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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02
THE eopfA7HERs OF OPPORTUNITY,

It was leading business man who
was talking, Il hard-headed thrifty
man of money who lives quietly and
we'll, spends money judicially but lib
orally, a successful man and good
citizen. This is the story he told of
one youth whom he had observed, a
youth who will very soon be seeking
employment and an opportunity.
The banker was being shaved. The
youth came in with two pairs OF shoes
which he handed to the sinner with
orders to have them ready when he
called for them. Said the business man.
! know that boys father has been un-
fortunate lately that money has not
been coming into the home and that
the mother of that boy is economizing
in every possible way. Why didn't
he shine his shoes at home?"
Now that is a vital question asked
by the man who has jobs TO give, OPP
portunity TO afford, and in cases where
q young man of the right kind meets
the one chance OF his life nas money
20 lend-and lends or refuses il on his
own observation and estimate OF the
young mans character. Talk all we
Pleas about every possibility being
open TO young men these hard-headed
bankers and business men are the god
fathers OF opportunity. They assist
IN making possibilities probabilities
Judging from the expression of this
one godfather of opportunity he would
refuse to accept any responsibility for
the fellow who pays 20 cents to get
shoes shined while his mother is trying
to save 10 cents on the grocery bill.
Young fellows take notice; opportun-
ity doesn't knock at the door of the
youth who lays down on his father
and mother: who presupposes that ev
cry cent he manages TO earn should be
spent on his own pleasures and ease
while his parents struggle to keep him
decently clad and we'll fed. Don't be-
lieve it. Opportunity ducks that youth
and knocks at the house where the
! fellow shines his own shoes
| It's worth a boys study and careful
consideration. The godfathers of OPP
portunity are watching the boys
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02
A DAY OF PLEASURE.
TSioux City Journal.


AS long as Memorial day is a legal
holiday sports will characterize its
ceIe bration. This is not as many would
have it, but protest will avail little. a
holiday. whatever the original excuse
for making it such. is accepted as a day
for pleasure and will be observed even
against law to the contrary. Sunday
is day of rest and worship, and yet Of
all the days of the week it is the
amusement day. Thanksgiving day is
day for social gathering, for feasting
and for games. Christmas is supposed
to be Jolly, but the Great Gift is not
uniformly held in remem brance. The
Fourth of July is a day of carnival,
and the Declaration OF independence
is not uppermost with many.
AS the old soldiers pass away the
solemn ceremonies of Memorial day
will disappear The people of every
generation have troubles Of their own,
and they are disposed to get away from
them when opportunity offers. .'Let the
dead bury their dead" they say. 1t is
In the law of nature to heal wounds
and to bring back smiles. The boys
and girls are not easily moved to tears
by the record OF the death os sra :. 3 :
parents who passed away before the
boys and girls We're born. They have
their own griefs; they cry themselves
to sleep over them, and in the morning
they arise and carol with the birds
It must be with the soldiers who
contributed countless graves to human
liberty in the years OF the civil wal
as with the hosts Of ,1nnumbered YEAR,
before them; and even az It y noH
with the soldiers Of some Cross and the
veterans OF some war who one by one
lay all their burdens down. It IS use-
less to lament about this; rather, pos
aihlv IT in something over which TO re-
joice. Let the ragged wounds OF the
years heal: and who IN sincerity car
care for a quaver of the voice, for eu-
1 ogy or for tears which have no higher
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02
THE RETURN FROM eLBA.

Rabbi Stephen S. Wise is one of the
contributors of Interesting and timely
articles, in the June number Of The
North American Review, on The Re-
turn of Roosevelt" He is an admirer
of the ex-president and a believer in
the services rendered by him to the
nation. He reviews these and then
says Of his return
IF we have any concern touching
the return of Roosevelt, ii rests upon
the unwelcome observation that the
nation is prone to expect too much of
Roosevelt, that it may ask Of him more
than a democracy may well ask of any
man. We are the citizens of a damoc-
racy that it be democratic, that its
citizenship shall be self governing and
self-determining Roosevelt returns
to his motive shore to take his place
amid the ranks of its private citizen
snip, and it We're lamentably undemo-
cratic to dream Of piling upon him our
common problems and our nation wide
tasks He can do nothing for US which
we cannot do for ourselves. III has he
served the nation if by him we have
been coddled into enervating depend
ence upon any man. The leadership Of
an individual in democracy. however
exalted its wisdom and benign its
purpose, must ever be complemented
by the resolutely co-operant seifre-
lance of the nation. Perhaps it has
not been the least of the high services
/ Of Roosevelt to his people that we face
| the problems of the future with high
/ hearted and inflexible purpose and
that the forward march of the nation
| has caught something Of his own
vigorous and militant stride
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02
Arsenate Of Lead.

