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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03

The life here is discouraging and dis
gushing in some of its phases. and in
teresting and satisfactory lin others.
When I see how the special interests
reach out in their wonderful organic
ing way and control things of legisla-
ton for their own selfish benefit, j am
discouraged When I see so many of
the people having the wool pulled over
their eyes by the folks who are not
representing them. when see the sell
fishness and the hycrocrisy that is not
uncommon here, / get thoroughly dis
gusted. 1t is wonderfully interesting
to see how legislation is carried on, and
TO meet so many of the men who do
things here in Washington. But salts
factory to me is the knowledge that in
my experience here / have truly repre-
sented the people of my district, and
nave voted with iii eye single to their
best interests, and have been able to be
of real and active service to them in
so many ways. I have been able to help
individually hundreds and hundreds of
our citizens in scores and scores of
ways. will look back over this legis-
lative experience with the knowledge
and satisfaction to myself, as having
done my duty in every case as / saw
, tHdC 1IllS IS DSileT Undn any
salary or honor.
Can democrat be elected? Yes, il
the right sort of one is nominated, one
who has the right record and who
stands for the right things, if he will
make the right sort of a campaign. We
want man who is opposed to the
arbitrary power of the speaker. one
who believes in putting a stop as far
as possible to the great extravagances
of the government, one who is opposed
to tariff expressions as typified by such
laws as the Payne tariff bill, one who
believes In an income tax, one who be-
lieves in thorough control of the rail-
roads, one who is opposed to a ship sub
sidy, one who Is opposed to all forms
of special legislation that tend to help
the trusts and the few. one who believes
in a guarantee OF bank deposits, and
one who believes generally ar tic 6
square deal for the ordinary fellow.
hope that such a man will be chosen
and that he will carry on the right
kind Of q campaign"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03
Topics of the Times

1t should be remembered that Judge
Proutys suggestion of federal aid for
road building was proposed as an anti
dote for Hulls scheme 10 fill the Des
Moines river with enough of Uncle
Sans coin to make it gavigable, rather
than as a practicable reform.
The average editor is ashamed of
himself when he mentions good roads
since there is so much printed and
spoken for SO little done Those $780,
900 court houses are easy to promote
in comparison.
IF man should start out to dis
tribute a hand bill to every subscriber
who reads this newspaper he could by
travelling every weekday in the year
get around to them all in one years
time If he was in hurry to say what
ne had to say he could advertise in the
newspaper and reach them all in twelve
hours
One reason why the boy should
stick to the farm is that he will then
interfere less with the city mans job
Might not the hookworm be trained
to relieve the husband whose wife
wears. the 500 buttons on the back OF
her dress?
ut was a fortunate day for Iowa
City when Dave Brant took possession
Of the Republican. He has been get
ting out a good paper from the very
day he took hold, and the booster edi-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03
Alfalfa Culture.

1t is our practice to sow alfalfa when
the ground has become reasonably
warm or when it is safe to sow barley.
as we SOW this cereal as nurse crop.
We sow from twenty to twenty-five
pounds of good alfalfa seed to the acre.
This is perhaps little more than is
generally recommended by the growers
Of alfalfa. but we feel that little extra
is better than not sowing quite enough.
The chances are that the land sur
rounded by sweet clover is already
inoculated. but since it is an easy task
TO take some of this soil or the soil
from an old alfalfa field, it would not
be out of place to scatter from five to
six hundred pound of inoculated soil
per acre on the field where the alfalfa
is to be sown.
If the soil is at all acid, an applica-
ton of from 1000 to 1000 pounds OF
ground limestone would be very ben
eficial. The bacteria which form the
nodules on the roots of alfalfa do not
grow under acid conditions. Moreover.
alfalfa is plant that is very fond of
lime and does we'll on soils rich in this
element-Hoard's Dairyman.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03
A Democrats Fare1Uen

