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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13

good for road making and one that
washes easily. and tho expense Of
cutting down hills Is usually greater
than would be the cost Of buying a
right-of-way around the hill and
thus avoid the grade. Railroad en-
g1neers will make considerable
curves In the roads in order to avoid
grades. and they have the problem
very carefully studied out and they
will often times make q detour Of a
good many miles in order to avoid
grade.
Having to haul the produce from
the farm to the market over a poor
road adds to the cost OF production,
and again a good road that can be
depended on in all seasons brings
the farmers several miles nearer
town and it also increases the value
of the land considerably as the buyer
will pay quite bit more for land
that he can reach with a good road
than for land that is hard 10
reach on account OF poor roads.
due either to steep grades or
to the poor quality Of the road bed
The main thing in new country.
however. is getting the roads laid out
in the right place. as 1t is not an easy
matter to change them after they
have once been established and
money expended on them.
w. C.. PALMER.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13
aHss So HUMAN

What / most like about Roosevelt.
said an old democrat who is ready 10
forsake tradition and defy party in or
der to vote for the colonel for any
office between consta BILE and president.
What 1 most like about Roosevelt is
that he is so id human
When Roosevelt peeled his coat. hor-
rowed golf cap and climbed into the
airship at St. Louis Tuesday it was
another of those - human" per-
formances which so delight most men
and most classes of men. Two i'm
pulses urged him He wanted to try
flying and it wasn't in his nature TO
pass the invitation of the aviator who
politely told the colonel that he'd like
to have him for a passenger. Theodore
never could pass a bluff or take a
dare
The one astonishing thing of the
flight is that il lasted three minutes
and twenty seconds and ended with
Roosevelt still passenger. The wonder
is not that he flew but that he did not
in that length of time force a change of
places and come back to the starting
point in charge OF the steering gear
For the desire to run the machine is
another very human trait of Roose-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13

turb neighborhood. In this day 1t is
unbeara BILE to have mob Of half grown
and half baked youths bowling like
wolves about dwelling, trampling and
perhaps destroying. Every one OF this
adolescent charivaris is an opportunity
for run by the patrol.
Not that the kids" should be ar
rested. That would make martyrs OF
them to some minds. But the officers
should inaugurate general spanking
with double dose for the larger
youths. If men happen to be in the
crowd ride to the station and pay
ment of s4S5 might prove reformatory
but spank the boys. Spank
them hard on the spot for that pur-
pose made and provided. One good
sound sincere spanking would cure the
charivari habit
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13
A Crop Without Rain.

Ajax defied the lightning only =
Farmer Brown of Willow Lake. :. D.,
defed the whole conglomerate assort-
nent of the elements
In other words, Farmer Brown TO
tated his crops, enriched his soil by
using a mechanical fertilizer plowed
Just as deep as his pillow would go, and
narrowed and dragged the soil until
ii was as near talcum powder fineness
as he could make it.
And forty acres on his farm thus
treated Will yield twenty-five bushels
to the acre OF velvet chat variety of
wheat and straw that reaches waist
high. while his neighbors who used
only old fashioned methods OF farming
and trusted to a generous rainfall are
in the dumps with a small crop.
THAT shows the result of scientific
farming" exclaimed Farmer Brown on
a visit to Minneapolis recently speak
ing to a Jaurnal reporter. II didn't
learn scientific farming IN college as
young men do today. but l learned it
from reading at home. attending farm
ers' Institutes and applying the same
business methods to my farming that
any successful man in any walk of life
must use in order to get the best
results
The best farmer in South Dakota"
is what the agricultural experiment
state men out there say of Farmer
Brown. And they say it because they
know that whatever soil he put seed
into grows paying crop and that he
has never had crop failure no matter
what kind of weather has come.
81 guess I've opened the eyes of
some of my neighbors out there who
didn't believe in summer-fallow and
cry farming methods he said, with
a smile Last fall l said to my hand.
I want to take hold of that forty this
fall and see just how good crop OF
wheat we can raise off it. The crops
have been rotated just right and be-
,ieve We can raise the best wheat In
South Dakota on ii If we go about it.
SO lets fail-plow and drag 1t very care
fully and in the spring We'll go after
it with a fine -toothed comb
.1ncidently, ] have the best farm
hand in South Dakota. He agreed that
we would attempt a record crop. When
we came to pillow it last fall we noticed
a streak of hard dirt clear across the
forty that rose almost to the surface.
II figured that if we could get under that
and turn it over it would be very fer
tile. So We hitched four horses to a
big pillow and turned it over. 1t was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13

