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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
coMM1ss1oN AS A JURY.

[Des Ioines Register and Leader.]
If the commission is to pass upon
rates at all it can not but make changes
here and there, and these changes will
not be without effect on shipping con-
ditions. The supreme court will never
say that because the commission can
do damage therefore it should not be
constituted
The railroads have already estab-
lished trade conditions. They have
created zones and competing centers.
They have estimated the effect of wa
ter competition. The commission would
not be given any undue power if it
were placed in position to oversee every
one of these activities.
1t is not question of granting new
power to interfere with the natural de-
velopment Of trade. 1t is merely re-
serving to the public the right TO look
over what has already been done by
private interests and say whether in ali
cases it has been wisely and equitably
done.
The jury in any lawsuit is given
power to make and unmake suitors, to
deprive one man of property and give
it to another But this power has not
been found inconsistent with the pub
lie good The analogy is close enough
for all practical purposes. We need a
jury to pass on everything the rail-
roads do.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
Topics of the Times

The building season in Iowa closes
with unprecedented activity and yet
people are hunting in almost every
town for good houses to rent.
Congressman Mann's fear that the
price of print paper is going up is not
news in the publishers Offices
Even the man who does not raise
hogs wishes that he had hogs to sell
when he glances at the current market
reports.
Don't disparage the annexation of DR.
Cooks newly discovered north pole ter
ritory We may have a mild winter
and then will have to ship in ice.
Several of the trunk railways are
planning to spend many millions in ad-
ditional equipment. 1t would seem
rather homogeneous for them to con-
tinue the fight against 2-cent fare at
the same time.
A field of Iowa corn in which a posse
loses sight and trace of two bank rob-
bers 81 the day time Is nc. SC bad for
crop showing as it is for the sheriff.
Father Coffin's totai abstinence cru
SADIE had better begin at horne as re-
CARDS matrimonial indulgences.
DR.. Cook reached the pole Just in
time to create a great sensation. Day
after tomorrow Zeppelin will have
made the trip an easy one with his air
ships.
MIR. Samnis, 1T appears, is to have
his choice of high political honors''
suggests the Sioux City Journal in it's
| desire to stir up trouble. Sammis may
choose but he will probably have to
fight for what he gets since he lives
| In very large district.
| When Roosevelt returns he will have
to- busy himself making the people un-
derstand that Taft should be renomi-
| mated in 1912.
When Web Byers travels all the way
from Des Moines to mig in the trial
of the Maybray Mike" cases at Coun-
Gil Bluffs one wonders how the mans
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
Iona Newspapers
wuLBY,s GREAT work.

A lot of the manufacturers of food
products are after the scalp of DR..
Wiley, the government chemist who
has done so much to give the consum-
ing public pure food. The country will
do we'll not to be in a big hurry to dis
pense with Wiley's services, nor re-
pudiate the things he advocates. The
food expert may be in the wrong some
times; he may be too big a crank on
the subject Of the use of preservatives;
Secretary Wilson may be right in
standing for the use Of benzoate of
soda; but DR.. Wiley has been of in
estimable service to humanity. He has
stood between the people and the
manufacturers who would use any old
kind of adulterant Or any chemical no
matter how dangerous that chemical
might be. DR. Wiley has performed a
great work.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
LANDS JUST AIS GOOD"

