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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15

the former to defeat primary election
law in the legislature last winter. The
democratic campaign letter last week,
referring to the removal Of the circle,
says:
1T was the fairest thing the republl"
eans in Iowa have done for years. And
il was not done then in order to be fair,
sut the standpatters in the legislature
wanted to defeat the primary law, and
conceded that much to the democrats II
they would help them let go of the pri-
mary law
Here is a frank admission that the
primary Jaw WAS defeated by the DEM
ocrats who voted with the standpatters
in the legislature. Yet the democrats
in their platform advocate a primary
election law and the boiling standpat-
tiers make the same claim. What do
the voters OF Iowa think Oh such In
sincerity? Will they take .he demo-
cratic word for 1t in their platform. or
will they remember their record in the
legislature?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15
4 WORD TO the READER.

The most important suggestion re-
garding road making which has ever
appeared in the T.-R. is published in
another column today. It is written
BY Mr.. D. w. Norris, of Grinnell, in his
most entertaining style. It describes
The eccentricities of Henry Bookneau,
a very successful farmer near Grin
nell. who has dern onstrated way to
eliminate all wooden bridges and lcul-
verts from our highways by thing. Mr..
Norris and Professor Macy, the au-
fhority on civil government in Grin-
nell College. have personally investi-
gate Il Bookneau's work and endorse
enthusiastically.
Mr.. Norris is a good lawyer, a sue
cessful and extensive farmer and
practical man. Professor Macy is the
author Of the text book on civil gov
eminent used in most OF our publie
schools. He has travelled the world
over In his studies of civil government,
and has examined all sorts of public
work. He is inclined by training to
be. critical if anything, at least neither
man is at all visionary, and a plan
which will win their approval is well
worth . hearing. Mr.. Norris article.
picsuring the tremendous energy, ex-
ceptional farming and almost fanati-
Gal achievements of l3ookneau will en-
lertain any man fer the reading.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15
S5llarshatnnr aumu, Ortnhrrl IS 1906

ers, fell on deaf ears. The fact is,
that experience proves that this thing
wont happen, and il it does happen,
it can happen now One thing is al
ways necessary: There must always
be an outlet below the bridge or cui-
vert If nature has not provided one,
then one must be made.
All there is to the Bookneau plan is
to tile the slough; to tile it with very
large tile laid under the ground, and
running under the roadway to an out
let You can fill the gulley made by
the old water course and farm it If
you want to. Where there is a large
water COURSE the bridge is to be made
of cement, which will be indestructible.
1t is the candid Judgment of Profess
sor Macy and myself, and we are not
cranks, that Bookneau is right, and
that sooner or later every road in Iowa
will be constructed on his plan.
If supervisors won't listen, won't
yield their lrejudices, are not willing to
give Bookneau plan fair trial. the
taxpayer should take hand and make
them do So
There Is scarcely one-half mile of
road in Iowa that doesn't contain from
one to four crossings: from the box
culvert, always rotting and out of re-
pair, to the bridge on posts or piles,
with seven OF eight planks. 1t is all
waste, all useless-all unnecessary.
Bookneau says so; Bookneau has
proved it
/ used to feed tramps. I actually
enjoyed seeing those fellows square
themselves before good meal.
friend of mine. one of the klndest,
mildest, most sympathetic and consld-
crate men ever knew, protested He
said 1t was wrong; that was helping
to maintain vicious class, and
vicious system; that so long as these
men had turkey and cranberry sauce
set before them free, there would be
tramps. 1 laughed at him. I called
him crank I said, that If man was
hungry he should be fed But my
friend persisted AT last, suddenly, In
one moment, the scales fell from my
eyes, and saw 1t as he saw 1T, ana
have never fed q tramp since. and
don't think I ever will. ! wish the
Supervisors and township trustees ~
iowa would take hint from the tramp
incident.
Mr.. Bookreau says that he will go
into any road district in Iowa. remove
every wooden bridge from any stretch
of road, superintend the Improvement
of the entire road, one mile or ten, and
If his work is found to be an entire
success he will charge S. per day for
his services. if it is not he will charge
nothing whatever.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15
A CRANK AND HIS THEORIES.
rRv u. w Norris. of Grinnell.l

