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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-03

He has ten twelve teeth and is only six months
old. You may copy any part of my letter lou
wish. for it is true and will stand in the Last
Day. = G. w. Witten, Mngo Ky
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-03

John w. Copeland, letter carrier in the
Arkansas City postoffice, has had his sal
airy raised from $1,000 to 81. 100.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-03

Colonel Little at Emporia.
Emporia, Kan, Dec. Sunday the
Emporfa Elks will listen to an adj
dress from Colonel e. c. Little,
formerly of Abilene. but now OF Kan
sas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-03

s.. 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-03

L. H Call, of Kansas, has successful.
passed his examinations for appointment
as second lieutenant in the United State
coast artillery corps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-03

Ebert Charity, of Kansas, an employee
in the office of auditor for the treasury
has received a salary promotion from
81. 900 to $500 a year; 1. w; Cook. also
in the office Of auditor for the postoffice
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
Breeding Age For Heifers.

Queries are quite frequently re-
ceived regarding the breeding age Of
heifers, and breeders have different
ideas regarding this question AS a
general rule a heifer should be well
developed before she is obliged to UNI
dergo the strain of producing calf On
the other hand. If the heifer is al
lowed to go too long before producing
her first calf she is liable to become
an irregular or shy" breeder and per-
haps never reproduce at ALL No one
age can be stated as the exact time
when heifer should produce her first
calf This will depend to large ex-
tent upon the way she has been han
died and grown out The heifer that
has been kept growing rapidly from
the time she was dropped may be all
lowed to produce "a calf when she is
two years old with fairly good results
Heifers that have not been well fed as
youngsters and that are understood,
should not bring forth calves much be-
fore they are three years of age.
Under ordinary conditions we would
say that the heifer should produce her
first calf at from twenty-six to thirty
months of age.
In order to insure their cows to be
regular breeders and at the same time
have them of good size. some breed
ers will have the heifers calve at
rwenty-fotr months of age and then
allow then to go farrow one season
1t is quite remarkable to note the
growth that a young heifer will make
during her farrow year and at the
same time her milking tendencies will
be we'll deYeloped
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
Convict Road Builders.

The advantages of prison labor for
bodybuilding are recognized by engin-
GERS and others interested in the cru
SADIE for good roads, and the use of
convicts for this work is gradually ex-
tending and is being considered in
many localities. There is a general
objection to the use of convicts on
roads, due to the aversion of having
them in the neighborhood of settled
districts; but it has been observed
that where they are so employed this
feeling of distrust soon wears away.
There are two decided advantages in
making use of convict labor on high
way construction. The first of these is
that large number of men are i'm
prisoned for short terms, and it is i'm
practicable to teach them any trade
during such a brief period, even in
those states where trades are taught in
the penitentiaries. 1t is much better
to keep these men in active, useful
work than in idleness or engaged on
mental tasks, which are manifestly set
merely to keep them busy. The sec
ond advantage of convict labor of this
sort is that roads can be obtained in
this way al a low cost, which other
wise would not be constructed for
some years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
"THE MORNING SNEAK"
Peculiar Operation and Its Ethics Diff
ficult Of Grasp.

