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Auttaja. [volume] (Ironwood, Mich.) 1906-19??, 1910-10-20

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05

of other states for the necessities OF
life. The agricultural lands of New
York have been under cultivation for
much longer period than the land in the
west, but seems to hold their fertility
better than the newer prairie lands.
In fact, the productivity of the six
teen great agricultural counties in the
state is increasing as intensive farm
ing is more generally practiced."
1t is to New England and New York
that we must look for the beginnings
of the new agriculture, the agriculture
that will defeat the pessimistic notion
that food supplies will fail. This is
something of an anomaly, since it is in
these very regions that we have the
abandoned farms, but the pressure will
first be felt there where population is
dense and the abandoned farm will be
the scene of intensive cultivation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
superstitions of the Line,


yes said an old railroader, some
engineers are superstitious and will
not take train out if they can pos
sibly help it, if the signs are not just
right There was John Donaldson, for
number of years one of the best on
the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago.
If there was any man in the world
who knew all about an engine, it was
John Donaldson, but if he should let
his lantern fall before starting out, he
would get out of that run if he had
to throw fit. One night as he was
about ready to take his engine out to
hook onto the train at Chicago he let
his lantern fall, and he tried every
way to get out of the run; but there
was no other engineer to be had, and
he had to 60 He made the run in
safety, and his fireman was joking
him about his fears, when by a mis-
step he fell from his engine and was
run over by the tender, killing him
instantly. l know another ON the
same road who always carried a ca
nary bird with him in the cab, and he
always replied, when joked about it,
that the bird always brought him good
luck. One night he was called in
great hurry to take special train
out, carrying several of the high Of
ficials of the road. In his haste he
forgot the bird and when he discov-
cred it's absence, told the fireman it
would be his last run. Sure enough it
was, for bridge went down with him
and he was killed"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
THE HOPE IN AsANpun fasm#ss

We are told that in New York state
there are $4,000 abandoned farms. The
wonder of this, never small, grows
when we read that, acre for acre under
cultivation, New York is the most pro-
ductive state in the union. Not only
does the wonder grow, but the shame
of its grows, too, and also grows the
hope. The rehabilitation OF these 25,-
600 farms will mean something. 1t
isn't as if they We're in a desert. Acre
for acre the farms that lie side by side
wit hthese uncuitivated tracts produce
more than do the farms of any other
state in the union. That fact is signi-
ficant to bear repetition. illinois, Iowa
and Ohio" notes the Washington Post,
lead New York in total value, but an
analysis shows that in yield per acre
the empire state is still worthy the
name bestowed upon at time when
its supremacy in agriculture was not
q matter of dispute.
ssMoreover, New York leads in varie-
" of products that are grown in con-
siderable quantities, the chief merit of
which fact is that the people of the
state are less dependent on the people
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
THE LODGES.
MASONIC NOTICES.

A MASONIC NOTICES.
Wy Visitors always welcome.
/V\Hall over 105-107 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE, lob, A. f. 8
A. Naturalization Of officers Friday;
Jan. Z, at 1880 p. m.
H. g. Hoeck. W. NJ.
H. S. Lawrence, Secretary.
SIGNET CHAPTER No. SO, r.. A. M,
Stated convocation Monday. Jan. IL,
$780,
George H. Boggie, e. II. r. 81
I. S. Willard, Secretary.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL, r. & 8.
M.-Stated assembly Monday. Jan. II,
1880 p. m.
A. D. Meeker, T., 1. NJ.
I. T. Forbes, Rec.
ST. ALDEMAR COMMANDERY No.
30. K T.-Stated conclave Jan. IS. 1910.
at 1880 shap, for installation Of offi-
GERS. Visiting Fraters always welcome.
80, K. T.-Stated conclave Tuesday ev-
ening, Jan. 18, 1910. Visiting Sir
Knights always welcome.
F. NJ. Wilbur, 3. c.
Fred Wallace, Rec
CENTRAL CHAPTER, No. 81, O. q.
SHEETS in regular meeting, installa-
ton of officers Wednesday evening,
Jan. 12, at 1880.
Mrs. George Downing, w. M.
Edna c. Fularton, Secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
THE FARMER S TRUST.

Let the farmers who agree to hold
their produce, limit the acreage planted,
and generally endeavor to bring prices
20 their own estimates of what crops
are worth, let these beware The gov
ernmental hand of displeasure is to be
laid on trusts of this character and
the department Of justice is now after
the Burley Tobacco Society of Ken
lucky and Tennessee with the sharp
stick of the Sherman law.
This society is an association of to-
bacco raisers and without doubt, a
trust. Whether it is a benefcent trus.
or not may appear in the proceedings.
It's membership claims they We're driv-
en- to organize in self preservation from
the American Tobacco Company, a
trust Which practically controls the to-
bacco market and dominates the tobac-
co fields much as the Standard lords
itself above the oil fields. The society
charges that the tobacco trust de-
pressed prices for manufactured to-
bacco TO the point of peonage while
making no reduction in the price of
finished products manufactured from
the leaf grown by the farmers and
which they were compelled to sell at
prices set by the tobacco trust. Then
the society was formed in self protec-
ton. According TO the stories of special
writer's for ma gaines the society seems
to have stated the facts about as they
We're at the time the association of to-
bacco farmers banded together in
trust to resist trust.
Much is TO be said or al least sus-
pected against the society. Night riding
began. Tobacco fl re destroyed.
Men were whippe5 zed and even
killed who failed 10 submit to or who
opposed the society. There is a black
record of lawlessness in kentucky and
Tennessee of which the society is UNI
der apparently well justified suspicion
But the criminal lawlessness of
night riding is not part of the ques-
ton of the civil rights of the society.
1T is a trust formed to fight trust in
an effort to secure fair prices for raw
production. Public sympathy will be
with the producers and public sym
pathy usually is founded on the prin
ciples of justice and equality. If the
government pushes the case against the
farmers We shall learn how. far So
ciety Of tobacco, cotton, or corn grow
ers OF live stock producers may go in
The mater Of combinations; and the
Question VIII be loudly and insistently
put as 10 what the government is do
ing as regards the manufacturing to-
bacco trust
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
Elephants and Railroads.