is, of Grinnell.I
veetive. l listened, grew tired wanted
to run away; but the mans intense
earnestness. his evident knowledge. his
absolute proof of the correctness of
his theories. finally won me. l agreed
to make an Investigation. He won
Professor Macey's consent to investi-
gate. We did investigate. and we are
both convinced that Bookneau is
right.
Now, what is the plan? He does not
propose to do away with bridges, but
he does propose to do away with lum-
Der, absolutely, and whether Book
neau is right or wrong, any man not
fool knows that, sooner or later, we
must find a substitute for lumber.
Why not begin now? He would erect,
permanent imperishabie bridges over
rivers and creeks, and all other bridges
and culverts he would do away with
Bridges would be made of cement
abuttments. with iron (not steeD ties.
and cement floors, covered with dirt.
At the northwest corner of Book
neau's farm in Chester township, were
two sloughs crossing the road One
was spanned by seven-p plank bridge.
The other by an eight plank bridge
He took them out. Along the road on
the upper side, he laid S-inch tile, FIVE
feet deep. At the lowest point, the
S-inch tile coming from either direc-
ton pass into 12-inch tile, across the
road five feet deep. This work was
done nine years ago. and there Is to-
day no better and no drier piece of
road In Poweshiek county.
On the east side of his farm there
was fourteen-p plank bridge. After
years of begging he got permission to
put his plan into execution, but the
wise supervisors stipulated that the
bridge should not be removed. They
the spring of 1905. Last summer the
bridge was removed. Bookneau's work
was complete success.
On the south side of his farm is a
still larger bridge, county bridge
over twenty feet long. 1t spans a
great slough that flows south into Bear
creek. Bookneau has pleaded with
the trustees to permit him to remove
this bridge. He offers to furnish the
tile. pay for them, lay them. do all the
work, and if the job Is not an abso-
lutte and complete success. he is not to
receive one cent. The trustees hav.
virtuously withstood this offer. They
say: why. in case of a freshet, the
water will flow over the embankment
and wash 1t away That is to say
in case of an unusually heavy rain.
these great tile, buried under the
ground. will not take the water fast
enough. To this Bookneau replies: Il
will guarantee the job. If it is a failure
it will cost you nothing But the wise
trustees are afraid. Afraid Of what :
Bookneau said to one of them, good
man, a fair man, a just man: There
has never been a season in thirty years
that water flowing down Bear creek
has not overflowed the pike crossing
the bottom. one-half mile west of this
bridge, and the pike or grade has never
yet been washed away" But this illus
tration and argument, like all the 9TH
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15
In Eternu,n, Domino.

In Eternur,, Domino.
This woman's soul and mine are one,
One spirit, one career,
Not only till the days are done
OF our communion here,
But after, though We singly brave
The passage perilous.
That small seclusion Of the grave
Has room for both of US.
Both7 We are as single life
And death itself shall spare
The dust Of husband and OF wife
That slowly ningles there.
One may 60 Arst and one remain
To hail q second call.
But nothing now c1n mako as twain,
Whatever may hetall
For we have long since passed the
bounds
Of self. Of time, or space.
!. And felt the frestom Hat surrounds
Loves Anal dwelling place.
ARTHUR Mrnav n London Spectator.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15

heaviest fall trade ever known in
Southern California. In oil enough
work is being done in fields to meet de-
mands, and there is a constantly in
creasing foreign trade. and prices tend
upward. The bean harvest will be
greater than last year and the sugar
beet crop is a bumper. The walnut
yield is about 1000 tons in excess Of
last year. The grape crop is the best
in years, and celery. tomatoes and 9th
err winter vegetables, promise big re-
turns. Products are generally higher,
the exception being walnuts, which are
cents lower.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15
Don'ts For Babies.

NlIWdUKVe 5etEV1fiel'I
Never hold baby by the foot al
lowing its head to hang down, while
dressing it.
Give the baby plenty of good Meath
full exercise. Moving the lawn or saw
ing wood is considered gooe.
Strong drink for babies should be
avoided:
Spanking is not now in vogue. The
baby should be severely censured. but
not spanked.
Never leave the baby alone, in the
bathtub full Of water. It's bad sign.
Babies should not be allowed on the
streets alone after IL o'clock at night.
The police are not respecters OF per-
sons after th;le hour.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15
Seven Cities.

