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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
"HIS TOWN
(l2ockford Register)

2. We ran across a refreshing type the
other day, whose tribe needs increasing
Ia farmer who not only feels but
demonstrates in practical ways his
interest IN the town near which his
farm is located. In a pleasant chat on
the matter of patronizing cataTOg
houses he stated that from his point
of view 1T was all wrong; that the
town was just as much his town as 1t
was OF any citizen or merchant re-
siding within its limits; that he was
interested in its schools and churches
and in the various advantages which
Its existence and prosperity made
possible, and furthermore that by ac-
tual comparison he had found that the
country merchant would sell better
goods at The same price than the mail
order house; and lastly, he felt that
every dollar sent away for the pur-
chase of goods which could just as
we'll be bought at home, resulted in a
lowering in the value of every acre
Of land in territory tributary to such
town. 1t may be added that this man
takes an interest in local and state and
national politics and affairs, is broad
guaged and generous and raises sew
bushels of corn to the acre.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23

Mr.. Mangasarian said. What was
discovered few years ago by Charles
Booth in reference to London, that
the practice Of religion is absolute ex-
eept among Il trife OF about IL per
cent of the women and 10 per cent of
the men, may with truth be said of the
Chicago OF today.
Booth, by actual investigation,
found that IS to 80 per cent of the Lon
don population goes to church only
three times in their lives-once when
their parents take them there to be
baptized; next when they go there to
attend their own marriages, and, lastly,
when they go there to attend their own
funerals. ] am inclined to believe the
Booth picture. Of the London of a few
years ago fits Chicago pretty WELL
But the religion of the Chicago of
today is in a transition stage Evolu-
ton. or progress. is the law of re-
ligion as of all things else The new
religion of Chicago will be worthy of
this great city. 1t will be as broad as
Chicago's praifies, as tolerant as Chi
Cages hospitality, as progressive and
rational as Chicago's enlightened bus
mess methods.
1T was the need of commercial ex-
pansion that overthrow the bigotry and
Intolerance Of the creeds of past ages,
and Chicago, the perfection of business
ideals. will yet evolve standard Of
spiritual life in which nothing will be
considered at to have a place except
the good, the beautiful, the rational and
the true"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
az me~z4A
II. Explained.
(FrOm Cassell,s Journal.)


A bird seller advertised his parrots
as the most original in the world.
A gentleman called to see these re-
markable birds, and was shown one
that looked neither beautiful nor ac-
complished.
what do you want for the bird?"
asked the visitor doubtfully.
Ten pounds" said the dealer.
Make it guinaes," apparently ex-
claimed the parrot.
The delighted customer bought him
at once. Time passed on, and the bird
never said anything but pretty Poll!"
The man went to the dealer and said
frankly:
II have been taken in; the bird is no
good"
"He only makes original observa-
TONS" exclaimed the dealer.
NONSENSE" said the customer
Come now, you have my money; at
least tell me how he contrived to say:
Make it guineas' at so appropriate a
moment. Til call 1t square If you tell
the truth"
Very good, SIR" said the dealer. my
parrots all make original observations.
but only in my presence. I am q ven
triloquist."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
been retained by the Holland submar-

been retained by the Holland Submar-
the government chemist II his clients
happen to be the fellows who are fight
ing u pure food bill.
Smiths correspondence has come
regularly to the mes-Republican Of
flee and has gone straightwith into the
waste basket. not because his little
jokers were discussed-in most cases
they are so artfully concealed as not
to be discoverable by anyone who is
not on the ground at Washington-bu
because the men who edit the Times
Republican are afraid and suspicious Of
Washington correspondent for nothing.
1t is interesting to note, however. that
in the published list OF newspapers
which Smith advertises as being on his
list there appears such newspapers as
the Burlington Hawkeye, Cedar Rap
ids Republican, Ottumwa Courier and
Clinton Herald. On most issues be-
tween the people and the special in
terests these newspapers constitute
distinct class. When such issues have
arisen in Iowa politics they have been
easily located, all shoulder to shoulder
on the same side The wonder is that
the Iowa City Republican and Des
Moines Capital are missing.
Smiths correspondence is artful
enough, however, TO trap even the more
wary editors and it is not unlikely that
the exposure in the Golfers will come
as surprise into more than one news
paper office where the editor believed
he had q bargain in his philanthropic
Washington correspondent Tainted
news has become business of i'm
mense volume in America. Almost
every mail delivered to an EDITORS desk
lis loaded with it. Much of it is legit-
innate promotion publicity put out in
straightforward argumentative form by
the junta OF the cause. but great
deal OF It Is of the surreptitious sort
such as Smiths and should be watched.
1t would be safer if burned before
using.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
Iowa Newspapers
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
: N~<HR1I1 ~ II 2 .NI Ft-N II VIZ
(Slory City Herald)

