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The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-03-07
LET THIS OFFICE OF ALL
OFFICES SEEK TIE MAN

Tn reference to the applicants for
the pos ton of railway commissioner
the Reno Gazette has the following
to say:
We are informed that already many
applicants for the position of railroad
commissioner are scrambling for the
place. Wires are being pulled right
and left. Men who are even remotely
connected with the appointing board
are approached and asked to exert
their influence.
Apparently some men look upon this
railroad commission as a polite Il
plum tree. Instead of deeming it Il
sacred obligation they are thinking
cnly of the salary attached to it.
They consider it a fine fat, Office, and
think they as well as anyone else
should nave it.
We trust the appointing board, con
sisting of the governor, lieutenant
governor and attorney general, will
sweep aside the job-seekers and see to
it that the Office seeks the man. A
vast deal depends upon the calibre of
THAI COHiutiSottA. III q "a tHC IL
who shall compose the body can 60
mere to further coed or evil in this
state than any other officials in Ne
vada.
The selection of thu richt raen s
going to be an undertaking of no
small difficulty. We grant that.
But wen wager that better men
can lie found than those who are al.
ready pulling wires for the office, and
we DON know who the wire pullers
are. They may be estimate men
probably are-but they are proceeding
a.ong a line n connection with the
railroad commission that is sure 10
place them in an rnfavorable light.
Let the appointing board canvass
the state carefully. And let the of
fee seek the man.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-03-07

tend puzzle sehool5 in this country, or
WI hey not' This is one of the
serious or blems which faces Or citi-
zens today. Congressman Kahn, in
the Independent, presents the Cali
fornia point of view. He says the
people On the western coast should be
permitted to judge for themselves, on
the question Of Oriental immigration,
for they understand the situation,
which eastern Americans are strangers
to. Mr.. Kahn compared the japanese
and Oh nese race finding that the Japan
csc have al the Chinese vices and few
or none of their virtues. Further. the
Japs are devoid of the sense OF
business homo N,hieh characterizes
the C~hinaman.' The people of Cali
fornia hold no obj ctions to bankers,
merchants and professional men from
Japan, but they do object TO III
Japanese cool'e.
Schooling in Ja"a1 is very expens-
i've and the wages very small, so strap
ping young Japs crowd the white boz
cut, and after he hes gotten his eeu
cation at public expense, the Jap may
take the place of some laborer who's.
10y he has crowded out and cheated
out Of his education, and as these
As'atics are a scheming and unscrupu
lous pope, even i~nsolent after their
rec Mt victories. they viii in a few
years crowd our boys cut of employ
mcnt.
If the INVASION of these pests is n t
stopped, the couut.y will be overru
with them. They are ven more peril
Gus to cur eoantsy than. We're t &
Chinese; because they work chearC
and are more donineering. Anothcr
thing. very many CT them are plagu q
with that very peculiar disease of tn
eyes, tracoma
1t is estimated that about 5000
japanese inhabit the Pacifi coast
states; and very few of this larg'
number ever pay taxes.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-03-07
LITTLE JOsHEs

From the Sage Brush Echoes.
G. M.-Oh. X DIS, / have to go home
and study for an Tx.
kids-An Fix, What do You mean.
An examinationf
G. Mo; an explanation to give
H.. for giving him the cold shoulder.
Who said, "Sehool ma am. / want
yorf
NJ IS B.. would have read more.
Tess-Clara. what do you want
more than anything in this worlds
Clara House.
Mildred expects soon to take to the
Silverwoods.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-03-07

THE JAPANESE QUESTION
From the Sage Brush Echoes.
Will the japanese be allow d to at
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-03-07

H. II. SHELDON
Winnemucea, Nevada
U. 8. Deputy Mineral Surveyor
Special attention given to surveying for
private parties
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03

tiers bear fruit only the books Of the
firm can show, but 1t is evident that
the system pays. 1t gets the money
not all the time, but enough to make
"a few eastern men millionaires at the
expense of Iowa retailers.
He is dull dealer who can not sec
the lesson If q firm in Rhode Island
can afford to advertise for Iowa trade
and follow up in this fashion, can
local dealers afford to neglect so OBJ
vious path to increased business
The home dealer has the newspapers,
the mail routes, the rural telephone,
the advantages of personal acquaint-
ance and propinquity. Why doesn't
he use them? The catalog house Is
not overlooking any bets.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03
TEACHERS AND HOLIDAYS.