Soil deficient in humus is Of little
value.
Humus benefits the soil in many
ways.
1t makes soil looser lighter. thus
aiding in ventilation and allowing
poisonous gases to escape.
1t keeps the soil from becoming
overheated.
1t is valuable in clay because by
tightening the ground it makes it cas-
Ter to work
1t changes minerals that are in the
soil to plant food
1t holds nitrogen in the soil and
in the soil and the costliest to buy
as fertilizer.
1t is the home of beneficial bacteria.
1t helps the soil to retain moisture.
Plow your ground deeply as this
enables the humus to get deeply into
the soil, where the long roots will get
the greatest benefit from it.
On some desert lands the first thing
to be done is to get crop started that
Will add to the humus content of the
soil. This can be done and is done.
the result often being soils of amaz-
ing fertility.
Humus, it is understood. is that ele-
ment in the soil composed of decom-
posed organic substances, and forms
the principal plant food of the soil.
Where it is abundant we have
rich soil, and produce large crops;
where it is absent crops are light and
we say the soil is barren.
PROF. r. H. LOUGHRIDGE.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13

has to do is to catalog the books and
hand them out as they are called Ior
by the patrons. That work, altho i'm
portant and something that cannot be
neglected, is not what the librarian Is
paid for. Presses are busy all the time.
all over the world. turning out thous-
ands Of volumes on all sorts of sub
jects. The money available at each
public library for the purchase of books
is limited The demands of each COM
munity are peculiar and must be stud
led. not from the view point of general
experience of librarians turnout the
country. altho that is important, but
from the viewpoint of the social ana
educational activities in progress IN the
community Only as result OF TINS
kind of study can the librarian arrive
at conclusions and make recommended
lions that will produce the best re-
suits for the community.
once in a while the librarians of the
state get together 10 talk shop IN
cidental to their meetings they have
lectures by men and women OF promi-
nence, recognized authorities in their
fields And these lectures are just as
Interesting for the general public as
they are for the librarians themselves
This week the people of Davenport
will welcome the Iowa librarians. ROCK
Island will welcome the Illinois IL
brarians The two societies will nave
several joint meetings and the pro-
grams provide for public lectures which
ought to be attended by every one VINO
can do so. 1t is as important that the
patron of the public library should
know what are the aims of the librar-
ian as that the librarian should know
what are the demands of the patrons
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13
THE LODGES.
4 MASONIC NOTICES.
0rHall over los-1oT West Main.
~\vfsitors alwAyo wo1onnA

4 MASONIC NoTJcgo.
X1Hall over 10S-1o1 West Nain.
~\vfsitors always wolonnA
MARSHALL LODGE. los. A. r. q
A. NJ Stated communication Friday,
Oct. H. at 1880 p. m.
r. w. Chamberlain, w. n.
III. 8. Lawrence. Secretary.
SIGNET CHAPTER no. SO. r. A. N
Regular convocation Monday evening,
Oct. II. 1880 p. m.
George H. Boggie. H. n. r.
]. g. Aillard. Secretary.
KING SOLOMON Council, No. 20. r.
& S. NJ. Stated assembly. Monday.
Oct. II. 1880 p. m.
]. T. Forbes, Recorder.
A. D. Aeeke1. T. I. M.
ST. ALDEMAR CoA6MANDERY. No.
80 K. T. Stated conciaye for business
and work. The Order Of the Temple
Tuesday evening. Oct. Is, 1910. at 1890
sharp. Visiting Sir Knights always
welcome.
F. N. Wilbur. = G.
Fred Wallace. Recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER. Ne. q, O. u.
S.-Regular meeting wednesday oNen-
ing. Oct. IL. p. m.
Mn. George Downing. ". -
Edna G. Fulaeton. Secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13
Topics of the Times

