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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12
Declare War on Drys.

Declare War on Drys.
The Travelling Mems Liberty league
OF Iowa Is going after the Iowa pro.
hibitlonists hammer and tongue,
through the advertising columns OF
the daily papers, and by means OF
tons OF circulars and literature OF
various kinds. Headquarters have
been opened in the Croclter building.
The board OF directors OF the
society met at the Kirkwood to effect
permanent organization and to elect
secretary TO take charge Of the
headquarters in Des Mones. j. b..
Stewart, OF Clinton, an old newspaper
man, and for several years editor OF
the Clinton Evening Journal, was
selected to fill the place. He will re-
move to Des MoineS at once and In
augurate the fight.
The Il. M. l.. l.. OF l. Is a new so
ciety. II was formed temporarily at
Davenport recently. All travelling
men who SELL saloons, statesmen for
cigar men, bottlers, fixture manufac-
turers, and the allied interests are
eligible to membership. The charter
members OF the association number
400.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President t. A.
Lucius, Marshalltown; first vice presl-
dent, Theodore Sindt, Davenport;
second vice president, Frank Thin
mesch, Dubuque; secretary, ]. Il.
Stewart, Clinton; treasurer. +. p,
Mates, Des Moines.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12
To Aid Humane Society.


At en- informal meeting OF a num-
Der Of the physicians OF the city It
was decided by resolution to have
twenty-five physicians OF the city Of.
fer their services gratuitously to the
humane society. Associated Charities
and the Volunteers Of America provid-
ing that these charitable organiza-
tions maintain down town dispens-
airy. A meeting OF the physicians will
be called later for permanent organi-
cation. II Is proposed to maintain a
free medical dispensary In the new
home for the Volunteers of America
state Sells Its River Islands.
The state of Iowa through its land
department has sold to Tim Sullivan
and G. A. Grimm, of Dubuque, the FIVE
islands lying just north of that city
and In the center OF the Mississippi
river. The islands are to be turned
into a summer resort and will be
made a popular place for Dubuquers.
Mr.. Sullivan, who is county clerk of
Dubuque county, secured Island No. l
for sos, No. for $945, while Grimm
got the remaining three for $40, $21
and &c. respectively. The whole string
will be made into a big summer re-
sort and will be operated by one of
the packet lines on the Mississippi
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-03-12
Win pecIamatory conte.

Bert Hobbs, of Grlnnell; Miss Maud
Marshall, of Wilton and Miss Laura
Kraemer, OF Pella, won the honors In
the southeastern Iowa high school
declamatory contest at Drake auditor
ium and they will represent the dis
trict In the state contest next month.
An audience of 1,40O people enjoyed
the programme which included music
and gymnastic exercises In addition 10
the orations. The contest was diviI,
ed into three classes, oratoricaL
dramatic and humorous. Mr.. Hobbs
was awarded first place In the ora
torical class over Miss Ora B. Moore
of Moulton.
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Excursion Rates VIII Come Again.
The railroads to all appearances
have withdrawn their determination
to maintain a minimum rate Of .
cents per mile for passenger business
during the summer.
upon the railroads, II was reported
that excursion rates would henceforth
be discontinued. With the opening
OF the spring season and prospective
immigration to the southwest. how
ever, the railroads one by one are
announcing excursion rates the same
as those OF last summer.
In Chicago the report has been cir
culated that the Burlington proposes
to conduct excursions to the Denver
democratic national convention at a
rate OF 3 cents a mile for the round
trip
This report could not be confirmed
at the local office OF the Burlington.
The city passenger agent has not yet
been notified of the rates to prevail
this season.
The city Office OF the Great West
| ern has not received Official informa-
ton on summer rates but In Chicago
1t Is asserted that the Great Western
will make low rates to all convention
cities.
| CHAS
The local office OF the Rock Island
has received official notice that the
| excursion rates OF last summer, which
are lower than Q cents a mile, will
prevail this year City Passenger
Agent George r. Kline received q
communication from #. b. Rutherford.
| division passenger agent OF the Rock
Island at Omaha, stating that excur-
sion and tourists rates from Lincoln,
Council Bluffs, Omaha and Des Moines
to Denver, Colorado Springs and
Pueblo would 20 the same this season
as they were last year. Mr.. Ruther-
ford said in his letter that he had
been so notified by the Chicago office.
Mr.. Kline said, however, that no
special convention rate would be
given within the state but that for
mer Interstate convention rates will
not be effected.
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Requests from various parts of the
state asking the consideration OF the
building Of interurban railways from
Des Moines to numerous points have
rachel the Office OF Attorney A. p.
Chamberlain during the past week.
Capt Albert Head OF Jefferson, visited
Mr.. Chamberlain's office and spoke OF
a probable building OF a road to Jeffer-
son from Des Moines. Captain Herd
attempted to interest Mr.. Chamberlain
in promoting the road. but Mr.. Cham
berlain would not give final an
swer to the proposition. He said that
he would give the matter his con-
sideration.
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The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26

