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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-18
gnrcs- 33lepuhIira, garsra1tuu mua aaaarg Is lYna
guesses $50 men, women and children
gave this $500.

guesses $50 men, women and children
gave this $500
The ice problem is becoming as an
Irishman would say, a burning ques-
ton. At this writing. the middle of
January, no ice has been secured for
the coming summer. Iowa river has
not yet frozen over at Steamboat Rock
In sufficient thickness to warrant cut
ting operations Neither has the pond
near this place, where the usual sup
ply is secured. Nate Dillon. the ice
man, however, is not worried, says
February always gives us plenty Of ice,
and that he did not cut pound last
year till January %. Reports from all
over the state are that no ice harvest
has yet occurred, and that lower Min
nesota Is in the same bad way. Mean
while the ice men are all ready to go
to work. and when ice gets to even
eight or ten inches in thickness 1t Will
be cut as fast as possible.
Many OF our Iowa towns that are
up to date. in the way of sewerage,
water works, electric light sidewalks
ana line puDHC buildings, dIe very
negligent In the matter of numbering
the houses and stores. Others that
do this. are careless in street signs.
Grinnell, a town OF $500 people, has
house numbers in much evidence. but
when a stranger in that town wants
to get anywhere It is necessary to stop
at one house on each street and ask:
"Where ne Is at" And this town has
so much increased It's suburban streets
and residences that even town dwell
ers have to ring several door bells IL
calling on their new neighbors. in Had
ley's or somebody's else addition.
In Grinnell the other day the writer
met a prohibtionst. whose name
would be gladly given. If he had known
he was being interviewed Listen to
his words of wisdom: IF we prohibit
tionists We're wise, we would stop all
this talk Of constitutional amendment,
and put our strength. time and money
behind the officials of Iowa that are
trying to enforce our present laws
concerning the liquor traffic. When
we have shown the people that we can
enforce the mulct law. when they have
seen the good effects of the enforce
ment of this law. then we shall be In
position to ask for something better,
and that is prohibition"
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-18

Will have returned to its owner all it
cost and be his property besides. The
man who paid rent all this time would
have paid out the same amount OF
money with nothing but more rent
ahead of him to show for his eXpendi-
ture. No man on a fixed income can
afford TO pay rent. Even the man why
thinks he can, make his money earn
more in his business sometimes finds
his business getting away from him.
while money invested in home Is
safer than in a savings bank. Savings
banks. YOU know, take most of their
money and invest 1t in other peoples
homes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-18
why pREsupposE A VACANCY

Why do Allisons friends, or rather
the fellows who want to beat Cum
Minis. raise the question of who Garst
would appoint in the case of a va
cancy occurring during his term? Can
any of the ants tell us about this!
Let the Burlington Hawkeye, Cedar
Rapids Republican or Sioux City Jour
nal explain 1t to us.
1t has been many years since the
question as to who a governor would
appoint to the senate has figured In
a gubernatorial campaign. Shaw had
the privilege of appointment when
Gear died, to be sure: but Dolliver Is
not likely to die, much less to resign,
and If Cummins should be selected at
the primaries there would be little
likelihood of his seat becoming vacant
during Garst's term as governor.
Really, now the Times Republican en-
joys an intimate acquaintance with
the present lieutenant governor. ana
vet has never heard the subject of APP
pointing a senator mentioned in ms
presence Why do the newspapers OPP
posed to Garst raise this question? Is
there likely to be vacancy during his
term when the same primary that
dominates him will Nselect a senator
for another six-year term? Explain,
please.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-18

