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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-23

will examine your eyes and fit you to
glasses for one dollar and up. for ten
days only. Bear in mind l am no travel
ing optician, and any dissatisfaction can
be corrected at my permanent location,
as have located to stay. If your eyes
are difficult to fit. and have failed to have
glasses properly fitted such cases 1 would
like to have come to my office, and will
make no charges whatever unless I fit
your eyes to your own satisfaction Prop
erly fitted glasses will not only relieve
an eye strain, but many fatal diseases of
the human system.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12
HOME COURSE IN
MODERN AGRICULTURE
IN HB farmer is more important
than his farm, and the most
M important croD he raises is
Farm, Home
BY G. v. GREGORY;
~ Agricultural Division, Iowa State College
Copyright 1908. by American Press Association

~ =
IN HE farmer is more important
than his farm, and the most
important crop be raises is
not corn nor hogs, but boys
and girls. The success of farmer is
not measured so much by the money
he makes as it is by the happiness he
brings to himself and to his family.
One of the surest ways of accomplish
ing this end is by making the home
surroundings attractive.
There is no place on earth where it
is easier to have an attractive home
than on the farm. Yet in spite of
this too many farm homes are located
in the middle of weed patch that
goes by the name of garden or are
hidden behind such a thick jungle Of
trees that It is impossible to see in or
out.
The first thing to consider is the
house itself. 1t should be situated on
the highest part OF the hill on which
the farm buildings stand. A house
need not be expensive to be homelike
and convenient. Indeed, the most ex-
pensive houses are often the least
homelike.
The starting point is the cellar.
With but little additional expense this
can be made the full size Of the
house. In this case the foundation
walls should extend to the bottom of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12

farmer, with fat bank account and
nothing to do, is often a victim Of the
prosperity which takes him away from
his work and places him in COM
munity where he has nothing to do.
He sits around the house, plays cards
with his cronies, and eats more than
he can stand without the physical Ia
[bor to which he has been accustomed.
The general truth of this statement
holds in thousands Of small towns
turnout the great middle west espe-
cially. The women folks"-particu-
larry the wives-are not so often VIC
tins Of the easier life of the town af-
ter the rough work of the farm This
lis because they usually continue to
do their own housework, thus keeping
up wholesome amount Of exercise. A
Wisconsin farmer, sixty-four years of
age, told us the other day how he re-
tired from the farm twenty years ago,
and how he came to continue the
physical exercise which keeps him in
good condition. 1t was a country editor
in Iowa who happened to give him the
right advice at the right time. He had
just moved into town, and turned the
farm over to his son-in-law, when he
CHANGED to visit the editor, who was
an old friend. Here Is what the editor
said to him:
you are As now, Charley, and you
have moved into town to take it easy
and have a good time. Well, I'll give
you from two to four years to live.
have lived in this one place for thir-
ty-tive years, and have seen a per-
feet string of prosperous farmers re-
tire. move to town, and then die
quickly. Their average life after they
leave off work is about three years.
This is not guesswork. 1t is a calcu-
lation ! have made from facts which
I have collected"
This scared Charley. so he kept at
the woodpile and the garden and the
pump. 1t isn't easy to do work you
don't have to do, especially in bad
weather. After the generalizations al
ready indicated, We called for more
specific information about Charley's
own town Ca beautiful little place of
1000 population located in the center
Of a rich farming district in Wiscon-
sin.) "All right" he said, Tets have
a pencil and a sheet of paper" Then
he took the main street of his town,
which is inhabited chiefly by ell-to-
do retired farmers, and began to
make a list of the widows. The sig
niticance Of this enumeration was
somewhat startling. There We're TWEEN
ty-seven, or, in other words, over half
Of the houses on that street were oc-
cupied by the widows of retired farm
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12
THE PAST ASSEMBLY.

