Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-07
Topics Of the Times

The person who can't get help never
advertised. 1t is seldom possible that
out of the entire population OF ten
counties somebody can't be found to
do the work desired. The only prob
lem is to find the person. Ask every
body about 1t in small newspaper ad.
The Mapleton Press is thirty seven
years old and in the prime Of useful
ness.
Miner Hicks is not the only person
who has smoked after interment, but
he is the only one to come back and
lecture about it.
The legislator who forgets or ignores
the public demand for a statewide
primary is skating toward an airhole.
The pure food law doesn't prevent
manufacturers from adulterating foods
and pasting lying labels on the cans,
but it arranges for the discomfort and
Inconvenience Of those who do.
The eighteen-year-o operator must
take the blame for the Rock Island &
Pacific horror. But who is to blame for
the youthful incompetent in position
Of such deadly responsibility?
So
However not many argue that ade-
quate pay wouldn't bring competent
teachers
The doctors says President Castro
will recover within month. This is
good news. Now If some scientist will
from Castro in thirty days or longer,
without warship, venezuela's credi-
tors are anxious to hear about it.
Those politicians who insist on
squeezing the primary down to coun-
ties appear to look on the state wide
primary law as a lemon.
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But Mr.. Harriman's block system
worked all right on Stuyvesant Fish.
One thing the market teaches daily
and some farmers fail to learn. The
day Of the half fed, soupbone steer has
departed. If you want good prices
raise and feed good cattle.
Tho +roo curx, roporto &hof ~ 10 n,,f
Of ten dollar bills. Very we'll. ten ones
will do.
The date Of the elections for the new
douma having been fixed by Imperial
ukase for February 10, much satisfac-
ton is expressed thruout Russia at the
prospect of a national assembly within
a brief period. The whole nation ac-
cording to the Russian press, will now
take a more sanguine view of the flu
ture The opposition parties declare
that the elections will not be free. All
the same, the opposition is very active
and the Novoe Vremya affairms that
teh opposition is making much head
way. OF the 524 deputies that will con-
stitute the douma, 499 will be voted
for on February 10, those from the
Northern Caucasus, Trans-Caucasia,
Central Asia. and Siberia being voted
for at a date not yet known.
According to reports from Washing
ton it looks as II the Standard Oil had
again won. This time it is the dena-
tured alcohol proposition. After all
ten glad acclaim which followed the
passage of the act of congress. remov-
ing federal impositions restricting the
manufacture and sale of commercial!
alcohol, it appears that there are state,
county and city laws which still make
it quite impossible to "set up still ip
the back yard" It is now admitted by
Commissioner Yerkes of the internal
revenue department that all the state
and local regulations applying to the
sale and manufacture Of alcohol for
drinking purposes will apply to dena-
tured alcohol. In Kansas, for instance,
it will be necessary for the legislature
to amend the state prohibition law be-
fore a gallon of alcohol can be made.
In every state of county where local
option" prevails the same is true. All
the license to SELF acts will also ap-
ply.
Short Party-Coom haze highball.
Tall Party Thank you, but I've just
had cup of tea.
Short Party-Weel. put ball on the
lsel