besn telling Mr. Joslin?" dtina1ded
Georeotte. serious eyes upon him.
Il didn't tell him anything' averred
the captain OF the Little Giants. we
We're just standing on the street tax
ing and happened to mention that
was going to get uniforms for the Lit
tie Giants a. soon as got the money.
And then he just stuck this In my
hands and rushed on before could
even get a chance to thank him; Oh.
IN those blue uniforms with white
But Georeette did not join with her
usual enthusiasm In the plans for the
Little Giants.
Johnny Gaylord" she said solemnly.
you told Mr.. Joslin something else.
NOW. tell me what it was you said" 4
Why. that's all we talked about3
honest. protested Johnny. Except
that told him was well and that
come down to breakfast and I heard
you crying last night and"
"Johnny!"
The serious tone Of her voice caused
Johnny to look up in wonder.
So that is why he came" murmured
Georgette. and bit her lip.
Johnny was beginning to feel very
uncomfortable when suddenly he was
swept into the warm embrace of two
strong arms and Georgette placed
kiss right on his pouting lips,
"Oh, you're a dear little brother"
she declared, hugging him.
Johnny went away mystiAed over
the two strange events Of the day, but
happy in the possession of means to
uniform the Little Giants.
When Marshall Joslin arrived again
at the Office he was SO cheerful Of
spirit and vigorous OF mind that
Shackleton remarked upon 1t.
Your walk seems to have done you
good my boy" he said.
Made a new man of me. sir" declar-
er Joslin warmly.-(Copyrigh 1903.
by the Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
rFrom the Philadelphia Record

rFrom the Philadelphia Record
Sometimes an automobile won't
work for a scent.
The artists model should have a
rood hand to draw to.
Even the fire eater will feel quite
nut out if you call him a coward.
A ball team can't very well win in
a walk. It has to have at least a run.
The Judge may be said to lay down
the law when he retires from the
bench.
Ask any blind man how he feels.
and he will tell you he is out of sight.
The minister gets paid for marry
,ne hut sometimes there's the devil
to pay, too
A girl may have taking ways with
out being either a kleptomaniac or a
kodak hend. ?
No Maude, dear: we have never
heard that in making veal loaf it was
necessarv to select . lazy calf.
Rlobbs-"It's a wonder to me you
stav single. You certainly have the
dust to get married" Siobbs-"Yes;
but I haven't the sand to propose.
"I understand that the elephant is
the most expensive animal" ventured
the visitor to the Zoo. That's right, ,
agreed the keeper. And yet" unused
the visitor, ''ths giraffe comes
highors
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26

him. There are about three hundred
and fifty delegates yet to be selected.
Under the two-thirds rule which pre-
walls in the big Democratic pow vows
672 votes will be needed to nominate
Mr.. Bryan On the first ballot. It is
likely that of the 220 delegates already
selected but who have been unin-
structed many will plant their banners
in the Bryan camp. So If Mr.. Bryan
gets a goodly number Of the delegates
yet to be chosen the chances for his
nomination on the first ballot are ex-
cellent. But his opponents have not
lost hope that they will be able to de-
feat him from getting the nomination
on the first vote. If they do this they
feel sure that they will be able to pre-
vent his nomination.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26
JOURNAL ENTRIES

