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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
ton. 1t ought to have done it before

ton. 1t ought to have done 1t before
it did.
There is no great credit due either
newspapers Or individuals for doing
what they consider a plain duty. The
man who refuses to drink intoxicants
is not a fit subject for dedication. He
is simply human being with common
sense enough to protect himself and
his family. If he holds the use of in
toxicants immoral he is simply keeping
decent.
Newspapers are much as individuals
are. Their duty is as plain for them
to see as the duty of the individual is
to himself. Their responsibility is as
wide as their field They are visitors to
homes, friends of the family The
newspaper which does it's duty and ac-
cepts it's responsibility must edit its
advertisements as it does its news and
editorial departments. Whisky ads or
vileness of one kind or another does not
belong in a good newspaper. But why
swell up over having denied space to
space to the Specialist in private dis
eases" and his ilk? Why not cut them
OUT as decent thing to do without
ordering up the bally no?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
Laws Here and in England.

Those persons who say that
criminals do not escape punishment
on technicalities in England as they
do here" would be surprised If they
knew whereof they speak. A scrutiny
of Butterworth's or News Digest of
English Cases decided from 1898 to
1907 shows that the superiority of Eng
fish institutions Of which many Amer
lean patriots" love to boast does not
extend so completely to the admins
tration OF justice as is so generally be-
lieved Here are a few examples of
English judicial "hairspMtting": The
declaration of woman who took
poison with suicidal intent, and who
just before making the declaration and
dying, repeatedly said to the nurse
"Tm dying" was held inadmissible
against one accused OF murder on the
ground that it was not sufficiently
shown to have been made in contem-
|plation Of approaching death. In a
bigamy case the former marriage was
held to have been insuffIciently estab-
lished, tho a certififlcflate of marriage
by priest was shown, accused was
identified as one OF the parties men,
toned therein, and when arrested he
said, II did not know my former wife
was alive" A conviction for burglar
izing. HIS house and stealing his wife's
property was reversed because the in.
dictment described the property al
HIS. III another case 1T was decided
! that the English statutes were no
broad enough To punish one VINO lei.
oniously received goods stolen by {
married woman from her husband. A
conviction of a misdenneanor OF accused
as an accessory after the fact was re.
versed because he was Indicted as I
principal. Our system OF criminal pro-
cedure may need reforming, but "ther,
are others"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
How to XIII Germs.

Measure out quarts raw linseed oil
in 4or 5-gallon stone crock; then
weigh out in dish TX pounds COM
mercial potassium hydroxide or caustic
potash; which NAV be obtained from
any druggist at a cost Of from 10 to is
cents per pound. Dissolve this caustic
potash in pint water; let it stand for
at least three hours until the potash is
completely dissolved and the solution is
cold; then add the cold potash solution
very slowly to the linseed oil, stirring
constantly. Not less than five minutes
should be taken for the adding of this
solution Of potash to the oil
For five hours after mixing the oil
and potash mixture (soap) should be
stirred thoroughly about once every
hour, and then left standing for 10 or
10 hours. BY the expiration Of that
time saponifcation should be COM
plete. The soap should then be stirred
and broken up into small pieces. and
~ quarts commercial cresol should be
added. Commercial cresol can be
purchased Of druggists. 1t is caustic
like carbolic acid. and must be used
with care.
The soap will slowly dissolve In this
cresol. 1t may take two days for COM
piete solution to be Effected. The
length OF time taken in dissolving will
depend upon the condition Of the soap
which In turn varies with different lota
OF linseed oil. When the soap is all
dissolved the solution, which is cresol
soap, Is then ready TO use. This cresol
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
eermany,s Active Farms.

