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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04
HOW THE OLD ORDER cHANGETH.

A man Is busy and active in ordi-
nary business affairs today in Mar
shalltown whose birth dates back to
the historical trip of the Clermont from
Albany to New York He and Lincoln
might have crept about the floor to-
gether in their babyhood. He might
have gone to school with Morse.
handled Bell upon his knee and wiped
the nose of Thomas Edison had the
child wizard happened over to play
with on Of this mans children. He, in
stead of Suffer, might have discovered
gold in California after he had voted;
might have lost his scalp to Indians in
Iowa after he had married. The list
of what he has seen and might have
seen, of the marvels that have become
commonplace since he gladdened the
hearts of his parents by his arrival
and since Fulton gave the world it's
commerce may be indefinitely extended.
For the old order has disappeared in
tho course of his lifetime and all things
have become new, many of them to
grow old in their turn.
From the crude steamboat of Full
ton to an airship is a long way in in
vention and discovery but in time it is
less than the lifetime of the man re-
ferred to. Men fly. Perhaps not yet with
the success that attended Fulton's trip
down the Hudson but they fly defying
the spite of adverse winds to attain
their objective. Next fall when the CEN
tennial of the Clernont's maiden trip
shall be celebrated along the Hudson
it is confidently predicted that airships
will duplicate the trip of the Cler-
mont forth from Albany to New York
and back again celebrating the con-
quest of the air as the Clermont the
DELAYED conquest of the inland waters.
And all this within the lifetime of a
real estate man who within thirty days
has sued for a commission and got 1t
and taken a ten-year lease on the Of
flee he occupies.
Now, gentlemen, this is going some.
From sickles to selfbnders; from Con-
estoga wagons to freight trains; from
the unspeakable coaches of that past
day to a compartment Pullman; from
tha mail carried on foot and horseback
to the telegram that annihilates dis
lance and puts a girdle round the world
in forty minutes: from the range of the
call from a hill top to the magic trans
formation Of the telephone; from cam
dies to electric lights; from shacks to
skyscrapers; from fireplace to furnaces
and steam heat; all this and the infinite
category that belongs with it lies with
in the life of one man.
Poor old Methusaleh Your span that
spread across ten centuries is COM
passed by the child of three years This
man who must wait until next year to
finish one century has lived your life
in every year that has passed since he
woke to world of progress and swift
change. Get out of the spot light Me-
thusaleh and let man talk who has
seen things.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04

/ have the best flour proposition IN
the city. Culley's Best has no equal
for all around baking. Take a sack
on my guarantee, price $1.55 per sack
or $150 in three sacks or moro lots.
DRIED FRUITS
1 have many bargains. Pruness from
5 cents per pound up to 1S cents per
pound. Dates, pounds for Is cents.
Figs Is cents per pound. Dried
peaches, the tender skin kind, at 10
cents per pound. Apricots at Is and
20 cents per pound. Fancy pears at 10
cents per pound and loose muscatel
raisins at pounds for 25 cents. Buy
now while the price is right.
NUTS. NUTS
All kinds. New English walnuts at
Is and 20 cents per pound. New
mixed nuts at Is cents per pound and
fresh roasted peanuts at cents per
cup.
FRESH FRUITS
Apples, Northern Spys and Baldwins.
nothing better for eating or. cooking.
western Jonathans for eating. Ban
anas are good now. Fancy Malaga
grapes. Naval oranges are getting
good and cheaper, prices 90, 80 and 40
cents per dozen. Grapefruit two
sizes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04
Drainage Protest in Hancock.