unless it's life be extended by con-
gress. Branches are to be estab-
lished in New York, Chicago, New Or
leans, Boston, Denver, ST. Louis, San
Francisco, Cincinnati and Portland,
Ore. The bank shall be governed by
board OF twenty-five directors, elect
ed by the stockholders, and the Sec
rotary of the treasury shall be the
chairman. The bank may issue addi-
tional notes OF the United States Ma
tional Bank Of America in amount not
exceeding s400,0O0,OO0, and such notes
shall be available for general national
bank circulation on the deposit OF
proper security. Four per cent divi-
dends may be paid to stockholders on
the banks annual earnings.
The government of Norway Is plant
ing about one and one-half million
forest trees annually. Individual So
cieties are helping in the work Of re-
forestization. The Norwegian Forest
society alone has planted 30,000,000
tiSSS SIllNC Ioui. Ioul Nide - liiS
state Of Iowa doing for her lahorers
and farmers who must have houses
and barns in which to live in the fu-
ture?
Americans have to pay $40 q ton
bars than their foreign competitors.
This is what stands in the way of re-
ciprocal treaties which propose to
trade down any of the Dingley sched-
ules.
Our battleships' crews must have
bread, so battleships have bakeries.
The bakery on the Georgia, writes
Correspondent Rose, with Admiral
Evans fleet, uses 600 pounds Of -four
day, and as navy loaf weighs a
pound instead of the shore loaf's II
ounces, the ships bakery turns out
600 loaves day to keep 500 hungry
officers and men provided with the
staff of life Five bakers are en-
ployed in the Georgia's bread foundry,
and the most up-to date dough mix
ing and other machinery is used.
The members of the crew eat much
more bread. proportionately. than the
officers. With the enlisted men 1t
forms big part Of the menu three
times a day.
Let the government collect the first
fine before it goes to the trouble of
securing another against the Standard
G;l romnony
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-18
For Sunday Reading. !
All Sort. Of Opinions.

Are the Jewish Demands UnAmerican?
The furry caused by the mistaken
report that the New York school board
in Difference to the Jewish element of
the population, would eliminate all ref
crenccs of n Christian character from
the Christmas celebrations in the pub
lie schools, has subsidized. But religious
papers continue to reflect the views of
the opposing parties, Christian and
Jewish, on the point at issue and the
parties at issue. The Jewish claim, of
course, Is not in the least conceded by
the Christian papers, who look upon it
as ill-advised, If not in sense revo-
lutionary, The Congregationalist and
Christian World (Boston) says of the
attempt to eliminate the name of
Christ from the Christmas exercises:
1T would be difficult to imagine any
act prompted by Jews which would be
more hostile to their own interests.
Driven from Russia and other coun-
tries by race antipathies intensified by
their opposition to Christianity, they
have found refuge and a welcome In
the United States: they have been
freely permitted to share in all our
public institutions and privileges OF
citizenship. No restrictions have been
placed upon them In the exercise OF
their religion. IT, emboldened by their
rapid increase in our metropolis, they
We're to make any concerned effort to
destroy national institution cherished
alike in all Protestant and Catholic
countries, they might easily forecast
the time when they would be as un-
welcome here n { In the countries. from
which anti-Semitism has driven them"
Success in their effort, this journal
thinks, would logically lead to move
ments to repeal the Sunday laws. and
TO eliminate the letters A. d. from
school text books.
The JeW. on the other hand. declines
to regard himself as IAN alien residing
here on sufferance" He asserts that
members of his race accompanied
Columbus on his first voyage. that he
has always been an integral part Of the
nation, and now only demands that his
rights as an American citizen be not
infringed upon. Turning the charges
of un Arnericanism against the ac-
cuser The Jewish Tribune portland,
Ore.) declares:
1T seems that forcing ones children
into religion which his parents do
not share is I'M American. and, conse-
quenty, not the Jews, but the Christian
clergymen, are un-American.
1.-The demand of the Jews to elimin-
ate from the public schools any exer-
cises which bear the character Of any
religion is Just and should be granted;
and those who are opposed to 1t are at
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-18

to get into line. This paper viii pub
ish IL letter next week from James
Harlan, showing where Mr.. Allison
stood on the great Credit Mobiler scan
dal. 1t will show the dilatory tactics
tho willy Allison used in returning Ger
tain stocks of the y. r. in 1873 II took
Mr.. Allison five years to find out that
they did not belong to him. 1t win
make the Torbert letter look like 30
cents in this campaign. There are
O great many things about Mr.. Alli-
sons public life that Senator Dolliver
overlooked. The progressive papers
did not intend to make personal at
tack upon Senator Allison, but the de-
termned effort on the part of the
standpat press to besmirch the char
ter and reputation of A. b. Cum
Minis has compelled the progressives
to tell the truth. and from now on it
will come out in large chunks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-18
WHY NOT "cur INTO THE GAmE7"