The policy of conservation that made
German forestry such a success is ap-
piled also to agriculture, writes Ru-
dolt Cornau in the December Nc
Cures. Germany is not at all land
flowing with milk and honey. In
enormous parts of northern Germany
the soil is decidedly poor. With that
of the United States it can not compare
at all. But proper care did wonders.
While the methods OF Farming used by
many Americans have resulted in the
utter decline of good land in compar-
atively short time. the farm lands of
Germany, even tho they have been
under cultivation for centuries, bring
forth rich crops year in and year out.
Mr.. James Hill, one Of the most noted
experts on land affairg, at the famous
governors conference. made the re-
markable statement that the soil OF
America, once the envy Of every other
country, gave during the ten years be-
ginning with 1896 an average yield Of
1876 bushels Of wheat per acre, while
Germany produced 27.6.1 For the same
decade the yield of oats was in Amer
lea less than 80 bushels, in Germany
46. For barley the figures were rs,
against SO, and for rye 1874 against
"a.
Deserted farms, which as a result of
soil exhaustion, can be found all over
the eastern half of the United States
are absolutely unknown in Germany
From the Denver Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
Income From, Farm

William l.. Mills, of Putnam county
ILL.,, has had the following income from
his elghty-acre farm: 19O6-Four cars
western sheep, $S5363; native sheep
and wool. s232.73; hogs, s477.7s; corn,
S564.29; oats, $685.; horses. $500: but
ter, poultry eggs fruit, etc, S11201
Total s2,71S.7s, or 1892 per acre
ls07-Hogs raised and bought s5729O;
three cars western sheep, 1907 so;
mich cows with calves sold, $12210
oats, S4247o; butter, poultry, eggs, etc.
S214.66. Total, s1,S21sl, or s22.77 per
acre. 190S-Three cars western sheep
$T41.6S; hogs fed and raised, s455 so:
COW sold. S21.S9; horses, SAILS; oats
s27S.45; poultry. eggs, fruit. outside
work, etc, S227.95. Total, s2,140.07, OF
$26.T5 per acre.
Such results have come from re-
solve to be wholly honest with this
land, to return fully as much plant
food as the crops take off, and from a
most careful plan to get high results
fed farming.
twenty acres are in permanent blue
grass pasture, and the other three equal
neidS are rotated to corn, oats and
clover. The clover is all fed on the
place and only about three years in
twenty has corn in any quantity been
sold. More corn Is bought than sold
Half OF the twentyacre field in corn
was MANFRED last year and the other
half this year; Is acres in all were COW
cred with manure, including clover
straw, this year The AZ acres of o,lti
waited land was covered with 81 tons
of ground rock phosphate in the spring
of 1907, or 1910 pounds per acre. The
corn promised so bushels or more per
acre when visited by the writer. The
oats yielded 60 bushels per acre and
a fine catch crop Of clover. Other re-
cent years the oats, on this farm yield
ed 40 bushels per acre, while the or
binary yields of the neighborhood were
but 20 to % bushels
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
Untidiness Not a Virtue.

No not even in a farmer Some
farmers seem to aim at being as untidy
as possible They newer wear a decent
suit of clothes. Sunday and week day
they slop around in sgri1ny dungarees,
their horses and harness never see a
brush or towel, their tools have to
weather all weathers. A kindly pro-
tecting coat of dirt and an atmos-
phere of decay pervades everything
on their farms.
Many of these men go into town but
rarely, never read farming paper, but
roll thru life n an aimless, unlovely,
don't care" fashion. And when they
die, no one is sorry, for they have
never done any one any good
AT the touch of tider hand their
horses spruce up and work with a
double zest; the harness receives its
old age pension in the hale winter of
Its life. The rusted plows and the
thresher go down to an early grave.
Everywhere around the farm is reju-
venation. 1t is responding to the touch
of man who is alive. He staggers
the neighbors with his results. "Why.'
they exclain, Il never could get a de-
cent crop off that land"-New Zealand
Dairyman.
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Topics of the Times

Passenger Cuts Freight in Halves"
announces the headlines Interstate
commerce and Iowa railroad commits
sions please notice.
Congressman Adair's criticism Of
the presidents $4,000 allowance for
vehicle and stables" will not enrage
the citizen whose modest team and
carriage gets him here and there for
business and pleasure or even the man
whose automobile is one incessant joy
to himself and a perpetual terror to
pedestrians. Mr.. Adairs idea that the
1924 appropriation to the execu-
tive department might be cut will find
a responsive chord in the breast of
the man whose rural delivery service
IS accused CT extravaganza.
President Taft may thank the in
surgents for such help as may be Civ
en- his program by the Cannon AID
rich crowd. They have concluded that
| the people are convinced that the in
surgents know what they are talking
about" whether Taft did or did no,
in his preconvention promises.
l
Young Mr.. Rockefeller is investigat.
ing white slavery at the head of q
grand jury. Now if some white SLAYER
were investigating the Standard with
a grand jury Of his peers something
lively would be doing-perhaps. Wher
4 certain persons fall out another clas
get their dues, as for instance whe,
the saloon interests quarrel.
Really the wide wheeled wagon is o
more Importance than the bandwagon
A Woodbury. court has decided tina
a Syrian is a white man. Maybe sc
maybe so; perhaps they washed him
Politics, The Curse OF the Commun
ity." is the subject Of editorial lucubra
ltion in the Des.f Moines Capital. II th
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
TIE COAL CANINE.

