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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03

Now they are talking of bouncing
Coach Williams because The Minnesota
University football team failed to click
to FRAGILE" the men from Michigan.
Poor Williams! How he has been
scored because his boys did not win.
Had they won-well the Twin City
newspapers would have lauded the doc
tor every day since the game. Moth
ing succeeds like success; but a man
might just as well be in hades if he
suffers a defeat.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03

Former Representative w. l.. Nolan
in speech to Minneapolis business
men, made this statement: "The ward
system of governing cities in the Uni
ted states has proven an absolute
failure. Cities under the commission
plan are evolving no end of success.
The plans of these cities should at
least be used as working model
upon which more simple form of city
government than Minneapolis now has
can be Based The same advice applies
to Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03
Friday, December 3, 1909

the floating debts were paid~.and the
city set upon the high road to pros
perity. The best part of these achieve
ments is the fact that they were ac
complished while the tax rate was
being reduced twenty cents on the
500.
"And here is another side to this ex
pertinent with the commission. In
1905 the price of gas in Houston was
$l.5O per 1000 feet. Now it is $l.l5
per 1000 feet. That same year the
price of arc lights for city lighting
was $50 per year. Now they are $40
per year. And there was no friction
or litigation.
aside from financial considerations
public gambling has beer wiped out,
pool rooms obliterated, the saloons
forced to obey the laws of Texas,
mainly in closing their places of bust
ness on the Sabbath day, and unfor-
tunate women confined to one terri
{ tory.
"How could these results be secured
by the commission form of govern
ment and not by the other form with
which we are more familiar? Chiefly
for this reason, that this new idea of
government places the responsibility
for conditions on one man, and no
good man will endure the criticisms
which might pass unnoticed if the re-
sponsibility were divided Instead of
twelve aldermen elected from different
wards ard with nothing to do except
to move about among their constitu-
business, four aldermen at large are
elected and these men are constituted
the active heads of certain depart
ments of the city, giving their whole
time to it's interests. They can be
called upon by the mayor to act at
once on any question which comes up,
and a check on each department is
placed there by the vote of the city
council as a whole and also by the
mayor who, under this system, has
active supervision of all the depart
ments of the. city, just as the active
head of big business exerts his pow
er down to the smallest details. 1t
has never been the case, however, that
it has been necessary for the mayor to
interfere with the head of depart
ployes, for the mayor recognizes the
supremacy of the head of the depart
ment unless something decidedly goes
wrong.
'The city of Des Moines, Iowa,
adopted the commission form of gov
eminent, it going into effect in April,
1908. Under this plan the city is di-
vided into five departments: Public
affairs, streets and public improve
ments, parks and public property, ac-
counts and finances, public safety.
Thus far it has been highly satisfac-
tory and it has led to the adoption
of enabling acts outside of Iowa, by
Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Mississippi, Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Oklahoma"
The Free Press is of the belief that
if Mankato were to be operated I'M
der the commission form of govern
ment, her tax rate would be reduced
materially. There are leaks in plenty
under the present system that could
be closed if the, city were in charge
of a commission. There is no question
but that Mr.. Wizards contention is
well founded. The tax rate in Man
kato is rather too high to invite the
introduction of capital. Something
should be done to lop off the expense.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03

If anyone can tell us why it Is
necessary to keep that welcome to
the buttermakers" banner afloat on
Front street, we will present the
wiseacre with years subscription
to The Free Press. Possibly the dec
Grating committee does not want to
60 to the trouble of lacking up the
banner when the convention meets in
this city again next year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03

ballot cannot give time to raising
children. Mrs. Hosford will find nc
one who will argue that particular
phase of. the question with her. Ger
tainly the. woman who is galavanting
all over the country trying to influence
men to her way of thinking cannot
give much of her time to raising her
family. More's the pity!
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03

congress will mark the beginning of
the end of delay and disunited demands.
The day of the policy, with a compre-
hensive system of improvement of the
inland waterways and the ending of
I the disastrous freight congestion will
follow and be permanent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03
WHAT THE SOIL PRODUCED

The final report by the department
of agriculture makes the crops of
1909, aside from cotton, larger than
had been expected. Corn will aggre-
gate 2,767,OOO,OOO bushels, which has
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03

Another evidence of the brutality
of football is found in the act of the
small boy who hanged himself be.
cause ne was not permitted to attend
the game.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03

"The walking is good" wired the
Terre Haute husbands to their elop-
ing wives. Is there no more romance
in Indiana? asks The Chicago Post.
Nix.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03

The Sherman anti trust law has
proved its worth. Do not take chances
on making it worthless by burdening
it with amendments.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03

James j. Hill declares that "the
high cost OF. living is the beginning of
every national decline" If that be
true, the United States is preparing
for a Garrison finish.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03

You can secure divorce while you
wait in Minneapolis. Yesterday one
was granted in nine minutes after the
case was called. That's cutting the
nuptial knot in a hurry.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03

Mrs. Howard. Chandler Christy de-
clares that her husband did not draw
ia sober breath for four years. His
was a continuous Gag"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03
wise, was performed by the short.
sentenced prisoners.