Editor T1mes-Republican:
If any one thing more than another
mas agitated the people of Hancock
county Iowa, in the last five years,
those living and owning land along the
west branch of the Iowa river. running
north and south by west of north thru
the county, the project to drain this
stream is uppermost In their minds.
Now in order to come to an intelligent
understanding of the situation, it is
important to know some of the condi-
tons that exist The drainage district,
we think. includes something over
thirty miles Of ditch and a first esti-
mated cost is in the neighborhood of
100000 The land in the district would
be variously affected and very little of
it beneficially, owing to the level nature
of the country. The fall turnout this
drainage district. according to the re-
port of the engineer, would be eight
inches to the mile. Some eighteen or
more years ago. there was drainage
district established over the same
course that the present one is proposed.
and ditch was dug within about five
miles of where the present one is pro-
posed to start from. Well, they had the
ditch for while, and owing to the
slight fall, they had the water just the
same, and in a few years, on account of
the peety nature of the river bottom,
the dirt that was excavated from the
ditch and placed on a peety bed at the
sides of the ditch, it only required a
short time, as the river rose and flooded
the material on each side and caused 1T
to become soft and plastic and settle
and run into the ditch, and in the
course Of a few years, in some places
there was not the semblance of ditch.
So far as we know this ditch never did
any one any good, except the company
that dug 1t, and there are parties still
carrying a mortgage on these farms
which otherwise would have been cam
celed had they not been taxed for
something from which they got no ben
eft
Now this old ditch is a thing of the
past but few petitioners are seeking
to get a new district established over
the same route, but commencing some
five miles further down stream but
with no increase of fall We can not
see how this is going to affect the flow
of water or give 1t a greater velocity
If 1t were carried to the Gulf of Mexico
on the same grade. With a fall of eight
inches to the mile, or one inchsto forty
rods, we can imagine the velocity the
water would have running down such
a decline AS it was with the old ditch,
so it would be with a larger one, as
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04

The T.-R. recently received the fol-
lowing letter from publisher in an
other state, names being omitted to
avoid embarrassment:
Times Republicans:
Gentlemen-My good friend
late of the Des NIoines -----, but now
of the --, has told me much OF
your paper and your system OF getting
out into the country, into every ham
let and on every shelf In every farm
house in your section of Iowa.
Will you send me copy of your pa
per and if you can write me Few
hints on your system. have territory
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04
Topics of the Times,

The several daily newspapers puo-
l'shed in Trenton. n. j., have this
month all RAISED their subscription
price from 1 cent to 9 cents per copy
which is an a lvance from So per year
to sc per year rha m :Nament : 80 :
eral thruout the United States. Good
newspapers can not be sold for much
store hand bills at any price.
If the yellow peril materiaizes the
west coast will be beaten black and
blue, and it will do well not forget
it,
Sunday school teachers should not
pass over in silence the press dispatch
which relates the finding of a mans
leg in a stomach of whale captured
off Messina.
If it be true that Stephenson spent
a quarter million for a senatorship, the
Standard Oil has been getting them too
cheap.
When are we going to- work convicts
and Migrants on the public highways ::
The withdrawal of the United States
from Cuba is only temporary. A sort
of "off agin, on agin, gone agin Filming
gin 1t is only question of time when
the island must be saved from itself.
And next time is the charm
do you approve of the plan Of
teaching pupils to box?'
"Not Internationally" replied the
country pedagog. remembering his
husky 19-year-olds. Might be all right,
tho, if you'd authorize the teachers to
carry guns" Philadelphia Ledger.
tinguished service in the Mexican and
civil wars, is to have a monument
placed over his grave in st. Mary $
cemetery, Carrollton, Mo, if the Jill
fayorably reported in the senate passes
as it is sure to do. 1t will be a mod
est monument, for only $4,000 is to lie
appropriated A man with his fame IS
a soldier, who was also United States
senator from three states, Illinois, Mis-
souri, and Minnesota, surely deserves
such honor.
traveller stopped at a hotel in
Greenland, where the nights are six
months long, and, as he registered,
asked a question of the clerk.
What time do you have breakfast"
"From half past March to a quarter
to May.'-Harper's Weekly.
Reduced prices We're largely the
cause Of the fall of 307 million dollars
in value of imports and 1871 million dol
lars in exports in the foreign trade
of the United States in the calendar
year 1908 The bureau of statistics Of
the department of commerce and labor
has just completed an ananlysls of the
trade of the year.
Former Customer CATER a long alb
sence)-W'hat has become of the pref
ty blonde that used to feed the hungry
at this lunch counter?
Dark-'Skinned Waiter Griffin her;
what you goin' to order, sir?-Chicago
Tribune.
A Tama county publisher writes to
the T-R. I'VE must truthfully say
that you publish the best daily paper
for news of any paper published in
Iowa. We get twenty-three different
dailies at this office in exchange, but
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04
GOO SPEED THE BOOKS.