Reports from all over the state indi-
cate the seriousness of the coal short
age. The railroad commission is being
appealed 10 from various sections and
towns. Some coal mines have shut
down on account of deep snow; the
coal ordered by dealers in the cities
and towns is failing to arrive. Fac
tories are pleading for fuel and some
factories have been obliged to cease
operations.
The charge is freely made that rail-
roads are communicating the coal and
storing it against their time of need.
Tn railroads claim they are doing all
they can and are delivering as rapidly
as possible. They say that the cold
weather so reduces the hauling power
of their locomotives that with showed
in tracks, etc, they can not do the
work
However, it may be Iowa ought not
to face coal famine every time a
white frost falls. 1t would be we'll for
the railroad commission TO take time
from viewing private crossings and the
like to investigate into the causes and
wherever possible apply the remedy. A
report on conditions, causes and sug-
gestion of remedial possibilities would
be worth the money-and that is a
consideration the railroad commission
of Iowa should not forget
1t is plainly impossible that every
consumer, of large or small quantities
of coal, can in the fall lay in a COM
plete supply for six months season.
There is something wrong which can
not be justly laid at the door of the
consumer or the retailer. What is it?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
PAINTING a Cement Wall.

The following method of painting a
cement wall was described at recent
convention of Canadian master paint
ers. The building had become discol-
ored in places, and the points were OF
different color from the surface of the
blocks. Two parts of Portland cement,
together with one part of marble dust,
were mixed with water to the con-
sistency Of thin paint or a thick white
wash. The wall was well wetted before
the application Of the paint and kept
constantly wet while the material was
applied, and then kept for day in
order to make tht cement wash adhere
to the cement surface. The wash was
applied with ordinary whitewash or
calcimine brushes, and a man was
kept busy playing spray on 1t while
the work was being done. The whole
secret of success lay In keeping the
wall constantly wet.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
Profanity by Agreement.

Bishop Olmsted Of Denver tells a
story illustrative Of the fact that
clergymen must keep very much far
ther away from evil than the ordinary
man.
The bishop was once talking in Ohm
stedville with an old fisherman about
a neighboring divine
"a very good man." the bishop said.
"a good man. yes" assented the old
fisherman. HE swears good bit for
a preacher, tho"
"Swears?" exclaimed Bishop Ohm
sted. II can't believe that"
But heard him." said the old fish
erman, obstinately. II sat. beside him
at our Thanksgiving treat, you know,
| sir. We both Of US were hacking away
at turkey leg. His got away from
him. 1t slid across the table towards
me and a lot of cranberry sauce was
spattered about.
81 said to him, sympathetic like, for
l could see he was worked up:
These legs are damn tough, amt
they, sir"
He answered back. quick as q
flash:
Yes, George. they certainly are.'
"Now, if that amt swearing" COM
cluded the old fisherman, what 10
it?"-Kansas City Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
THE BOOZE 40.

A controversy as to precedence is go
ing on between some Iowa newspapers.
The question is of which newspaper
first denied its columns to whisky ad-
Vertisements. The Register and Lead
or. Cedar Rapids Republican, Burllng
ton Hawkeye and vinton Eagle are
thus making history.
II is matter of small moment al
best. The main thing is that most OF
the better newspapers have banished
the booze aa. Years ago the T.-R. cut
out the whisky ad. It did 1t before any
other prominent newspaper in the state
had taken the step. However. 1t j.
not nlumins itself greatly over its &C.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
Pasteurizinq Milk.

