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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all ,'ubjects pertaining to the
subject of building for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide expe-
rierce as Editor. Author and Manufac-
turer. he is, without doubt. the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
oil inquiries to William A. Radford, No.
1874 Fifth Ave, Chicago, Ill, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
This style Of house is more popular
than any other at the present time in
the middle west. You see such houses
In large towns and small towns. in
large cities and in villages Wherever
a new street has been laid out in the
better part of town you see these
two-story rectangular houses, ranging
in size from 22x30 to 2Sx4O feet, con-
tanning either six, seven or eight
rooms, according to the size of the
house and the needs of the family
This particular plan is "a feet wide
by 80 feet in depth and, as the plan
shows, it is divided into six rooms be-
sides good-sized hall downstairs and
splendid bathroom on the second
floor. One Of the advantages of this
plan is that you get gooI large living
room and a comfortable dining room
on one side of the house, and they fit
in just right to occupy all the space
from front to rear, giving splendid
light from good windows looking out
in three directions The house is
compact and SO we'll planned that
there is little or no waste space any
where. Probably it offers more COM
fort, convenience and luxury according
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26
Topics of the Times.

The United States Brewing ASSOC
citation is busy sending out tracts
showing that Belgium sis nation Of
beer drinkers and "a country without
pauper." Belgians consume per
capita LAP ballons of spirits, $3.50 gal
Ions of beer. and use little Chaser
of 1928 gallons of wine. Wouldn't it
be possible for Belgium to hit up the
pace little, drink four barrels of beer
instead of two for each man, woman
and child, and save more?
Whether he is "Chevalier Annun-
ciade," or plain Steve Elkins, his open
letters will never be popular in Iowa.
The white Holland turkey is the
aristocrat of his kind, but he won't
look any different in tomorrow's hash.
We have pretty we'll established that
some cream and a clean milk pail are
legitimate claims of the consumer on
the dealer. Now press the claim.
Mr.. Fl. L. Wilson has severed his
connection with the Mitchell County
Press Journal, in order to devote his;
entire time to his extensive farm and
stock interests. Mr.. Wilson has been
connected with the paper for four years
and during that time has aided in ex-
tensivaly increasing it's business and
charging its Subscription
Press is among the best state weeklir
To aid in the movement toward
practical forestry in Iowa. investiga
lions were made during 1905 by the
forest service to determine the ex-
tent, character, and value of the ma
tive farm wocdlets and planted groves.
The report of this investigation, with
measurements of the groves examined,
and an estimate of the profits whica
have accrued from growing timber in
commercial plantations are embodied
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26
Care of the Sheep.

There are thousands of acres In
every eastern state that would pay a
higher cash profit if we'll stocked with
improved sheep than it would if put
to any other use.
There are 100000 sheep in the state
of California, and up to date 100000
have been dipped to prevent scab dis
ease.
The eastern farmer cannot compete
with the western farmer In the grow
ing OF grain and the feeding of beef
and pork on a large scale, but there
never has been a time when he could
not find profit in the growing and mar
keting of the best quality of mutton.
altho there have been years OF low
prices and small markets, but not un-
less, other meat products were selling
comparatively low.
While we are securing the whole
world for markets for our products,
there is not a week but what English
mutton is being eaten on the tables OF
our riches people, because we are ne
glecting this trade.
There are men who are selling their
young lambs for $40 each, and many
these lambs are twins How does
that compare with other lines of feed
ing?
Formerly farmers thought wheat.
straw and corn was a good ration for
producing fine quality mutton, but later
they have discovered that the best,
sweet, juicy meat is produced by feed
ing variety of feeds, such as clover,
alfalfa oilmeal, ground oats and lit
tie corn and roots or ensilage for sue
culence.
When lou are breeding sheep for
mutton do not think too much OF the
fleece.
When you find the mutton sheep best
adapted to your needs breed that kind
regardless of the wool question.
A mutton specialist cannot afford TO
sacrifice the quality of his product for
few pounds of WOOL.
One of he best things to provide for
flock of sheep or lambs is a held
Of rape.
Wet backs and muddy feet mean
loss to the sheep grower every time.
The appetite of a sheep is something
that requires watching. Feed them only
such a quantity as they will eat up
at one time To feed more is no ad-
vantage 10 them and is loss to the
feeder.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26
Trick Of Leather Dealers.