It's a real waste of time for a man
to argue with his wife.
II n
A conductor cares nothing about a
man who has fallen or a street car
provided he had paid his fare.
y = y
An empty barrel can be filled and
made to weigh less than 1t did II 1t is
simply filled full OF holes.
y - y
Some girls have an idea that all that
is necessary to make home happy Is q
chafing dish and a rubber tree.
= y
A woman has great confidence in
her husband If he does not turn pale
when she tells him he talked in his
sleep.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26
GLOBE SIGHTS
rFrom the Atchison Globe.1

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
With every dollar, you lay up a lit
tie additional trouble. -f7s~.f~- -r +-sz7,,f
The man who does little talking,
does a good deal of watching.
No man can look at a 10-year-old
boy eating without feeling envious.
Unless you buy a cigar. a store
keeper will hate you If you take a
match.
No man knows where his business
ends, and his neighbor's begins.
When a boy is 16. and hasn't any
thing else. he is pretty sure to have
girl.
Nearly every very pretty girl has
this expression on her face: "I am so
weary of being admired"
Every woman has the secret belief
in her heart that her daughter-in-law
asked her son to marry.
When people hear good music, it
makes them homesick for something
they never had. and never will have.
No woman has small waist
naturally. When people meet a small
waist on the street, they know where
it comes from
When a child says something hap
pened "a long time ago." Investigation
will disclose that it happened day be-
fore yesterday.
Everyone expects at some time in
his life to have the misfortune to sit
down on the pie at a picnic, but no
one ever does it.
If you want to make a good i'm
preston on moving into a neighbor-
hood, have the furniture vans ap-
pear and unload after dark.
1t is sign that woman is no
longer a bride when her husband be-
gins to suggest that there is some
very good meat on the back of q
chicken.
Women can stand 1t to have fve or
six teeth pulled at a sitting, but when
told that she is going to die, a wo-
man screams with terror, just like a
man.
We have noticed in church socials
that there is always one woman who
goes around with her hat on. bossing
the other women There is a field
marshal Of this kind In every sewing
society In town.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26

All of the jokers connected with the
Oklahoma legislature are not the
members elected to the body The
Youthful pages have their fling also.
They amuse themselves, according to
reports from Guthrie, by twisting the
boards of sleepy solons, slipping
chunks of ice down the members
necks, shooting tin tags at them with
rubber bands and making them the
butt of other pranks. 1t appears,
therefore, that the "duties" of an Ok
la.homa page is to make the life of the
legislators as uncomfortable and rid
iculous as possible.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26

Now the word comes from Cleve-
land that the real motive behind the
street car strike is to kill the three
cent fare proposition which has been
In force since the city undertook TO
run the street car lines. 1t is said that
the strikers are encouraged to believe
that their wages will be increased II
the city fails in its endeavor to oper-
ate the roads on a three cent fare ba-
sis. There's likely a good deal OF
truth to this
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26
COMPARATIVE SLAUGHTER.

So general is the apprehension of the
automobile as a destroyer Of human
life that the facts and figures of Its
slaughter, from the best obtainable
source. can hardly fail to be of interest
and are certainly of value, at this time.
1t is also worth time to compare the
slaughter Of the motor car with the
slaughter, equally unnecessary. due to
other causes. 1t is perhaps needless to
say that the figures are furnished by
the Chicago Tribune, the best and
ablest source in the country Of sta
tistics of this sort.
In the year 1907 there were 324 deaths
and 1,224 injuries in this country from
automobile accidents. This was an in
crease of 124 deaths over the previous
year. This is terrible number. 1t
leads the list Of slaughter causes. 1t is
tremendously greater than it should
be, but probably this year will see it
exceeded. Yet it's terror fades some
what in comparison. In that same year
the sports of the country rolled up a
list of 242 deaths and 4,258 injuries.
The cost of celebrating the Fourth of
July and other days which seemed to
call for fireworks was II deaths and
4O33 injuries. The "unloaded" pistol
alone killed 4s persons, and the idiot
who rocks the boat produced IS drown
ings If we must do something about
the motor madness slaughter, we must
also not overlook some of the other
things. Especially, with the Fourth
Of July less than seven weeks distant,
do we need to look anew to that i'm
portant and particularly needless
source of destruction.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26