lSSQdI ISttpluS IVepuUllCdu.J
Real estate travellers who return
from Oklahoma, to visit their old
homes in Iowa, are apt to tell the
people that land in that new state is
just as good as it is in Iowa and is
selling for just as high prices. When
it comes to lands one can never tell
not even when he hears 1t. But the
other day we looked over a circular
announcing 'few bargains in Ok
lahoma lands" In the whole list Of
farms offered for sale, all of them
with improvements, we did not find
one piece Of land for which more
than SIS an acre was asked. In some
cases 100 acres of lands, all fenced
and cross fenced. with small house.
stables, sheds, wells and a windmill
was offered for $1,000, which is less
than the improvements should have
cost. The man who started that farm
was simply trying to get the price of
his Improvements, he was giving the
land away. One farm of $50 acres, of
which 800 acres was fenced, hog
tight, and all of it crossed fenced.
with other improvements, was offered
for a trifle more than $4,000.
These prices do not sound ike Iowa
prices. Iowa prices for Oklahoma
lands may be obtained in some of the
very best sections, those near large
cities and in the rain belt, but there
are still plenty of cheap lands in that
new and booming state The truth of
the matter is that Oklahoma is not
"just as good as Iowa." and it never
will be, unless it is in spots. There is
no land that is just as good as Iowa
lands, unless 1t is in Illinois. The best
lands in Missouri, Nebraska, Dakota
and Minnesota are the lands that lie
adjacent to Iowa. In Oklahoma it
has not rained since before the Fourth
of July and travellers say that the al
falfa hay that has been garnered in
stacks has a great deal of dust in it.,
which the wind blows about, every
where, day and night.
The Iowa farmer who hears that
Oklahoma is just as good as the farm
that he is thinking of selling to get
cheaper lands would betted do a great
deal of thinking. There is going to
be more of an advance in the price of
Iowa lands during the next ten years
than there will be in states like Ok
lahoma. Just remember this one fact
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
AN IOWA woMANs FAME.
Huntington Hawkeye. I


Mrs. Cora Osborn, of Stratford, has
two separate and distinct claims 10
fame. In the first place, she claims to
be a daughter of the late Jay Gould.
In view of recent scandals in which
different branches of the Gould family
have been involved, perhaps she should
try to forget the relationship. 1t CAN
not be her fault, even if it is her mis-
fortune. But she ought to try to live
II down. Then again, she has estab-
lished a carp canning plant at the
mouth of the Boone river and is doing
a big business. Canned carp is said
to be very much like canned salmon
that even a poor food expert can not
tell the difference. AS salmon are rap
idly being killed off by the rapacions
fishermen of the northwest. the state
of Iowa may be called upon to supply
the substitute, and her despised Ger
man carp may yet become the source
of enormous revenues and magnificent
incomes. AS the mother of the carp
canning industry, Mrs. Osborn may
win immortal fame, the thanks of all
loyal Iowans. AS for her claims to
relationship with Jay Gould, even if
they were absolutely bona fide, no good
Iowan would swap her defunct dog
fish for the claim and the honor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04

italists were still scornfully skeptical
of the investment value of his wonder
full invention, and other folks were
more or less incredulous of it's practi-
cal utility. Such occasional messages
as were sent began with Dear SIR
and closed with yours respectfully
mo one dreamed of using the tele-
graph to regulate the movements OF
trains. The time card was the sole re-
lance of railroad men for getting
over the road The custom, still in
vogue, of giving east and north-bound
trains the right of way over trains Of
the same class moving in the opposite
direction had been established.
If an east-bound train did not
reach its meeting point on time the
west-bound train according to the
rules had to wait one hour and then
proceed under a flag until the oppos-
Ing train was met. A flagman would
be sent ahead on foot. Twenty min
utes later the train would follow, NOV
ing about as fast as man could
walk. Under this interesting arrange
ment, when train which had the
right of way was several hours late,
the opposing train had to flag over
the entire division at snail's pace.
ION September %, 1851, Superin.
tendent Charles Minot was on Con-
ductor Stewards train west-bopnd.
They were to meet the east-bound ex.
press at Turner's. AS the express did
not show up Minot told the operator
to ask if it had arrived at Goshen, Il
miles west. On receiving a negative
answer he wrote the first Geographic
train order ever penned. 1t read as
follows:
ITO operator at Goshen: Hold east.
bound train till further orders. Charles
Minot. superintendent
Then he wrote an order which he
handed to Conductor Stewart, reading
as follows:
ITO Conductor Stewart: Run to
Goshen regardless of opposing train.
Charles Minot, superintendent"
when Conductor Stewart showed
this order to Engineer Isaac Lewis
that worthy read it twice with rising
amazement and indignation. Then he
handed it back to the conductor with
lip curved with scorn.
DO look like id fool?' snort
ed Lewis. III run this train accord
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
Artificial "coffee" Factories.