Leather is often heavily dressed
with sugar to increase its weight. In
order to show that their leather is not
"faked" with sugar the government OF
the Australian commonwealth stamps
leather exports with an official decla-
ration that they contain mot more
than five per cent. of crystal sugar"
Certain bales so stamped were recent
ly held back by the custom house here
as COCO. partly composed of sugar
i e.. confectionery-an were not re-
leased till the sugar tax had been paid
unon them.-London Spectator.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26

more. but this he has been distinctive
ly Since he was not born last spring
and he is endowed with keen percep-
ton, he does not need to be told that
as a factionalist at Washington he
cannot measure up to his full capacity
for service, and that as a leader of
faction in Iowa he will be less secure
in his seat and less confirmed In the
leadership that makes for greatness
in craftsmanship This reasonable as
sumption wholly discredits the view
that the governor has any intention of
promoting party division in his own
state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26
TIMBER RESOURCES IN IOWA.

The production of forty-six cords of
fuel per acre in twenty-four years in
a planted grove of silver maple, of L.
296 catalpa posts in twentyone years,
and of $50 larch telegraph poles in
twenty-nine years have yielded Iowa
farmers average annual returns of
$685., 1926, and s12.14 per acre, re-
spectively Even these are not the
highest figures reported. Here how
ever, plantation must necessarily pay
we'll or be supplanted. Iowa has a
smaller proportion of nonagricultural
land than any other state, and with
the increase in demand for fields and
grazing lands, woodland must contend
for possession of the land with annual
crops grown by excellent methods in
an ideal agricultural region. The re-
naming natural timber and planted
woodlots, however, so far receiving
similarly the best methods of treat
ment, have often been sadly neglected
and misused.
The rapid removal OF native wood
land during the past five years has
greatly reduced the local supply of
posts. fuel, and small timbers. In con-
sequence prices have risen from one
third to one-half, and. in the case of
posts at least, will continue to in
crease A famine in the supply of
posts is so imminent that experiments
in methods Of extending their durabili-
ty thru preservative treatment are be-
ing conducted at the state college
These experiments indicate that the
usefulness of each post can be very
materially heightened at reasonably
low cost: but even with preservative
treatment many posts will be required
to supply the needs of Iowa farmers.
more than are now being grown with
in the state.
There is so slight difference in al
titude and other physical Characters
tics in Iowa that the differences in tree
growth depend mainly upon the mois-
ture requirements of the trees. The
natural timber forms two clearly dis
tinguished types-one in the low moist
ares along streams, made UP largely
of alluvial soils, and the other on high
I'll =
back from water courses and on the
undulating prairie. On the bottoms
such trees as cottonwood, willow, elm,
and coffee trees abound, and on the
uplands hickory, oaks, iron-wood, white
ash. and blackberry. Turnout the state
the soil is adapted to the growth OF
forest trees.
1t is probable that in the future, as
frequently in the past, large proper
ton of the grove paintings will be for
the combined purposes of protection
and the production of wood. In this
case it will be necessary to select spe-
cies which will most nearly meet these
combined requirements, and to select
the site with due consideration of the
home, orchard, and barnyard. The pre-
home, orchard, and barnyard The pro-
lection of windbreak is now appre-
ciated by all successful fruit growers,
and yet it is not best closely to sur
round an orchard on all sides with
heavy belt of larger trees that will
prevent free circulation of air. On
bottonlands subject to overflow, and
consequently not adapted to tillage
cottonwood and silver maple can be
grown for lumber, with excellent re-
turns.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26
An ExceptionaI Woman.

