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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-09
WILL ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT.
Miss Ethel Elliott to Become Wife Of
MINNEAPOLIS Attorney.

WTHHedPoTIS NttoTHey.
Mrs. w. B. Elliott and Miss Elliott
512 East Main street, have Issued 100
invitations for an at home to be given
Tuesday, April IA, from 4 to 6, when
Mrs. Elliott will announce the engage
men of her daughter to Mr.. James q.
Swan, a Minneapolis attorney. Mr.
Swan formerly lived at Reinbeck. and
is son of the late George Swan, who
owned banks at Reinbeck, Grundy
Center and Morrison. Mr.. Swan Is an
alumnus Of Iowa College, and later
graduated from the Harvard law
school. The wedding will take place in
late autumn or early winter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-09
In the District Court,

The arguments in the case Of C. r.
Steele VS.. NJ. E. Andrews G. Sons,
which has been on trial since Monday.
were begun this morning. At noon it
was expected that the case would go
to the jury before court adjourned this
afternoon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-09
Supervisors Visit County Farm.

The county board of supervisors
went to the county farm this morning
on its regular monthly inspection trip.
The board will hold an adjourned
meeting next Tuesday and on April is
the Minerva ditch project comes up
again for a hearing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-09
FRIDAY EVENING.

Homo Talent Production by High
School Students.
The Modern Merchant of Venice is
a very cleverly written piece following
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-09
Licensed to We'd.

Ian Center. clerk, aged 35, and Mrs.
Ella K. Anderson. aged 81, both Of
Ames.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-09
Neighborhood Notes

CONTINUED from Page Five.)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-09
6. \. BURROUGHS IS
ARRESTED At OMAHA
Man For Whom Search Was
Made Here Caught By Police
Wednesday Night
GAVE WORTHLESS CHECKS HERE

Police and oskaIoosa Officer Search
Town for Him But He Had Left =
Worthless Checks, TotaIins More
Than SIPS Passed in This
City.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-09

to the Philippines, their acquisition
the manners and customs of the peo-
pie, and the many natural resources
of the Islands. The guests of the even
ing were Mrs. ID. 7. Parnell, Mrs. Will
Meyers, and Mrs DR.. Mershon.
Mrs. Jesse Meekins. who has been
suffering from heart trouble for sew
eral weeks, was able to ride out Sun
day.
j. g. Scott is assisting Will Meyers
in the butcher shop this week during
the absence of T. C.. Culp.
FL. A. Biersborn is preparing to
move to the property west of town
soon. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Beatty will oc-
cupy the house that Mr.. Biersborn va
Gates
Scholl began again here Monday af-
ter e. weeks vacation, which was
much enjoyed by both teachers and
pupils.
Miss Julia Ogg returned to LaMoille
Saturday, near which village she is
teaching school, having spent her two
weeks of vacation at home.
A. M. Johnson, who was accident
ally shot by his SON law recently,
was able to attend church Sunday.
N. III. Rails Is visiting his daughter,
Mrs. Bryant Russell, in Oklahoma.
BANGOR.
April 9-Mr and Mrs. ]. H. Kinzer
and daughter Marjory, returned from
their Kansas visit on Wednesday of
last week.
Mrs. Chase Of Buckeye, Is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Frank Sharp, Of
this place.
d: c. Norman delivered hogs to l..
W. Fox at Union Friday.
Mrs. H: o: Powers is sick.
After being confined to their homes
all winter, j: r. Macy and Mrs. Will
liam Hill are again able to be out.
Farmers are getting busy In their
fields
Mrs Linden Hockett of Grundy Cen
ter, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
n. Frazer, Saturday and Sunday:
Vera and vern WINERY OF Marshall
town. visited at the homes of their
uncles, Messrs. Jesse Cox and Boyd
Carey, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Smith returned to her home
Sunday after two weeks visit with
her daughter, Mrs. C. W. Hollings-
worth.
Mrs. Russell and baby Viola, Messrs.
w. Dickover, James Kersey and ]. T.
Carter and daughter Matte were Mar
shalltown callers Friday
Mrs. Lydia Green is still confined to
her home.
ELAN Benbow was in Grinnell on
business Tuesday.
Forest Comfort is suffering from sore
throat.
John Jessup, Jr.. is going into the
chicken business.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-09
I'm All That is Good
We Afford the Best"
GEO. |.
ANDREWS
~-

Order some or all of the fol-
lowing list for your Saturday
and Sunday meals. We
have secured it nice and
fresh and it will tempt your
appetite. Good for that
spring fever.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-09
MARIETTA.


