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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10

Some local buyers had a list OF the
farmers notes and pressing obligations.
1t was as certain as thimblerig.
1t is different now, largely different.
The farmer is in the saddle and is
pushing things, and he is taking his
turn at the squeezing process with a
vengeance. More than he realizes he
is setting the prices of his own pro-
ducts. because he reads markets, has
immediate communication with the
buyers and with his neighbors and
can hold 1t awhile"
Daily papers and telephones are ac-
comprising unifcation of farmers.
In the United States in 1902, there were
266,966 rural phone stations, and five
years later the census recorded 1,464,-
733, an increase of 449 per cent. The
state of Iowa in 1907, showed 7S.9 per
cent of its farms using the telephone.
Today unofficial figures place the per-
centage at SIS per cent. For the increase
in farm telephones has gone on even
more steadily since the latest census
figures We're published. According to a
statement of the Western Electric
Company which manufactures all the
telephones and apparatus used in this
country by the Bell system, it alone
hos sold over so, 900 rural telephones
within the past six months. These
phones are keeping millions of bushels
of grain off the market because the
hard headed half dozen in a commun-
ity decide to hold it awhile"
The consumer may be excused if he
takes different viewpoint. He may
wonder where it is to end and what the
results may mean to him. But the
farmer. just the same. will go on
holding it awhile" for better prices be-
cause the crop is short on reports, be-
cause corn is rotting in the fields, be-
cause the roads are i'm passable. be-
cause ne is able to-, because he sees
the world every day in the reports
gathered from every spot of civilized
earth and because shrewd. successful
old Jones is holding his" And the
fellow who must eat will finally pay for
the weather, the bad roads and even
OLD Homes ShreVdnacs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
HE FARMER AND HIS WHEAT

A farmer came into the editorial
play grounds the ether day He had
just received telegram offering him
s1.05 a bushel F. o. 3. for car load OF
the wheat he has on hand. No, ne
wasn't ready to accept s1.o5; he be-
lieved it might go 10 s1.25 and anyway
he could afford TO hold it and would
mold it. The farmer is successful, per-
haps above the average but the aver
age farmer today talks and acts very
much Like him. He reads the papers,
follows the markets, reasons on the
prices and probabilities and above all
is able to hold it for a while" until
the price approximates his Judgment.
Things have changed since the time
when wagons loaded with grain newly
threshed or corn just shelled waited In
strings quarter mile long at the
elevators. The interest money was due,
the capitalist in the east was crowd
ing for his money. There was Just one
way to get it. The gain simply had to
go to the elevator at the market price,
Then the grain SPECTATOR with his
multitude of special crop reports knew
just about how much grain would come
on the market on a certain day. The
buyers knew the farmers exIsency
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
Have YOU GOT yoURs7

A report by the national monetary
commission on the banks OF the coun-
try shows that the banks owe to the
people whose money they conserve and
care for just s2S7 per capita of the
whole population Have you got yours
If not why not?
Two hundred thirty-seven dollars for
every person in the United States is a
lot oil money in the aggregate. II rep
-esents part of the economy and thrift
% the time; not that it represents most
of the thrift. II doesn't. 1t is the cash
on hand, the money in pocket II does
not tell the story of the farm bought on
a small payment and paid for by thrift
and hard labor; the house and lot pur-
chased perhaps on the inztallment
plan: the building and loan stock that
is growing into poor mans home, all
the multitude of thrifty ways OF build
ing barriers against the wolf. The
banks do not always owe the thrifty.
ottener the thrifty owe the bank.
Take account of your thrift; have
you your 1897 in the coping box ?
Have you the farm, the home, the
building and loan stock on the way to
maturity? If not you are missing the
chance Of your life. We have had a
decade Of marvellous opportunity. Ger
tainiy ii mas cost a great deal to live
But If living has been nigh you have
lived high and you know it. With las,
weeks wages or profits in hand and
another weeks wage or profit smiling
sweetly a week ahead the tendency has
not been toward self denial or thrift
Where have your last summers wages
gone? Cot your little old s237?
The poorest man alive may swell w
periodically over the per capita OF
s227, but if some other fellow mas
a deposit slip for 1914 and he has an
unpaid bill at the grocery store the
swelling partakes more of fatulence
than of patriotism.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
WAS YOUR GRANDMOTHER A
GnNn NnNKo

