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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-04
lean and fan ahead OF ice.

clean and fan ahead Of ice.
There seems to be q stratum OF ice
cold air below the city of Thompson
at depth of from thirty to forty feet,
and the residents have taken advan-
tage of the fact. A cold-air we'll is
almost as much necessity in Thomp-
son as the kitchen stove.
a we'll is sunk TO the depth found
necessary for the stratum and there is
no further need of ice. In the base
ment Of the store mentioned above a
hole about eighteen inches in diameter
is run TO a cold-air shaft and when
the temperature of the cellar becomes
too high the plug is removed from the
air pipe; If it We're out all the time
The mouth of the same shaft opens
into what would be an icehouse in
another city and a current of the ice
cold air fills the place, keeping the
butter. eggs. meats and other goods
at temperature just above freezing
point.
The ordinary air coming out of an
air. shaft in Thompson Is at the mouth
of the shaft So degrees, but in some
instances runs even lower There are
other localities in Montana where the
cold air stratum may be found, but
not another where an entire city takes
advantage of the fact and pipes cold
air about as other cities pipe gas and
water.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-04

legged to see what was going on touched
one. Men before this had set fire to
crowds by some spoken word. but
probably never before had 1t fallen to
the lot of blind man to be the in
strument. 1t was not Bryan who was
being talked about after it was all ov-
err and the people had poured out Of
the building. 1t was Senator. Gore.
II saw the waving banners. the
marching gesticulating crowds and the
look of triumph on the faces of the
Bryan followers as plainly as If had
had my sight, for blind man is not
so remote from the world as the per-
son with good eyes and no imaginas-
ton said Senator Gore when asked to
describe his feelings afterward.
'Eyesight.' he went on, lis NOT as
valuable as the magnetism which ev-
cry blind man possesses. We feel what
is going on not only in the sense of
being Independently affected by 1T, but
we enjoy sensation unknown to 9TH
ers. When | face an audience l know
what their feelings toward me are, and
when they are impressed with what [
say the fact is communicated to me
msgnetically before there is any APP
plause or demonstrate Today faced
the crowd and saw what was going
on and believe my picture OF it was
as vivid as that of any man, or Wom-
an present" @Je
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-04
The Birds Free Breakfast.

"All the birds get a free breakfast,
thanks to the electric light" said a
linesman, as he fastened on his climb
ers. Eyes, all summer long the birds
get free and certain breakfast with
out hustling for it. just the same as
millonaire's daughter, without any
work or worry or uncertainty, comes
down at ten and finds her grapefruit
ready
"The cause is the attraction an
electric light has for bugs. Never a
night but thousand or more bugs
and insects kill themselves in the at
tempt to eat or embrace the golden
glow OF each electric street lamp.
Never a lamp no matter how humble,
but it has each dawn great heap OF
corpses at it's feet, insect victims OF
love or ihunger@-who knows which,
not that it matters. the two emotions
are so much alike.
cat any rate. the wise birds, as
soon as they awake, dart to the nearest
lamp, and make beneath 1t an excel
lent and abundant free breakfast"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-04
The "NleGERn WORRIES BRYAN.

The jubilance with which the north
ern democrat contemplates the gain
which Mr. Bryan is going to receive
from the negro vote is somewhat de-
pressed just now by the vigorous de-
mands being made by the southern
democratic press that Mr.. Bryan de-
clare himself on the negro question.
The argument is boldly proclaimed by
southern newspapers that Mr.. Bryan
needs the solid south worse than he
needs the negro vote in the doubtful
states OF the north and the Charleston
News does not hesitate to present three
questions to Mr.. Bryan for an immed-
tate public reply.
The News would have Mr.. Bryan
state his position ss to southern rep
resentation. 1t would have him de-
clare whether he would permit federal
with state electoral fran
chise laws and it would know from Mr..
Bryan in advance of the election
whether, if elected, he would appoint
negroes to office.
One does not need to be very famil-
lar with the southern state of mind
on the Niger problem to realize that
the colored vote is likely to cause Mr..
Bryan fully as much trouble in the
south as it offers him encouragement
in the north. Leading democratic dali
lies in all the southern cities are talk
ing quite assertively on this point. If
Bryan says nothing in answer to their
demands the shouting of his friends In
the north about tho Brownsville affair
will lead the south to think that Bry-
an is one of these northern Niger
friends and yet if he answer at all
he will have to take the southern atti-
tude toward the negro in order to sat-
isfy the southern democrat.
The result of the embarrassing>si Stu
alton will probably be to hush up all
discussion of the negro as soon as pos
sible and let the negro vote go by de-
fault in the north in order to avoid
declaring himself in antagonism to the
intense race prejudice Of the southern
democrat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-04
A Country of Patriots.
(Harper's.)


