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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-26

Ed. wansbrough has been visiting
friends in South Bend and points in
Michigan for two or three days.
Attorney H W. worden is in the city
today from Laporte on legal business.
W. H. Rossington of Fort Wayne is
here today.
]. D. Price and Colonel Q. P. Hord.
president and promoter of the air line.
are in the Vale today on business.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-26

We challenge Vnyone 70 produce =
case OF EeSens or other skin dig
Gaze that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01
THE THING TO DO.

The Des Moines Register and Leader
is justified in the veXation 1T eXpresSes
over men who are earnest advocates OIL
reform and right living. but who ID
not seem to realize that the enforce
ment of laws that we now have is the
important legislative possibility of the
present Legislature.
The Des Moines paper is taking
ground long ago taken by the Times
Republican. The T.-R. can see no great
good to be accomplished by forcing on
a fight for absolute prohibition becaus
it can not see probabilities of enforce
ment of the state prohibitory laws. l.
it .could see any justified hope thai
statewide prohibition could be made
effective it might take different ground.
Present Jaws can be enforced. we
have had an object lesson in law en-.
forcement ever since Governor Cum.
minis and Attorney General 'Byers SET
out to make the law supreme. We can
as a state force observance of legal
hours and conformity to legal restric'
tions as they now exist, even in the
state of Dubuque and brewers mon
archy at Davenport.
With the removal power in the gov
ernor or the courts every county tina:
so wishes may absolutely prohibit the
retailing of liquor as = a beverage
Theoretically it can do so now. With
the removal law it can do so practical
ly and thoroughly, satisfactorily.
If the legislature desires to see the
vast majority of Iowa citizens and vot-
err throw up their hats and shout APP
prevail let it pass the law enforcement
acts and rest there.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01
The First Washington Memorial
lExtracts from Paper 1909 years oil

republic and few statesmen of the
splendid oratory, or more impressive
eloquence.
Every page and column and article
Of the queer old paper before us is
peculiarly interesting. as illustrating
the character and style of the neWspa-
per Of more than a century ago. and
in contrasting 1t with that Of today. 1t
is a family heirloom we'll worth pre-
serving.
In another part of the paper be-
fore us appears a dispatch from
London. under date of Oct IA. nearly
three months prior to the current is
sue. telling of the evacuation of Hol-
land, and another dispatch from Lieu
tenant Ramsey 10 Lord Granville.
dated the 30th OF the previous Sep
tember of the repulse of the English
army.
The antiquated sheet from which we
have quoted so copiously contains no
humorous" department, so designated.
but it's advertising columns amply
make up for any omission in that line.
Here is an example:
For Sale,
The One-half of
SAW MILL.
With a convenient place for BUILD
ING. lying in the town of Rochester.
BY the mill is an inexhaustible guam
tity of PINEWOOD-And also A
STOUT, HEALTHY. ACTIVE.
NEGRO WENCH.
Altho the meaning regarding the
wench Is little obscure, 1t is i'm
piled. The inference is, not that she
was necessarily "by the MILL" but that
she was also for sale, along with the
other property. but whether separately
or to be punched with 1t, and whether
the purchaser would acquire all of her
or only "a half interest," same as the
mill. is left to conjecture, and lost in
the labyrinths of unwritten history.
She found out, however.
Another man advertises "a farm ly-
ing at Little Shandakin, in the town
of Woodstock, holden to lease forever,
at e5 a year, containing according to
the lease, $50 acres" Unless that for
ever" lease has been forfeited or an
nulled the same farm is doubtless
bringing in a larger rental now than
$25 per year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01
THE LESSON FROM or1umwA.


