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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-02
"How,s THE TRAMP

Editor Times-Republican
( While reading the article by Mr.
Shove in a recent issue of your paper
with reference to the passage of a law
compelling railroad operators to give
the exact time that a passenger train
is going to leave, some other points on
this subject naturally suggested them
selves to my mind. Now Mr.. Shove
is a very good friend of mine and a
int man, but he has certainly got some
queer ideas of lawmaking relative to
the railroad business.
( / will agree that bulletin board in
a waiting room makes very artistic
picture when it is covered with figures
and might be convenience both to the
agent and the public if properly used.
Blu. even then the travelling public is
not satisfied. They come to the ticket
window and ask If the board is right
and if the reports Were posted yester-
day or today. They want to know If
the train is any later than the board
says and inquire three times before
the thirty minutes that the train is re-
ported late has expired. Nor is the
ave rage travelling man any exception to
this; rule.
As a rule I believe that If travels
ing man comes to ticket window and
treats an agent or an operator with
the sameeregard as he would a man to
whom he was going to sell bill of
goods, he will have but very little
trouble in finding out about the tram
as near as the agent is able to tell
him. The trouble is that man will
frequently come to a ticket window and
vel, Give me a ticket. Hows the
train?" If the agent replies ten min
utes late as has been reported to him
he will likely growl back, "That means
an hour I SUPPOSE And then the
chances are that another man standing
near by who has heard the entire con-
yer sation, will step up and ask the
llsanle thing in the same manner as tho
he had very bad case of deafness.
caus ed by sitting up too late at night
or perhaps a bad case of the crouch
eau sed by losing too heavily in a poker
garne OF course they don't all do this
only about IS per cent of them.
4 Travelling men as rule want to
leaving the hotel. but supposing the
tell them that it was thirty minutes
late, as reported to him. and that the
ira n should make UP ten minutes and
Mr. Travelling Man should miss his
train as consequence, he would kick
the agent, make out a bill for twice as
much as he would earn for the COM
parry that day, send the bill to the
house which would in turn file it with
| the railroad company which on ac-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-02
Topics Of the Times

! ( + J.
Money lying anywhere at three pei
cent or no per cent is under mighty
poor management when small ad Ill
the T.R. will put it out at six pei
cent on first class security. Advertise,
need not publish his name L
When 5000 Dubuque citizens, led by
Archbishop Keane, resolve to enforce
the mulct law in that city, tits a refu-
tation of the theory that the world fl
going to the bad. On the contrary
there is "a very strong pressure for law
enforcement everywhere. Civic de-
cency is the watrhword of citizenship,
nowadays.
Dirt will have to fly fast on the,
isthmus if it keeps up with the flight OF.
the canal engineers.
The fact that one half the world
doesn't know how the other half lives
is ameliorated by the complete knowl-
edge afforded of how about half the
people in New York city live.
March came in in mood midway
between; that of the lamb and the lion.
HoW's yotr seed corn?
Fifty thousand dollars year Is not.
too much for an Iowa man as president.
--of q trust company
i ~. y - * D..
b The worlds visible supply of coal isl
said to be sufficient for several CEN
.turiest but the coal bins don't show 1t,
$50
The man who tried to corner the egg
market didn't know that the hens We're
laying for just such an opportunity.
Chicago wants .s240oo,ooo to keep
the schools running about twice high
er than any previous demand Of the
board. n, IKE
The new Zeigler magazine for the
blind gives the Panama canal zone and
contiguous territory in a raised map.
Now we can learn how a blind man
feels over the Panama canal.
dig" issthe motto of the canal COM
mission. So far Wallace, Shonts and
Stevens have dug"
Senator. Bailey's vindication will
scarcely vindidcate the Texas senate,
A new roadbed material is being ex-
perimented with in Europe which is
economical, easily applied and very
durable 1t consists of a mixture of
LIQUID tar and fine gravel. The gravel
is first beaten in revolving drum and
then the tar is allowed to mix with 1t
in the revolving chamber. After this
itSis dumped out and allowed to stand
for several weeks, during which time
a fermentation is said to take place
and the tar is said to penetrate into the
pores Of the gravel very thoroughly. It
is then scattered on the roadway and
rolled down. In addition to the other
merits claimed for it is the one that it
is dustless.
After all. there seems more chance
for colored man to run against a
lynching party than to butt into an of
flee in Ohio.
Mrs. Potts--I can't see why you al
ways stay late at your office these
nights. don't see that you gain any
thing by it,,
Jack Potts (absent minded -That's
so, but won't always be a loser. Luck
will change.-Catholic Standard and
Times. i
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-02
the OKLAHOMA PLAN.