When loWanS SolonS come TO appor-
ton the income of their state among
/ the needs of various departments 1t is
hoped by every thoughtful citizen that
the modest requests of our state IL
brary commission for $4,000 with which
will not be denied. The situation is
very much as confronts city councils
who seek to reduce the library levy
in order to make room for increased
salaries for officials and other appro-
priations which have been made be-
cause of political expediency rather
than for the good of the public service.
Then it is that the real citizenship of
a town is aroused and the library levy
is rescued from disaster. While the
local library is given from $1,000 to
SIS. 900 in a single community, the Iowa
library commission, trying to serve the
entire state, is asking for only $4,000
increase.
w IleI lle library NetS
created by the general assembly in
1900. the task committed to it, in a
general way, was to advance the IL
brary interests of the state by encour-
aging the organization and develop
ment of free public libraries. and rails
ing the standards of libraries already
in existence. The eight years of its
history have proven how effectively this
task has been accomplished. While
there were quite a number of libraries
in existence in the state at that time,
a large part of them were poorly
equipped with meager maintenance and
unframed librarians. There are now
102 free public libraries in Iowa, eighty
six of these occupying buildings spec
tally erected for them, and many of
them employing trained librarians.
There are. still few counties in the
state without a free public library,
but only six towns of over 1000 in
habitants without a public collection
Of books
The summer library school, conducted
by the library commission at the state
university each summer, has given
new life to the smaller libraries thru
cut the state, providing as it does for
bringing together librarians for a brief
~, I, WV
methods, and in the details of admin
istration that shall make their libraries
more efficient instruments for popular
education. Book lists and other pub
LEGATIONS designed to be suggestive and
helpful to library workers, the visit of
the secretary to aid in establishing the
library on correct basis, and the oc-
casional service of a field worker to
aid small Libraries in beginning their
work. All these are a part of the di-
versi1ed service that the library COM
mission has rendered in it's efforts to
encourage and develop the library
growth Of the state.
Probably the best known activity of
the library commission is the travelling
library There are now about $4,000
volumes in the travelling library col
lection and almost 900 centers in the
state where the travelling libraries are
being used. The field is almost I'M
limited; the supply Of books is made
uuate to meet the demands along GER
tain lines. The widespread interest
Of the citizens of Iowa in present day
questions, the desire for information
along special lines, and particularly in
the use of books on agriculture and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04
Publisher

Now my good friend mentioned
above had served on what is claimed to
be the big daily newspaper of Iowa and
yet he directs this publisher not 70
Des Moines but to Marshalltown for the
ideal standard of excellence in daily
newspaper.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04
The Standard of Excellence

that is unexcelled, far from city COM
petition and packed with fruit farm
ers on small tracts. Excellent rural
mail facilities Present circulation
1,700-ought to be 5000.
Sincerely,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04

This talk of clecting Joe Cannon SEN
ator opens up not unwelcome out
look. Anything to get him out of the
house.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

Under the old law the circle on the
ballot placed a premium on ''Notin
'er Straight The present arrangement
places handicap upon the straight
voter" Why not place the scratcher
and the straight voter on even terms
suggests the Knoxville Journal. "Why
not make 1t just as easy to vote a
straight ticket as a scratched one? The
proposed plan of replacing the circle
o nthe ballot ana letting the voter mark
his exceptions to a straight ticket is
sensible, fair and just
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04

Does any body remember whether
the grounding theory worked out last
Year," asks the Sioux City Journal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04
AUcTloNEER
N. NJ. KENDALL, Auctionear,

"A. M. KENDALL, Auetionear,
For SaIe-A good general mercasn-
aise stock. Invoice $4,000.
For sale-Hardware, all good. ciean
Goods Invoice about $4,000; also good
sr;olr building in the heart of town.
have several good properties to sell
at a bargain. Make your SAFE oates WIZ
me. Office ',hone 81; residence 4S7 red
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04