Reports from Creston indicate that
the people there were disappointed
" it'll Bryan because he did not take a
stand on the liquor question. Did
they think he would order up drinks
the mintue he got away from home?
The appearance of Mr.. Bryan in the
field is calculated to call republicans
back to their duty.
We imagine. however. that those
/ southerners don't care "a fig whether
, the state or the nation drains those
swamp lands, just SO it is done
After that st. Louis volley we don't
look for much more democratic praise
OF the colonel.
The 1910 corn crop is put al 2,977,-
100000 bushels The statisticians re-
fuse to lie for the other 33,oOO.oOo
bushels.
Newspapers account OF the Bryan
meeting at Creston says that the
speaker carried his audience With him
as he spoke and. we may add judging
from past experiences, dropped them
the moment he left the building.
But when ii comes 10 going after the
democrats the colonel has no objection
to leaving off the bride.
The "drys" have a plan to capture
Des Moines. The "drys" seem to hest
tate al nothing
The Russian government has set a
rather dangerous precedent by pen
sioning an aviators widow. This cas-
lily might become a heavier drain than
naval construction
1t won't be long now until we will
be hearing about how necessary it is
to register if you want to vote.
candidate without an automobile
may still have hopes if he has a de-
voted friend with a big red touring
car
w. D. Barney. state food and dairy
commission, excerpts to the claims of
tuberculosis experts that milk from
cows which respond to the tuberculm
test should not be used. Commissioner
Barney asserts that in his opinion the
milk is dangerous only when there is
lesion on the udder Otherwise, the
milk, in his opinion, is fit for food. IN
der that rule it behooves the miIkrnan
to have at least one COW with a sound
set of udders for exhibition purposes.
Harold Bell Wright, author of 'sI-he
Shepherd of the Hills" THE Calling of
Dan Matthew'S" and That Printer of
Cdells' three of the big sellers which
deserve TO sell has written an allegory,
The Jncrowned King" 1t is a little
book of us pages illustrated by John
Rea O'Neill and issued from the press
es of the Book Supply Company, Chi
cago. In its manner it is as excellent
Wholesome and attractive as his other
works, a pure. clean panel5 on the walls
Of American literature. The motive Of
the story lies in the princes conclu-
sion: The crown is not kingdom nor
Is one king because he wears the
crown
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13
Loads and Roads,

team can exert a pull on short
distance of one-half its weight but
for ordinary work the load it can pull
should not be over one-tenth the
weight of the team: for instance a
team weighing 5000 pounds can ex-
ert a pull of 800 pounds. that is when it
is to continue the work say for ten
hours while for a small stretch it
would be able to exert a pull Of 1.500
pounds. This, however. is putting forth
all the energy of which they are cap
able. 1t has also been found that the
pull required to take a ton over the
| ordinary roads is 100 pounds Suppos-
ing then that the load is one ton and
the wagon weighs 1900 pounds. this
would make a total of $500 pounds.
and al the rate of 100 pounds per ton
would make total of 264 pounds lit
tie less than the team is capable of
hauling. In fact it could very nicely
handle 500 pounds more which would
bring the pull up to 800 pounds, and
making the load $500 pounds. This.
however. is for the level. AS a grade
is approached this. of course, will be
increased. A five per cent grade would
increase the draft of the wagon and
load $500 pounds by BIS pounds. bring
ing it up TO SO pounds which is almost
twice which the team can handle as a
regular thing. II the grade is increased
to twenty per cent or twenty feet in a
hundred feet the draft on this same load
would come TO little over 1900
pounds, or the maximum that this
team could pull when exerting its ut
most power. Any grade beyond this
would mean that the load would have
to be reduced. and IN fact no team
should be required TO have TO pull to its
maximum capacity. From this then it
is evident that increasing the grade in
crea SEES the draft very fast and hence
grades should be eliminated as far as
it is possible.
On the macadam road team can
pull three times as much on the
level as on the good earth road, but
the increase in draft up grade re-
mains the same as on the earth road,
SO that grade would be more OBJ
jectionable on a nacadam road than
pound team could easily handle four
tons, while the maximum grade that
lit could pull up with such a load
would be a 10 per cent grade. and even
that is more than should be ex-
pected from the team.
There is a very marked tendency
in the west of running roads on the
section lines. This is good where
the land is level, but where there are
hills it is usually advisable to go
around rather than to go over them.
at least where this can be done, and
thus avoid a sleeper grade. There is
also this objection to cuts and fills
that it brings up soil that is not
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13
Feed Hens Now if Ever.