The Oklahoma constitution builders
have neglected no modern improvement
lin the construction Of the constitution
OF The new commonwealth. BY close
observance Of the defects Of earlier
construction and the advantages of
lsmodernity they propose to see that all
fiues draw and to provide for public
sanitation.
Some Of the modern improvements
included by the constitutional conven-
tlon are: A constitutional provision
mailing two cents q mile the maximum
passenger fare on railroads; disquali-
flying judges who use franks or ride on
passes: requiring public officials to
take an oath that they will not accept
or use passes; giving the person vio-s
lating an injunction the right OF trial
by jury; forbidding one corporation to
own stock in another; barring persons
who have INDUCED IN Immunity bath
ing" from public office; and last and
not least the initiative and referen-i
dun
Certainly Oklahoma is constitution
ally modern. The question naturally
suggests itself as to what her constl-
tutional convention has left for the,
legislatures However, they have APP
Eparently cut or much prospective liti-I
cation over probable future legislation
ana the Oklahoma experiment will De
worth watching. Action that seems
extreme today becomes moderate by
tomorrow.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-02
! IHE NEW MARKET.

In rsOur Trade Relations with South
America In the March LIST number Of
4 The North American Review. Or. i. s,
Rove shows how negligent we have
been in cultivating South American
I markets, and he points the way to a
better commercial understanding. He
observes: Il M
.sIn explaining the backwardness OF
American enterprise In South America,
Ne must also take into account, the
fact that our manufacturers have not
Heretofore felt the same pressure to
search for foreign markets. The I'M
terna trade Of the United States has
assumed such proportion and the pres
ent indications for further expansion
are such that the possibilities Of profit
from foreign commerce have aroused
hut little enthusiasm. & 4;
ssThat the attitude Of American
manufacturers and merchants is un-
dergoing profound notifications is at
tested by the renewed interest in the
deevls'pment Of foreign and particular
III South American markets. The re-
peated experience of the last few de-
cades has shown that the desire to ex-
tend our markets In those countries
must be accompanied by Willingness,
not Only to make certain notifications
in our governmental policy, but also
to change the, attitude of our manu-
facturers and merchants towards these
countries. We do not realize that this
great South American continent, with
s its 100000 square miles and its 35.-
II 100000 inhabitants, is making extraor-
binary strides towards a higher plane
or economic efficiency; that already
many portions of the country rival the
most progressive sections of the Un-
{ tied States in energy and Initiative.
Civic progress has been SO strength
ened within the last ten years that
many of the municipalities of Brazil
and the Argentine Republic can fur
anish our American cities with in-
stances of great public Improvements
which have completely transformed the
conditions of life, and which have been
carried to successful conclusion with
out involving either extravagant ex-
penditures Or an undue burden of in
\ debtedness
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-02

reforms will be ample work for one
session to accomplish" and Ii believes
that the majority of the people of the
state Will say the same thing, but when
the railroad managers undertake to
threaten the people Of the state with
vengeance If they pass the two-cent
fare bill or any other of the measures
FOR railway control now pending, they
will find themselves is deep water. The
people are not afraid of their threats
When the law was passed allowing the
railroad commission TO fix maximum
freight rates they made similar threats
and endeayored for a while to carry
them out Prominent roads reduced
he number of their passenger trains
and some of them carried thru freight
around the state. The c.. b. 4 @,
made q special effort to turn thru
freight to their line thru Missouri. The
loads soon found, however that they
were spiting themselves more than the
people and that the legislature was not
In the least frightened by their threats,
At any rate the railroads cannot favor
other states at the expense of Iowa this
time, becausesunless all signs fail the
'NsotNS VA CNCiS tSINC VI Us ~ Wv GH1Gt-
~ the same thing that we are doing.
The people seem to have made up their
minds that cents mile is enough and
bills reducing fares toAfigure are pend
ing in many states"
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil sug-
rests "Sfnce public officials are no
longer to enjoy railroad passes. per-
laps the public is to be granted the
protection of gates at city crossings,
and like improvements"
"The old line regulars, both in CON.
s;ress and out. do not like La Toilette
because he is too radical but the peo-
Ile have a warm spot in their hearts
for him." says the Alta Advertiser.
ut would be a good thing for the
country if there We're more 'unwritten
law" says the Burlington sHawkeye
ut has too much of the written kind
row."
"If there We're less reckless railroad
Ing there might be more wreckless
ri,ilroadinga" comments the Sioux City
Journal.
+ The Des Moines Capital is fatty
against a board of pardons. The ten
dency." it says, lis to distribute re-
soonsibility so thatsno oneican be held
accountable for the things done, and
everybody can deny everything when
all attempt is made to. place RESPONSE
hility We saw This without regard to
who fills the governors office. The
next governor will have no more to
d., than the present governor and the
pardon business should rest where 1t
al ways has, in the hands of the gov
e,nor. who can be held directly respon-
sible by the people"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-02
Iowa Newspapers
ss,.slsfass.
FROM BACK HOME"
lBremer County independently