! Woodbury. county schools are re-
ported extremely lacking in the mum
Der Of teachers required The cause
assigned by the report is pen,lrious
policy in wages. The teachers simply
will not work for the salaries paid.
They can find better paying and more
| constant work.
1t would seem that the rural teacher
is coming into her kingdom to some
extent and able to command some de-
| gree of respect by reason of scarcity
In the matter of wages at least she
is being better appreciated. She must
be. paid the wages of the man who
feeds the hogs or she finds another
Job. A school without teacher Is often
an educative influence in commun-
ity.
The mistake OF the rural school d.
rector, or perhaps it We're better said
Of the majority. of rural school boards,
rs that they fail to treat the teacher
WHO IlOlIleTS tne1T CHltuTen e1SIt hours
out Of the twenty-four as We'll as they
do the man who feeds the hogs. The
hired man working by the month may
take legal holiday and spend it as he
sees fit. He isn't asked or required to
make it up" In most instances the
school ma'am must teach on a hOl-
iday or lose the day. The rural mail
carrier the school ma'am in the city
school, the clerk in the store state and
county officers observe legal holidays
and draw their pay When childrens
day IS on at the fair the average
director "holds out on the school
ma'am He ought to urge her to at
tend and take her school in body
and the day should be hers freely.
1t is gratifying to see the country
school ma'am getting part Of what is
coming to her. No class of workers
are generally more deserving. When
district directors and township boards
begin to treat the rural teacher as
the city school board treats her sister
in the city schools both as to salary
and courtesy there will be few school
houses vacant for lack of teachers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03
A SANE STATEMENT.

The most sensible editorial article
bearing on present conditions in the
Iowa liquor traffic and the mingled
motives, sincere in some quarters and
born Of political hatred in others that
are responsible for the present agita-
ton over the Davenport situation, APP
pears in the Hardin County Citizen
published at Iowa Falls, and is given
space today In another column on this
page.
| 1t has the added merit of emanatins
from an editor arrayed against the
saloon and the liquor traffic in gen.
eral. newspaper that stands fear
lessly for what it believes is the bet
ter part and from a county and town
that has repudiated the saloon from
time immemorial.
AS between the governors speech to
the people Of Davenport and this ar
ticle, written before the governors
speech was made and without knowl-
edge of what he might say, there is a
harmony that should receive thought
full attention from all friends Of liquor
law enforcement. The Citizen, a real
temperance newspaper, tells from en-
perience what the governor can not do
in a temperance town and temper
ate community. The governor said:
I have used and shall continue to use
all the power vested in my office to
punish the wrongdoer. AT the very
beginning of his term, I said to the
present attorney general to employ all
the authority he had to compel obedi-
ence to all the laws of the state, and
he stands ready to prosecute, in Dav-
export or in any other city, any pro-
ceeding instituted either against the
man who is violating the law. or
against the public officer who Willful-
ly neglects his duty 1t must be u1-
derstood, however, that he cannot do
this upon his own initiative. The law
must be enforced only thru the law,
and by the methods specified in the
law. For him or for me to use an
authority not given to us by the stat
ute would be to commit a graver
wrong than could be committed by any
other law breaker. If you. do your part
we will do ours. but under the law
you must move first
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03