The Rockwell City Advocate observes
that everybody who says anything
about him these days has a good word
for Ex-Governor Warren Garst"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04

about him these days has good word
for Ex-Governor Warren Garst."
/ Senator Cummins for some years
before he was elected United States
senator might have led some people to
believe that when he reached the senate
he would be properly designated as a
radical and be subject to be classed
with the La Follcttes and Tillmans, but
as matter OF fact Senator Cummins
is naturally judicial In his makeup and
/ his natural tendency will be towards
! conservatism" declares the Vinton
Eagle There is no question also but
he fully realizes the great responsible
ity attaching to the position to which
he has been elected
F, The Cedar Falls Record says. sup
pose the Cedar river is 'canalized' from
its mouth to Waterloo does any body
know of any freight that would be
shipped that way 1t says that some
of the heavy freight such as lumber.
salt or coal which is never In hurry
might take advantage of the river, but
merchants generally are in hurry for
their goods and would not wait for the
river shipment all of which is true"
comedies the Sioux City Journal.
who would think, after reading of
the doings of the Illinois legislature
that Abraham Lincoln once was can
ddate for the senate in that state?'
asks the Iowa City Republican.
.yyrt to-, ~, 80 nd
economy is to be expected Of body
like that" asks the Sihley Tribune,
speaking of the action of the Iowa sem
ate with reference to the committee
clerks.
The Monticello Express argues that
Attorney Byers' plan of law enforce
ment would be provocative Of trouble
and i'll feeling wherever enforced"
Col Rankin's method OF state mar
shals to enforce the mulct law is much
the preferable" continues the Express.
1T will not have in it the embarrass-
ments for the party in power that are
hidden in the attorney generals meas
ure."
The Sioux City Journal says "the
proposed law might be a factor in bet
ter law enforcement if it were coupled
it'll another state authority power to
remove sherffs who failed in their duty
toward law enforcement. Such a law is
proposed, but it will not be enacted
without strenuous fight against its
alleged infringement of the home rule
principle But even with such a law the
Cosson bill would not be a necessary
link i'm the chain. With power of re-
moval lodged in Des Moines, local Of
ficers could be removed for failure to
discharge their responsibility as it is
defined in the existing statutes"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04

the Times Republican is the best one
in the bunch for the general news Of
tln .toto"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04

When the salary of mayor is raised
to $l,.0O per year the job looks good
to $500 men. sententiously phloso-
phizes the Rockwell Photograph.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04

Goodell, Feb. 8. 1909.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04

"Who would think, after reading Of
the doings of the Illinois legislature
that Abraham Lincoln once was a can
didate for the senate in that state y
asks the Iowa City Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04

What in the name of honesty and
economy is to be expected of a body
like that" asks the Sihley Tribune,
speaking of the action of the Iowa SEN
ate with reference to the committee
clerks.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-10
AID FOR ITALIANS
National Council of Women Asks
Contributions For Sufferers
From Recent Earthquake.

The National Council of Women OF
Italy have sent out a cal asking for
contributions of clothing or money
for the care of the orphans Of Sicily
and Calabria victims Of the recent
earthquake disaster. The president
Of the council, the Countessa Spal-
letti Rasp0.i, who has gone to Naples
to render all the assistance possible
under the circumstances, states that
IL is impossible to explain the awful
condition and need Of that country
The people ana especially the
women Of this country who have not
already contributed to the relief funl,
are solicited to help these brave
women Of the Italian council TO bet
ter the conditions which now exist.
Any donations. either money or
clothing should be sent to the CORE
spouliug secretary, of the United
States Council Of Women. Mrs. Lii
liam NJ HOLSTER, BIT Kirby Ave. w.
Detroit Mich, or the treasurer Mrs.
NJ. Josie Nelson. Union City, Indiana.
who will see that they are forwarded
TO the president of the Italian Couu.
eli OF Women.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-10
HOW TO GAIN HEALTHY FLESH.
caul c. Schulz G Sons Advise Use of
Sanoee.