(Bremer County INDEPENDENT
G. w. Miller from Bremen has
finally struck his gait in the legisla-
ture at Des Moines-he is apologizing
A week ago he thought he saw a
chance to jump on the commission of
old soldiers who had been appointed
under Governor Shaw to erect suit
able monuments on southern battle
fields in honor of Iowa soldiers. When
the time to dedicate these monu-
ments came, last November, Gov
ernor Cummins was a guest of the
commission. When the expenses OF
the dedication were under discussion
Charlie thought he saw chance to
slur and traduce the old soldiers
(something in which he takes great
delight) and at the same time he
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-02

thought he saw chance to put Gov
ernor Cummins "in a hole" by charg-
Ing the commission and the governor
with being extravaganza while on
their trip to dedicate the monuments.
So, when he got the floor, he got off
one of his 'homespun yarns" which
he used during the campaign last
summer, and he referred to this
journey to southern battlefields,
which was prompted by patriotism,
as "a junket." This yarn" he tried
to palm off as a part of report OF
the committee on appropriations.
He found in the Des Moines Capital,
a virulent Cunmins hater, willing
tool in which to get his speech pub
lished. Some of the legislators OBJ
jected to his calling his yarn part
of the. committee report, and then
Charlie got busy and apologized to
the house" Then the standpatters
went for" the member from
Bremen, and on Monday Charlie again
cried" and apologized for making
the apology. Today there Is another
apology due from the chairman of the
democratic state central committee
for apologizing for the apology, and
Charlie is right in his element. Some
people thought last fall that the
standpatters had got thru using Charlie
Miller as stool pigeon, but here was
an opportunity which rekilldled their
spleen against the governor and they
could not resist. They have several
things to account for. but nothing they
have attempted recently shows them
off in a worse light than their last at
tempt to besmirch the governor. Their
last attempt was worse than bloom
ing failure, but it proved to be sue,
cessful boomerang. 1t always works
that way when men do things from
spite or sinister motives. The governor
has again, as usual, put his enemies
to rout. They sought to discredit
him, and now they find that they have
done nothing more than nlalign and
SANDER the old soldiers of the Iowa
monument commission, whose efforts
were inspired by a loyal remembrance
of their comrades who fell on southern
battlefields.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-02

lciivl laws when they undertake to heal
the sick.
Then William Lloyd Garrison was
called as the only supporter of the
Christian Scientists. He said:
II am not a member of the Christian
Science organization and bear no au-
thority to speak in its behalf, but
stand untlinchingly for the right of It's
healers to alleviate suffering and to
receive Just compensation for their
services"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-02
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For Sunday Reading. i
An serts Of Opinions.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Immortality.
Grey. Fred Alban Weil) Il

There is one kind Of Immortality -
personal immortality. 1t has not been
proved, but also 1t has not been dis
proved. Moreover, "a pplying to God the
attribute of love and all the best we
know, 1t logically follows that a be-
lief in the continued existence Of per-
sonality after death is both In order
and more to be expected than not ex-
pected No live person can ignore the
probability Such conviction will
shape our lives for larger usefulness.
The man who believes death ends all is
at best dwelling in a rented house,
while he who Is aware of Immortality
lives in his own house.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-02

