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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-24
Topics Of the Times

A Brighton. Iowa, man, having been
caught and mulcted for illegal fishing,
the Brighton Enterprise is of the opin-
ion that "the Iowa fish laws and state
commission should be abolished as a
/ nuisance and an imposition on the
people Of Iowa. They have filed the
rivers with carp, worthless except to
citizen goes forth to catch a fish, he is
liable to have a marshal sneak out OF
the bushes and hold him up, because
! he Is not fooling away his time with
a hook and line and fighting mosqui-
toes all day long in the vain hope of
Enterprise would probably not counsel
abolition of the laws against burglary
were Brighton resident caught with
the soup" and Jimmy on him.
The foot ball player is growing hair
and biding his time.
Suppose We had a president close to
80 years old, would not the country be
in a constant state of apprehension,
with daily health bulletins issued from
the White House? The opposition to
Cummins now intends to risk it's for
tunes in a political craft equally as
frail.
are not all in one basket" it is not re-
assuring. He may be Matching another
hold-up scheme like the Standard.
sss
The Register and Leader thinks the
Sioux City Journal is particularly for
tunate in it's tariff revision record, in
that it can now be for Taft with real
enthusiasm, but the Des Moines paper
mourns for some others. Why not in
clude the Capital in our fluctuations?
Late can go back to his plea of 1901,
and quote revision stuff hot enough to
make him the original Taft man and
first applicant for the postmaster-gen-
erals job.
Judging by general expression, Till
man will have to come back to Iowa, il
he comes, as carnival attraction.
Chicago bank reports forecast big
ger business and assert that the out
look is reassuring and the business sit
uation sound. And the weather con-
tinues to back up the bank statement
by busily getting corn ready for frost.
Guess hard times will have to be put
off for while. We really haven't time
to have hard times. Too busy.
N Surrey Mattson, a !aborer on
steam shovel gang in New York. is
son of former secretary of state of
Minnesota and at one time was pos
sessed of an inheritance of s1,o00.000.
He squandered his money in riotous
living, and for number of years has
been a common tramp. In relating his
experience he said: i have spent ST.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-24
KEY BENDING BEETLE.
London Zoos New Insect Which Lives
on Rotten Fruit.

London Zoos New Insect Which Lives
on Rotten Fruit.
The insect house Of the zoo in Lon
don recently received rare and Curl
GUS, acquisition, says special CORE
spondent Of the Philadelphia Public
Ledger. It is a fine specimen Of the
Goliath beetle from South America,
which on account Of its size and fierce
appearance would send the British
housemaid into Mysteries.
1t Is nearly five inches long and looks
like miniature parson in white
surplice and black stole. It Is not
poisonous nor Intentionally ferocious,
but there Is . spot between the neck
and shoulders which acts like wise.
A finger placed In this aperture would
be broken. The other day keeper In
serted key there. Goliath bent it
almost double by merely struggling
his shoulders.
This great beetle is the most mex
pensive guest In the zoo, for he feeds
entirely of fruit that is completely
rotten.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-24
SENATOR ALLlsoa's CANDIDACY.

Possibly following the alleged con-
Smith, on the Ninth district, Senator
Allison has announced his candidacy
for another six-year term in the upper
house to succeed himself. What effect
the growing sentiment among the
standpat faction as TO the ACCESSIBILITY
of placing a younger candidate in the
field has had upon the senator's de-
cision to announce himself is of course
conjectura At any rate, he has set
tied a vexed question. He is a candi-
date.
1t is an evidence of strong desire to
retain an office, or of the bringing to
bear of excessive pressure that the
venerable senator has decided to look
strenuosity of political life after he has
passed by twenty years the age of re-
tirement in every other occupation of
life. Doubtless most of his closest per-
sonal friends, as classified from his
political friends would have been
better satisfied had he been content
with the longest career in the senate
of the United States and to pass his
few remaining years In the quietude
Of his home, wise councillor, looking
on and advising where .he had toiled in
his vigor. However,. sech speculation
is too late. At &c. enfeebled by a life
already twice that of ordinary human
expectation and by disease, the senator
has concluded to be candidate for a
term of office that would not expire
until he would have reached the ex-
IRENE age of S6.
1t is mistake on his part. and We're
he to be again chosen, would be a
lie. Bluntly and plainly, everyone
knows that man past so is not fit for
the senate No life insurance company
would insure his life for year No
business house in the world would un-
dertake to make him it's manager, in
fact, or except as a fgurehead for
what advertising his name might
bring. He would not be given COM
mand of the cheapest vessel in the
United States navy or permitted to re-
tain control for single day. If there
is an 80-year old man who could be
elected mayor or councilman or clerk
of q city in Iowa, he has not put in an
appearance. The business of the state
of Iowa and the nation is quite as i'm
portant, and it's requirements quite as
severe, as those of an Iowa town of 500
inta bitants:. This is the plain. truth,
stripped of any more orsless mawkish
sentiment.
Senator Allison, being past the min
ilnum age requirement, is entitled le-
gally to stand for any office within the
gift Of the people. So are other men,.
1t is no disparagenlent of his services
to oppose him or to ask for success
scr with physical force and prospect
of living out senatorial term. He
should have been permitted to enjoy
his latest days and saved the strain of
opposition and the probable sting Of
defeat instead Of being forced forward
to fight in the last ditch for the men
who fear for their own political power
and hang their hopes on his success
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-24
more than pay for the repairs on 9