A CASE FOR HUMANE OFFICERS.
(Story City Herald)
A dog belonging to a party north
east of towrl got caught in a steel trap
in the woods about ten days ago. and
was not discovered for nearly week.
The cries OF the dog attracted the at
tention of Il wood chopper who fiber-
ated him. The leg, which had been
held in the unmerciful jaws OF the trap,
was terribly swollen and the poor
brute could not stand on his feet on
account of pain and starvation. 1t ws.s
found nece ssary to shoot the dog to
end his agony. We do not know the
name Of the party who set this trap
and failed 10 examine 1t for more than
a week, hui we do know that he could
be severely dealt with under the law,
for such cruelty to animals. Even wild
animals cannot be treated with impun-
ity, cannot be left to suffer such untol
pain as such carelessness of steel traps
would naturally bring on. 1t behooyes
those who set out these traps to exam
inc II often to prevent needless
cruel.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
WHAT IS GOOD BUSINESS?

Every man who mingles among his
fellow men in any business capacity
or who tolls to gain competence or
even an every day sustenence, finds
himself placed directly opposite this
question, is it good business" 1t is
a long and difficult problem to solve, is
this effort to place good business in
such quantity in the equation that
financial success will be the answer.
Some men do not live long enough, to
solve it and some men who boast to
themselves that they have found its
quantity only see their mistake when
they attempt to use the success they
have found and discover that they cam
not solve the problem.
Yet, after all, there are large liber-
ties taken in the use of the term good
business" and many man seeks to
justify himself by the use of the term.
And it is a treacherous phrase il we
would allow the same definition to be
used for all men. What is good bust
ness" and how far into the mire of cold
and merciless business may we drag
its qualifying word good. before the
character of good is so besmirched that
its appearance has become evil? 1t
would repay many man to think well
before he destroy the quality Of mercy
or even that of Justice and Danish
them from his business world, for JUS
tice should ever be found in good bus
mess and the more 1t savors of mercy
the more lasting to mans memory is
his monument Of deeds. Many times
a mans methods are styled good BUSH
ness when there can nothing be found
in them but evil. There can be no
safety found in the use Of the term for
the man who does not place the ac-
QUESTION of money above every other
possession.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
NOT A VITAL OBJECTION.

Some state papers, among others
the Rockford Register, are much ex-
ercised over the proposition for the
single board Of control The Register
is feminist the proposition. and among
other arguments offers it's Understand
ing that two very noted and highly
useful members of the faculty Of a
leading state school will not remain.
Setting aside all other arguments,
pro and con, and it is much and reas-
enable on both sides, the Register is
attempting bad precedent. That fac
ulty members should stay or leave is
purely incidental to the case. not part
Of it, and scarcely to be considered.
The state of Iowa will run her own in
stitutions. The faculties of the state
institutions will, as they see At, serve
the state under the laws made and
enacted by the legislature, or leave for
more congenial fields. They will not
make law
This is in nowise detraction of the
splendid work OF the men who make,
up the educational stats Of the state
institutions. The places of soine of
these would be hard to FILL However,
1t Is the veriest folly for employer or
employed to conceive the erroneous
idea that any man is absolutely neces- /
sagy to the successful prosecution of
any work.
\ At il possible that the Register has
been nisled to misunderstanding,
Men who are engaged in real work do
not readily fly off at p tangent. When
they do, but one thing isileft, to fill
their places with the best available
material.
All this is outside the discussion OF
the single board OF control 1t is sim-
ply statement without prejudice of
the only business-like way of looking
at the problems that always confront
the men who serve and the people who
are served.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
grounds for bestowing an easy pass on
the editor