This is probably the most effective
insecticide for all leaf-eating insects in
use II is sticky in character and ad-
here's much longer to the leaves than
does Paris green. Furthermore. 1t
does not burn even delicate foliage,
and being white in color gives 1t the
advantage Of being easily seen. and
thus easily known, when thoroughly
applied.
SO we'll does 1t adhere to the foliage,
that it will remain for a month or
more during periods Of heavy rainfall.
It costs about the same per pound as
Paris green. but as It is used In solu-
ton three times as strong 1T makes 1t
more expensive in first cost, but Its
advantages so outweigh its greater cost
that = is y, reality cheaper. 1t should
be used for all varieties Of leaf-eating
insects, such as worms. caterpiHars'
beetles. etc. Wfllow-leaf. saw-hies
that often denude the various species
of willows, easily succunnb to arsenate
OF lead, as do the large worms or larvae
Of the Sphinx a Cecropia moths that
attack box-eider and ash trees. wood
bine, etc.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02
WHO IS DOING IT?

[Des Moines Register and Leader.]
In the advertisement the reaction
aries are publishing in Iowa appears
this statement:
insurgency threatens the supremacy
Of the republican party. Every victory
of the insurgents inspires democratic
hope and confidence.
Now, when we are frank with our
selves every reading man knows that
reaction is what threatens the re-
publican party. and the continued
supremacy of Aldrich and Cannon
is what is giving the democratic party
hope.
How much hope. confidence or en-
thusiasn1 were the democrats show
ing while Roosevelt was in full
swing? When was the change in
their attitude first noted?
If mathematical calculation were
possible we believe it would show
an exact parallel between the rise of
Aldrich and Cannon in influence in
congress and the rise of democratic
hopes.
If Iowa would do something to
help the republican party let it IN
dorse the men and the policies that
made the Roosevelt epoch a period
of all but unanimous consent to re-
publicanism.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02
A WORD FOR STYLES.
. Tfn1es-Rnnlhlican

Editor Times Republican:
Your editorial on Huff. of Hardin -
in a recent issue unintentionally casts
reflection upon the other progressive
candidate for representative from this
county, Mr.. A. F. Styles. I have known
Mr.. Styles since college days. twenty
FIVE years ago. and, since the writer
intimates that he speaks without per-
sonal acquaintance of Mr.. Huff =
contestant, I will say that had he
known him all that is said Of Huff
Except that he is an "old batch'D
could equally we'll be said of Mr. STYLES
and more. Mr.. Styles also is college
man, holding an A NJ. and a Chicago
University man. But unlike many
school men the professors knowledge
is not bounded by the theories of the
text books. He is a practical man Of
business and an active student of pub
lie affairs. and has been successful in
the one as his judgment is deferred to
in the other case by those who know
him. He is more mature than Mr.
Huff, having the advantage of some
ten years we'll spent Mr.. Styles is
Of strenuous turn. He is worker
This is what accounts largely for his
success. Locally he has been the pro-
moter and active coadjutor Of every
public Improvement und every civic or
moral crusade, and every agricultural
short course and everything else that
has tended toward the higher life OF
lbetterment of the community.
! In politics Styles is as staunch
! progressive as Huff ever thought OF
being, having like so many OF the
younger generation, arrived at those
conclusions from a study OF principles
and a sense of justice. He belongs te
no CLIQUE or combination, and is moi
/ the kind Of man to nave any strings or
him or to be influenced by anything
but his Judgment and conscience. AS
public speaker he is in good demand
| is forcefut and often eloquent. He has
the clear head. the cool judgment anc
the unprejudiced mind that fit him wei
deal with legislative questions II
personal integrity and rightness o.
private life he stands four square, a!
he does on all temperance and mora
uestions.
| Hardin county, full OF progressives
has this "other opportunity" to sent
a fighter for the cause and good mar
10 the ivss issss: .::-e Fill he sig
nalIy 11onored IL she selects Tor tina
position Mr.. A. F. styles.
FRANK T. CLAMPITT.
] New Providence, June !, 1910.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02
THE LODGES.
MASONIC NOTICES.