Between December 2 and December
2l the date wherein congress met and
nat OH which it adjourned for the
nristnas period, 1899 bills Of one
and and another were introduced in
lie senate and 1l,7S1 in the house.
',his amazing total of nearly $4,000
BILLS were introduced" within a period
of less than three weeks. OF this
mass of matter lag pension bills and
thousands OF bills for private pensions
made part One representative from
Indiana is credited with 1872 private
pension bills and another from Ken
lucky with 154 of the same kind in
troduced during this three weeks
session.
Forty-five bills deal with national
banks. Fifty-eight affect import du-
ties. Twenty-Five are on currency.
railroads Twelve are aimed at trusts.
All the needed legislation might be
covered by half dozen bills. Not half
that number of laws will be created
which affect the welfare of the whole
likely to respond to public demands
ana national needs Possibly cur
Srency bill may be passed. One GER
itin!y ought to be. No tariff legisla-
don need be expected We have
Speaker Cannon's word for it that this
congress will do little beyond pass
Ing appropriation bills.
But the $4,000 bills of the first three
weeks will be further supplemented.
and the member from Here and There
will quote from platform the index OF
bills introduced by him as evidence of
activity and fierce endeavor While he
quietly peddles postoffices and pat
ronage. And if he succeeds in going
back to Washington, he and his con-
freres will introduce more bills at the
rate of 700 a day, and the good old
game of ng-arounda-rosy continue
So long as fpostoffices and patronage
are the price Of official preferment.
When the voters get ready to think for
themselves, vote for themselves, and
cequire service for themselves. new
deaf will have been started, and the
"cut into the game"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-18
MATCHES IN HER STOCKINGS.
American Actress Describes Incident
That Might Have 6een Tragic.

nat mlQnC nave Boon tragic.
It Is proverbial among customs Off
Gals that next to being fattered wo-
man loves to smuggle. Actresses are
no exception to the rule. and an anus
ing incident that came near being
tragedy recently occurred to an Ameri-
can actress who yielded to the fem
mine weakness for outwitting revenue
collectors, says London correspondent
Of the New York Herald. Her name
Is familiar one to New York theater
goers. and 1t is not unknown in Lon
don, but 1t would be unfair to give 1t,
rs even now the French authorities
might make II unpleasant for her.
when went over to Paris recent
ly." she said. II took along two dozen
boxes of English matches which a
friend OF mine there who smokes asked
me to bring her as she can't endure
those snippy little French matches that
never light. dumped the whole lot
into my hand bag and when we were
drawing near Paris ! opened the bag
to see If everything was in order for
the customs officials in case they felt
inclined to rummage in 1t. as they
sometimes do.
II had forgotten all about those
matches. but there they were In mass
meeting. 1t seemed as though the bag
was full of them. Then remembered
taking matches into France is about
the most serious offense you can COM
NIT there The duty is something like
a shilling match. and l knew II
was caught with them it would cost me
more than Tetrazzini could earn in a
whole season.
1.-THE pockets of my cloak and skirt
were already stuffed full Of packages
of tea. and there was only one thing
to do. and that was to put them in my
stockings. did 1t. and did it quickly
too. Fortunately | was alone in the
compartment. and so there was no en-
barrassment in that proceeding.
II had no more than got the last one
tucked in than the train drew into the
Care st. Lazare. AS soon as l stood
up to get out discovered that In my
hurry / had made one grand mistake
I had put matches between my legs
instead Of on the outside. so that when
tried to walk 1t was almost impossi-
Bile. Those lunches of matches kept
hitting each other. and was in con-
slant fear that they would go off and
set fire to my underwear. The only
way could move was to walk strad-
died out, just as though l was riding
cross saddle People stared at me,
thinking, l suppose. had some kind
of deformity.
Never did put in such miserable
half hour as did walking around that
station getting my luggage through.
was in constant fear that would be
caught or that l would burst into
fame. Never. never will l smuggle
again-that is, matches in my stock
ings."
Mr.. George 2. Huntley, who was
also listener to this tale, said, 1T Is
a lucky thing your stockings were not
of warm color"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-18
PAY RENT VS.. BUILD.

