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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23
Mistake in Marketing cuIls.

Every fall the careful shepherd
will Gull his flock carefully, and either
fatten the culls or sell as feeders to
Some one who is in the fattening busi-
ness Dairy men to some extent do
the same thing, and should, but they
often make the same mistake the mex
perienced sheep-man does when cull-
ing his eve flock they sell the very
hest animals because fall finds them
thin.
Now to be thin because an animal
is a hard keeper or is too old to maxi.
good use of it's feed or in poor health
Is sufficient reason for pulling an ami
NAL out of the flock or herd: but TO
take them out simply because they are
thin and thin because they have put
the bulk of what they have consumed
into the milk pail, or into one or more
strong We'll grown lambs. instead of
onto themselves, is being thin for an
altogether different reason one tina.
should forever commend and not con-
denim IL mother animal
Years ago while buying sheep in the
tall. we found that many sheep men.
some of considerable experience,
would throw out thin ewes of good
age simply because they were thin,
and sometimes before we could get
the sheep away from the farm a
splendid large lamb. and sometimes
TWO of them would get thru the
fences and claim one of these thin
ewes for their mother. 1t was only too
evident why theyq We're thin, but the
farmer could not bear to keep these
thin sheep and let better fleshed ones
GO We know too from long exper-
fence that it is not. easy to let round
smooth ewes go and keep thin bony
ones In their places, altho that
smooth round animal may be smooth
and round just because she raised a
small poorly nourished lamb. or. as
Is often the case, no lamb at all. A
COW is often discarded by the thought
less owner for the same reason. Not
icng ago we saw a COW sold out Of
small herd for s24, to go into the
mining regions of northern Minnesora,
that was easily worth SIS The cow
Kept in her place was not worth $25 to
keep. The old thin COW had made
enough butter during the year t.
more than pay for herself. while the
1ieshy thick necked animal had not
produced enough to pay for her winter
feed, say nothing of pasture. When
we asked the owner why he let the
thin COW go he replied that she was
pretty good mixer but such
blamed hard keeper" he could noL
bear to see her around. The other
he declared was never poor in flesh
even when she had nothing but, a
straw stack to run to. These two
cows had been MIXED into. one paiE
and the difference wes not SO evident;
but before the thin COW had been gone
month the owner was crazy to get
her back or another just like her"
bones and all. The writer confesses
to having been prejudiced, years ago,
against the COW that was always thin
regardless of how much she was fed.
He did not know then as he does now
that every particle of extra feed those
thin COWS got went into the milk pail,
that they We're a mere machine for
! turning cheap food into high priced
cream, and that the more they con-
sumed the more valuable they were.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23
The Strawpile


land this winter with a manure
! spreader. Feed it so it will start good
and strong in the spring. Make up
your mind to have the finest crop of
quack in the country. Let the neigh
! bors laugh They WILL too. Prosperity
! is the downfall of quack, grass and
quack men.
comes. Thus fed the roots will come
tclose to the surface and send up a
| luxuriant growth of grass. Good!
| When plant puts forth an unusual
growth it is an easy time to kill it
| if you go at it at seeding time. Wait
form, then pillow it under, root and
stem. Plow deep and do good job
of it-use chain if necessary ito lay
the tops in the furrow.
Now scratch UP enough loose soil
with disc or slant tooth harrow to
make a seed-bed for buckwheat, mil
| let or any late crop that will make
a dense growth. This win smother
any quack that has escaped, but if
not, plow late in the fall just deep
enough to get under the quack roots.
Let it lie in the rough and the frost
will do the rest.
Some pillow in June and prepare the
land for sorghum, sowing broadcast
about 100 pounds to the acre. This will
smother it out and give good feed
also"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23
killiuo ouack Grass.