Answering the query, Don't man
have a right to spend his money where
he wants TOP the Clarksville Star re-
plies: Perhaps. And this may be
the reason that catalog houses never
contribute towards local enterprises In
which their customers are Interested"
The Des Moines Stats Anzeiger
says: THE tip is an abomination III
a free country like this" and the Wav-
erly Independent rejoins: THAT is so,
and the tippers are more responsible
for the abomination than the tipped.
Let's just stop tipping and not ask for
laws to make us stop"
"The present legislature seems to be
doing more business with less bluster
than any general assembly since the
twenty second" notes the Ames Intel
ligencer
The Grundy Democracy thinks "the
newspaper should be let alone when it
exposes conditions in society that are
rotten. Things that are bad enough
to happen! should not be too bad to
print
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
DIFFERS FROM lin NIL.

Commenting on the statement made
by Jim" Hill to the effect that rail-
road construction has decreased of late
years, the Railway Age denies and as
Jerts that on the contrary 1t has stead
lily increased. In the past nine years
sl2,643 miles have been built and in the
!; last three years l6, 119 miles have been
i constructed. The mileage Of 1906 was
I 6,067, or more than in any one Of the
1 nine years and nearly twice as much
i as in 1898. What the railways were
giving their chief attention to in the
nine years. however, was the matter
of double tracks, long passing tracks.
sidings, terminals and terminal tracks
/ together with improved bridges, loco
motives and cars.
In the last ten years, says the Age,
the mileage Of subsidiary tracks laid
was actually greater than the total
length OF main lines built in the same
period. The Improvement of the old
mileage by Strengthening lines and
lowering grades tended to facilitate
greatly the handling of traffic, and the
{ increased power of locomotives and
capacity Of cars tended to the same
& result. In the ten years ended with
4 1905 the number of locomotives In
creased from 36,616 to 1855, or IS per
4 cent, but the average tractive power
ssof locomotives increased from 1900
pounds to 27,70o pounds, or more than
100 per cent, equal to an increase Of
81, 200 locomotives of the power of those
B OF 1895, In number, freight cars in
4 the same period increased from $780,
d 79s to 1,757.165, or about 43 per cent,
while IN capacity they Increased more
than 40 per cent. The ten years have,
( therefore, seen an immense improve
4 ment in the quality and efficiency OF
the railway plant OF the country as
Il Well as very considerable increase
4 OF mileage. The enormous expendt-
4 lures of the Pennsylvania railroad, for
example in the last decade have been
8gnpon improvements OF existing: nile-
5age, rather than extensions. It may
Eshe true, fas Mr.. ELL says. that i've
and one half billions OF dollars are
/ wanted for $4,000 miles OF new road
lin theynext FIVE years. IL the conven-
Isience Of the trading public is to be ade-
squately served. But tits also true! that
q billion or two are still wanted for
1.-THE double tracking and other improve
+ ment OF existing, mileage. Intensive
railway building, equally with extens-
ibe building-to borrow the language
sOf progressive farmers--is the PRACTICAL
problem of railway finaneiers at the
present time in the United States"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
Topics Of the Tines