Magistrate-You say your wife
threw a teacup and struck you on the
head?
Plaintiff-Yes, your honor.
Magistrate-How far was she away
from you at the time?
Plaintiff-About ten feet.
Magistrate-What did she aim at?
Plaintiff-At me.
Magistrate-Well, all I've got to say
is that you ought to be proud of wife
like that.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26
Iona Newspapers
SENATOR CUMMINs.
(Spirit Lake BeacOn)

After years of political tribulation A.
B. Cunmins has realized upon a cher
ished ambition. With splendid equip
ment, with large capacity for power
and usefulness, he enters the open
doors of opportunity. In the proper
exercises of this opportunity his term
of service in the senate will be limited
only by the act of God or his own de-
sires. In state controversies of recent
years he has been a great factional
leader. Indeed, he has been much
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26

there was a falling off in holiday pur-
chases, but it was not. perceptible 70
those who delayed shopping until the
last week. There were the same tired,
pushing, bundle Laden crowds and the
sar.e cross. stupid, WORKOUT clerks.
They say that the building OF the
subways in New York has not per-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26

to be easily possible thru his discov-
cry, the time is close at hand when the
character, appearance and sex of all
FORMS of higher animal life may be
easily determined in advance.
Notes.
In buying mares that are supposed
to be in foal be sure to make arrange
ments before purchase as to who is to
be liable for the service fee. Make
your arrangements before buying and
then see that the stallion owner Is no.
titled, SO that he may know to whom
to look for payment. Otherwise the
owner of the colt Us likely to be the
man who pays the bill.
Keep the chickens out of the horse
barn. They are a nuisance'to say moth
ing of inf, sting the horses. The chick
ems should have q house by themselves
at distance from the other buildings.
But the horse barn should be for horses
exclusively end be built in such a way
that it can be kept clean by white
washing and disinfccting. If the horse
barn is already full of lice. whitewash
it Thoroughly, being careful to get it In
all The cracks and crevices. Kerosene
is also useful in fighting the lice.
A harness cabinet or closet is a
mighty handy thing to have in the
stable. The animal loss from mouldy
harness due to a damp barn, from rat
chewed harness, from harness knocked
down and tramped into the manure,
would reach an enormous figure. A
good harness box or a harness room
saves all this and it undoubtedly pays
in the lol.g run, even tho it is a
little more handy to throw the harness
UP ON the handy hooks. The arrange
ment nf this harness room or box will
have to be made according to local con-
diiions but the item Of first Importance
is convenience and a dry rat-proof
place
Get the calves to growing good be-
fore cold weather ssts in. The calf
that is stunted in the early fall will
not do very much this winter If you
find money in raising calves, see that
they are comfortable and have plenty
of feed and exercise. This does not
mean exposure nor the straw stack.
If YOU are 'remodeling your COW
barn see that you get in lots of light
in the way of windows. There is moth
ing that keeps the barn sweet and
wholesome as well as does sunlight
Most barns could have just about twice
as much window space in them and
be better Off
Is your cattle barn damp in the
mornings and does the hay overhead
spoil every season? If SO this means
that you ought to install ventilating
system whereby foul air and moisture
is carried off thru the roof and where
fresh air can come in.
The man who relies on luck as one
of the factors in hog production will
be one ri the first to quit the business
in disgust The raising of live stock
of any kind fas come to be a science
and cannot be handled successfully
in any ether fashion.
In raising hogs either for market
or to sell as breeders 1t should al
ways be remembered that the market
is seldom. if ever. glutted with the
good kind. 1t is always the habitat
hogs that the packers do not want to
buy and 1t is the Gull breeding stock
that is left until the very last. The
man who raises only the very best will
never be heard complaining about an
over crowded market
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26

furnace air from the front hall, al
many of them like to do One hun
dred thousand Americans die of con
sumption every year, and this is one
of the causes; besides there is nc
economy in running the same old dirty
air through the furnace over and over
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26
Shop Early.