Albert T. Patrick makes the claim
that he is dead; but at that he is a
pretty lively corpse.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03

Now that congress is to convene
the public can look for superabun-
dance of foolish "dope" from the cor
respondents at the front
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03

Mrs. E. A. Hosford, president of the
Equal Franchise club, declares that
women who are anxious to obtain the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03

Better buy them now so as to avoid
the rush later on.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03
CONSIGNED TO WASTEBASKET

Joe Cannon refuses to be spiked.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-01

the first of the coming February the
paper Will have been controlled by the
HARDWOOD family for thirty years. 1t
has always been an excellent news
medium under the HARDWOOD regime.
The January issue of "Dressmaking
at Home contains handsomely H.
Illustrated article ON Paris, the Capital
Of Fashions World" giving views and
scenes OF noted places where the fads,
fancies. and foibles Of the prevailing
modes are created and displayed; also
timely and interesting feature called
"The Rosebud Garden of Girls at the
Capital by Susan Hunter Walker, be-
Ing one of a series of articles on events
and people of prominence at the ma
TONS capital, and much read and en-
joyed. A page is devoted to the latest
mid winter fashions In millinery, and
May Manton gives the timely descrip
tons of gowns and wraps dear to the
heart Of every woman.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-01
The Rented Children.

Charles M. Schwab, at dinner N
Pttsburg, discussed his New Year
economics. He said
"It isl necessary to economize. to
shut UP some of ones houses and so on
because of the innumerable claims on
one. And all these claims are always:
just, you know. Why never saw q
claimant vet who wasn't quite as sure
of his rights as the Altoona beggar
woman.
"a beggar woman. with three tiny
children shivening beside her, stood ON
a windy corner in Altoona on a bitter
winter day. A charity officer paused
beside her with sheer.
You he said, you begging. And
those children aren't yours, at ALL
"swell, SIR the beggar woman in
dignantly retorted, I'd have less need
to beg if they were mine, for then
wouldn't have to pay 10 cents day
to hire Them"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-01
Entered ct the postotfice at Marshall-
town rs second class mail matter.
MORE FOR m'D0NALD 10 90.

The coming session Of the state leg
islature will consider a bill for state
aid to good roads. 1t has been pre-
pared under the supervision of Mr.,
Mcdonald, OF the state roads depart-
ment at Ames, and follows the Michi-
gan plan of giving cash premium to
not more than two miles of road per
annum in any one township, the prem-
iums approximating one-third of the
cost of the road, whether it be COM
mon dirt road well drained and
dragged, or a gravel road, or a macad-
amized road The cost to the state
IL estimated at $4,000 the first year,
and 100000 the second.
For development or promotion pur-
poses state aid in the farm of a bonus
is all right. None Of this money will
be wasted, but there is yet more to
be done in legislative reform before
any appreciable amount of road build
ing can be undertaken. Mr.. McDen-
old should study the Iowa drainage
7. law and apply its principle to road
making. He should provide for tax
assessment and road bond issues. Then
the land lying one and two miles back
from a fine, hard main highway could
help on the expense. not so much as
the adjacent land. but help q little.
and the county itself, which would In
clude all town property, could help
lift part Of the burden Of building hard
roads, which would benefit town prop
erty greatly.
With the expense of permanent roads
split up between the farms in road
district the adjacent land, the county
and the state and then spread out thru
and the state and then spread out thin
over a period Of twenty five years by
means Of q bond issue at per cent
interest, such roads could be built in
I Iowa just as easily as s150.000 drain
age enterprises are now managed. Mr.
Mcdonald is not yet down to the meat
OF his reform.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-01

dances to dance and behave with pro-
| priety. Why cut Them out OF a legiti-
| mate amusement? Perhaps most of
them were not of The elite but perhaps
| they didn't care for that and had a
pretty good time in q pretty decent
way.
When the public dance becomes a
degenerate function and dangerous to
social decency it should be promptly
and incontinenuy put out of business;
that is, the indiv dual dance which
needs suppression should be sternly re-
pressed. However, it does not follow
that all public dances are either de-
generate or dangerous. 1t is true that
the public dance has an invarLable ten
dency toward license but this seems
more matter for police supervision
than for the sweeping and complete
abolition of the dances.
Time was, here in Iowa, when the
public dance was a public function.
generally attended. Sometimes 1t was
held in the court house and the entire
dancing population capered before the
bar where stern justice had been dis
pensed during the day and the majesty
of the laws upheld Then the teamster
and the transfers wife and daughters
'tioined hands and circulated" with the
Judge, Jury and such elite and intel
lectual as the mtager population af-
forled. The Doctors wife Swung or
cheated and rchased the squirrel
with Jones' hired girl and the stage
driver. Perhaps something like this
might be dug ou: Of the memory of
some Spencerian cid inhabitant. It was
common enough when a lumber wagon
was to general locomotion what an
automobile is nowadays.
1t won't do to be- too paternal in city
government. The town council which
assumes its election meant general SUI
pervision over this private lives Of a
community will RIM against innumer-
able snags. There are so many things
that actually neetl looking after that
revival of the old Connecticut meth
DDS isn't worth while.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-01
THE slclL,AH HORROR.