Don't YOU know what a morning
sneak is?" asked former Representa-
tive Charles F. JOY, OF ST. Louis
We'll, l am not surprised" he con-
tinued. for the opportunity comes to
few men. I suppose. to experience such
an occurrence. | became acquainted
with a morning sneak some years ago,
and ii was the only time in my life l
met him. At the time l did not know
j; was a morning sneak but the ST.
Louis police insisted it was, and l had
to take their word for it,
1t happened this way. I had retired
TO my bed one night and had fallen
asleep, when my dreams were rudely
broken into by some one striking
matches. 1t was the natural thing
suppose, 70 open my eyes. and. on the
impulse. l asked, Who's there
Then l saw a huge form rise from
the floor. 1t surely must have been
eighteen feet high. and had been crawl
ing stealthily around my room trying
because it didn't want TO disturb me-
Suddenly my vision met a masked face
and below the mask, sticking out rude
~, was cannon. l am sure it must
have been a cannon; II was larger than
any pistol / ever saw Then, in a roar
ing voice. linow it was roaring-I
heard, If YOU move or make an outcry
LII blow your brains out
Some persons may call it lack of
courage on my part but l took tina;
mans advice and kept quiet. He then
deliberately and in a matter of fact
manner proceeded to rai1sacls my bur-
eau, picked up my pocketbook, con-
tanning perhaps $50, carefully detached
my watch and chain from my vest, and,
10 make sure he didn't overlook any
thing, he took my trousers. Then he
departed. When ] was sure he had
gone got up and dressed and hurried
~ made my way to the nearest police
station. where ! related the occurrence
There was a conference of police Of
flcials, and l could tell by the looks on
their faces that they were consider
ing the case seriously. 1t took some
tire TO settle the problem; then l was
Informed that had been the victim of
a morning sneak They didn't define
the term in words. but suppose they
thought 1 must know
But what about my watch?" / asked
didn't care for the money taken. and
Informed the policemen that I would
give 800 to get the watch back. be-
cause it had been a present from my
mother
They turned on me benignant look
Of pity at my Ignorance and repeated
n?r.ely.
1t was morning sneak" Can't
you understand
Il didn't get my watch"-washing-
ton Post
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29

the farmers an abundant supply OF
water, and the rivers offer unlimited
possibilities for the development of
power.
1t sounds good; better than the odd
chance of the land lottery If but the
more essential statements of the in
terror department are justified by fact
the Truckee- Carson field offers a
chance to own a good farm by living
ON it and paying. low rental for a
period of ten years. 1t Is not a uues
ton, moreover, of half sections or
quarters. The man who, farms forty
acres of irrigated soil will have his
bands more than full His annual pay
ments would in that case aggregate
S120 or less than the rental of a COM
mon laborer's home in any city of re-
spectacle size and activity. 1t is a
chance for the man with little money
who Graves land.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29

cisfon as to Joining the church seemed
harmless enough-merely year or
twos delay. Yet, looking back that was
the turning point for James He did
not know 1t, NOT did anyone else. But
little by little he fell into gay COM
pany. in the pursuit of his good time
and lost his interest in the church, and
began to break the Sabbath, and then
drink suddenly appeared to take hold
of him, and flame up like a fire, and
we'll, You saw him this morning! He
hasn't any chance now. He hasn't had
any chance. should say. for two or
three years. But he had as much
chance as anyone ever has-for the
only chance anyone of us gets is the
chance that we take in time. AS
look back'-the doctor grew confiden-
tial-'t looks to me as if my own
chance came when / was about thir-
teen. l made some choice then that
have stayed with me ever since. But
when 1 remember how near l was to
not making them, it gives me a cold
shiver.'
The cousin looked thoughtfully.
Same here he said. ~ was fifteen.
They hooked like small chances, too.
know now they weren't tho. They led
on to every larger choice I've made
since, and lc my only chance, 1 be-
lieve, to be different from poor James.
He's my first cousin, you know; and
its just because 1 might easily have
gone the same path that l want to
help him.
'Ycu can't" said the doctor.
Neither can l. That's the awfulness,
the irrevoeableness, of choice and free
will. James hasn't any free will left.
But while he had it. he destroyed his
chance. Lots of people do. And then
lots of other people talk about their
not being responsible because they
can't help themselves. I've been doc
toring all sorts of patients for forty
years, on the avenues and in the slums.
and every year I'm more sure that
every soul gets its chance. and the
question is one of choice every time
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
The strawpile!


