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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15

pick up few car loads at prices made
by himself, is past. The man who
raises calf nowadays knows what
the feeding steer is worth and gets its
full value-and some times more.
Even Santa Claus is the victim as
well as the beneficiary of modern di-
vision of labor. He must depend on
the switchmen.
The best way to make $50 an acre
land worth $3.50 an acre is to raise $3.50
worth to the acre on $3.50 land. Get the
soil right and the seed perfect, farm
with scientific common sense and see
what happens.
Following foot ball, rabbit hunting
take for deer, comes the cotton batting
whiskers of the mimic Santa Claus and
the wax candle TO make their bow as
public executioners.
A selfish Christmas is a Christless
Christmas
What would the farmer of fifty years
back, have said when he heard that
seed corn sold at rate of $500 a
bushel at the Omaha show? But what
would he have been likely to remark
had some one ventured the prediction
.ha, an Iowa farm would sell for 5000
an acre?
There are only 27oo65 federal en-
pioyes and office holders now in the
employ Of the United States. This is
rapidly approaching the million mar
as well as the two billion dollar stage
in government employ as in expendi-
ture.
Mayor Gaynor. of New York. is
/ anxious to be a presidential candidate
But Bryan is not Tammany, Mr.. Gay.
nor.
Talk of get rich quick schemes! The
sugar trust paid one bride taker 81
a week and raked down s3,99360 or
his crookedness. How'd you like tt
have a few dozen competent THEY'VE:
working for you on percentage like
that? Did Fagin have any the best o
the sugar trust?
Dobbins got an indeterminate sen
tence of five years. He is a man of kee,
intelligence which he prostituted t
crime. He was much thief, and il
some respects meaner thief than an.
yeggman who gets twenty years Ii i
good to know that he is likely to ex
plate at least a part of his guilt a
hard labor.
Keep a close watch on the balloon
Of high prices. And keep a parachu.
handy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15
FIGURES ARGUE FOR BETTER SCHOOLS

The most convincing argument
showing that the rural schools Of Iowa
are not fulfilling present-day require
ments is offered in statement Issued
by State Superintendent Riggs. The
rural residents themselves are con-
,ributing this argument by their acts
rather than BY word % mouth, for
the farmer has been slow in conced-
ing tGst the little white school house
with its handful Of students. and with
its demands for extraordinary YER
satility on the part Of the teacher can
be supplan,ed without making his
taxes burden and thus possibly halt
ing the rapid advance in land values.
The farmers OF Iowa last year, ac-
cording to Mr.. Riggs statistics, paid
to the public town schools Of the state
In tuition alone the enormous sum of
s203,375. This does not include the tut
ton Of the innumerable boys and girls
privileged by prosperity TO be sent 70
the many small colleges scattered thru
out the towns Of Iowa Neither does il
include that larger item Of expense,
the keep" of these fortunate children
while they are in town-an item that
must be paid in cash or its equivalent.
butter, eggs ana potatoes. Thus the
ruralite who suddenly has come -
appreciate the shortcomings Of the lit
tie country school and admit that il is
not good enough for his children, even
tho ii may be for those Of his neigh
Dor, pays a double tax, for he Of neces-
sitv continues 10 contribute 10 the sup
port of the district school, the cost OF
which does not grow less with d.
minsning attendance.
This little item Of more than $500
600 per year. added 10 the expense o.
board and 10 the annual school tax
argues strongly for consolidation, viii
the township the most convenient unit
with a high school in each township
and with the assurance Of improved
methods, better grading, and results
commensurate with the money eA
pended.
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THE LODGES.
\ MASONIC NOTICES.
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ID. s. Lawrence, Sec'y.
siGNET CHAPTER No. 50, r. A. Il
Stated convocation Of ssgnet Chapter
Monday evening, Dec. 20, 1880 sharp.
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KING SOLOMON COUNCIL R. & q
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ming. Dec. - At 1880 sharp. VISITING
Sir Knights always welcome.
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CENTRAL CHAPTER No. q. @ y.
SHEETS in regular session Wednes-
day evening. Dec. Is. at 1880. Election
Of officers.
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THE P STAI SAY kGe ISSUE.