Congressman Jameson. of the Eighth
district, gives in his newspaper at
Shenandoah his reasons for not seeking
second term as follows:
TT is a health reason. For dozen
or more years / have suffered with
rheurnatism-sometim little, some
times Immensely. The campaign Of
year ago last fall was mighty hard on
me in this regard So, after the special
session last summer, I went TO Mt.
Clemens. Mich. and took months
baths and treatments. The doctor there
told me then that I must take good
care of myself for the next few years
or would be permanently crippled. and
that could not put it off much longer:
not quite satisfied with this, 4 have had
two special examinations since, and
these only confirm the conclusions of
the MT. Clemens doctor. They ali em-
phasize that / must be exceeding care
full, not only with regard TO diet and
every day life. but that 1 must not per-
nit myself to endure much severe
mental strain for good many months
to come No one knows better than
do-infact not half so well-that
campaign means for me about four or
five months of the most intense mental
and physical strain. both.
From purely selfish financial point
of view. I could scarcely afford to re-
main here longer than one term Dur
ing this first term will save from
IS, 600 to $4,000. We are living quite
carefully in order to do this. can
readily see that our living expenses
here would increase il We renamed
longer. During the next term would
not save more than the amount OF my
campaign expenses this fall, so that
at the end of the next term would
not be worth more than will be at the
end of this. Then, two OF the. best
years Of my life would have been spent
and would really be less capable Tor
business than / will be at the end or
this term. And so it would commune
right along, just as long as / would
stay here. But this is not the reason
for my announcement at this time l
would be willing to make this sacrfnce,
because feel that am under oohga-
lions that are keenly binding ON me, 20
those who elected me to this great Of
6ce a year ago last fall.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03
The Farmers Automobile.

While automobiles are expensive We
hicles, in a sense, they are daily be-
coming less SO. improvements in meth
DDS materials and knowledge have
made a cheaper car possible and the
fact that the purchasers of fancy cars
are already supplied has caused man
ufacturers to devote their energies to
turning out car that is medium priced
and of high quality. A new field for
the marketing of the product of their
factories was necessary and this field
was found among the farmers. High
priced, fancy cars would not go with
them, but quality would. and those
manufacturers who were shrewd
enough to make car of high quality
at a reasonable price have found ready
customers among the farmers.
1t Is estimated that there are now
in use about 1O0,0 autom obiles among
the farmers of this country and some
thing like 5000 OF these are in Kansas.
They are great favorities among the
dairy farmers as time savers in the de-
livery of milk. but they are no less 50
among other farmers, who find in them
a means of rapid transit without dis
turbing the farm teams. The new farm
automobile is here to stay.-Kansas
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03
p,wcno1.wILsou TESTIMONY.

Lest we Iowans be forced to believe
4a1at either Clifford Pinchot or our own
Tama Jim Wilson, secretary Of agri-
culture, lied ON the witness stand be-
fore the Ballinger inquiry commission.
we should all examine the testimony
carefully.
O. Did you consult with the secretary
before sending that letter? (to Doliver).
A. (Pinchot) / did. I believed
I had his consent. We discussed at
some length the right of Senator Dol
liver to get the information from me.
AS to the presidents order, forbidding
subordinates to give information to con-
gress, Secretary Wilson said, You and
Twill have no trouble about that order"
This is straightforward, positive and
unequivocai in character and 1t is not
reasonable ito assume that Mr.. Pinchot
was lying about anybody. But when
Secretary Wilson was called, his testi-
mony was startling.
ca. Some of the things Mr.. Pin
chot has said l1ere-a good many of
them-are correct, but there are other
things that are not correct. He never
rot my consent 10 SenO tndt leuler TO
the senate. There are two things in it
that would have made it impossible
for me to have given my consent. He
attempted TO review and judge the
mental processes of the president He
also assumed the authority that was
mine to discipline the officers of my
department.
GA) 'iMr. Pinchot didn't tell me he
was going to send a letter of that kind.
dealing with the president. He said
he was going to send something to
Senator DoIliver regarding department.
al matters. If he had said he was 60
ing to pass upon the president and
Judge the confession made TO him by
MIR. Price, / don't think he would have
ever sent that letter. They kept this
SHAW business from me. I didn't know
anything about it. The question
before this committee is, did he have
my consent to write that letter? He did
not. I never saw it, never heard of
1t until read it in the Congressional
Record
(A). do you think would have
agreed that he should insult the presi-
aan< of the United States and exercise
my authority over subordinates?''
Now the secretary, in fact, has not
densed Mr.. Pinchot's statements. He
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03
: Coal A.he, Are Worth, Swing.