Now when it all over, the legislature
adjourned. and gone home to pillow and
reap and fix fences, the general conclu-
sion win be that this was a very good
legislature" 1T failed to do consider
able that it might have done to the
approval of the state. and that it would
have done had q leader developed; IL
did much of which the people Who
elected it approve. and refused TO do
much that would have met with dis
approval. Altogether it was an eXcel-
lent body of men in its personnel. They
could have done more and done 1t
quicker had there been less of individ-
ual character displayed. And individ-
uality is an excellent fault in an assem-
blyman.
1t is a great pity that this assembly
failed to accomplish somewhat as 10
revision and change of taxation laws.
The tax on moneys and credits might
we'll have received attention and suf-
tered change,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12

FIG. 1xxry-A CORNER OF A NEATLY Ar.
RANGED LAWN.
too large. however, or the work Of
moving will be likely to be neglected.
A lawn is not hard to make. A little
work leveling and preparing a fine
seed bed apd.a liberal application Of
blue grass, seed that will grow will
almost certainly result in good lawn.
Do not make the common mistake Of
planting trees too close to the house.
They detract from the appearance and
make the house close and stury. The
opposite extreme should be avoided
also. A few trees about the edges Of
the lawn furnish grateful shade and
provide thanking for the picture Of
which the house is the central figure.
The decorative value of shrubs is Of.
ten not appreciated as much as il,
should be. A climbing rosebush over
the porch or few dwarf varieties in
out of the way corners win add to the
color and beauty Of the yard. There
are many other Towering shrubs, such
as snowballs, syringias and lilacs, that
can be used to FILL in empty spaces and
corners.
A row or two of hard naples or elms
along the driveway, with thick ever.
green windbreak to the north, win An.
ish the supply Of necessary trees un.
less there are corners or bare spaces
about the yards that viii be bettes for
q tree or two.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12
STANDARDS AND SALARIES.
iowa. City Citizen.l

The lack of teachers to fill the
schools in Iowa has led to move
ment for lowering of the exarnin-
alton standards. The movement is
iN-advised, from the standpoint of
both the teacher and the patron of
the schools. The argument runs that
the new edcational board has made
the examinations so difficult that
many teachers can not pass; therefore
there should be a return to the old
system, which furnished a sufficient
number of teachers, whatever it's de-
fects.
We do not say that some changes
might not be made to advantage, but
any such should not tend to lower
the teaching standard. The solution
of the problem is in higher salaries
for teachers, salaries adequate to
provide the necessary preparation.
Prosperity has prevailed in the land
for many years. The cost of living
has advanced but there has been no
proportionate advance in teachers
salaries, and the larger rewards of
other professions has called many
from their chosen work If. the
school directors expect to find teach
ers they must be prepared to paw
living salaries, and that means much
larger salaries than We're paid a few
years ago.
High standards and higher SAL
aries mean not only better conditions
for the teacher, but better conditions
for the pupil, and thus better for
every school patron.
I
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12
Topics of the Times

Now Senator Aldrich will give us a
sample of how revenue bills which
Originate in the house" finish in the
senate.
In the report Of the coroner of New
York he asserts that brewery wagons
xiii eight persons where automobiles
kin one. He refers to persons run down
by drivers not TO the entire mortality
in which the brewers wagon indi-
rectly bear their part Otherwise the
proportion would be much smaller in
favor of the joy rider.
Why not bring together a congress
Of baseball unpires 10 decide on the
tariff schedules? Everyone walks on
umpires anyway.
1t is problematical just how high
stockings will go when the new tariff
goes into effect.
Those new hats in combination with
the Dutch collar made Easter look like
a circus parade.
Tt begins to look as tho Castro would
have to apply for lodging at some in
ternational police station.
According to the bureau Of com
merce and labor a dozen eggs sell at
Is cents in Iowa and cost the consumer
in New York % cents But when did
a dozen eggs sell for Is cents in Iowa /?
Some one tell us where to buy them ?
Lucky" Baldwin's will devised $780,
100000. Guess Baldwin wasn't the only
person to have luck.
Now it develops that Vice President
Fairbanks is also going to Africa The
odore should have taken him in his
party. He would have been invaluable
to set the milk on.
The new portraits of Solomon P
1 Chase may be had at the banks in ex-
change for five silver dollars or their
equivalent
Now Castro knows how the football
feels.
| Possibly the public "heaved a sigh
lof relief" as usual, when the legisla-
ture adjourned but it seems to have
ESCAPED the watchful eye or ear of the
state press generally.
Shifts now the scene from legisla-
tive proceedings to other matters OF
state and national Importance Therel
be something doing for the edificatior
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12
FIGHTING THE WHITE PLAGUE