Fifty years ago your Grandmother
WAS successful in her baking in spite
of many handicaps. In her day Bak-
ing Powder was novelty. She was
glad to pay so cents a pound for it.
Since her time modern improvements
have reduced the cost Of manufacture
until much better Baking Powder is
produced for only one-third the money.
Still the Baking Powder Trust ask
you to pay the old high prices to-day
for the same old-style Baking Pow
ders. K C BAKING POWDER COM
Dimes the best of everything in mate
rails, quality and scientific skill to
make the most perfect of all Baking
Powders. Remember-K c Baking
Powder-guaranteed under all Pure
Food Laws. And the price-25 cents
for % ounce cant
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
THE FIRST RoAppRAG.
manson Journal

l-f1ohSOll OOQl nail
This certainly is not time for
road building, but it will do no hurt
TO think about what might and
should be done in the future. AS a
matter Of fact, there is but little that
can be done when conditions are as
they have been for the past few weeks.
Neither working, dragging, draining or
all three will save a dirt road when
we have week or two of rain and no
sunshine or wind to dry them up. The
road drag, it is almost universally adj
mitted, is for helping out the average
dirt road, and a Mr.. King, of Missouri,
is given credit for the finding OF this
simple machine. With all due respect
for Mr.. King, we believe that the idea
is older than Mr.. King, altho the man
who probably made the first road drag
ever used in Iowa, had no thought of
the instrument as an exclusive road
machine. Some thirty-five years ago,
Nelson Bacon was road supervisor
down in Twin Lakes township, and
old settlers may call to mind splendid
stretch of road along the east line Of
the old farm. That piece Of road
showed what could be done with road
drag, but the builder of the drag called
it a "skather." Three planks were so
fastened together that the edge Of each
came in contact with the ground.
When this machine was loaded down
and hauled over the ground it pull
verified the Jumps and made splendid
roadway. If there had been more need
of it there is no doubt but what 1t
would have attracted attention, but in
those days people were mostly con-
cerned with building bridges across the
impossible sloughs, and on high
ground could go where they pleased, SO
that when one place became cut up
they had only to turn out and find a
new track.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
ANOTHER GREAT GAME.

The good trader is always bent on
keeping things moving and is never
afraid to let the other fellow, or the
next fellow, make part of the money
The principle thus limited at seems 10
be at work among farmers and land
owners.
A news dispatch from Abilene, Kas
is interesting. Having sold my farm
and being about to leave the country
II will sell at public auction" That
according to the Abilene correspond
dent. is the starting of vast number
of announcements being made by
posted bills in central Kansas. On
former years, the bills read simply
that there would be . sale but now
in a majority of instances the farmer
| is about to move to some other locality
These are men of middle life, who have
made good savings and have received
high prices for their land They will
have when they leave $4,000 TO s150OC
in cash. They are going to every pom,
Of the compass. Canada Florida, Tex
as, California, and the irrigated regions
Of the mountain states are about equa
favorites. A few will move to town
and rest, but not many. They want Il
do over again what they have done
heretofore, make money from the rise
of cheap land
! And to whom do the Kansans sell
Why, to other farmers from Iowa, Mis-
souri, and Illinois, who likewise hav,
sold their holdings at home and seel
10 get in on new lift of the unearnet
increment. The Iowan sees in Kansa.
4 the opportunity the Kansan sees IL
/ Canada or California. and third part,
moves in 10 fill up the gap and i'm
prove the opportunity in Iowa Eacl
i is leaving something for the other fel
low to make ami moving on to VIVA
/ 70 him seems like the cream. It's an.
other great game.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
BLuFFING THE EDITOR.
[pubuoue Telegraph Herald. ]