I've had about four acres of quack
grass that was so thick we could not
pillow it with pillow. 1t crowded out
buckwheat and other crops that we
pillow and plowed it in the spring. then
disced it twice a week until the grass
began to show a little life in the pas
ture. then plowed it again and diseed
as before until about the 2Sth of June.
II then plowed it again and narrowed
1t and put on three pecks of German
millet The millet came up at once
and covered the ground SO thickly that
what little quack grass might be left
was completely smothered out. l
pioWed again late in the fall and
sowed to oats the following spring.
This last fall there was not a root
to be found in the whole four acres. 1
think this plan of killing quack grass
followed by those who have difficulty
in graduating this pest"
Still another method is given by Sue
eessful Farming and we only hope
it will work, but we are afraid fur
tner attentlOn VIII De Heeoeu. Ion
sheer" says the writer.
1T can be done. Many farm in
some of the northern states has been
surrendered to quack grass just be-
cause the owner or renter has failed
to grasp the principle of the plants
growth.
"Quack grass propagates by means
of creeping underground root-stocks as
we'll as by seed. If it spread only by
seed it would be easily eXterminated.
The problem then is to kill the root
stocks. And these are as tough as wire
and as hardy as almost anything that
grows. Where men fail is in trying
to dig or pillow the roots out. That's
an endless and almost impossible job.
Every time an implement goes thru
a quack sod. it breaks the root
stocks up and every joint thus made
starts a new plant. If dragged along
on cultivator shovel or harrow tooth
it may drop and start a patch where
there was no quack before. The pillow
and. the disc are about the only tools
to put on quack land. They do not
carry the root-stocks.
TOO late now to talk of fall plow-
ing. So we must treat it some other
way. Spread manure on the infested
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23
Iona Newspapers
A sTANDPAT VIEW OF TAFT.


What talking he has done concerning
the tariff in times past has generally
had low tariff squint, and in the ses-
sion his most notable achievements
were the removal of the duty from
hides and the defence Of Marshall Field
& Co., from a proposed increase in the
duty on certain grades of gloves sucn
as would have compelled them to
transfer the manufacture of their
gloves from France to the United
States, and the most important things
which he attempted without actually
accomplishing them were to put coal
and iron and other raw material on the
free list. With this record the presl-
dent could not possibly uphold the tar
iff bill forcefully as protection meas
ure, nor could he except in an equivo-
cal sense square himself as a protec-
zionist. Perhaps therefore the only
thing he could do was to try to con-
vince the low tariff people that they
have really gotten what they wanted,
or all of it that they could decently
hope for. But the "standpatter' who
for the past few years has been con-
tending with some consistency for the
cause of protection against what to him
have appeared to be unreasonable as
saults, is rather easily satisfied if he
accepts that sort of an elucidation OF
the tariff subject as a vindication Of
his contention on behalf Of protection.
Upon the other hand, the indications
are not numerous that low tariff
talk that concludes in an appeal to
sustain the Payne tariff bill for the
rest of the present administration is a
sort of low tariff talk that satisfies
the politicians and people who have
been active in the contentious for low
tariffs. AS a matter Of fact the most
Importation at least the most notable
reductions in duty were at the OK
pense of the constituents of the sena-
| tors and congressman who We're most
insistent upon reductions. in trying
to convince such men and such con-
stituents that they really got what they
wanted the president manifests an in
nocence that may be admirable but
that is hardly persuasive.
| We can see little or nothing in the
presidents tariff talk that either
"sstandpatter" or progressive" can af-
ford to pin his faith to it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23
BILL WAS A ..puR.r