Davenport Democrat and Leader.l
The country everywhere is awaken
Ing to the necessity for self-protection
in the matter of health. In no particu-
lar is this SO much in evidence as N
the efforts to subdue the destroyer tu-
berculosis. Soon the state without
santarium will be looked upon as an
Client, Indifferent. And the cities will
follow the states, the large cities at
least. in providing homes for the cure.
of this disease. In Chicago Tuesday
by a large majority, the people voted
to tax themselves / mill to build md
maintain a tuberculosis sanitarium
This means something like 100000 to
fight just one of many forms of disease
After the tuberculosis germ is con-
quered public opinion will be aroused to
the point of attacking other common
enemies that come under the head Of
preventable. There have been popular
lectures in Davenport every day for a
week, and this educational campaign
is going on in every enlightened COM
munity.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12
The Retired Farmers Widow.
[Collier's Weekly

Farmers who retire and move to
town are more reckless in their neglect
of fresh air and exercise than city
men. City men, with their golf and
other forms Of outdoor amusement,
manage to make their play help their
bodies. They are constantly the re-
cipients of free advice. What city man
has not been warned of the advant-
ages of cold baths, of suitable cloth
ing. of sleeping with the window open,
of temperate eating, and Of exercise in
the open air? But the poor retired
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12
THE CEDAR RAPIDS POLICE Row.

Cedar Rapids is in the midst Of a
pretty strenuous shaking up of its po-
lice force by reason of charges alleged
and pushed by the Cedar Rapids Re
publican. Briefly the special charge
seems to be that the daughter of a
Woodworking old Bohemian woman had
assistance from the police in running
away from her mother The girl is II
and it would appear inclined to be
wayward. According to the testimony
as it has been published the officer
concealed the girl in a basement, told
her how to stop the train at a cross
ing and made it his business to help
her get away from her mother who
was seeking her at the depot and
watching the trains. The girl got away
and went to Des Ioines, where she
grew lonesome and wrote the story to
her mother. 1t developed in the hearing
that followed the charges filed by the
Republican, that the officer had used
vile language to the mother when she
complained TO him and the hearing
seems to have pretty generally sup
ported the newspapers charges. The
officer was suspended for a few days
as sufficient penalty for what he had
DONE
By other newspapers it is charged
that the Republican is "sore" at the
police and that its action is more of
reprisal and spite than from any de-
sire to improve the service or te
avenge the wrongs of the old woman.
And this may be true. However true
or false it may be it isn't worthy of
consideration in this case. If the off,
Ger was guilty of even a part of what
| has been alleged against him he
doesn't belong on any respectable po-
lice force and should be sent pack
ing. The question of the anilnus of the
Republican is not vital in the matter.
The thing to be considered is whether
the charge was true. The Republican
may be feeding old grudges. That
doesn't figure, if the policeman is I'M
fit. Perhaps the Republican might not
have Interested itself had the officer
been one of its own selection and ap-
proved by it. However, it is hard to
see why dangerous man should be
kept on the police force because the
motive of the witness may be ques-
toned if the testimony of the witness
and the corroborative testimony of
other witnesses prove the facts.
Charges against policemen are often
unfounded but all charges that come
up with respectable backing should
be given attention and complete in
vestigation. Good men need not fear
/ bur may welcome Investigation The
other kind should not be shielded.
While we select our policemen for
their political pull more than for their
fitness and integrity, we may expect
graft and scandal. and investigation,
! complete and searching, is the only
weapon of defense of which the pub
lie may lay hold. And when serious al
legations are supported by evidence
and uneontroverted the guilty man
should suffer no matter what the mo-
tive initiated the investigation. 1t be-
comes simply a question of guilt or in
nocence. Most rogues would escape if
some one did not get sore and give
them away"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12
Iona Newspapers
PLEA FOR THE RED MAN.
Waterloo Tlmes-Tribune.]