In many sections of the country coal
is the principal winter fuel used by
farmers and large quantity of ashes
result which are usually looked on as
waste. hut an authority says there is
more value in coal ashes than is gen
orally realized by the farmer. For the
amel:cra ton of heavy clay land they
are exceptionally valuable. This Is
particularly so with the ashes of sort
coal as such usually are reduced al
most to a dust Coal ashes have q
fertilizer value This opinion, however.
is not held generally. The coal beds
contain phosphorus. potash, nitrogen
ard lime, as well as the other less I'M
portant ingredients. When the original
trees out of which were formed the
coal beds were reduced to coal the min
eral elements remained in them, and
consequently those same elements go
with the ashes.
one reason why people have formed
an idea that coal ashes contain no fer
tility is that the trees now grown have
in them less carbon than those in the
old days and thus the percentage of
other elements to carbon is probably
greater now than then, which gives
larger value to our wood ashes, but
does not annihilate the value in the coal
ashes. Ashes can be used to advan-
tage without sitting. but large guam
titles of lf-burned coal are by some
considered a detriment to the SOIL $
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03
Tho Line SULPHUR Wash.

At this time of the year owners of
fruit trees are preparing TO spray their
trees. Professor Surface says: There
is certainly nothing better than the
boiled lme-sulphur wash, either COM
mercial or home boiled. If one has
much scale he should spray his trees
in the fall or winter, at any time after
the leaves fall. and again in the spring
when the buds are swelling. III they
are not badly infested the spring spray
ing should be sufficient Thorough
ness is essential. To make this mix
ture, fresh lime or quick lime is needed.
Air slaked lime will not do for the
reason that the air slaked lime has un-
dergone a chemical change and is not
the same substance. chemically, as the
quick lime and does not make the
same chemical union. 1t is more inert
or inactive.
ut is possible TO keep lime in the
same chemical form as the quick lime
or fresh lime if you will Stake 1t in
water at once and keep enough water
over it to keep it in the form of
paste or putty. When you want to use
it, take three times as much of the
lime paste as you would of the dry
material.
IT is Impossible TO spray too "i'ei
with the lime sulphur wash. If you use
othe~. materials. especially oils. it is
possible TO do so; and. in fact, the Of
tener you spray with them the greater
will be the danger to the trees.
THE boiled lime sulphur wash is
made by boiling II pounds of sulphur
and % of lime with enough water to
boil, and then adding enough to make
fifty gallons. 1t will not injure an iron
kettle, but it will destroy copper. You
can clean the kettle with hot vine
gar"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03

M.-stated assembly Monday. March,
81, 1880 p. m.
A. d. Meeker. 7. L n.
1. T. Forbes. Rec.
ST. ALDEMAR COMMANDERY No.
80, K. Especial conclave Thursday
evening, March 8, 1910, at 1880. for cons
ferring the Order Of the Temple.
Sir knights be present IL possible.
F. NJ. Wilbur, S. n.
Fred wallace, NJ. d.
CENTRAL CHAPTER, No. 81, o. =.
ESPECIAL meeting Wednesday even
ing. March 2. at 1880.
Mrs. George Downing. w. u.
Edna c. F'ularton, Secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03
Value of Humus in Soil.

The value of hunlus in the soil is
no. only that it supplies an element of
plant food, but that it absorbs moisture
and is an obstacle to evaporation, says
the Rural Californian. 1t also prevents
soil erosion and waste. The most Sue
cussful farmer is the one who takes
the most pains to utilize every element
of his farm products that contributes
humus to the soil This is especially
important in localities where the sur
face is uneven or broken, and the earth
is not firm, or, in other words, Is easily
eroded by rainfall.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03
The Strawpile|
Selling Value of Cows.