People are slowly but surely reailz-
ing the fact that Marcus A. hanna
was not only skillful and success
ful politician but that he was also
a great man, who accomplished much
for his country particularly In bring
ing capital and labore closer together
on a friendly footing. This was MADE
apparent by the general interest,"
taken in the recent ceremonies al
Cleveland when a fitting memorial
was dedicated to him.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26
HE rs A FOOD FADDIsr

I pity him. poor fellow.
ne looks 30 very yellow,
He seems 50 very thin.
some food that has nutrition
Might put him in condition:
Put fat beneath the skin.
He fears a lurking peril
IN everything not sterile.
He has his water boiled.
His food Is disinfected
Ae soon az IT'S selected
And consequently spoiled.
Potatoes. beets and squashes
With antiseptic washes
He never fails to treat.
he has most surprising
HOBBY OF analyxing
Things that he means to eat.
It's all SO unavaflinK,
His appetite Is failing.
His health Is sure to break.
And yet he has the gall to
suppose he has a call to
warn me against my state.
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26
HU1A0p or THE DAY

Iut-think how much more frishtful the
New York Evening Mail
.oh: ..oh: couldn't love him."
.aRss He wears year ,s.s = wis" 4.
rats, some puffs. coronet braid. . POM
padour. a switch and sat down to peruse q
noveL-Louisville Journal.
DO you ever buy poetry?"
Well. 7 did buy a copy Of Tennyson
Ledger.
Well: what's on the bill of fare todayr'
beg pardon. sah-Ah guess dey.s fly
specks. Ah'l git yo' anudder. sah."-
Judge.
did you ask that man why he paid rent
instead OF owning his own homer asked
Yes" answered the other. He said he
didn't. He kept moving. s.'-washingto
Borus (strugsling author)-That last
book OF mine aEreeably surprised you, did
it.? am glad to hear that.
ed to devote an entire evening to reading
IT,, It put me to sleep in five minutes, old
leLOW.0CQlca20 Tribune.
Gee whiz!' said George for the twen-
tieth time. n makes me mad every time
think Of the 80 lost today. actually
feet as IL I'd like to have somebody kick
me-"
''By the way George" said the dear eirl
speak to father this his evening % s'@PhilsSei- sr
phia Press.
Nan-what Is the first thing you have to
learn In playinK gO1f3
Fan-The accent.-chicago Tribune.
"Stewed to the gills wasn't hep
what do you think he is-a fish? Nav.
he's got no gills to stop at."-Cleveland
What Is a parlor socialism"
"A fellow who thinks he has as good
right to the girls affeoGon as you have"
A clergyman was recently telling mar
velous story. when his little girl said:
preaching ?-London Tatier.
Joakley-Now he's got what really call
Coakley-How. for instance7
Coakley-He never bets on one.-Phila-
Oculist Crying various glasses)-How do
they look now? See them any better?
Mr. wunmore-Well. the green giraffe I
an the purple 'potamus stiIl look kinder
kinder blurred.-Puck-
"The doctor told her she drank too much
what did she do?'
HE said she could drink half as much
she made 1t twice as strong."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Does his wife support him?"
mo, but she holds him up every pay
day."-Houston Post.
time wiin life amt worth Twin"
AN whin IS that?" asked Flannery.
stsndard Mnin and xe Times. 1alna " ain'-catnoic'
Teacher-what is meant by house di-
yided against itself Johnny?
JOHNNY guess it is a house divided
into flats.-chicaEo News.
"Going to run again, Senator?"
Nope. Fact is. I was hit pretty hard
by the panic, and these vindications come
high."-Philadelphia Ledger.
They are not smart people. are theyY,
'Oh. dear no. answered Miss Friveiton.
He wears last years clothes and she
uses last seasons slang.
Star.
New asparagus is made of bleached gut
Louis Globe-Democrat
Can you be trusted with a secret?s' he
asked.
fThe woman drew herself up proudly,
You have known me for ten veo13
haven't your she replied.
Yes"
DO you know how old amr'-ph,,.-
de1phia Ledger.
old acquafntance? ~AA
Yves; we're slightly acquainted. In
was the first wife of my second's ~ Is
husband. Tribune Ae
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26