In nearly all European countries, as
in England and Russia there is a wide
gulf still between the educated classes
and the uneducated. 1t is shameful
disgrace to all our civilization. But in
Georgia in the Caucasus there is no
such gulf OF course, there is ignor-
ance. Even in England soma of the
educated classes are not marvels OF
learning, and we cannot expect much
higher standing in the Caucasus. AS
to the Georgian peasants there is a
favorite story of q young enthusiast
who for the first time attended So
cial democratic lecture given by a fol-
lower of Karl Marx, and was after
ward heard praying before sacred
icon: 20 Lord, make me a proletariat:
Make me a proletariat soon!"
But in peasants and nobility alike |
found the same quickness OF inteldi-
sence the same freedom of mind and
-eagefness to learn.
+ This alertness of mind lis naturally
accompanied by the passion for equal
ity, and a peculiar readiness to shake
off the droll social and political tradi-
lions that generally survive so much
too long Your name proves your
noble family" said my Georgian COM
panion to a dripping boy who had
walked miles thru rain storm to pass
on a borrowed. book and was now try
ing his thin cotton clothes before our
fire. "Then l must change it" an
swered the peasant, simply. Il refuse
to be noble" He also refused to touch
wine. because it pays duty to the Rus
sian government.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-04
THE BUSINESS IS IN SIGHT.

1.-THE Northwestern railroad is gem
ssally locked upon as the best managed
iilroad which crosses Iowa. In fact
en who have tarveled extensively
eely declare the Northwestern to be
Se best railroad in the United States.
herefoHe' it's purchase of 1000 freight
IIrs and its general order. to get all
sEifipment into serviceable condition
lay be accepted as indicative Of a
pvenlent which all other roads will
Aow when due time has elapsed in
hich the follower may grasp the sug-
ktion offered by the leader. 1t means
BIT there will be plentyfof freight
ssiness this fall and car shortage
Hess preparation is made now to re-
We It.
[ What then becomes of the necessity
I raising freight rates? The railroads
Ifull possession of monopolistic OPP
4 munities in that they are free from
npetition In great proportion of
Sir business have advanced the the
this summer that whenever bust
is is dull and prices are falling for
Fry other mans business the railroad
!, ght to be permitted to raise its tax
" by Increasing its freight rates so
to maintain. it's earnings, on the
ne level with prosperous times.
public sentiment has strangely re-
led spt the suggestion and the timid-
OF managers has held them back
Ill the busy crop moving season has
in arrived and the question APP
why the need of higher rates if
ds are compelled to build more cars
rider to move the business they have
sight? The Northwestern's dead is
-ious good news to the public for it
rlatns the coming OF good times
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-04
LITTLE INTEREST IN POLITICS.
(Sac Sun,o


Twelve years ago there was trouble
in this country-t trouble to get work.
Men had plenty of time to talk politics
and they talked 1t. Now politicians
are wondering why there is no inter-
est in politics. Maybe it is because
the people are satisfied. Twelve years
ago William Jennings Bryan doomed
before the country as the champion OF
an idea. There could come no prosper
.ity to the country until silver was
coined in unlimited quantities without
mintage charge at the ratio of sixteen
ounces Of silver for one ounce of
gold. The republican party opposed
a change of the coinage basis and pro-
posed a protective tariff law and the
restoration of confidence as the rem
edy. The people tried the republican
remedy and It worked. But, you say,
there was a panic in 1907. Yes, there
was scare among the high fnanciers,
and they worked a few of their own
kind and temporarily closed some
eastern factories; but the west went
ahead as II nothing had happened and
the frightened east has taken heart,
factories have reopened and even a
presidential year is not able to check
revival of prosperity. Who wants a
change?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-04
the MILLENNIUM is IN FORESTS.