The North Carolina experiment sta
ton proposes a plan to place ouylns
and selling value on cows on a OASIS
of the yield and quality of their mix.
According to the brief account OF the
plan it lays down rule to fix a price
for cow at the rate of $12 per gallon
of milk given per day that shows 80
per cent fat. To this add or subtract
81 for every one fourth on l per cent
fat which is above or below the S.o per
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03
HOT KITCHENS AND LIVING COST
R,,r ION II ,ul,ai-a

HOT KITCHENS AND LIVING COST.
Huntington Hawkeye.1
The big cost of living is explained,
according to a correspondent of a New
York newspaper. by the laziness of
the home makers" who no longer cook,
bake, pickle and preserve, but buy ex-
pensive prepared foods from the baker
and grocer. There is no doubt that
modern nnerf,ods Of preparing foods are
a large factor in the case.-Keokuk
Gate City.
There may be something in the sug-
gestion. but it is not so one-sided a
proposition as may appear upon the
surface. The same processes which
cheaper the cost of production in large
factories equipped with ingenious la
Dor saving devices, and where material
is bought in large quantities at lower
prices than the small quantities bought
at retail by fousekeepers in the cities,
present the same problem that con-
fronts the handmade shoe the hand
made furniture, the handmade wagon
or carriage. The factory can beat the
individual in the contest. Many house.
wives in cities have discovered that
when they buy fruit by the bushel, SUI
gar by the pound or a dollars worth,
paid for the fuel used in cooking the
fruit. the product has cost them rs
much as that which they can buy from
the dealers and Gamers. They have had
the hot midsummer work and saved no
money by it. They. may have the COM
fort. however, of better favored canned
fruit than the factory product; and
yet. there are canneries that make a
specially of high grade goods to catch
the family trade.
The home product has a better OPP
portunity in the country where fuel is
cheaper and farmers raise their own
fruit, and can put It up fresh from tree
or vine. and of the best quality.
Before advising the American woxnuaGa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03
Farmer.
we.dino Out Unprof;tabIe Cows

Dairy farms are continually adyanc-
ing in value, which should be regarded
as part Of the profits. Grain farming is
hard on the land.
With the case in. test it will be pos
sible to weed out the poor cheese COWS
on the same principle used in the Bah
cock butter test to weed out the poor
butter cows. Instead of keeping cows
for cheese which average seventy
pounds of casein per 100 pounds of fat,
one may breed cows that will produce
milk containing close to 100 pounds OF
casein to 100 pounds of fat
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03
Iona Newspapers
ASA AMEs FOR SENATOR.
lTraer tar-clipper.l


Our popular toWnEman, A. J.. AmeS,
makes formal announcement in this
weeks paper that he is candidate tor
senator of the Tama- Benton district.
This information will be received with
much satisfaction by the people of both
counties. Mr. Ames is peculiarly fitted
for this Office, in fact we consider the
district extremely fortunate in securing
man for the office so we'll qualified.
He is a native OF Tama county, hav-
ing been born and reared in Bucking-
ham township. He was the son OF one
of our most extensive farmers and to-
day operates farm of several hun
dred acres on his own account. He
has never been forward in politics. but
always prominent in public affairs.
There is no more public spirited citi-
zen in Tama county than Asa Ames.
In all movements for the betterment
of the agricultural class Mra An1es has
been at the front. His work in behalf
of the Corn Belt Meat Producers Asso-
citation gave him national reputation.
His acquaintance with men of public
affairs will be valuable to him in leg
islatiye duties. He is ready speaker.
He is good mixer. He is a hustler in
whatever he undertakes. He is a
gentleman of high character. He is a
man of education and ability.
The nomination of senator for the
Tama- Benton district is conceded to
Tama county. Benton has had her turn.
She is favorable TO Mr.. Ames. in fact it
was Benton county that first urged him
to come out. North Tama is entitled
10 the office at least many south Tama
republicans think so. They seem 10
consider Mr.. Ames an ideal man for
the office We believe he will make
am exceptionally strong race in both
counties He will certainly make a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03
THE LODGES.
MASONIC NOTICES.