The horror In Sicily grows as the
news dispatches bring day by day the
gathered facts of calamity. It Is a
world disaster, the greatest in history
On the number of lives lost and the
amount OF property destroyed.
Vt is impossible to comprehend a
disaster like that which destroyed a
population and changed the physical
face Of the world. It is impossible to
realize that 100000 persons are lead
and cities RACED to the ground. It is
as tho one-tenth Of Iowa's population
were swept away In a breath. It is
worse than war, more deadly than
pestilence
The loss of life Is not to be meas
ured entirely by those mangled and
blotted cut in the shock When the
I splendid buildings, the cities which
have been centuries building, the net
work OF underground arteries, water
ways and drainage systems that a city
creates are destroyed the labor Of
years has been swept aside and rem
dered futile. Accomplishment is the
object and end Of lite generation
lives in what It leaves behind 1t OF i'm
provement when # he's passed; and
when q cataclysm wipes out what a
generation has done, those who did it
die again.
Most Of all is that this calamity can
teach no lesson, save fear. In its pres
ence man realizes his weakness.
Against the mighty force that shakes
world to pieces human ingenuity and
skill can erect no barrier or build a
refuge. It is as the day of judgment,
the falling Of mountains and the melt.
ing Of the sphere.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-01
Those DRUGGISTS.

Lord Sholto Douglas" said Sar
Francisco reporter, ais a very nice fell
low indeed. But because he is an Eng
lish lord, people are apt to take adj
vantage Of him. One type of west
erner. he told me comically last month
always treated him as unfairly as the
druggist treated the man with stom-
achache.
This man, Lord Sholto explained
ate too much Christmas turkey and
mince pie. and fastened to the drug
gist's for antipyrine to deaden the
pain. Half an hour later he FASTENED
back again.
"Do you know what you have
done, MANI" he shouted at the drug
gist. You've given me strychnine in
stead Of antipyrine.'
And he threw the dangerous packe,
on the counter.
"The druggist started an turned
pale: then he sighed with relief.
ooh he cried; oh, what an error
And how honorable of you to bring the
strychnine back. Otherwise I'd have
been out nearly a dollar and half
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-01
"A STRANGE Hate.

Albert Kirby Fairfax-now, since the
dictum of the house of lords, the real
Lord Fairfax-talked at an American
dinner party in London about his new
title
'Since the title was NINE" he said,
81 wanted it acknowledged. Now I am
used to it--already used to it. In fact,
/ am already tired Of the eternal your
lordship this and your lordship that
which servants 30 literally rain on me.
zone can get tired. you know, even
Of the most delightful things. have
friend an old soldier, who is a keep
er in the little park OF Russell square.
The daily drugery has given the old
man a perfect hatred for the open air.
And evry evening at 9, when he en-
tiers the dark, smoky. stuffy tavern OF
the Maggie and Cock he initiates his
chest. shifts smiles and says:
Now at last l can breathe free
1v,"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-01
OFF WITH THE DANCE!

The city of Spencer has taken a new
departure. 1t is illegal for any person
or persons corporation or corporations
etc, ct al, $. $. ETC., to hold public
dance in the town noted as junction
point Of railroads and the county seal
II Clay, a county fertile beyond the
promise OF its name. The fiddles are
iumb; the clarionet sulks in its case
# PLAYERS and instruments the snare
drum is alone unrattled since the or
dinance became an active instrument.
No more the Racine the merry widow
waltz, and the barn dance, gladden. the
heart and lend muscular development
to the loins and neither limbs. Nothing
doing.
But why not the dance, II It is con-
Quoted with decency? There are prob
ably a good many pretty decent per-
cons n Spencer who 90 to public
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-01
The Anniversaries Of 1909.

