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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26
TINE CANADA THISTLE.

How little most of US know about
dangerous and noXious weeds was evil
denced bv the question asked the other
evening by man in charge or large
interests, an extremely capable man oE
the way, alert and anxious to the in
terests of his firm He wanted u
know what a Canada thistle looked
like Certain weeds had appeared on
property in his charge and he feared
they were Canadas by the persistency
with which they defied destruction. He
wanted a method of destroying them.
Wisconsin farmers are badly bother
ed with Canada thistle. The pest has
got a start in many sections of the
state and is causing no groundless
alarm.
Canada thistle is getting a strong
foothoid in some parts Of Iowa. Certain
good farmers have made bitter COM
plain. over carelessness in permitting
the thistle to grow near Marshalltown
augurated to stamp out the pest and
those who refuse to destroy it should
be forced to action.
The University of Wisconsin has re-
Gently issued a bulletin giving direc-
tions for graduating the Canada this
tie. The instructions make clear the
danger of permitting it to spread.
When small areas not over two rods
square are infested with quack grass
and Canada thistles the most econoni-
cal method OF eradicating them is by
cutting the weeds close to the ground,
just when in bloom, and then covering
the whole area with heavy building
paper. The strips of paper must be SO
arranged so that no plants can push up
between them in any way, nor crowd
out at the edges of the patch SO as to
reach air and sunlight The paper
should be weighed down with earth.
stones, or other heavy material to hold
it in place and left for sixty days, or
more il possible. AT the end of that
time all plants Will be dead.
Growing heavy stands of alfalfa for
three seasons at least, has been known
to kill Canada thistles, but is not sue
cessful with quack grass. Seeding
heavily to perennial grasses, as Ken
lucky p4ue grass, req Top, or English
ryes rass and turning the field into a
meadow for number of years has also
proved successful for Canada thistles
For a few scattered plants of the
Canada thistle good method is to cut
off the stalk just beneath the surface
of the ground. Then apply large
handful of salt at the point where the
thistle is cut Off Gasoline or tarbolic
acid may be applied also, but must be
handled with care. This latter method
Is practicable for only very small areas
as the materials are TOO costly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26
Important Decision
1.-THE following notes OF cases are
from the West Publishing Company.
St Paul, Mimi
1NTERSTATE COMMERCE

INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
Appellee in the case of Prairie OH
& Gas Company vs. Ehrhardt. 81
Northeastern Reporter, $50, operates a
pipe line extending thru several states.
Crude petroleum Is transported, by
means of a system Of pumps and tanks.
from one end OF the pipe line to the
other. Ehrhardt, Il county treasurer,
levied taxes upon the oil in the pipes
and tanks in his county, whereupon APP
pellee prayed for and secured per-
manent injunction against such levy.
From that decree Ehrhardt appealed.
The supreme court of Illinois held that
the Oil, while on its way from one state
to a point in another was a subject of
interstate commerce, and exempt from
local taxation.
VIOLATION OF GAME Law.
An Iowa statute provides that no
person shall ship any game birds out
of the state. Defendant, in the case
of state VS.. Carson, 1875 Northwes tern
Reporter, 698. contended that box of
prairie chickens delivered to an express
company in Iowa for transportation
and delivery to a commission firm in
Chicago, ILL.,, was not shipped" out of
the state, within the meaning of the
|
den before it left the state. The SUI
preme court OF Iowa holds that 1t was
to be presumed that the legislature ,in-
tended to give the word "shipp" It's Or
binary meaning of delivery to a carrier
for transportation, and that therefore
defendants delivery of the chickens to
the carrier for transportation beyond
the boundary OF the state constituted a
violation of the statute.
LIABILITY OF STATE.
BY virtue Of an act of the New York
legislature of 1883, the state Of New
York acquired the park and reserva-
ton of Niagara Falls. There was an
inclined railway running src. Prog
pect Park down to the edge of the wa
ter, which had been In operation since
1914, and was continued by the state
after it's acquisition Of the property.
| The cars carrying passengers were let
! down and pulled up by means of a
large manila rope passing over a wheel
at the top Of the incline, and connect
ing with both the up-bound and down
| bound cars. There was also Q safety
cable, which was supposed to prevent
any danger in case of accident. In
July, 1907, the manila cable broke, and
the safety devices falling to sustain the
strain placed upon them. gave way, al
lowing both cars to run rapidly to the
bottom, causing the death OF one Of the
passengers, and serious injury to some
of the others. In the case Of Burke VS.
state, 119 New York Supplement, 1889
| the New York court Of claims passes
upon the question Of the liability Of the
state for the accident. One of the
grounds Of defense was that the state
| had no authority to act as a common
carrier. and could not be held for re-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26

