Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-10
Topics Of the Times,

The real virgin field for the reformed
s;.ci;ers is Russia. Think what they
could do with names like Itojestven-
sky Englatitcheff, eminent families
there, or the town Of Mini Novgorod
Who would say that the general with
the name first mentioned could not
fight just as Well under a less tortu-
tous title?
A lad was killed at Oskaloosa yes
terday while playing on railroad
tracks, yet there are some people who
kick because the railroad companies
OCCASIONALLY try to enforce the law
against trespassing on their property
Iowa Falls sends news that a wild
west show organized there some time
ago has "gone bump in Indiana and
the Iowa man WIZ acted Jas angel"
Is more melancholy but has added to
his store of wisdom. The safest time
to be an angel to a wild west show is
after the undertaken has undertaken
you. 4
Even If Washington does report that
the condition of spring wheat August
1 was a little below the 10-year aver
age, it is safe to say that there Win be
bread enough to go around the COM
ing winter and that the weight of the
loaf will not be lessened.
You may have noticed that when
Taft went to a horse show in Virginia
he was consistent and did his travelling
by genuine horse power and not in an
automobile. Taft seems to have always
had mighty good idea of the eternal
fitness of things.
When that bank went up at Belle
5Plaine, Mimi. the figures showed no
mention OF deposits. but loans and dis
counts ssS,65O and ss5,779 dividends
unpaid Those depositors will look
with favor on the guarantee of depos-
it's.
Now is a good time for the dolorous
democratic papers to sound a melan-
choly note. The Could Hartman in
terests have opened negotiations with
the Pressed Steel Car Company for
10000 cars to cost s1O,OOO,00O. The
democratic papers will naturally sor-
row at such news as 1t is unpleasant
to their ears and means that their
sound of wailing will be outdone by
factory whistles. Bryan might join
the cry with a few words deploring
the encroachments Of predatory wealth
on the democratic campaign ammuni-
ton.
The proposed National Travellers as
ISOLATION, on the tapis at Milwaukee,
believes it will be able to lower hotel
and railroad rates. AS far as the hotels
are concerned, the trouble with so
many Of them Is that every standard
except the rate is already low, so why
not leave them one decent standard?
That there's nothing in a name has
been demonstrated by Mr.. Cowherd of
Missouri who entered a four cornered
fight for the g,lbernatorial nomination,
and vanquished his foes in the struggle
that ensued.
Another form of Industrial combfna-
ton has just sprung into existence.
Sac City has new society known as
the Renters association. All renters
are eligible to enter, and are promised
protection from the eccentricitdes of
the landlord, insurance against raise
in rents and the creation of a reserve
fund to draw on when its members are
out of money.
There are several men in the I'm
tied States who carry s1,0OO,Ooo and
more insurance on their lives, two who
carry s1,5O0,OOo, and one who carries
100000. The latter is Rodman
wanamaker, of Philadelphia, who is
the most heavily insured man in the
world. James B. Colgate, the stock
broker carries more insurance than
any other resident of New York, his
policies aggregating s15OoooO
.sIll sell you ten thousand dollars
worth of this mining stock for fifty
cents urges the promoter. Its the
chance of a lifetime. Within a month