They started 70 kindergarten to-
gether. TWO of the incest little boys a
kindergarten ever delighted in Clean.
bright lovable little fellows from homes
that were reflected in the children
They vent side by side and step by
step up thru the grades and We're grad
mated in the same class. And when
the hurrah was over both went TO
work 1t happened that both got JOBS
trat had opportunity in them.
Call them Bill and Dick. Bill always
was little slow He never got in1o
the game" unless he was crowded in
at Halloween and when the high school
team Went over to the neighboring and
rival city Even then there were a
lot of things that Bill wouldn't do. He
lacked a lot of being dead game
one" And he nearly always went home
when the fun was getting little
rsque and bordering on license Dick
was a mighty good fellow but he liked
to stay with the crowd He was of
the two better liked He knew ii. SO
did Bill Bill was dub A good deal
OF DAB
Out in the big town, away from
home Bill POUNDS things slow lie
lacked money for theaters and the like
and when he had it he thought about
the business he was going to make for
! himself and likely as not stayed home
and put the coin in the "cooping box
Dick wanted to see things. 1t was rs
natural as life itself He went look
/ ing. found things. saw them. Dick
didn't have money But Dick had &
bunch of friends stylish fellows. who
| could go some Bill didn't have many
acquaintances The story at home was
that both the boys were doing we'll
All at once Dick came home Only
a few knew why. His mother did no
know. His father asked the firm Will
whom he had done business for year!
and found out. Dick saw too mucl
outside of his job and not enough Ii
it. The proprietor had watched ant
hoped that Dick would make good d
his fathers account. But Dicks head
aches grew too frequent, One day tn
his breath. That settled it No ma
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23
TRAMP FARMS.
Huntington Hawkeye I

IIdWkeSe.I
One who has given the general sub
ject considerable attention suggests
that there be established turnout Iowa
farms which are to be worked by
tramps, under the supervision of com
petent men. He suggests one such
farm for each congressional district.
and that not merely the travelling
tramps, but also the loafers in the
towns who never work be sent there
And for men in good health, the rule
at the farm would be No work. no
meals" The suggestion is not quite
new. Germany has her tramp farms,
and so far as known they serve their
purpose. OF course Germany never had
a vast army of tramps, and she is ever
busy trying to make her citizens useful
and of a benefit to the state. The SAL
walton army has done some expert
menting with farms, but they were not
to be considered penal colonies within
the state.
Perhaps Iowa would not need thir-
teen tramp farms. Perhaps for the be-
ginning three or four would suffice,
and perhaps we should not need them
long. For the tramps would give Iowa
a wide berth and there would be no.
body to work those farms except the
native element, and their labor would
be Improbable even upon the rich
soil of Iowa, that responds so literally
to the efforts of the man with the hoe
and the cuNivator. But of course these
farms would not be originated for the
purpose of making money. If however,
they would rid our towns of the loafers.
who are worse than the tramps, and
our railroad yards and highways of the
genus tramp, the outlay would have
been none too large, whatever it might
have been. and the tramp farm would
soon become the rule in the great ma
jority Of the state
Perhaps Iowa would do well to try
1t on. On the loafer and the tramp, of
course.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23
Original Notice.

TO Jasper Andrew May: You are
hereby notified, that on or before Gth
day of October, A. D. 1909 there VIII
be filed in the office of the clerk of the
district court, within and for county Of
Marshall, the petition of Ada F. May,
claiming 7of you a divorce from the
bonds of matrimony. For further par
ticulars or information see petition
when filed. Now unless you appear
and make defense thereto, at or before
noon OF the second day of the next
October term of said court to be be-
gun and held az Marshalltown. Iowa.
on the 18th day of October, A. D. 1909,
your default will be entered and de-
cree rendered thereon as prayed for in
said petition.
Dated this 10Th day Of September,
A. D. 1909. ADA f. NAY.
Plaintiff
H. c. LoUNsBERRY,
Attorney
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23
THE LODGES.


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Is, at p. m.
Mrs. Geo. Downing. W. II
Edna c. Fularton. see2.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23
Marketing Potatoes.