The gas and the electric companies
of Sioux City are petitioning the city
council for two 25-year franchises, and
John c. Kellys Tribune is opposing
their grant because they contain no
provision for compromising the city,
no limitation whatever upon the
amount of stocks and bonds that the
companies may put out, and no pro-
vision for the sale of the utilities to
the city at the end of the franchise
term. The companies are owned by
the Armour interests which have q
packing plant in Sioux City.
The companies have been carrying
page advertisements in all the Sioux
City newspapers arguing their side OF
the franchise question, but the coun-
sci for the companies recently with
drew the advertising from the Tribune
and notified the editor that he would
see that neither the utilities corpora
tions nor any other corporations in
which he has voice ever again would
advertise in the Tribune.
No doubt when he indited the notice
to the editor he pulled with wrath
that he could not conceal swelled up
nightly at the prospect of the ire
parable damage he was doing the
Tribune, and decided that he had by
the exercise of great acumen recruited
under severe provocation, started Mr..
Kelly and his outfit on the road to the
poorhouse. Strangely enough the Tri-
bune did not suspend when 1t received
the notice. 1t came out the next day
as usual, and contained reply to the
counsel. The Tribune, it said, con-
sidered that it was doing the utilities
companies favor by permitting them
to address the people Of Sioux City
thru its columns. Moreover, the opin-
ion of the Tribune was an honest one
and it was its right as a citizen and its
duty as a newspaper to oppose the gift
of valuable privileges by the city ex-
cept on terms justly compensatory tc
the city. The Tribune was surprised
that the counsePs sane friends had not
prevented his display of tyranny and
lack of business sagacity, apd the
counsel, not having power very long
having been recently retained by the
utilities com panies, ought to have beer
careful not to be abusive of his power
1T goes without saying" the Tribune
concluded, that he should have beer
particularly careful, if he was going
to make an exhibition of his tyranny te
intimidate men, to select victim who
would run when he took aim and die
when he shot,
The Tribune's fight against the fran
chises goes on. And when the figh1
shall be over no doubt the utilities
companies will discover that they
made mistake in retaining a portly
egotist and benighted tyrant as a rep
resentative to put UP against the pub.
lie.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
Farms and Education.
[chicago Record Herald. ]

The secretary of agriculture sings a
song of billions and of dazzling pros
perity. But he has in mind the proper
uses of prosperity. He says: Year
by year the farmer is better and better
prepared to provide the capital and
make the expenditures needed to inn
prove his agriculture and to educate
his children for farm life and work
Let us suppose that the farmer has
the capital and then let us see how
his children are to be educated. The
secretary's report shows that oppor-
tunities are offered them in album
dance. States are now vying with one
another in their support of agricultural
schools and colleges. Several of the
biennial state appropriations for these
institutions have approached or passed
the half-billion mark notably in Mon
tana ($4S7,000), Pennsylvania (s526
0O0), and Kansas ($671 10000. The
growth of the agricultural colleges is
also indicated by the number anc
character of college buildings coul-
pleted during the year. Among the
more important of these were the fol-
lowing college buildings: Georgia
500, 900; Iowa, 100000; Maine, $50, 900;
Michigan, $175,0O0; Missouri, 100000
and Montana, $4,000. Wisconsin ha.
completed $4,000 livestock pavilion
and California has started work on 8
! 100000 agricultural building"
East, west and south these invest
ments are made, and the study of agri.
culture is being introduced into higf
schools and elementary schools. There
are extensive courses, boys and girls
clubs; there are movable schools ant
| farmers institutes for adults, ant
connected with the entire educationa
system are the experiment stations.
If the farmer encourages his chill.
dren to seize their opportunities they
should see that there is much moro t.
excite an intelligent, studious, scien.
tific interest in the work of the farm
than can be found in by far the large
part of the work that is done in cities
And farm life now is by no means {
life of deprivations. It has the moderl
conveniences, joys, as a matter o
course, what were considered city lux
uries few years ago.
| Surely farmers children should re-
main on the soil whether city men re
| turn to 1t or mot.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
Topics of the Times

