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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25

Sherman law, strictly interpreted,
could be made to apply to every con-
solidation implying possible restraint Of
has been dissolved into its constituent
parts. 1t is possible to apply the same
principle against each constituent
company II 1t happens to represent a
consolidation affecting interstate trade.
To keep on applying the principle to
its logical limit would be absolutely
Impossible. If it were possible it would
result in the decentralizing of big BUSH
ness concerns until every oil refinery,
mine and factory which has figured in
consolidation during the last twenty
Years was restored to its original indie
pendent entity.
The clockhands of business develop
ment. moving in response TO economic
law, Will never be turned back in that
way II there Is evil in connection
with the Capitalization of industry the
rational remedy is TO regulate it out
without destroying at the same time
ell the possibilities of good that have
come with it. There can be consoli-
dations that will work only for good
Il is TO the public interest that such
consultations shall be permitted. It is
we'll enough 10 punish trusts that have
done evil and to arrange our laws to
prevent others from following their ex-
ample. But law preventing all con-
solicitations is an absurdity The Sher-
man law as ii stands is just such a law
Il will net he generally enforced 1t
can not be- II ought TO he modified to
apply only 10 what is intrinsically bad
ard undesirable in our commercial
ia brio.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25
OLD IOWA CITY
lSiouX City Journal.l

The owners of most Of the business
blocks in Iowa City are too stingy to
give their tenants office rooms fit TO do
business in. and they viii never i'm
prove them till modern buildings force
the mprovements-Iowa City Republic
can.
There Is no newspaper man in Iowa
who says with greater freedom what
ne thinks than Dave Brant He's a
cuss. and may be a renter He would
like 10 see a better class of business
property in the old town, and therein,
whatever else may be said about him.
he is progressive. The state of Iowa
has invested good deal of. money in
Iowa City in properly housing the
state university. and this serves TO
bring into contrast the business homes
of private citizens, Mr. Brant thinks
a six-story office building in Iowa City
would reap harvest. He remembers
how il was in Cedar Rapids when a
siN-siory building was proposed "Old
time business block owners predicted
il could not be rented, but they soon
found out the people liked high build
ings. People like comfortable office
4ioti4cs' di!u tiieN like 10 nave tnem
clean. if they do not have to do the
cleaning themselves. But these mod
ern buildings are a bit hard on the
old fashioned ones, two and three
stories high, with unpleasant stair
ways, inadequate light and a surplus
of dirt. Iowa City is like Topsy. 1t
was the capital of the state from 1889
20 1857. 1t has more or less pride in.
Its relics. 1t has never had a Chicago
fire. One property holder does as an
other property holder does They are
not stingy: they are conservative, and
many of them are too old to go in debt
that they may be put down in the local
record as contributors to civic pride
They are creatures of habit and they
don't want any upheavals. Mr.. Brant
doesn't say they are all stingy; only
that most of them are. This leaves
everyone free TO count himself among
the liberals. and it leaves an open door
for Dave. But never mind; Iowa City
is dear old town
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25

coming on the. dead run, and Hi" with
his usual accommodation, held the
train q minute or two. After the two
women in the buggy were safe in the
passenger coach, they confidentially
said: They never knew it TO he on
time before" and at the junction that
old chap that goes out fishing eight
days in a week had his usual luck and
having no fish to carry, came rushing
up at a ten mile an hour gait, never
so astonished in his life. When the
train arrived at the Marshalltown depot
three minutes ahead of time. Depot
Caller DUEL was faint and patches of
gray hair showed under his cap the
next morning.
After the FIRE at ST. Anthony there
we're many expressions that the bus
mess houses would no, be rebuilt. Blu,
If we have an open winter. at least
three new brick stores will be finished
and occupied by former occupants on
the same site. Meanwhile Postmaster
HiXSon has bought a. new outfit and is
nicely fixed in the depot. while Burge
Bros. occupy the town hall. ST. An
thony is 100 good a trading point. and
too good grain and live stock market
10 die out just because one-half the
business part of the town was burned.
Only one Of the burned out firms will
not rebuild.
frareling men have troubles of their
own. AT Goodell last Wednesday those
wishing ca so north at g. 70 a. m. on the
Way freight. got out al / 10 p m, To
make matters worse The passenge r
train due 10 leave ali LBS p. m was
nearly three hours late. The next day
passengers at Dows wishing 10 go
north on the way freight at S d. II.
boarded il at 4:30 p. m. The passenger
rain due 20 60 north al p. m. was
two hours late in arriving and d broken
down engine hela the train another
hour al bows. Some Of the boys thus
made only one town a day and some
nos even one. The fact i The freight
traffic is so heavy the present tMins
and crews can not handle it. and the
<. r l. e P has not motive power
enough on this line 10 set up new
crews Ii was said last Week there
were 100 loaded cars north of Iowa
Falls the freight men rad 10 leave
in the yards for a future trip.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25
Profits in pairYinn.