bushels were shipped, bringing the
raiser on the average, &c cents per
bushel. This year the shipments were
$4,000 bushels, for which the farmers
received 40 cents per bushel. A little
figuring shows that as much money
was received as last year, and there
were $4,000 bushels less to dig and
have to market.
The corn crop Of Grundy county Is
about one-h half the number of bushels
of last year. The price of corn is only
one side of the question. Feeders want
the corn, and only half of the usual
supply is here. Besides the quality Is
not up to the standard. For these
facts and figures the writer is indebted
To Mr.. c. l.. Kinney the grain dealer,
a man in position to know and care
full in his estimates.
In Clarion last week, a noticeable
Improvement to the writer was the
new rows of brick apartment houses,
recently furnished and occupied by
tenants at $50 to S22 per month rent.
1t gives the town quite a cititied look.
as We'll as accommodating a dozen or
more families needing just such con-
venent homes. And almost completed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03
a~M~7-A

{, if they can't continue the work. Where
| is Perkins?
However, all these things should not
deter against honest efforts to enforce
the law. There are men in every COM
munty who sacrifice their business
and friendship to enforce the law, be-
cause they have principles which they
consider greater than men, Such people
are entitled to every respect. Their
efforts are not entirely in vain.
The eventual results of the present
agitation will be about where we
started. drop of water will be added
to the ocean. Why is liquor illegally
sold in every county in Iowa? Because
there is an appetite for it. Why is the
city of Des Moines full of brothels?
Because there are SO many moral
natures that are not above the gutter.
The house of correction is character.
IT is up to the mother, the father, the
home the church, the schools. 1t
sometimes takes generations to build
character. In the meantime, all honest
effort to eliminate intemperance is
commendable, if it is reasonable and
effective.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03
ALessoN FOR IOWA MERCHANTS.

| firm of silverSmithS and jeWelry
dealers in an eastern manufacturing
city are getting a large amount OF
Christmas money that ought to stay In
Iowa. Other firms. here and there
which do q mail order business and
seek for trade where it is to be found
are getting their share of Iowa's
| Christmas money. The way the par
ticular jewelry firm referred to pro-
cecds in its search after Iowa trade is
an object lesson worth the attention
and consideration of every man who
sells goods.
| First it advertised. Then 1t sent a
Marshalltown woman it's catalog o.,
request. 1t sent show window into
the home and a jewelry catalog is
pretty certain to attract the women OF
most families. 1t was profusely IL
Illustrated and florid Of description. The
pictures looked good, and the detailed
description of each article listed read
WELL Perhaps the stuff was all good
and worth the money. The firm
waited two weeks for an order that
never came. Then it sent the follow
ing letter:
Dear Mrs Blank: You found our
catalog an interesting book, didn't
you? You found wide selection and
you found the prices low. But you
haven't sent us an order. Possibly you
didn't have a large order to send us
and felt little sensitive about sending
a small one. If this is the case, We
will assure you that the smallest or
der will be appreciated. Even a small
order will give you an opportunity to
inspect our goods, and it will enable us
to show you how promptly and how
well we can serve you.
You may have failed to find just
what you wanted in the catalog. We
don't carry everything, but we can
probably get what you want and at a
saving to you. Please feel free to
write u.s. we can as jobbers buy the
products Of the leading manufacturers
at very low prices, and things not reg
ularly made are possible to US as gold
and silversmiths.
We again urge you to write us when
in need of anything in our line that
is not shown in our catalog, or when
you desire information in regard to
any Of our catalog goods, or when
you have something that you wish
made up special. We want to be of
service to you; we want to be accom-
modating-of use to our friends.
We hope to induce you to send US a
trial order, and if we succeed we shall
serve you so well that you'll be glad to
become a regular customer. Well win
your confidence by dealing squarely
with you-by being courteous and
obliging-most important, by saving
money for you. We don't want to
seem too persistent, but we do want
you to give us an opportunity to prove
our claim. Won't you send us trial
order? We guarantee the quality and
we ask you to run no risk-We hold
your money subject to your order I'M
til you are entirely satisfied with your
purchase.
Now that's talking with your chest |
a gainst the telephone. It's a heart to |
heart talk, apparently simple and sin |
cere and calculated to awaken conf
dence. 1t delicately reminds the wom-
an that she sent for the cata1og 1t |
shows fiattering anxiety for her |
trade, offers service and asks for a |
chance only. Flow many of these let
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03
Topics Of the Times