A want ad is twice blessed 1t blesses
him who buys and him who sells
Those custom frauds are a sweet
mess.
Don't take noted dated the day af-
ter John r. Walsh goes to the pen.
Alfred Austin and Great Britain need
not imagine they have all the bum
poets and serpent tongued women be-
tween them. There are others.
Mrs. BroKaw, wife OF d FTo11iifn1eznn t I
eastern millionaire says the mildest
epithet applied to her by her husband
was liar" See the result of the Roose-
Welt policies? Suppose he called her
predatory prude?"
An Illinois man is developing a
cobless corn. That VIII do away with
the priceless cornpicker.
Short weight on sugar is no new
thing.
King Edward is to arbitrate between
the United States and Chilli Do you
suppose he will suggest a game OF
baccarat?
When he .picked Calhoun for Cranes
place Taft evidently paid no attention
to the old saw change the name and
not the letter, change for worse instead
Of better"
All country roads lead to Jordan
nowadays. At least they are '1nart
roads to travel"
There is now some excuse for The
corn iusker who has his skates on"
Secretary Mcveagh in his annua
report scores the sugar swindIers" Yes
| yes. but when is Secretary Mcveagf
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
A PECULIAR SITUATION.

1t is recognized that the president Is
confronted with most peculiar situa-
ton. If he gets anything done he
probably will have to work with Can
non and Aldrich. AT the same time he
has considerable sympathy for the 9TH
er faction of the party known as the
insurgents. If he proposes what the
insurgents wish the leaders are likely
to sidetrack it, and if he does not the
insurgents are not expected to be over
Jealous for the other factions pet
measures. The question is whether
these two dissimilar parts of the re-
publican majority can be brought to-
gether on plan of action that will
give the president what he wishes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
THE DIFFERENCE IN DOCS"
britt Tribune.


Altho dentist is called doc" there
is all the difference in the world be-
tween dentist and doctor A dentist
gets so cents for pulling a tooth, doc
tor gets $500 for pulling a leg. A den
list accidentally drops piece of gold
filing worth 80 cents in a mans throat
which he Immediately expels by cough
ing, the same day the mans brother
has to cough up $500 to a doctor for
medical attendance to his wife until
she dies. The dentist fills cavities the
size of fax seed for IS, the doctor
fills one six feet by three and six feet
deep In half the time and gets $500
A dentist earns his living with great
pains" doctor pains the living with
great urns. A dentist stops pain when
his patient is in great misery. the doc
tor is in misery when his patient stops
"payin." A dentist makes mistake,
the patient kicks. the doctor makes one
and he don't. The dentists pull is
quick and may slip, the doctors pull
is slower but awful sure When dem
fist works for dollar his patient takes
his rest, when doctor works for dol
lar he gets all the rest himself
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
THE PRECEDENT.


Talk continues relative to opposition
to Governor Carroll, but the Beacon is
still of the opinion that when the
primary tickets are printed they will
contain the name of but one republican
candidate for governor. For men who
do not like Carroll, and there are such
in both political factions, it is easy,
perhaps, TO find reasons for opposition,
but it Is apparent, and will be more so,
that men with any show to make a big
run are fighting shy of anything like
an announcement. The politicians, and
not the people are offended at the gov
ernor The former may be wholly right.
but the latter do the nominating bust
ness under the primary system. 1t oc-
ours to this paper that there are now
so many matters of more Importance
than agitation in the hope of breaking
the unwritten law OF succession in this
state that it might be good thing to
drop for year or so the talk about a
successor to Governor Carroll.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10

lot definitely with Senator Aldrich
and Speaker Cannon and that as
against the combination nothing but
la political earthquake will avail any
thing.
the middle west can learn from the
hints being thrown out, namely, that
If at the coming conventions and
congressional primaries there is MOTH
ing to show unrest among western
republicans the insurgent movement
will come to a brief and inglorious
end. The western insurgents must
have seen this, even without hints
from anywhere, for it is the common
history of politics that uprisings must
always be aggressive, well organized,
and tireless to overcome the organi-
cation.
If any state should be unquestion-
ably behind the new movement it Is
Iowa, for Iowa was at the forefront
in the fight in congress and the Iowa
leadership is united. And yet stranger
things have happened than that the
history of 1904 and 1908 should repeat
itself and the nominations and con-
vention resolutions of next year bring
consolation to the reactionaries. Major
Lacey is not a political prophet, but
his guess is at least worth taking into
consideration.
1t was assumed that the Iowa pro-
gressives might have named the del
egates to both national conventions,
if they had planned to do it. It Is
assumed that they might now control
the state convention of next wear and
also dominate the congressional del
egation. But the mere assumption
did not make good in 1904 nor in 1908.
We shall see whether 1910 will bring
a victory which apparently nobody is
planning for or doing anything to Sc
cure.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10

Woman's Preparation For the Street.
Nearly every man knows that It
takes the average woman two hours to
dress for the street, and they seem
hurried at that, but few men know,
just why such preparations take so
long. For the enlightenment Of the
latter is the explanation In boiled down
form as given by an authoritative per-
son:
Fitting on dress, forty minutes; but
toning same, ten minutes; arranging
hair, twenty-five minutes: touching up
face. fifteen minutes; setting hat, twen-
" minutes: mirror contemplation, ten
ninuteS.-Judge.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
Very AMUSING.

