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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02
COMMERCIAL CLUB HOLDS
ITS FIRST ANNUAL BALL
New Year Party Given by the Business Men
One of the Most Successful Func
tions of the Season.

profusely yet artistically decorated
with red and green streamers, with
red bells and globes suspended at
frequentintervals Numerous card
tables, easy chairs, beside the pool
and billiard tables, provided enter.
tainment for those who did not
care to dance. while across the hall
in the opera house Bach's orchestra
discoursed sweet music for the hap
DIV dancers. At II o'clock lunch
was served in the club rooms and
ended the most enjoyable social af.
fair that Mountain Home people
have ever undertaken,
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02

Mrs. S. Il. Glenn went to Boise
Tuesday on a visit to her daughter,
Mrs. Tom Brady, and family. IT
was Mrs. Glenn's intention to in.
duce Mrs. Brady and the baby to
return with her for q visit and her
many friends trust she may be
successful, as Mrs. Brady is a Noun,
tain Home girl and has many
friends here.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02

The memb bers of the Commercial
club, already justly famed for their
enterprise and sagacity in business
matters, have gained new laurels
in consequence of their success in
planning and carrying through the
arrangements for the grand New
Years ball held at the club rooms
and the opera house last Tuesday
night The attendance was even
larger than the committees had
dared to expect, yet all were pro-
vided for and spent most enjoya'
BILE evening. The club rooms were
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02
LIBRARY HOURS.

Tuesday and Saturday after
noon from 2 until 5. Every
evening from 7 until 8.
SUNDAYs-Reading room on
ly, from 2 until 5 and from Z
until 8. No books given out or
accepted.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02

At a recent meeting Of the Library
Board a motion was made and
carried that a vote of thanks be
extended to the Entire Nous club
for its gift of thirty.two books to
the Public Library,
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02

The REPUBLICAN is on sale
every week Immediately after
publication at Wilson's and
Pascoe's news stands. Those
who desire extra copies saved
for them may secure same by
leaving word at either Of these
places or at this office.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-01-02

Mrs. Gene Walker, last Friday,
gave birth to bouncing baby boy.
Mother and child are doing nicely
and the boys are laying in wait'for
Gene to come into town, as they
believe they have cigar coming.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03
would be shipped in; that it would be


would be shipped in; that 1t would be
| struggled by bootleggers and that mei1
would take chances of Imprisonment;
and fine by establishing blind tigers
bition intended to get liquor for them
selves as individuals. Nevertheless the
pected OF it, and is fairly satisfactory
| to the mass of Georgians.
1t broke up the niger and "po'
white" doggeries by outlawry, killed
| hundreds of resorts where crime in
cubated, gave communities q chance
at self protection. In effect. 1t put the
saloon out OF business, and destroyed
those criminal ganglions whence the
more brutal crimes received their i'm
pulses. Criminal statistics already
show the beneficial effects of the law.
Instead of legal business the traffic
are not supreme In conduct of munic-
ipal affairs or above the police force.
The man with the star can do his
duty as an officer unafraid that a sa-
loon magnate can ask for 1t success
fully next morning. Best of all, his
duties are modified. Drunkenness has
not disappeared but 1t has been cut
in half.
So far as whiskey advertisements are
concerned, they are not confined to
Georgia and prohibition states. The
prohibition counties of Iowa know
how well the express companies have
kept local drunkards supplied. How
ever. none will compare the prohibition
county with the saloon counties Drug
stores SELL bootleggers peddle, indi-
viduals send away" for 1t, but the
saloonIess county finds itself able to
make showing vastly better in NOR
ais, crime and poverty, despite all
these annoyances.
Prohibition in Georgia may not be
absolute in keeping out booze and
abolishing drunkenness, but it is max
ing sufficient reduction of crime and
poverty to fully justify its inception
and continuance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03
Mr.. TAf1,s INVERTED GLASS.