| There is as wonderful difference in
Mark Twain and one of his stories and
a SANDER and slanderer. If ananias
had cultivated the Mark Twain style
and stuck to it, he would be alive and
among us today.
"Yim" Hill says: What this coun-
| try needs above everything else, is the
rest cure. We all want to go to sleep
for good long time, and wake up
with both eyes OPEN Mr.. Hills advice
is of value. 1t suggests that as long
as the country stays awake railroad
corporations find it difficult to carry
away things bodily.
A prominent Iowa manufacturer of
patent medicines has gone abroad for
his health. He should have read some
Of his own advertisements and saved
the cost of the trip.
When Mrs. Taft was sitting in the
state carriage of Catherine H. did the
secretary think of another state seat
that would just about fit fat man of
his size?
A Philadelphia policeman has start
ed to eat thousand oysters in an hour.
The only difficulty will be in finding a
beat where open pals before the gro
Gerry stores are thick enough. Almost
any policeman is fast enough to catch
an oyster if he can get his eyes on it,
= q .
CDR Steiner's The Mediator CLOVIS
with sincerity and passionate love Of
humanity. The Jewish boy who would
be a mediator between oppressor and
oppressed, betWene Jewish hatred of
Gentle and Christian persecution of
Jew, between race prejudice and in
herited distrust, is the embodiment of
much that is noble and unselfish in
both peoples. The description of life
in a Polish village a generation ago
abounds in quaintness. naturalness,
and humor. The old Jewish priest, his
faithful wife, and the long prayed
for son of their old age are moving
haracters-simple, true and natural.
while the droll shreWd Jewish DOCTOR
the Gentle nurse of the Jewish boy,
and other minor characters keep the
narrative animated.
According to the annual report Of
the secretary of agriculture, the total
value of farm products in 1907 was
7.412, 100000, an increase of more than
600,000,000 over the value of the 1906
crops, of more than a billion over the
value of the crops of each of the two
preceding years and 81 per cent great
er than the value of the crops of 1899.
A new scientist says the earth is
pear shaped. It's also a peach of a
place.
Talk Is cheap" said the man who
sneers.
1T is at the outset when you are
giving away samples answered Sen
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03
Original Notice.

In the District Court of Iowa, in and
for Marshall County, January Term,
1905.
William p. Igou, Plaintiff vs. Sarah
3. If,ou, Defendant.
To the above named defendant:
You are hereby notified that on or
before the Goth day of December, 1907,
there will be on file in the office of the
clerk of the district court Of Iowa,
in and for Marshall county. the petit
ton of plaintiff praying for a decree
of divorce from you on the grounds
of dasertion.
Nov, unless you appear thereto and
defend on or before noon of the sec
ond day Of the next January term.
1908, of said district court, which will
commence and be held at the court
house, in the city Of Marshalltown.
county and state aforesaid, on the 9th
day OF January. 1908. your default will
be entered and decree rendered as
prayed. p. l.. HAYZLETT,
Attorney for Plaintiff
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03

is the new public library building.
Thru the generosity Of Mr.. Morgan
Evarts of Webster City. Clarion has
come in possession of a $4,000 public
library building, with no strings
hitohed to It," a gift outright The
value of the lot and books will make
in all Il $4,000 Investment entirely
free for the use of the public An
other noticeable building is the new
residence of Mr.. George w. Young,
who puts $4,000 into a home. 1t was
a warm day for Clarion when the
Great Western railway headed this
way.
(irundy county banks did not put on
any restriction on the size of checks
to be cashed: that is as q county as
ISOLATION. While efforts were made to
keep all the money they had and get
as much more as they could, any de-
position that insisted on withdrawing
his money got 1t, when his check was
written out. The result was and is,
mare money on deposit than ever be-
fore, and that's saying something for
Glundy county. for here's where they
"make money"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03

