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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-06
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ROADS AND ROUTES.
CManson Journal.1

we notice by the daily papers that
several rural routes in this state, Kan
sas and Missouri have been ordered
olsconrlnued by the department be-
cause OF the condition of the roads. Mr..
Mundelle who paid the local office a
visit recently stated that the depart
menu was going to make a rigorous in
spect1on of the routes in the near fu-
ture, and that the roads would be
travelled over and examined by an ex-
pert, and that in places where the
roads were not up to the standard
set by the department the routes will
be discontinued. The rural mail serv-
ice is not a paying proposition for the
government, and they have no funds
to put the road in condition. there
fore if they desire to keep the serv-
Ice the patrons will have to see to
1t that the roads are made passable at
all times of the year. And in this con-
nection it is stated by road experts
that there rs no way known that the
roads can be put in such perfect con-
dftlon as constant dragging after
every rain. This will soon give them a
hard crust that water will not affect.
We have a road law in Iowa, which If
enforced the way it is intended will
solve the problem. 1t is now up to the
farmers to see that it is done. They
are the ones who use the roads the
most. who do the heavy hauling and if
they are not in fit condition it must be
their fault. The routes from the local
office have pretty good roads, but
there are places on all of them that
should have the attention OF the town
ship trustees and they should see that
they are made good.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-06
THE BRIGHTER SIDE.

Since it is settled that we are to
have no tariff on hides, perhaps it may
be as we'll to look for the silver lining
to the cloud.
Charles M. Pepper, a special agent
Of the department of commerce and Ia
Dor who has spent some years in in
vestiga.ting trade opportunities IN va
rious parts of the world, in the course
Of an analysis of the tariff measure,
says that the matter of free hides,
while it has been discussed chiefly with
an important bearing on foreign trade.
A big business has been growing up
in the sales of American shoes in for
eign markets and it is coming to be
recognized that the United States is
bound to be the shoemaker of the
world Under the drawback provis-
ions of the Dingley law, nominally, the
manufacturers had the benefit of free
hides on goods for export. but in prac-
teal operation many of them did not
receive the full benefit of this pro-
vision. Now they can cultivate the
foreign market untrammeled. In many
European cities American shoe ma
i chinery has been installed in order 20
meet competition from the United
States. The product of these factories
J has been advertised as American shoes
but after a trial the customers have
/ demanded American shoes "1nade in
! the United States" There is no ques-
J ton that this sort of demand will con-
tinue, thinks Mr.. Pepper.
| This expert also finds that the free
+. hide provision has a direct bearing OF
our South American trade. The
! Argentine Republic, which is one
of the chief sources of hide sup
ply, is our best customer for ag.
ricultural implements. In view of tn
fact that Argentina buys almost three
times as much from the United
States as she sells to US, representa-.
fions have been made at various time:
of further benefit that would accure II
our trade if the market for hides were
made free. Now that this is to b
done, the products of the United States
it is thought certain. will be REGARDED
with even more favor in the biz
South American republic in the futur
than they have in the past.
This, of course, is distinctly a. nat
ural view of the matter, with al
thought of sectional advantage or dis
advantage left out.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-06
Topics of the Times

