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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-21
THE LODGES.
Il MAsoNlo NOTICES.


X MAeoNlo NOTICES.
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ing. Sept. "a, 1880 p. M.
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ening, Sept. ~, 1909. at o'clock.
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S.-Regular meeting Wednesday, Oct.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-21

every tax payer will forget his trou-
bleS when he comes to town to visit
the county treasurer once year, In
gazing on the grounds. at once "a
thing Of beauty and a JOY forever" So
much for the outside. In the court room
itself papering and painting has been
finished to agree in appearance with
the new furniture, A new railing sur
rounds a new circular desk, and ITO
new opera chairs are further induce
ments to the town crowd when some
scandal or murder case is docketed.
The defendants in the latter case.
sentenced to Anamosa or an
other world, will thus suffer additional
grief in having to leave county seat
luxury. For all seriousness when f1n-
able to town and county alike, and
citizens to keep UP with the times.
some kicking but THE big majority are
county officials in these needed public
Improvements.
the present Interest in county fairs is
manner of horse raving, i.e., trotting
events. The vaudeville stunts have
come to Stay, and do nicely fill in the
former tedious waits between heats,
but the same old jockeying goes on. In
town after town the writer hears the
expressed disgust concerning "the agri-
!, y
of the audience "are on" Nellie B.. is
ond, White Stocking the third. Nellie
the fourth and fifth heats and then the
purse is to be divided as agreed upon
previous to the race? or Jay1see is paid
not to enter for the PIP race. Or half
a dozen entries fail to be made because
Knockemstiffs owner is "a hogging 1t
and won't divy." In other words the
spectators now know that these fifty
called races are generally fixed" before
the horses leaves the barns, and the re-
suit is every year a less number are
drawn to these county fairs to see the
races. It's a pity Roosevelt didn't take
up this horse racing business; he
touched up almost everything else. and
busted" these trusts and combines
made every year at every county Ialf.
One proposed remedy is to change
drivers every heat, another to have
professional drivers with every fair as
ISOLATION. Neither of which find favor
with the owners. But Of in some way
we can have real horse racing. crowds
will gather as they do to see big
game of baseball that they still have
faith to believe is not fixed" before
hand.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-21
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BOYS ARE SCARCE.
Manson Journal.1


What has become of the boy whom
one always found ready a year ago
to do errands for nickel or a dime,
or if need be, work for several hours
for a quarter? A few years ago, one
could find such a boy on every street
corner. but today you can not find
him with a search warrant. This fact
has been called quite forcibly to our
mind the past summer, for we have
had work that any Industrious boy
could do and make good wages at, but
we were never able to find the boy.
At one time We had a job and set
some boys at work, but they did not
stay long. When they left man who
was working near them asked them
why they did not stay and earn some
money, and one OF them replied, "Oh
mother will give me all the money
need" Possibly that explains the
trouble, at least in part, but there
seems to be something else, for last
week we had some small errands to
do, and asked couple of boys If
they did not want to earn some
money. but both Were too busy doing
nothing, but about that time a little
girl showed up who was willing to
earn the money and glad of the
chance. If the girls are getting all
the good jobs. there seems to be a
good reason for it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-21
TELEPHONE MoNoPoL1Es.

lF|ort Dodge Messenger
A person with any foresight must
feel that unless there is a change pref
ty soon there will be one telephone ex-
change in most Of the cities where now
there are two.
Among the cities which recently have
been reduced to the one company basis
are Dubuque, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids,
Marshalltown, and Des Moines. Webs
ter City is reported as trembling in the
balance. Numerous cities include the
names of other cities as objects of
negotiations.
The claim is made that the telephone
business is as much of a national mon
opoly as the postoffice business is and
that the public loses in money and SER
vice where there is division Of the
business.
That one company could handle the
business with better results than two
can is evident enough. but there is not
the utmost confidence that elimination
of competition would breed meekness
and enthusiasm for the public welfare
in the company owning the monopoly.
The same principle is true of the tele-
graph business, but duplicates of wires,
offices, and employees have been going on
until the whole country ds SPAWNED by
two companies, which aBtho they do
not cut below an agreed price to exert
all possible effort to give better service
than the other does.
Existing contracts will still give the
other Independent telephone companies
access to the telephones Of the absorb
ed exchanges, for long distance COM
munication, but as those contracts ex-
pire more advantage will be given the
Bell companies, unless the situation
changes from the trend it now is taxi
ing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-21
TYPE OF THE AMERICAN.