With the confession of the negro
Junken, that he murdered Clara Rosen
at Ottumwa, the vigilance of the peace
officers of Ottumwa and Wapelo coun-
ty should double and the self restraint
of all citizens be exercised to avoid a.
repetition of the race riots that have
cities and northern states. For it
seems true that we are growing into
a disposition toward mob vengeance
and that crime against womanhood by
black men arouses the north much as
it has and does the south.
Then. too, every riot suggests
another, every mob murder Of
fers excuse for more. Without
doubt the city of Ottumwa is in a
state of nervous anger that might
easily turn to the hysteria Of race
riot.
The state is looking to Ottumwa to
prevent anything of the kind. 1t does
not belong to the character and tenden-
cies of Iowa.
Here is an illustration of law unen
forced. The Ottumwa situation and the
which finds itself. with a dangerous
population attracted by the wide-open
policy and the neglect of sheriffs,
county attorneys, mayors and
those whose duty 1t is to
enforce law, shouts an argu-
ment in favor of the removal plan for
such officers. 1t is often the case that
decency is outvoted as to men and poll
icies. 1t ought never to be unable to
call for law enforcement, and when it
does make the demand ought never to
be met with derision.
In Iowa we need the Cosson laws
Will the legislature answer the demand
of ht-tenths of the citizenship OF
Iowa and enact them? Why should
girls die as Clara Rosen died that
sworn officers may favor and protect
the lawless for consideration?
The mob murders in Iowa have all
come because the communities that
rose and vented savage rage foreign
to themselves and the state have been
convinced that the law would fail Of
enforcement. 1t was the case in that
exceptional community at Charles City,
in that lawabiding and splendid citi-
zenship of Jefferson. Will the legisla-
ture give us the connection that stirs
to activity between the officer and his
duty?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01
SENATOR QuleLErs "REMINISCENCES.

Senator Quigley has it In for the
Cosson bill relating to the removal OF
derelict officers. According to the an
nouncement of this senator there will
be much doing when he throws Off re-
straint and goes at the bill to demolish
it. From the senator's published con-
versaton he Is rather badly Disguised
with all liquor legislation and would
repeal it all, throw the restrictions tc.
the wind and return to the good old
days before the war when everyone
might make any brew or mash undis-
turbed by the law and when there were
according to the senator no drunkards.
knew but two drunken individuals in
all his time before a tyrannical gov
ernment took to taxing whisky.
He tells us that everybody had
whisky and that it was in almost every
home in those halcyon days-but no
body seems to have overstepped the
limits of strict sobriety except those
two old drunkards who stand out clear
in his memory.
His "reminiscences are particularly
valuable If they are true. They shed
new light on the past and shoot all to
pieces volumes of statistical informa-
ton hitherto considered as authentic.
Those who were unfortunate enough
to be born Immediately after the war
instead of in that delightful period just
preceding to which the senator refers
will wonder how rapidly the taxation
of whisky made drunlards. The man
who remembers the old fashioned har-
from one bundle to another as they
bound their stations" and where the
jug sat snug in a shock free to all will
no doubt understand that taxation was
at the bottom of the demand that
forced a renewed supply daily If the
hired harvest was to continue. Boys
that saw pretty good men get drunk as
a common occurrence in those old days
Immediately succeeding the war will
wonder at the rapidity of the degener-
alton that followed on the heels of
higher prices for booze. But a very
large number of very sensible and
kindly people will say that the sena-
tors memory is failing and few in
clined to be coarsely critical will sug-
gest that he Is prevaricating. Because
everyone knows that the past half CEN
fury has seen more advancement of
temperance sentiment and self-re-
straint from the use of liquor than any
one of the centuries in which the sena-
tor lived before the war; There isn't
a lick of sense in saving different. We
all know 1T and the senator knows 1t
as we'll as the rest.
This senator is talking to hear him
self and with the hope that a constit-
uency much inclined to personal lib
erty" may be listening. It is the same
talk that we hear when any evil IS
,pinched until It squeals. He is right in
one thing, however, and that Is that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01


clover the stamens are at the bottom
of slender tube, from which they
cannot escape unaided. Plants of this
nature are dependent on insects to
transfer pollen from one flower to an
other. In order to attract these insects
the flowers secretc sweet nectar,
which collects in the bottom of the
tubes of which the flowers are COM
posed.
Ants, flies, butterflies and bees are
very fond of this nectar and in collect
ing it carry the pollen Of one flower to
the stigma of another. Bees are most
important in doing this work because
they gather so much more of the nee
tar than do the other insects. They
often carry home some Of the pollen,
too, which can be seen sticking in gel
low balls to their hind legs, but enough
is always brushed off to fertilize the
flowers which they visit. The BIOS
SONS Of red clover are SO large that the
short tongues Of ordinary honeybees
cannot reach to the bottom. 1t is upon
the larger bumblebees that this crop
depends for its ability to produce seed.
Indeed, 1T is so entirely dependent
upon them that the crop Of clover seed
Is in direct proportion to the number
Of bumblebees in the neighborhood. 1t
is anything but pleasant to run into
big nest Of bamblebees with mower
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01