April 9.-Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ward
man were in State Center Sunday to
attend the funeral OF Mrs. Fitch.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. W. Hubbard, vis-
tied at the home of the formers aunt,
Mrs. John Timmons. and family Sun
day.
Miss Amy Dunn, Of ST. Anthony, Wis
tied couple Of days last week with
her sister, Mrs. August Larson.
Perry and Matte Davis. visited their
sister, Mrs. Charles Paullin, in Mar
shalltcwn Sunday:
A few of the farmers have begun
sowing oats.
W. H. G. Woodward VIII begin the
erection OF new barn this month.
Robert Tannahill, OF Marshalltown,
is staying at William Villas. >.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-09
LIE GRAND.
!, n Nr, Y.,,

April 9-Miss Lucille Wagner, who
teaches at Berlin returned to her work
this week after weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Bowen. of New
Sharon, visited at the home Of Mr..
Bowen's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
L. Bowen, over Sunday.
School opened this week after a
weeks vacation. A number of the pu-
pills are out with the mumps.
The telephone exchange ds being
moved from the DIR. M. M. Evans
building to the property owned by
Mrs. Sue Barton, of Manila.
Miss Della Richards began elerking
for w. K. Arnold & Sons this week.
Mr.. r. T. Wagner Is working in
the 3. O. Cummings store.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22
Offsets and AppraiSalS.

The following editorial from the Rut-
land Herald has local interest as it
was inspired by letter which appeared
in the Burlington Free Press after the
correspondent had seen the account of
the recent listers meeting of Caledonia
county in St. Johnsbury:
Taxation still receives its full quota of
discussion and general attention by the
voters of the state Strangely enough,
few newspapers seem willing to take
very definite stand upon the question,
one way or another This may be be-
cause they prefer to wait for the report
of the taxation commission, but it is also
probably true that most writers hest
tate about getting into" such COM
pick subject. There seems, however, to
be no difference of opinion, in the minds
of those who write and talk about the
subject, that the most vicious features OF
the whole system are dishonest apprais-
ais and offsets. correspondent in the
Burlington Free Press touches up these
matters with the word of experience as
follows:
The item in your issue of March "a,
from St. .Iohnsbury announcing that the
listers OF Caledonia county had agreed
to tax green foot wood in the list at
81 per cord, which is as much as it
would bring at any wood shipping
point know of, while there are many
villages in the state where 4 foot green
wood is delivered at from SO to 81 per
cord.
Compare the wood item with the
appraisal of logs at $40 per NJ, and
sawed lumber at $12 so per NJ, compare
these figures with SO per m. on the
stump, paid for spruce on Hancock
mountain, several miles from mill and
railroad.
Ask your local dealer for a price on
some lumber to build a pig pen, and
compare his figures with the appraisal
of lumber in Caledonia county and you
will realize the injustice OF the appraisal
or come to the conclusion that the pig
has grown up in the lumber business.
Many mill men offset their stock and
not only rob your town and common
wealth of valuable asset but cut up
your highways by hauling their untaxed
lumber 10 market.
How many logs are rolled into a
stream to escape taxation' Shall we
have tax law TO encourage a money
monopoly and dishonesty or one to pro-
mote and encourage thrift, economy,
equality and honesty?
If the former, we need no change. If
the latter, let our tax commissioners
recover an equal appraisal of reality and
tax all property. Go light on growing
crops and Improvements.
| see no reason why two farms of equal
fertility, side by side, should not be
taxed alike; if one takes care of his crops
and the other spends his time in a
saloon and let's his crops go to waste.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22
County Road Meeting.
A Large Attendance and a Good Address by
Gov. Proctor.