n MASONIC NOTICES.
~ Visitors always welcome.
"Hall over 1O5-107 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE. los, A. F. &
A. M.-Work in the first degree Friday,
March 4, at 1880 p. m.
r. w. Chamberlain. w. NJ.
H. S. Lawrence, Secretary.
SIGNET CHAPTER No. 3s. r. A. NJ.
Stated convocation Monday, March
81, 1880.
George H. Boggie. E. II. p.
I. S. Willard, Secretary.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL. r. & s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03
IOWA OPINIONS ARD NOTES.

The startling comment I'VE may not
all be pleased with the new tariff law.
The editor of this paper is not. He
does not believe il is as good tariff
law as the one that was repealed. He
believes that it might be improved.
That it ought 10 be" is made by the
Marion Register which then explains:
He believes there are TOO many articles
in the free list
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03
LABELLING DEMOCRATIC MOSES

Waterloo Times-Tribune.l
Will the democracy find leader? Is
he to arise at the proper moment ans
lead the way to a successful campaign
When crisis comes, many times. a
leader appears from the ranks: wearied
OF opportunism, the democratic party
of the country is casting about for a
real leader.
Constructive statesmen have appear
ed to brighten the prospects. The coun-
try is tired of listening to sycophants,
agitators and visionary preachers. 1t
wants men who do things. 1t cares less
what political party they belong to
than it ever did before. What it does
want is the man who can make good.
1t will judge him by what he has done,
not by what he has said.
Folk of Missouri, is a man who has
made good. He is not only praised by
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03
Stick to one Breed.

There is an advantage in having but
one breed represented in the private
dairy herd. No two breeds of COWS
have the same kind OF milk. The spfer
of separator that will skim Jersey
milk clean will waste butter fat in a
Holstein cows milk. And the temper
ature of cream in churning Holstein
cream. if applied to Jersey cream.
would keep the cllurn on the go for an
unreasonable time, while the same
temperature of Jersey cream. if applied
to Holstein cream, would result in a
great loss of butter fat and a soft but
ter, lacking grain. There is difference
in churn ability of all breeds of cows.
and also in the separation of butter fat
fro mthe milk. Choose your breed and
stick to it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03
Tree. Brought Rain.

In lower Egypt rain fell very BOZ
dom. During the French occupation,
about 1889. It did not rain lot ~
months, but since Mahomet All ano
Ibrahim Pasha completed their vas.
plantations-the former alone planted
more than 100000 olive. mr.. cotton
acacia, plane trees. etc.-there NO"
tails a good deal of rain.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03

to do any more work In hot kitchens.
1t is we'll to consider whether enough
is saved in the cities to warrant the
labor and outlay.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03

The vinton Eagle remarks that Sen
ator Cummins il the best single driver
We know. He never votes for anything
that does not have his personal en-
dorsement The mere fact that it is an
administration measure has no infiu-
ence with him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03

The Cedar Rapids Gazette observes
that Iowa dailies are taking up the
cudgels in favor of the development of
Iowa packing houses and remarks:
That's the proper capeT. Build up
Iowa Practically all the hogs raised
in Iowa should be dressed in Iowa Let
Chicago take care of itself.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03

some of the Iowa newspapers are
already demanding that the next repub-
lican state convention shall withhold
from Senators Cummins and Dolliver
and the Iowa delegation approval Of
their coura geous attitude in upllolding
the principles of their party as ex-
pressed in platforms and shown in the
promises of candidates says the Sen
tinel at Iowa Falls. 1T all depends
upon who is sent to the state cooven-
ton now soon TO be called. The pro-
gressives unquestionably have a large
majority if only they will be alert and
attend the primaries
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-03

Entered at the postoffice at Marshall
town as second class mail matter