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Gilpin observer., 1909-05-20
WESTERN NEWS.

Judge William L. Kelley at st. Paul
has issued an order forbidding Sun
day baseball game that was scheduled
for May 25th.
The Illinois Legislature has passed
a bill increasing the salary Of the in
surance superintendent from $500
year to $4,000. 1t has been signed by
the governor.
An automobile funeral was recently
held in Chicago due to the strike of
cab and carriage drivers. An automo-
bile hearse followed by ten ordinary
motor cars formed the procession.
At the meeting of the National
Grain Growers and Cattle Raisers at
Springfield, Mo-, Thursday plan to
construct chain of warehouses in
grain producing territory for the pur-
pose of holdings wheat for high prices
was indorsed.
Broughton Brandenburg, the news
paper man and magazine writer
charged with grand larceny in connec
tion with the sale to the New York
Times of an article purporting to have
been written by Grover Cleveland, re-
SVhliy WalNeu GAIL
at San Francisco and agreed to go
East for trial.
An automobile owned by the city of
Cheyenne, while in use by Mayor P.
S. Cook and party of friends, over
turned and three of it's seven occu-
pants were spilled into a ditch. All
escaped without serious injury except
the mayors daughter, Miss Bessie
Cook, who sustained a fracture Of the
arm.
In the holdup of the Great Northern
passenger train No. between Colbert
and Mead, Wash, shortly before mid
night on the 18th inst. twelve persons
were injured when the engine and mail
car. run wild" down the track by the
bandits, after they had rifled the
mails, collided with the remaining
cars of the train.
The American Steel and Wire Com
pany at Chicago announces an ad-
vance of 10 cents per hundred pounds
in the price of wire and nails. The
advance goes into effect at once. On
May 1st the company announced re-
duction of from 25 to As cents per
hundred on nails and wire and since
that time its mills have been taxed
to the utmost with orders.
One whole shoulder of a mountain
near Burnt Cabin has slid into the
Gros Ventre, according to forest rang
ers at Pinedale. Wyo., who report that
a deep lake has formed above the
slide, over which the stream now
dashes in a series of cascades. The
slide carried away a section Of the
Jackson-Pinedale road and extensive
repairs will be necessary.
]. J. Carter of Jackson, Wyo., who is
in Cheyenne for grand jury duty in the
United States Court, reports that only
about 1000 elk perished from starva-
tion during the past winter. the re-
mainder Of the $4,000 threatened with
determination having been saved by
the action of the state in providing
feed. Carter owns the largest elk farm
in Wyoming. having sixty full grown
animals in his herd.
1t is said that an Alfalfa Hay Club"
has been established among the STU
dents at Creighton University, Omaha.
to show that alfalfa is a good food for
men as well as for animals. The al
falfa leaves, with small portion of
the upper parts of the stalks, are
ground together. Then they are run
through bolting machine that turns
out meal almost as fine as flour,
which is said to be toothsome and
nutritious.
Gilpin observer., 1909-05-20
All WHO
Would Enjoy

good health, with it's blessings, must un-
derstand, quite clearly, that it involves the
question of right living with all the term
implies. With proper knowledge of what
is best, each hour of recreation, of enjoy
ment, of contemplation and of effort may
be made to contribute to living Alright.
Then the use of medicines may be dis.
pensed with to advantage, but under Or
dinary conditions in many instances .
simple, wholesome remedy may be invalu-
able if taken at the proper time and the
California Fig Syrup Co. holds that it il
alike important to present the subject
truthfully and to supply the one perfect
laxative to those desiring it.
Consequently, the Company's Syrup Of
Figs and Elixir of Senna gives general
satisfaction. To get its beneficial effects
buy the genuine, manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists.
Gilpin observer., 1909-05-20
sAMPLING DUST OF STREET.
Apparatus Used in New York City and
Berlin for Gathering Samples
for Laboratories,

New York.-The board of health OF
New York and Berlin are using new
apparatus for gathering samples OF
dust in the streets. These are known
as automatic dust collectors. The
kind used in New York is simple in
appearance, being a plate similar to
those used in the laboratories for ma
king bacteria cultures. These plates
are placed at the bottom of an in
verted box, which is mounted on tri-
pod. Each is in charge Of an EN-.
Gilpin observer., 1909-05-20
What She Did with the Scum.