The annual gathering of the Caledonia
county road commissioners was held in
Pythian Hall Wednesday and was the
largest attended of any of these meet
ings ever held here. All the road COM
mssioners in the county were present
besides many of the seectmen from the
various towns. The county Official
Capt George o. Ford of Kirby, was an
intere ted participant in the proceedings
and representatives were also present
from Concord and Newbury.
Charles w Gates, the state highway
commissioner, conducted the meeting in
his usual interesting and profitable way
speaking in the morning of the materials
for road building, the management of
funds and the blanks that the road COM
missioners used. He strongly advised
the officials to employ a consulting
engineer in laying out new roads or
making extensive improvements upon
old ones. He said that all the other
states had adopted this policy and it
would be money saved every time to
have the advice of an expert
Gov. Proctor, who was an interested
spectator throughout the conference was
called upon just before dinner and enthu-
siastically received. He said the interest
in good roads is widespread in Vermont
and a guaranty of its permanency and
real success. 1t is partnership arrange
ment with the road commissioner and
the selectmen in partnership with the
state. He briefly traced the recent legis-
lation in regard to good roads and said
the present law was still on trial. He
believed the state had made a good be-
ginning. He did not favor onding the
state TOR several million dollars to be-
come an Indebtedness that should extend
down TO another generation. Such a
scheme was not educational and it would
not have helped the small towns. The
verdict is infinitely stronger in favor of
the present system than | ever expected
it would be. The situation rests right
with the road commissioner. You are a
vital part of great plan for the perma-
nent Improvement OF the roads of the
state. 1t is no longer local or town
question, but a matter of state impor-
tance. In closing Gov. Proctor said he
did not favor increasing the state appro-
priation for highways for the next two
years and thought we had every reason
TO be satisfied with the progress already
made.
Capt. Ford was the first speaker of the
afternoon, suggesting to the town Off
Gals how the county commissioner could
help them Mr.. Gates followed with
more suggestions and the meeting closed
with an open forum, many questions
being asked by the officials present and
answered by the state official.
Mr.. Gates went from here to Guildhall
where similar meeting was held with
the Essex county officials on Thursday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22
Our PhilanthrOpic Theatre.

We believe the city of Northampton,
in Massachusetts is the only place in the
United States that has a municipal
theatre, but the Barre Times refers to
our new Music Hall as a "phlan-
thropic" theatre. And this we beg to
assure them is correct. The syndicate of
four young men that have leased the
property for five years of the Y. NJ. c. A.
are giving their time 10 the venture and
the profits, il any, will accrue to the per-
manent improvements on the property.
The local dramatic company have put
two excellent plays on the stage, and
last night especially, had a well-hlled
and enthusiastic house So here's sue
cess to our new enterprise which the
Barre Times characterizes as follows:
An unusual institution is that "philan
thropic" theatre, run by company of
young men without thought of per-
sonal profit" in st. Johnsbury. It's an
ideal state of affairs when people are
willing to sacrifice themselves, but the
CALIFORNIAN vouches for the accuracy of
the statement that there is nothing back
of the undertaking but desire to con-
duct a public hall for the good of the
community. The St. Johnsbury Music
Hall is like all endowed opera, with spon-
sors answerable for its maintenance 1--WE
take it for granted that the promoters of
the new enterprise also stand in for the
losses that the new theatre may sus-
tain). Under such conditions, we Join
with the contemporary in remarking that
tits worth supporting" at least to the
extent that the sponsors of the theatre
may be able to keep their heads above
water in these troublous times of thin
audiences and emaciated returns. The
theatre business, excepting the nickel
picture-slide shows, is decidedly depressed
outside the large cities. So there's
reason to support these St. Johnsbury
philanthropists.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22
PRESS COMMENT.
Vermont's Senator's.

