That the influence or commercial
bodies in cities-chambers of COM
merce, boards of trade and merchants
and manufacturers associations-can
be exerted for much good in prompting
authorities to increase fire
fighting facilities and improve hazard
Gus conditions has been Indicated by
the interest manifested by the organi-
cations in many cities. The lack of
interest manifested by such bodies in
other cities; has been indicative of the
general lack Of inadequate facilities for
lighting fires and the neglect of meth
DDS for the improvement of hazardous
condition.
In one of the cities under the inves-
-igation of the committee of twenty
.wo of its commercial bodies have al
ways taken active interest in munici-
pal affairs. One organization was in
,trumental in the introduction of many
public improvements 1t favors an in
crease Of the water supply, a stronger
ire department, better streets and i'm
proved building laws, widening the al
eys and strict ordinances on the stor-
ng and handling of explosives.
The plan to interest commercial
,lubs to the betterment Of dangerous
ire conditions is an excellent one and
should be met half way by the clubs
themselves. Who are more interested
n have mere at stake than the club
MEMBERS?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02
!: LOOKER.ON IN IOWA
Susssiis;

Eagle Grove, Jan. With all OF the
work laid out for the coming legisla
ture, there is nothing more needed than
to have the laws concerning fire es-
capes on public buildings and hotels,
amended until they are so explicit that
the lawyers can find no loop-hole for
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02

great carrying companies participants
in increasing drunkenness and dissem-
mating woe to so many communities
The c. O. d. liquor that comes to Cen
terville indicates that hundreds are
going out of town for what is worse
than nothing"
The Webster City Freeman Tribune
says that it is lin the hope of deliy-
ing the day of restitution that the OPP
position to a statewide primary law is
now asking that the question be sub
mitted to vote of the people,"
Anyway. the making and breaking
of good resolutions affords more or less
mental exercise reflects the Keokuk
Gate City.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-02
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