1t was not to exceed two weeks prior
TO the presidents annual message 10
congress that it was given out at
Washington, on apparently the same
kind Of authority that usually backs
announcements from the white house,
that il had been decided on the part of
the Taft administration that the postal
savings bank proposal would not be
urged pending the report Of the none
tary commission. 1t was a little sur
prlstng, then, to find this in the mes
sage
IT has been proposed to delay the
consideration Of legislation establishing
a postal savings bank until after the
report of the monetary commission.
This report is likely 10 be delayed, and
properly 50. because Of the necessity
for careful deliberation and close in
vestigation. I do not see why the one
should pc tied up with the other
Why this apparent conflict? OF
course the earlier announcement from
the white house" may not have been
from the white house at all. That
/ would be q. sufficient explanation. But,
while it is impossible to believe that
+ the president deliberately has an un-
4 derstanding of one import with .Aldrich
and says something OF different import
to the public, the probabilities are that
when, in the future. We look back over
the record, We will be impressed with
the irony Of a fate that gives the sit
uation that appearance. In other words
whether the president desires and ex-
poets action on this subject now or
not there isn't likely to be anything
doing In making his message recon-
mendation." says the New York Com
.nercial. president TAFT was doubtless
merely carrying out in a perfunctory
way a demand by the republican ma
eional platform Of 1905 Does tbs
New York paper mean TO accuse the
president of keeping the promise TO tbs
ear and breaking It TO the hope?
The postal savings bank system,
says Aldrich. ~is one of the subject:
under consideration by the commission
we would prefer TO have action delay
ID on such measure until it could b'
considered with other measures pro
vidtng for a thorough revision Of GU
banking and currency laws. 1t is idl
10 argue that the establishment Of
new bank to be conducted under III
supervision Of the federal government
: need not be taken up coincident Wit
/, me enactment Of new monetary laws.
There seems to De disposition o.
the part Of some Of the progressives il
congress 10 take the president at hi
word and put the postal bank issue t
the fore. Il is safe 10 say that if the
do 50, they win not find the presiden
supporting them in a telling way. TIL
FEELING obtains that the president be
lieves that the report of the nonetar
= commission will have TO be awaited, a
Aldrich advises, and that he really di
put his harmless recommendation int
= the message as the best way TO dis
. pose of the matter under the circun
stances.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15

been paid for. In Marshall county we
could build 400 miles before we had
reached this limit and the limit of ten
mills is only per cent tax which
once gladly voted upon themselves for
five years to aid single line of inter-
urban to Grundy Center. In twenty
years We could build and pay for such
roads every four miles apart running
from east to west and from north to
south across the county.
The people of every county talk
glibly about the feasibility OF inter
urbans costing half million for every
thirty miles and seem confident that
those who live along the line will
patronize an interurban strong enough
TO make it pay. Why be afraid then
of the same invest ment for 100 miles
OF stone roads when the terms are the
ten year easy payment plan? If men in
the $40 per acre swamp spots Of north
ern Iowa launch their half million dol
lar drainage bitches in order TO raise
the value OF their farms what is the
matter With 100 miles of stone roads al
the sane cost creating the same ben
ents? Il the farmers living on the
stone road thinks the cost two steep
let him increase the yield of his forty
acre patch OF corn TWO bushels per
acre and pay the bill or raise one acre
Of potatoes year TO pay his road tax
What we need Is some stone road pro-
motors to talk il into US.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15
GET OUT OF THE MUD.

Suppose every main Travelled road
leading ont Of every county seat town
in Iowa had been macadanized twelve
feet wide and one foot deep with
crushed rock from the stone quarries,
what saving in expense 20 farmers
1t would have made during the past six
weeks. What saving OF business to
the merchant in town, What COM
fort in living 10 US all! But il is i'm
practicable in Iowa, 50 says everyone
because in this country road building
IS everybody's business and hence it IS
nobody's business. We refuse TO see
beyond the ends Of our noses.
But look at the cost. Well look at i.
then. About s46 per year for ten equal
annual installments plus interest a .
ner cent for each quarter section o.
land abutring on such a highway; 50
per year plus interest for each quarter
section for Two miles back from such a
road and a road building tax OF less
than one-halt Of one per cent per an
Nun, for 200 miles OF such roads in a
county like Marshall for instance. Is
it worth it? Would it be worth the
price of four loads Of hay per annum
to a farmer living on SUCH a road 10
have it extend from his mail box to
town? Would it be worth the price
Of 100 pound shoat per annum to
each farmer living within one-half to
two miles OF huch a road? Would it
be worth about twice the public library
or city park tax to the city Of Mar
s shalltown TO have such roads leading
for nine miles out of town on every
highway approaching it? Is it worth
it? If it is let's have it.
Here is the plan. In the first place
the state must abandon its peniten.
tiaries and set its criminals to work a
the quarries TO man the stone crush
ers. We want crushed stone delivered
free of charge except the freight. Fo
bO cents per 81 udIc SdiQ VI 2t,4uV pc
mile we can grade, meeadamize wit
free stone or gravel and roll such
road twelve feet wide to perfection. W
want the state legislature to give us tn
same kind of deal on road building a
has been given us for drainage worl
We want the special road distrie
whereby we can assess the land with
in two miles of stone roads for one
third the cost on ten year bond issu
or paving certificate plan. Then "
want the abutting land assessed fe
one-third Of the cost on the same pla
and we want the county to pay til
other third by a special levy and bond
It could be provided that such speci;
levy should not exceed ten mills ar
when road building had progressed s
fast as to reach the limit we cou
stop until some Of the other roads ha
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15