DurinE these hot months and prior
10 the state primary election we have
heard great deal of complaint about
extravaeance In state expenditures.
There are these who would reduce the
state levy and cut down on appropria-
tions Our taxes are too high they say
sol 1t will be entirely proper at this
time to consider a plan whereby the
state of Iowa could become self sup
porting without the levy Of a tax OF
any kind.
Ne one need be told of the advancing
cost Of lumber Every farmer and every
builder knows that it has doubled In
retail price in fifteen years. The for
|estry department of the United States
agricultural work estimates that all OF
the present standing timber In the
limited States will have been cut in
thirty years and our population will
have doubled then so that the demand
Tor lumber will then be twice what 1t
now is.
These facts should induce us to con-
slider the profits of forestry in Prussia,
where the industry is carried on in
such way that not only is it profita-
Bile but the supply of wood, instead of
being exhausted, is Increasing.
The London Times, in discussing
FORESTRY in England, gives some figures
khat are of interest. In Prussia forestry
Is practiced by the state in partic-
hiarly thorough manner, and yields a
bet revenue of about $20,O00,0 900 a year.
But these direct profits are by no
means all that should be credited to it.
3ermans, has over 600 pulp mills and
beventy- one cellulose factories, which
Consume, Sc, 100000 cubic feet Of wood
yearly, and these, of course, all make a
kast deal OF money. More than one
ZENITH Of the entire population of Ger
hany is profitably engaged in forestry
ind employments dependent upon that
industry.
Yf4Yet people have been living in Ger
S1any for some thousands of years.
Ehey have used all the wood that was
Necessary for their comfort, and still
4le forests have not been destroyed
Put are increasing.
In Iowa the area is more than one
bird that Of Prussia and the amount
monsy needed for state purposes
little more than half million of dol
hrs. II Prussia on her high priced
lnsls can make s2O,ooo,Ooo per year
ht of her state forests what Is to pre-
ent Iowa going into lumber raising
nd making million a year. Here is
n opportunisv to use the convicts of
Wo penitentiaries at outdoor work
Islthich Will not compete with honest
VI, will not have the degrading in
aience of prisoners working on public
highways and yet would re-forest great
keas OF, state land and confer untold
Jenefits upon the children of this gem
fatinn by providing a supply, of lum-
krs With which to house them and
iaintain their state institutions for
lem without cost to the tax payers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-04
Iona Newspapers
RoosEvELTs MISTAKE.
(Hardin County Citizen).


When President Roosevelt sent that
certificate of character to Pete Hep
burn, he was at the parting of the
ways He had two roads before him.
One was to use the material at hand,
the Hepburns, Cannons, Forakers. AID
riches. Elkinses, ETC., to accomplish the
desired reform laws and their enforce
ment The other was to appeal to the
American people to return a congress
and require a judiciary that would enact
and enforce the desired reform laws.
He chose the former route and
failed. The very forces that he sought
TO use thru the pressure of public SEN
timent, silently. sullenly, doggedly
blded their time and it is now. Here in
our hubble Judgment is where Presi-
dent Roosevelt made his fatal mistake
and he doubtless realizes it by this
time -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-04
ga.es- e,ui1irar4 iaaa A,u,as 4 1903


occasion of his attendance at the col
lege was the graduation of Miss Grace
Wax. his granddaughter, after a years
course in the department of music. The
old gentleman Is strong and healthy,
with very few of the usual frailties of
age His son confidently expects he
will make out his hundred years as he
certainly bids fair to do. 1t creates q
feeling OF wonder and surprise to think
of all that Is comprised in this mans
span OF life. When he was born the
war OF 10 was in progress Madison
was president Ohio and Indiana were
frontier states, Iowa was part of vast
unknown region called the northwest
territory. In fact nearly the whole his
tory Of our country Is within the per-
iod OF his life. He voted first for VIM.
Henry Harrison for president, and
seventeen presidents have come and
gone since he became voter. More has
happened since he was born than was
in all the thousand years of Methuse-
lah And yet Mr.. Wax is not old In ap-
pearance. You'd take him to be not
over 70. May the gods favor him and
all the winds of Kansas and Iowa blow
softly on his way till he reaches his
Tooth mark.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-04
VENERABLE JONATHAN WAX.
shenandoah Sentinel-P ost).