| Council Bluffs friends Of Congress-
man Walter I. Smith are planning a
home coming reception for him and
will arrange for speakers, etc. II they
want big crowd they should secure
LaFollette, Cummins, Dolliver, Borah
and the congressional insurgents from
Iowa. That's the way to bring crowd
to Council Bluffs and develop popu-
lar demonstration.
If. as the expected appointment of
a coadjutor for Archbishop Keane of
Dubuque, would seem to indicate, the
health Of that eminent prelate has not
improved, the people of the state with
out regard to church affiliations will
universally regret it. Archbishop
Keane has been one OF the strong men
of Iowa in the institution of law en-
forcement, reform and his usefulness
is appreciated with gratitude by the
people of iowa.
| The Alta Fair Association has given
warning that all grafters, gamblers,
immoral shows and low-down niggers
and other human vermin must keep
away from the fair grounds and from
the town during fari week or else the
Jail at Storm Lake will suffer a large
and sudden increase in population.
The directors and managers of the
the right place.
| The Journal holds no brief for SEN
ator Aldrich.-Sioux City Journal.
No? When did the split occur?
| The news butcher who sells drinking
| cups on the trains needs looking after
if as alleged he gathers the cups left
by disembarking passengers. The
news butchec is a thrifty soul but he
should not profit by resale of cups.
| The better way is to destroy the Gun
when thru with it and remove temp
tation from the butchers path.
1t is confidently predicted that there
Will be enough democrats to re-elect
the Iowa insurgents.-Sioux CITY Jour
nal.
Then the Journal should cease max
ing them in the Eleventh. Otherwise
even sarnmis' elevation may prove flu
tile against Huhbard's reelection.
Too much fuss is being raised over
Pa Smiths bath. The Des Moines
Capital should recall that men have
been whitewashed with less row ahou,
it.
With all his responsibilities ON his
head it is alleged that Secretary Wilson
found time to nail fast a loose Pickett
senator Aldrich may now go on his
vacation with a sense of having deliv-
cred most of the goods.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-06
The Strawpile.


first year Of a cows fife will almost
surely make or mar the future of the
animal. But it is not sufficient alone.
for a COW is growing in form and abil-
ity to milk at least four years I have
known COWS neglected for even three
years, after that age, to make most ex-
makers yearly up to five years or even
more.
Great Importance is justly given to
inheritance. But heredity only gives the
ability to develop parental qualities;
It does not give any ability to make
something out of nothing. Thus selec-
ton of parents Is only the first ele-
ment in the culture of good qualities in
animals.
Inheritance does not give good quail
ties any further than to develop by
their natural inherited abilities the
good character of the parents. The in
heritance is only developed by proper
training, and it is the best culture Of
natural abilities which develops the
possibilities of them. This training
birth, and continue, without failure,
uIlUu II1e COW SO UCdItu uSNclOpS 1LlU
the maturity of her powers.
There are instances in which this
natural ability may have been made
dormant by neglect, and for years the
COW has shown no special excellence
either as a mixer or as a butter pro-
Queer. until accident has brought out
the dormant natural bility. 1t is also
true that good mixers can be made. as
we'll as being born. It is we'll known
that calves may be brought to milk
| when a few months old by the mere
massage of udder, which stimulates its
growth and premature development.
Then it may be reasonably hoped
that the calf Of a superior mdlker may
! be made to succeed the dam IN this
way by the stimulation Of the natural
function by massage. I have proved
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-06
THE LODGES.
MASONIC NOTICES.


X MASONIC NoTICES.
xIvasitors always welcome.
VIVIAN over 1867 West Main.
MARSHALL 1oDGM los A. i. q ~
NJ. work in third degree Friday even
ing. Aug. 6. q. Hoeck. w. M.
H. s. Lawrence. sec'y.
s1oNET CHAPTER No. ~, R. A. N.
Stated convocation Monday, Aug. 1s.
q. n. Boggie, II. r.
1 s. Nillard. seay.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL r. = ..
M.-Stated assembly Monday, Aug. 1s,
A. b.-u..1.r,. =. I y.
L r. Forbes. Rec.
ST. ALDEMAR CoMMANDNRY NO.
30 4. T.-Stated, conclave Tuesday sv-.
ening, Aug. II. at o'clock.
F. M. Wilbur. e. g.
Fred Wallace. Rec. -.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81. o. j..
s.-Regular meeting Wednesday. Aug.
II. at p. m.
Mrs.. Geo. Downins,-W. n.
Edna G. Eeuiarton. escU.
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NOT so VERY BAD.
nAlbia Republican.1