4 MASONIC NOTICES.
x1Hall over 105-107 West Main.
"\Visitors always welcome.
MARSHALL LODGE. l0s. A. F. 4
A. M. Work on second degree Friday.
June 8, at 1880 D. m.
r. w. Chamberlain, ". NJ.
H. S. Lawrence, Secretary.
sIGNDT CHAPTER No. 80. r. A. i.
stated convocation, Monday evening.
June 20, s o'clock.
George H. Boggie. e. n. r.
/. s. Willard, Secretary.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL, No.
20, r. & S. M.-Stated assembly Mon.
day, June 20, 8 p. m.
A. D. Meeker, r. Z. NJ.
T. T. Forbes, Rec.
ST. ALDEMAR COMMANDERY, No.
80 K. T., stated conclave Tuesday even.
ing, June 81, 1910, at o'clock sharp.
Fred Wallace. Recorder.
Fred M. Wilbur, r. G.
CENTRAL CHAPTER. Nc. 81, o. n.
s.-ReRula- meeting wednesday even-
ing, June Is, 8. p. m.
Mrs. George Downing, w. u.
Edna c. Fularton. Secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02
Why Athletes Do Not Cheat.
TChristfan Herald,1

Various papers have been recently
commenting on a statemen made by
prominent educator that the boys IN
our high school and academies, who
are caught cheating in class or in ex-
animation, are seldom those who are
interested in athletics, and that the
spirit Of rnanliness and "fair play" de-
manded> on the field is carried into the
schoolroom. While this is spoken OF
in the press as new idea, 1t is well
known to students Of athletic questions.
Proper exercise under competent In
structors develops the body and clears
the brain. Physical culture demands a
high and pure standard of living, and
almost inevitably higher standards OF
thinking are a result. This is not an
inevitable course, for exceptions are
found, but the general results OF IN
creased nfanliness, a desire to be fair
and square and win or lose on ones
merits is result expected from long
experience by physical directors IN our
Y. NJ. c. A., schools and colleges.
Professionalism in athletics Is now
frowned upon, as is the spirit formerly
manifested. to win at all costs. NO
more inspiring spectacle OF American
Young manhood can be seen than at
is cheered by all regardless OF the
colors he wears. OF course there IS
the constant danger OF overriding ath-
1etics and making them an evil In
themselves instead Of the means to
make a healthy body as the temple for
a healthy mind, but 1t was a wise step
when physical training took its place
in our schools along with mental train
ing. The result has been finer type
of Young man, whose ideals are high,
"who plays fair" to use the schoolboy
expression, and who keeps 1t up In
after life where the problems are
harder and more difficult In the hard
Ibattle for existence that greets every
schoolboy when he starts out to earn
his place in the world the lessons OF
self control, Of honor, the courage ne
had to develop in his school. are all
needed as well as the mental training
he has received. With these young
man who has stood we'll in his classes
will in ten years stand far ahead OF the
youth who has neglected his body and
whose face has borne the hectic hush
! instead OF tine rosy cclc- ut right 1tv-
ing and the mind cultivated at the ex-
pense of the body which must execute
commands.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02
relation than the organ grinders box

relation than the organ grinders box
to music?
The revolutionary war was fought
that men might be free in the exercise
Of life. liberty and the pursuit Of hap
piness." The civil war was to an end
set forth IN the preamble Of the consti-
tuition OF the United States, namely,
ito form q more perfect union, estab-
fish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defence, pro-
mote the general welfare, and secure
the blessings Of liberty to ourselves
and our posterity." The Fourth Of July
is a day Of rejoicing, and Memorial day
Is following in the way
And why not? The sacrifices of the
civil war were to the end accomplished,
and the results gained We're enduring.
The dead in their graves are forgotten.
as falls to the common lot OF all the
dead, but what they wrought is not
forgotten, for wherever the flag is I'M
furled the truth appears. The memoir
iaI thing is the enduring fact; and 1t
is that fact, emphasized in the happi-
ness Of the people. that honors the
dead
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02