When the white man sought to deal
with the Indian, he soon learned his
dealings were with child mind.
When there We're many of the red men
and he was savage. when dozens of
scalps tied to his belt We're testimon-
ials of bravery, we had to deal with
our red brother in his own fashion.
But now, as his race has decayed,
since benevolent assimilation" has
done, at least part. of it's work, and
alcohol and tuberculosis have nearly
accomplished the rest, it is our duty
to bear with the Indian, when he is
so weak Gin fact on his last legs) and
overlook his unlawful acts at every
possible point.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12

Most farm homes are. very poorly
,qighted. A, ksgessnes lamp is dirty.
smells bad and does not give very
much light. A gasoline lamp Is much
better. Best of all is the acetylene gas
system. After this is once installed It
can be operated cheaply and will fur
nish an abundant supply Of light.
The water system is another thing In
which farmhouses are behind those in
the city. There is scarcely house in
town Of any size but that 10 provid-
ed with water and sewage systems. In
the country these are the exception
rather than the rule, yet they can be
put in at small cost.
An air tight tank in the cellar Is
sometimes used to supply the pressure
for farm water system, but is rather
expensive. The water can also be
drawn from the elevated tank at tho
barn, If one is used there, the only dis
advantage In this case being that cis-
tern water cannot be used. On the
whole, the most satisfactory plan is to
have small galvanized tank In the
attic. A little covering In the coolest
weather will keep It from freezing, and
q few minutes work With the cistern
pump each day will keep 1t filed.
BY havins.a heater attached to the
furnace or to the kitchen stove and
making the ,propes connections hot and
cold wateH can be supplied to the bath
room, the wash room aud anywhere
else that II -is wanted,
The laundry room ddNpstalts issthe
place where thef cpnvspfsnse Of such
system VIII be aprfeeiatetl most.
In this room THO washing machine,
tubs. wf,agsr and other utensils can
be kept .Ap opapipe in the door con-
nected with the tile drain viii carry
off the waste water, and hot and cold
water from upstairs viii be always
on tap. Such room, together with
the entsfeswater system, can be fitted
up for less than 500.
Another convenience that can be In
stalled at small cost is sewerage sys.
tenn. This can be connected with the
bathtub and sink, and with a small
additional expense another luxury that
is seldom found on the farm, IN In
door closet can be added. Drain
pipe well cemented at the joints
should be used In constructing the
sewer. The cheapest foFm OF outlet
Is the septic tanR." This u . small
underground tank divided into four
compartments, so arranged that when
the first of these becomes full 1t will
overflow into the second, and SO on.
The tank should ne covered and pro-
vided with ventilator. The action
Of bacteria In the septic tank will de-
stroy all the s6ss1 mater, so that the
water which howsf ont the lower end
will be clear and have no objection
able odor. With an occasional clean
ing out such tank win last forever.
The house should be provided with
plenty Of pcrehes. These increase the
expense somewhat, but also add much
to the comfort and appearance Of the
house. Vines trained up over them to
keep out the sun and screens to keep
out the files make them still more
comfortable.
Nothing adds more to the external
appearance Of the house than a neat
lawn Of ample size. Do not make it
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12

KING SOLOMON COUNCIL r. 8 8.
M.-Stated assembly Thursday, April
10, 1880 p. M, r. & S. M. degrees.
A. d. Meeker, T. ]. M.
I. T. Forbes. Rec.
ST. ALDEMAR CONfMANrDRY No.
80, X. T-sstated conclave Tuesday,
April 20 at 1880.
F. Wallace. Rec.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81, o. q.
S.-Regular meeting Wednesday. AprN
IA, 1880.
Mrs. Geo. Downing. w. M.
Edna c. Fularton, Secy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12
THE NAN WHO DOESN'T WAIT.