In Christiarlia the unvaccinated can
not vote.
In Southampton 1t is against the law
to whistle in the streets on Sunday.
In Toxic every workman wears on
his back an inscription telling his trade
and his employer.
Annoy (Packington excepted) is the
worlds unhesllthiest city. All Amoy's
sewage is thrown into the streets.
In Madrid Tuesday is deemed I'M
lucky, and for many years no one has
been married on that day.
In Paris nearly all the cafes have
tables on the sidewalk. From these
sidewalk rentals the city's income IS
over 100000.
Cannes, the perfume making town of
southern France, smells SO powerfully
of flowers in the busy season that Wis
itors lare often afflicted with a flower
headache.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15
.REMGvsL OF TIE CIRCLE.

"A great deal is being said in Iowa
newspa pers about the removal of the
circle On the callot.4 The merits and
denlerits of the circle, as well as the
question of the motive for lis removal
are just now the subjects of much dis
& cussion. All the papers arg assduous
in warning the voters that trey must
place a cross in the square before the
= name Of each person they. WISH % vote
for.
One of the Inconsistencies Of a few
Z democratic and stlndpat papers who
have been urging the voters TO knife
4 Cummins is that tae circle was taken
off for the benefit Of the governor
while in the next breath they give
voice to the view that absence of the
circle is going to defeat Cummins, be-
cause the incentive to vote a straight
ticket has been removed, that is, so far
as marking the ballot is concerned.
There was little. politics in fact in the
removal of the eircle. Ever since the
Australian system of voting was made
q law in Iowa there has been more or
less demand for removal Of the circle.
The reason for it was that it was be-
lieved voting would be made simpler
and that. there would be fewer ballots
spoiled, and therefore, fewer voters dis
franchised at every election. Besides.
Z 1 ! . i i
it was thought that 1T would lead to
more Independent voting. Under the
! old law many voters did not attempt to
scratch a ticket fer fear of making
some mistake. The result was he
placed cross in the circle at the head
Of the ticket and Ter. it go at that.
There can be but one valid objection,
ii would seem, to the removal of the
circle, and that is the labor involved in
voting straight ticket. There will
to vote for on a straight ticket at the
coming election. Every voter. if he
does his full duty, must therefore
Z make forty crosses, which will take
time and patience. But it would seem
that.in the end the exact will of the
voter will be registered.
The friends of Governor Cunlnins
have nothing to fea, from the removal
Of the circle. The man who wants to
vote against the governor would have
done so under the old system and he
can do so just as easy under the new.
That is as it should be. In the same
way, the men who wants to vote
q sga,ns. Porter can do so and will do so
without fear OF multiplying his vote. In
other words, the voter will be SUBJ
ject to less confusion. but he'll have to
work little harder.
The main idea now is to remind the
voter that he must mark one square
for each office 10 be voted for. The
election will probably demonstrate in
the number OF ballots spoiled the wis
dom or unwisdom of removing the cir
Gle. If the latter, the legislature could
and will have duty TO perform.
In the meantime. the discussion OF
rhe removal of the circle has forced
democratic admission of what was
ranera,ly known. but which was denied
by democrats ana standpatters, re-
earding Tie alliance q the la-.er With
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15

AT the Methodist conference at Ma
quoketa the bishop told the ministers
that they must not try to be walking
advertisements for gentlemen's fur
nishing stores. e'He probably knows
how impossible IT. is; he was once a
low salaried pastor himself" says the
Davenport Times,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15
Fre,,zied With Fear

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15

In the opinion of the ottumwa Cour-
Ter, the desire on the part of certain
trusts and great corporate interests TO
curb the power Of President Roosevelt.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15

THAT remarkable and gifted individ
ual, so long clothed with superhuman
intelligence by popular imagination
and whose labors in the commercial.
arena of the country 1t has been SER
iously urged none other could per-
form. hes been suddenly shorn of his
proud distinction and his labors re-
duced to the level of the exceedingly
commonplace" observes the Mason
City Times Herald, referring to the
railroad rate clerk.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15

fear of death is not in your heart. The
man who does good because it is right
to do good, is to- be commended over
the one who does good because he
fears the consequences. 1t is never
too late, but it is better to make the
change when you can, not only do
yourself good, but others.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15

The Maxwell Tribune ventures the
assertion that thare are thousands of
farmers in Iowa who have not saved
one ear of seed corn yet. Next year
about the 18th OF May they viii Won
der why their corn don't grow like that
planted by other people
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15
IOWA lPlh1oKs End NOTES.