According to the statistics of a
Paris paper which has investigated
the subject, there are no less than
LOG factories in France for the man
ufacture Of artificial coffee. These
factories turn out $4,000 tons annu.
ally, while there are 56S such estab.
lishments in Austria Hungary, in
Guiding 412 for the manufacture of
coffee from figs and in Germany
nearly $1,000 hands are employed in
the trade and the annual output is
100000 tons.
1t follows that a large quantity Of
ssconeei' which we drink mas not an
atom Of the real berry in it, The list
Of substances out of which it Is man.
ufactured is alarming. Cereals soaked
with beer, brandy or rum, chestnuts
and horse chestnuts, haricot beans
and broad beans, carrots, dates and,
finally, the hard roe of the cod. The
annual output of what is charmingly
called "fanciful coffee" for Europe is
estimated at over $4,000 tons.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04

licensing Of any more would be an
affront to the public opinion which en-
dorses the regulation of saloons and
reduction Of their number as means Of
forestalling prohibition and minimizing
the evils OF the traffic.
This newspaper has criticised the
opinion of the attorney general hold
ing the Moon law to be retroactive in
Its operation, but Its structures have not
been Influenced by desire to throw
open the door to an undetermined num-
Der of saloons. Rather have they been
inspired by a conviction that the law
should govern and not official misin-
depreciation of the law.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
THE BOYS CHANCE.

When a man or boy tells you that
he hasn't any chance don't give it at
Hention. 1t isn't so. Except by reason
of accident, misfortune or other un-
avoidable mishap every boy born has
q chance and good one. And the
boy born today has the biggest chance
OF ALL
We are inclined to think that be-
cause all the good land has practically
been homesteaded that there is no
further chance; but a fellow went out
of Marshalltown where he had been
working for s45 a month and took up
claim in North Dakota He lived on
At a few months, planted some stuff
and went away to work while his wife
held down the claim. She stayed thru
the early spring and this summer. He
picked up a piece of money working in
Omaha and went back for a While.
Now they are both away for a short
time. That was two years ago. He
can take $4,000 for the claim today but
At going to stick to it. If he does five
years from now it will be worth 5000
or more and best of all it will be a
had a chance doesn't it? He couldn't
have had the equivalent of $4,000 in
his inside pocket in ten years working
for wages and tempted to spend them
of a Saturday night. Anyway he didn't
have hundred dollars when he hiked
for the claim. That is one chance, a
mans chance.
Now about the boy: There never on
earth was so much chance for a boy,
brought up right and willing and
anxious to make good There isn't a
college in the U. S. that he can not get
thru on his own efforts if he wants to
do it bad enough to "hop to it, and
keep hopping. There was never so
great a demand for young men who
know and want to know more than
right at present. A thousand avenues
are open. Ten thousand openings are
VI SStillti CNCl y detS " y OuliS lIIcll w 4ic
mean busiess. The fellow who knows
and knows how to make others do what
he knows is simply invaluable Wages
is no object in these days. The quail
ity and energy of the man is what
great enterprises organized by shrewd
investors are after. They'll pay for it;
fifty thousand a year if they can't get
1t without, more if they must. 1t is
part of the first cost. They don't pay
It, the consumer, demanding and IN
sisting upon being served, pays it piece
meal. He'll keep on paying it. He Is
willing TO pay it. He wants service and
this age pays for service the highest
wages the world ever knew or dreamed
of. Tomorrow the wages will go up
for the capable. Chance? There's moth
ing but chance.
Nothing is SO essentially democra tic
as business, commerce, the service the
world demands. 1t doesn't care whethe.
d prince or a pauper serves. 1t simply
demands delivery of the goods There
wasn't a boy born in a howell of ig-
norant parents this morning who hasn
a better chance before him than an,
kings son. The king business is OF
the wane; the other big business" ha.
just begun.
Chance? With farming just coming
into the list of exact sciences? WITT
merchant princes who trace back tt
three room houses and the daily wag,
of common labor? with-what's tn,
use of recapitulation. The chance i!
here. where is the man.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04