purpose OF the machine and who
vantage he might have gained in order
that no voter and no delegate to the
Saratoga convention might be deceived
or might enjoy the excuse that vote
for the Barnes faction was vote for
the president OF the United States
| New York Tribune.
1t is possible that Iowa had a hand
in the failure Of this old guard scheme
in New York also.
Look out for the man who offers to
wager that he can name the next gov
ernor of New York state He has been
reaping fine harvest making bets
with unthinking citizens. He can name
the man. and 1t is not necessary for
him to wait until next election to cash
in After betting you he will tell you
that the next governor will be Horace
White. now lieutenant governor
Simple enough. Mr.. White will take
the Office no woccupied by Governor
Hughes in a few days, for the present
incumbent win retire to go on the
oeIlcn Oh the United states supreme
court
Come on and go to the theater with
me this afternoon"
Anything spectacle"
"A professional elocutionist is going
to try to recte 'Curfew Shall Not Riag
Tonight with her hands tied"-Hous-
ton Post
Have YOU heard that Long Jim has
run away with Jack Hammond's wife?"
"Confound it, Long Jim owed me
five pounds."
Poor old Jack Hammond was so up
set that he has committed suicide"
Then I come out square; I owed
Jack Hammond five pounds"-M. A. p.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26
Topics of the Times

AS the days grow shorter the corn
crop grows longer.
Senator Lorirner might also resign
from the senate. That body needs him
even less than the Hamilton Club.
VIII the lowered death rate cause a
rise in undertakers' rates?
Ballinger fouls off every third strike
President Taft tries to put over on
him.
Bob" Chanler can give the old man
who signs over the farm to his young
bride a straight pointer. He should
mortgage the the farm the day before
the transfer and put the cash in a
safety deposit box.
AS illustrating the tendency of a
degenerate age. Mrs. Jesse James, Jr
pulled gun on Jesse and he is asking
the courts for protection.
Judge Walt Smith is suggested to
succeed Tawney the appropriation
committee. Isn't it peculiar that as
soon as one Of those fellows is thrown
out that all eyes turn to Walt Smith
as his logical successor?
Generally. when mans shot in his
office at dead Of night, It is a wise
officer who loks for the woman.
The military tournament is a big
thing, but when the annual corn husk-
ing tournament begins this fall it will
be bigger in every way.
Another effort to becioud the issue
by the injection Of question OF ma
tional politics, the Endorsement OF a
presidential candidate for 1912, always
a favorite method of ''old guard" poll
ticians when they seek to divert atten-
ton from local situation in which
they are weak, failed signally because
OF the broad craftsmanship of PFesiden,
Taft, who was quick to perceive the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26