dry yards is an economic and sanitary
proposition.
1t is particularly desirable that the
hog pens and feed lots should be To-
Gated on dry ground, with good natural
drainage. Many hog buildings are con-
structed where the drainage of the roof
falls into the yard and the animals are
smeared with mud in their entrance
and exit from their quarters. Often
the yard is used as feed lot and the
corn thrown into the mud and the ami
mails compelled to eat large quantity
of filth in roofing for the corn. Do
nestle animals that are inclined to be
Clearly are forced to be filthy by mud
dy yards and feeding in filthy dirt
A SOW can not we'll raise healthy
litter OF pigs If she is forced to wallow
thru muddy yards and contaminate her
udder with filth. The delicate pigs that
thrive under dry, Clearly conditions
are nauseated by the filth which smears
the fountain of their life Many breed
trs have floored yards attached to the
pens where there are SOW with pigs.
While this fnsures a dry yard. damp
ness soon rots the lumber and plank
flooring becomes too expensive. Con-
crete floors are permanent, easily
cleaned and make good feeding yards.
If properly constructed they will last
indefinitely.
Dampness is an active agent to in
duce rheumatism, which afflicts swine
kept in too damp quarters. If the farm
er discovers that his pigs are lame and
unthrifty he should see that rheuma-
tism has not been caused by muddy
yards and damp pens Small pigs to
thrive should be kept dry and be fur
nished with plenty of dry bedding. If
one were forced to sleep in a damp bed
for any length of time he would either
contract pneumonia or rheumatism.
The easiest way to avoid dampness in
farm buildings and muddy yards is to
select a site for buildings with good
natural drainage. The thrift of live
stock depends on the comfort of their
quarters. The livestock industry is
exploited for profit and comfortable
stables and dry yards will greatly pro-
mote the health and thrift of domestic
animals
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29

Not what President Taft feeds legis-
lators but cheaper necessities on the
tables of the consumer is likely 10 add
10 his popularity
Unlike Oliver Twist Spain is not
calling for Moor.
II begins TO look as tho the ultimate
consumer will have to come down town
with wileelbarrow when he wants a
key for social purposes.
The assertion by scientist that
when man lies his big toe wiggles
ought TO keep a lot of people from 60
ing barefoot.
The Sigel murder has increased the
business Of New York chop suev Joints
so per cent. Nine fools out of ten want
TO taste the mess and take a look at the
pigtailed gentry who do murder in the
practical way that farmers pillow corn
plow corn
Ii the present contentious continue
Iowa will elect republican congressman
in not more than three districts the
seventh. tenth and eleventh, and it
would be very satisfactory to see the
last two represented by real democrats
instead of the half breeds now acting
as congressman. We do not believe two
weaker mon were ever sent to congress
than Hubbard and woods.-Iowa City
Republican.
See the effects of disappointment,
loneliness and rheumatism!
Tama Jim expressed confidence In
the American crop all along and his
judgment has proven good. An Iowan
is always anyoptimist onsthe crop ques-
ton and Iowa is his excuse.
Twenty-one years ago 240 acres OF
land! within four miles of Alden were
offered at 81 an acre. Who Is willing
TO payointereS opts7 an acre for TWEEN
~ four years and take the farm off the
hands.of the man who bought. 1t, per-
Uniting him to keep ALI that 1t has pro-
.duced during that time?
. s*5s
The Murray Tribune editorial page
of last week meets the approval of the
T.-R. 1t was an excellent page.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
No Bridge Necessary.

When Grants army crossed the
Rappahanock, Lees veterans felt sure
of sending it back as "tattered and
torn as ever it had been under the
new generals numerous predecessors.
After the crossing the first prisoners
caught by Mosby were asked many
questions by curious confederates.
What has become of your pontoon
train?" said one such inquirer.
I'VE haven't got any," answered the
prisoner.
How do You expect to get over the
river when you go back?"
oh" said the yankee. 1--WE are not
going back. Grant says that all the
men he sends back can cross on a
log."-New York Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
Construct DRY Yards.

But few appointments add more to
the comfort Of livestock than a dry
yard. In constructing farm buildings
particular attention should be paid to
good drainage. as continued dampness
Is highly injurious and induces many
ailments In livestock. A dry yard is
absolutely necessary to cleanliness in
the dairy industry. II cows have to
wailow thru mud to enter stables. they
load themselves with filth which falls
as impurities into the milk, rendering it
insanitary. Appointments around the
stables and watering places should be
Kept dry in operating the dairy in
dustry. To select a location for build
ings that represents good drainage and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
PRIMGHAR's NAME.
Sioux City Tribune. ]