more than pay for the repairs on a
quarter section farm every year.
Land has been selling high in Iowa
for many years, but those who have
bought at the prevailing prices have
made a good investment and the in
vestment will continue to be good, for
1T will be many more years before the
price of land in this state has struck
the high water mark.
A great deal of land has changed
hands in this county within the past
five years, and there is not one case
In fifty where the man who bought has
lost anything on his investment.
II there is renter living in this
county who is able to buy a farm of
his own, he ought to take advantage
of the first good piece that is offered to
him. If he can make money by renting
land at 81, an acre, he can double his
income by owning his farm.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-24
OWNING AND RENTING FARMS.
(Grundy Democracy

A good farmer can make more mon
ey renting at 81 an acre than he can
owning a $50 an acre farm. He can
put the $14, 400 that 160-acre farm
, would cost him out at 6 per cent in
terest. This would bring him 1854.
His rent would be only $780, and the
| owner of the farm would have to re-
pair buildings, pay the taxes and make
such new improvements as might be
necessary OF course. the renter
would have to pay taxes on his COM
mercial paper, but after he had few
years experience as a money loaner
he would find some way to evade about
nine-tenths of his just proportions Of
Observation-Disclosures City Freeman
Tribune.
There is good deal of talk like the
above where land in Iowa is selling
from $50 to $125 an acre, but it doesn't
come from the farmers who buy the
land at that price.
The average Iowa farm nets the
owner who rents 1t at "a at least So an
acre per year. The advance in the
price of Iowa lands has averaged at
least 81 an acre per year. and this add
ed to the rent makes the owners in
come Iar IN excess or what money put
at interest would bring him. The adj
vance that land has made in price the
past ten years will no doubt continue
if good crops stay with us.
II the farmer with quarter section
of $40 land were to sell out and place
the money on interest he would prob
ably move to town. Here he would
find the tax rate about twice as high
as 1t Is in the country and his $14,400
would be assessed at its face value,
while his land was listed with the as
SCISSOR at about half of what it is
worth on the market The taxes on
$4,000 in the average country town in
Iowa would be s216 year The tax
on the quarter section of $50 land
would be s54. There is difference
here of 1852 in taxes alone, which will
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-24

roes, and none more so than the or
binary man whom we meet every day
quietly going about his business until
opportunity and necessity make him
the cynosure of wonder and admira-
ton. Overalls or gold braid, it is all
the same. All men are probable he
roes
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-24
gntes e,1hlican 5n,n,4 Alg1st "A 1907

100000 and wasted thirty-tWo years OF
my life. | have been millionaire. L
have been a tramp. / have been down
and out, but / am on my feet again. l
have got a job and for the first time
in my life l know what it is to work.
Possibly Mr.. Smith, like Mr. Hep
burn. is content to bear the ills OF
congressional life rather than take
chance for a seat on the other side of
the capitol
II cannot think but God must know
About the thing l long for so;
| know he is SO good so kind,
| cannot think but he will find
Some way to help, some way to show
Me to the thing long for So
wildcat mining stocks are not alto
gether useless--or worthless. either.
saidSa downtown broker who handles
cheap mining stocks the other day. as
he hung up the telephone receiver.
ttG1S s d man WIFI OlICASu Inv w"
for enough mining stocks to have
face value of $4,000. He wasn't par
ticular what stocks he got If they only
had a paper value of $4,000. ] closed
the deal and will make money on it,
too What did he want with such
stocks? Well, haven't the slightest
doubt but that he is getting ready to
go into the bankruptcy court and
wants to show his creditors where his
money has been dropped. We often
get such requests. and are usually able
to fill them."-Sun.
An advertiser who is placing his
goods before the public must naturally
try to reach as many people as posi-
Bile at the lowest cost, who can afford
to buy his product: and I believe that
in advertising an article which is with
III the reach of everyone, such as
scent soap, a breakfast food, or any
commodity which appeals to the
masses, circulation should be bought.
Everyone uses soap; nearly everyone
uses breakfast food. However, in SELL
ing an article which appeals to the
classes and not the masses, quality
should be looked for before quantity
or large circulation. In some publica-
tons of large circulation we find quite
a line of automobile and accessory adj
vertising. and in the same issues. pos
sibly on the same pages. a diversified
line of the cheapest kind of mail-or-
der propositions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-24
Eczema,

For the good of those suffering with
eczema or other such trouble. / wish
to say. my wife had something of that
kind and after using the doctors rem
edies for some time concluded to try
Chan,berlains Salve. and 1t proved to
be better than anything she had tried.
For sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-24

ling fall, while the thousands of grain
stacked fields attest the present har-
vest. Calm, sweet and pleasant she
fingers with us, driving away thoughts
of business and attracting US all to.
seek the comforts and pleasures Of
communion with nature. August is al
ways pleasant, this year she is more
than ever so and welcome indeed to.
stay with US as long as she will.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-24
chamberIain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, Better
Thar, Three Doctors.

"Three years ago we had three doc.
tors with our little boy and every
thing that they could do seemed in
vain. At last when all hope seemed to
be gone we began using Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
and in few hours he began to inns
prove. Today he is as healthy a child
as parents could wish for. Mrs. B. J.
Johnston, Linton, Miss. For sale by
all druggists
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-24
A cHAUTAUQuA SIDE SHOW.


Billy" Sunday has come and gone.
With an occasional commendable ut
terance, his sermons were vile and
sloppy. We cannot understand how
anyone can harmonic vulgarity with
decency. no more than to expect figs
from thistles. His antics on the plat
form were what might be expected
from a Comanche Indian rather than
one claiming to carry the message OF
the meek and lowly Nazarine, and he
was more calculated to disgust than
to convince one of the error of his
ways. Sundays main claim to atten-
ton is his coarse language. which
fails to appeal to the better instincts
and moral nature of the people How
ever, he was drawing attraction on
the same principle as a bear dance.
He was the sideshow to the chautau-
qua.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-24
Iowa Newspapers
THE FISHING AT ALDEN.
(Alden Times)

BE careful where you deposit your
fishing tackle One day this week
the fisher folks of the Henry Snider
family put the tackle away in the
barn. The old COW got to nosing
around, and soon after the old Boss"
was as securely hooked as ever was
bullhead or carp. The job of getting
the hook extracted was a difficult one
and the old COW prefers not to have
her fodder mixed up with such arti-
cles again very soon
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-24
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Nevada Representative. which,
along with one Oskaloosa man repre-
sents most OF the Fairbanks support
in Iowa, says of Taft: THE tag that
he wears is excellent. and for people
who are looking for tag, his perform
ance will doubtless be satisfactory"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-24

Judging from the appearance of the
monuments and the inscriptions on
them. it would appear tothe Valley juno
ton Express that some peoples i'm
srportance and responsibility, not ito
speak of funeral sermons. increase af-
ter they have 'shuffled off this mortal
coil''
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-24

ut is more wisdom than cold feet
with Walter l Smith" asserts the Fl.
Dodge Messenger.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-03


the making of a seed collection by the
third grade. were the great cat-tail
nag. Typha latifolia, with its sword
like parallel veined leaves and cat-tail
fruits of downy seeds; the interesting
pods of the milkweed, Asclepias spe-
ciosa. lust bursting open; the uoWny
heads of the large bull thistle, car
duus lanceolatus, in all their slken
splendor; the similar, downy-winged
and parachute seeds of the RABBIT
brush of several kinds (Pulchellus);
also several asters and probably the
Canada fiea-bane, Leptilon Canadense:
Third grade pupils should be permitted
to go out and make a collection OF
these winged seed travellers and paste
them upon cardboard. They can be
trained to identify and describe the
different kinds at sight.
Primroses for the Fourth.
For the fourth grade, the late au-
tumn evening primrose, Oenethera,
was seen blooming in great numbers In
moist or billy places, the bright yellow
lowers flashing out from the midst OF
ne dryer vegetation like so many gold
4 stars This is beautiful species,
lose four-parted flowers admirably
late IL to the work of fourth graders.
.mong the mustard family, all with
overs four-parted but staInens. four
ing and two short, the wild hedge
mustard, Sisynbrium officinale. the wa
:er cress, Nasturtium officinale, and
the cultivated radish in gardens are
TN blooming profusely. Make a spe-
.;al study of the radish-why the large
cot is now hollow and worthless as
cod, all the nutriment having gone to
Re pods and seeds, which are now the
lore edible parts; when the radisn
should be planted. how deep. In what
kind of soil, how cared for. hsCsested
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-03