Temperance people, and for the mat
ter of that. all people may we'll take
notice Of the incident reported by the
newspapers the other day relating how
the president inverted his wine
/ glass and without ostentation refused
to drink wine at a banquet. 1t was a
quiet effective temperance sermon by
q very strong and self contained man.
The fact that he is president elect
of this nation makes the action most
notable and contains most Of its wide
effectiveness. Young and old we are a
nation Of hero worshipers, the willing
listeners to success Were Mr.. Taft
to make free with intoxicants, thou
sands would find justification OF the
habit in themselves. His present action
has the reverse effect. He has "set a
good example" to youth aud it's elders.
The strongest and most effective
feature of Mr.. Bryan's popular lecture,
..The Prince of Peace" is the ;confes-
sion Of simple faith in the religion of
Christ made by the speaker. There
is something strengthening in the as
surance of a great man that the sim
pie faith OF his fathers suffices him
So it is a notable thing when Mr..
Taft turns his wine glass upside down
in mute refusal. Time was when his
action would have been accounted
social solecism. Taft is no mollycod-
die, but a strong four square fighting
man Of affairs. Let the youth who
dreams of and admires strength and
success take note Of the inverted wine
glass.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03
Iona Newspapers
MORE WIND THAN WAR.
(Des Moines Capital)


To take seriously the Geographic
sound of fury which daily emanates
from the national capital would very
speedily lead to the conclusion that the
republican party was divided into two
hostile camps; that President-ele
Taft was the leader of one faction and
Speaker Joe Cannon the other, and
that the two We're glazing at each
other day and night and would spring
opportune moment should arrive.
This imaginary war simply illus
trates a situation which arises at the
national capital every so often. Al.
the present time there is absolutely
nothing doing ait Washington outside
Of the tariff hearings before the ways
and means committee-which, Judging
from the printed reports, are about as
animated as a rule as the sessions Of
pondents. however, must send their
newspapers something. That is what
they are there for. If there is nothing
in the line of actuality they must draw
on fancy to make good the deficiency.
This explains fully the so-called
clash between Taft and Cannon.
Taft and Cannon are both men Of
positive convictions. Each one has a
tremendous following. Each one holds
high commission in the ranks of re-
publican leadership. Each one is
pledged to the earliest possible full
fillment of the promises made by the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03

republican party in the platform
adopted at Chicago last June.
What possible excuse, therefore
, could there be for these two Leaders,
to precipitate fractional war upon the
very threshold of new national adj
ministration" The story sent out from
Hot Springs to the effect that Presi
dent Taft had made 1T known that
he would veto any tariff law which
did not meet the pledges of the Chi
cago platform can be put down as q
bare-faced falsehood. Nobody but an
idiot would do Mr.. Taft the injustice
of picturing him as presuming that II
republican congress would fail of ita
duty. Nobody but an ignoramus would
expect Mr.. Taft to raise veto club
the minute after he had taken the oath
of office and by threats of its vigorous
use seek to bulldoze congress into do
ing other than that which was In it's
mind.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03
WATER FLOWS AT CARROLL

(Carroll Sentinel)
The city is now being supplied WIZ"
waiter pumped by electricity. All the
connections have been made and the
system is working in perfect oFuet :
Both wells are operated by electrical
power which pumps the water into
large reservoir From there II Is
pumped to the stand pipe, on the
north side of the city. distance Oh
over a mile, by a large tripleX pump
The city dads take special pride in the
triplex pump. for it works to pertec-
ton and is capable of pumping water
fast enough to meet all emergencies
They claim that this pump will throw
water enough to supply all The hose
that firemen could use in fire without
lowering the water in the stand pipe.
In times of fire emergencies the sup
ply could be attached directly to the
mains and the water forced into them
direct by the triplex pump. the
electric light people are also well
pleased with the excellent service they
are able to give and say that all fears
of water famine are past. The break
ing of the mains iS about the only
thing now that can interfere with the
water supply and these can soon be
repaired 1t has been a very difficult
task of installing the new power ana
pumps. but the city authorities feel
amply paid for their work and worry
by knowing that the city Is in better
shape for water supply than it was
ara, 1,ofpro i
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03
A VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.