Pringhar. Primghar, Iowa. funny
name. isn't it? Do you know the origin
Of tina, name?
F. A. Gere. of Primghar, Junior vice
commander of the Northwestern Iowa
Veterans Association. can tell you He
helped make il
In 1877, early in the year, there was
no Primghar. Instead there were a
number of families living on what is
now that ste of the thriving town.
and they got together one day and de-
cided 70 have town of their own. But
they couldn't think of a name
SO someone thought ii a good idea
to take the initial letter of each OF
their surnames and. in way, threw
en- in a hat, and the combination that
looked best would do for the name of
the town to be.
Many combinations popped up, but
the best and most unique was sPriing-
har." and Primghar ii is today. The
names Of the families whose last
names figure in the name of the town.
today. are Humphrey, Rerick, lnman.
Metcalf. Gere. Hinman, Albright and
Rawlings
And there You have Primghar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
THE LODGES.
~ MASONIC NOTICES.
XXVisitors always welcome.
Hall AOsAp. 4AR

X MASONIC NoTicEs.
Xvisitors always welcome.
IvNHall over 1O5-7 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE los A. F. & A.
NJ, work in second degree next Friday
evening. July 30, 8 o'clock. q. Hoeck,
w. M. M. II. s. Lawrence, sec'y.
s1GNET CHAPTER No. Sd. r. A. M.
Special convocation Monday evening,
Aug. 2. 1870 p. m. Work in /. "A. M.
degree.
g. II. Boggie, n. P.
L 8. Willard. secy.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL R. As.
M.-Stated assembly Monday, Aug. l6,
A. D. adesker. I. !. N.
L T. Forbes. Rec.
ST. ALDEMAR CoMMANDERY NO.
30 Is. T.-Stated conclave Tuesday ev-
ening, Aug. II, at 8 O'clock.
F. M. Wilbur, e. c.
Fred Wallace. Rec.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81. o. .,
s.-Regular meeting Wednesday, Aug.
II, at p. m.
Mrs. Geo. Downing. Nv. II.
Edna G. Fularton. secy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
Play Piano for Bad Children.

DR.. Julia Seton Sears, the renowned
metaphysician, has done considerable
experimenting at her school in Osca.
wanna, N. Y, in correcting the faults
of children without Furnishing them.
Her advice to mothers is to play on
the piano for their children when
they are disobedient instead of pun.
fishing them. She says to play; some.
thing the children know. az their
childish emotions are not so respon.
sive to unfamiliar airs. She is. con.
WINGED of the infallibility Of this cure
and says it Is equally effective in the
case of grown-ups. Worry. anxiety,
care and irritability may all be
soothed by certain classes Of music,
according to DR.. Sears.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
WE THE EASY PEOPLE.

We are the easy people. a nation of
~comeons" The humbug is the national
insect. We bite, even as suckers and
with the healing of our biting appara-
tus seek another hook The little
gratis amuse US. We rise in deadly
indignation over bank failure and
laugh when a shrewd and tonguey
CRATER touches our neighbors for $40
a piece. 1t is pure Anericanism. The
foreign born citizen is not an easy
mark. He refuses to listen. AS Amer
leans we are so cocksure of our ability
TO take care of ourselves that we let
him make his SPIEL 1t sound all
right as he says il. He looks into our
eyes so openly, speaks SO plausibly that
in the end he goes away with 50 and
leaves us the personal receipt of a man
we had never seen twenty minutes be-
fore and are likely never 10 see again.
If We make a fuss they all laugh. SO
we keep still and hope that our laugh
ter loving neighbor may get his soon
and plenty That's native United
States.
A wise guy came into Sioux City
the other day selling magazine for
10 cents and distributing the "catalog
OF furniture company" When ninety
five copies had been bought and paid
for, the purchaser was entitled 10 Sc
lect free any article listed in the cat
Rlog" As some Of these were worth
$50 and up at any store in town 1t was
easy TO pluck $3.50 wherever the head
of the family had been careless enough
to leave SO much good money about the
house. II was the same old story.
The same good graft worked well in
Des Moines some years ago when Les
lie NJ. Shaw ruled Iowa Somewhat
was said and noted Of a $50 davenport
as premium and it was reported 10
have been delivered at the executive
mansion. But hundreds of other
housewives went without a new daven-
port that season. The premiums ran
out. SO did the solicitors.
Its funny about us. Why is it that
an intelligent people fall openmouthed
and blindeyed into such apparent pits?
Why do we give the man our good
money: Why do We send such politi-
cal con men as Aldrich to the senate
and make such political solicitors as
Joe Cannon dictators of the house?
Why do we bite over an dover again?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
CHANCE AND CHOICE.
JGlidden Granhic7

