Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-28

his vote Tor U. >. senator LOT lne cdn-
didate having the largest number Of
votes in the county. Mentioning this
to Editor Ray of the Herald, he said
i'm substance: "rhe report Is a false
one. Mr. Grier has assured me per-
sonally. that if elected he will cast his
vote for the one having the largest
number of votes in the state. Further
more Mr. Ray was emphatic in declar-
ing that the primary law was state,
not county primary law. and that the
Herald would not support candidate
taking the county view"
Readers of this column are aware
that no attempt has ever been made
herein to "taffy" the Herald. On the
contrary, stern sense of duty has
more than once compelled this scribe
to take it to task for grievous sins,
both of omission and commission. But
now, in all seriousness. 1t can be said,
if the anti Cummins wing of the re-
publican party the state over will take
the position of the editors OF the Her
aid, and stick to it, there will soon be
united republican party in Iowa. They
accept with no mental reservations the
revised platform as written and read
by Mr. Lacey. They will support sim
cerely, If not cordially, Mr.. Cummins
for United States senator if he receives
a majority preference of votes the
state over. They only ask a like SEN
timent and action on the part of Mr..
Cummins friends.
In Lynnville last year two fruit
growers. Messrs Alice and Ratciff.
saved their peach crop by "smudge'
fires. This when q killing frost com
pletely destroyed the crop of some Of
their neighbors. Altho they had to
stay up nearly all night on two or
three occasions. when the thermometer
was going down to the danger point.
still it paid we'll. for the expense of
smudge Is almost nothing, and some
men sit up all night to play poker and
have nothing to show for it. These
men built their smudge fires in their
peach orchard where the heat and
smoke would be carried by the breeze
all thru the peach trees. Just now
again our fruit crop is in danger. What
will save a peach crop will do the
same for all other fruit, Strawberries
possibly being an exception. Why not
save the whole fruit crop of Iowa in
1908? Why not have smudge fires all
over Iowa in the near future nights
when Jack Frost works his grudge
against us?
Here's another fruit story. This
time from Grundy Center. MIR. ]. C.
Bourne, an old timer and an old SOL
der, has for a life long friend Mr..
E. w. Reynolds, another old soldier,
spending the winter in California. Mr..
Reynolds writes his friend that he has
sent him box of oranges right fresh
from the trees and to pass them
around. Mr.. Bourne at once thinks OF
the next G. A. r. meeting and what
a feast they will have Mr.. Bourne is
anxious to have these oranges arrive
in good condition and asks the ex
press agent to be sure and bring the
box in by the fire if they arrive on the
night train. Must not be frost bitten.
The box of oranges arrived on the day
of the meeting of the G. A. r., but
they came by mail in box four by
six inches. They were real ripe. per-
feet dwarf oranges about the size OF
marbles. 1t seems they make bust
mess of raising these dwarfs for just
such occasions. To this should be added
the G. A. r. boys had an orange feast
that night, and also that one of the
grocery stores in Grundy Center sold
a whole box to one man on that day,
and finally that there is a warm re-
ception awaiting Mr.. Reynolds on his
return.