ity. See brethren dwelling in unity
regardless OF church lines. Witness
congregations uniting in service, see
ministers working everywhere in king
Illness and mutual helpfulness. To
the Junk shop Of disputation has gone
the contentious OF creed that afore-
time gave nothing to christian growth
and so much to christian demoraliza-
ton. Perhaps the dream of a great
church, moving with singleness of pur-
pose for the largest possible good to
all mankind, under the common in
spiration Of Christ divine and allper-
vading, is too good to come true. but
events Of the past corty years give
substantial basis for a contamination
so devoutly to be wished.
daIudfa Chri Clos t(-wupto Inn tt
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15
AN Excellent Recommendation.
r.ya++a,c HKyaekIv

The recommendation of the Wiscon-
sin conference on criminal law and
crimino}ogy that a professorship De
tablished at the University of Wlscon-
son for the comparative and critical
study of remedial law is a good one.
Thinking men and women all over the
country are agreed that there should
be radical changes in our methods OF
administering justice. Delays in triai
procedure and apparent miscarriages
of Justice have been 50 fragrant under
our present system that people have
been coming to say, yes, and TO pc
ueye-that There is one law for the
rich and another for the poor" Presi-
dent Taft, himself trained In law
voiced the popular feeling when he
said. "It is not too much TO say that the
administration OF criminal law in this
country is a disgrace to our cfyiliza-
ton" And only this week in his mes
sage he referred to the subject again
saying II do not doubt for one moment
that much Cd thA lawlessness. vfolencs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15
WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
ILogan Observer

For the family who ten years ago were
content with round or flank" steak.
now "porterhouse" is none too good.
It is the same along other lines. The
nation has become extravagant. AS an
example of this short time ago a
number of men wished to go to
neighboring town to an evening meet
ing. Plenty of livery rigs were available
10 take the entire crowd to the place
at an average expenditure Of so cents
each. However, only those would go
who could hire an automobile to carry
them there at a cost of S1.25 each. Not
so many Of them went. but the average
expenditure was much higher.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15
Easily Explained.

An nliterate Polish servant girl
thought to conceal her ignorance OF
the rudiments by always taking her
prayer book with her when she at
tended services, although she knew all
the prayers by heart. One day another
girl looked over her shoulder and re-
marked in surprised tone:
why. what's the matter? You're
holding your book upside DOWN.
"Oh. that's all right" answered the
other, quite unembarrassed. II always
read that way. I'm left handed
New YORK Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15
Topics of the Times

w. .. Lee, whose death has left q
gap in the ranks of the capable and
useful editors Of weekly newspapers in
Iowa was an example of the quiet,
sincere and upright country editor and
his work for his city, state and coun-
ty illustrates good citizenship and
good newspapering. For many years
Mr.. Lee stood for the best in morals
and government, furnished his patrons
an excellent newspaper such as they
had reason to expect and generally did
his mans work quietly day by day. He
was not anxious for prominence, not
a candidate for office or high official po-
sition. Lee was one of those steady, de-
pendable men in or out of newspaper
work, who are to be found where they
would naturally be looked for. His
death is loss to Iowa and he will be
long remembered and his demise deep
ly regretted.
And now 1t is stated that the price
of farm implements and automobiles
is to be tilted higher. Everybody lives
on the farmer.
The day of the cheap beeve and thu
cheap feeder is gone apparently TO
good. The time when the shrewd feed
Ter could go up into Wisconsin ant
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15
CHURCH UNITY.


An American eminent in theology
and sociology expects to see all the
great protestant bodies of this country
united in one organization for the
promotion of christianity. This view
will not be accepted generally. but it
does not involve change more sweep
ing in sentiment and practice than has
come out OF the religious evolution of
the past generation.
Men now not at all aged can remem-
Der when there was little of co-opera-
ton between christian denominations.
In those days not so long ago there
was SO much of feeling over points Of
belief that children of Methodists and
Baptists. for instance often quarreled
and sometimes fought for the faith of
a peculiar denomination. In many
communities a good deal more was
heard about forms of baptism, modes
of communion Generalization and in
FAINT salvation than of all the real
means Of grace that make for indiyi-
dual character and the general eleva-
ton of mankind. THE tie that binds
usually confined its operations to a
particular creed assumed to be the
peculiar gift OF God. Public debates
on nlooted points of orthodoxy were
! the burden of theology and the de-
/ light of the ungodly. While 1T was
not openly asserted by Methodists OF
Baptists and on around the circle OF
creeds that those across the church
lines would not go to heaven. there
were surface indications that pointed
to the belief that if saved at all i
would be "a mighty tight squeeze"
And now behold the situation of
brighter and better day for christian.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15
BACK TO THE OLD SYSTEM.
TAyrshire Chronicle.]