Among those who attended the col
lege commencement exercises every
evening this week was the venerable
nonogenarian, Jonathan Wax, Sc years
old last March-the oldest man in this
section, unless 1t is John Phipps. OF
Farragut 1t would be a rare treat to
get these two old dodgers together and
hear them recount the story of their
long lives Jonathan Wax came from
Kansas week ago, travelling alone, to
make hts summer visit with his son,
w. H. Wax, of Pierce township. The
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-04

in quoting an editorial favorable to
democracy, asserts that the source of
the editorial, the Indianapolis News, Is
republican paper. We would like for
the Tribune to tell us which is the big
gest fibber, the Tribune or the Capital.
for the indianapolis News is one of the
most notably Independent papers in the
United States.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-04
Topics of the Times.

81 If the prohibition campaign manage
ment persist in carrying out the idea
of charging an admission fee to their
meetings the 1908 convert to prohibt-
ton doctrines will never be, subjected
to the suspicion OF, having sold his
vote at the November election.
did the bottle of medicine do your
uncle any good?"
mo; when he read the wrapper he
found he had three new diseases
What has become of the scientific
advocate of the theory that the sun
is gradually losing it's heat.
For the first time in many years
Kansas has plenty of harvest hands.
To the generally ascribed' reason for
this state of affairs, that many men
We're out of employment and sought
the western wheat field as a temporary
expedient it might be added that sys-
tematic and judicious advertising ex-
erted some influence in the situation.
The Poweshiek County Palladium,
referring to the democratic conversion
of the Des Moines Tribune, says that
Iowa democrats now have a daily pa
per Of which they need not be
ashamed" We would like TO hear the
sentiments of the Dubuque Telegraph
Herald. Waterloo Times Tribune, Bur-
lington Gazette, Creston American and
Davenport Democrat as to the forego-
ing statements.
Now that Taft and Watson have
been nominated and notified the sus-
pense that held sway pending their
receipt of the news has been relieved.
But the public expectancy is keyed to
a pretty high pitch yet, the wonder
being whether Bryan will accept. Sup
pose lie should refuse? Would we all
fall dead or only half Of us?
! If we believe what Willis ]. Abbot
says. Of his chief, William ]. Bryan, the
latter does not yet know the real value
of dollar. Strange, after the lessons
he had in 1896 and 1900. Maybe it's be-
cause he has grown rich and the true
worth Of the simoleon is of no direct
consequence to the nominee.
Hearst can always get followers as
long as his barl is allowed to distrib-
ute the contents. Consequently the in
dependence party will last Just as long
as Hearst's spending proclivities do
not fail, and will be considerable
source Of saving to the campaign fund
Of the republican party. The Hearst
outfit reminds us that flies are fond of
molasses without considering the
source Of whether the syrup is tainted
{ Self preservation may be the first
law of nature, but 1t seems to have an
exemption clause as far as some liquor
dealers are concerned. If they really
wanted to preserve their business from
what they consider persecution" they
would take the initiative in famil1ar1z-
ing themselves with the law, obey it
and try to make it difficult for the
other fellows to break it.
It is to be noticed that Judge Cross
cup and not Judge Lands has been
doing all the talking since that fine
was thrown down. The latter has at
least shown the more judicial dignity
of the two. It is safe to assert that
over 100000 people would have
liked TO see that fine stick.
The Des Moines Daily Tribune took
the Des Moines Capital bitterly to task
for alleged nrisGuotation9 OF Bryan's
Des Moines speech. The Tribune also.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-04

but 1t also emphasizes the, Ridiculous
ness OF the plea advanced by the class
which would like 10 squeeze the tax
press little tighter for the sake of
just little more juice
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-04
Summer lime Iaats.