When you've nothing else to do, 4
Drag the roads:
II but for an hour or two,
Drag the roads.
1t will keep them good as new,
With purpose, flrm and true,
Fall in line! It's up to you:
Drag tho roads,
Iowa will celebrate the semi-centen-
ial Of 1.-The adoption of the state consti.
tuition March 10 to 81, at the place Of
adoption. iowa City. A considerable
number Of its framers will be present
with excellent constitutions Of their
own.
The question sums itself up to a
question of trust. Are men elistrusted
by their associates fit to be trusted
with federal offices?
A Michigan senator who got his
start in life selling popcorn--the rest
of 1t suggests itself!
A New Egland banker who would
not employ any man who played cards
even for amusement, has decamped
with 100000 of the banks money. His
we'll formed habits will probably pre-
vent him losing any OF it at poker.
The professional politician and the
expert witness have many points in
common.
II A scientist who claims kissing is a
fertile source Of disease transmission.
estimates that one out Of every ten
caresses Z carries infection. The only
safety seems to consist in a careful
count to nine and skip one.
Senator Kinsey's bill introduced IN
the Missouri assembly to preserve and
propagate the human species in Mis-
souri," and fixing a poll tax Oslo q
year on all unmarried persons who are
IS years of age, simply illustrates how
easily fools get into state legislatures
II we must nave War scare IOI
every battleship, there is plenty OF ex-
lcitement ahead Of the new navy.
"A touch Of nature entered the Thaw
case when Evelyn's paternal; grand
mother blamed her daughter in law fol
the whole business.
Marie Corelli says that she writes
because fmpelled by power she can
not resist. That's the defendants claim
in tao Thaw case.
The Waterloo Reporter observes that
the "reformers" everywhere-in South
Dakota as well as in Iowa-are as
much alike as though they belonged tc
the same society. In effect all reform
ersers look alike to the Reporter since
English and Chassell won out.
Now that ground hog day and Wash
ington's birthday are past, bid goodby
to February and get ready fol
springs work"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
For Sunday Reading.
An sores Of Opinions.
.e,-&-c-js-3-s-ss.T.s-asss.. s-aa-ss,ii II
"Bie Figures"
wv e Curtis.

These are certainly days of big fig
ures. What would the Pilgrim Fathers
have thought; what would Rev. Cotton
Mather have said; what would Thomas
Jefferson have written, il anyone In
their day had possessed an imagination
so bold, so vivid, as to predict that a
house of divine worship costing a mill
lion dollars would be erected upon a
site valued at s25oO,ooO? Yet that is
exactly what the vestry of ST. Thomas
church is about to do.
And wherever else in the world, in
Europe or America, has the congrega-
ton of any church contributed $274.339
for missions, charity and the support
of the gospel in a single year? Yet
that is what ST Thomas parish Of
New York city did during the year
1906 Rev. DR.. Ernest NJ. Stires, the
rector, who used to be in Chicago. has
given me the figures. The total offer
ings of that church for missions last
year were sS4,930; the pew rents
to $55,321: the offerings at
church services amounted to $66.700;
the remainder came in subscriptions
and donations.
or the mission fund $39,472.92 was
sent outside the diocese. The remain
der was expended for missions and
charity work in the city of New York
/ have been told that this is the
largest sum ever contributed by any
in the world in a single
year for such purposes. AT least, ] am
assured there is no record of greater
st. Thomas is by no
means the richest church in New York
city. Trinity parish is one of the rich
est corporations In the world. 1t sup
ports eighteen different churches in
parts OF the city, and owns
real estate and other property Valued
at fifty millions or more. The old
Dutch Reformed church lis also very
rich. ST Bartholomew Episcopal and
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
churches are said to have more mil
lionafres in their congregations than
st. Thomas, but last year their con-
tributions to religious purposes were
not SO large.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
Secs a Colossal Bride.

The Rev. DR.. Washington GLADDEN.,
pastor Of the First Congregational
church and who led in the movement
to prevent churches from accepting
gifts OF tainted" money, says that
the gift Of $32,00O.00O presented to
the general education board by John
d. Rockefeller has the appearance of
an attempt to Influence the courts in
directly In the many cases now pend
ing against the Standard Dol Company
all over the country.
Aside from the magnitude of this
gift" said DR.. GLADDEN. recently, lin
what lights are we expected to regard
IT.? Is 1t benefaction or restitu.
ton? 1t happens to be true that the
donor at present is under indictment
in many parts of the country on the
charge Of having extorted vast sums
from the public Added to these in
dictments are the grave charges Of the
interstate commerce commission, COW
ering many years of flagitious and ne
farious practices by which enormous
sums of money have been wrongfully
obtained. If these charges should be
sustained the public would know that
a large part at least of these millions
was plumber. In that case the public
could not regard this gift of millions
as a benefaction, but as an act of res
titution.
I'm any case, it would have been
more fitting to withhold this transfer
until the truth or falsity of these in
dictments could be established in court.
AS the case stands the transaction can
not but wear the color of an attempt
to influence, thru public sentiment, ac-
ton of the courts in the cases now
pending. 1t Is to be hoped that this
attempt will not be successful"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
BOIL THE WATER.
(Waterloo Courier.1