ernor of Minnesota, lay dying in
Minnesota hospital where he had en-
dured a serious operation. Perhaps as
this is written he is dead and Mime
sofa is in deep mourning for the man
whom it honored with its chief office
despite his party affiliations and in
mind and soul. Johnson, a democrat,
was big enough, strong enough and
honest enough 10 be elected and re-
elected governor Of staunch republic
can state. He has been honest enough
and wise enough to retain the conf
dence and the high respect of the best
in both parties. If he died last night
his fame is secure and his place in the
afectionate remembrance of his state
unshakable.
And yet, as We have been wont TO
classify public men, Johnson was not
a great man. He was not a construct
i've statesman of high order. He was to
a large degree the ant!thesis Of the
dominant leader Of his party whose
rival he was for the last democratic
nomination. Johnson had evolved no
new and startling theories Of govern
.nent. he was not an apostle Of dram
atism on the hastings or the lecture
platform. He had no promises of
complete reversal of society TO proffer,
buc he was a capable and honest ex-
ecutive, he stood for the better part Of
government and for needed and evident
reform. He made good in his office, not
with the gang but with the people
Perhaps in doing thus he has given
Us a better definition Of grea tness in
public service. He seems 10 have done
his public work as he did the labor of
his early ooyhood when he brought
home ana delivered the clothes his
mother cieansed in her wash tub as
ne price Of Independence and self sup
por..
/ True enough there Is a great Scan
dinavian vote in Minnesota and John
isoa held il. That he did 50 is high
compliment. CIannish as the scandin-
avians are no man % any nationality
can have zne Scandinavian vote until
they ara convinced Of mis- capacity and
his honesty as compared with his op-
position Tia Scandinavian vote, GEN
erally speaking. i HE vote Of a sincere
citizenship When Johnson won and
ksp- .Ae vo;s 8. the Morse republicans
- furnished Z witness to his fitness for
aF.ca.
Johnson has been type Of the pos
S.o.li..ss i American citizenship. as
much 50 as Clay, coming from the
sfashiags Of Kentucky wilderness or
Gariald trudging along the tow path
81 Ms way . The presidency and such
mortaliy as history confers. John
son. carrying back and forth the work
Of mother VINO took in washing
ard IN his success recalling with justi-
fable pride and INFINITE love~her labors
and her care over him becomes a
; splendid figure TO be admired and
: flowed The possibilities Of the American
idea Unpopular government are in his
life as IL passes, beyond the gates
of greater opportunity here to the las,
and greatest opportunity of the here.
after. His is one of the Geographic:
that the boys of future generation.
shall scan to the awakening of laud.
able ambition and 10 the profit of tn,
republic.
1t is good that such men have lived
Perhaps it is well that they should dir
in the height of their usefulness AM
in the full force of their example.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-21
sNoDDY HAS BRAINS.