method of selecting small grain is b.
means Of the tanning mill. BY ruiz
ming through three or four times a
much seed as is needed all the small
grains may be sieved out and the ligh
ones blown over leaving only the heav
lest, strongest ones for planting.
Grain that is intended for seed shouls
be stored carefully in order that it ma.
20 through the winter uninj The
chief enemies of stored seed are mois.
ture, insects and rats and mice. The
seed should be dry when stored and
kept where moisture cannot gain ac-
cess to 1t. Dry seed will stand almost
any amount Of freezing without injury.
There are number Of insects that
damage seed grain by burrowing into
the germ. If the seed room is tight.
they may be killed by fumigating with
carbon disulphide used at the rate OF a
pound to each thousand cubic feet OF
space. Place this in an open dish on
top Of the seed, close the room as
tightly as possible, and in few hours
the insects will be exterminated. Care
should be taken not to go near the
room with light, as the gas Is ex-
plosive. This same treatment is also
fatal to rats and mice, unless they
have some way Of escaping from the
room. If possible the seed room should
be SO well built that these pests can
not get into 1t.
The second method Of plant propa-
cation is by division-that is, by plant
ing parts of the plant itself. Potatoes
are propagated in this way almost en-
tirely. If small willow and poplar
branches are stuck into the ground,
they will grow into trees. Apple and
other fruit trees are propagated either
by grating or budding. Apple trees
may be raised from seed, but the
fruit of Seeding trees is usually worth
less. BY taking part Of the tree and
growing another from it. it will, OF
course, bear the same kind Of fruit.
Grating consists of Joining pieces
Of small branches or scions OF the tree
which is to be propagated to pieces OF
roots or stocks The roots of yearling
seedlings are used for stocks. The
scions. which should be about the size
Of lead pencil, should be cut in the
fall and packed in sand. The grating
can be done at any time during the
winter. All that is necessary is to cut
the lower end Of the scion and the up
per end of the stock at an angle, as
shown in Fig. 10. These are then
carefully fitted together and tied with
q little common string. The essential
point is to be sure to have the cam
blum layer of the scion join that of
the stock. This cambium layer Is the
thin, light brown portion between the
bark and the wood. 1t is the point
where growth takes place.
The completed graft, which should
be eight to ten inches long, is again
packed in sand. In the spring the
gratis are planted in, row in the
garden and left until they are two
or three years old. when they may be
trsnsplanted to their permanent place
in The orchard.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01

we notice with deeper disgust the
drunkard on the street than we used
and that the saloon which makes
drunkenness public is built upon the
price of liquor and the custom of treat
ing. If it were out of existence and the
whisky drug store sent to accompany
Senator Quigley's colored conception of
those grand old ante bellum days when
whisky was % cents gallon and no.
body drank over an ounce at time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01
ALLISON DAv TOMORROW.
Governors Proclamation Calls Upon
School Children to Contribute Funds