1.-THE democratic party" asserts the
Scranton Journal, lis standing for
nothing in Iowa this year which can
possibly commend itself to republicans
On the contrary, it stands for that
most abohlinable of all doctrines, a tar
iff for revenue only. A vote for any
democratic candidate, either congress-
ional, state or county, is a vote in aid,
and in encoura cement of that propa-
ganda."
A Washington scientist claims that
without a worm What is really need
ed, however. is something that will
eliminate the snakes, says the Wilton
Advocate Review"
Just because some people declared
BRYAN had learned something and was
now a safer and saner man, some other
fellows have turned turtle and landed
in the Hearst camp, in the antecham-
Der of socialism. In other word :
Hearst, the sire of yellow journalism,
is now spending millions In the attempt
TO defeat Bryan and have himself pre-
ferred It's a clear case Of trying to
out Eerod Herod." declares the New
Sharon Star.
The Manson Journal does not be-
lieve in death bed repentances. The
time to do good in this life is when
you have your energies and health and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15

Democrats of Pottawattamie coun-
ty are alarmed and ch1grined," notes
the Council Bluffs Nonpareil. "at the
unanimity with which the republicans
Of the county propose to support the
republican ticket. The pootical stu
alton in Pottawattamie county demon-
strates how quickly faotionad differ
ences in a party may disappear when 1t
comes to fighting common enemy
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15

without open opposition to the reform
policies which he has inaugurated
seems to be unauestioned. Never be-
fore has such a heavy hand of restraint
been placed upon corporate interests
by President Roosevelts administra-
ton"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-15

A Polk county jury recently fixed
the value of a mans arm at $1,000, Civ
ing a verdict for that amount against
a railroad in the case of a man who
had lost an arm in the roads service,
and who sued for $4,000.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-03
Country Buyers Numerous
and Buying Freely.
A Rally in Cotton Slightly
Hell lpS Mills and Market.
Iron and Steel Quiet. Copper Higher
Wheat Expotrs Largely Increased.

New York, March 2.-Bradstrcet's
State of Trade tomorrow will say: Fa-
vorabie features still largely predomi-
nate. Country buyers are more in evil
dence than at any previous time this
year and have bought literally. Win
ter wheat crop reports are good as
ever, and the probability that a gener-
al coal strike may be avoided after all
lends strength to industry of all kinds.
1t is true that there is rather more CON
servatism displayed by buyers for the
more distant future and prices of some
commodities are being shaded. but it is
apparently regarded as certain that an
enormous spring business will be done.
The iron and steel markets are quiet
Demand for copper has improved and
prices are higher
Cotton has at last had a rally. not al
together held. but smaller movement
and the good spot demand heretofore
noted have helped cause short covering
and u per cent. rise. The long de-
cline i'll the raw material has unsettled
cotton fabrics for far-of delivery. Thus
cotton yarns are easier or lower and
print cloths are not as strong but
the immense demand for some other
Kinds of cotton goods holds them firm
Dress fabrics generally are held well,
and SinShamS We're never so strong
Wool is active in spots and is very
strong. being relatively higher abroad
than It home. Farm products are still
easy. Foreign buying of grains. satins
and split feathers is active at Boston.
Hides are frmer. Foreign buyers have
/ ltvh o. al tDl Il
hides and have paid prices declared by
American tanners to be too high. Fall
orders for shoes are still held back but
there IS plenty to do yet on spring bus
mess. Shipments so far this year ex-
coed last year by Il per cent.
Business failures for the week ending
March 1 number $50 against 2GG in the
like week of 1905.
Wheat. incluing flour. exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending March l are 200. 41S- bush
els, against ,01,936 this week last year.
From July ! to date the exports are
9i3IS,JI2 bushels against 43,i17413 vast
year.
Corn exports for the week are 8 7Go-
G63 bushels. against 4171.219 a year ago.
From July to date tho exports Of corn
are "a 422, ~ bushels, against 40 Al. 81
in 1908.
In Canada. Whosesale trade is quiet
but is expected to improve with the
millinery openings about the middle of
the month. The hardware trade has
been, and is active.
Weekly failures number 80 as against
% in this wecI; Il year ago