ments of the rail-
road trains could
be governed by
telegraph. 7 h o
first use of
Morse's discovery
for t his purpose
was made on the
Erie between Tur-
ners and Goshen,
N. Y. Mr.. Car
ter's account is as
folio DIV S cal
t h o u 6 h S e v e n
years had elapsed
since Morse had
sent his first tele-
aph message
from Washington
to Baltimore, cap
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
TOO BUSY TO ENLIST.

From the talk about reducing the
effective strength of the army the fact
develops that, irrespective of any de-
liberate order for reduction, the army
is likely to fall short of its nominal
number by reason of difficulty in Sc
curing recruits and filling the ranks
depleted by expirations of enlistments.
1t has been the observation of mill
tary officers. and fully borne out by
the records, that recruits for the army
come fairly easy in times of industrial
stress, when men are out of work and
discouraged, but suffer, as from a
famine when the country in envelop-
ed in prosperity, and the demand for
labor at good wages is brisk and I'M
satisfied. The army does not offer
sufficient inducement to attract man
who has trade at which he can
work for American wages at any
time he pleases, and at the same time
enjoy the privileges Of being his own
boss outside of working hours. When
the prosperity wave is on it takes all
the persuasion that can be brought in
to requisition, with promises of bounty,
prizes and other concessions, to get re-
cruits at all, and at that recruits out
side of establishments are of question
able character hard to hold and con-
tributing largely to the assertions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
The Ruler Of the World.

When we get behind all the circum.
stances of our daily life we find the
thinker the man with ideas. He is the
true ruler Of the world. He gives US
all things, from the clothes Of our
bodies to the clothes Of our minds. He
gives us coats and commandments;
mutton chops and morals. He gives us
our policies, our religion, all, in short.
that we haye.-London Daily Dispatch.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
Wretched Pay for Labor.

At a hearing last summer in London
on the sweating question, evidence
was brought forward showing that
Sc women who sewed hooks and eyes
on cards earned at an average little
over rs cents week. Another woman
was instanced who worked from nine
one morning until the next morning
and earned 16 cents in that time. 1t
would seem better to die.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
Thousands Saw First Engine.

Thousands OF the inhabitants Of the
territory of Topic saw their first loco
motive the other day when a Southern
Pacific engine crossed the Sinaloa-
Topic border and pulled into the town
of Acaponeta, according to dispatch
from Guadala1ara. Mexico. The loco
motive heralded the completion of the
Southern Pacific extension to Acapo.
meta, and many of those who saw the
engine pull into the Topic town tray
eled many miles to be present
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
Native Education at the Cane.

Generally speaking, the natives are
keen about education, though, like
many Europeans, they do not much
like paying for it. In Fingoland the
desire for knowledge is SO widespread
that the percentage Of children attend
ing school compares very favorably
with that of the most civilized Euro
pean Countries Kimberley Diamond
Fields Advertiser.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04

Many people delude themselves by
saying 1T will wear away" when they
notice symptoms of kidney and bladder
trouble. This is mistake Take
Foley's Kidney Remedy. and stop the
drain on the vitality. 1t cures back
ache, rheumatism. kidney and bladder
trouble, and makes every trace of pain,
weakness, and urinary trouble dis
appear. Mcbride & Will Drug Com
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
Land Of Commercial Industry.

The traveller through Saxony is rare
ly out of sight of factory chimney.
In probably no other land are indus
proportion to the area. The present
number is 24,707, an increase of 1,755
over the preceding year. The number
of operatives is 6s5,319, an increase
of 41,235 in the course Of year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
Expected Train Ia ston.