suits OF acts ultra wires. The court.
however, brushes this objection aside,
and says as 1t placed tickets for use
OF passengers on sale, and the receipts
were turned over to the state treasury.
it became common carrier. subject to
the same duties and liabilities az pri-
vate corporations engaged in like busi-
ness. There being no absolute proof as
to the cause Of the accident. the doc
trine Of res ipsa loquitur was held APP
plicable, and Judgment rendered for the
claimants.
PUBLIC CHARITY HOSPITAL.
Because plaintiff, a pay patient in a
public charity hospital. disclaimed any
right of execution against any funds
other than those received from pay pa
tents. she cont ended that the hospital
was liable for the negligence of a
rurse in seriously scalding her. The
supreme court OF Pennsylvania in
Gable vs. Sisters Of st. Francis, Is
Atlantic Reporter, 1887 holds that the
argument of plaintiff overlooks the
fact that every dollar received by the
defendant corporation, from whatever
source. is stanped with the impress of
charity: tina: as plaintiff paid for ac-
commodations which the hospital was
enabled to provide thru the use Of
money donated to it, the money re-
ceived from pay patients was as strict
ly the Increment of it's charitable do
nations as would be the interest on
money given i. if invested on loan. and
that therefore no action would lie.
ELIGIBILITY OF WOMEN.
The supreme court of Nebraska was
recently confronted with the knotty
question as to whether a woman was
eligible to the office of county treas
urer Notwithstanding the fact that un-
der the constitution and laws of the
state she could not vote for a candi-
date for that office. In the election
Of 1909 the opposing candidates for
treasurer OF Cherry county. Neb.. were
Gertrude Jordan and Ernest b. Quible.
Quible was already then in office, but
his fair opponent received the majority
Of votes cast. and at the proper time
took the oath OF Office and demanded
possession, which was refused on the
ground OF her ineligiblity The lady
then instituted mandamus to compel
delivery Of the official paraphernalia
to her. The state constitution only
gives the general right Of suffrage to
male citizens. statute of the state
adopts SO much OF the common law of
England as is applicable and not in
consistent with the federal and state
constitutions and statutes OF the state.
Judge Rose, delivering the opinion,
held that under the common law wom-
en- were entitled to hold administrative
offices OF which they were competent
to discharge the duties. and that. as
there was no question raised as to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26
HOGS AND HUMANS

lDr w s. Devine urges fair diver
sion OF legislative appropriations be-
tween hogs and human beings-Ed L.
Tim s-Republican:-
After reading the short article in
Yesterdays TR that a great corpora
ton expected 10 run a hog train" thru
Iowa making many towns supposedly
In the Interest of the farmer, set me
to Inusing and 1 am wondering still II
the breeders of swine" contemplate a
hog train" simply to illustrate by
way of an exhibition u this character
now scavenger animal my take on
fat. and its owner hear the chink of q
few more silver dollars in his purse ere
the lid is fastened down at the termi-
nal of his earthly career; or can it be
selfish motive that has prompted the
corporation, reasoning, like the Mis-
sourian,-"more corn, more whisky
they reasoning more hogs more Tong
hauls' over the road. To the matter
OF fact business man their scheme
would be Judged business tact-bpt
am Still unsettled in an opinion wheth-
er hog train as proposed is a very
worthy enterprise. Such an exhibition
OF the Iowa hog. I believe, would add
but little, If at all, to the knowledge
that has been gained by the farmer
from his regular visits to the state and
county fairs now being held all over
the state. I wondered still more If
there was sufficient inducement in the
expected returns for the Jurisdiction ri
the outlay and expense attached to
this commercial exploitation that It
was conceived.
After reading some of the pleas made
in Chicago at the rate hearing now go
ing on, am still further surprised. w
l.. Park, vice president and general
manager OF the Illinois Central, tes-
tifying before the interstate commerce
commission yesterday, said: Railroads
need to increase their revenues by ad-
vancing freight rates in order to make
transportation safe. that s25,000,000 OF
$3o,00o.O00 ought to be expended tc
place their property in the condition i,
ought to be in Most Of It we can get
along without" said he, ''but 1t would
be better for the railroad and for the
country II it were spent" He said S.
100000 should be spent for block sig
nails as one of the items Then contin-
uing as evidence that the roads ough,
to better protect their employees and
make the roads safe, he called attention
to statistics that $4,000 persons were
Killed in train accidents on the rail-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26
NOT CRAZY BUT LAZY,