After fifty-sit years of continuous
labor at the anvil and the forge, our
Village blacksmith, Eugene Herley, has
laid down the hammer and retired
from the strenuous life that has been
his for so many years. The sale last
week Of his interest in the firm of
Herley 4 Trefez to T. L. Barnwell nf-
fords him the opportunity for retire
ment and rest that he has courted for
some time
Eugene Herley stands out as one
of the sturdy and upright characters
of the business community Of Rock
we'll. For over twenty-three years he
has been a man among the best Of us
and we have yet to hear the first word
against him. He is, and has been. rec
ognized as man OF uprightnesS and
strict integrity. The writer has long
known him in a business way and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03
PROHIBITION IN GEORGIA,

A friend calls attention to an adver-
tisement in Georgia paper advertis-
ing four bottles Of whiskey delivered
at any express office in Georgia for
81 and insinuates that prohibition does
not prohibit in that state.
It doesn't. 1t can't while the ma
tional law affords dealers the right 10
ship across state lines to individuals.
Perhaps it couldn't entirely under any
circumstances. Prohibition has never
kept whiskey out of any state. Those
who want it badly enough will get it
or some villainous substitute.
However, that is not decisive evil
dence against the Georgian plan Those
who framed the statute knew before
as well as after that liquor could and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03
Parcels Post Purely Local.

! Editor Times Republican,: In your
/ issue of Dec. 1, your editorial on "ThS
! Cost of a Parcels POST altho probably
not intentional. is. l believe, somewhat
misleading. Postmaster General Meyer
does not advocate parcels post that
would In any way compete with the
express companies. Nor can it in any
way be used by the catalog houses
to the disadvantage of the home mer-
chant. He says: Frequently consump-
ton is reduced owing to inability to
secure articles when needed. The reas-
cities is that goods are accessible and
are invariably delivered to the pur-
chaser. The rural parcel express is
to be confined entirely to rural routes,
and there would be no cost to the gov
eminent for railroad transportation In
regard to giving the home merchant
the advantage over the catalog house,
he says:
No merchant or dealer not a bona
fide resident of the town in which the
distributing postoffice is located, or on
the rural route, would be permitted to
have goods delivered at the proposed
special rate, and packages would not
be accepted from any person acting as
agent for concern located outside Of
the delivery limits of the rural routes.
The result would be to increase the
business of local merchants and coun-
try stores by facilitating consumption
and the delivery of goods
AS will be seen by the foregoing
such a parcels post will in no way
compete with the express companies
Mr.. Meyer estimates that the revenue
received from such source would
amount to s15,ooO,OoO year, which
would almost cover the def
cit, which was caused in a
great measure by the increased num-
Der of rural carriers. Such increase
would be, forthcoming with very little
increase in cost to the governments.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster DeGraw,
head of the rural carriers, also favors
Postmaster General Meyers plan. and
gives interesting data in regard to
rural carrying of mail.
EDGAR BURKHOLDER.
Marshalltown, Dec. L, 1908.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03

OF feeding l9mbs and ewes at low
price. Why would il not be a good
thing to bring these two commodities
together. and market their product,
namely. the mutton?
Feeders cam be bought at S cents
a pound; when fat they will probably
market at not less than Z cents 1t
takes about five hundred pounds of
roughage and four hundred pounds of
grain to produce one hundred pounds
of mutton. The roughage is cheap,
the very cheapest kind of feed; the
grain is more expensive, yet barley
and screenings are not by any means
prohibitive in price. and, they make
good fatteners. 1t is apparent that a
man is not taking any very hazardous
risks in buying these feeders. At
worst, ne is not likely to lose, and at
best he will make good money 1t
would be foolish for the inexperi-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03