L1A'NN1si
Humanly speaking, I see no cure
for James" said the doctor ''Physi-
caaly and mentally. the craving for all
cohol is beyond his strength to resist
He has been in a Keeley cure and
came out apparently cured, only to re-
lapse. AS he says himself. the craving
is SO strong that if a drink of liquor
were at the end of the room, and a
cannon on each side was firing across
continually, he would rush to get the
liquor, in the face of the certain
death. He is beyond all control of HIM
self. in the grip of it.
Then you think he is not respon-
sible. doctor?" said the young mans
cousin.
The doctor looked at him sharply.
mot responsible! What are you talk
ing about, man? James is responsible
entirely responsible - for his own
condition"
But you say he can't help himself
that it is beyond his strength to re-
sist," argued the cousin.
"He can't resist-now." said the
doctor, frowning under his shaggy
brows. mo more than a man who has
deliberately taken poison can resist
dying of it. But do you remember
James ten years ago?"
The cousin nodded. Splendid spec
linen, wasn't he"
Magnificent Strong willed, too.
The trouble with him was not his
chance in life, but his choice. 1 can
put my finger, think, on the very
month and year when James lost his
chance thru his own choice. James was
in my brothers bible class. He was
deeply impressed during series Of
meetings. But ne wanted to have a
good time out of lifer first. There was
no harm IN James then. He was like a
frisky colt. His postponement of a de-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
Killing Pocket Gophers.

| 1t has been estimated that in some
places as much as 10 per cent of the
crop of grains or grasses has been lost
thru injury from pocket gophers. The
| term gopher" is used in many differ
emit ways in different parts of the coun-
try. so we must make distinctions.
The pocket gophers live almost en-
tirely under the ground. They are light
brown or yellowish in color. the front
. feet are fitted with long claws especial
~ for digging, and the skin on either
side of the head is folded into deep
pockets. Ground squirrels, of which
Their are several kinds, are often called
gophers. These little animals are rath-
err slender and very active. They are
often seen running about the fields
The pocket gophers are quite easily
killed with poisons. The United States
Department OF Agriculture gives the
following formula for this.
Dissolve one ounce of. strychnia sui
phate in a pint of boiling water Add a
pint of thick sugar syrup. Scent this
mixture by adding a few drops of oil
of anise. Steep a half bushe of corn
in hot water and allow it to soak over
night. After this drain 1t and allow 1t
ito soak for several hours in the pois-
oned syrup.
Many mounds are commonly made
in the fields by one gopher and are
connected by one runway. The laterals
leading to the mounds are commonly
filled with loose earth Select the
freshest mound and follow the soft
earth back until the main runway is
reached. Push the poisoned grain well
back into the runway and close the
opening in such a way as to prevent
dirt from clogging the runway. This
may be done by first putting in hand
full of grass and covering up with
earth.
In territories where the gophers are
numerous the cooperation of neigh
bors is desirable. Attention should
also be given to waste lands. since
these are sources of infestation.-S.
Arthur Johnson. Colorado Agricultural
College.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-29
WOULD KEEP SMITH IN PRISE

Nevada Representative.
The state board of pardon has rec
commended to the governor that he
grant pardon to Samuel F. Smith of
Davenport; but the report has not Vet
been acted upon by Governor Carroll If
tn governor would take some disinter-
ested advice it would be Don't" Mr.
Smith is man of very distinguished!
ancestry, his father of the same name
having been the author of My Coun-
try, lis of Thee and he has himself
served as mayor of Davenport Bu- he
went into get-rich-quick schemes, se-
cured the investments of widows and
orphans and then embezzled their
money. His conviction and sentence 10
the penitentiary constituted a triumph
Of justice against one who had Offended
lnfa mously and who was supposed 20
know better. OF course he has enough
money left TO hire lawyers to work
up sympathy for him as one who
feels specially the pain and humil-
iation Of being an inmate of the
penitentiary; hut we do not see
any allegation that relieving his
feelings will relieve also the feel
ings of the poor people he swim
died. The board of pardons is
quite too sentimental, and Governor
nor Carroll should beware of their
advice.