A rate clerk in the Santa Fe general
Offices in Topeka. Kan, recently
brought bride from San Francisco
She had never kept house and knew
but little about things In the kitchen
A few mornings ago she got after the
milkman.
what is the matter Of your milk ?"
said she with great vehemence.
II don't know" he replied. What do
you find wrong with it?"
"Well." said she. every morning 1t
Is covered with nasty, Shiny, yellow
scum"
"And what do you do with the
scum?"
"Why, I skim 1t OF. Of c5.rse. and
throw 1t In the garbage"
Gilpin observer., 1909-05-20
Memorial to Mark Spot Which In
spired Historic Poem.

tablet which will mark the spot occu-
pied by the staff bearing the banner
that inspired Francis Scott Key to
write the immortal "Star-Spangled
Banner" has been shipped to Fort Nc
Henry. Md, where it will be unveiled
shortly. The tablet measures five feet
in height and is three feet three inches
in width. 1t was cast in bronze to
the order Of the United States govern.
ment. from desi sn furnished by the
Quartermaster generals office.
Gilpin observer., 1909-05-20

Those who keep Hamlins Wizard Oil in
the house do not have to buy any other
remedy for sore throat. No other rem
edy will cure this trouble so quickly or 20
surely. Remember this.
Gilpin observer., 1909-05-20

And when woman tells how sue
cessful her husband Is in business
It's usually a safe bet that he isn't.
Gilpin observer., 1909-05-20

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums, reduces -
dammation allAys PAIN cures wind collie 2oc bottle.
Gilpin observer., 1909-05-20

Suns, Stars, Comets 4 Co.
"Why do they SO often name news
papers after the heavenly bodies?'
That's easy-because they shed
light upon the earth"
Gilpin observer., 1909-05-20
"STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Tablet Soon to Be Unveiled Which
Will Mark Place Which Inspired
Key to Write Poem.

New York.-After being exhibited in
New York for several days bronze
Gilpin observer., 1909-05-20

Fly time and baseball are very prop.
erly contemporaneous.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-02

situations go out looking for man
they seek and skim the cream of the
country. When we elect a man to the
duties of a county office we take our
choice between men self selected and
presented. And in practically all cases
we pay them what they are worth. At
established price.
The country should pay good wages.
1t does. 1t should not pay eXorbtant
wages 1t is not likely to do so, The
salary raisers may we'll stop and pom
der. The average citizen has pretty
We'll established notions as to what an
average man in an average position is
worth.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-02
THE CLIMAX OF CRUELTY.
JRe1le pIaine Union. |

