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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05
OUR ex.pREslDENT.

When the editor of 1858 sits down to
write his editorial on the centennial
anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt he
will offer his readers a truer estimate
of the man, the president and his SER
vice than any that have been written
upon his retirement from the great Of
flee he has but today laid down. Fifty
years after Lincoln, a century after
washington, and Jefferson on our COM
prehension of the men and their mo-
tives, of the service they rendered and
the effect of their lives and work upon
our own we'll being and the race of
men has ripened. The petty clouds that
obscured great characters have drifted
past and we see the men and the meas
ures they evolved as they are and not
as they seemed to eyes blinded by pre-
il1dice and self interest. No generation
understands its great men tho it wor-
ship them. Men esteemed great grow
small with time and men hated in
their day accumulated love and re-
spect as succeeding generation grow
ITO the standards they set and appre-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05
Amount Of undivided i.
profits, as folloWs:
Surplus fund 80. 100000
Other profits on.
hand CATER de-
Quoting taxes
and expenses. 1881 1868:

Total liabilities .$5o,lS4.Io
Amount Of all Liabilities to
the bank on part OF Its
directors:
AS borrowers ....32.50000
AS endorsers $50. 100000 $500. 90
State of Iowa, Marshall county, IS.
We, W. II. Arney, president, Thos.
Swearengen, vice president, and A. l.
Burgett, cashier, Of the bank above
named, do solemnly swear that the
foregoing statement is full true and
correct to the best Of our knowledge
and belief, that the assets therein set
forth are bona f1de the property OF
said bank in its corporate capacity,
and that no part of the same has been
loaned or advanced to said bank for
the purpose Of being exhibited as
portion of its assets.
w n. ARNEY, President,
THOS. SWEARENGEN,
Vice Preaident.
"A. j.. BURGETT, Cashier. B
Sworn to before me and subscribed
In my presence by w. II. Arney, A. L.
Burgett, Thos. ,Swearengen, II. J. Reidel
and ID. S. Collins this 3rd day Of March.
1909.
LBANK SEAL
WILLIAM M. DENBow
Notary Public in cand for Mar
shall county.
Notary SealJ
D. S. COLLINS,
III. j. REIDEL, -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05
MOONS REGULATION BILL.

Senator Moon of Ottumwa is the au-
thor Of bill which If It's provisions
are in constitutional alignment should
be passed at once and made effective
by publication. If 1t Is unconstitutional
there is no use fooling with it. How
ever to the layman in law 1t looks to
be in line with fundamental common
sense and necessity and these are the
first principles Of constitutional law.
Thu. bill provides that an amendment
limiting power Of city councils to grant
permits to saloons and limits the num-
Der Of saloons to one to 1000 popula-
ton.
Senator Moons action springs out OF
the Ottumwa situation where the sa-
looms were as one to 600 of population
before Sunday came and closed them
up. It may be that the. liquor selling
interests of Ottumwa favor the bill
under the present circumstances for
half a loaf beats, none at all and the
lesson has been pretty thoroughly I'M
pressed on the Ottumwa saloonist that
unbridled license ends finally In strict
repression. Be that as it may. the bill
would be welcomed by the majority Of
the residents of Iowa saloon cities and
it should pass. ItRsould be much bet
ter M the Limitation clause specified
double the population that 1t does. Its
enforcement mights not make very
serious difference in the amount OF
LIQUOR consumed, but 1t would drive
many dives out Of existence and have
nouch to do with the character of other
drinking places. -
with the right kind Of city councils
the Moon bill would be unnecessary,
hut saloon cities are not the ones where
such councils are sought by those who
are In a hurry to end their search.
Waterloo had a limit which it held to
and kept down the number OF iits sa-
looms. Every one, except those who
profit financially OF politically by their
MULTIPLICATION is in favor Of linita-
ton and a limit that provides greater
proportion Of saloons to population
than the Moon bill would he farcicaL
What Moon is attempting to say on
the statutes is what people have been
saving to each other for years. The
comparatively better class OF saloon
lists would be glad to see the bill pass.
1t is coming to one thing or another:
strioter regulationsand better observ-
ance of law or the abolition Of the sa-
loon. Ottumwa, the center and cita-
del of the liquor, traffic during the
history of all restrictive measures is
one of the straws that indicate the
course of the coming cyclone.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05
gh,res- ssllsYarlsns aasnn g1arrA 1909