A Mrs. Hornstein, of Boone, IS trying
The son is neurasthenic, but the evil
dence so far adduced IL 1t is to be adj
rni,tedly sufficient would start boom
in insane hospitals and make Cherokee.
independence and Clarinda look like a
county fair on Thursday. Young Horn
stein writes poetry. He will not work,
having a competent income. He got
mixed up with a woman in his college
days at John Hopkins. He was en-
gagged TO a Boone widow and didn't
marry Ter. He kind of lays around,
writes verses and sparks the girls.
Moreover he wants his share of a $780,
1000 estate left by his father. His
mamma is convinced that he's crazy
and should be under restraint. His
uncle, however, says young Hornstein
isn't insane but physically degenerate;
that all he needs is good hard manual
labor to make a man Of him.
Such commonsense as exists in the
Hornstein family seems to have settled
in the uncle. He Is the Solomon of the
stein who, without any doubt. has both
brains and education could be bound
out to stone mason or a farmer and
set TO carrying bod nine hours day or
dragging from TO over spring plow
ing a year would make his cure COM
plete. Neurasthenia is generally the
result OF too much eating, late hours,
and simple laziness. No doubt the
Stras baurg pies get neurasthenia after
couple Of weeks stuffing. There isn't
the slightest reason TO expect that a
lazy glutton will escape nerves.
Lots Of girls are neurasthenic. Why
not? The worst afflicted of them lie
around all day, eat three to six times,
and never wash a dish or walk mile
She may need mothers waiting on her
thru the day but her broken down con-
dition doesn't prevent her sitting half
the night spooning with some callow
stripping. She may be unable to get up
to breakfast but she's Sarah on the
spot for the play at night. Her physi-
cal condition may be such as to en-
tirely disable her for housework but
her weak back IS good for a 100-rnile
motor drive. Poor girl, sometimes
mother thinks she will never raise her
What she needs is good hard manual
labor. lots Of IT." The way to raise her
is to raise her in the morning and set
her getting breakfast She isn't insane
Or even sick. She's lazy.
It's SO with Willie We're de We're. He
simply is unable to work, to rise early
or help father. But Wilne's weakness
ends there. He can drive the autono-
bile to a you-well. He can stand
being up until a. IN. He finds him
self able to take three cards when he
double breaks on two pairs along
toward morning. He can smoke
| a half dozen clear Havanas and
carry ten drinks of whisky. Mrs.
| We're de We're is worried over his
| health. What he needs is swift kick
| from father and good hard manual
labor. There's the makings OF a man
in him. He could do hard work if he
had tc His grandfather worked in a
] brickyard and his mother was his
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26
BY TOOTH AND CLAW.

President Taft, it is reported from
Washington is to keep Ballnger Bal
linger will not resign unless requested
by the president The president will
not request his resignation. Thus Bal
linger will remain in the cabinet hang
ing on like a leech.
1t is pretty we'll understood that the
president would be glad to get rid OF
Ballinger Ballinger is Very SER
ious clog on the wheels of the Sec
ton is in a way to smooth midwest
ern bristles and if NOT awake second
term enthus iasm at least to quiet pres
ent opposition and regain in measure
the confidence badly strained of late;
but Ballinger is persona non grata not
only to the nidle west republicans but
has been repudiated by the republic
cans of his own state. If he ever had
any usefulness to the people as head Of
the interior department it has not de-
veloped and can never develop. He is
a man under suspicion so strong as 10
amount 10 conviction Whatever might
be the change in opinion as to the
president there is no sign that Balm
ger has been or can be rehabilitated OF
forgiven.
1t is a pity that Ballinger is not sent
back to Seattle. That he will not get
out upon suggestion and that he stays
in the cabinet by tooth and claw lends
point to the allegation that to fire him
bodily might prove embarrassing to
those who conducted the past cam
paign.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26