the farmer never gets any of this tariff
benefit, while the rest of us pay the
duty several times over when we buy
shoes.
The government estimates damages
in Germany from rats at s50,00O,OO0 a
year. Secretary Boter of the English
society for the destruction of vermio,
estimates Great Britain's annual loss
at $75,000,000 The United States de-
partment of agriculture figures $780,
100000 yearly loss in this country.
Mt. Pleasant people are debating the
use of enamel brick in the erection of
their new high school building. For
$500 additional investment they can
get the effect Of a white palace.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03

had he not served the full time nm.
in years Of activity 1T wou'o pe W vi. !.
keen regret that we see his pace '"''
on by another. .,,,ad
His life has been one OF conti,iuea
activity and he is now emitted ~ e.
few years of surcease from ma''ua.
toll in the enjoyment of comforlaoie
romnetenCy
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03
girrssy Mhrslsll sr ynuua grrrtser 'sos

it is IN unfavor.ble edition and not
wanted.
The best thing for II young pigs
is to get them out on Ii ground and
into the sunshine 1t is Most imnoss,-
bic to secure thrifty yoan pigs unless
they have sunshine, excise and a
yard to run in.
The business OF breedir pure bred
swine Is business by self and 1t
should not be undertakerby any one
who cannot keep records traieht and
who Is not willing to inve good mon
ey for improved blood
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03
Topics of the Times.

The Vinton Eagle is fast indicating
what it means to a people to have a
press free from an office holders in
| nuence.
| Don't buy expensive presents. 1t al
ways puts Il tax on the recipient 20
return an equivalent.
! Cedar Rapids newspapers are now
recommending the commission plan Of
I city government to other towns. They
have tried It in Cedar Rapids and are
highly pleased. The Times Republican
will predict that inside of five years
nearly all towns Of over 10000 inhab-
itants will be managed on the board
OF directors plan.
Kick Jayset-"Nocker says you spend
the best part of your life in eating"
Heck Doset-"Huh! The time any
man spends in eating is the best part
of his life.'-Exchange
Colonel Hepburn is going toivisit the
cSti.dl. w oilCef IL HS IS fioohliiS oViSl
the ground with thoughts Of locating
there?
If its readers have fraternal in
terest in its welfare the Times-Re-
publican would have them know that
it's circulation this fall has exceeded
by 1000 copies the highest mark it has
ever reached before. This has been ac-
complished strictly upon merit as q
newspaper, without cutting prices be-
low cast to be followed by reducing
quality, and without the use of prem
iums to buy man to take a paper
which he does not consider worth it's
price in actual newspaper value re-
Fceived. The Times Republican will
will now spend more money to make
itself still better.
Roosevelt has ordered a new pair
of hunting shoes, and as he does not
he will have them made over plaster
casts Of his own feet. Even a presi-
dent recoils at the tenderness of his
corns.
Z The employee who is chronic in his
forgetfulness Of instructions can now
refer to Rockefellers success under
apparent loss of memory as justifica-
ton for his ideal.
If recount will cost Hepburn any
thing he had better let it pass. If he
does not think so, ask Prouty about It,
$50
mo one can read LATE Young's edi-
torials of late without concluding that
Young is anxious to quit fighting the
governor" says the Usage News, "but
what new deviltry does he wish to get
his hand into under the clouds arising
from the peace pipe?"
Ask Taft.
Wealth doesn't always bring con-
tentment"
Neither does poverty"-washfng-
ton Herald
.'The best feature Of the senatorial
result is that it clears the decks for
the legislatures consideration Of mat
tiers of real Importance to Iowa." says
the Dubuque Times Journal
Such as the last legislature consid-
cred in the primary law, two cent fare,
anti-pass law, pure food law, anti
stock watering law, etc, you know.
If ever a man neglected to read
advertisements this is the
time when he can least afford to- They
will help him stretch dollar out to
its limit.
Have you bought 'em yet? What's
the use delaying, you can't escape?
The congressman who votes for
free hides will stand good chance
IF getting skinned at the next con-
election. "-Des Moines Cap
tal
Very true; but the facts are that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03