The two Vermont senators are ascom-
panionable as brothers. Ever since Mr..
Stewart put on the toga as the most
aged man in the Senate he has kept close
to his colleague, Mr.. Dillingham;. Morn
ing, noon and night they are as chummy
as can be. If Mr.. Dillingham; is around
the Capitol, it is certainty that Mr..
Stewart is not far away. They visit the
departments together, lunch together,
sit in the cloakrooms and talk together
When he was young man Mr.. Dllling-
ham admired Mr. Stewart, who was the
idol of the Vermont voters, and this adj
miration has not ceased in the flight OF
years
During the Senate debates Mr.. Stewart
has seat hard by Mr. Dillingham;, and
they even follow the progress of the
orators together Washington Cores
pondence of the Boston Herald
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22
What the Middlebury Register
Thinks of the Hyde Park
Savings Bank.

Up in "spunky Lamoile" county re-
sides a man who believes with all his
might in the liberal use of printers ink;
and is frank to admit that the success of
his very large business is due in a great
measure to the fact that he has constant
ly kept his business before the public
through the medium of the press. This
man is Elk. Gov. c. S Page. His hide
business AZ the present time is known
all over the world; and a visit to this
enormous establishment would be
revelation to one acquainted with its
growth in the past 27 years. Hyde
Park, though a pretty little village.
would not have one-fourth the publicity
it now enjoys were it not for the fact
that it is the home of business that has
grown in the past quarter-century
to such size that it commands at
tention all over the country and beyond
Another enterprise that was started by
Mr. Page and has prospered from its
very inception is the savings bank in his
home town. Aside from the fact that
this increase shows that Vermont was
hardly touched by the financial disturb
ances of late, it is an excellent testimonial
to the thrift of Vermonters as a whole.
The boast-and it is justi6able one
that the funds are invested entirely in
the State, may also be true of other
banks; but c. s. Page believes in letting
the people know about it. The people
have faith in Mr.. Pages ability, honesty,
tact and management. They are glad
that their savings are kept at home; and
it tends to beget confidence to learn
that in 10 years the concern has lost not
one dol ar from bad notes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22
Does This Mean You?

Subscribers of the CALEDoNIAN should
bear in mind the ruling OF the postal
authorities requiring subscriptions to be
paid in advance. If your subscription is
not up to date, as is shown on the label,
please let us hear from you. The matter
is not optional with this paper, and ar
rearages must be paid. The CALIFORNIAN
wishes to thank those who have re-
sponded with remittances. There are
however, Others vet to hear from.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22
The Spurious Interviewer

The Barre Times states an unquestion-
ed fact when it says;
Gov. Proctor is getting to be an ex-
pert in the art of side-stepping inter
viewers for newspapers, an art acquired
sooner or later by public men,"
The trouble is that some of the metro
politan correspondents, particularly of
the yellow variety, put words into the
mouth of man who refuses to talk, and
after he starts in to repudiate false in
terviews, he must deny all or run the
risk that people will believe the one he
omlts to stamp as false.
So successful and resourceful a poll
tician as Col. B. B. Smalley, of Burling.
ton long ago established the rule never
todeny anything that is said about you
in the newspapers, and we believe he still
sticks to the practice Burlington Free
Press
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22
The Forest Bill Stranded.

The House committee on judiciary
has performed its duties as executioner
and the White Mountain forest reserve
bill has been declared unconstitutional.
According to the decision of the com
mittee, the nation has no right to enter
a state and take possession of its lands
for the purposes of forestry development.
To the minds of this committee the re-
lation between forest preservation and
the protection of navigable waters is
too speculative to afford a standing for
the justification of federal operations.
The opinion of the committee on
judiciary is not final. There may be
Others in Congress able to understand
that protection of watershed, by pro
noting growth of vegetation and forest
and by prevention of erosion, creates a
storage capacity that is of vast import
ance in the maintenance and equaliza,
ton of the flow of a river But apart
from the possibility of federal legislation
why should not New Hampshire senti
ment be aroused to state action in thi.
direction?-[ Boston Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22
Let Brotherly Love Continue.