For the nrsi Time III MS official Ca
pacity, County Clerk Charles Snoddy
absolutely refused to issue a wedding
license, notwithstanding the fact that
the applicants were OF age and the law
not opposed. Last Friday a rather
neat looking white man and buxom
pitch black woman, mailing as they said
from Nebraska, applied for a marriage
license. Snoddy started to hiss the
dog, and then concluded that joke
might be on. He investigated long
enough to discover that the couple
were really In earnest and then he
reached for a club. The couple ie-
camped hurriedly seemingly unable to
comprehend the attitude Of the county
clerk. The man In the case seemed to
be suffering from a bad attack of
lunAtics or else was color blind. any
how his beifry wasn't cupaloed just
right
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-21
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

take to claim the north pole you would
see how soon Uncle Sam would insist
upon his rights as the discoverer," says
the Webster City Freeman Tribune
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-21

Famous for its absolute purity and
fragrance. Ask your grocer for %Sa-
lada" Tea 1t 10 delicious and refresh
ing. Trial packet 10c IT your gro-
Gers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-21

The Waukon Standard says Taft, on
his trip around the circuit. will have to
devote considerable thought to his oral
utterances. He can't come here into
the west and find fault with the tariff
without compromising himself for
signing the bill and if he praises the
bill he will have the west yelling at
him. But the presidents term is not
finished, there are three years yet
some more sessions of congress- and
Taft will stand by platform pledges
Don't worry"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-21

him. But the presidents term is not
finished. there are three years yet
some more sessions of congress- and
Taft will stand by platform pledges
Don't worry"
Did you ever notice how hard some
men will rustic to get hold of money
enough to pay for a key of beer? In
quires the Buffalo Center Tribune. Yet
some of these same fellows will owe
for meat, coal, clothes and other nee
essities, will bet their wives wear old
clothes and get mad if a storekeeper
asks them to settle up. It's queer, but
it Is as true as gospel"
Speaker Cannon says that he will
never willingly retire from public life.
NO wonder Captain Hull loves him."
breaks out the Knoxville Journal Two
souls with but single thought"
1T might do to nominally assent to
the plan of concealing Iowa republican
contempt for late congressional tariff
proceedings for the sake of apparent
harmony, but there will be trouble OF
all sorts if any serious attempt is made
to eNtort from a republican convention
in Iowa an endorsement of the Cam
non-Aldrich deformity," says the Spirit
Lake Beacon.
"Not many will call his name bless
ed" says the Boone News Republican,
speaking of Hartman.
Every once in a while a preacher
decides to take dose of hde own medf-
cine-and gets married" observes the
Davenport Democrat.
What sticks in the craw Of Iowa
progressives," says the Webster City
Freeman Tribune, speaking of Senator
La Follette's contention that Senator
Dolliver has a record of progressive re-
publicanism that is consistent, SIS the
senator's personal attack upon Cum
minis during the Allison Cumnins SEN
atorial contest"
"Of one thing we may be sure" says
the Cedar Rapids Republican, land that
is under the primary a poor man will
hardly ever be nominated. Under the
old convention plan a poor man might
be given a nomination as a tribute to
his worth or as a matter of party poll
icy and expediency. But when maj
has to make a personal campaign thru
a primary 1t takes money and it is the
rich mans game"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-21

Speaker Cannon says that he will
never willingly retire from public life
NO wonder Captain Hull loves him, "
breaks out the Knoxville Journal Two
souls with but a single thought"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-21

Every once in a while preacher
decides to take a dose of hds own medf-
cine-and gets married" observes the
Davenport Democrat
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-21

Not many will call his name bless
ed" says the Boone News Republican,
speaking of Hartman.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-21
Topics of the Times

Will some one explain where the
umpire goes in winter?
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-16
A WORD ABOUT J. {. GORDON.
One Of Malheur C0unty's Substantial
Sheepmeh,

has made good il it will be welcomed
D. our readers. hence this inlook al
J. c. Gordon and his achievements.
For the past twenty years the sneep
and wool industry has engrossed the
attention Of Nj Gordon, and it is said
Of him that he can almost tell how
much wool . sheep will grow by its
b.at Al A.! events he knows the
business il its every branch to q
nicely, a. the splendid success he has
achieved bears testimony.
He first embarked in the industry
IN Grant County. this state, some IL
Years ago having gotten his start by
herding sheep for five years previous
y. Today he runs about 5000 head,
and his annual shipments Of wool
closely toe the 10000 pound mark
At Skulls Springs he has 100 acre
ranch, al! improved, as the base of
his operations
Ideal the range for sheep during
the spring and winter months IN the
Since Ma.heur County IS a Stock
mans Paradise, and the sheep indus
rry is the leading one, an insight into
The career Of d man who operates on
large lines in this industry and who
neghJorhood Of Skulls Springs and no
better winter range in the world for
them than in the nearest mountains.
Whilst here Nj Gordon has intro
duced many Of the up-to-date methods
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-16