The man who is carrying on diversi-
fed farming can not keep one COW for
each acre of land he tills, but a dairy
man can do so, and many of them do.
They do not raise all the grain used,
but let their neighbors do it for them.
They know that they can purchase
grain for 100 cents on the dollar and
that their good dairy cows will return
81 in product for every dollars worth
of feed. They can better afford TO spend
their time in caring for the COWS than
in raising the grain. In alfalfa sec
tons the man with forty good dairy
cows on forty acres OF land can furnish
all the roughage required the year
around. He can not afford to give his
cows pasturage, but this is the most
expensive feed anyway unless a fell
low has open range close by. and such
things have become mighty scarce
around where civilization prevails. We
will assume that five acres of a good
forty are used for the buildings, yards,
roads. line fences. etc. This leaves
thirty-five acres of land for actual ill
lage. and by having silo and soiling
in the summer time the question solves
itself.-Agricultural Bpitomist
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25

catch distinctly the rattle of Congress
man Jamieson's battery of typewriters
at Shenandoah, carrying on the good
work without lost moment.
Senator Bourne of Oregon has a plan
to save the government 100000. 900 a
year on its running expenses. The
senator will get himself thoroughly
disliked If he isn't careful
The nearest Wellman came TO the
pole was at Washington few nights
ago when he shook hands with Peary.
A good day in the cornfeld ran a
swife race with turkey in the satisfac-
ton of q lot of Iowans.
Had You noticed that every time
they make new report on the canal
work they boss a little the estimate
of total cost? Maybe it would be bet
ter if they didn't report so often.
\ champion of butter declares that
the only reason for coloring oleomar-
sarine yellow i 10 enable ii 10 be
paimed off as genuine butter. He then
leaves large, aching void where You
look for ar explanation Of why butter
Is colored yelloN
The Judge who wrote he Standard
Oil decree probably had no idea of the
res.-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25
WHAT A DYING MAN DID.
TTama Herald

Two years ago Fred P. Jones left
Tama, wnere he had been in the en-
ploy of the telephone company. He was
run down in health and physicians ex-
pressed the opinion that he was dying
with Bright's disease and that there
was no hope for him Notwithstanding
his physical condition Fred's nerve was
robust 50 he contracted to buy at S75
an acre a 160-acre farm thirteen miles
southeast of Tana. in Madison town
ship. PoWeshiek county He didn't have
a cent to buy it with and borrowed IS
TO pay on the contract. Fred and his
family moved on TO the farm year ago
last March and It has since been their
home. A few weeks ago Fred sold the
farm to Joe Fetter, from north of
Chelsea, for 500 an acre. He had
made some improvements on the place.
but he figures that in addition TO the
TWO good crops he took from the farm
ne has a profit of $4,000 on the two
transactions. And how about his
health? Well. he was in town Monday
on the way 10 Mobridge, s. D., where
NE may buy another farm, and was
the very picture of health. He stepped
on some hay scales and brought the
beam down at eos pounds Iowa farms
not only swell mems purses; they fill
out their frames as web. A whole lot
of us ethereal creatures envy Fred his
meat more than his money.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25

start to finish. If any men in the state
represented the progressive element in
the great struggle that engaged Iowa
for six years, Frank Proutv and Tom
with any of them. If this is to be
progressive fight Frank Prouty is a
man who will be greatly considered
over the state and whose elimination in
favor of smaller man will bring deep
disappointment.
If We are TO make progressive fights
lei US make them with our greatest and
most trusted leaders.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25
IN THE SEVENTH.