Recently two railroad trains in Siam
have had encounters with elephants
In both cases the animals were killed,
but in one the train was derailed and
six cars telescoped. 1t appears that
the locomotives had no cowcatchers,
for European railroad engineers gen.
orally smile at cowcatchers as devices
suitable only for what they imagine to
be American conditions of traffic. 1t is
now remarked. however. that the
American cowcatcher might be very
good for stray elephants. and they
have been introduced on the large To-
comotives of the Damascus-Mecca line,
anticipating possible collisions with
camels.--Youth's Companion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
John Browns Execution.

AT a reading commemorative of the
fiftieth anniversary of John Browns
exploit at Harper's Ferry, copy Of
the New York Tribune of Dec. 6, 1859,
in which the exception Of the militant
abolishionist was described, was passed
around for inspection. The paper was
in perfect state Of preservation and
every printed word was legible. In his
description Of the execution The Trib-
une's correspondent said: There he
stood in his dark clothes and blood red
slippers and with the white hood drawn
over his head for eight minutes, which
seemed ages. He, the stone thrown by
God into the black and sluggish pool Of
slavery, while ebbing from him in fast
widening circles of sentries and pickets
and mounted scouts that surrounded
the place for fifteen miles off went the
ripples that he had caused on its
BOSOM"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
Disaster on Trial Trip.

A terrible railroad accident occurred
the other afternoon on the new cleo
trio railway line near Villefranche de
Content, France, as result of which
over a dozen people were killed and
as many injured. A speed trial along
the steepest inclines was being made
before the opening of the line. On
one particularly sharp descent the
driver found it impossible to move
the brakes. The train plunged down
the hill, over a bridge, and 600 yards
beyond left the rails. So terrific was
the momentum that the train plowed
its way through trees and over rocks
for another 100 yards. Eventually it
fell down ravine
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
THE ATTORNEY GENERALsH1P.
[Cedar Falls Record.]

u.
The Record finds itself in strict ac-
cord with the Des Moines Tribune
when it says:
The Evening Tribune can give a
tip to the numerous candidates who
aspire to succeed to the attorney gen
erals office.
NO man will be nominated or should
be nominated or if nominated. elected,
who does not take the very first OPP
portunity to say to the state that he
believes in law enforcement and will
to the extent Of his ability carry on the
work begun by Mr. Byers.
But it is of very much greater i'm
portance to Iowa 10 have it accepted
once for all that the law will be en-
forced, than it is that there be change
in the Cannon rules at Washington.
1T will not do in the coming cam
paign to lose sight of the fact that the
progressive movement is a local move
ment in some of its most important
relations and that Iowa can not afford
10 drop state reforms for national poll
tics.
There are plenty of good men for
the attorney generals office but there
is no man good enough for the office
who has not given Attorney General
Byers hearty Endorsement in the past
two years
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
MUST AMUsE THE CHILDREN.
IClinton Herald

Workers among delinquent children
have come to the conclusion that
amusement is the key to the solution of
the problem, and unquestionably this
is true. The children of the slums, or
for that matter, all children of the cit
les, are left altogether too much to seek
out their own amusement, and we
scarcely lift a hand to ascertain
whether that amusement will have an
elevating or a degrading effect. When
we take cognizance of this matter and
not only insist, but provide amuse-
ments, that will prove elevating, and
absolutely prohibit degrading amuse-
ments, much will have been accom-
plished. 1t is not enough for use to
keep our own children out of harms
way. We must keep all of them there.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
THE FARM HANDS WAGES.
INTERCHANGEABLE Press.l

"A young man from Bennett, who has
been working for MIR. Rekemeyer, on
the Henry SEWERS farm northwest of
town, returned to his home at Bennett
last Friday. This young man received
$500 for ten months work. He also had
his board, washing and his horse kept
free of charge. This would bring his
wages up to right around $50 per
month"; city chap would call it his
salary" Work on the farm gives a
man an outdoor life which means a
steady and regular digestive apparatus
and clear MISREPRESENTATION which
are worth while-and the demands on
his time and pocketbook are much less
than the fellow who labors in town.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
A Civil War Order.

An anecdote with smile in 1T, and at
the same time characteristic of the
man. is told by the Kansas City Jour
nal of Col. D. r. Anthony who for
mary years was one of the potent fac
tors in Kansas affairs. Anthony was
colonel of the Seventh Kansas cavalry,
which in 1862, somewhere in the early
part Of the year, was stationed in Ken
lucky guarding the reconstruction work
Of the Mobile railroad. Gen. r. b.
Mitchell was in command of the bril-
gade of which Anthonys cavalry was
a part. Mitchell was absent for short
time while the brigade was on that
particular duty, and Anthony was
placed in command. 1t was then that
he issued his famous order:
my officer or soldier of his COM
mand, who shall arrest and deliver to
his master fugitive slave shall be
summarily and severely punished ac-
cording to the laws relative to such
crimes"
| General Mitchell upon returning to
his command was, to say the least
immensely surprised at the order.
| Colonel Anthony" he roared,
please rescind that order at once.''
| