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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25
The Government Not to Blame.
(Buffalo Expressly


1t Is quit. true. as a number OF more
or less prominent industrial leaders
have said recently, that the public
is without confidence in the security
market. But that lack of confidence
Is not due to any government policy.
It Is mainly the result of the acts OF
those who have played h high nance
game. who have used other peoples
money and have manipulated proper
ties intrusted to their care for their
own gain. 1t is no argument at all
to say that the government has un-
covered these deals. Should they not
be uncovered? Moreover, President
Roosevelt and his advisers had nothing
whatever to do with lifting the lid from
the life insurance scandals, and those
revelations were a thousand times
more serious than anything Which the
interstate commerce commission or the
department. of justice has disclosed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25
the UNITED STATES NAVY IN IOWA.

Lieutenant DOWneS, OF tne Oliiteu
States navy, detailed for duty at a
rec,,iting office in Dess Moipes. is MAX
ing much ado about nothing, and IS
likely to set Iowa people laughing at
his assumption. Judge Brennan, the
other day, had two boys before him
who had been convicted of a petty
theft Seeing, as he thought, a way
To nit the BOYS in a way, to do better,
and to save them a prison sentence, he
sent over to the recruiting office to
ask if the rlavy would tlke them as
recruits. The boys were willing TO en-
list. Then Lieutenant Downes went
sup in the air" and the atmosphere
about Des Moines has been resonant
with roars OF the insult to the United
states navy He wrote a severe letter
to Judge Brennan and at last glance at
the Des Moines papers, is still writing.
There is h lot Of poppycock about
this. Judge Brennan was guiltless of
real or intentional insult. A good many
men in Iowa are leading respectable
and useful lives in respectable and use
full communities who have been given
Just the chance that Downes refused
the two boys in question. The United
States navy deserves and has earned
respect. but it is no better than the
business men and farmers of the state,
and its personnel from apprentices up
thru l~ieuterants to adnirals is at
least no better or entitled to more re-
spect than ordinary citizens. And
many good citizens and decent COM
munities have o hesitated to give an
erring boy a chance.
IT is well for Lieutenant Downes to
stand up for the honor of the navy
and seek new recruits from the high
est classes available: but there is lit
tie sense in an extreme punctilio which
turns all BARRIERS basins into gilt
tering helmets and invitations to bat
tle.5 Here in Iowa where every farm
hand is captain OF a cornfield cruiser.
and one man as good as another, and
"a - sight better. airs, assumption
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25
CONGRESSMAN HEPBuRN's STAND.

CONGRESSMAN w. p. Hepburn mas
returned from Europe, where he has
been studying transportation problems
more particularly as connected WITH
water ways and to the conclusion tnat
money spent In the Improvement of the
Mississippi waterway is money lost
To his mind the establishment of the
Mississippi as a deep waterway to the
gulf is a greater undertaking thar the
Panama canal. Mr.. Hepburn brought
back a lively sense of the derelictions
Of railroad stock manipulators and the
belief that legislation to control rail
road capitalization should be at once
enacted.
Another conclusion at which he has
arrived is hat the government should
cease dumping money into channels
directly tributary to speculation. More,
he would be delighted were the New
York stock exchange wiped off the face
of the earth.
Things are no as they We're in the
eighth district. That is readily
CLEANED from Mr.. H%epburn's interview.
Mr.. Hepburn wants to stay In
congress. His awakening or the mat
ter of railroad capitalization and his
arraignment of Hartman, his Will
set well on the stomachs of the farmer
voters of the Eighth, some of whom,
1t is confidently. asserted, have grown
soueamish as regards Mr.. Hepburn.
The organization of Smith clubs n a
trip to Europe are both widening in
fiuences upon the congressional MIND.
All will agree with the congressman
that the project of a deep waterway
between the gulf and New Orleans is a
big thing to contemplate. Not all Will
agree with him as to the prospective
cost Of establishment and mainten-
ance. Some of his Eighth district peo-
pie will argue that a deep waterway
would in a great measure solve the in
terstate problem in Iowa,
offer Iowa farmers a chance to ship
two ways and give the lowe railroad
commission opportunity to fix rates IN
side the state while the competition OF
the rivers on each side likes
them without. Others are likely
to suggest that II reason
why travels "lonlitudinally'
as Mr.. Hepburn says it does instead
of "l~atitudinally." as he says it does
MT, is because the opportunity OF lati-
tudinal movement is denied. the Dig
railroad belt lines run Longitudinal
w." Whatever there may be of
in Mr.. Hepburn's argument, some will
be found to question it and its SIN
ceritv. Such is the fate of public men
and especially of public men like Mr..
Hepburn.
1T is a pity that Mr.. Hepburn has
fallen so entirely out of touch with
politics. Aside from the question OF
river Improvement and stock gambling,
some expression in connection with his
intentions in congress as to tariff re-
vision would have ben readable n
interesting as are all Mr.! Hepburn's
expressions on public affairs, especial
ly his amendment that Roosevelt a
no chance OF being president.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25
Topics Of the Times