federal courts. In other words, Sc
cession from the union again has been
vetoed.
The section foreman of the Southern
Pacific went on strike the same day
the freight rate increases were en-
joined. That was hardly giving the
railroads time to turn the other cheek.
By dying, King Edward escaped the
whack OF the Big Stick.
From the way he Iimbered UP in
London on Monday, it looks as if
Teddy meant to be in training for the
work ahead when he gets home.
Roosevelt tells the English to do
their work in Egypt or get out. Per-
haps he will have something like that
to say to somebody around Washing
ton when he gets home and turns his
attention to work there that should be
done.
We don't suppose the diamond trust
will turn green with envy at the news
that the emerald trust had been abol-
ished
The tail of the comet recedes just as
the tail of the Ballinger-Pinchot con-
troversy comes into view
The temperance worker will hardly
overlook the circumstance that some
of those Illinois bribe-takers and
bribe- givers are in the saloon business
In Peoria, the other day, a church
was built in ten hours. But there is
occasion for them to hurry church
building in Illinois.
Aviator Curtiss says he was 100 busy
while flying from Albany to New York
TO have sensations And, besides when
a man sets out from one of our state
capitals doesn't he leave sensations
behind?
A new party formed in Mexico for
opposing Diaz ought to appeal to
Bryan. 1t surely Will be the under
dog
1t is, we repeat "a very significant
commentary on the times that candi-
dates for office go electioneering by
auto. But few years since such a
venture would have been suicidal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02
The Lure Of the Land.


(Chicago Livestock World).
Many people in the cities imagine
that they could do wonders IL they
could get out in the country on farm
and make the dirt fly. They would
soon find, however. that running q
farm ertailed much work and that the
battle with the elements and the in
sects were not always a success. The
man in the country thinks also that he
could make money faster and lot cas-.
Ter If he were in the city. Both are
wrong and likely both would fail df
positions were interchanged, because
Of the lack of experience.
In most trades the first method Civ
en- is the sensible one. So It Is in case
Of farming for country lads who do not
inherit land. and for men from the city
whose wages are less than three dol
lars a day. In the case of men whose
city earning capacity is greater than
this working for wages on farm fs
likely to prove disappointing and be
given up in disgust.
The solution, in the case OF the young
men, is the agricultural college, a
earning power in agriculture to a point
earning powe rim agriculture to q point
where it will compare favorable with
city work For the man with fam
lily one Of the later methods must be
considered.
In the case OF a countryman who
comes to town. the buying of business
without having had previous exper-
fence in related occupations usually
ends disastrously. The city man go
ing to the country frequently thinks he
can disprove this principle. Occasion
ally. he succeeds in doing SO, but such
cases are often to be explained by the
fact that the city man keeps summer
boarders. finds superior market for
his product. or in some otller way turns
to good account his city training.
In strictly farm work lack OF ex-
perience is very real handicap. and
one that reading books. good tho that
is. cannot overcome. City people us
ually expect too much Of modern agri-
culture: they figure probable yields by
exceptional yields and forget to con-
slider the many little losses that cannot
be accurately anticipated The re-
suit is that expenses are incurred upon
a scale that the incoming crop fails
to justify.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02
kilIino CABBAGE Worms.

All worms or defeating caterpillars
or beetles on cabbage or caulif1ower
arr best held in check by the use of
arsenical SPRAYS. For this purpose ar
senate of lead at the rate OF three
pounds to fifty gallons Of water is most
highly recommended. This solution
should be applied as occasion demands.
This should not be used on caulifiower
aft the heads begin to form, but dust
with dry hellebore.
Cabbages may be safely sprayed
with arsanical solutions up to within
n few weeks Of gathering. Currant
worms may be killed with arsenate OF
lead while the fruit is small. After
ward dust with dry hellebore as for
caulifower.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02
Feeding Potatoes.