ator Sorghum. But in the course of
time you can command q pretty good
price for lecture tickets. Washington
Star.
Sir" remarked the solemn travel
Ter, you appear to be one who is maxi
ing the good fight
WELL replied the clerical looking
stranger, I'm sometimes accused of
making the good and the bad ones
fight. I'm a whisky distller. Cath
Ole Standard and Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03

+ LOOKER.ON In IOWA

Grundy Center, Dec. 3.-One would
times to find the travelling man above
all others the optimist. To say MOTH
ing of real conditions, the travelling
man with goods to sell and money to
collect evidently would put the best
side before his customers, but the ex-
ception was working this territory
last week. Iie had no use for clear
ing house certificates, If he had any
money in the b ank he would draw it
out, we haven't seen the worst of
this thing yet, etc, and while he was
certainly entitled to his opinions, to
continually express them, and almost
in the same breath ask his customers
to buy goods from him seemed little
mixed.
According to one business man the
farmer is just beginning to find out
what friend the meat packer is. He
says before the panic hit them, Armour
& Co, Swift e Co., and other big
firms, simply bought all of the farm
products offered. That if at this sea-
son of the year big shipments of eggs
houses took all that was offered. If
the market was overstocked they put
the surplus in cold storage and thus
kept prices steady. That when the
banks of Chicago put on the lid"
these big concerns could not use cold
storage warehouse certificates as
colaterals at the banks. Therefore
orders were sent out to their country
buyers to stop shipments. with the
object of maintaining prices of stock
already on hand and in transit. All
this does read we'll and seems plausa-
BILE. but the wage Garner in Chicago
and other places, eating his Thanks
giving turkey at very reasonable
prices, is glad the panic occurred just
when it, did.
This town marketed this year SO
cars of pototoes less than in 1906.
Last year from this station 100000
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03
A Home Made Happy by Chamber.
lain's Cough Remedy.

About two months ago our baby girl
had measles which settled on her lungs
and at last resulted in a severe attack
of bronchitis. We had two doctors but
no relief was obtained. Everybody
thought she would die. went to eight
different stores to find certain remedy
which had been recommended to me
and failed to get it, when one Of the
storekeepers insisted that try Cham
herlain's Cough Remedy. I did so and
cur baby is alive and we'll today-Geo.
w. Spence, Holly Springs, N. c. For
sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03
Women as ys ss1 as Men Are Madt
Miserable by Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the MIND.
discourage and lessensambition; beauty
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03

V19or and cheerful
ness soon disappea:
When the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that 1t is not unco1n-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. If the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03

child urinates too often, ifthe urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when !. should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet
ting, depepa 'pon it, the cause of the diff
Guilty is 1-'dley trouble, and the first
step shoulr. +. towards the treatment OF
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition OF
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made nliser
able with kidney and bladder trouble
and both need the same great remedy
Tie ,uild and the immediate effect O.
ya'np=Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists, i'll fifty ff-
cent and one-dollar a :, ::.s:.
size bottles You may
have a sample bottle s Se@eesz
by mail free, also Home of swamp-Root
p pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Root
including many of the thousands Of test
monial letters received from sufferer
-:;.re,s. in writing DR.. Kilmer & Co.
Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swan1p-Root,
Or. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the adj
dress. Binghatnton, N. Y, on every
hottie.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03

cone r1an who has not a monopoly
on his product is the millSman If you
do not Ike his milk or his prices you
can buy a COW. and 1t is no great job
to keep her." observes the Ocheyedan
Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-03

This town marketed this year SO
cars of pototoes less than in 1906.
Last year from this station 100000