And now that good old word "affin-
ity" breaks into the chorus girl class
Mr.. Bryan may not be the logfca
candidate" for the presidency. but ne
is about the only one democrats VII
vote for-except Roosevelt.
The ~'curveless' form seems to have
made a hit with the dressmaker.
| whether the drop in the price of gaso
line Is permanent or whether MI. IL
LET loose lust long enough to spit in his
hands.
How can any mar named Louis
| Steyyesant Chanler expect to be elect
ed president of the United States?
Corn is king and the Iowa farmer
hopes to draw a king full on corn cribs,
as a s%tandpatter would express 1t,
Col. MagnnS the Norwegian ShNos
to Norse-Americans, scarcely realizes
the danger of his position. Wait unit
he attempts to o her help away
from an American housekeeper?
WI Ting Fang is coming back TO
this country. He vas always the real
ting, WI Fang.
The Hartley Journal observes n a
some Iowa editors look under the bed
each night before retiring 10 see ina
"Bugaboo Blythe" is not lurking
around to get 'em." However. If the
Herald and some other editors OIL
northwestern Iowa would look in the
bed they might find their old political
companion.
with the last issue the Baxter New
Era made a start on its fourteenth
year. 1t has been under Its present
management for something over eight
wears. 1t is an excellent paper. May
it live long and prosper.
strange things that as the prohibi-
tory movement gains strength the
price Of whisky should go up.
The affinity" business belongs un-
der police supervision.
Puffman-Sir. I am a self-made
man!
RIunt-By George! You look like the
kind of man you'd be apt to make!-
Pick-Me-Up.
Admiral Dewey now urges the Amer
lean ueople to hold the Philippine Is
lands in perpetuity. We need the is
lands, he declares. for diplomatic rea-
sons and for the purposes of our trade.
We will not be able to maintain the
open door in the east unless we are
right on the spot. If the ope door is
ever closed, our trade will suffer ir-
reparalble injury. The admiral adds:
I'VE should never let go the immense
commercial advantages we have Sc
cure1n
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25
The Real Burden Bearer,
CNew York Press.)

NEW york PFeSS.J
"rhe late Senator Pettus,' said a
Selma man. ''came to view with a little
alarm, in his later years. the immense
and unrestricted immigration TO our
shores.
walking one evening with him. I
pointed to a foreigner marching along
at the head of his family. The man
was tall. erect, robust, a superbly
handsome fellow.
""There,' I said, is a fine figure of
HIMSELF
Senator Pettus laughed bitterly.
Yes he said, and see how he let's
his wife carry everything else"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25

must be increased to meet the en-
HANGED cost of living. But after en-
ployes have bene painfully convinced
and after successive ranks of work
ers. in all eallings. nave been granted
an increase of pay computed to Offset
the general increased level in the
prices OF the n~ecessaries of life, it Is
Just as like az not that the old prob
lem still Remains to be faced. Fot
when all employers have to pay hfsf
wages, they necessarily, in most cases
advance the price of product or serV-
ice, so that the increased wage buys
no more than the old one j
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25