While thinr IS NAV not he di 70
case, yet it IS in reality a condition
that needs attention. Unler tn =
nourishiua .ower CT Samose healthy,
natural Cesh will soon be attai1ed.
This remarkable Gesh-forming food
strerg taens the system generally aud
builds up the neshy tissues so that
good, natural plumpness results.
An ounce Of flesh is better than a
pound Of theory. Paul G. Schulz a
Sons believe that the best possible
demonstration Of the 1eshforming
powers Of Samcse IS to have it tried
by their customers. ani to induce
them to use ii. they offer to pay for
the Samose in case it does not give
No stronger proof than
this can be given of their faith in IT,.
They have seen hundreds who were
weak. thin and scrawny, become
plump. robust and strong, solely
the use of Samose.
II YOU are thin or in poor heath.
take advantage of this offer. You
rVn no risk whatever. and the
chances are-9S out of 100 that you
will notice a gain in weight after
using Samcse for week or ten days.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-10
CHARITY FUND
IS GREAT BOON
PROCEEDS FROM X. M. X. c
CHARITY FUND ARE GREAT
LY NEEDED.
MUCH DISTRESS HERE
As Result of Mills and Factories Run
ming Only Part Time-Mrs. An
drew Lohr Dispenser of
Furd.

The proceeds from the Shroye Tues
day charity bah given by the X NJ
X. c. amounting TO $2G9,70 has beer
given to Mrs Andrew Lohr chairman
Of the X. NJ X c, charity fund anJ
already has been the means of allie
Waiting much distress in Cairo
! The X. NJ, X. c. does not use a pen
my Of the money accruing from the
| ball for its own purposes but turns
over all OF it to the charity fund and
/ within the past few years has given
several thousands CT dollars to the
poor in Cairo. No money is given TO
applicants for aid, bur food clothing
and fuel are sent TO the needy. :
Mrs. Lchr stated to the Bulletin
last night That there has not been SO
great demand for assistance in Cal.
re Stree she has been chairman of the
fund as there has been this winter
Owing to the fact that the mills ami
factories have been working only part
of the time and not full time even
when in operation, there has been
much suffering here this winter
among those who had formerly been
thrifty Cairo has prided herself
hitherto upon the fact that all of the
white population was self-sustanipg
but the results OF the money strne
gency has been most keenly felt here
the past year by those who would
work most industrjously had they tn
opportunity.
The recent small poX scare and the
vaccination OF hundreds or perhaps
here. gave many such sore
arms that they were unable to worN
and they have felt the loss of the
money that they could have earned
Mrs. Lohr states that she is kept
very busy every day dispensing help
from the x NJ X. c. fund and the
sum just added to the treas.
ury is great boon to the needy,
AS au example OF one case seen in
her rounds yesterday, Mrs. Lohr told
Of a woman and her three little child
ron who live in one room 7 fl. by 81
fl. The woman has small laundry
stove which is used for heating ana
as cook stove afft4t II hex serves IL,
a table. They have no means of sup
port, the husband and father, an en-
ploye of one of the mills, having died
recently and the family is not only
the pangs Of bereavement ,
but of real hunger and cold. The
mother is not we'll and strong enough |
10 work. The X. NJ X. c charity fund
gave money for their rent for a month |
and furnished them with groceries
and coal.
Mrs. Lohr spoke most feelingly of |
he distress she has seen in her |
rounds The X. NJ. X. c. as an organ |
zation deserves the highest praise
or the great good they have accom-
1lished by their generous donations
o charity and are to be feIicitated |
lpon their good torture in haveing |
he valued services of Mrs Lohr, one |
If Cairo's ideal christian women and |
as a dispenser Of
heir fund
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-03-10
Fortnightly Musical Club.

u The meeting of The FornighJly Mus
n ical Club yesterday afternoon Was on'
3 Of exceptional merit and enjoyment
II The program bcing given by Mrs Nm
\ T. smitA, Miss nellie Hail. Miss Mag
4 dalene FandcrburgA and Miss Z7ph'a
4 smith
American composers We're ehle fA
represented in the program "hica
was most attractive one, cclsiStl1S
Il WORKS q Maci)oweli Elser' hHSi''
arthur Feete' CoieFIise-talIor' CAo4-
WICK and Ne'I2.
MISS Neiie han was in NEST exec