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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18
The Strawpile

sufficient feed for the number Of hogs
kept df all Of this pasture will be
required we would then provide an
and adopt the short rotation system
of clover and corn, that we have fire.
quently mentioned in these columns.
To start with it will be necessary to
SOW some quick growing crops for
the first years pasture. In emergen-
cies of this kind it has been our usual
practice in getting a good hog pas
ture on short notice, to mix combina-
ton of wheat, oats, barley, etc. We
have sometimes put in a little rye,
and three or four pounds of rape seed
to the acre. This will make good pas
ture, providing it does not grow fast
err than the hogs can eat it off, in
which event run it over occasionally
with the mover, running the sickle
bar at such height as to leave as
much green growth as possible and
still prevent the grain from jointing
and heading. The other pasture can
be planted to corn this coming year,
and if the ground is not very fertile
it should be given an application of
we'll rotted manure, and before the
last cultivation it should receive a very
heavy seeding of red clover. After the
ground freezes next fall the hogs may
be turned in to harvest this corn. The
broken down stalks will catch the
snow to protect the clover next winter,
which will come on next spring to
make good hog pasture. This short
rotation of clover for hog pasture one
year and corn with reseeding of clover
the next can be continued indefinitely.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18

work for the county as the other for
the state?
AS regards school consolidation there
is marked difference of opinion
among the rural patrons. However, 1t
would seem that schools Of two to six
pupils can not be effective and must
be unnecessarily expensive Some plan
to consolidate such schools will in the
very economy of common sense be
evolved. If we are to go further and
take In the schools Of ten pupils, the
same is true to practically the same
degree. 1t is without argument that
a consolidation of schools would mean
better teachers, better equipment and
better school houses Better education
al facilities in every way. The great
portation. If 1t were settled the entire
question would be settled. 1t is to be
settled, will he settled some day SOON
Reorganization of the rural school sys-
tenn is inevitable
The present school bin is likely to
fail of passage, as it stands.
However, law much in ad-
vance of the present system is
certain to come. Iowa Is one Of the
leaders among states. Compulsory ed
ucation Is part of the Iowa educational
policy. and will remain so. 1t would
be sensible for all of us to look for
ward to an inevitable change and seek
to assist and develop it along the lines
Of our needs and of effectiveness. Let
us still the clamor cultivated by poll
ticians and book manufacturers and
look the matter squarely in the face.
We must meet 1t. We can not stay
much longer under the antiquated sys-
tenn Of the past. Let US meet it then
judicially, rather than in the mood
that seems to be prevailing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18

cavil or loss of time. That would help
some.
The several thousand iowa people
who are waiting to subscribe for the
Times Republican until 1t begins Its
daily issue of from ten to sixteen
pages, run off by the new Goss press
now being set up, are assured that TIE
goods will be delivered in a very short
time.
1t is evident that the Iowa admon-
Usher who invariably breaks into print
earlier than this with his advice to
test your seed corn" has not yet re-
turned from his winters sojourn in
some distant cline.
1t is quito likely that the Mexican
authorities will soon adopt some Of the
vigorous regulations of the United
States regarding the safeguarding of
human life in places Of public assem-
blage, since 200 or more lives were lost
In a theater holocaust at Acapulco,
Monday night. But why wait for such
a catastrophe to suggest an obvious
and imperative duty?
O. j. Smith, who has just sold his
Eldora Herald of which he has been
editor for many years, merits the re-
tirement he sees fit to take. 1t is diff
cult. however, for veteran newspa-
per man to adapt himself either to
toll. There is fascination In the very
struggle of newspaper max .; that he
can seldom resist and he generally gets
into the harness again after a rather
limited period Of rest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18
a ROAD BILL AT DIES MONIES.

