Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-10
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President Roosevelt took pretty good
care of Billy" Loeb before he started
for the dark continent. He should be
able to struggle along pretty we'll on
that New York collectorship. Incident
ally he should be able to keep the
strings together so that Theodore will
have at least hand hold when he
gets back. For SLY as you keep it The
odore is to be senator from New York
when the job is open again.
Governor Hughes commission is SER
iously suggesting a law to make stock
gambling a penal offence. Perhaps such
a law would not fail Of enforcement.
The racetrack gamblers had to hunt
their holes when Hughes got busy.
Venezuela has forbidden Castro to
re-enter the country. On the principle
perhaps that detectives warn the
lighthngered gentry away from fair
grounds and other places where tempt
ing opportunities are presented.
A college professor is predicting
Roosevelts death by African fever 1t
must be different kind from the AZ
rican fever which has been burning
him ever since he found he could get
away from public life. He has kept
up pretty well for the last year under
several sorts Of fever and always kept
things about him feverish. Go on. pro-
lessor! Fever is Roosevelt's natural
temperature.
Roosevelt is taking along folding
bathtub. One would naturally have ex-
pected Theodore to 90 swimming In
the creeks.
Money it Is said is enfeebling the
eastern man However that Is not the
effect in western cities Of the second
SldoS at ally 4atG. WuSI SO1lI0 ohs Jul
residents get few dollars in their
pockets they get too strong to work. y
The newspapers which are hanging
Junkn ought to get together. on pro
position to cut out the Joints where
the Junkins are developed.
Iar calls az To he
well known facts that the laws against
gambling are violated, that the weed
laws are practically dead letters and
that great many men conceal property
and dodge taxes. But admitting oil this
is that any reason why they and the
liquor laws also should not be en-
forced?
It's a great state that can furnish
robins and good sleighins all on the
same day Of the year.
The legislature should have empow-
cred every conductor to keep order on
his train and an appropriation should
have been set aside to furnish night
clubs to all trainrnen on passenger
trains.
Now that to the peek-a-boo waist
has been added pocket in ladies OK
fords' Uncle George Perkins should be
able to keep pretty we'll occupied this
summer.
A good stiff national inheritance tax
would not be open to the criticism that
it will drive big fortunes out to the
state.
The proposed law to prevent the es-
adjustment Of saloons within two miles
of an army post has promise of
walking exercise in it.
The new estate duties of 1907 in
England will yield about $100.oOO,00O 6
year. The maximum on fortunes above
s15,o0O,o0o0 is Is per cent, to which in
some cases 10 per cent legacy duty is
added. Where two heirs die in rapid
succession, leaving large landed estates
which can not be sold on account Of
entail, they are badly encountered
Most Of the British colonies have in
heritance tax, the maximum rates in
Canada being generally or 10 Der
cent In France the maximum is 201s
per cent on the excess over $10,000,000
In Italy an inheritor not Of kin pays %
per cent on sums over 100000. Spain
carries the maximum to 1850 per cent.
Germany to rs per cent in some cases
of rare occurrence.
The Marshalltown Times-Republic-
an has recently installed a new Goss
sixteen page press that will print and
fold all together $50 16-page papers in
a minute The new press was made
necessary by the constantly growing
circulation. In all the United States
there is not another city of $4,000 in
habitants publishing daily newspa-
per with a circulation equal to the
Times Republican and it is only in the
most thickly populated interurban dis
tricts Of the east that any city of less
than $4,000 people can be found with
a daily circulation equal to the T.-R.
Grand junction Globe.
AS the Fourth Of July will fall on
Sunday this year those who celebrate
at all will probably do so the day be-
for.,. This may account for the fact
that the citizens of Fredericksburg,
Iowa. held a. meeting the third day of