School Children to Contribute Funds.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, has been de-
clared an Allison memorial day by the
governor OF Iowa. He proclaims as
Efollows:
The general assembly by unanimous
vote of both houses has passed bill,
which has today received my signature,
carrying an appropriation of ten thou
sand dollars for the erection of a
pedestal for a monument to be erected
in memory of the late Senator William
B. Allison. The bill provides that the
amount expended for the pedestal
shall not exceed 30 per cent of the
amount raised by popular subscription
or donation for the erection OF the
monument.
A commission has been created for
the purpose Of selecting a site upon,
or adjacent to, the capitol grounds in
the city of Des Moines, and to super
wise and direct the erection of the
monument. General Grenville NJ. Dodge
the monument commission, and the
Hon. w. w. Morrow, treasurer Of
state, has been selected as treasurer.
The congress Of the United States has
now before it bill carrying an appr:,-
priation Of $4,000 for the erection Of a
pedestal for an Allison monument at
Washington, and the United States
senate has done him the unusual hon
or of hanging his portrait in the SEN
ate lobby.
March 2, being the S0th anniversary
Of the birth of Senator Allison, has
been selected as day upon which it
is desired that special attention be Civ
en- to the raising of funds for the cree
ton of this monument. General Dodge's
plan of raising funds is that the
schools and school children of the
state, of which Senator Allison was al
ways an especial friend and advocate.
be asked or given an opportunity to
make donations upon the date above
referred to, that is. upon Tuesday of
next week, the I'd day of March; that
all donations thus raised be forwarded
promptly to Treasurer Morrow. 1t is
also desirious that our people generally
contribute as their inclinations may
direct them toward the raising of thu
monument fund, and in order to give
ample opportunity to all persons, COM
mittees have been appointed in the
various counties Of the state to look
after the soliciting and receiving CT
such donations.
Our state has erected monuments to
our soldiers both within the state and
upon various battlefields where our
soldiers did honor both to themselves
and our commonwealth, but up to the
present time, SO far as I am aware, no
monument has been erected in mem
DRY Of any civilian.
want to give my hearty approval
and endorsement to the plan which has
been adopted both by the legislature
and the Allison monument commission
for the raising Of funds and the erec-
ton of the monument, and trust that
all of our people will respond literally
and promptly to this most worthy I'M
dertaking at the head Of which Gen
eral Dodge, one of our most noted and
gallant civil war generals, has been
willing to place himself.
B. +. CARROLL,
Feb. 43, 1909. Governor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01
HOME COURSE IN
MODERN AGRICULTURE
or rake, but before you build fire
over them stop to think whether you
VI.--Ho,u Plants are Propagated
BY c. v. GREGORY,
Agricultural Division, Iowa State College

or rake but before you build a fire
over them stop to think whether you
want crop Of clover seed or not.
Some beekeepers are developing
strains Of honeybees with exceptional
ly long tongues. Some of these are
able to obtain honey from second croL
red clover, which has smaller blossoms
than the first crop. When these strains
of bees become n little better developed
and more widely distributed the use
fulness of the bumblebee will be over.
In the case of small grain Cross
fertilization is impossible, since the
flower Is inside of closed hull. Two
varieties Of wheat may be planted In
adjoining fields or even in the same
field without the slightest danger OF
mixing. Varieties of corn, on the 9th
err hand, often mix when as much a.
forty rods apart.
The selection Of seed corn will be
taken up in the next article. The bes
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01

ton at Ottumwa. 1t looks as tho even
In Iowa we would incline to hanging
n negro for rape more than toward
strnging up a white man. The plain
fact is that prejudice exists as 1t has
and always will exist whether in an
African tribe in the dark continent
when a white man is in question, or in
Iowa when the black man has COM
mitted a heinous transgresson.
Did you ever notice, as in the
Oskaloosa case. reported in the news
columns, that when drunken man is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01
yI,tes- Rephllea.1 Observation-Disclosures yn 3uarrh I9> .

frlzen to death he leaves wife and
five small children?' They always do.
And we never begin to sympathize
with the wife and children until the
drunkard who has made their lives a
burden is frozen stiff and out of the
way. Why not figure that the welfare
of the five needs some radical atten-
lease. The good of the greatest NUM-
Der is more to be considered than the
personal liberty of one out of seven
to get drunk and freeze to death on the
highway
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01
Topics of the Times.