There is not time in all the year
when 10 feed lightly means SO great
a loss as in the fail of the year Moult-
ing hens need nourishing food and all
they can be induced to eat of it. All
birds that are going to market most
certainly should be fed we'll; and all
pullets that may possibly be induced
TO commence laying before Christmas
need ample feed as much as any bird
on earth can, and most surely all late
or understood chickens need the last
particle Of assistance that food and
comfortable quarters can bring them
in order to get ready for the coming
cold and crowding of winter. To let
up as many do, on the quality or
quantity Of feed. is simply hitting the
profits of the business the hardest
blow at the most critical time it can
be delivered
Many who intend 70 feed literally,
fail because they do not make enough
allowance for the increased number of
fowls on the place, nor the fact that
the greater part Of them are growing
young fowls that really need and
should have more feed than the full
grown bird. We all know how much
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13
Iona Newspapers
CARROLL AND PORTER.
INIT. Vernon Record.

The popular verdict in Iowa is
against Governor Carroll. 1t is against
him because the trial of the case dis
closed the littleness and vindictiveness
OF the man. The public understands
the rulings of Judge Howe. as cal
culated to narrow the hearing down to
the point of practical order of ac-
auittai. A man may be ever so well
equipped against an enemy, but if you
deprive him of his just weapons of de-
Tense you give victory to his enemy.
John Cownie has suffered no loss of
pubic esteem; nor has Governor
Carroll elevated himself in public es-
teem-Marion Sentinel.
The Record can agree with much
the Sentinel says. Yet the fact re-
mains that if Mr.. Porter is elected it
will be hailed as a victory for the sa-
loon from one end of the country TO the
other, and we do not believe Iowa cares
to be counted as going backwards on
this issue. Mr.. Carroll may be a man
that We can not all agree on as ideal.
but he is backed by principles that are
so much better than the principles be-
hind Mr.. Porter that no republican
should hesitate for a moment as to
how to cast his vote on governor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13
The Strawpile


almost Us hard as rock, but We ground
it up as fine as powder. The result is
that streak shot the grain up six
inches higher than the rest of the for
tS We went over the whole forty just
as if we We're grinding up corn into
meal. When we got thru / could go any
place in that forty and pick up a hand
full OF earth that would be as fine as
if it had been put thru a mill
There was not enough rainfall on
that forty to fill footprint from the
time We planted the seed until last
Tuesday when we cut it. Just two lit
tie showers came altogether. They
scarcely even Wet the straw. But l
didn't mind that. My neighbors were
in despair because of the lack of rain.
Every time they complained I would
offer to take them over and show them
my exhibit of the value of summer
fallow and dry farming I believe they
have learned u lesson, but it has cost
them dearly.
MY oats are a great success, too.
The ground was prepared for them
with almost as much care and while
the farmers around me are getting
short yields my oats show forty BUSH
els to the acre. They were about a
foot high and had heads about four
inches long. Other farmers near me
could not cut their oats in many in
stances because Of the short stand"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13
THE LIBRARIANS CONVENTION.
IDavennorf Tim esl

Everyone is interested in the work
the public libraries are doing There
are few people in any community who
do not a some time during the year
have occasion to go to the public Ii
brary to consult a reference book or TO
set some volume to read of which they
have heard much or to Which they
have been referred. How TO anticipate
all these demands or a majority of
them. at least. with the money at their
disposal is the problem which The IL
brari5n has to solve
Perhaps some people, Very few
indeed-believe that all the librarian
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13
A Generous and Charitable Wish.