Boil the drinking water. When
the spring thaws come, filth and re-
fuse are carried into the streams
and it is the taking into the intes-
final tract of germs arising from such
filth and refuse matter that gives rise
to fevers. DR.. Sumner the health Of
ficer, set this fact before the public
yesterday in his excellent, article on
typhoid fever published in the Courier
The article should be read and re-read
and the lesson it teaches learned by
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
OF OPPORTUNITY
Baxter New Era.l

NbdAlSTst1<C CIA{a.J
A SMALL town Is no place for a
young man who wants or expects to
get on in the world. There Is no work
in the village during the winter months
for him to do, and it requires all that
he may earn and save during the sum-
mer to tide him over the winter
months. Few young men, however,
save anything when they have pa
and ina" to help them out. There is
demand in the south and further
west the year round for young men
not afraid of work. No young man,
or old man, either, can expect to ac-
cumulate anything for the proverbial
rainy day If he be not financially
ahead at the end of the year. OF
course If one is satisfied with a bare
living-catch as catch can-he will
probably do as we'll in a small town
as in a larger one. But the young
fellow who depends upon his labor to
get him on in a small town, will wake
up. finding that he has made mistake
and too old to so out in the world to
compete with younger men.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
Give them a chance!

the age of 81. Give them a chance!
Let them own something, raise it, and
keep the money, while they are young.
The ones you want, realizing the mon
ey to be made on the farm, will in
most cases stay with you. Humans
are much more ambitious to point to
something and claim it as their own in
youth than they are in after years.
The way to get the boys to stick to
the old farm is to fix it so they want
to stick to it,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
A WAY TO keep BOYS.
(.,uepuedepuI essleu;

Don Diehl went over towards Brook
!yn last week to a sale of Poland Chi
mas and bought two lady hogs for
which he paid fancy figure Don is
not 13 yet, but he's got more money
poked away than you think he has,
which he made raising hogs. Now
there's a pointer for you fellows who
are eternally kicking because the boys
leave the farm as soon as they reach
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
The RELIGION Of Chicago.

Nj. NJ. Mangasarian said Chicago's
present religion was "a motley affair"
hard to define, but he expressed conf
dence that this city would evolve 9
splendid religion of it's own.
IF anybody were to try to give a
complete picture Of the religion Of Chi
cage 1t would be a hideous affair of
blurs and blotches-a motley, crazy.
quilt creation of shreds and patches"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
LET THERE BE LIGHT.

NPduIIIIla IIIIeS.J
II have always thought Paullina
was really on the map" said pc.
destrian Sunday evening after he had
bumped the u',lit street lamp and bar
Der pole at the bank corner; but" he
continued. after picking the stars from
his optics, "a stranger would have a
h of time finding the place in the
night" 1t is supposed the party was
returning from church, but his Ian
guage Indicated that, while he was
telling the truth. he used considerable
force in telling it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23

every member of every family in the
city able to grasp its meaning. The
water supply may not be communicates
now. and it may not become contain
mated but as an ounce of prevention
is worth a ton of cure in battling
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23

with diseases that become epidemic
under conditions favorable to spread
ing them, boiling the drinking water
will be nothing more than taking
precaution suggested by ordinary
prudence. Boil the drinking water.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
iUwA OPINIONS AND NOTES

To the Sioux City Journal "the fact
that all Mormons do not observe the
church and civil inhibitions against POI
lygamy is not of itself appalling. Utah
is not the only state nor Mormonism
the only church in which laws for the.
preservation Of monogamv are yiolat-
ed" observes the Journal.