IWtDSleT OIly FTetl1ldH-I TIUuHtI
Senator Cummins is making good,
indeed. He has already overthrow
the obnoxious Custom" that a man
must serve eight or ten years in the
United States senate before he will be
noticed by the appointed bosses
of that body. Senator Cummins is al
ready a power an. he has been a
senator but four months. When the
right man gets on the job foolish GUS
tom and senseless precedent must go.
Roosevelt smashed a lot of them and
Cummins is doing the same thing. 1t
is unfortunate for the country that
there are so many men of the Aldrich
stripe in public life and SO few of the
Cummins kind.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12

In the past Of the manner IN which
the interests Of the people have been
looked after by the railroad COM
mission, body of men elected by
the people themselves, and who have
always shown themselves ready to
deal fairly and to the best interests
of all In matters concerning the rail-
roads and the rights of the people,"
Voicing its sentiment under the
editorial caption of "a Common
Cause" the Burlington Gazette allows
that Iowa people, who believe in just
and fair tariff taxation, and who are
opposed to this continuous wholesale
robbery that is made possible by
Speaker Cannon and his ways and
means committee, will do honor to the
five congressman who had the courage
and manhood to leave their party coll
leagues long enough to be honest with
their constituents"
From a logical point of view the
Keokuk Gate City argues that cot
tumwa's spasm of virtue was short
lived, as such things are apt to be.
Real reform begins within and spreads
outward" continues the Gate City
1.-The reform that begins on the OUT
side never gets any farther. 1t follows
that the reform that deals only with
effects, without removing the cause.
is foredoomed to failure"
Mentioning the fact, that under
return to the Scent schedule the Mis-
souri, railroads will give a 10 per cent
discount on round trip tickets, the AL
bia Union intimates that "The latter
is the kind most people will want to
get, as all will want to come back
from Missouri"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12
AN AsTleMArlc ERROR.

"Iowa will never go back to the g.
cent fare predicts the Grundy Re-
publican. "The people have their mind
pretty we'll made up when it comes to
watered stock and the general pros
perity of the railroads"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12

"Resubmission is dead, at least for
two years. The temperance people
asked for too much, and the leader
ship was not as sane as it should have
been. But Iowa will go dry in time"
sums up the Coon Rapids Enterprise
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12

The finest tea grown in the world is
Hsalada" Tea. Sold only in sealed
lead packets. At all; grocers. Trial
packet Loo. ~ u s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12

The Sioux City Tribune takes no.
tice that Again the policies are shown
to vary. Taft takes two cubes of sugar
in his tea, where his predecessor took
only one"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12
gns saphItast s1arz1lalltasaa iBaua Epril y Iaoa

of the people, even if Des Moines
should be wiped off the map.
The man who planted his early po-
tatoes this spring on Good Friday must
have used pick or an ak.
Familiarity with the King drag
makes everybody its friend.
The man who Clipped" his horse
some time ago has repented, hunted up
the winter blanket or has a scared con-
science.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12

Now that Ottumwa's police Judge
has declared the saloon petition of
consent constitutional, why do not the
opposition take an appeal to the viii
lage constable" sententously inquiries
the Des AIoines Capital.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12
THE LODGES.
MASONIC NOTICES.

X MASONIC NOTICES.
X1visitors always welcome
/V\Hal over 1857 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE 1os A. F.. & A.
M. work In the third degree Friday
evening, April 8. H. q. Hoeck, w. M.
NJ, H. s. Lawrence, Secy.
SDGNET CHAPTER No. 3S, r. A. M.
Special convocation Monday, April IL.
Work in Royal Arch Mason degree,
1880 p. m.
G. H. Boggie. H. P.
I. 8. Willard, secy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12

"Why make the hen entirely re-
sponsible for the fate of the spring
garden when a mongrel pup can do
twice the damage in half the time?"
Indignantly inquiries the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil. "In the distribution
of fines to those who maintain NUS
anoes, the dog owner should not be
overlooked"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12

not pass by a dying man to minister to
a lost dog, or lose g. desperate girl on
the street to succor a cat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12

IF you don't see what you want in
the April weather line, ask for it," ad-
vises the Des Moines Capitals
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12

The Clinton Herald asserts that
Little complaint has been heard