Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
Topics Of the Times

K. D. Steere, a law student at Iowa
City, and newspaper correspondent o
exceptional ability, has issued the in.
itial number Of monthly review de.
voted to the affairs Of county govern
ment in Iowa. 1t has the endorsement
of the state associations of county
clerks, treasurers, auditors, recorders
clerks, treasurers, auditors, recorders
attorneys, supervisors, sheriffs and alb.
stractors, and will contain much Of in
terest to county court house population
Of the state.
cumstances to suggest that the cars
verses are bum poetry.
Mr.. il w. Blythe has had town
in Mahaska county named for him. I,
lis somewhere in the neighborhood
where Mr.. Lacey resided previous te
the late elections-down about Stand
patville somewhere.
Everyone will agree with the inter-
state commission that the car short
age is a Calamity" But what of the
commission? Is it to become an adj
ditional calamity?
If every snow drift in the Dakotas
were a coal mine, there might be some
excuse for moving out of Iowa.
Now that the interurban for Mar
shalltown has got all it asked, let's see
the dirt begin to fly with the bluebirds
and robins
The eastern man who lived on 25
cents day and left 100000 to alien
heirs represents a type that is fading,
Russell Sage was its high priest. It is
useless to say that he took more en-
joyment in saving than he might have
had in using it. He was simply a
hoggish old miser, who never knew
happiness in this world and has q
mighty slim show in the next.
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real men is exemplified in Dubuque,
where the efforts of Archbishop Keane
and other men Of force and standing
have succeeded in closing the saloons
at II o'clock. To be sure, this allows
an hour Of illegal selling each day, but
it is a great moral victory not the less.
Moral questions need men, not latter
donations without respect in their own
neighborhoods behind them, and the
successful effort Of the Dubuque pre-
late and his helpers should encourage
decent men everywhere to take the
reins from the hands Of professional
agitators and drive the decency band
wagon themselves.
Kentucky republicans are becoming
exceedingly active in the interest of
Secretary Of War Taft for president.
Eleven newspapers in the state, in
Guiding one Louisville daily, are car
rying the secretary's name at the head
Of their columns as the states choice
for president in 1908.
Llewellyn Powers has been governor
Of Maine, and he 10 now serving his
third term in congress from the Pine
Tree state. He Is tall, swarthy and
strong featured-in fact, the strong
lines of his face, the prominent cheek
bones and the curve of the eyebrows
suggest the Indian, and Governor Pow
ers is proud to acknowledge that his
ancestor named Chase Of only three
generations ago was half Indian. A
descendant Of tribe that fourished in
the pine woods Of Maine long before
the Puritans landed at Plymouth Rock.
Governor Powers is ever alert when
Indians from the west visit the house.
care YOU related to the bride or
groom elect?" inquired the busy usher.
NO"
"Then what interest have you in the
ceremony"
"pm the defeated candidate. Lou
isville Courier Journal.
The new ruler of Persia begins his
reign in modest way with but 800
wives.
Oars heap O. colleges started"
said Uncle Eben, "but I'd feel safer If
mo- OBJ 'em was givin' special lessons in
how to run a railroad wifout hurtin'
o,,od1- WA chinpt0p Star
Once an Atchison politician offered a
turkey to the negro who could give the
best reason for being republican. One
old colored man said: Use publican
kase the publican party sot us niggers
freefree," and the man thought that
would get him the turkey, but the next
man said: de reason Use a republi-
can is because it's de party dat gives
us a pertective tariff" and the politi-
clan thought: That's an intelligent
man; l will give him the turkey" and
then the third man walked up and said:
DE reason is republican is because
I want dat turkey" and he got it.-At-
Gibson Globe.
II wanter return dis dog to de gent
wat owns him." said. the tough young