Manson.
Swan Nelson last week took the
contract for a big tile drain in Sher-
man township. 1t starts at the Nell
son bridge across Purgatory just west
OF section Ia and runs north and east
1880 feet, beginning with a % inch
tile and ending with a 16 inch tile. It's
depth is from four to seven and " feet
and will cost over $4,000. With the
exception of the big drain northwest
of Rockwell City. which is being put
in at a cost of $1,000, it is, we be-
lieve, the largest tile drain in the
county. When completed it will make.
a fine outlet for nearly two thousand
acres Of land.
The Topeka state journal., 1907-12-30
FAVOR PARCEL POST.
The State Horticultural Society Goes
on Record.

The State Horticultural society dip
ped into politics a little at the closing
nour OF its annual meeting here on
saturday, by the adoption of a resolu-
tlon endorsing the parcels post law
which is now before congress.
Many of the small merchants of Kan
sas are very bitterly opposed to the
parcels post law, and most of Kansas
congressman seem to be lined up
against it-so are the express COM
panies- The resolutions follow:
Resolved, That the chair of entomoi-
ogy of the University of Kansas be
made an honorary member of the Kan
sas State Horticultural society.
Resolved, That we elect biennualiy
a microscopic for this society whose
duty it shall be to examine. without
cost to the society, all samples of fungi,
spores, or other injurious vegetative
organisms sent to the secretary or to
the microscopic from any part of Kan
Sas.
Resolved, That We appreciate the at
titude of Hon. E. T. Fairchild, super
intendent of public instruction, on the
question of Horticulture and Agricul-
ture' in our public schools and accord
him our hearty support and assistance
whenever possible.
Resolved, That it is the interest of
all horticulturists as well as other citi
zens that parcels post law be enacted,
that we may be relieved of the extor-
tionS of express companies and enjoy
which all other civilized nations grant
their citizens.
Resolved, That a copy of this resolu-
tion be sent to our congressman and
United States senators by our secre-
tary.'
The Topeka state journal., 1907-12-30
THROOP HOTEL Is SOLD.
Frank p. CargiH of Chicago Is the
Purchaser.

The Throop hotel was sold Saturday
evening by J. H. Burnham of Spring
field, Missouri, to Frank r. CargiI OF
Chicago. the consideration being $4,000.
The transfer includes the furnishings
and business but not the building, as
this is owned by George F. Morrow and
J. J. O'Rourke of Oklahoma. Mr.. Car
gill. who owns the Oak hotel in Chicago,
will dispose of his interests in that city
and remove to Topeka at once. The
transfer of the property was made eff
fective at once and the new proprietor
is now in charge of the business of
the Throop.
Mr.. Chambers who has been in charge
Of the Throop hotel since it was pur-
chased by the Burnham Hotel COM
pany. of which he is the secretary, will
remain in Topeka for short time In
the capacity of manager of the Throop
hotel but later will remove to Spring
field. Missouri, where he will take the
of the string of hotels managed by the
Rurnham Hotel company.
The Topeka state journal., 1907-12-30