This is the season of the year when
the Colorado beetle, better known as
the potato bug, starts in on its fine
work of putting potato plants out of
business. Experts are unanimous in
the opinion that the most eff1cacious
combatant for this pest is paris green
applied in one of several ways. One
of these is to spray the vines with
paris green at the rate of one pound
to a hundred gallons of water. An
other is to mix paris green and
flour at the rate of one pound of the
former to fifty pounds of the latter
and dust this upon the vines, and the
third way is to use a machine
especially constructed to blow fine
dust of pure paris green on the vines
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
tFrom the New York Pres,

IFTOm tHe view York Pregs
Freckles make lots Of girls very
happy by not having them.
The average man would r.th.-
for once than make Z decent Iiv,rv
A man can AFFORD TO be q fool v,,,..
It's the way he spends the income of
q large fortune. oA
No matter hcw sorry a wor.n 90
be that she married a man she can
be lot gladder that she kept some
other girl from getting him.
A useful thing about t.,e-
when you are away from hoer. e
tneyre - much shorter than the i.t-
sers you would hive % WxSfs - ~ -
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26

Maybe there is something to the
custom prevalent among the young
folks of Japan of marrying hrst and
then falling in love. A japanese wo-
man argues in favor of it to the erect
that to love all before marriage ana
leave no happiness for the years 10
come after is not a good thing.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26

IT'S TO be hoped that the unusual
quantity of rain which mas 1aileh III
Missouri during the spring Will not
affect this years output OF corn-coo
pipes. What would the smokers or the
world do II the supply of missouri
meerschaums should run short!
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26

From the recent successes of some
men with flying machines two or three,
heretofore obsolete, or rather. useless
words will have to be added to the cur
rent vocabulary. They are aviation" /"
the art of flying, and aviator" a ma
chine that flies. The latter will also
probably be used as the nomenclature
for the man who operates one of these
bird-like affairs, although "aviatorist'
would be more proper. Then it will
probably be all right to use the word
'aviary" as the name Of the place
where a machine of this sort is housed
When these words get in general use
how intelligently interesting it will be
to say something like this: The avia-
torist awaited an aviator from the
aviary with such conclusive results
that the practicability of aviation is
now assured.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26
WORLD POWER DUTIES.

The United States initiative in the
Manchuria matter has already evoked
the approval OF Germany. All there is
to this affair is Russia and Japan were
doing wrong in insisting upon any sort
of sovereignty over the region occupied
by their railroads in Manchuria. China
was too weak to effectually protest.
Then the United States said to Russia
and Japan: You are wrong in claim
Ing any sovereignty over Manchuria;
this Is none of our business. except we
don't like to see China imposed upon
in this way: we don't intend to go to
war about it, but only to say in a
neighborly way you are not doing the
fair thing with China
This is a very sensible attitude, and
the whole world Is seeing 1t that way,
and So Russia quietly withdraws her
pretensions, and so Will Japan very
soon. They have great armies and can
intelligent opinion Of the world. To
get that into some definite expression
is the highest duty Of a world power.
In this little Manchurian AFFAIR the
United States has made manifest to
the world the possibility of settling all
International problems without firing q
gun. And this Is the tack The Hague
tribunal Is taking and Will reach the
end of in a few years. II the United
States, by virtue OF its own moral IN
f1uence, can settle a matter unoniclal-
ly in SO effective a manner, what may
we expect sometime when the powers
are organised to dispose of these issues
officially? Why, peace VIII prevail a4 II
does In any civilized community.-Ohlo
State Journal
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26

Railway officials say that there are
more tramps in Kansas this spring
than there have been in years. They
have become nuisance in a good
many towns. At Newton a lot of them
are rounded up in the railway yards
every morning. and urged to move on.
1t is supposed that the hard times In
the east have sent the weary willies
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26

out this way The state ought to have
a corral in which the tramps could be
herded until harvest time comes. when
Mr.. Gerow would probably get action
on them, suggests the Emporia Ga
zette.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-05-26

Surely it ought not to be long now
before Oklahoma will establish state
printing plant. The crying need TOT
one is found In a bill of printer OF
s1b,4Oo for $4,000 pamphlet copies OF
<ha state's constitution.