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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-09
ALCOHOL UNDER OTHER NAMES.
Light Shed on Various Temperance
Beverages In England.

A board of experts has recently
made its report to the IT, ish gov.
eminent on the Incorporate character
OF temperance drinks sold in the
United Kingdom. 1t finds that many
OF the most popular beverages coming
under this category contain all the
way from two to twelve per cent. of
alcohol. The british taxation laws
take no cognizance of beverages con-
tanning less than two per cent. of al
cohol. but three-quarters of the sam
pies of temperance drinks examined
by the board far exceeded that proper
ton
Some apparently herb heefss were
found to contain as much alcohol as
claret or Rhine wine. The English
public has been greatly surprised by
this report, and It's capacity for aston
ishment is proof that England has had
no experience worth mentioning with
'stomachic bitters."
Our government on the other hand.
as aresult of investigation some years
ago. found that giH by anoti,ere name
was drunk in quantities that defraud.
cd the internal revenue.
1
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-09
NOTICE TO
CATTLE OWNERS
BOISE, ! EAno. April 9 1909.

lihSEt it4Ail'b ApkAl 4'O0.
To Whom it May Concern:
II is hereby ordered that all cattle in
Bear Lake County, in the State of
Tdaho. arc uualaainpd The inf C.
tiau4 disease, cattle mango, scabbits)
ard fitcll Is prevalent.
All owners ur persons in charge Of
catrle are dirpcsed TO assemble them at
Hunter & Grays ranch, eight miles
aluthealt of Montpelier. ON the 10th
Day Of May, 1919, for the purpose of
treating same
Any parties 1esirous Of dipping or
Spraying their eh6tle elsewhere previous
IL that date must provide proper applis
ii yes AMI notify me in tine to have d
representative there.
Al clttle must be dipped or sprayed
ia emulsion Of Beaumont once or lime
aud sulphur twice, tea days interview
Ing.
All cattle not dipped or sprayed nndeI
feieral or state supervision previous to
toe 10th day of May, 1893, or assembled
a. tine designated pace ON that DATE
VII be qaaralnunei and dipped or
sprayed at owner ) expense.
Ii the expense is net paid it will con
s,itnte first lien on the animals.
all owaers OF cattle or persons in
charge are for Sudden shipping, driving
or allowing their cattle to leave or re-
moving them Il my M tnuer from Bear
Lake, county, during the continuance
Of tleir quarantine.
| respectfully ask all parties owning
cattle 10 cc-l perate in tie qualification
Of this disease, and ask cattle owners tt
provide a suitable place to dip or spra.
their cattle OF make arrangements will
owners Of digs or sprays to have thei
cutie treated previous to Nay 10, 1909
80 II viii not be necessary for the stat
authorities I'd gather aud treat any cat
tie
YOURS respectfully,
q f. NOBLE,
State Veterinary.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-09
Card Of Thanks.

In our deep sorrow and grief, we
wish to extend our thanks to the many
friends who so kindly rendered rs as
sistance, on the occasion of the death OF
our beloved son and brother, and for
the many words of sympathy expressed
rhe kindness of the Trainmen will
never be forgotten by his sorrow strick
en- Mother, Sisters and Brothers
MRS. C. A. PEARSON and CHILDREN
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-09
CD Hrs.

The price tina. one pays for tax
today is just little different from
what was paid for, say, the hire of a
sedan chair in days of old. In the
domestic accounts of Mistress Nell
Gwyn' we read: For chairing ycu
to Mrs. knights and to Mrs Cassell's
and to Mrs Churehill.s and to Mrs
knights, As. For chairing you yester
day and waiting II hours, lis. Cd
Paid thirteenth October, 1675."-Lon.
don Chronicle.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-09
shlftIna the burden.

Never get out of trouble by bring
ing 1t on some one else" remarked :
man on the train the other day. =
remember he continued, when
was a small boy. WIS one day goine
along the road when came upon {
man holding ram by the horns. A
came up he said. Here, sonny, hol.f
this ram till / climb over the fenes
and Gnlock the gate
Il took hole of he ram, and he wen
over the fence. When safely over ht
said: I've been holding him for al
hour. hope you get rid If him a!
easily as | did "-Lippincott's.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-09
J -ours respectfully,
q. f. NOBLE,
State Veterinary.
"rd rather Die. Doctor.