Perhaps with no other staple crop
can the farmer gain SO much by its
careful preparation for the market as
with potatoes. Both for the local mar
ket and for shipping, medium sized po-
tatoes that do not vary much in size
are more readily saIable than those
that vary much in size in the same lot
If your potatoes are not uniform in
size it will pay to grade them, putting
the large ones in one lot and the med
ium sized ones in another. leaving out
all of the very small ones. After dig
ging it is we'll to allow the potatoes
to lie on the ground till we'll dried off
usually from one to two hours, 50 that
the dirt will not stick to them This
improves their looks very materially
Bruised or cut potatoes should be
carefully excluded from those intended
for market. BY never marketing any
thing but sound and uniform sized po-
tatoes a farmer can soon build up a
reputation that will be of cash value
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23
the medical treatment. The people Of
the state will resent any mopkeying
with the state sanatorium.
Topics of the Times

If the annual excitement over early
frost is to go with the excitement OF
the annual election Iowa is going to be
quiet place O falls.
And nobody said anything about r.
and oysters.
Would it be lese majesty to mention
the chautauqua and President Taft in
the same breath?
Il just tried to make good said
John A johnson when asked how he
had accomplished his success Write
it in Your hats boys. it is the incanta-
ton that brings success. Say it over
Learn it. Its all in the five words.
The next dash for the pole will be
made by certain congressman looking
for something long enough 10 reach the
persimmon.
Aha, Those dressmakers in Chicago
said that no woman with real shape
will wear "fussy" dresses.
Hamilton's retirement from the board
of control will be much regretted over
the state. He is a good business man
and has filled his place as he was ex-
pected 10 do, with satisfaction TO tine
state and credit to himself 1t is re-
him out of the public service and to
be hoped that Governor Carroll will
use such wisdom in selecting his sue
cessor as was shown in Hamilton's Sc
lection.
When Henry Wallace says there are
no pickerel in the Iowa river he makes
evident that he hasn't been seining
lately. And when he praises the ger
man carp as a table fish and says he
couldn't tell the difference between a
fried black bass and fried carp he testi-
fes to old age and a failure of func-
tons.
Perhaps MaNbray will be tried some
day, some sweet day in the far off
future Maybray could have worked
up half a hundred mikes in twenty
FIVE states and '.copped' quarter of a
million while the law is lazily getting
ready to consider his case. That's the
difference between a hustler and a
laggard.
President Taft evidently subscribes
to the assertion that kind words
spoken of congressman who crave
something of the sort-can never die,
But it is open to question.
"The democratic party is not free
trade party says the Dubuque Tele-
graph Herald. The democratic party
isn't party. It is a "Reminiscences.
Omaha business men failed to in
yite Governor Shallenberger TO meet
the president at Omaha. The reason
for the GOODNESS lies in the signing of
the daylight closing bill by the COVER
nor. 1t is not at all to the credit of a
city that has borne disreputable rep
utation and ought TO be trying to es-
tablish itself as superior to its past.
when IT insults the governor of the
state at the behest of bunch of sore
headed booze vendors.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23
Articles of Publication of the "Natonal
Denatured Alcohol Com oanxn

oCHdlQTs0 AiCohOl SOFh pahy.
The name of corporation IS the Ma
and principal place Of business, Mar
shalltown, Iowa.
The general nature Of business 70 be
transacted, is the manufacture and sale
of ''Denatured Alcohol" and ali by
products incident thereto: the purchas4
and sale of corn and all other grains.
and the purchase and sale Of all things
incident to the manufacture OF De
natured Alcohol"
The amount OF capital stock shall b.
and is 100000 with three fourths pad
In.
The commencement of this corpora
ton shall be Aug. %, 1909. and ter1ni-
! nate Aug. %, 1929.
The affairs of this corporation shall
be conducted by a board of directors
who shall elect q. president, vice pres-
dent, secretary and treasurer and
: such other officers as it.rnay see fit. or
j Of this corporation. said directors 70 be
elected by the stockholders on the sec
ond Tuesday after the first Monday Of
Januarysof each year.
The highest amount Of Indebtedness
! tofwfdch; this corporation shall subject
::..s.-ele ss1all not exceed two thirds of its
capital stock
The private property Of the stock
holders shall be exempt from corporate
liability except"to the extent and in the
manner provided by the laws of the
statetof Iowa
Inoorporators--R. A. Ely, ]. S. Jet
J. J. Mcguire, w. NJ I1eise, j. N Alex
ander, Quincy Alexander.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23