(Charities Publication Committed
When the panic came a year ago.
the wise prophets of trade conditions
foresaw a heavy decline in Christmas
shopping ut must come, they oe-
clsred, for man out of a job can
buy presents for his family PROBABLY
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26
TAMA JIM FORTY YEARS AGO.

CDysart Reporter)
zone man told the writer that he
knew Jim Wilson first as a hired hand
on the Guernsey ranch. in Geneseo
township. forty years ago, and that he
was considered one of the most faith
full and pleasant, hired men in his COM
munity. The same may still be truth
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26

again, for it is easier to heat the moist
air taken in from an outside opening
The ideal way of getting air to the
furnace is to bring a big fue down
from above the roof. You escape the
street dirt that way and get purer, bet.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26

The Sioux City Journal says: ut
must be admitted publicly for cam
paign funds after election doesn't make
very thrilling reading"
"Mr. Taft wanted to be the biggest
judge in the land: Mrs. Taft insisted
that he would accept position which
would make her the first lady in the
land. He gave way and she is a win
ner. Husbands, obey your wives" is
the conclusion Of the Eldora Herald
"The foot ball season is about ended.
But newspapers need not ditch their
casualty column. The thin-ice skating
season is due to arrive" suggests the
Cedar Rapids Gazette.
The Cedar Rapids Republican says
that the claim that the election of
Taft is a vindicatien of Unitarism. is
pure nonsense. "The people who voted
for Mr.. Taft cared nothing for his re-
ligion, nor for his church" declares
the Republican. "They cared only for
his political views, for he was elected
to a political office, an office in which
he exercises no religious duties What
was INDICATED, if anything needed to
be vindicated, was that religion in this
country is not a test in statesman
ship. All that the people ask in pol
! itics is that the men shall be honorable
men, believe in justice for all and
lead moral lives themselves, not de-
basing the moral currency in any way"
"The standpat members says the
Sibley Tribune, speaking of the election
Of Cummins to the senate Tuesday,
will probably enjoy the occasion as
highly as the boy who fills a date with
his father in the woodshed.
"There is no likelihood that Iowa
will furnish a helper to Senator LaFol-
lette in the senate, but if she does. the
i next Iowa LaFollette helper will be a
| democrat" says the Iowa City Republic
can
"As John D. tells it, we see how
can get on, If he can get someone to
lend him $4,000 for start" remarks
the Davenport Democrat.
"There will be no protest against the
increase, announced from Washington
in the wages of employees of the vari-
Gus navy yards tllruou!t the nation >"
asserts the Des Moines News. "Here is
course ii which the national gov
eminent may go as far as it likes. and
not only will there be no protest, but
there will be popular applause. The ma
tional government can become, if it
will, THE pacemaker in wages in many
lines of employment. And, since no
process can more generally diffuse
prosperity than higher wages. the pub
lie will applaud any move in this di-
rection."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26

fully said Of him. He is one of the
most earnest. faithful and pleasant
hired men in the employment of the
government today, still working on the
farm, but now the boss of the biggest
farm in the world-Uncle Sans great,
rich, productive United States ranch.
And he is big enough for his job"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26

Mr.. Taft wanted to be the biggest
Judge in the land: Mrs. Taft insisted
that he would accept a position which
would make her the first lady in the
land. He gave way and she is a win
ner. Husbands, obey your wives" is
the conclusion Of the Eldora Herald
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26

Ruskin's injunction to his servants:
"Call me from my study wheneye:
there is n beautiful sunset or any III.
usual appearance In the sky or land.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26

The Sioux City Journal says: ut
must be admitted publicly for CAM
paign funds after election doesn't make
very thrilling reading"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26

Winter blasts. causing pneumonia,
pleurisy and consumption will soon be
here. Cure your cough now. and
strengthen your lungs with Foley's
Honey and Tar Do not risk starting
the winter with weak lungs, when
Foley's Honey and Tar will cure the
most obstinate coughs and colds. and
prevent serious results. Mcbride &
Will Drug company
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