Than have M feet cut off, said NJ.
H. Bingham of Prineeyille, Ill.
But You'll die from gansrene (Which
had eaten away eight toea1 If you
ilsna.a said all doctors. Instead he
used Enckien's Arnfca Salye TIL
wholly cured Its cures OF Eczema
Fever Sores Boils, Burns and Piles
aatouaa Tho world zoe at Modern
Pharmacy
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-09

Attend the dance at the
pavilion tomorrow night.
Tickets only SO cents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-07

This piece Of road, we understand,
was at frst drained then crowned and
1t is now regularly dragged, following
each rain. The result Is perfectly
smooth and dry road, even after
rains.
We are on the right track at last,
we believe. We have always insisted
II we would have good roads in Iowa
we must build them out of Iowa dirt.
Macadamizing is out Of the question
In this stoneless state. What stone
we have is soft limestone, but little
harder than yellow clay and it dis
scfs es about as easily under the action
OF the elements This lime stone may
be crushed and scattered over the
reads, but it will be In constant need
OF repair. There will be chug holes
in 1t from one end OF the state to the
other and in dry weather such roads
are going to produce as much dust as
Tie ordinary dirt road and the dust
will be a great deal worse for every
body.
The way to make good roads in
Iowa Is to use the material at hand,
that is the dirt itself Let it be we'll
drained and we'll crowned and then
dragged after every rain and with
care Iowa will have fine springy roads,
roads that will be the delight of all
those who travel. There is no use
waiting for the stone age to come in
this state for it is still a thousand
years in the future. more or less. The
thing to do is to get busy with what
we have at hand.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-07
WAS eRIsT 70 HIS MILL.
Proof That It's an III Wind That
Blows Nobody Good.

prominent Chicago lawyer tells OF
an amusing incident which he wit
messed subsequent to certain breach
of promise suit in which he had acted
as the defendants attorney. The two
were standing talking when they were
joined by third man, a friend Of the
client and an acquaintance OF the law
yer. The third man had been out Of
town for some little time.
Hello, old man, what are you look
ing SO blue about?" the newcomer de-
manded, as they shook hands.
ooh, I've had a little hard luck
I've got to pay Miss Blank 5000 on
account Of breach Of promise judg-
ment," was the disconsolate reply.
Say. I'm glad to hear that, old fell
low!" the friend exclaimed fervently.
seizing the detected ones hand and
shaking it vigorously.
"tGlad to hear it!' I've got to pay
that money. tell you! What do you
mean?" the other demanded In aston.
ishment.
."Just that, my boy. It will be Just
about enough for US to set mp house.
keeping on-Miss Blank and / are Ia
be married next month, you know"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-07
A SALOON PREDICTION
[Belle PLANE Union.1

H.
Billy Sunday delivered one of the
most notable sermons at MARSHALL
town on the saloon question ever
delivered to an Iowa audience, or
elsewhere for that matter. He
riddled the liquor business until
there wasn't enough of it left to
make respectable mop rag. He pro-
duced the figures to show the utter fall
lacy of the saloon as a means of rev.
enue. the cost of the traffic being SO
enormous as to make the revenue de-
rived from license appear Insignificant
The argument for saloons as bait to
get farm trade was denounced as libel
on the farmers and proven by the fact
that in states having county local
option it is the farming counties that
invariably go dry. The sermon was
printed in full in the Marshalltown
Times-Republican Of Monday and
ought TO be read by every person hav-
ing any interest in the temperance
question. The sermon was delivered to
an audience of 5000 men and at it's
close nine enths of them are reported
to have risen in a vote of protest
against the saloon. The saloons of
Marshalltown might just as we'll begin
to pack their trunks. Sunday has got
them ON the run,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-07