John McNally has been circulating a
petition among the voters of Silver
Lake township, asking to have the
present township road work system
changed back to the old system of
dividing the township into four dis
tricts, with a road supervisor in each
one an dallowing the voters to work
half Of their road tax and to pay the
balance in cash. Personally, we be-
lieve the township is doing a good
thing by going back to the old system
and hope that the petition will receive
the necessary SIS per cent signature.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15
OH RATS!
ISpirit Lake Beacon. 1

lSpiflI Lane oSdGOHJ
|. Henry Kruse and Howard Stillwell
put up job on Peter Marcy Wednes-
day evening which resulted in lots Of
fun for the boys. Henry has been
catching lots of rats lately and How
ard hasn't much to busy himself with
but mischief. They put their heads to-
gether and planned to trap Peter into
public exhibition of his striking fem
mime timidity. Some twenty rodents
were carefully concealed in Peters
desk, show case, on the shelves, floor
and in his overcoat pockets. Then by
cunning scheming Peter was attracted
to the heart of the rodent cemetery and
persuaded TO open the desk. His ac-
tions and explanations were worth all
the trouble the joke had caused. Peter
hired boy to take the vermin out Of
his pockets and went home and
dreamed that he was being pursued by
ma mmoth sausages from the Kruse
! market.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15
AN EDUCATIONAL WANT.
Manchester Press.

Manchester Press
Every city and town ought to have
a school of instruction in turkey cary
ing. Not one man in a thousand I'M
derstand the anatomy of the male tur-
key, and yet al every Thanksgiving
dinner there are seven or eight chesty
persons who fairly pant after the job
of carving. There is no more sickening
sight than that of robust young
fowl. snatched from life's joys by the
ruthless hand of dull ak, lying pros
trate at the mercy of some man who
can't separate the gizzard from the
wishbone without putting his feet on
the turkeys neck The man who COM
mits mayhem on defenseless turkey
in the presence OF large company Of
admiring relatives, and then looks as
complacent as the winner at poker
game. ought to be penned up in q
henery for thirty days.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15
Iona Newspapers
GREAT EXPECTATIONS.
IWillians Hornet.

j. H. Kelley, Scandinavianized-
Irishman from Robert Emmetsburg,
Iowa, Is Congressman Woods new pri-
waite secretary. He succeeds o. c. Oh
son, who changed his name to Rail
eigh. If Kelley doesn't get Woods to
introduce q bill freeing Ireland he
ought to swap names with Olscn and
look for another job.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15
HOW CORN WILL SHRINK.
r.+ha,,.,1Yo napooora&1

N. B. Silcox is somewhat of an ex-
perimenter On Nov. 81, 1908, he put
seventy pounds of corn into a sack. He
weighed 1t Jan. 1, 1909, and it weighed
SO pounds; May 1, IS pounds; July g. Sc
pounds; Aug. /, &c pounds; Sept. 2, 81
pounds. and Nov. %, 81 pounds. Then
he shelled 1t and it weighed Sc pounds.
He claims he lost 35 cents by the ex-
pertinent, as corn on Nov. 81, 1908, was
selling at rs cents and on Nov. %.
1909, only 40 cents per bushel.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15

The Usage News confesses that the
Billy Sunday style does not much ap-
peal to US. but we notice that the most
of his critics find little fault with the
travelling female of questionable char
acter that strikes towns like Usage at
stated intervals, visits which the au-
thorities always appear TO discover af-
ter the game has moved to fresh pas
lures. But we should not mention this
save in secret and then in low
breath
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15
IOWA oPIkloHr AND NOTES.

1T is being suggested that convict
labor be used in Iowa for the improve
ment of the public highways" notes
the Rockwell City Advocates and says
1t might also be suggested that the
township officers who refuse TO obey
the law in the matter of road work are
almost in the convict class them
selves"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15

If you are suffering from biliousness,
constipation, indigestion, chronic head
ache invest one cent in postal card,
send to Chamberlain Medicine Conn
pany, Des Moines, Iowa, with your
name and address plainly on the back,
and they will forward you a, free SAM
pie of Chanberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. Sold by all dealers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15
M%sal1ezs

Many persons find themselves affect
ed with persistent cough after an at
tack of influenza AS this cough can
be promptly cured by the use OF Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, It should not
be allowed to run on until It becomes
troublesome. Sold by all dealers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15
GENERAL EDITORIAL COMMENT

Within another week or two we shall
know whether Uncle Jot Cannon Is
spea ker of the United states or merely
Of the house of representatives. New
York Mail.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-15
The eubonie PLAQUE

destroys fewer lives than stomach,
liver and kidney diseases, for which
Electric Bitters is the guaranteed rem.
edy. soc. Mcbride & Will Drug Co.