american Review Of Reviews.)
The astrologers would have us be-
lieve that in certain years thruout the
ages remarkable conjunctions OF heav-
emily bodies and other celestial inter
relations so influence the human char
acter and physique that children born
at these times become great and com
handing in numbers far exceeding the
appearances OF geniuses in other years
II so there must have been a remark
able manifestation OF celestial phen-
omena in the year 1909, for a surpris-
ingly large number of men and women
who have commanded fame and great
ness first saw the light in that year.
During those twelve months occurred
the births Of these merican celebrities:
Hannibal Hamlin, Park Benjamin,
Gen. Joseph Z. johnson, Cyrus Nc
Cormick, Oliver Wendell Holmes. Alb
raham Lincoln, and Edgar Allan Poe
President Andrew johnson was born
Dec. %, 1903, so he very nearly comes
into this charmed period. Among enh-
inent Englishmen whose careers belong
also to our own world OF thought
were: Charles Darwin, William r.
STlSt<lStOIlCs fAiiAOu ANOlo SAAS s'S's
John Stuart Blackie, Elizabeth Barrett
Browning. Edward Fitzgerald, and
Alexander w. Kinglake. In the same
year Felix Mendelssohn Barthholdy
was born in Austria, Pierre Joseph
Proudhon in France. and Frederic
Francois Chopin in Poland. There are
to be celebrations in this country and
In England, and in some cases thruout
the civilized world as well. Of the ami
versaries of Holmes. Lincoln, Poe, OAR
win, Gladstone, and Tennyson. In the
United States and England last month
was celebrated the third centenary Of
the poet John Milton, who was borrl
Dec 9, 1909 All protestant Europe.
ard Americsl VIII take note OF the
four hundredth anniversary OF JOHN
Calvin, who was born in Switzerland in
1909, while England will commemorate.
the bicentenary of old Sam" John.
son. who first saw the light 200 years
ago. Americans, finally, will make
historic con1memoration upon one oc.'
casion of the Fulton steamboat tri..
unlph which was begun in 1907, and
the discovery of the Hudson river irl
1909, besides celebrating, with their
Canadian neighbors. the discovery OF
Lake Champlain by the old French
navigator In 1909.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-01
Postal Savings Banks Abroad.
(American Review of Reviews for
(January

(January)
Postal savings banks in foreign
countries transfer the savings of a
district to the capital or central office,
where the money is invested in the
public debt. but under the plan pro-
posed for the United States the post
office department merely acts as the
agent to deposit the money in the ma
tional banks in the districts where it
is brought to the postoffices Thus
the money will be kept in the localities
where it belongs, source of advantage
to capital and labor in those commu-
mites.
The national banks receiving the
deposits are to pay the government a
rate Of interest Of not less than 2A
per cent. The government will pay
per cent to the depositor in the pos
tai savings bank. The experience of
England has shown that one-quarter
Of per cent is sufficient to pay all
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-01
Iona Newspapers
THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT
(Nay,odo To,,rnol-N

CNevada Journal)
Even tho 1t was but date and
trivial matter Mrs. Ole j. Olson, a
motherly little old lady from UP near
, Roland, would not stand for her hus-
band testifying to anything but just
what was right and it took an order
from the court to the bailiff as well as
an admonhtion from her husband and
number of friends to stop her.
1t was in the Lee divorce proceed
ings in district court yesterday after
noon and Mr.. Olson was on the stand.
A question was asked him regarding
/! the date of some transaction and when
| he answered that it was in the early
part Of 1906. his good wife, who was
sitting back in the body of the house
started for the witness stand with a
correction upon her lips, which she
insisted on making. The court adj
monished her to take her seat but she
did not do so until she had corrected
1.-The husband and eventually got the
right date into the cour. records
The little woman, unused to the
ways of courts and meaning no harm,
took her seat when she was made to
0iAdC1StdiPu llS1C Sllc was OUL VI OFueT,
but it was with the satisfaction of
knowing that she had corrected her
husband, with whom she had lived for
half century and had never known
to tell a wilful falsehood, let alone
swearing to one.
The court merely smiled, SO did the
bar. 1t was but a small incident and
served TO break the monotony.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-01
Tho Barren Inventor.

Minnie Maddern Fiske whose 1nowl.
edge OF the New York slums is pro-
found, condemned at recent dinner
the sterile work of a certain charity
society.
IN fact. said the noted actress
this society reminds me very forcibly
of a Cincinnati tramp.
"1'his tramp, ragged and forlorn
stood UP one cold morning in the police
court dock, and the magistrate. frown-
ing at him, said:
'Profession?'
inventor was the reply, in a
hoarse voice.
,"'1vhat have you invented?' asked
the magistrate.
Nothing said the prisoner. still
more hoarsely; but I'mtrying to-"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-01
--sredi.y in Chicago Tribune.

incidental expenses and still leave a
margin Of profit.
The British postal savings banks
were established in 1861. For the last
five years there has been a deficiency
due to the reduction In the rate Of in
terest on consols, in which the pos
tai savings are invested, to 2h per
cent, but for the entire period up to
1908 the net gain has been about $5,-
100000.