Representative Darrah. one of The
ent legislature, has introduced a road
bill which Is modelled after the Cali
fornia law which permits counties tc
issue long time bonds for the purpose
of borrowing money to build per-
manent stone roads. Mr.. Darrah de-
serves credit for the nerve to tackle
real road reform in Iowa, but the Call
ifonia scheme without amendment will
not work in this state. 1t provides only
for county built roads and county built
roads in rural counties in which great
cities do not constitute the whole coun-
ty are i,npracticable.
For instance If a 100000 bond issue
for stone roads in the vicinity of AL
bion should be proposed in Marshall
county, the votes of the township in
which Albion is situated is about all
that could ever be expected to be cast
in its favor. Taxpayers in the south
part Of the county would see to it that
on their land for stone roads around
Albion Furthermore their protest
would be just in principle as well as
selfish in motive.
No permanent road should be built
or city street paved wholly by the
county at large. Adjoining land and
nearby land should pay according to its
benefits. In New York the state issues
road bonds and builds permanent roads
with the proceeds but the owners of
adjoining land must first petition and
agree to pay the major portion of the
cost, leaving the state to pay only a
fraction of the expense believed to be
the excess of cost over special bene-
fits to the adjoining property.
In Iowa we have statute already
working wonders in the building Of
drainage bitches. 1t offers a more
practicable model for road law. We
should adopt the California plan OF
county bond issues but limit the coun-
tvs expenditure for road building to Is
per cent or possibly one-third the cost.
Then we should create special road
districts with power to issue bonds and
assess fully one-third the cost to the
Qua rter sections adioininp the road ami
the remainder upon the quarter Sec
lions comprised within the special roa 1
districts. In this manner permanent
stone roads scould be built at an eX-
pense of $4,000 to $4,000 per mile, and
cost the farms Of the county not on a
stone road an annual tax of 20 cents
per acre for twenty-f1v years, while
the farms with permanent paved roads
from their mail box to their grocery
stores, would pay an annual road tax
Of so cents per acre for twenty Ave
years for the building and maintenance
of such roads If the building of con-
crete pavements four miles apart all
over county would increase the val
lie oe lands $3.50 per acre near such
roads, and IS per acre on such roads,
the snnua, tax under a bond issue
special road district law would amount
to 10 per cent annually on such in
crense in value.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18

curling smoke, and listen to the
melancholy soughing Of the wind. ane
note how the drifts build themselves
up; and open the book and go III
again with the story that has no way
| Of growing old?
1t is n very great thing in the midst
of storm to feel secure, and it Is 4
greater thing to send out the heart
after those who suffer, who know not
the way, and who may be lost never
to be found Is there no one we can
help? Is there no one passing our
way to whom we can offer rest and
refreshment, that he may be fortified
with warmth and good cheer for the
renewal of his journey? There is a
way in which we may act as the one
who "maketh the storm calm"
In the f1erceness Of every storm we
are taught that we are as children.
We can not of our own strength go
far We do we'll If we shall feel after
the hand that directs the storm, and
II we think not overmuch of our
selves, but rather of the poor and
ldlilCIiGSS, VI LlcoS ilCSdy GNU W IN
walk in darkness.
All good things are the gift Of low
ing kindness. and what every one has
that he owes. Looking out of the
window at the swirling snow, we open
another book and read AS the fire
burneth wood, and as the flame set
teth the mountain on fire; so prosecute
them with thy tempest. and make
them afraid with thy storm" Do we
say this Is hard gospel? But the truth
Of 1t we see out of the window; and
the lesson of 1t we may know. that we
are helpless save in the shelter OF
his love. He maketh the storm a
calm, so that the waves thereof are
still"
There Is no summer land beyond
the reach OF storm except that land
which is everywhere sheltered by his
love; and there the birds have all
seasons for their singing.
The world everywhere Is full OF
storm, and the wanderers are many;
and out of the depths Of the storm
everywhere a voice is calling, and 1t
Is the voice of the master of the
storm. that he is the way, and that
with him Is warmth and shelter and
provision for the life that is and the
life that is to come.
"rhe Lord Is slow to anger, and
great in power, and will not at all
acqut the wicked; the Lord has his
way In the whirlwind and In the storm,
and the clouds are the dust of his
feet"
What Is the voice saying above all
the din of the storm? Listen:
Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and for
get not all his benefits"
Looking out of the window we re-
member some Of the benefits; and we
do not let go of faith that the storm
will cease, that the sun will shine.
that there shall again be softness in
the air, and that the tender blades Of
grass shall come forth, as in all the
springtime hitherto.
And we go on with the book, which
takes us out of the storm into an
atmosphere Of summer land - for
while the storm is here, yet In some
little world, and surely in some great
er world, the storm is not.
Blessed are we, and warm should
our love be, II at this moment, and
better far forever more, our feet are
thitherward.
"He maketh the storm a calm, 50
that the waves thereof are still"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18
snotty- Nosed Sheep.

Sheep on quite a few farms are at
fected with snotty noses at this sea-
son Of the year. The membranes Of
their nostrils are infiamed and con-
gested there is copious mucous dis
charge, and continual irritation ex-
tending more or less severely thru
out the system. In this condition
sheep could not be expected to thrive,
nor indeed do they. They remain at
stand still, if they do not actually
suffer a setback and feed put into
them brings little return. Both the
quantity and quality of their wool is
affected by the congestion incident to
snotty noses, and the sheep are in a
bad way all around.
The thing to do is to get rid Of snot-
ty noses as quickly as possible, and
the best way to overcome this. as well
as any other disease is to remove the
causes that make for 1t. Damp, steamy
barns, wet bedding, draughts, undue
exposure to the elements, are each at
various times and under varying con-
ditions, responsible for snotty noses,
and they are all features that should
be considered. If sheep are affected
with this trouble. Sheep need exer-
else, even in winter, and will not get
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18
COMING EARLY.
INIT. Vernon Recordl

