Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-22

commercial possibilities, in cornstalk
and corn cob alcohol. 1t has been
making experiments among the corn
fields. $50 far" we are told, 1.-The de-
partment has succeeded by simple
methods of fermentation In getting a
yield of eleven gallons of alcohol from
a tom of green cobs, and by similar
methods in getting six gallons of alco-
hol from ton of green stalks. The
pounds of fermentable substance in a
ton of green field cornstaks, which
will yield about half of their weight III
absolute alcohol. In round numbers, a
ton of stalks will produce 100 pounds
of alcohol or 200 pounds of proof spir-
it's. AS a gallon of alcohol weighs
nearly seven pounds. there should be
fifteen gallons of alcohol in ton of
stalks"
IOWA IFIklGkS END NOTES.
THE taking off of the circle connot
be said to have simpitied matters for
the election judges. Every ballot will
have to be scrutinized carefully, name
by name, and the returns will be later
than ever known in an election in
Iowa" AYERS the Hawkeye.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette propounds
this conundrum: Fifth district har-
money would be spelled with a word of
three letters under simplified spelling
rules, and with four letters under the
old ct vi what that word iS "
! The Des Moines Valley News wants
to know if it isn't about time for a
chimney inspector to be appointed by
the council to examine all the Chin
neys in the business section and con-,
denim those that are not safe? few
hours work by an inspector may save
a big fire.
The Waterloo Times Tribune, dem,
gleefully observes that s"Uucle' George
Perkins is not the kind who, having
once placed his hands to the pillow,
turns back Uncle George has been
after the governors scalp and he is not
going to quit until it bangles at his
belt''
The Cedar Rapids Republican be-
lieves 1t will be well to leave the liquor
laws of the state alone. They are
serving the people fairly WE'LL" it con-
tends. THE laws of the state ought
not to be made to facilitate the use
of intoxicants. but to hinder their use.
They will be used, of course. and it is
only that use that ought to be recog-
MI OH ~ tn ha pn0
or made as easy as possible"
"If the Iowa republican ship is to
go down it will not be from damages
inflicted in mutiny of its own crew"
says the Council Bluffs Nonpareil. IF
there is to be a disaster it will come
as result of contact with a superior
force of the enemy"
When the currency experts in con-
gress tackle the matter in dead earn
est the nub of the problem will
he to provided for emenrgency circu-
lation which will be just as immune
from suspicion as the national bank
notes, asserts the Sioux City Journal.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette affirms
that idleness is one Of the greatest
promoters Of crime and trouble. "The
man or woman, millionaire or poverty
stricken, white or black, or any other
kind or color, who has nothing to do
and, keeps at. it, is a dangerous per-
son." asserts the Gazette. rs.
In the opinion of the Freeman
Tribune there still seems to be some
law in Georgia. Twenty white men
been indicted for rioting and sixty
negroes have been indicted for murder
in the courts at Atlanta. OF course
the white men should have been In
dicted for murder, but the, fact that
they were indicted at all shows there Is
still some respect for the law in that
section.'
The New Sharon Star always
stands for a straight vote, not a sim
gle scratch for a republican ticket
Remember that if you scratch every
body else has the same right, and IN
this way defeat is invited"