Shall l build or pay rent? That Is
a a,Iesction in economics which should
be upper,nost in many mind just
noNs, for the spring will be open be-
fore building plans could be fairly
perfected, and lumber has dropped 81
ner-M. with other material lower ac
eordingly. This will be d good season
4 Ia which to build.
s Paying rent is cheap way of get
ting along, but it never leads to any
& accumulation. The most that anyone
can hope in the long run to pay =
Ter cent gross on the cost of the prop
back 4 per cent for repairs, paint, pa
per. insurance. taxes and losses when
the house is idle, leaving him per
cent net on the money invested. So
far as the price paid by the renter the
average rental of residence property is
low. From the standpoint of an in
weston there is nothing in it but low
rate of interest and very simple class
of property to handle. If man can
,l.e all his money in a business which
pays, returns greater than per cent,
Ia, can better afford to rent than to
H own but In the case of families of fixed
incomes for services, never.
81 The salaried man at 500 per month
usually wants house at $25 per
month and the man getting SIS per
{, month seldom rents less than SIS per
month The rentals come out of his
income, and are gone forever. If the
+ first man would pay $500 for lot and
! bui,d Il $500 home on it, $23 per
month would pay interest at per
cent, taxes, insurance and repairs, and
$50 per month applied on the principal
would pay off the debt in twelve years.
The difference would be this, that at
the end of twelve years the salarled
8 man would own $4,000 worth of
! property which would be worth $50
,,or month to him forever afterwards.
s He could just add the s25 to his sal
ary and live like a $125 per month
man or he could build another house.
s Viewed in another way, by building
row and paying SIS per month more
than d SO rental for twelve years, he
will own property which in nine years
more will save in rent all that was
ever invested in it; or in twenty one
years the man who builds now will
have lived in a SIS per month house.
and will own il without having paid
out en- an average one cent more than
the s;25 per month rental which he
would otherwise have paid without
ever owning anything.
Likewise with the man earning SIS
per month and renting at SIS. He can
build $1,000 house on a $500 lot, pay
8 per cent interest, taxes, insurance
and repairs, and SIG per month will
maintain the investment. In twelve
wears SIS per month on the principal
will pay out the entire investment, and
in about nine years more the home
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-18
Improper Church Finances.

The Rev DIR. Aked, pastor of the
Fifth Avenue Baptist church, startled
his congregation on December 20 by
threatening to resign If the sum of 81.
600 was not raised at the morning
service. This amount represented the
deficit in the funds available for the
yearly expenses of the church, and the
pastor declared that the church could
not pass the end of the calendar year
without relieving itself of this obliga-
ton. He furthermore made some
rather sharp criticism upon the finan-
cial methods of his church, calling at
tention to the fact that similar de-
felt was encountered at the end OF
each year, which it was their habit to
meet by popular subscription. AS pas
tor he deprecated such contingencies
and declared the entire financial sys-
TEN of the church must be reorgan-
lied. AS DR.. Aked's is known as "the
rich mans church," the reproach was
even greater, tho the facts implied
that the poorer many expected OF the
rich. few q disproportionate share Of
the burdens of church support. The
incident furnishes occasion to Sec
ular journal to remark upon the i'm
proper financial methods in churches"
saying that many minister and many
thoughtful layman will sympathize
with DIR. Aked and "be grateful that
one man has had the courage and
the honor to speak out plainly against
what has long been an embarrassment
and a scandal to many churches"
Offers Nothing to Take the Place Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-18
! LOOKER-ON In IOWA !
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Union. Jan. 18.-The Chicago &
Northwestern railway by taking off the
night passenger trains, east and west,
has stirred up all manner of bad
blood between the citizens living in
the towns from Toledo to Jewell
Junction, and the c. & N. w. railway.
Meetings have been held in nearly all
of these towns threats have been
made, the railroad commissioners, both
state and national, have been appealed
to, and the headquarters of the road
in Chicago bombarded with letters
and resolutions. Here's the trouble:
The railroad authorities say the train
does not pay running expenses, and
the people say, we will not be penned
in with only one passenger train each
way every twenty-four hours.
1t remains for this scribe to settle
this trouble at once. Let the G. &
n. W. railroad buy a gasolene motor
car perhaps two, perhaps three or
four are necessary, and run them over
this part of their road every few
hours, and connect with their passen-
ger trains at Jewell and Tama. Two
men can operate each car, and the
increased travel that will come to the
railroad company will put out of bus
mess several livery stables. These
gasolene cars can carry mail, baggage
and passengers. Can be run on sched-
ule time, and take orders from train
dispatchers. the same as any other
train. Such service pays on other
roads. Even the Northwestern is cred
tied with such an arrangement in the
near future, between Ames and Des
Moines. Let it be tried on this stretch
of road between Tama and Jewell, it
will prove profitable investment and
the people will rise up and call them
blessed. They are using another word
these days.
This town of Union does things. Be-
fore the new church is finished. these
good church people. under the name OF
the Ladies' Aid society, had bazaar
and sold things, clearing over $500,
one booth alone showing net result
Of s125. The writer does not know
the exact population of Union. but
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-18
Topics d the Times