Township.
and he enjoys the comforts
of a progressive. up-to-date
citizen. He has been consta-
| BILE Of his township and is one of those
foreign-born citizens who appreciate
the privilege of voting and he keeps
Informed on all public questions.
The picture ought to show Mr..
Freiboth and wife and 14-year-old
son sitting in front Of the house, but
the building cast a shadow over the
place where they were sitting, which
caused q, dark shadow on the photo
graph which became blacker still when
printed in the newspaper.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25

and Quixotism furnish food for mirth.
Lieutenant Downes should drop the
fancied insult to run along and get
the recruits for which he was sent.
The United States navy is safe in
Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25

Query and answer as put by the
Grinnell Register: us interviewing a
democrat a states prison offense or is
it only equivalent to petit larceny?
ANSWER: A democrat is any repub-
lican who is against Allison"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25

lOWA OPINiONS AND NOTES.

The Burlington Hawkeye argues
1.-THE man who deliberately breaks n
enters the business house or nome OF
another, is a murderer at heart, n
carries with him the mean to kill II
detected in his crime. The shooting
down of such a man is no a crime. 1t
is a defense of life and property"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25

"They call Taft a 'postponer,' but
is the name rightly applied to a man
who simply plays safe?" asks the
Charter Oak Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25

Democrats will do Well to raise the
banner Of a Porter or a Wade before
next years primaries" suggests the
Tama Democrat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25

"One cent accommodations for two
cent fare is obtaining money under
false pretenses," asserts The Ida Grove
Pioneer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25

The Rockwell City Advocate believes
"it is still safe to put most of your
money of Taft"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25

The DEBORAH Republican thinks "the
assumption by certain leading repub-
lican newspapers Of the state that the
democrats of Iowa have an intention
to perjure themselves in the coming
primary election, by lying to the var
ious election boards and representing
themselves to be republicans is one
that Iowa democratic papers nave a
right and ought to resent as an insult,
wholly gratuitous. That such an act
would be entirely for the benefit Of
Governor Cummins is also false. The
democrats of Dubuque county nave a
personal regard for Senator Allison
quite as strong as that of any other
class of democrats in Polk county or
Woodbury. county, or anywhere else"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25

Don't tell US Iowa land is too high
when it will raise S25 worth of corn
per acre, SIS worth of oats and SEQ
worth of barley, not to mention the
grass thai makes the best beef in the
world" says the Traer Star Clipper.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25

Puffman-Sir. I am a self-made
man!
Blunt-By George! You look like the
kind Of man you'd be apt to make!-
Pick-Me-Up.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25

Strange things that as the prohlpi'
tory movement gains strength the
price OF whisky should go up.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-25

A great many persons are wondering
whether the drop in the price of gaso-
line Is permanent or whether Mr.. r.
let loose Just long enough to spit in his
hands.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-23

House for Rent and New Furni-
ture for Sale. Inquire one door
south of Louis Kowalski residence.
&C. EvERTsoN.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-23

as there, it might hush their bar
barrie enthusiasm a little. Think
of the hundreds and thousands of
men, their bodies torn, mangled
in every conceivable way, trodden
over by the infantry. ridden over
by the cavalry, wounded, neglect
ed, crying for a cup of water,
thrilling through every nerve with
pain, dreaming in their agony of
the loved ones at home. Then go
to the rear and see the surgeons
at work-see the piles, perhaps, of
arms or legs tossed out like wood
chopped and piled up in a yard.
Then go to the hospitals and listen
to the means of the sick and dying;
see the pale cheeks and the lack
lustre eyes; what wounds, gan
creme, and decay-and remember
this is war! No matter how right
cons the war may be, it is some
body's fathers, it is somebody's
brothers, it is somebody's sons
that are going through all this. p
Our Dumb Animals.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-23

at Brownsville. in the State of Texas at the close
of business. May 90 1907.
RESOURCES:
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-23
THE DAILY HERALD.
THURSDAY. MAY %. 1907.
PERSONALS.