The c-osseyed condition continues in
the Seventh district where Captain
Hui is balancing the progressive
strength against itself Things are on
a dead center. With Prouty and Dovell
both in the field the present Incumbent
of the congressional Office is going
free" in a commanding lead with
the two other contestants "pocketed."
Comment by state newspaper editors
end other close observers comedies
that Hull viii win hands down il pres
ent conditions are continued. Standpat
and progressive agree on this point II
on no others. Those ultra standpat
persons are delighted. They offer Mr..
Doweli much encouragement ana are
even extreme in their approval Of his
candidacy They are equally free in
disapprobation OF Judge Proutv. They
do not dare charge him with fraud in
tissue ballots as they used TO do before
Prouty announced his ulti1natu7n that
the next responsible paper TO do il
would be forced 20 climb tree and
jump, for they know the charge is Ut
Ierly false and that Frank Proutv
wasn't 'ofuffing. But they come as close
10 it as they dare-which is only as
close as innuendo and not stateynen.
VIII bring them.
The Seventh districts fight IS the
Seventh districts own fight in a wav
and only in q way. Every congress
sional contest is of vital interest to
the state and the nation. congressman
are elected by their districts-some-
times it has been asserted as per Ex-
Secretary Dobson-wtth material as
sistance from certain New YORK. Of
fees, notably the one on Broadway
but they do business for every citizen
of the q. S. Consequently the Seventh
Iowa district is in the public eye and
interest as naturally as is the Eight
zenith Illinois. The same interests are
watchful and hopeful. Those VINO throw
mats nlgn Tor cannon throw hats for
Hull. And in Iowa if Frank Prouty
could be eliminated as a congressional
possibility the standpat hat would sail
skyward amid joyful and tumuhuous
standpat outcry.
MT. Dowell should not listen TO the
siren song of the standpatter He IS
worth to them precisely what they can
use him for. He might get standpat
support wherewith TO beat Prouty, but
he couldn't get pleasant smile unless
he had something TO deliver that the
etandpatter needs
II the line up is TO be plainly on
standpAt and progressive lines, FRANK
Pronty should carry the banner. He
as progressive pure ct simple, dyed in
the wool progressive. He has always
been on the front firing line. He ha.
been . pioneer. He is true blue from
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25

In the first place, 1 made two mis-
takes in sowing with grain and of
course made two failures in getting a
stand that suited me. For my third
endeavor I selected a piece of ground
which had been in hoed crops for a
number OF years and heavily manured
each year. blowing It in April and keep
ing 1t cultivated till July, when / seed
ed ii at the rate of twenty pounds per
acre.
On the night following my sowing we
got very heav., shower. and I got a
magnificent stand On part of the field
I had sown wheat and red clover the
fall before. So that in the fall after
sowing my alfalfa the red clover was
knee high and in full bloom. and as
did not wish 1t to go to seed / turned
my cattle and sheep into it, thinking
they would not trouble the alfalfa, but
/ found that had made a great mis-
take, as they fell upon the alfalfa and
eat 1t nearly into the ground. 1 gave
II mp, thinking it was entirely ruined.
but the next spring it came up as
green as a bed of lettuce, and since
then, now five years ago. / have mown
from two to three crops each year Of
the very finest of hay, and the stand
of alfalfa is now as good as ever, and
all without being nanured or fertil-
lied in any way. A. c. Gowdy, in
Michigan Farmer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25
Looker-On In Iona