We had a farmer tell us the other
day thst no matter how much it
rained in old Iowa, there would be a
way: If it rains to beat the band all
season, the forage and hay crops are
up and coming; but on the other hand,
IF it is fair year and old Jupiter
Pluvius don't open his windows and
gush the earth every time the wind
changes, corn Is the main crop. Old
Iowa is about the best stock
raising state under the sun,
and forage crops. as we'll as
the corn crops are equally valuable
in shaping fat on the backs of cat
tie and hogs. The farmer in Iowa
catches 'em goin' and comm. He don't
care whoop whether it pours or the
sun shines. He ds stacking up the coin
just the same. Now we believe the
farmer should be the most satisfied
person of the whole shootin' match He
goes to bed in the evening and while
he sleepeth his farm grows into mon
ey, as we'll as his stock and crops.
He is about the Quickest of the human
family.
And when we hear OF an, Iowa farm
err tearing his shirt to get out OF the
state and hiking for Dakota or some
other jumpin' off place, we set it down
that he is clear wrong. Old Iowa is
| about the limit when it comes 70
farmers laying up the long green, and
do you know that it is the best pre-
ventative against hard times there is ?
Take a rural population that has
money in the bank and what do they
care if Wall street blows the funnel
off its smoke stack? They have the
coin-the land-the energy, and can
show Wall street where to head in, and
that quickly, too.
| Give US the solid farming COMMUNE
| ty and we will stack 1t UP against any
other on the map. So go it: let 'er rain
or any old thing, and the Iowa farmer
and town is about the bestt of the
bunch.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-06
rHE.NEW 1ARIEE.
Prnsident .Taft signed IA

President Taft signed the tariff bill
atIonce. It is law today and its sched-
ules represent the answer of the party
70 popular demand and its understand
ing of the pledge it offered the coun-
try in the last presidential cam
paign; for the congress and the pres
ident are of the party in power. The
bill is party measure pure and sim
pie, passed by the republican majority
and signed by a republican president.
The president signs it because he be-
lieves it TO be the result of sincere eff
fort on the part of the republican part
ty to make downward revision and
comply with the promises of the plat
form as they have been generally I'M
derstood and as interpreted them in
the campaign before election
president Taftysays it is not per-
feet bill and that few increases on
schedules have been made; that MANY
decreases nave come about, sufficient
In his opinion to justify the statement
that this is substantial revision down
ward.
The fight 1s over for the time. The
tariff bill is now law, and, it's Justice
and the question as to dts being SUBJ
neutrality-suspicious. of party pledges is
now UP to the people. There will be
many ms the party who will not agree
with the president that the law as ii
stands represents a. sincere effort to
revise sdownward orEthat it fulillssthe
promises either of the party Or til.
president as he interpreted those
promises in the campaign before elec.
ton. There is no need to dodge plair
and uncontrovertible facts; the Mis-.
sissippp valley is dissatisfied with til,
law and with the maner of its max.
ing. It has watchedethe war nadeupo,
every congressman and senator VIII,
has stood for actual revision down
ward. It will note that the COMMITTEE
appointments OF Cannon were used a.
lash upon the men who have force,
such downsrard revision as the presi
dent WIN be able to pointtout. Tru
threwasnottins-o of presentschange il
the bin to be gained b
4 standing out and much to b
lost individually by STARING q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-06

spend . week IN the country but re-
fused. &
coaxing, pleading, arguing. promising
OF untold wonders alike brought from
him nothing but the stubborn ultima
tum, No country for mel"
But why not?" some one asked nm
ally.
BECAUSE" he responded, "they have
thrashin' machines down there, an it's
bad enough here where it's done by
hand."-Tit-Rits.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-06