The old gentleman was not Saccciiisv
toned to having the new railroad in
his town; upon seeing a tfain ap-
preaching he whipped up. bis horse
and tried to cross the track In front
Of it. He and his horse came out
safely, but the wagon was badly
broken. When he found that he was
not injured he called to the engineer:
Why. thought you saw me coming"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04

ManZan is good for any kind Of Piles.
It stops Inflammation, creates normal
circulation, thus reducing the Piles, and
heals the parts affected. ManZan may
be conveniently and easily applied, as
the tube in which it is put up has q
small patent nozzle attached. Sold by
b. A. Morgan's drug store.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04

1t is in time of sudden mishap or ac-
cident that Chamberlain's Liniment
can be relied upon to take the place
of the family doctor, who can not al
ways be found at the moment. Then
it is that Chamberlain's Liniment is
never found wanting. In cases of
sprains, cuts, wounds and bruises
Chap,berlain's Liniment takes out the
soreness and drives away the pain.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04

Your cough annoys you. Keep on
hacking and tearing the delicate mem
branes Of your throat if you want to
be annoyed. But if you want relief,
want to be cured, take Chamberlains
Cough Remedy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
4 THE LODGES.


- MASONIC N0TicEe.
1vlsitors always welcome.
"\Halls over 1857 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE 1os A. F. 3 A.
M.-Regular communication Friday ev-
ening, Sept. II, o'clock.
q. Hoeck, w. n.
II. S. Lawrence, Sec'y.
sIGNET CHAPTER No. SO. r. A. u.
Stated convocation Monday, Sept. 20.
q. a. Boggie. n. r.
I. s. Millard. sscy. i
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL r. = q
M-Stated assembly Monday. Sept. 20.
y. m.
A. D. Mesker. T. I n.
]. T. Forbes. REQ.
ST. ALDDMAR COMMANDERY No.
30 K. T-Stated conclave Tuesday sv-
ening, Sept. 81, 1909. at o'clock.
r. NJ. Wilbur. p. G..
Fred Wallace, Rec.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81. q. 3.
S.-Regular meeting Wednesday. Sept.
15, at p. m.
Mrs Geo. Downing. W. u
Edna G. Fularton. eecz.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
The ,IIvrians.

The 1llyrian province formed a
short-lived government, being insti-
tuted by Napoleon in 1909. from vari-
GUS territories taken from Austria,
north and east of the Adriatic. The
government was abolished in 1814-15.
The ancient Illyrians are now repre-
sented by the Albanians, which fact
doubtless gave the little kingdom its
title,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
Beauty a. the Breakfast Table.

To look her best woman should
rise slowly. dress by degrees. make
her toilet as if time were at a stand
still, and stroll down to the first meal
of the day without the slightest trace
of having hurried or of being in q
hurry, either for refreshment or news.
Women who follow this plan are al
ways those who are most admired,
but from the hostess point of view 1t
Is not to be recommended.-Ladi
Pictorial
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

Nowadays we are getting more in
terviews with Governor johnson than
with Bryan. Can there be any political
significance in the fact?" inquiries the
Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04

"The Fifth district is one of the few
districts in the state where no one is
talking about a congressional insur-
rection. Every other district seems to
have talk of a congressional contest
on its hands. We are very happy, In
comparison, in this state" rejoices the
Cedar Rapids Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04

Fresh from the gardens Of Ceylon,
(the finest tea producing country in the
world), "Salada" Tea is sold only in
sealed lead packets to preserve its de-
licious favor and aroma. At all gro
GERS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04

"The Rock Island placed an order
for s3,000,0O0 worth of new equipment
The rate of fare in Iowa and several
other states is still cents mile"
points out the Centerville Citizen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04

The Waterloo Reporter takes note
that ''There has been sudden cessa-
ton of drownings in the streams of
Iowa. But hunting and auto fatalities
will continue to keep the undertakes
out of receivers hands for some time
to come"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-04
CHANGE NOT LIKED
RAIL ROAD MEN WERE AyERsE TO
USE OF TELEGRAPH.
First Attempt 80 to Govern tho Move.
ment Of Trains Resulted In Flat
Refusal Of Engineer to Con-
tinue His Duty.

It was only so long ago as 1851 that
the discovery was made that the move