BY stealth and cunning a cat will
catch and kill helpless bird, wild
animal will destroy the weaker of its
kind and one species levy war and
tribute on another. But the brute crea-
ton is destructive as means of livali-
hood. Its cruelty is instructive.
To man is reserved the privilege OF
being cruel for pastime. The follow
ing is an incident in point,In taking cx-
ception to certain sentiments expressed
in this paper one of our exchanges last
week employed the following language
Brother Noble is a man with weak
lungs and has been sojourning at the
consumptives retreat near Iowa City
People ought to make an unusual
amount of allowance when they hear
the feeble wanderings of his fevered
, brain
The brutal cruelty of the language
quoted lies in the fact that it IS
largely true Doul tess we owe the
author no considerations but we shall
extend him the kindness of concealinS
his identity, so far at least as these
observations are concerned.
Under the weight of affliction one
is apt at times to berate his lot and
feel a sense of loneliness and despon-
dency when viewing i,he activities of
others apparently more fortunate. Bat
what a godsend are weak lungs" ana
fevered brain" when contrasted with
the warped mentality of one who wouti
select the misfortunes of a contempor-
airy as the subject of ribald joke.
1t is as tho all the cumulative cruelty
of a lifetime had spent itself in one
brutal, studied. vicious thrust. The per-
sonal application is Of no consequence.
1t excites neither our resentment nor
our anger. ut is the general application
the moral the lesson-in which we
are interested.
1t is true that we have weak lungs
Perhaps it is even true that the few
cred brain" is incapable of directing
the pen thru all the devious bcways
of journalistic perfection
Perhaps at times the words run To-
gether and the phrases whip saw each
other when the "fevered BRAIN" de-
spite the lash of the will, persists in
bordering on the future of the wife
and babies should the weak lungs,
in which our critic takes such delight,
grow weaker instead of stronger.
But thanks to the "consumptives' re-
treat another joke-but CHASTITY
one to the fathers who are there bat
thing for strength to maintain the Mt
tie ones. to the mothers who lie there
with God and the stars above and an
ache in the heart for the babies at
home-thanks to these things and 9TH
er causes the weak lungs" promise
some day to be comfortably strong.
The stars are never so bright as
when the clouds separate on a dark
night and emphasize the contrast.
The song birds are never so welcome
or the flowers so fragrant as after a
long cold winter. The goodness of
God is never so manifest as when the
pitiable ignorance or depraved mean
ness of some mental or moral derelict
is suddenly revealed in all its hideous
deformity showing the beauty of the
good in contrast with the ugliness of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-02
1T1tes Kep1hea1 nksrshatu,u,r amua February 1909

every one is shown by Colorado's effort
to create game preserve. Twenty
years ago no one in Colorado dreamed
of game preservation. The secret plac IS
of a decade past are picnic grounds of
today.
The court reporters want more pay.
This is one of the cases where better
pay is deserved and should be granted
One thousand dollars "A year seems
like a pretty big average price to pay
for average Legislation.
Possibly Congressman Smith by
thinking hard can establish some re-
came right out and made his speech
and ducked right in again.
In his annual report the postmaster
general recommends that provision
for allowances for travelling expenses
of railway postal clerks be made while
the clerks are away from home and
in the discharge of their duties. The
number of clerks on railway duty in
the United States is $4,000. Their
average salary is S1.150 and average
expenses is S1%2 They are
the only employees of the government
who are not allowed AN annual vaca
ton. Their business requires them to
ha Of time
and their living expenses are neces
sarily increased by increased travel
The work OF the railway postal clerks
is an important part of all business
activities as we'll as the social life of
the country The recommendation IF
the postmaster general deserves the
attention of congress.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-02
IcwA OPINIONS Anr NOTES.

The Spirit Lake Beacon, warns young
people that the boy or girl who reaches
maturity with the delsion that their
habits and accomplishments, or lack OF
accomplishments, have not been care
fully noted by critical eyes, have failed
TO discern and profit by an important
stimulant to character building and
success. There is ever watchful eye
over those who are making the best of
their opportunities regardless of sta
ton. To make good in the home, in
school and all the minor responsible
ties invariably insures an open door for
a successful career
The keokuk Constitution Democrat,
asserts that the democratic party has
a bright prospect to carry the presi-
dency in 1912 with control of both
houses of congress is the, only logical
answer that can be given to reader
who wants a candid opinion upon the
future of the unperishing party that
has been led to popular victories by
jefferson and Jackson, Tilden and
Cleveland"
"A Sioux City negro last week brut-
ally murdered his white wife, notes
the Sloan Star. whenever the races
mix in marriage there can be but one
outcome-trouble, and it is seldom long
deferred
when were politics as normal in
Iowa as they are at the present time?
asks the Scranton Journal. The war
II, =, fo,. Iii dino wood
and the hatchets buried"
Iowa might have invited a deadlock
over a United States senatorship. but
it chose the better way. 1t called in the
primary to help it out of rough
time" comments the Davenport DEM
ocrat.
Washington Democrat condemns
Roosevelt "as the old fashioned type
of The Pharisee. He stands at the cor
ners of the streets and thanks the Lord
that he is not like other men. He inn
pugns the motives of every man who
does not agree with him.
Now that South Dakota is wrest-
ling with a bill calculated to protect
passengers on trains from DRINKS and
other objectional persons, making 1t a
crime for a man to drink on train
and that" the Mitchell Gazette suggests
chat it go farther and make it crime
for a man to chew tobacco and spit
it allaver the floor of the car" the Mt.
Vernon Record declares they are "all
good suggestions, and of the kind that
some enterprising Iowa solon should
take up and make name for himself. :"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-02