nibbble the fine and delicate grasses
before the advent OF the man with the
pillow, where range sheep. The present
stage Of development and march OF CT
vilization in MaIheur county is due to
the livestock industry, and J. c. Gordon
is commonly credited with having done
his share to this end, and the hope OF
the county developing and prospecting
TO its fullest possibilities hinges chiefly
on jealousy guarding the animal hus-
Oandman and his flocks.
Scotland gave Mr.. Gordon birth,
Oregon gave him his opportunities,
and Malheur county is where he has
improved his opportunities 20 the MI
tual advantage Of himsel, and the
county. And a more loyal adopted
son and a citizen more universally re-
pected il not within the county's bor-
ders than ] c. Gordon
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-16

seven different drivers rein so head OF
swift and powerful horses, 40 horses
being in harness constantly, and de-
spite the fact that there are ten
changes of horses between Vale and
Burns, and they stop at five eating
stations, the distance is easily cover
ed in 80 hours.
The comfort and we'll being OF pas
sengers is a prime consideration OF
the management, hence easy riding
coaches and meals al regular inter
walls are supplied, and such meals,
wholesome, tempting dishes such as
mother used to serve.
This stage line makes daily calls
at Vale, Westfall, Beulah, Drewsey,
Harvey and Burns.
The country threaded by thisstage
line is the battle ground OF the great
est railroad giants in the United
States-Hill and Hartman. Both of
these titans are bending every ener-
gy to get the advantage of the other
in mailing down the territory for their
respective transcontinental lines.
So to the hundreds of seekers after
lucrative investments and desirable
homes who come to inspect this coun-
try, on their return from the Seattle
exposition, the writer makes bold TO
make a uggestion-don't try TO view
the Malheur and Harvey valleys from
afar, form the platform at the termin-
US Of the railroad at Vale but board the
Vale and Burns stage and go over the
route. This is necessary to meet face
70 face and TO embrace the opportun-
tiles you have come so far to seek
All the stage drivers know this
country like a primer. With refresh
ing bluntness they will tell YOU of its
drawbacks as we'll as of its virtues,
ana they will thrill you with border
tales and with tales OF poor men who
have practically leaped into riches
over night
The fare from Vale to Burns is $40.
If pushed for time the company can
carry you from Vale to Burns in ten
hours.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-16

OF sheep that nearly every new farmer
would raise would materially swell the
present aggregate of sheep production
in the county
In fact Mr.. Gordon holds that ami
NAL industry is the most important
factor in the settlement and develop
ment of every new country; that it
has been the invariable history of
every garden spot of today that
horses. cattle and sheep in turn roam
ed over the virgin soil; that these ami
mails in some measure fitted the soil
and grasses for the domestic animals
that were TO follow; that the last of
these animals to leave the imprint OF
golden hoofs on the land, the last u
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-16
The Goodrich. W. Goodrich, Pro.
prietOr. Hotel Men Seeking a LOca-
ton Better Confer With Him.