When we wish to use descriptive
terms fit to characterize great empires
and the men who made those empires
great invariably one OF the terms used
is to signify that that empire built
good road. When we speak of the
Romans, rWre speak Of them az rulers, as
conquerors, as administrators, as road
builders. There were empiressthat rose
over night and fell over night, empires
whose influence was absolutely evanes-
cent. which have passed away without
leaving trace of their former exist
ence; but wherever the Roman eshb-
lished his rule the traces of that rule
remain deep today, stamped on the Ian
guage and customs of the people, OF
stamped in tangible form on the soil it,
self. And so passing thru Britain f1f-
teen centuries and over after the do
minion of Rome passed away. the
Roman roads, as features, still remain;
going thru Italy, where power after
power has risen and 1ourished and
vanished since the days when the tenn
poral dominion of the Roman emperors
transferred dts seat from Rome ia
Byzantium-going tru italy after the
Lombard. the Goth, the Byzantine, and
all the people of the middle ages tina,
have ruled that country-it Is the inn
perishable Roman roads that appear
Theodore Roosevelt.
But after all that has been done and
Is being done by the improvements
| there still remains a. pressing need fol
better country roads. q need emphas-
lied and made more apparent by th'
| pavement OF city streets. AS long al
mud placed an embargo upon city traf.
fic the farmer could bear his mud-madt
isolation with less complaint, but with
| the improvement Of city streets ant
with the establishment OF parts aiis
boulevards the farmers just demand
for better roads finds increasing ex
preston.
Just to WHEAT extent action should b.
taken by the federal government. tn
state government, the county, and tn
precinct, or in what proportion tn
burden should be borne is a question
for discussion, but that. country road
should be constructed with a view t
permanent and continuous use i
scarcely open to debate.
There must be, recognition of diseas
before there can be en- intelligent dis
cussion of a remedy; but when the dis
4 cage - once located, the people ma
. be depended upon to lind not only
remedy but the right remedy. Th
Deaple-are beginning 10 Esa1txe that b.
reeds are 4ndekensthlai and ere prepare
Ito consider the reznadJs 49, : Asy
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-06
Famous Men on Good Roads

such confidence in the patriotism and
intelligence of the American people
that believe that in the clash of ideas
and conflict of views the best will al
ways be triumphant, the people having
all the people. - William Jennings
Bryan.
It may be asked why, Il the farmer
favors good roads, the work Of road
Improvement has not made greater
progress. The chief reason is to he
found in the lack Of the money re-
CURED for the construction and main
tenance of improved roads. Many farm
ing sections Of the country are still
sparsely populated, and the economic
condition Of the farmers in general is
such that they regard It as Impossible
for them to contribute in taxes the
funds necessary for the construction of
a permanent road system. While it
is true that it would pay even the
poorest communities to increase their
expenditures for road Improvement, 1t
may be said that as a general PROPOSE
ton the means of the farming districts
are wholly inadequate to provide for q
proper road system.
In view Of these conditions the farm
ers have in recent years come to realize
that the road problem Is not merely a
question for the communities thru
which, the roads run, but one that con-
| Germs the people of the states and of the
| nation as q whole. They are convinced
that as the workers of the towns and
cities, the manufacturers, merchants
and indeed all classes and interests. arc
, affected by present road conditions, tho
people of the entire country should ai6
| in establishing a better system.-Ex-
Governor Bachelor.
| Historical investigation also shows
that no state or country in the worlt
ever succeeded in building and main.
tanning a permanent system of high.
ways without the aid Of the genera
government Of that state or country
Extensive observation in our own coun.
try shows that in the Oldest OF oul
states and in the greatest and mos
progressive, such as Maryland, Vir.
ginia, Massachusetts,, and New York
no substantial Improvement was mad.
in the construction OF a permanent sys
tenn of highways during a period o
more than $50 years, and until the oil,
theory and practice was changed To-
the new theory and practice. There
fore, We are driven by necessity to 1ool
for more excellent way than the orig
inal policy which placed the burde,
wholly upon the abutting oNner.-Mar
Lii NO. ge ~. I. ~ g ~ g
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-06
Riddina Trees Of Scale.

Professor Harlan of California has
discovered that the ordinary black ant
will remove the scale from fruit trees
without injuring the trees or leaves in
the least. He says their work is more
complete than that accomplished by
spraying or by any of the imported in
sects.
The ants are captured by placing a
plate of sugar near an ant hill. and
when covered with ants the plate is put
in the forks of the infected tree. The
ants leave the sugar and go to work
on the scale. AS soon as they all leave
the sugar the plate is placed at the foot
of the tree and as the ants come down
after having cleaned the tree they
again assemble on the sugar and are
thus easily removed to another tree.
Several ranchers near Ukiah have
tried the scheme and estimate that 1T
will be worth millions to fruit growers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-06
TOO MUCH GOOD OF A GOOD THING.