INIT. Vernon Record1
"How are the roads ?" was asked a
farmer Saturday There aren't any,"
he replied. That seems about the
truth Of the matter, or was the truth
the last Of the week The freeze Sun
day made roads, but they are mighty
rough. Charley Mitchell, living south
of Lisbon, seems to have been the
worst loser as result of the bad roads
last week. He was hauling load of
hogs to town for neighbor when one
Of his horses dropped dead The death
was undoubtedly caused by the heavy
pull thru the mud.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18

C. r. Kruger, the jeweler, 1860 Vir-
ginia avenue, Indianapolis, Ind writes:
81 was so weak from kidney trouble
that could hardly walk a hundred
feet. Four bottles Of Foley's Kidney
Remedy cleared my complexion, cured
my backache and the Irregularities dis
appeared, and I can now attend to
business every day, and recommend
Foley's Kidney Remedy to all sufferers,
at it cured me after the doctors and
other remedies had failed" Mcbride
& Will Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18
ouack Grass.

[Monticello, Jones County, EXpressl
Mr.. C. II. George, of Lowell township,
who is a close observer, and man of
conservative views, is much alarmed
over the spread of quack grass in the
state. He says that it Is the hardest
weed he knows of to eradicate, and that
we'll started on a farm it will reduce
the land value $40 an acre. He had
the hardest kind of a time killing out
a little patch four feet square that
crept onto his place from the railway
right of way where it had been allowed
to flourish. He could not kill it by
burning The Express has heretofore
called attention to patches of 1t IN
town. There are spots Of 1t now in the
highways. 1t has ruined thousands OF
acres Of fine land in northern Iowa, and
will spread everywhere, so tenacious is
it to life and so virile are its seed, UNI
less more than ordinary care is taken
to eradicate it. Mr.. George wants to
see some legislation on the subject. He
regards it as much worse than the
Canadian and Russian thistles, Which
the law requires road supervisors and
land owners to prevent seeding, but
he believes that enactments must be
something different from the perfume
tory legislation that nobody enforces.
He thinks that nothing short OF a
commission to enforce proposed law
on the subject will ever keep Iowa from
being irreparably damaged by the
nuisance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18

seem to relish it better than corn
which is very hard. The worse re-
suits experienced with corn of this
kind generally occur in the spring
when the corn has been allowed to lie
in one place for a long time and has
become heated and musty. Corn in
this condition is of but little value as
a fattening food for livestock, and In
the case of hogs Is apt to be the
means of starting disease. Where
feeders have soft corn on hand they
should make 1t a point to, get 1t Ted
out during the fall and early winter,
one part oil meal, and one part bran.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18
THE LODGES.
MASONIC NOTICES.

n MAoOtNIN INOJING9s
~AVisitors always welcome.
"\Hall over 1857 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE 1903 A F. & A.
M-Stated communication Feb. 10.
7:30. III. G. Hoeck, w. M.
n. S. Lawrence, Secy.
STGN9T CHAPTER No. 3S, r.. A. M.
Stated convocation Monday, Feb. %.
1880. G. III. Boggie, H. p.
I. s. Willard, Secy
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL, r. & S.
M.-,Stated assembly Monday, Feb. %.
A. D. Meeker, T. /. M.
I. r. Forbes, Rec.
ST. ALDERMAN CoMMANDRY No.
30, K T.--Stated conclave Tuesday.
Feb %, 1880, work on order of Temple.
F. M Wilbur, E. C.
f. Wallace, Rec.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81, %. e.
S.-Regular meeting Wednesday, March
II, 1880.
Mrs. Geo. Downing, w. M.
Edna C. Fularton, Secy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18
Topics of the Times.

Now that the legislature will in all
probability decided to omit the names
of candidates for president and vice
president from the ballot, it will doubt
less be easier to convince some men
that they never have voted for pres
ident Of the United States.
Is your sidewalk in sight yet?
A day or two more of the present
springlike weather will probably
prompt the ducks to make another
premature dash for the far north.
The campaign expenses of LaFollette
and Stephenson run up into figures
right smart as the details are divulged
If tax should be imposed on auto
mobiles, as, has been suggested, II
should go into the road fund without
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18
On One Condition.