and his heirs found his partner had
retained his experience, but in some
unknown way the dead man had lost
all his money while the experienced
man soon after bought farm and
continued his business. Years came and
went Today the experienced man is
quoted by Bradstreet with six figures.
| fe has . beautiful wife and fam
lily" His children are models in the
community. They live in one of the best
houses in town, the experienced one
is a bank director and an honored cit
isen. His wife does her share of church
work and remembers the poor. one
of these days there will be a big funeral
in that town and the local paper will
give the experienced one at least two
columns of space. The moral in this
case is exactly opposite from that of
the preceding story.
The order issued by the railroad COM
missioners for the Chicago Great West
ern to give the people living along the
line between Marshalltown and Water
loo better passenger service. and the
promptness of the railroad company in
obeying the order, new time table and
certain train to go on very soon not
only pleases the people particularly
Interested but is commented on gener-
ally as an indication that our railroad
commissioners are asserting themselves
and furthermore that the railroad COM
panies are beginning to respect our
board of railroad commissioners. Down
east in Connecticut this business works
both ways. There the railroad compa-
MES petition the commission for au
thority to do things, and to ask for
the towns to do things for their benefit
A recent issue of the Hartford Cour
ant had this item:
'"The New York. New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad Company has presented
to the board of railroad commissioners
four petitions. asking for the elmina-
ton of grade crossings and constructio
of suitable highways as follows:
THAT the Taylor crossing north of
the Plalnville station be eliminated by
changing the course and lowering the
level of the highway, so as to pass I'M
der a railroad bridge having a clear
head room of twelve and one-haf feet.
About 700 feet of roadway would have
to be made
THAT kelsey's crossing north of the
Berlin station be eliminated by con-
structing new portion of the highway
$50 feet in length which shall pass
over the tracks on an overhead high
way bridge having a clear headroom
of eighteen feet"
Really it seems a poor rule that does
not work both ways. Only 1t will give
one a queer sensation here in Iowa,
when the Iowa Central petitions our
railroad commissioners to compel the
town of Marshalltown to do something
for the benefit of the Iowa Central.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-02
THE WOOD LOT ON The FARM.

If the forestry bulletins which ill
the, mails coming into Iowa to bring
details of experiments in tree culture
conducted thousand or more miles
away and under absolutely different
conditions from those which obtain on
the prairie farms, might deal more
with the farm wood lot explain how
it is to be planted and the profits 1t
may be expected to bring along with
its convenience and hardness, it is
very likely that some considerable
good might be accomplished. AS it Is
very little interest is shown by The
Iowa farmer in the department of for
estry>in which he is most immediate
ly concerned.
What a little land judiciously en-
ployed raising timber may do is shown
by the cottonwood lumber piled up
here and there over the state. The
trees have grown large enough to be
available, the discovery has been made
that the lumber from them is cheap
and good and this generation lis hur-
rying to cut the last one for its own
use. But is it planting a tree that will
furnish the next generation dimension
stuff for double corn crib?
What better may any land owner do
than leave a corner lot of timber sor
his son who is to buy or inherit tha
farm? How many are planting trees
that will in time furnish a fence post
or timber that necessity demands
and demands on the minute? Are we
not cultivating our dependence on tho
lumber yard and the dying lumber in
dustry? And if we fail to raise a fence
post can we complain if the man in
Washington or Arkansas takes advan-
tage of our necessity and charges all
the traffic will bear?
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Looker-On In Iona