A number ask If potatoes are any
good" when fed to cows or pigs. Many
have potatoes left over this spring, and
some with both cows and hogs to feed
are throwing them out to waste rather
than feed them This advice will come
little late to be of benefit to many.
as old potatoes are not relished so well
after stock get to ample pasture as
before. Some cows will eat raw pota-
toes the year around; others will not
eat them at ALL but very many will
make good use of limited number OF
them while still on dry feed.
BY feeding them moderately, and
sprinkling a little salt and shorts over
them. we have fed them to cows with
excellent results.
We have never tried feeding them
to hogs raw, and doubt if well-fed
hog would eat many that way, but
when cooked, seasoned and little
ground feed added, they can be fed
probably 70 hogs of all ages. Pota-
toes are about eighty per cent water
at best.
According to feeding experiments by
Professor Henry. "A pounds Of cooked
potatoes have about the same feeding
value as a pound of corn: so there Is
not a great deal of difference in the
feeding value of the dry matter, pound
per pound.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02

cost from $1.0o to $3.50 per acre, In
Guiding the cost of the machine, ma
terial and labor. This seems expen-
sive when one considers the fact that
the spray does not completely eradicate
any Of the weeds mentioned. How
ever, the reduction Of weed growth il
usually sufficient to allow enough more
grain to grow to more than pay tor the
cost of spraying, to say nothing Of the
reduction in weeds in subsequent crops,
owing to the fact that many OF the
plants are so injured that they produce
little or no seed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02
Iona Newspapers
CARROLL AND COWNIE.
rDubuuue Telegraph-Hera ].

that the governor of the state owed
it as duty to the people Of the state
to order an investigation Of affairs at
Mitchellville and base any charges he
might thereafter make against Cownie,
on the findings of such investigation,
if they warranted the charges.
Governor Carroll would be fairer in
battle it, instead of making charges
not fathered by any zeal for the state,
but rather to profit himself politically,
he ordered an investigation which
would bring out the truth, eliminate
the question Of veracity and give the
voters of Iowa basis of fact on which
to reach a conclusion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02

The Alton Star Enterprise says Col.
Dave Palmer, of Washington county,
who has been railroad commissioner
for a number of years, is again seeking
a nomination at the hands Of the re-
publican party. The chief indictment
against Col. Palmer is that he has the
endorsement of the railroads. This in
the opinion of most people should be
enough TO bring about his defeat"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

I'VE still do not think that Mr.. Cow
ME was working toward anything ex-
cept what he believed the good and
the welfare OF the Mitchellville insti-
tuition confesses the Cedar Rapids
Republican:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-02
Potato Blight.


There are two forms Of blight that
attack the potato, the early blight and
the late blight. The former is the
most comm on in our territory and may
make its appearance in late June or
early July. The early varieties of po-
tatoes suffer more from early blight.
TIE Bordeaux mixture is recon-
mended for both kinds of blight Spray
ing should begin when the plants are
eight or ten inches high which is us
ually about the middle of June.
"A good formula for Bordeaux mix
ture for potatoes is: pounds blue
stone Copper sulphate): pounds
stone lime: so gallons water. The blue
stone is most easily dissolved by hang
ing it in a key or other receptacle near
the top Of the water some time before
it is to be used. Do not use a sack
which will lose lint, or the lint Will
clog the nozzles. Hot water dissolves
the bluestone more rapidly than cold.
Only wooden, crockery or copper ware
should be used for dissolving blue
stone: It corrodes iron. One pound OF
bluestone dissolves Oily in gallon
of water The best grade OF stone
lime should be used. To Stake the
lime, add water as needed. until COM
pletelv slaked into milk OF lime
Airslaked lime is not safe to use. When
ready to apply the Bordeaux mixture
pour the pounds of dissolved blue
stone into the empty barrel, and add
enough water to make about 80 GAL
ions Then dilute the milk OF lime
from the five pounds of stone lime to
about Is gallons and pour into the di-
luted bluestone solution. Then add
enough more water to make so gallons
The prevention Of blight and the de-
struction Of the bugs may be accom-
plishcd at the same time when Paris
green is added to the Bordeaux mixture
in like manner as it would be added to
water When this is done. no extra
lime need be used as suggested when
Paris green is used alone.