According to the county superintend-
ent of Polk county, teachers are in the
grasp of slave drivers. The agencies.
so it is claimed, rule with an iron dis
cipline unknown in the teachers own
work. She wants a public bureau
what the working woman would call
an employment office. to enable teach
ers and school boards to get together
without paying for the Introduction.
1t sounds well, too.
Senator Dolliver is considering an
invitation to address the Davenport
Bra Association and to bring along
Justice Moody of the United States SUI
preme court However will it affect the
senator's aspirations for another term
to stand up before any Davenport bar?
He will be President Taft after
Thursday. And Theodore Roosevelt
will be the ex-president that we don't
know what to do with as he has been
the president that whole lot Of ex-
UTeIll0ly prominent ttIlo llOloIlO pCOe
pie have not known how to do with.
The prices reached at farm sales do
not seem to indicate hard times And
the fact that most of the purchasers
pay cash indicates that some one has
a little ready money left.
1t Is a natural question: "What did
ex-Warden Jones do for the men who
are turning every trick to depose San
ders ?"
Next TO Council Bluffs and Little
Rock, Davenport appears to be the
safest place to plant 100000 of grated
money.
All the Iowa delegation is reported as
opposed to the ship Subsidy except Hep
burn and Cousins. Iowa is opposed to
the bill by vast majority, but ma
jorities are not worrying the two con-
gressmen as they used.
The dictation of labor unions is dis
cussed in the March Atlantic by ]. O.
Pagan. himself union man. He says
that some time ago the adjustment
committee Of one of the largest I'M
ions Of railroad employees paid an Of
fetal visit to railroad manager and
said to him In substances: For the
future we desire to establish the rule
that no employe in our department
shall be permitted to consult or con-
fer with superintendent on mat
tiers relating to his work except thru
the medium Of the adjustment COM
mittee."
1t is not certain proof that IOWA
has its own race problem when two
blacks are sent to the penitentiary for
safekeeping from the mob as has been
thought necessary at Ottumwa. Two
white men would have been in danger
of summary vengeance under similar
circumstances. But there Is a strong
hint of race prejudice, natural and tr-
radicable race prejudice in the situa-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01
THE LODGES.
MASONIC NOTICES.
~ Visitors always welcome.
.HalI over 1867 West Main.

4 MASONIC NOTICES.
~WVisitors always welcome.
"\Hall over 1857 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE 1OS A. r. & A.
M.-Work on third degree Friday
evening, March s. III. G. Hoeck, w. M.
II. S. Lawrence, Secy.
SIGNET CHAPTER No. 38, r. A. M.
Special convocation, Tuesday. March
g. Work in Royal Arch degree at 1880.
G. H. Boggie. III. p.
/. s. Willard, secy.
KING SOLOMON COUNC1L-Stated
assembly of King Colomon Council No.
20 r. S. NJ, Monday. March %. for
work.
A. D. Meeker. 7. I. M,
I. 7. Forbes, REQ.
ST. ALDEMAR coMMANDRY No.
80, K. T.-Stated conclave Tuesday
March 49, 1880.
F. M. Wilbur. p. c.
F. Wallace, Rec.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81, Q. p.
S.-Regular meeting Wednesday. March
IL, 7:30.
Mrs. Geo. Downing, w. n.
Edna c. Fularton, Secy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01
A Note of Warning.

Funds for the succor of the Italian
sufferers continue to be collected, as
they should be, but it seems to be high
time that an American committee
should have charge of the disburse-
ment in Sicily or elsewhere, of Amer
lean money. The authentic stories of
inefficiency in administration and
worse, which have come from our own
correspondent. and which have bean
corroberated by writers for the Eng
lish press. make the duty clear.-New
York Post
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01
Fish Scales.

When Grover Cleveland's son Rich
ard was born. his good friend Joseph
Jefferson. drove over to Gray Gables
to congratulate the father.
How many pounds does the child
weigh?" asked the noted actor.
Fifteen" was the reply.
mine said the attending physi-
clan. who had just come in.
Mr. Cleveland assured the doctor
that he must be mistaken.
The child weighs fifteen pounds, '
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01
wher. In, BraIns Are.

Applicant Tin newspaper omce)-
Yes. sir; am ready to accept any 20
sition-from once boy TO chief editort
al writer.
Proprietor-The editorial Jobs are
all full at present. Sorry.
Applicant-How about that Of once
boy?
Proprietor-You dant kaov enough
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01
Hi, strenuous Job.

II lately passed through Nutwood.
N. j. Say, but that station agent has
a lot to do! When the train comes In
he's got to sell tickets. attend to the
mail, shift the express, check the bag
gage. fix the signal lights, put the
danger lantern at the street crossing.
post the trains on the bulletin board,
operate the telegraph instruments. and
carry the messages"
Heavens! was he doing all that1e
mo; he was asleep" Judge.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01
Some Sinister secret,

Some Sinister Secrets. xNa!
Look before you sleep. III ~
TITS never too late to end.
The proof of the stove Is in the heat
ing.
Songs without words are good, but
dinners without speeches are better.
When poverty comes in at the win
dow friends pass by the door.
No man is as clever as his dancoo
thinks he 10.