Dows, Nov o3-The patrons of the
Story city branch Of the Iowa Central
railroad who appealed 10 the railroad
commissioners for a better and more
regular service. have been getting the
more regular" lately. But this is so
because for the time being the local
freight business is not so heavy. To
illustrate al Clemens recently the
freight crew unloaded 1900 pounds of
freight IL is obv!pus that the time
necessary 10 handle that number Of
pounds of freight makes that train late
leaving that station, and il repeated
the same day at other stations along
The line, the combination freight and
passenger train is bound 10 be off
time. WHAT is needed is a strictly pas
senger train TO run on time and make
connections as advertised. Better still
would be motor car making several
trips day over the entire line be-
tween Marshalitown and Story City.
SO irregular has been the service
over this branch line that all of the
people living in those towns and also
including the railroad agents when
asked when the next train goes east
INV answer ouSAi d LINZ
And one day last week when the east
bound train was ION time" there was a
great commotion in every town from
Story City to Marshalltown. In three
towns the mail sack was not ready,
postmasters being accustomed to make
up the mail about such an hour.
Draymen came TO the depots with their
horses on a run. bringing freight to go
on the train. Even the dray horses
were astonished and looked at Bob in
the engine cab as much as to say.
what do you mean by rushing into
town in this unheard of manner. At
Fearing two fat women. stout women
is better. were clear up on the hill,
when the train whistled for town ION
time" and only the grade being down
hill were enabled to breathlessly ar
rive on time At ST Anthony every
body was UP town watching the re-
building of the business houses, and
two young babies and two baby wag-
ons raced for the depot, arriving at the
crossing too late, hut were helped on
the wrong side Of the cars by polite
by-standers. At Bromley a boy came
running with the mail sack. very much
disguised when we waited Ave min
utes for time. At Monigers half
a mile away was seen a team
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25
THE STANDARD DECISION.
TSioux CITY Journal.

If the Sherman law can be thus ap-
piled against one big consolidation
possibilities of trade re-
straint. it can be applied against all SIM
liar consultations. Logically it ought
to be so applied. The same course of
action Instituted against the Standard
would cause the dissolution Of every
big industrial concern organized on the
lines Of the Standard. Every holding
company affecting interstate trade is
just as illegal as the Standard. Do
we want all of the big businesses
which have become centralized more or
less in this way decentralized? To
answer in the affirmative is to vote in
favor Of reversing natural economic
development which seems ito have
thrived so far mainly On merit. what
ever may have been the specific draw
backs in certain instances.
The st, Paul decision applies direct
ly only to consolidation BY means of
a central holding comnsnv- But the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25

KING SOLOMON COUNCIL. R Z q
M.-Stated assembly Monday. Nov. -
1880 p. m. =
4 D. xe.ksr. 7. / ~
l. T. Forbes. REQ.
ST. ALDEMAR coMMANDnRY NO
80 K. T. Stated conclave Tuesday eve<
ming, Dec. p at $3.50 sharp. visitinA
Sir Knights always welcome
F. n. Wilbur. e. c.
Fred Wallace, Rec.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81. o. 3.
S.-Meets in regular session Wednesa
day evening. Dec. IS, at 1880. Election
Of officers.
Ma Geo. Downins. ". Y
Edna c. Fulartcn. oecg.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25
IF ROOSEVELT WERE SENATOR.
GAiton Democrat

We should like to see Theodore
Roosevelt in the United States senate
It might enable the country TO get the
real measure Of the man. Heretofore
Roosevelt mas had the advantage of
airing his views on every subject un-
der the sun from race suicide to nature
taking without having anyone talk
back on equal terms. In the senate 1t
would be different. The ex-president
would find himself on an equal basis
with men every whit as brilliant as
himself. We imagine that debate be-
tween Roosevelt and La Toilette or
Ben Tillman or Bryan-if he is sent 20
the senate from Nebraska, as now
seems proba ble-would be highly inter-
esting and that the former president
would find il an entirely different prop
osition from recruiting the membership
of the Ananias Club from the pedestal
of the White House.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25
The Sow at Farrowino Time.

With hogs at their present high price
anything that will conduce to the well
fare of the sow and her litter so that
the number of living pigs may be- in
creased will mean much. The number of
pigs to a large extent is determined by
the care the sows receive at narrowing
time, and it will pay to give them a
little extra attention at this period
The sow should. by all means. be
separated from the rest of the herd
four or five days before narrowing. She
will then become accustomed TO her
surroundings and will be contented
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25
HOW TO FATrEN A TURKEY.