Il wish all might know Of the benefit
received from your Foley's Kidney
Remedy says l. \. Regain Farmer.
Mo His kidneys and bladder gave him
so much pain, misery and annoyance.
he could not work. nor sleep. He says
Foleys Kidney Remedy completely
cured him Mcbride & VIII Drug
COMPANY.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13

The Mt Vernon Record says Of King
Manuel, of Portugal. were talking, he
would agree with the standpatters of
Iowa that the people were not compe-
tent TO select their public officials"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13

growing boys and girls eat. or want
to eat, than older people. Growing
takes food, and whether 1t IS growing
chickens, growing eggs or growing
feathers. ample nourishing food must
be supplied or the growing will not
take place. This is the time of year
all these things are taking place In the
poultry yard, and we find that the best
way is to feed all that the poultry will
eat up clean at least twice a day, and
we see to it generally that there is
feed in the boxes nearly all the time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13

There is much about such men as
Roosevelt LaFollette. Cannon and AL
drich to admire and respect" says the
Webster City Freeman Tribune.
whether one agrees with them or not.
Moreover, 1t is well for the country to
have strong men in public life"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The doctors figure that s34. 900 would
be fair compensation for what they
did for Mayor Gaynor. One shudders to
think of the size of the bin if they had
extracted the bullet" says the Sioux
City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13

With what consistency can any man
who participated IN the New York con-
vention refuse to stand for renornina-
ton OF the president unless something
comes u pfrom now on to make such
rem nomination out of the quest ion ?"
inquiries the Des Moines Tribune
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13

The Iowa Falls Sentinel says The
railroad com panies may be losing some
money at the present rates for carrying
passengers and freight, but they are
losing it because they can not supply
enough cars to take care Of the bust
ness"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13

Increasing bodies of railroad men
have decided that they can get what
they want by going into politics. notes
the Davenport Democrat, and inquiries,
We'll, haven't the protected interests
succeeded by just that course7 1t is q
game of grab with them,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13

The Burlington Gazette alleges it is
honestly is of the opinion that Mr..
Porter will defeat Governor Carroll
by from 10000 to 10000 majority.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13

'.If YOU only have little loose money
don't take too long speculative shot"
advises the Rockwell Photograph.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13

Next thing they'll be holding the
new tariff law responsible for the hob
BILE skirt" predicts the Keokuk Gate
City.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-13
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Entered at the postoffice at MARSHALL
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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-02-24

ton the vast sums of money that changes
hands each year in Christmas purchase.
or the enormous expenditure of Americans
for travel and culture
Who is il that is indulginc in this
higher and more expensive standard of
living? The answer is: EVERYBODY. No
body practices the old-time economies. Ev-
cry family spends the income. with the
result that America has the most COM
Portable, the best supplied, the most adj
vanced and most APPARENTLY prosperous
salaried and wage-earning class in the
world, until financial panic caused by
a scarcity of money precipita;es an indus
trial depression, and it is found that no.
body has saved anything to live on in
such time of need.
We plainly do not learn any useful les
sen from these recurring financial and in
dustrial convulsions any more than we do
from the foreign immigrants who come
among us stepped in the depths of pow
erty, and by the strict economies which
they practice, living on what we throw
away, in few years they grow rich,
and in a couple of decades they are great
capitalists and are among the financial
magnates of the city.
Do their examples teach any wisdom?
Not bit 1t is the nature created throu oh
years of extravaganza of the masses of
the American people to spend all they get
and when through increased wages or
other receipts they get more, they simply
advance their standard of living to meet
the increased income.
Why are abstruse and far-fetched the
cries needed to account for conditions that
our everyday lives thoroughly explain
New Orleans Picayune.