Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-30
Topics Of the Times

The Dubuque Times has figured out
Governor Cummlns' proper place as
attorney general for the Taft admins
Itration. Strange, how many good
things certain men and newspapers are
willing to grant cummips nowadays.
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In 1904 there were 121 400 miles OF
public road in the state Of Texas. OF
this mileage 1909 miles were surfaced
with gravel. 1871 miles With stone, and
| 52 miles with shells, making in all 2,-
| 1873 miles d improved road One and
seven per cent OF the roads has been
improved. BY comparing the total
road mileage with the area OF the state
1t appears thatsthere was obiut .o46 OF
mile OF public road per square mile
OF area. A comparison OF mileage with
population shows that there was =
mile Of road to every rs inhabitants
and / mile of2impro9ed road to every
1892 Inhabitants
$50 Is
Gumbo has not. been considered as
adding value to farms which 1t UNDER
lies. However the Burlington railroad
company. have closed a deallat Farra-
gut with John Pease for a ballast
farm, and work will commence on It
very shortly They get twenty acres.
for site per acre and agree to deed It
back to him at the end Of ten years.
An excellent quality of gumbo is
found there which they will convert
into balrastS for the railroad by burn.
Ing it.
From its pictured appearance Ben
ton county's new court house Is worthy
OF the county and likely to- standpat Tor
many yenrs. #
A Michigan Judge says establishments
of rural mail routes has had tend
ency to increase the proportion and
number of insanity cases In the rural
districts. The Judge has crossed his
wires. g'he true cause OF the Increase
is the strain of keeping track OF all
that goes on over the rural telephone
wires.
G. j. Adams, whose Reinbeck Cour-S
Ter is notable among the good papers,
of northern Iowa. has added a typeset-5
ting machine. The county papers are
prospecting.
The Sac Sun has added a linotype TO-
Its equipment and promises a better.
pa,,er. The Sun has always been one
Of the best of the Iowa weeklies. new new !,
sy. well edited and courageous enough,
to stand four square for all it consid-
ers right. politically and morally, II
such a. distinction is to be per-
mitted. The sstouffer Bros who own
and conductsthe Sun are originally of
Marshall county which in some meas
ure accounts for the character OF the
men ard the newspaper.
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+ 4sUncdle Ike" Stephenson, the new
United States senator from Wisconsin.
baked at some Of the conventionalities
when he first went to Washington as
congressman years ago. Especially
did he object to evening dress, but at
length he adopted the prevailing sar-s
torial mode because, as he said his
daughter bothered him to death about
IT." He added: But there's one
thing they'll never be able to make me
do in Washington society, and that is
to eat pie with fork. I've tried 1T
and found out that can't do it and en-
joy the pie. So blast my picture If III
punish myself in any such. way again!"
my town. said the first traveller, lis
greater New York.
"Glad to know you" cried the other;
5"I'm from Chicago, too"
81 say my town is greater New
York"
"oh! thought you said greater than
New York" catholic Standard.
It was suggested to j. A. Edison,
president of the Kansas City Southern
railroad when that position was of
fered him that he accept $4,000 a year
fixed salary, with percentage OF
whatever increase he could bring about
in thu. gross earnings. Mr.. Edison de-
INJURED to the arrangement and asked
for and received a stated salary of $780,
600 year. If he had accepted the
former proposition he would have had
$4,000 in the first year. more than that
in the second year and $4,000 in the
last wear