enced, however, 70 into THIS
ness deeply. II might buy
experience at tool high price.
buy a few, and see what|the results
will be- would be interesting, to say
the least. and 1t has in it a good busl-
ness possibility II one tries it on a
small scale this year and finds 1T
satisfactory. it will be easy enough
to enlarge operations next.
Undoubtedly lamb and eve feeding
is becoming a recognized industry
upon the farm. and the time is not
far distant when every farm will
fatten it's carload or SO of sheep in
the fall If feeders who have to buy
everything and pay the cost OF mar
keting the grain and roughages. can
make money, surely farmers who have
fede at hand, and can save the cost of
marketing, ought to able to get
a reasonable profit.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03
The Strawpile


progress. This Is highly recommended
by some, since it not only hastens the
infection but the disease Is apt to be
mlder and limited to the mouth 1t
consists in rubbing with the finger or
piece of cloth a little of the mucus
from the mouth of a diseased animal
upon the inner surface of the upper
lip of those to be inoculated. From SO
to IS per cent of the inoculated ami.
mails take the disease.
AS with other communicable dis
eases, the source and origin of foot and
mouth disease has given rise to much
speculation. The disease had been
known in Europe for centuries, but t..
was not until a comparatively recent
date that the erroneous conceptions OF
its spontaneous origin as a result Of
climatic and meteorological conditions.
eXhausting Journeys. etc. were aban-
doned. 1t Is now conceded that foot
and mouth disease is propagated by q
specific virus and that every outbreak
starts from some re-existing outbreak.
The causatlve agent of this disease
has not been isolated, altho numerous
attempts have been made TO cultivate
and stain it. Experiments have shown
that the virus will pass thru standard
germ proof filters, thus indicating its
minute size and the reason it has not
been detected by the staining methods.
The eontagion may be found in tina
serum of the vesicles on the mouth.
fanf Y1llar. N, fhn ca Iva nd
various secretions and excretions; also
perature.
A wide distribution of the virus ana
a rapid infection of herd is the result
Animals may be infected directly, as
by licking, and in calves by sucking,
or indirectly by fomites, such as In
fected manure, hay, utensils, drinking
troughs, railway cars, animal markets,
barnyards and pastures. Human be.
ings may carry the virus in their cloth.
ing and transmit it on their hands
when milking, since the udder is occa-
sionally the seat Of the eruption. Milk
in a raw state may also transmit the
disease to animals fed with it.
ass
The observations made by some vet
erinarians would lead us to suppose
that the virus is quite readily de-
stroyed. tt is claimed that stables
cleaned become safe after
drying for short time. Hence litter
of all kinds, such as manure or soiled
hay and straw, may remain infectiye
for longer time because they do not
dry out. Other authorities maintain
that the virus is quite tenacious and
may live in stables, even so long as a
year They also state that animals
which have passed thru the disease
may be a source of infection for sew
eral months after recovery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03
lCwA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The new Des Moines Tribune announ-
ces in it's salutatory that "rhere is not a
successful newspaper In the United
States today that makes politics
paramount consideration. Every sue
cessful newspaper is primarily a dis
seminator OF news"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03
Sheep Feedir

Sheep Feedin
On a great msny farr there is
quite an abundant supplpf nice sec
ond crop clover, corn fo,er or other
roughases that are goo for sheep.
On the market is an ab,dant SUNNY
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-03
CHRISTMAS NUMBER
FIFTY-SIX PAGES
The last Christmas Tree
By James Lane Allen

The auhor of 'The Kentucky Cardinal and
"The Choir Invisible" has written, i'll this Christ
mas idyl story that will entrance every reader
by il; 4 imagery and poetic conception.
Z II is the first magazine story published by MIR.
Allen ineleVen years-une nIst PuDnshea wofa
of his that mas appeared IN tle last i've years.