The office of public roads of the
United States department of agricul-
ture have made some unique depart
ures in highway construction.
In the effort to give the nation dust
proof thoroughfares, experimental
roads are constructed with the by-pro-
fineries.
Uniquely interesting are a number of
the experiments now being conducted
by the office of public roads of the
United States department of agricul-
ture; one being the effort to build a
dust-proof road by combining the
heretofore little used blast furnace
Stag with asphalt or tar.
This endeayor is of the utmost eco
nomic importance, because II the
hoped for success is attained. insight
ly mountains of Stag will soon disap-
pear from the vicinity of scores of
cities, and a ready market will have
been established for vast quantities Of
this material.
For several years the scientists in
the office of public roads. as we'll as in
! many of the more progressive states,
have been working to achieve two
great objects viz, the utilization of by
products in road building and the de-
velopment of dustless roads. Expert
ments already conducted indicate that
crushed rock combined with tar or
asphalt preparations bid fair to solve
| in a measure the dustless road problem
Exhaustive laboratory tests have indi-
Gated that Stag in combination with
1f IN nto1 1c
made to serve as substitute for
! crushed rock. Sections of experiment.
I al road are now being constructed
which will subject the materials to ac-
/ tual service test. If the results are as
4 satisfactory as the preliminary condi-
| lions indicate, the Stag asphalt or Stag
tar roads will realize the hope of the
scientists for both the utilization OF
by-products and the attainment OF
a dustless road. One Of these
experimental stretches of road Is
now in course Of construction al
Chicago, under the supervision of Chief
Engineer Vernon NJ. Pierce, of the fed
! eral bureau, and one at Birmingham
Ala. under the direction of Mr.. NJ F
] Heidel, first assistant engineer.
The road at Chicago win be of Stag
and asphalt: that at Birmingham OF
Stag an dtar. The greatest skill and
care will be used in putting down these
short stretches and they will then BIZ
carefully observed during the tryihe
months Of winter. II In the spring II
has been established that this class o,
road remains firm, does not rut, sheds
water and makes but little dust, a vas
4 stem. forward Will haye been fSkeni n
troad buiidinE. and a never-iaiiiiing mar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-07
FRIENDLY TERMS EASILY EsrAe.
LlsHED WHEN CONVINCED NO
HARM is MEANT.
ACCOMMODATIONS EASILY
PROVIDED FOR THEM
Purple Martins War on Mosquitoes and
FIes-Wren's Surplus House Build
ing as 1t Is Looked Upon by the Nat
uralists - Edward B. clark's OBJ
servations.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.
servations.
associate Member American Ornithol
ogists' Union.)

ogiStS' Union.)
Copyright, Joseph B. Bowles.)
Scraping acquaintance with the
birds is not the difficult matter it is
thought to be by persons whose men.
tai impressions of feathered life are
those left by the sight of startled
bird scurrying away before the sound
of approaching footsteps.
As matter of fact there are many
of these, "our little brothers of the
air." as st. Francis called them, who
are willing to become brotherly indeed
if they be met in the spirit of kin
ship.
Some years ago there was dispute
between one veteran American orni.
biologist on the one side and two
younger hat equally well-known orni-
biologists on the other as to the cause
of the birds fear of man. One said
the fear is instructive and consequent.
ly always existed The other said
1t is the result partly of the teaching
OF the young by the parent birds, and
partly of inherited timidity-inherited
only through those generations of the
feathered race which have been in
contact with man and have learned
that he is to be dreaded.
There is no intention here of taking
part IN the discussion, but it may be
said that pioneers entering country
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-07
He has answered the elanderous

He has answered the slanderous
charges that preceded him to the salts
faction of Marshailtown and the wide
country that lies about Marshalltown.
If any believe him CRATER they are
of small and silent minority. He has
left no fierce quarrels in his wake. He
has not embroiled neighbor against
neighbor The men who have refused
to line up with the christian life are
patting the men who did line up upon
the shoulders and saying you're all
right. OF course its the right thing to
do" There is no war in Marshalltown
as result of Billy" Sunday. There
is only one quarrel in Marshalltown,
the eternal and irrepressible quarrel
between right and wrong. This is the
one quarrel and the only quarrel which
BILLY" Sunday has accenuated.
If this community and central Iowa
could be polled it would acclaim Rev
Sunday. one of the greatest revival
list in existence; sincere preacher
OF the gospel; and aside from his
office and his mission as one of the
plainest, simplest, happiest and truest
of men. A great preacher, a congenial
companion and true friend. Such is
Billy Sunday. who as youth work
ed for $3.50 week in Marshalltown and
slept in bed thru the kindness of a
friend, and who came back in his mid
die age with a message of marvellous
power; TO whom universal honor is ac-
corded; whose old friends are still his
friends and for whom the mighty
pulse OF central Iowa beats in sincere
affection.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-07
Furnace Stag and ''Ca11dy" Roads