to him, as dealers are usually very
willing to pay more than going prices
for potatoes which they know to be all
right. The same can be said of COM
mumties. If all the farmers of a COM
munity grow the same variety, the one
best adapted to that locality, and for
which there is good demand, buyers
Will soon become aware of the fact
and more of them will come to bid for
them and the farmers will get better
prices. Mixed lots of potatoes always
sell at discount.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23
WHEN TAXES WE'RE HIGH.
Huntington Hawkeye]


Here and there complaints are heard
that taxes are high and are constantly
growing higher. Apparently that is the
case. But as in so many other cases,
appearances are deceiving. The fact
of the matter is, that taxes were never
so low as they are today. Never before
did the taxpayer get so much for his
money. And the taxes were never so
high as they were in the oft-lauded
good old times" when the taxpayers
got practically nothing for their mon
ey.
To be sure taxes are higher now
on the face Of the returns. Not SO
many years ago no city in Iowa paid
park taxes, and the man who would
have suggested a tax of that kind
would have been overwhelmed with
protests. All Iowa cities pay park
taxes today and are glad to do it, and
believe that they are getting full value
and something over in return.
In the good old times" there were
no public libraries. You subscribed to
private circulating library, or you
went without books. There was some
objection when a public library tax
was first proposed, but there are none
now who would like to see the library
abolished, and it is generally consid-
cred valuable adjunct Of our educa-
tional system.
We had no boards of health to main
tain in the good old times" There
! were no sanitary sewers, there was no
inspection, there was no machinery for
lcombating, and still better, for guard
ling against and preventing disease.
Our statistics are far from complete
] but for his money the taxpayer now
gets chance to live longer and to live
better than he ever did before. That
fought to be worth something.
There was no public light to speak
of. there was no water, service, there
was no paid fire department. there was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23

practically no well organized police
force, there We're no permanent inn
provements, in fact there was very
little of anything in those good old
times" that We consider Indispensable
now. And the taxpayer was taxed
much more heavily than he is today,
if the benefits are considered which he
enjoys.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23

For purity, flavor. quality and relia-
bility, "saIada" Tea is supreme ASH
your grocer for 1Oc trial packet.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23

The Sioux City Journal insists that
"No financial clique could control the
affairs Of the central bank even by
gaining control of the stock"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

To the Eldora Herald ut looks as II
President Taft intended, as soon as he
could decently do SO, to get rid of every
man connected with the Roosevelt adj
ministration. He has decided with Bal
linger in the controversy with Pin
chot. which means of course that Pin
chot will have to resign. Whatever the
merits of the case it will be looked
upon by the people of the west as an
effort on the part of the president to
gain the support of the interests that
Roosevelt fought. Pinchot did great
work for the forest service. Secretary
Wilson will probably be the next man
to feel the AK"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23

The Dubuque Times-Journal says
the central bank plan could not hurt
the smaller banks if strictly followed,
but they evidently fear possible mod
iflcations which would affect them In
juriously."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23

Taft and Ballinger have surely act
ed with aplomb in this matter They've
closed the incident at the trifling cost
of crucifixion of a subordinate, and
the people will be a long time about
learning anything about Alaska thiev-
cry. anyway" says the Des Moines
News.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23

Between the reactionaries who ex-
pected the president to repeat the Wi
mona speech at Des Moines and the
progressives who are not misied as to
his reasons for avoiding it, there is
little difficulty in fixing the place
where the enthusiasm oozed out Of the
program" says the Sioux City Trib-
me
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23

1.-THE day Of the low dive. and the
harboring place for vicious buns has
game by in Burlington, and any other
self respecting city, declares the
Burlington Hawkeye.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-23

The Iowa Falls Sentinel believes the
cartoonist does this country harm by
always picturing the idea that the
small boy despises the school build
IN