s,oner." The last mild tap Of the big
stick fell on the pate Of Uncle Henry.
If worst comes to worst the commits
sioner may have to drive on to the
nearest hotel or go hungry. No woman
alive will stand for public-or private
criticism of her cooking, especially
when she has more work than q mule
1t was all practically settled when
Secretary Taft came smiling into Iowa
a year ago. With the stamp of Iowa
approval upon him he went forth and
came first.
The large number of newspaper mer
at Washington forecasts general pro-
test from the press against the
charges of Washington hotel proprie.
tors.
gress after today.
Tama Jim Wilson will be at the old
stand to greet and welcome new
batch Of cabinet colaborers. And he
does 1t as he has done many times be-
fore. Cabinet officers may come and
cabinet officers may CO. but Jim goes
on longer than any Of them.
Mr.. Bryan is unable to be present
at the ceremonies in Washington
much to his disappointment. Certain
matters requiring his attention make
1t impossible OF course under differ
ent circumstances, he could have ar
ranged things so as to have gotten
around to it, but everything and every
body seems to have worked against IT..
President Taft can relieve national
anxiety by announcing his position on
simplified spelling.
The ship subsidy bill is aground.
Folks assertion that the people
| themselves are responsible for the fall
ure of reform seems to be entirely ca
pable of being established by evidence.
The excessive wetness of Washing
ton city whereby the beautiful gowns
OF inaugural visitors were dreenched
and ruined, ought to bring out a pre-
test from the National Model License
League.
The report from Clinton that great
f1ochs of ducks are flying northward
is creating great excitement among the
blinds.
One of the cheering signs of the
times is that Fort Dodge has secured
soap factory.
II NJ. "Maybray" manages to es-
cape the loop Of the law, he should he
able to pick UP a good living as
campaign manager.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05

hsnd the policies they originated IL
will be so with the great man and
great president who became q private
citizen of the republic yesterday.
Htstory's final estimate of Roosevelt
will be that he belongs among the
greatest and most useful men the
world has ever produced. Not for new
and startling theories of government,
for he evolved none; not because Oh
any marvel of governmental organlza-
ton. for he conceived nor executed
such, but because he saw always lhe
common right above the desire or the
individual and heard the just claim OF
the weak above the clamor of the
strong and greedy When half CEN
fury has brushed trivialities and petty
prejudice aside the character of Theo-
dore Roosevelt will rise coluinnar and
commanding among the great OF the
earth.
After all the lives that live and grow,
by which men chart their own courses
and that are the marks of q safe chan
mel are those which have been given
freely in the common defense afield
and in the forum and the closet. In the
last analysis there is no true great
ness lacking this. 1t is THE acid test
Of the public man. Dishonest and de-
signing and greedy men may win APP
plallse but the success of such men Is
as evanescent as the day. They can not
endure.
Lacking the calmness of Washing
ton, the splendid formative intellect
and legal mind OF Jefferson. the in
finite patience of Lincoln, the suavity
of Mckinley yet Roosevelt will take
his stand among them by the force OF
his splendid sincerity and his equip
ment of the sterling qualities that en-
dure. We have parted with one OF the
greatest executives this nation has
seen or is likely to see again.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05
THE MAN OF THE HOUR.