ket will have been created for blast
furnace waste.
Besides this activity in Stag expert
ments, the public road office is also
busy at Newton, Massachusetts,, with a
special asphalt preparation, never be-
fore tried. which the director and his
lieutenants hope may prove efficacious
as dust-binding surface material.
More unique than this, however, the
office is preparing at the same place to
lay strecth of what facetious writers
call candy roads," near Newton, and
in a few days will be in active super
vision of the laying of the first mo-
lasses road of history. This molasses is
the almost useless by-product of the
great cane sugar refineries of the
south, and the beet sugar refineries of
the west and southwest. It is sickishly
sweet, nearly as black and as thick as
tar, and almose as powerful as a
binder. Having always been a waste
product, it can be bought at a lower
price than coal tar and in greater
quantities.
When the quantity and the sticky
consistency of this material was called
to the attention Of Director Page, a
number of months ago, he conceived
the idea that 1t might aid in solving
the always difficult problem of dusty
roads. He sent for a supply for labor
! atory experiments and detailed Mr..
Hubbard to conduct them. The molas-
ses was blended with oils and limewat-
er; was mixed with rock dust, with
earth and with sand and tried out I'M
) liar hea
SO we'll and held out such promises for
ideal roads that the practical test of a
real road was recently decided upon.
Stag as the useless by-product OF
the blast furnaces and "molasses" as
the useless by-product of the sugar re-
fineries may in a few years revolution
lie country road building, create de-
mand for more extended roads in the
states, where those products are more
easily to be had, and add millions to
the wealth of the country by putting a
cash value on fiterto waste material.
| The oiled roads of California have
saved millions of dollars to the farmers
and fruit growers of that fertile state
In the last few years by suppressine
the dust that formerly arose in blind
Ing clouds with the passing OF every
vehicle. Those dust clouds, floating
to adjacent fields and orchards depreci-
ated the price of farm produce and
lowered the value Of real estate to q
startling degree. The sprinkling Of oil
was tried and the dust was held II
check. Then some Of the roads were
plowed and the oil mixed with the
earth and the mass firmly rolled to q
properly crowned surface. Splendid
results followed in InOsit n = ::;:.ss 4
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-07

where martins were unknown SUD-
denly wake up to find that they have
new and welcome bird neighbors. The
martin has come for q change OF air
and scene, but with an unchanged ap-
petite for the same insect tidbits.
In recent years the purple martin has
been diminishing rapidly in numbers
in New England. In New York state
it has left some of the villages to
which it was attached for years, and
has appeared in other places where
before it was practically unknown. In
the great city Of Chicago there are
more purple martins than were ever
known to have dwelt under the pail Of
the towns smoke. Put a common
box, divided into compartments with
circular entrances thereto upon the
roof tree and the chances are that this
bird in it's raiment of royal purple
will honor you with its presence
through the summer.
The house wren is ubiquitous. Give
it tin can or box in the rear yard
of your city residence or the same
lodging accommodations on the lawn
of your country home and the wren
will come, will look over the premises,
and if it finds those things which to a
wren amount to modern conveniences
it viii lease the apartment for the
season.
The house wren is a singer, how
ever, and to those who object to hav-
ing their morning maps disturbed the
! wren becomes something Of a nuis-
ance.
If you wish the wren's company
nail its little house to the side of a
building or place it upon pole in the
, actly the size of a silver quarter and
cut it midway between the top and bot
| tom of the box. The English sparrow
Is the wren's arch enemy, but the lit
| tie fellow can take care of itself If the
sparrow be unable to get into the
home and destroy the eggs. Luckil.
the wren can slip into hole which i
barely large enough for the entranc
of the sparrow's head.
Should house wren condescend I,
bear you company for the summer it
music is not the only amusement tina
it will offer. There is fund Of ful
to be had in watching Mr.. Wren built
mock nests after his mate is snug OF
her eggs in the first completed home
With tireless industry, stopping onl,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-07
The Sewers Of Paris.

