Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-19
Topics of the Times

One of the features of the state fair
will be night show depicting the
slaughter Of pioneers at Spirit Lake
in an Indian massacre The moving
picture shows will need bestir them
selves.
Mr.. Roosevelt seems 10 have had his
choice made for him. Now he has his
chance.
Contrary to the pastures the idea
that dirt road is good all the year
round grows in a dry spell but withers
in the rain.
One of the reasons for the falling off
in applications for divorces is that she
dress buttoned without her husband.
The Texas idea TO prohibit saloons
within ten miles Of school house
would result In revival of long dis
,tance pedestrianism.
y woman broke her leg the other
day wearing hobble skirt The rules
of the National Trotting Association
should be recommended TO the dress
makers.
President Ripley of the Santa Fe
seems to have run into head-end col
Iision.
One thing is pretty prominent in the
trial of the Des Moines police chief;
that there is no lack of scarlet in the
general color scheme of Des Moines.
Soldiers and old settlers reunions
and county fairs for the next month or
TWO. Who wouldn't live in Iowa?
That lie Blanc, flying at the rate Of
forty miles an hour. should travel a lit
tie faster than flock of carrier pig
cons at first seems an impressive cir
cumstance Still. the test was one Of
speed for the comparatively short dis
lance of fifty miles. In a trial Of en-
Idurance, on the other hand, the birds
would probably win. Homing pigeons
have often flown 900 or 400 miles with
out rest. LIE Blanc hopes before the
week is over to make a journey of
l4ss miles. but he is doing it on the in
stallment plan. His feat is not to be
compared with the best performances
of birds.
Il is gratifying to learn that Phila-
deIphia has beaten the s-cent price for
milk. Il was done by housekeepers
shutting off or greatly reducing their
demands, and the small dealers help
ing out by refusing to raise the rate.
They obtained their supplies from
nearby producers. were not members of
the milk exchange and made heavy
cuts in the business of the big deal
ers. 1t was found that the number
of people who had TO have a certain
quantity Of milk day was too small to
warrant The exchange members keep
ing the price up.
Senator Joseph w. Bailey's candi-
dacv FOR the democratic presidential
nomination on the platform OF tariff
taxes OF ali raw materials meets with
hearty response in North Carolina.
The North Carolina delegation in con-
:
gress was especially active a year ago
in fighting a reduction of duties on
lumber, IN spite of the declaration OF
the democratic national platform in
favor of putting lumber on the free
/ list In order 10 save lumber the North
Carolinians seem to be willing to ac-
cept the whole Bailey program, which
insists on the taxation of hides, coal
iron ore, crude India rubber and eevry
other raw material so long as duties
are retained on a manufactured pro-
duct into which the raw material en-
tiers. The Charlotte Observer" and
The Wilmington Star" both applaud
/ the Texas convention. which repudiat-
! ed the dem ocratic national platform of
1908 and set UP as standard democratic
tariff doctrine the declarations of the
Texas state platform of 1908.