Editor Hindley has had charge of the
Rutland Herald only short time, but
he has already shown what good judg-
ment joined to bright and effective writ
ing can do. He realizes that a news
paper cannot be edited with bludgeon
or a meat cleaver, and that rapier
thrusts are more effective than broad
sword blows. He is showing degree of
moderation in political controversies
that promises to materially increase the
Herald's influence, and he is producing
one of the brightest and most attractive
editorial pages in Vermont. 1t looks
as though Editor Hindley had found his
field Burlington Free Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22

The st. Adams Messenger recently
printed political supplement that every
editor will be glad to preserve because
of the valuable information given about
the coming conventions. Such an issue
of the paper represents a vast amount
of work which is seldom appreciated by
the average reader.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22

If the Bennington county Barber
enters the senatorial contest here's
hoping the Hyde Park candidate will
trim him.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22

Among those mentioned as delegates
to the democratic national convention
are Elisha May of st. Johnsbury, o. M.
Miller of Newport and A. A. Olmstead
ofNewbury. The delegation will prob
ably be uninstructed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22

The CALIFORNIAN has insisted from the
start that Caledonia county is entitled
to district delegate at the republican
national convention and now that the
delegates have been chosen to the district
convention it ought to be easy to agree
upon candidate He ought to be a
loyal Taft man as we believe the senti-
ment of the state is for Taft and the can
didate selected at the district convention
ought to reflect the sentiment of his con-
stituents. Some weeks ago the Groton
Times suggested the name of Leighton P.
Slack of St. Johnsbury and we are glad
to help his candidacy along, by announc-
ing that Mr.. Slack was for Secretary
Taft before his name was ever mentioned
for the Chicago convention.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22

Joseph A. DeBoer of Montpelier, J L.
Southwick of the Burlington Free Press
and Representative Cady of Middlebury
have been selected by Governor Proctor
to accompany him to Washington next
month at the White House conference
with the various governors of the United
States. This is a splendid trio of Yer
monters who are keenly alive to the best
interests of the state.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22

Capt. Fred D. Boswell of Mt. Vernon,
ILL.,, received letter April 3 that was
mailed to him from Big Springs, Miss,
forty-six years ago. The letter was sent
to him by Woodson Daniels of McLeans-
boro, Ill. Capt. Boswell will reply to
the letter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22

So Maxwell Evarts won out at the
Windsor caucus, defeating his own
brother who headed Taft delegation,
and carrying his town for Hughes. This
will be good news for E. H. Hartman,
who hates Roosevelt, and presumably
Taft as the devil hates holy water. If
this contest in Windsor lands Mr.. Evarts
on the state delegation to Chicago he
will undoubtedly consider it worth all
it cost. So far as we have observed,
Windsor was the only town in the state
where there was such contest, and for
this we are truly thankful.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-04-22
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-07
BITE ? THE CHA MONSTER.
Reptile Turns Over to Get Venom
Into Victim.


IT was his turning-over habit that led
me 10 the discovery as to the bite of the
ella monster. This creature-more like
snort. stocky snake with legs on than
anything else-has no poison fangs, like
the rattlesnake. yet his bite may be Just
as dangerous. His poison teeth are in his
lower Jaw. and the poison comes from a
grand under the tongue. If he bites
WITHOUT turning over the wound is not
serious, but II he turns over there is
great danger.
Dr- Snow of the University of Kansas
wrote me, some time ago. of an experi-
ence he had with the bite of a ella
monster
The reptile was caught and put In
bucket. the top of which was COW
cred with paper. The bucket was then
put In the wagon in which the doctor
was driving. AS the road was some-
what rough. the bucket was bounced nm
and down, and in order to steady il DR.
Snow put his hand behind him and
took hold of the bucket thrustinp his
fingers through the newspaper cover
on its top. SO that he could hold it Sc
cure. Suddenly he felt the monsters
grip on his fingers. Startled and me-
what alarmed. he carefully pried the
jaws OF the reptile open and released
himself. The wounds were such as any
ordinary bite would have made and he
suffered no more inconvenience than
might have been expected.
There are many stories current in
Arizona and Sonora as to deaths that
have occurred from CHA monsters bites,
but 1t is hard to get at the facts. Care
full experiments made with animals
Show that when the reptile bites and
turns over, so that the poison flows
down the teeth grooves into the wound
the bitten creatures die in short time.