Meanley-"No,. sir; 1 don't believe in
paying fancy prices to have clothes
made to order. Now, here's suit L
bought ready made for SO. If l should
tell you l. paid $25 for it, wouldn't you
believe it?"
Knox--T might, if you told me over
the telephone"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18
ARCHITECTS
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18
Iona Newspapers
JUST "JosH1NG."
TOdebolt Chroniclel

IOUeUUIL NlIIUIIICISI
The Pioneer says that a Sac county
farmer who strayed into Ida Grove the
other day said che hadn't traded in
Odebolt since they took the hitching
posts off the main streets" This isn't
surprising; not bit. A back number
man always trades in back number
town. In Ida Grove teams are tied to
the store fronts and the street com
missioner has to go along the side
walks with broom to sweep off the
fertilizer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18

If you Of room house with the smales
in the first story There are nine rooms
The
painted heating and plnsnbna
desired
adapted reception
6 GLENN L. NAHUM
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18
Getting His History Straight.

1T wouldn't make q confidante Of
May" said the conceited fellow, with q
salf-satisfied smirk. "She told me you
said you were crazy to marry me. OF
course, she's no friend If"
NO. interrupted Miss Wise, "and
she's not even good reporter. didn't
say / was but would be-"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18
R.seedinu Hoo Pasture.

Albert o. johnson, of Pepin coun-
tv. Wisconsin, asks advice of a prom
dnent agricultural authority on the fol-
lowing question: II have an old hog
nasture that is run out. The grass is
so killed out that there is practically
mo feed in it. would like to use this
pasture during the coming season.
what can l sow that will make pasture
Immediately? Would you recommend
that / pillow up this ground or would IL
be advisable to work in the seed by
disking or narrowing"
The reply is: BY all means pillow,
even tho the ground might be so free
from sod and in such condition that
the seed could be covered by disking
we would turn it over, running the
plow very deep. A hog pasture, like an
old sheep pasture, is liable to become
unhealthy, and there is no renovating
like deep blowing; but before seeding
the ground should be worked down to
a fine and very compact seed bed.
We do not usually recommend using
the same ground continuously for a
hog pasture, without blowing it at
least once in two years. FREQUENT
blowing is necessary to keep it healthy.
We would recommend cutting this pas
t,,re into two equal parts by running
a hog tight fence thru the middle
of, it, providing one-half will furnish
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18

Foley's Honey and Tar clears the
air passages, stops the irritation in the
throat, soothes the inf1amed mem
branes, and the most obstinate cough
disappears. Sore and infiamed lungs
are healed and strengthened, and the
cold is expelled from the system. Re-
fuse any but the genuine in the yellow
package Mcbride & Will Drug Com.
pany
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18

The choicest, best favored and pur-
est tea grown in the world is used in
"Salada.'' A teapot test will convince
you Ask your grocer for q 10c trial
racket
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18

A Dill in time that win save nine 10
Rings Little Liver Pill. For bilious
ness, sick headache constipation. They
do not grippe. Price CSC. B. A. Nor
CANS drug store.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18

cold while taking it, If they are kept
out while they are out and not allowed
to pass in and out at will thru doors
left standing open, or housed in
damp barn upon returning from 1t.
The barn should be we'll ventilated and
kept dry, and the sheep should he made
to stay either in it, or else outside, for
il the doors are left open there is al
most sure to be a draught which will
result in cold for the sheep.
One very noticeable feature in con-
neetion with snotty noses is that it is
always sheep with short, open fieeces
that are most readily affected by it.
breed, the sheep with the poorest
heeces are Invariably the ones that
have this trouble Close f1eeced sheep
are better protected and can resist
unfavorable conditions more effectual-
ly, even they, however, should not be
required to expend energy in over
coming such conditions as their own
er can avoid for them If he but Will.
The man who has snotty- nosed
sheep should examine their fleeces. Ii
he finds these thin and open, he may
be practically assured that, do the
best he can, he will have hard time
in keeping these sheep in good condi-
ton during the winter. The thing
to do is to dispose Of these sheep for
mutton as opportunity presents itself,
for to keep them and to breed them
Is to pave the way for generations OF
snotty-nosed sheep. Like produces
like-and thin open-feeced sheep is
not the kind of which reproduction is
to be very greatly desired.
Snotty noses can be avoided by
keeping a flock of close, heavy fieeced
sheep, by housing them in dry, care
fully ventilated barns, and by giving
them plenty of exercise right out in
the open to keep them strong and
vigorous.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-18
Value Of Soft Corn.


At this time Of the year questions
arise as to the feeding value of soft
corn Such questions this season are
less numerous than usual, owing to the
fact that the cornt crop matured well
in most localities and the places
where soft corn is to be found are
comparatively rare. In cases where
the corn had nearly reached maturity
before being caught by the frost and
softened as a consequence, there IS
but little probability that its feeding
value has been impaired to any ma
teral extent. Chemists tell us that
about the only difference between
corn of this kind and well natured
corn is an excess of water In the
softened varieties. This leads us to
believe that it's feeding value is i'm
paired only to such an extent as the
water displaces food elements. II
fed early in the fall there will be no
bad results experienced from the use
Of soft corn, and oftentimes the stock