| W. E. Davidge of Waco is a
guest at the Leahy.
]. H. Rogers came down from
Mercedes last night.
Mrs. Wells visited the Point yes
terday, returning to town in the
afternoon.
]. E. Mil1ender of Kingsyille,
Tex, came in last night and is
stopping at the Rio Grande.
Geo. B. Fallegant, who came
from Galveston Tuesday, went up
to Mercedes this morning.
E. R. Dilworth of the immigra-
ton service, who has been station
ed at Brownsville for some time,
has been transferred to Harrington,
and will leave for his new station
tomorrow.
W. H. Hamilton, Bay City, Tex
as, DR.. Silas Densmore, Louisville,
KY, 0. M. Skinner, Dallas, Tex
as, and II. P. Miller of Corpus
Christi were arrivals at the Miller
last night.
w. K. Mendenhal1 and S. NJ.
Powell of Gatesville, Texas, were
visitors at The HERALD Office this
morning. These gentlemen, with
several others, visited San Benito
yesterday and invested In a good
sized tract of land. They are en-
thusiastic over the vast possibilities
of this section. Mr.. Mendenhall
was already interested at Browns
vile, being part owner of the Still
well nurseries. He has been here
several times before and keeps in
touch with the Brownsville country
through THE WEEKLY HERALD.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-23
Notice to The Public.


The management of. this, The
San Benito Land and Water
Company, understands that, GER
tain parties are endeavoring to
make sales of real estate, upon the
representations that this Company
are going to make extensions OF
its Canals, etc., to water other
lands than those which this Com
pany owns, or in which they are
now directly interested.
This will be Notice to, and in
fern all persons, that, this Com
pany will not make any extensions
beyond its own lands.
A Map of the territory we will
water is on file in the Office of the
County Clerk of this County, to
which reference may be had by
any one desiring information as to
our lands, and those that we will
water.
SAN BENITo LAND AND WATER
COMPANY. M22-30ds.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-23

IL. c. FERNANDEZ. Cashier of the above
named bank. do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief. J. G. FERNANDEZ, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd
day of May. 1907
JNo. BARTLETT.
Notary Public Cameron Co.. Texas.
.CoRREcT-Attest:
Z. H. GOODRICH
JOHN McALLEE Directors
MIGUEL FERNANDEZ
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-23
No. 7N2
MERCHANTS' NATIONAL BANK

Report of the condition of The
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-23
Proposed North and South Road.

Colonel Uriah Lott and the Chi
cago capitalists who are said to be
associated with him in the propos-
ed line of railway from Amarillo
to Brownsville are undertaking
the construction of line that is
needed and will pay. 1t traverses
the greatest undeveloped section
of Texas.
It is not doubted that the right
of-way and liberal bonus from pro-
perty owners along the line could
be confidently counted on and
when the railroad is constructed it
will become a valuable property,
because it will occupy distinctive
and profitable territory in which
material development is sure to be
rapid. But to go to Brownsville
by an easterly or southeasterly
course from Pleasanton or from
some point near there would be to
miss connection with the new oil
fields just being opened up in
Duval County and the rich gardens
that are springing into existence
in the marvellous lower Rio Grande
Valley, between Brownsville and
Rio Grande City.
The north line of the proposed
road from San Antonio to Amarillo
would fill a want long felt in res
pect to at least a part of that line.
The people of Fredericksburg have
long been clanorous for railroad
facilities ana the inducements Of
fered for the building of the first
railroad to that city are very liberal.
To build a line from San Antonio
to Fredericksburg and thence
northward by way of Brady, where
it would connect with the Fort
Worth and Denver City and to a
crossing of the Gulf Colorado &
Santa Fe at Ballinger or San Az
gelo or some intermediate point
would be a good thing for the
country which the road would pass
and also for San Antonio.
Such a road is sure to be built
in time, perhaps within short
time, whether it will be the Lott
road, the Orient Or the extern
sion of the Frisco southwark from
Brady that will give Fredericks-
burg railroad facilities is yet to be
decided. One thing, however, is
quite certain, and that is the first
road to build in there will get the
cream in the way of concession and
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-23
Notice.
Office of the County Clerk
of Cameron County, Texas.