We occasionally find butter maker
in this day of creamery progress and
enlightenment who is so careless or
indifferent as to bring the pasteurizing
Of skim milk into i'll repute by heat
ing 1t to temperature below 1850
Fahrenheit When milk is warmed to
less than 100 degrees it is not pas
teurized at all, as it must have this
temperature to destroy the germs that
cause 1T to sour and warming of the
milk to anything less than this only
encourages the growth and multiplied
ton of the germs and hastens the sour
ing Of the milk. Under no circum-
stances heat to less than 100 degrees
and $50 is better, and the latter tenn
perature is always required in our
higher altitudes.-Field and Farm.
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THE LODGES.
MASONIC NOTICES.

X MASONIC NOTICES.
KY Visitors always welcome,
IVNHall over 105-107 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE, 1os. A. r.
A. Naturalization OF officers Friday
Jan. Z. at 1880 p. m. y
II. q. Hoeck. w. N.
II. 8. Lawrence, Secretary.
sIGNET CHAPTER No. SO. R, A. M.
Stated convocation Monday, Jan. II.
1880.
George H. Boggie, b. H. p.
l. 8. Willard, Secretary.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL. r, & 8.
M.-Stated assembly Monday, Jan. II,
1880 p. m.
A. d. Meeker, T. I. NJ.
I. T. Forbes, Rec.
ST. ALDEMAR COMMANDERY No.
30, K. T.-stated conclave Tuesday ev-
ening, Jan. 1S. 1910. Visiting Sir
knights always welcome.
F. M. Wilbur, 3. G.
Fred Wallace, Rec.
CENTRAL CHAPTER. No. 81. O. II.
S.-Meets in regular meeting, installa-
ton Of officers Wednesday evening.
Jan. -, at 1880.
Mrs. George Downing. w. NJ.
Edna c. Fularton. Secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
Mill Feed Mixed With Corn.

When corn was from Is to 25 cents a
bushel it scarcely paid US to use any
thing but corn in fattening a hog or
steer Mill feed was cheap then. too,
but there was the hauling to be taken
into consideration, and those times
when man got dollar he thought
several times before spending it. AS a
rule, it pays to use considerable mill
feed now, at least enough to balance
corn ration in good shape. 1t Is high
In price, to be sure, but when corn is
go cents feeder can afford to pay a
premium for an additional feed that
Will make corn produce better results.
When finishing either steers or hogs,
our best feeders use some mill feed
Farmers Mail and Breeze.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
The Strawpile|


keep, but the bone and constitution
given her by liberal skimmilk feeding
in colthood and the disposition to get
there which was born in her never
went back on her, and a few months
of careful handling after her return
was enough to put her in nice trim
again. We have frequently fed skim
milk to colts, both trotting bred and
drafts, with the best results In the au-
tumn of 1905 we had quite number
of horses. Desiring to wean a colt, we
put him on separated milk, He soon
learned that when we came to the cow
house to feed the calves he was to be
fed, and would climb into his manger
with forefeet and beg for skim milk.
We fed him from a pint to three pints
twice day from the time he was about
months old, and he grew like a weed.
He was part Clyde, and both bone and
muscle were we'll developed for year
ling"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
Something New in Corn.

bulletin just issued from the ag-
ricultural department at Washington
deals with experiments with new va
rlety of corn brought from China, from
which, it is hoped, can be bred, by
crossing with other corn, variety that
Will thrive in the semi arid regions of
the southwest, where it now is impos-
sible to produce this crop.
The matter is interesting in large
way. If the vast areas now regarded
as unavailable for cereal production
can thus be reclaimed, the fulfilment of
Jim Hills doleful predictions of food
shortage will at least be delayed. Also
a new field will be opened for the prop
agation of the best type of American
citizenship, the farmer.
A small lot of shelled corn of this
new kind was sent to the United States
department of agriculture from Shang-
hal, China, in 1908, and tested the same
season. The plants raised in the test
averaged less than six feet in height,
with an average of twelve green leaves
at the time of tasseling The ears
averaged five and one-half inches in
length and four and one-third inches in
greatest circumference, with sixteen to
eighteen rows of small grains. On the
upper part of the plant the leaves are
all on one side Of the stalk, instead
of being arranged in two rows on oppo-
site sides. Besides this, the upper
leaves stand erect, instead of .droop-
ing, and the tips of the leaves are
therefore above the top of the tassel.
The silks of the ear are produced at tho
point where the leaf blade is join
to the leaf sheath, and they appear be-
fore there is any sign of an ear ex-
cept a slight swelling.
The corn is very different from any
that is now produced in America. It's
peculiar value is that the erect ar
rangement of the leaves on one side of
the stalk and the appearance of the
silks in the angle where the leaf blade
joins the sheath offer a protected place
IN which pollen can settle and fertil-
lie the silks before the latter are ever
exposed to the air. This is regarded
by experts as an excellent arrange
ment for preventing the drying out of
the silks before pollination While this
corn may be of little value itself, it is
likely that, by cross-breeding, these de-
sirable qualities can be impaired to q
larger corn. which will thus be better
adapted to the southwest.
| Even the established corn grower
OF Iowa and other states can afford to
hope that the aims of the experiment.
ers will be realized. for the competition
will not overtake him. There will be a
market for all the corn that can be pro-
duced. When the price of corn turnbles
/ as 1t probably will some day, tempo
rarily, it will be due to causes other
than r-production.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
1nrsRHruB1loAN. MARsHA11rowta IOWA JANUARY g. 1910