Hampton, Feb 2.-Nearly all of the
interested parties are dead or have
moved away, besides, what follows did
not happen within two hundred miles
of this town, so it will do to tell the
story. The old man had saved all Of
his life. Owned a $50 acre farm and
traded it for hotel property in Mex
town. Business became dull and to in
crease his income he started "a blind
pig" on the premises, this against his
wife's wishes and his grown daughters
objections. And for a while he made
money. There's a good profit in buy
ing beer ait cents bottle and selling
it for 20 cents. He had government
license, a big trade and was coming
money, when the county authorities,
stirred up by some preacher and the
temperance people of the town. began
suit against him. Result $500 Judg-
ment against his property. HIS Wite
begged him to pay the fine and quit
the business, but he wouldn't, SO after
he was so years Of age she left him,
taking the only remaining child with
her Then the old man paid MS me,
and to avoid a repetition of the mulct,
decided all of his property to a son-ln-
law for 81 and "filial aHectlon. Ana
opened up his joint again Again ne
made money and again he was fined.
This time he went to Jail and worked
it out" Then the old man concluded
he had enough and asked the son-ir-
law to deed back the property, and
wrote for his wife and daughter to
come and she'd be good But the SON
in-Iaw said it was his property and ne
would keep it. And his wife concluded
she had got along several years With
ont him and thought she would for the
rest of her days. Then the son-in-laW
lost his health, and business went from
bad to worse a mortgage was put on
the hotel. meanwhile the old man doing
chores for his board. Then came the
time when the son-in-laW died the
mortgage was foreclosed, the new own
err took possession. the Did man was
sent to the poor farm and died there
a pauper The moral is---.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-02
WRAI IS The MARKET PRlCE2

II the past is an unfailing guide to
the future the rage for raising salaries
of public officials which seems to have
become an obsession just at present,
will result in new faces in the various
la.wmaking bodies if it has no worse
result. II there are officials who are
not asking or for whom some one in
office is not asking for raise" they
are hard to hear of.
Judges are to be raised, county Of
yficials are to be boosted as regards
pay. The president should have dou-
Bile the salary. Everybody needs the
money.
Now the laborer is worthy of his
hire Let that universally accepted
Scriptural. injunction be not forgotten.
He lis worth what he gets. And he gets
all the market is paying for his kind
and class And in many cases he gets
more than he would sell for in open
market. The public generally pays
more than individuals pay for the same
work.
A county official works years
as deputy on a deputy's smaller
pay to arrive at the opportunity to be
elected to the office where he has lab
ored as a clerk. Quite often he gets it
and deserves it. He did most of the
work for a stipend. He is no more cap
able as AN official than as a clerk. How
does it arrive that the office of which
he dreamed and for which he waited is
so poorly paid Immediately after he
gets it2. It was worth waiting and
working for then, Is worth fighting for
now
The fact is that there is no dearth
of candidates for office and that these
candidates. include as good men as any
who would be brought out at higher
salaries Our county officers represent
the best we have who would seek pub
Lie office. Our judges are among the
best and most competent of the men,
bers of the bar. If the pay is so no.
toriously inadequate why does a pri-
mary ticket look Like a county direc-
tory when. the candidates names have
all been printed thereon?
The fact is that the salaries fit the
men. Pick out an official whose market
value in the salary market is greater
than that he is receiving from the
county which pays him? Find a post
master who could earn a greater sal
airy than the government is giving
him p? The truth of the matter is that
offices largely clerical, are being paid
twice as much in most instances as
the same labor, of equal efficiency, Gan
be bought foc by private employers.
Would we elect men to higher SAL
ared offices? Mind in these cases the
office is not seeking the man with the
that the man seeks the Of
fee An elective office differs from an
appointive office in some very import
ant ways. When the great financial in