Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-29
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! tribution to nature. We might sug-
gest that the booze be sprayed in the
!, watermelon patches If the sprinklers
want to try a little amateur Burbank
ing, and send us some of the melons
adds democratic friend.
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! OF all cruel acts by publishers the
sudden change of the political policy
of a newspaper to accord with new
i ownership is about the most barbar-
Gus imaginable. An increase In the
mortality list OF the readers of the
Des Moines Tribune, which has just
gone democratic may be looked for.
The father who is so unfortunate as
to rear fool daughter, knows what
real responsibility is.
That the 8 cent bounty offered
makes small boys go for the gopher is
shown in Shelby county, where two
years determination has cost s5,324.50.
indicating that the lives of over $4,000
of the burrowing pests have been
snuffed out. While there Is very little
land that lies low in that county, thus
making little danger of the gopher be-
ing flooded out everybody else lies
low for the gopher and his lot is not
a happy one.
Stella-Jack stole a kiss from me last
night.
/ Mabel-Poor fellow!
Stella-Why do you say that?
I Mabel-Had he been wealthy there
would have been no occasion for him
to steal it.-Chicago News.
After all, the real secret Of forty
bushel No. l wheat is in the amount of
clover turned under when the soil is
prepared.
Opie Read has come and gone, veri-
flying the impression created by the
advance matter to the effect that the
mower and harrow could be used on
his hair crop 10 advantage.
In the long run it looks as tho 1t
was everything going out and nothing
coming in, as far as is concerned the
exodus of Iowa educators this sum-
rher. But a pleasant exception to the
srule has been noted in the fact that
an institution at Oberlin, o., which
sent for one Of Iowa's teachers and
got him, has returned in exchange a
piano instructor.
All that fuss about the recount in
Dallas must have been made by the
Prouty men on the theory that they
had all to gain and nothing to lose.
The smash of the defunct Bank Of
Corwith was tough on the bank. but
is apparently nuts for the lawyers,
for there are over eighty cases left
for trial, the outcome OF the banks
tribulations. One can without much
strain on the intellect Imagine a
chorus OF lusty-throated lawyers
warbling in unison, Its an I'll wind
that blows nobody good"
In Iowa we could have an inherit
ance tax which would return to the
state a 1.-THE from all inheritances
above a certain minimum Revenue Of
this kind would come from an estate
which the original owner has deserted
and which has not yet cost the pros
pective owner one cent OF effort.
At Davenport Sarah T.. AIDE is SUI
ing the Tri-City Railway Company
for $4,000 as damages for alleged per-
sonal injuries "a case OF AIDE after
more aid as 1t were.
Merchant-I'll give you a position as
clerk to start with, and pay you what
you are worth is that satisfactory?
Applioant-Oh, perfectly; but do--er
do you think the firm can afford it?
Bits.
Insurance of bank deposits can not
come soon because the democrats have
forced the republicans to oppose 1t, but
we can have law compelling holders
OF bank stock to secure their double
liability with adequate collateral, COM
pelling banks capital and surplus to
bear a fixed ratio to its deposit la
bility and compelling q larger proper
ton of reserves to be kept in a banks
own vaults. These measures would
not injure the banks and would go
long ways toward making insurance