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The quickest way 10 fatten the
Thanksgiving turkey is 10 ram a quart
bottle of SCOTS Emulsion down his
neck and wiring his nose while he
drinks. Some turkeys are given TO
melancholy and cold feet and fatten
slower than others In carving a tur-
key, always begin with the starboard
drnmstick and trim toward the wish
bone. A delicious stuffing is made of
beef suet smothered in Peruna, If you
want a workout for those new teeth.
go TO the mat with the neck of a tur-
key which has died of old age. When
you get thru you won't be able to dis
tinguish your gums from pound Of
calls liver
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25
Ancient Disaster Uncovered.

In quicksilver mine near the town
of Konia. in Asia Minor, which is now
being worked by an English company,
there we're found. not long ago the
skeletons of so men, victims of an &C.
cident which, as writer in Engineer.
ing and Mining points out, must have
occurred some 5000 years ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25

If you desire clear complexion take
Foley's Orino Laxative for constipa ton
and liver troubles as it will stimulate
these organs and thoroughly cleanse
your system, which is what everyone
needs in order to feel we'll. Mcbride &
Will Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25

Iona Newspapers
On THE ICE ToNGs.
IAckley World

A newly married couple We're in a
hurry to weigh their first born and
having no steelyards in the house they
weighed it on the ice scales hanging
TO the rear of an ice wagon. standing
at the side door The little fellow
weighed just forty-five pounds
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25
THE LODGES.
A MASONIC NOTICES.
always welooma

4 MASONIC NOTICES.
xHvisitors always welcome
V\Hal over 1857 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE 1os A. F. 4 A.
M.-Stated communication and election
Of officers. Friday Dec II. Work ON
first degree Friday, Nov. 2S, 1909. 1880
p. m.
H. q. Hoeck. w. NJ.
II. S. Lawrence, Sec'y.
sIGNET CHAPTER No. SO, R. A. NJ.
Stated convocation of Signet Chapter
Monday evening, Nov. %. Election of
officers.
George H. Eoggie, E. h p.
I. S. Millard, Secy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25

EDGAR ME- STARTING FROM, ZURICH IN
THE AMERICA II.
mattresses, provision basket, an air
bag, rug, box and some chocolate.
he returned all the objects found ex-
cept the chocolate. This, he wrote,
"wns really excellent" Near Glats
Mix sacrificed two dozen hard boiled
eggs and a quantity Of ham. cold veal
and canned provisions. Peasants In
the fields must have considered this
mamma from the sky.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25

The Rockwell Photograph suggests
that 1T will help some il YOU can for
GET the cost Of living on Thanksgiving
DAY.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25

a ,hiefs a thief. whether he belongs
to The sugar trust Or 20 the customs
service says the Iowa City Citizen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25
Are Farm Land Prices Too Hion7

Are Farm Land Prices Too High?
How long will the price of farm
lands continue TO increase? Just 50
long as the price Of farm products con-
tinues to increase. and these prices will
remain firm SO long as labor finds
steady employment In no other coun-
try in the world is labor so well re-
warded as here. Where prices are
low, wages are, necessarily, low The
man who receives liberal returns for
his work can buy literally. and can pay
a fair price. There seems TO be no
probability that industrial conditions
will be radically changed in this COM
try soon. The people generally are
100 well satisfied with them Good
markets may. therefore, be expected to
continue Indefinitely.
Farm lands which may be relied on
TO produce satisfactory crops of grain
and grass are not selling TOO high
Land which. with proper mana gement
will produce from sixty TO 100 bushels
of 50-cent corn per acre. is we'll worth
$3.50 an acre or more. There is large
amount of such land in Kansas and
adjoining states.
The sure way TO increase the value
of land is to increase its productiveness
Under existing conditions, prices will
take care of themselves The days of
large surplusses are past. Demand
crowds close upon the heels of supply.
mouths are multiplying faster than
food for theul.-Kansas Farmer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25
IOWA orINtohs END NOTES.

Governor Carroll is quite right about
IL Thanks giving is a holiday into the
observance Of which Iowa can enter
Win ample allowance of the proper
spirit says the Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25

III is hard for the courts to under
stand says the Iowa City Citizen,
that they are TO a large extent in con-
tempt with the American people"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-25

With the Wells Fargo Express
Company cutting such a large and
luscious melon. il is inoppor,une." says
the Burlington Hawkeye. TO look for
q reduction Of express rates