LATE Young is now bound to have
il that the state treasury is busted
The reason is that the Cummins men
did it.
The Iowa delegation in the last
congress, with Senator Allison lead
ing, gave loyal support to President
Roosevelt says the Sioux City
journal. What abou, Blythe voting
Iowa with the railroad ridden states
of Pennsylvania and California
against Senator Lodges Roosevelt
tariff plank?
Taft'S friends are elated that 1T has
been suggested that plumbers should
be put to work charging all of the
White House bath tubs.
Is the candidacy of Sweet for con-
gress in the Third district part of
the Cumnlins movement to capture
every district in the state?
From May 10 to June 10, 1906, the
Perkins press argued that the Du-
buoue delegation was named against
Cummins in Allison's interest. Now
the same press argues that Cummlns
got his nomination by the help of
Allison's friends because he had de-
lceived them.
Secretary Hayward and Treasurer
Morrow will be renominated and
elected for their second terms.
1t is now figured that the reason
prices are so high is that gold has
gained so rapidly in production that
it has become cheap, and yet the banks
have to go a long ways from home to
get some of it when their reserves are
depleted.
The primary election law specifically
prohibits under penalty of $500 or
imprisonment in the county Jail for
ninety days any person offering to
perform or performing any services in
the interests of a candidate for
money consideration or other thing or
value and prohibits any candidate
paying or giving or offering to pay or
give to any person any money or
thing of value in return for services,
except as noted above for newspaper
advertising or for circulating petitions
for signatures required on nomination
papers.
The Marengo Commercial club has
decided to build walk to the ceme-
terry. Now, what's that for?
The lsborer out of a job because Of
reduced employment is interested in
currency reform His employers
trouble is largely at the bank.
Towns and villages in need of pure
water can buy pasture farm, bore
ordinary Soft wells, pump with a
gasoline engine thru a pipe line to
reservoir in town and the problem
is solved in simple, economical
manner
The establishment of The United
States National Bank of America" is
provided for in a bill introduced in the
house by Mr.. Fornes (dem., n. ".
The bank is to be in Washington, and
is to have capital stock of $780,
900 900 divided into 100000 shares of
the par value OF $1,000. three lfths of
these shares to be purchased by the
United States treasurer at par, the
purchase money to be raised by the
sale of $4,000 10000 United States gold
bonds. payable in fifty years, and bear
ing 3 per cent interest. the same to be
designated United States currency
bonds Two fifths OF the shares are
to be offered at nor 1ess than par to
the national banks of the country. to
be paid for in gold coin. The United
States National Bank o f America" is
to open for business on Sept. /. 1905
and to cease to exist on Sept. l, 1858,