The country is fortunate In the man
who came into power as president or
this country yesterday. ALI that he Is
and has been points to sturdily hon
est. sincere and brave administration
of the high office into which he was In
Quoted. He is a brave man endowed
with. rare judgment and wide knowl-
edge of men and affairs His life has
been a training school for the work
that faces him. He is bold. He has been
progressive without becoming an eX-
trenist, sane in the true sense OF san
ity. not in the definition of the term
which means fossilization. He is in
sympathy with the reforms that his
predecessor has inaugurated and In
touch with the new spirit OF the times.
Taft is essentially a useful man, one OF
the kind that can be depended upon,
trustworthy, capable and judicial. That
he will be great president is con-
fessed by those who are most opposed
to him.
Taft will not dive into a foray for
the mere delight of giving and receiv-
ing blows. He lacks the viking spirit
which had descended upon the rough
rider. But he is neither afraid to give
or take blows and strikes with an
unerring and mighty arm. The coming
administration is likely to be quiet but
not concilatory lin its handling of Inn
portant issues. But none with knowl-
edge Of the man and his character
doubts that it will carry on the good
work begun by Roosevelt.
The need of a whirlwind leader,
Henry with an oriflamme in the midst
of the forefront of actual battle Is
largely past The leader who comes Is
a general, calm unwavering, pushing
forward his parallels, fortifying the
ground gained, rather than dashing at
the head of the lancers and laying the
guns with his own hands He comes to
winning fight, to finish the victory
anu complete a Organization. The
important question OF who is the
stronger, the masses or a coterie has
been pretty we'll answered and ac-
knowledged Taft will lead no train OF
chained captives nor will enemies to
common interests march at the head
of the procession. Those who are ready
to accept the new regime will be well
come. Those who do not will find the
sternness of a strong man behind the
smile with which the new president
assumes his seat.
This is what President Taft's past
and present promises the future. The
country sits in confidence that the pro-
phesy will all come true as the days
pass.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05
THE LODGES.
MASONIC NOTICES.
N41Visitors always welcome.
IN uon ovor 1os7 West Main

a MASONIC NOJICESs
~HA1Visitors always welcome. ST
~\Han over 1867 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE 10S A. 3. & A.
M.-Work on third degree Friday
evening, March S. H. G. .Hoeck, w. M.
H. S. Lawrence, Secy.
SIGNET CHAPTER No. SO. r. A. M.
Regular convocation, Monday, March
%. Z.
G. H. Boggie, II. p.
1. S. Willard, Secy.
KING SOLOMON COUNCTIrStated
assembly of King Colomon Council No.
20 r. S. NJ, Monday, March %. for
work
A. D. Meeker. T. I. NJ.
I. T. Forbes, Rec.
ST. ALDEMAR CoMMANDRY No.
30. x. T.-stated conclave Tuesday.
March %, 1880.
F. wilbur. E. c.
F. Wallace, Roc.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81. o. q.
S.-Regular meeting wednesday. March
II, 1880.
Mrs. Geo. Downing. w. M.
Edna c. Fularton, Secy
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05
all questions that may arise The field
from which to choose promises to be
a large one" says the LeMars Sentinel

In the opinion of the Newton Herald
Society will not be effectively re
deemed from lawlessness, corruption
and other evils until more people stand
ready to merge their interests in the
common good. 1t is not by merely
wishing that conditions may improve
that reforms come about, but by wise
action and the sacrifice such action in
wolves"
Good BILE, Teddy. With all your inn
petuousity. with all your faults, your
heart is in the right place, and you
have retained the confidence and ad-
miration of the people to greater de-
gree than any of your predecessors
within the memory of this writer. The
good work you have left unfinished
should not fail for want of courageous
leadership with the trail blaZed, ana
the American conscience awakened.
You have earned the plaudit we'll done
thou good and faithful servant" cor
dially chants the Rockwell Phono-
graph.
thereafter if dispenser of booze
sells liquor to a man who has taken
the gold cure the fine will be so large
that he will know what confiscation
means. That's practical legislation. 1t
means something, or ought to. And
yet there will be way to circumvent
it in q measure They will give some
friend a dollar who will buy the stuff
for them. The violators of the liquor
laws are not all liquor sellers" is the
opinion of the Marion Register.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05
NOVEL VOTING DEVICE.
rAuae Nntallirencer

Mr.. l.. A. Wilkinson. the expert
accountant, has patented a voting
device which is novel and simphfies
the voting of the complicated ballot
both at the general and primary cleo
ton. 1t consists Of a sheet of paper
with holes perforated so that The
voter can not go astray. A piece
of carbon paper on the back will
record the vote so that the voter
when he is thru can tell how he voted.
Mr.. Wilkinson claims for his device
that 1T prevents Acknowledgement by
reason of wrong marking, facilitates
voting, systematizes election work. af-
fords the only means by which the IL
literate voter can mark his ballot with
out assistance and keeps a record of
the vote as cast.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05
LABEL YOUR HOMES.
THumhnldt .Republican.1