: He-That fellow over there cheated
me out of cool million.
.she--How could he?
He-Wouldn't let me marry his
daughter.
do you think he can afford to keep
an auto?" lie ought to. He's been an
amateur pho .ographer for three years
and that didn't break him.
hrtoRwot nom com fwypetaoWypppj
II don't see what he's fussin' bout,
now that he's struck lie. Pears to me
it's time fer him to be happy Well,
you see. he imagines he's a lie trust,
an that the Cover mints after him,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-04
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

| In the opinion of the Hampton Globe
| THE railroads of the country Will
make a. mistake IL they attempt any
general increase in freight rates In
a few eases conditions may necessltate
such action, but the earnings general
| ly of the roads during the past few
months and the returning prosperity
! of the country, as seen in the greater
volume of trade, prove that a general
advance would be unwarranted. 1t
would work hardship all round. and
especially upon the farmers, who will
soon begin to move their crops. 1t is
to be hoped that the interstate COM
mission may guard the interests of the
public in this matter"
The Hardin County Citizen suggests
that THE manifest thing for the oil
trust to do is to manufacture a few
hundred alias companies with small
capitalization"
'If the courts want the respect and
veneration of the people," says the
Belle PLANE Union, they must keep
the judicial ermine out of the mire.
courts Of this country and it will take
something more than idolatrous VEN
Grafton to preserve them in their ma
tive strength and purity"
ut is the part of political manhood
to play politics square" remarks the
Spirit Lake Beacon. "The man who
really believes 1t would be better to
have Bryan for president is false to his
convictions and his country to vote for
anybody else. But 1t is contemplate
for a republican to give comfort to
the opposition because OF disgruntle-
ment or false spirit of independence"
The Abba Union can see that There
will be no friction between Grosscup
and Roosevelt. The beauty of our form
of government is liberty OF sentiment
and honesty of conviction. The trust
decision will be settled right as all
things American have been In the
past"
1.-THE inevitable destiny of our coun
try is to receive the overflow from
Europe and assimilate 1t so far as our
institutions will permit" declares the
Dubuque Times Journal.
'If none of the many parties suits
you in particular, hire a hall and
start one of your own" advises the
Davenport Democrat. Then find some
body, who shares your views. to pub
lish paper. 1t is as easy as sitting In
the shade on hot day, with an electric
fan brzzing, and waiter bringing
iced drinks"
The Creston Advertiser believes that
"rhere is not the slightest doubt now
that VIM. III. Taft will scoop Mr.. Bry-
an at the coming election. His initia-
ton into the steam shovelers union has
made that certainty"
"Remember the Sabbath day and
keep 1t holy means to worship God
and to rest physically" concludes the
Waterloo Courier 'sThis pair OF
Siamese twins cannot live separated
from each other. There is no real rest
without worship and no worship with
out rest"
I'm outlining his campaign plans,
Bryan fails to incorporate plans of
the inauguration ceremonies notes
the Clinton Herald
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-04

an he thinks that because the COVER
mint hain't located him yit, mebbe he
amt such big lie trust after ALL"
Il think it's all rot about Ii bein'
an unlucky number, don't your" We'll,
dunno. I've never yet run up agin
IL jurymen and one judge without
'avin' rotten bad luck"
rs that exzNew Yorker who likes
London SO well naturalized Eng
lishman?" NO. answered Miss Cay
enne, merely denatured American"
do you think you would be embar-
raised in the presence of royalty?''
Yep; met three queens and a pair OF
kings one night last week and I've
been embarrassed ever since"
II think these motoring excursions
of young people bring about engages
ments almost of themselves" Yes;
automatic courtship. as it WERE"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-04
OUGHT

Ouch!
Colonel Charles Coey, the6president
of the American Federation of Aero
clubs; said the other day in Mime
apolis of an aeronautical pilot:
He is really too absent minded to
pilot balloon. He used, you know
to be railroad conductor, but he had
to give up the work he was too abb
sent minded for it, too.
ION his train, one day, as he passed
thru the cars taking up the tickets,
Joking passenger, instead of proffer-
ing his pasteboard, solemnly proffereG
his forefinger.
Never noticing anything out OF the
way, the conductor punched a little
chunk out of the side of the finger
and passed on
Warning.
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