OU1(C VI tue OOuuLy OlNkA
of Cameron County, Texas.
Notice is hereby given that the
Commissioners Court of Cameron
County, Texas, will convene and
sit as Board of Equalization on
the second Monday in June, the
same being the 10th day of June
A. D. 1907, at the Court House
in the City of Brownsville, to re-
ceive for inspection, correction,
equalization aud approval, all the
assessment lists and books of the
Assessor of Taxes of said County
for the year 1907.
By order of the Commissioners
Court of Cameron County. Texas.
J. WEBB.
Clerk County Court. Cameron
County, Texas.
Brownsville. Texas, May %, 1907.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-23
War.

And, then think of the deaths
and the heartaches. If these men
who are crying loudly for war
could see and hear battlefield,
and could think of their own sons
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-23

Should your house need paint this sum
mer,
Rubber Paint is just hummer.
Its finish is nice and glossy,
Though you use color messy.
Durability is quite plain.
As not since the days of Cain
Has paint been made
To knock it in the shade.
So, see in plenty of time,
Cross, who has the line.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-23
Notice, Civil Engineers and Sur
VeyorS.

We will LET contract to subdivide
$4,000 acres of land in 160-acre
blocks. For further information
call on me at San Benito.
1Otm21 S. A. ROBERTSON.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-23
Paint Your BUGGY for 75c.

to S1.OO with Devoe's Gloss Car
rage Paint. 1t weighs 3 to 8 ozs.
more to the pint than others, wears
longer and gives a gloss equal to
new wsrk. Sold by
FRONTIER LUMBER Coz
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-05-23
No, 4577
Report of the condition of the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK

at Brownsville in the State of Texas at the close
of business May 20. 1907.
RESOURCES:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-02
Poor but Honest

THE other noon down town by street where
crowd of men gather along the sunny
walk after their trips to near by quick
lunches, there was little scene enacted which
illustrates wildly the attitude of live and let
live" which is the mark current of the ordinary
New Yorker.
A young smooth faced, sharp eyed chap
climbed upon an empty box where the crowd
of iders from the shops and offices was thickest,
and began in perfectly calm way to harangue
those who would stop to listen to him. He
gathered number to him with his first few
sentences:
My friends, l ask you to pause for mo-
ment and listen to my narrative. | am poor
but honest man. My motto is Excelsior =
with accent on the second syllable. My parents
are dead, and | am lone orphan.
These personal facts not related here
to arouse your charitable instincts. | do not
make my way in life, and, having walked these
pavements for several days in search of work,
l have come to this desperate pass.
propose to try to do something never yet
going to pass among you with my hat and ask
you to chip in nickel apiece; and then, my
friends, shall attempt this wonderful feat. |
shall try to turn a quadruple somersaut in the
air
He Jumped down from the box, gravely
passed his hat around, paying no attention to
the chaff addressed him, and actually collected
a score or more of niCkels. When he was
fdent hat no were to be obtained, he
turned to the box, put it aside, carefully but
toned his coat, spat on his hands, and ed
pretty fair somersault. He turned another
and another, and then remounted the box and
again addressed the crowd:
Kind friends, have tried to turn quadru-
pie somersaut, as | said; but l cannot do it.
Thanking you one and all, l remain yours
truly"
And not a man in the crowd uttered COM
plant as he faded swiftly from their midst
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-02
Getting to Work Early

A RECENT graduate from Harvard was
n given confidential clerkship in the Office
of the president of huge railway system.
The young aspirant was not told at what
hour he should report; SO the first morning
he appeared in the office of his chief at nine
o'clock. He found the president hard at
work. Nothing said of the clerks tardi-
ness
On the second attempt the clerk presented
himself at eight-thirty only to find that the
president was there ahead of him, working
hard
The third day the young man went at eight
o'clock, with the same result.
That night as he went home the clerk took
counsel with himself, and determined to be
ahead of the boss the next morning. Accord
lngly he arrived at the Office at seven-thirty
the fourth day. but there was the chief
working away as if he had not left the Office
at all
AS the clerk entered the president looked
at him with a quizzical air. Young man"
said he, what use do you make of your fore
noons?"