Cannon may not be speaker, but
he ought not be sacrificed because
of a mistaken Impression that he is
a usuper; an impression that has
gained ground largely from the i'm
petus it has received from democratic
sources" argues the Iowa City Citizen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26

"T'he foot ball season is about ended.
But newspapers need not ditch their
casualty column. The thin-ice skating
season is due to arrive" suggests the
Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-26
The Strawpile

to be easily possible thru his discov-
cry, the time is close at hand when the
character, appearance and sex of all
forms of higher animal life may be
easily determined in advance.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-07-14

In this campaign. except when tho
Democratic leaders call attention IA
It's absence.
The press bureaus Of the Repnbli
can party are very busy. though, and
il il possible that the orators will
be able to work themselves up TO 4
proper pitch to call attention to the
PROSPEROUS conditions. Already the
newspapers throughout the country
are receiving special articles telling
about the manufacturing plants that
are being reopened. ana the thou
sands OF men that are going back 10
work after the period of idlen SO fol
lowing the panic.
Here In Newport N1ws We hardly
felt the eff cts of the panic at all.
therefore We do not feel as deeply on
this subject as the people elsewhere.
We wer4 protected by the great ship
yard, which. working without Interrupt
ton and paying of I'm cold cash
every Saturday night. kept the city
moving along so smoothly that we
hardly would have known there was
panic as far as local conditions
were concerned.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-07-14
STREET IMPROVEMENT MONEY
AVAILABLE.

Mayor Buxton signed the street
improvement bones yesterday. and
The $4,000 will be available immEdi
ately. This money was secu'ti for
the purpose of improving streets. and
the public wants the improving IL
be done this summer.
II the work Is to be started so that
il can be finished before cold wea'
Their sets In. the council must act
without further delay. The people
will expect to see that something has
been done when they read the &C
count OF tonight's mrting of the board
of aldermen.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-07-14
VACATION FOR THE HORSE.

The POstofiice Departments an
nouncement that 1t is going TO give
it's horses q summer vacation seems
to have attracted wide attention. The
idea has appealed to some as fuhny.
to others as sensible and practicable
to Others asp humane but sentimental,
to still others as being Just too ridic-
ulous for anything. Think OF mere
animal, q beast OF burden. going on
a vacation! A pet dog mieht wear
/ n collar or a satin shirt or a pair OF
pantnIoons-but vacation for
horse! Absurd!
Why shouldn't the horses that
work in the city have vacation
AZ well as the men VINO work IN the
ci,v, Do the men work harder. more
Taitbfu,Jy or more steadily Are
they exposed TO more diverse kinus
OF weather. subjected to worse TASK
masters or irked by red tape more
binding than harness Horses. ike
men. have been broken to work. which
10 not their natural state. and the,
must. serve. But they are fesh anu
| hlood aud n. sh and Hood can bo'h
wear out and suffer. Even steer can
no worn away by too long ana 100
steady friction. The year-round WORN
of the dray harse Is rs paintni, as eA.
! baustipg. az aging upon the brute as
unon n man, The employer SENDS ms
| ciarL On a vacation in order that I'M
clerk NAV do more and better worn
J for the remainder OF the year. DO '".
shrexd humane driver OF ooIse LAY
save both himself and the animal oS
giving Il a rest when it needs II.
II IL true the idea IS new. ~ 10
not foolish for that. There are many
nu,,,oyers of animal labor with heads
too hard to hold sentiment VINO nav
Determined upon the practice OF s ;ns
| ing their animals a vacation IN t"'
ccnutry. II is paying propos''io",
II iengiheus the life Of the horse anu ,
, enables him to keep his strenssn re-
newed. The Postoftice Depar ns IN me
I entitled to respect for its stand IN ,ns
| horses favor. ard from tine a''e"''Sn VI
n. attitude is attracting 1t may D.
assured that other men VINO ap Snrse
AZ. the services Of the faithtui ho's.
viii follow its OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES"
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