land in the Philippines. Congress en-
acted law providing that not more
than forty acres Of public land in the
islands shall be sold to an individual
nor more than $500 acres to corpo-
raion or syndicate. But Taft's law Of
ficer has found technical way to get
around the law-just as Ballinger did
in the conservation cases. II there is
any way by which the interests" can
profit the Taft administration will find
lit. Roosevelt would have compelled
the sugar trust to go to the courts for
its title: Taft executes a deed Of
demand.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
Wheat vs.. Butter.

A ton of wheat takes $3.50 worth of
fertility from the soil on which II
grows and sells for about $50. A ton
OF butter fat, on the other hand, sells
for about $500 and takes only so cents
worth of fertility from the soil. Sell
ing wheat is selling soil, while selling
butter is selling air, sunshine and wa
ter. A dairy COW returns to the soil
three -fourths of the fertility in the food
she eats. The dairy cow produces sew
eral times as much food az a beef ami
NAL. She yields on the average about
1000 pounds of dairy food matter each
year for about six years. The average
beef animal. according to careful COM
putation, produces about 240 pounds OF
dry food matter In a year and has to
die to yield 1t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
Warm Milk For Calves.

Cold milk, especially when. the
weather begins to get chilly, is not best
for Calves 1t gives them something of
shock and is slow to digest. Any
thing that does this can not be best
for the animal that eats it,
My attention was called to this by a
comparison of the calves of an old
neighbor of mine with those on the
farms Of other men around me- Nhis
old man always warmed the milk he
gave his calves. Not only in winter and
fall, but right thru the summer months.
the milk was placed on the stove and
warmed as regularly as the fire was
lighted to get breakfast.
And he always had such fine calves!
Great big fellows, weighing a lot more
than those Of his neighbors. When
other men would have calves to turn off
that would weigh say $50 pounds,
bringing them perhaps 81 or So, his
would tip the balances at 25 or so
pounds more, with corresponding
amount of money in the pocket.
Not only that. The calves made
larger cows and better COWS. No doubt
about that. Nobody around had such
coWs LOT size as ne ola. AND they gave
fine mess of milk, too. %
Here found my lesson and 1 tried
to follow the example of the kindly old
neighbor, and did it with success. The
secret of this kind of feeding Is not
hard to find. With the warm milk d.
gestion began at once. The warm
milk was more easily turned into bone
and muscle and fat. 1t took some little
time and strength to do this work. but
am sure 1T paid.-E. L. Vincent, in
Agricultural Epitomist.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06
The eeet cure,

TN Mayor Gaynor's early days on
the bench" said Brooklyn lawyer,
"a prisoners counsel said in the course
Of his speech:
Medical witnesses will testify that
my unfortunate client is suffering from
kleptomania, and, your honor, you
know what that ~ ~. y.
Yes said Judge Gaynpr, lido. It
|is disease the people pay me TO
cure = 4, s.3ll
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-06

For indigestion and all stomach
troubles take Foley's Orino Laxative.
It is the natural remedy for indigestion,
dyspepsia, heartburn, bad breath, sick
headache, torpid liver. biliousness and
habitual constipation. Foleys Orino
Laxative sweetens the stomach and
breath, and tones up the entire all
mentary system. Mcbride & Will Drug
Company