When Mr. Thomas Edison managed
to get the photograph to stutter some
thing that sounded like articulate Ian
guage, we of the older generation,
crowded into stuffy town halls and
pushed perspiring into tents on the
county fair grounds in order to see and
hear an operator with a machine and
a piece of tin foil produce a jerky and
It was a wonderful thing when he
sang, Mother may / go out to swim"
at the talking machine and it squeaked
back at him something that sounded
a great deal like what he sang Since
then the talking machine has justified
its name, it has become common, and
|ibest and worst of all one doesn't need
to pay to hear it.
Rich and poor have talking machines
from the kind one gets with a, ten dol
lar suit of clothes up to the real thing
that costs more than a good horse
And they all sing. talk and foot. One
of the best and latest with its clear,
soft reproduction of tones and its rec
ords of the greatest singers and mu-
sicians is an exquisite delight to the
musician himself. The raucous rasp of
the cheap machine in the poor mans
dwelling is an equal delight to him and
his children. In the matter of
lpleasure and delight it is all question
of taste as to selection and rendering
of music. On swell head hill they want
Sembrich. Six blocks away they re-
quire "The Night Before Larry Was
Stretched" and 1.-THE Fatal Wedding II
1t is all one to the photograph. you
pays your money" for the record and
you takes your choice" The phono-
graph doesn't care. It's in the talking
4 business TO supply the demand. 1t an
tnounces the name of the selection, adds
the name of the manufacturer of the
record and gets busy whether on the
sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor OF
"O'Brien's Rattle"
There lies the trouble; the pTono.
graph doesn't care which. The neigh.
Dor next door does. So do you. Con.
I sequently the photograph should bt
regulated and put under police super
vision. When you, with tastes that rul
RI ;,J
and Verdi and tvogner" must lister
perforce to renditions of songs sung t,
great applause in the music beer hall
, Of five years or so ago; when the rec
ords are limited to three or four ant
the craving of the operator for th
, noise is unlimited and he doesn't thin]
of bed and holy rest until midnight
, then music instead OF soothing the saw
age breast incites modest and tint
, souls to thoughts of murder and cruel
, ty. If you have a sick headache an,
, the people across the way have
) photograph and have acquired TIL
photograph ear, what thoughts mus
, fill your breast when the clock strike
II and you hear them changin
: needles? Should you go over with a
: ak handle and argue for silence tn
4 law would sit UP and take notice. ]
D should take notice of the provocatiol
: Otherwise time will develop anoti1e
q unwritten statute in the code Of just
S fed granddaughter and monograph
d 4 and meat axes be added to the auto
: matte pistols and Elaneors as til
. principal provocatives to dustifie
n brainstorm.
y The monograph is a good thin
e There may be 100 mocil Of !. goo
q timing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-06
Whom Orchards Fail.

The ashes from apple, pear and
peach trees contain about 20 per cent
OF lime, and the crops Of fruit borne
every year also contain lime. When
orchards fail it is always profitable ITO
apply lime, and 1t should be done at
least once in five years. Wood ashes
are preferable to lime for orchards, but
the lime is much cheaper. Lime will
also prove Of benefit to grass that may
be growing in an orchard, and 1T is
destructive to certain grubs and 9TH
er orchard enemies. It Is best applied
by blowing the orchard land and
broadcasting the lime over the sur
face.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-06
Theory and Practice.

Theory and Practice.
Our Enancipated Woman's league
Equality OF the Sex Now, be sure and
come, won't you?"
Il certainly shall, andsIll bring Mrs.
Brown with me"
'sNot for worlds! You know she isn't.
in our set.-Boston Transcript.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-06
Personally Conducted.

ION your left, ladies and gentlemen,
rises the majestic front of wes-
minister abbey where we find the in
spring shrine Of Edward the Confessor.
together with memoirs Of artists. writ :
ers and statesmen. You may gaze IN
silent awe for forty-five seconds, at the
expiration of which time we will. take
the bus Tor the Tower."--Puck.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-06

the great value Of this treatment In
the training of calves and at the same
time dn the value of training In the
way of culture of the appetite and abil-
ity to digest ample rations Of rich
food.-Henry Stewart.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-06
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES

The Sioux City Tribune saws Tai,
iallec under test because ne used his
power inadequately. He demonstrated
mat ne possessed the power to have
the party's and his own pledge fully re.
deemed, and he failed to use It. n.
failed to utilize for his party and th.
country great opportunity. N,
demonstrated his incapacity for th,
place he occupies"