1t has been frequently suggested,
and the suggestion is a good one, for
every farmer to place his name and
the name Of his farm on his road gates.
Not only would persons driving to a
place more easily find it, but it would
add more pleasure and interest to peo-
pie driving from place to place. This
last result would have special effect
with regard to we'll kept and pretty
houses. An observing person Will
seldom pass beautiful farm without
desiring to know who is its enterpris-
ing owner
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05
Topics of the Times,

From this date on the term "elect
can be omitted in referring to Mr.. Tart,
He is now president in fact.
Nevertheless, Theodore Roosevelt
now a private citizen, is about the most
i,,,strious that exists in this or any
other country.
Interest is conferred upon munipical
affairs in many cities and towns OF the
state lust now. And in the main The
tendency Is toward better local gov
eminent and a more strict enforce
ment Of the law and ordinances, an
encouraging sign of moral progress and
cleaner administration.
The man with a lively imagination
and a copy Of the Times Republican
could enjoy the inaugural program
about as we'll, as if he had been a
crowded and jostled and tired specsa-
tor.
A. colfax man convicted Of criminal
assault on an S-year-old child mas
been sent to prison for life. Now II the
idiotic and neurotic may be prevented
from signing petitions and he lives long
enough, he may get part of what IS
Justly coming to him.
Next time Uncle Henry Wallace
stops at a farm house for a meal he
should take what he gets and not 20
round the neighborhood kicking even
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05
THE KIND THAT COUNTS.
IClarion Cslipper.l

-
Des Moines has two or three firms
that spend $4,000 a yaar for neWspa-
per advertising. A Sioux City firm
boasts that 1t spends $4,000. With
these large sums invested these same
firms are among the strongest believ-
ers in the profitableness of advertis-
ing. The man who confines his efforts
to program and directory cards with
possibly an occasional trial of calen-
dars or novelties that might be worth
while as supplementing judicious use
of newspaper space, is the fellow that
tells you advertising does not pay
He has tried every fake scheme that
has come to town in ten years and
knows it did not pay him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05
BEAUTIES OF SPRING.
KNOXVILLE Journal.]

IhIIOAViI1C JUU2 1keH1'J
The roads to and from Knoxville
are in the very worst possible con-
dition-probably more nearly absolute
" Impossible than they have been at.
any time since the good roads agita-
ton was commenced in 1912. Farmers
find it almost impossible to get TO
town; all Of the country coal mines
have temporarily suspended work. and
the rural mail carriers are going
horseback or on foot. Mr.. Stone mas
been riding out to Donley on The
morning passenger and then footing
his route" as far as possible.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05
WHO PAYS THE LOSS?
rClariou Clipper.1