South Bethlehem, Pa, since she re-
| turned from Europe where she spent
| the summer, is expected to return to
| Topeka next Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J.. Warner of Geary,
Ok, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Warner.
Mr. Charles Robinson returned to
Cleburne, Texas. Sunday, after spend
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Robinson
Mr.. and Mrs. Dean r. Low of Chel-
sea, Ok, guests of Mr.. and Mrs. M. A.
Low. left today for Chicago to spend
Mix.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur I. McClintock
returned to Lincoln, Neb., today after
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Nc
Clintock, Major and Miss Gunther.
Mr.. Archie F. Williams has returned
from Tulsa, Ok. where he spent Christ
mas with his sister Mrs. w. L. Dickey.
Mrs. William Redmond Smith is Wis
| iting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. E.
Noyes in Wichita.
Mr.. Roger Reilly of ST. Paul, will ar
rive tomorrow to visit Mr.. Clarkson
Millspaugh.
Mr. and. Mrs. Harry. Bruce Walker
and their son, of Kansas City, come
tomorrow to visit Mr.. and Mrs. James
B. Hayden.
Miss Lotta Johnstone and Mr.. Jerome
Johnstone returned to St. Marys yes
terday after short visit in Topeka.
Miss Margaret Garvey, Miss Lucille
Pollock, Mr.. James Mcfarland and Mr..
Clarence Jordan will spend New Years
day with Miss Genevieve Miller in st.
Marys.
Miss Gala Cutten will go to Fort
Leavenworth for the New Years post
hop and will be the guest of Major and
Mrs. Young.
Misses Oreta Moore, Ethel Morrow
and Mona Eberle of Lawrence, are in
town for the Owls dance tonight.
Lawrence Gazette: Miss Amorette
Weaver left Saturday for New Orleans
to attend the convention of the Pi
Beta Phi sorority which will be held
there. Miss Weaver is delegate from
the chapter of the University of Kan
sas.
Mr.. Leon Tuttle came from Chicago
Sunday morning and returned last
night accompanied by Mrs. Tuttle who
has been Ill at Stormont hospital for
a week, and their son. Jack.
Mr.. Fred Davis has returned from
Concordia where he spent Christmas.
Mr.. Walter Brown is in st. Paul for
the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Payne of the
City of Mexico are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank E. Grimes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Justin D. Bowersock,
Forty-fifth and Holmes street, Kansas
cember 27. of son, Justin De Witt
Bowersock III.
Miss May Morgan of Holton is
visiting DR.. Sara Greenfield.
DR.. and Mrs. S. w. ellison of Blue |
Rapids are visiting the A. J. Whitmore |
family.
Mrs. Joseph Capley and Miss Mary
Capley Of Salt Lake City, formerly of |
Kansas. will spend the rest of the |
winter in the Catalina islands.
Mr.. w. A. Lawrence of Bristol, VT. |
spent a few days last week with his |
The Topeka state journal., 1907-12-30

cousin, r.. j. Blazo on his way to
California where he has gone to spend
the winter.
Mr. Mahlon Bishop of 1901 Harri-
son street. returned Saturday from a
trip through Colorado and Wyoming.
Miss Emma Howe of Stormont hos
pital has returned home from Cliff
ton where she has been nursing for
the past six weeks.
Mr.. j. H. Orvis of Bristol VT, was
a guest of Mr. Ri Blazo last week.
He left today for California to spend
the remainder OF the winter
Miss Florence Wilson, of Kansas City,
is expected, ednesday to stay until
Sunday with Miss Phil Reed.
DR.. and Mrs. J. p. Root of Kansas
City, spent Sunday with Dr. and Mrs.
c. B. Reed, stopping on their way home
from Enporia where they spent Christ
mas with Mr.. and Mrs Paul Root.
The Topeka state journal., 1907-12-30
TWO GO TO JAIL.
Lee Pendergrass Pleads Guilty to
Theft of a Watch.

Two larceny specialists were tried in
the court of Topeka this morning.
Lee Pendergrass, white man who
admitted stealing a gold watch from
w. Nicholson, entered a plea of petit
larceny, and was sentenced to pay a
fine of $5 and take sixty days of rest
cure in the county Jail.
The other victim was William Bills.
a young negro, who, on the 21st day
of December, did feloniously and so
forth steal q suit of clothes from John
Rhodes of 1000 Kansas avenue.
Rhodes caught the negro with the
goods on him. Gin this instance the
observation is not in the vernacular).
The negro entered Rhodes, store, took
off his old clothes and donned the new
suit before he was discovered. Rhodes
ran the thief to a standstill. and held
him until the arrival of the police.
After a controversy between attor-
neys. it was decided that the suit of
defendant could not be convicted OF
grand larceny. Therefore the com com,
bound over non charge of burglary
and larceny.
The Topeka state journal., 1907-12-30
MISS HELEN PH1PPs CHOSEN.
She Will Take Vacancy Caused by
Prof. Jebe's Resignation.

Miss Helen Phipps. instructor in
violin at the State university at Law
renee, has been selected by the facul-
ty of washburn college to- fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation OF
Prof. Halfdan Jebe. Miss Phipps will
take charge of her work in this city
imm ediately following the holiday
vacation She will continue to reside
in lawrence, coming to Topeka two
davs each week, probably Tuesday
and Friday. for her class work.
, The new instructor comes to WASH
burn, college with the best of recon-
mendations, being a graduate or the
Amarican Conservatory of Music of
Chicago, class of 1908, where she re-
ceived a gold medal first prize for
merit orious work as a student.