The late DR.. A. &. Il. Boyd Of Scot
land once visited woman who had
lost her hesband. By way Of comfort
ing her he proceeded to set forth with
great earnestness and beauty Of Ian
guage the joys Of the state to which
the departed one had attained. The
bereaved woman, with a vivid recol-
lection Of her husbands defects, found
it hard to share In the minister's hopes.
although she wished to show her sense
Of his kindness. She unburdened her
self thus: "Weel. DR.. Boyd. you're
maybe no vera Instructive, but you're
aye amusing"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
THE LODGES.
x MASONIC NOTICES.
w Visitors always welcome.
over 1O6.7 VNeat Main.

\AoA over xVoe1 west MAIN.
MARSHALL LODGE 1os A. f. & n
M-Stated communication and election
OF officers, Dec. II. Work on third de-
gree tonight, Friday. Dec. 10. 81
II. q. Hoeck. w. NJ.
h. 8. Lawrence, Sec'y.
SIGNET CHAPTER No. 50. r. A. NJ
convocation Of Signet Chapter
Monday evening, Dec. co. 7: 30 sharp.
George H. Boggie, e. H. r.
I. 8. Mfllard, Secy.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL r. q 4
M.-stated assembly Monday, Dec. 20
1880 p. m. Election Of officers.
4. D. Meeker. T. I. II.
!. T. Forbes. REQ.
ST. ALDEMAR coMMANDERY NO.
80 K. T. Stated conclave Tuesday eve
ming, Dec q at 1880 sharp. Visiting
Sir knights always welcome.
F. NJ. Wilbur, q. G.
Fred Wallace. Rec.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. az. q h
Sheets in regular session Wednes-
day evening. Dec. is, at 1880. Election
Of officers.
NrA Geo. Downing. ". Y
Edna G. Fularton. 0sc1.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10

Somebody robbed the little boy
OF what he treasured most of all,
Somebody changed his eager joy
Into a heavy, gloomy pail;
Some one with ruthless. brutal hand
Ripped the film of fancy's gauze-
Some one has bade him understand
There is not any Santa Claus.
But yesterday the boy was glad
And he Went singing down the street
Because of this old dream he had
That made his Christmas fair and
sweet.
But some one. eager 10 destroy
His gladness counseled him TO pause
Somebody told The little boy:
There isn't any Santa Claus"
And he came home. and softly wept
With this great sorrow Of his wears,
And when at last he sighed and slept
His cheeks bore traces of his tears
No gallant dreams of Santa sleigh
Came galIoping to him, because
Somebody talked with him. to say:
There isn't any Santa Claus
The Christmas tree will only be
a common tree whose bark is rough.
The golden strands he used TO see
Will now be only tinseled stuff,
The wonder toys of mystic source
Will now disclose thousand flaws
Since some one said to him: "Of course
There isn't any Santa Claus"
10. selfish man who told him this
How could you blight the dream of
youth
And sacrifice his childish bliss
Upon the stone of mlscalled truth!
The spirit of the Christmastide
The gentler heart 10 kindness draws,
But with that olden faith denied,
Truly, there is no Santa Claus.
Chicago Evening Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-10
Iona Newspapers
TIE OLD INHAB1TA ANT.

IDdVenport DemOCfat.1
This cold snap is just a little sug-
gestion of weather we used to have
at this time" remarked the man who
had lived here since the sos. II re-
member one winter in the 70s when I
went down below Fairport to cut tim
Der. We drove there on the ice, the
river being frozen solidly across, so
that it held up our team and sled
without suggestion of danger. That
was before Christmas, too. 1t was the
usual kind of winter in those days, and
the seasons are certainly deteriorat-
ing"