rClarion Clipper.1
A question has arisen as to what
insurance companies, if any, pay the
losses on stock that were frozen in
the blizzard. Some of the stock own
ers maintain that the wind and tor
nado companies should pay. as the
wind drove the cattle with the storm
and many of them finally wandered
away so that they We're frozen or
stumbled into the water. Others
claim that the hail companies should
pay as it was the driving sleet or
small hail which caused the trouble.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Manson Journal says: "Roose-
welt has been a great president, ara
what is more, he came into American
life just at the right time A few years
earlier 1t would have been Impossible
to have reused the people; a few years
later it would have been to late TO 90
much good. There is a time for all
things and 1t is certain Roosevelt was
lust on time"
In the opinion Of the Odebolt Rec
ord. Roosevelt has been as
president an individual and not the .ool
of any party. He has strong friends
and avowed enemies, which proves
that he is a man of strength and force.
He has needlessly attacked individuals
and has foolishly required OFFICERS OF
the army and navy to perform feats OF
endurance. BY such actions has re-
ceived even the censure of his frlenus.
He has designated his successor, ana
that was the supreme evidence OF ms
power, and he has chosen man OF
demonstrated mental ability, but as vet
untried as leader.
The Fairfield Ledger estimates
Roosevelt as "the greatest pres
ident this nation ever had, save
Washington and Lincoln. The master
mind Of the age, he has done more than
any other president to shape the
thought, the conduct and the morals
Of the American people. He is the only
president that has ever taught that
common honesty and politics can work
together. He is an originator, doer, a
constant worker for us plain, common
people. We feel that he is fighting Tor
us. He is greatly beloved by 80 per
cent of the people and as thoroughly
hated by the remaining 10 per cent.
The Nevada Representative says:
"The administration Of the outgoing
president has been strenuous almost 20
the last, and we are of the opinion that
q. lust estimate of the admins at1on
as a whole is not to be made until one
shall be permitted to look back upon
If from a. distance of several years. He
has been a man of action and not OF
evasion, and there has never been q
suspicion as to his patriotism and MS
integrity. We wish that he had a whole
lot more of f-containment; but lie
has the characteristics of real man,
and for these will he be longest re-
membered."
"The city political pot is simmering
vigorously and there seems good pros
pect for "a lively fight for the nominal
lions as we'll as the election. The new
law governing cities of LeMars class
adds materially to the powers of the
mayor and behooves voters to interest
themselves in seeing that man is Sc
lected for that office who will respect
tho best interests of the community in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05
Iona Newspapers
LAND BOOM I'm MoNoNA.
rnocorob Ran,,hlican1

What looks like a land boom Is on
in Monona county, in western Iowa In
four months farms aggregating $4,000
acres have changed hands at an esti-
mated value Of 500 per acre. AS high
as $3.50 per acre has been paid.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05
A Bloody Affair

A Bloody Affair
is lung llenorrhage. Stop it; and cure
weak lungs, coughs and colds, with
DR.. Kings New Discovery. SOC and
S1.00. Mcbride & Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
ALBION SAVINGS BANK

Organized under the laws Of lows,
located at Albion, in the county Of
Marshall, at the close Of business on
the Goth day of February, A. D., 1909,
made to the auditor Of state as REQUIRED
by law.
Assets
Amount Of bills, bonds and :
other evidences of debt T----~e
discounted or purchased
actually owned by bank..$ 36.3S3ss
Amount of cash on hand.
described as follows:
Silver coin and
bullion ........$ 270.1A
Legal tender and ma 1
tional bank notes X
and subsidiary
coin ....s1,1osss- 1903 S. 1,s7s.4s
Amount subject to
:: :; s :;s:; e.: : "; 4' ]:
bankers:
Merchants Loan and
go, III. .........., s.7ssss
First National Bank,
Marshalltown, Ia. 3,377.S3
Marshalltown State ~
Bank, MARSHALL
town, Ia .......... 5,5e7.42-12. 1928
OverdraftS ......... l,los.SV
Expense account 80. 1,13S.9O
Value of real prop
erty Owned by the
bank) ............ 1,s22.5s
Value of personal
property Owned
by the bauk) 800. 1:653.D7- 3,575.65
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-05

Overdrafts ...i......
Expense account 80.
Value of real prop
erty Owned by the
bank) ............
Value of personal
property Owned
by the bank)....
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-27
CONGRESS
THE HOUSE.

Washington, Jan. ga sensational
and bitter attack on William Nelson
Cromwell and President Obaldia Of
Panama and others by Mr.. Rainey Of
Illinois, was made in the house OF
representatives today. The postoffice
appropriation bill was under consider
alton, but Mr.. Rainey spoke under Ii
cense of general debate, and he was
unsparing in his charges of corruption
and fraud against the persons named.
At the conclusion of his speech,
which consumed over an hour and a
half, Stevens of Minnesota, and Kus-
termann of Wisconsin, expressed their
disapproval of his remarks and entered
defense of the accused.
During the morning hour the house
passed a joint resolution making Feb.
12, 1909, which marks the one hum
dredth anniversary of the birth of
Abraham Lincoln, legal holiday in the
territories and District of Columbia.
When the house adjourned, the post
office bill was still pending.