Paris has the most extensive system
of drainage in the world. The vast net
work Of sewers runs under the city,
having total length of more than l.
600 miles. The construction is said
to have cost nearly s3O,0OO,Ooo. The
maintenance and cleansing of the sew
ers cost the city about $4,000 annu-
ally and employ about 1000 men. Wa
ter pipes, telegraph and telephone
wires and pneumatic tubes pass
through the sewers. but gas pipes are
excluded for fear of explosion. Visitors
are conveyed through the sewers by
electric trains or by boats towed by
electric traction.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-07

to sing between straws, the male bro
will carry building material into every
crook and Granny in the vicinity of his
real nest. At this writing one wren
husband is spending his time while
his wife cares for the eggs in build
ing make-believe nest in fold of an
awning. He gets 20 or 80 straws in
position and then the wind destroys
the result OF his work, but at it he
goes again and cares not a whit that
apparently his labor is to be as unend-
ing as the stone rolling of Sisiphus.
In the marsh wren (Cistothorus
palustris) this BODYBUILDING mania is
carried to an extreme, and both the
male and the female birds are affected
by it. They will construct four or five
perfect nests before they make up
their minds in which one to rear their
young. The marsh wrens build in col.
onies, and it is not unusual to find so
completed nests in a swamp where
only round dozen pairs of the birds
have an abiding place. Scientists have
tried for years to solve the problem,
the answer to which will be the rea-
son for this superfluity of wren homes.
and science is still confronted by q
question mark.
The brown thrasher is not bird Of
the cities, but it will visit the gardens
of the suburbs and there make its
home if man has been sparing in the
use of the pruning knife and has left
a thicket retreat in some secluded cor
ner. The song Of the brown thrasher
is inferior in it's varied sweetness only
to the song Of the hooking bird, and
there are persons who find little to
choose between the performances Of
these rival songsters. The notes of
the thrasher are clear and ringing, and
can be heard upon calm morning
for the distance of third of mile.
I, The thrasher takes to tree top and
there, lifting his head heavenward, he
sings uninterruptedly, seeming to lose
himself in the very passion of his
music.
One morning in, late April heard a
thrasher singing from the top of an
Usage orange tree. lay down on the
grass within the shadow of his tree
perch, and listened to his song. The
bird looked down upon me and sang
and sang again. Almost uninterrupte6-
~ for ten minutes he continued his
exquisite solo. I fattered myself that
the bird was singing to me. but after a
httie there was movement in the
neart OF the tree just below the soloist.
looked and there sat Nine. Thrasher
drinking in the love notes Of her lord.
ana certainly no, lovers plea ever fell
more musically and more acceptably
upon lady's ear.
The brown thrasher is apt to be
timid, save when the love of its on
spring conGuers its fear and makes 1t
willing to dare any danger that threat
ems. Prof. Dearborn OF the Field Co
iumbian museum Gagged fedgeling
brown thrasher in order to save It
from marauding cats. The cage was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-07
Japan's Mercantile Navv.

Japan's share in the sailing fleets a
the world only amounted In 1855
when its flag first made Its appearance
in European registers. to 0.23 per cent.
Of the whole; her place among all
the other nations was the seventeenth.
Now Japan owns 2.32 per cent. Of the
worlds sailing tonnage. and her rank
among the other nations In this rs.
spect is now the tenth. "A still mora
brilliant result is. shown with refer
ence to steam tonnage. Reckoned III
net register tons. the share 81 japan
IN 1885 was 0.Ss per cent; In 1907 It had
grown to asa per cent. Ia 1856 hsI
rank n steam NGs4 fouyteenth. now Il
!. IL sixth 81 Tx 8
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-07
Little Essay on Man.

Be not surprised, oh, wondering and
gentle wife. because the eminent, high
and mighty husband-man blames you
for everything that happens. Should
the north wind blow down the chin
ney or blow the chimney down, be
prepared to confess that it was all
your doing. The only way to treat a
man is with laugh. And why
shouldn't we, since men are quite the
funniest creatures on the face of the
earth? Many of them feel that they
must roar and fuss and sume lest we
forget their magnifcence and great
ness and superiority. Joke, isn't it?-
Exchange.