Vale is famed far and wide for its
splendid hotel accommodations and
the Goodrich Hotel gave ii its first
claim 10 this distinction
The Goodrich was opened TO gusts a
year ago February last, and in this
81 900 modern brick hostelry Vale has
since had q house which has been
nothing less than a boon 10 the trav-
cling public. The Goodrich is a Al
room hotel, TWO stories high and 69x
100 feet in dimensions.
Ii is located in the very business
heart OF Vale and joins the First Ma
rional Bank, is but a few steps from a
livery barn, has fine sample rooms for
travelling men, and has a restaurant
in The building which challenges COM
parison with the best in Eastern Ore
gon
The man to whose enterprise Vale
is indebted for the Goodrich Hotel, is
l. W. Goodrich, its proprietor, and
one OF the fathers of the town.
For ls years Mr.. Goodrich has been
d resident of Vale Besides his hotel
he owns two fine residences and I
gilt edged town lots.
Prominently and inseperably iden-
titled with the history Of this section
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-16

attractive in the town. and its 400
up-to-the-minute stock OF saddles,
harness, and every essential or lux
ury in this line. In fact larger and
more varied stock is TO be found here
than in any other competitive con-
Germ in the county.
Its manufacturing equipment is
strictly up-tO-date, $215 lands ma
chine among its makeup.
1t invariably employs two, and not
uncommonly three uen. Enyiable
the reputation OF the house for making
saddles and for keeping yaquero out
fits.
The senior member OF this COM
pany, W. NJ. Rose, has 20 years Of
practical experience which has given
his hand a skill which but few in
Eastern Oregon can match. He
learned and followed his trade in
Ogden, Utah. For the three years
prior to his removal to Vale he was
the manager of the Boise Saddlery
Company.
The home of Mr.. Rose is one Of the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-16

most attractive intellectually, in
Vale, and one OF The most valuable
Mr.. Rose is one of the original To-
Gators, incorporators and directors
Of the Oil, Gas & Development Co,
and he gave 5000 to the fund that Sc
cured the railroad for Vale.
OF Alfred Vogue, a half owner n
this enterprise, he has been a resilient
OF Vale for three years, conducts the
Vale Transfer Company, owns a :pzy
home OF his own and several val
liable city lots and has own stables,
and is a stockholder in the Oil, Gas &
Vale Development Co.
One of Wales choice business lots
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-16

is l.. w. Goodrich. AS far back as 1S49
his father, James Goodrich, with his
family passed over the very townsite
of Vale in their pilgramage from a
point near Nashville, Tenn, TO Ring
old, mining camp in California, a
camp they reached September 10,
1S49, when the present proprietor of
the Goodrich Hotel was lad of eight.
L. W. Goodrich is a native of Tennes-
see but was reared in Yuba City, Cali
fornia. He has a wife and two sons.
His wife floods the house with good
cheer, keeps everything in apple-pie
order, and because of her the sooth-
ing environment of home life pervades
the hotel
Gratifying and growing is the pa
tronage of the Goodrich, and as good
room can be gotten here for 80
cents per day as in any city in East
ern Oregon.
Because OF failing health Mr.. Good
rich would dispose of his hotel to the
right party at a bargain, and since
Vale is destined TO grow by leaps and
bounds for several years to come
there is no opening in all these parts
as alluring to a hotel man as right
here in Vale, and in this very propo-
sition
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-16
THE VALE SADDLERY co.
Largest House in It's Line In Malheur
County.
Rose Il Vogue, Progressive Proprie-
tors.


4 store which In every say can in
vite comparison with the bes, Of its
type il Eastern Oregon IS the Vale
Saddlery Co, the largest saddlery
hardware establishment in Malheur
county, one which, indeed. suffers not
by comparison with like enterprises
in Boise, and even Portland
This stock will inventory today not
a farthing less than $4,000 and in its
makeup it anticipates 10 the las;
wish everything desired in It's line, by
the trading public
\ fact or two tell the splendid
story Of success that has been
achieved by the Vale Saddlery com
pany a shaving over four years ago
the only thing Vale had in the sad
dIery hardware line was about a $500
bankrupt stock But there was an
urgent need here for such q shop and
W. NJ Rose purchased this stock and
it became the Cornerstone OF the
splendid establishment Of today.
whose stock in size and value has H.
creased five fold since re first open
ing Of its doors
Its store room is one Of the most