REALTORS competency, she was entitled
to hold the office. notwithstanding her
ineligibility to vote for herself Judge
Letton. specially concurring in tho con-
illusions. doubts the correctness Of thu
right of woman to hold such an Office
under the common law of England; but
takes the position that, owing to
changed conditions In this country, tho
right should here be granted, irrespec-
tive OF ancient custom or common law.
Judge Fawsett dissents. saying that. If
q woman is eligible to such an Office
as that involved, she IL Just as eligible
to the office Of governor. and, while
agreeing that many women would
make better governors than some the
state has had, he thinks 1t rests with
the legislature. and not with the court.
to especially declare their eligibility,
and that no one should be allowed to
hold an Office who can not vote for a
candidate for 1t. The case is reported
in 125 Northwestern Reporter, 619, I'M
der the title State ex rel. Jordan vs..
Quible.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26

When the farmer comes TO town in
his auto and bears evidence of being
the owner of a safety razor. he can
squeeze thru the shopping district
without dropping any hayseed," says
the Sioux City Journal
1T will take ffty-seven weeks for
the truth to overtake the falsehood con-
tanned In the report that fifty-seven
preachers were going to retire" says
the Cedar Rapids Gazette Glow
somever. all the comment pertaining
to the insufficient pay received by the
members of the ministerial profession
Is very much to the point
Commenting on the fact that Con-
gresham Boutell. of Illinois. the right
hand standby Of Uncle Joe. will remain
at home from now or, the Glidden
Graphic suggests sit would have been
wise to have had Judge Prouty and
Hubbard campaigned his district for
him"
The Hampton Chronicle says 'if the
state educational board get busy they
will find that the retiring president told
whole lot of truth. There Is more
chance for graz at the colleges now
than ever before"
ut Will take Roosevelt to save the
party IN 1872" declares the Scranton
Journal. The people will stand by
Teddy-but the interests will knife him
to the man. Shall we demand Teddy ?'
Uncle joe looms mp large compar-
ed with many OF the men who are try
ing TO unload him." says the Usage
Press.
The fact ought to soon dawn upon
the stalid reactnnary mind that a rep
resentative shoud represent" says the
Spirit Lake Beacon. by the time the
leaders who have boosted of their al
lance with Cannon and gloried in their
subservience to special interests are all
driven out of puhlic life it may occur
to them that it were better to get right
with the people or make Eugene Hale
duck to cover"
The Hardin County Citizen suggests
If conference reports would give the
mum Der of backsliders along with the
number OF converts 1t possibly would
add to the information desirable"
''The progressives sure landed one
| OF those higher up fellows when they
hung Jim Ta&neys hide on the fence, -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26

The progressives sure landed one
Of those higher up fellows when they
hung Jim Ta&ney's hide on the fence"
remarks the Mapleton Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26
G,ales:t(epnblie(l11
Published Daily BY The
PRINTING co,

Entered at the postoffice at Marshall
town as second class mail matter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

When the farmer comes to town in
his auto and bears evidence of being
the owner of a safety razor. he can
squeeze thru the shopping district
without dropping any hayseed," says
the Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26

The Hardin County Citizen suggests
If conference reports would give the
number of backsliders along with the
number OF converts. 1t possibly would
add to the information desirable"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26

The Hampton Chronicle says 'if the
state educational board get busy they
will find that the retiring president told
a whole lot of truth. There Is more
chance for grss at the colleges now
than ever before"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26

ut will take Roosevelt to save the
party in 1872" declares the Scranton
Journal The people will stand by
Teddy-but the interests will knife him
to the man. Shall we demand Teddy ?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26

Uncle joe looms mp large compar-
ed with many Of the men who are try
ing TO unload him. says the Usage
Press
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-26

lDr w. S. Devine urges a fair diver.
sion Of legislative appropriations be-
tween hogs and human beings.-Ed.
Tim es Rep11 81: ga
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