lupulina, were all seen to be avaflable
for those who have not yet let their
students see the admirable devices
which these plants possess for the pur
pose of insuring cross fertilization and
the subsequent protection of their fer
tilted seeds. The larkspur, pansy, ylo-
let and nasturtion are still Towering
in many gardens.
For the seventh grade the asters.
the sunflowers, the feabane. several
kinds of rabbit brush and torchweed
previously described are availa BILE;
while the eighth may get plenty of
pigweeds. tumbleweeds, sait-brshes,
docks. knotweeds and eriogonums. In
flower OF seed. The smartweed, Poly
gonum amphibium, appears 10 be
blooming along every water ditch. and
the knotweed in flower. Polygonum
aviculare, carpets doorysrds and waste
places.
University of Utah. Nov. l, 1907.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-03

and sold; where, in your school garden,
the fourth grade pupils may plant and
rear 1t and peppergrass in the spring
so that with the onions raised by the
third, the lettuce by the seventh, the
celery by the eighth, ETC., your school
may have a salad festival and then
sell the remainder of the product be-
fore school closes.
MentzeIias Now Blooming.
For the fifth grade, the pale yellow
Mentzel!a was seen blooming on the
sandy hills. 1t is wondrous beauty.
It's flowers seemed to be from two to
three inches across, and made deli
cate harmony with its silvery stems
and leaves. This choice specimen of
the desert lands has been previously
described in this series: but the Sc
crets of its cross-fertilization and by
what insect visitors the result is ac-
complished, seem to be entirely UNI
known. The plant may always be iden-
titled by its foliage. which is sticky
from the covering of fine, barbed
hairs.
Fifth grade teachers should make q
special effort to secure specimens d
this strange autumnal flower of the dry
hills, since 1t has many obvious charac-
ters of interest. Collect also the mai
low and the storSsbill previously ie-
scribed They will flower till snow
flies. Garden pinks and portulacas
may also be had.
Plants for Upper Grades.
For the sixth grade, the white or
sweet clover. Melilotus alba, the cuiti-
waited iucern, Medicago saliva, the
white or Dutch clover, Trifolium re-
pens, the red clover. Trifolium pratense,
and the little yellow clover, MedicagC
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-03
Seed Flyers for Third Grade.

In addition to the weeds above men,
toned. many other interesting plants
are still to be had in flower. AS the
writer travelled from Salt Lake to Utah
county on Oct. "a, many Towering
specimens suitable for nature lessons
in all the grades We're observed from
the train Adapted to observation and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-31
The POSt-ROadS Clause.

What will be noticed less than
many other things in the Indianap-
oils speech, and yet what viii be re-
garded by close students as its most
significant sentence, is that express
sion by the President of his convic-
ton that, under the Federal reser-
walton of power to establish and
maintain post roads. the Govern
ment has authority broad enough to
Justify it in taking complete charge
of railroad regulation, both as to
State and Interstate commerce.
1t is hardly possible that Mr..
Roosevelt should have made so
sweeping n statement without assur-
ance that he would have the support
of the strong lawyers of his Cabinet,
and among his outside advisers. It
is a remarkable advance from the
positions that have so generally
been held concerning the Federal
and State powers over railroads.
If the President is right-and
there is no doubt that his opinion
is entertained by an increasing body
of public opinion-then Congress
has the power TO elbow the States
entirely out of the whole field of
railroad control and to assume the
entire function oitself. Without seri-
Gus doubt, as we view it, this is pre-
cisely what ought to be done. The
conflict between State and Federal
measures has been more marked and
striking in the last year than ever
before; but it is certain that unless
effective authority is centralized in
the Federal Government, the whole
effort at regulation and control viii
be made more and more difficult. II
would be a good thing TO send 20 the
Supreme Court a piece of Legislation
that would afford opportunity for {
final determination of this question
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-31
FORGER
READY TO RETURN
Harding, Alias Hart, Willing
to Come Back Without
RequiSition.

II. II. Harding, alias J. II. Hart who
is wanted here on charges Of forgery
and the obtaining OF money under false
pretenses. and VINO was arrested the
early part of the week in Council
Bluffs. Iowa, will probably be brought
to Washington the middle Of next week.
Central Office Detective Burlingame,
who has arrived IN Council Bluffs, wired
Major Sylvester that Harding will not
make a fight and Will return without
requisition papers
The charge against Harding is that he
deposited worthless check for $3.50 in
Washington bank, and the same day
succeeded in having a check on this de-
post for 500 cashed by a merchant in
this city.
It is alleged, further. that under the
name of ]. H Hart he passed value
less check for $50 on a hotel at Okla
homa City Okla. The check was drawn
on the Second National Bank, Of this
city. Again. on May II, at Fort COR
Inns. Col it is charged he deposited
for collection q check for $500.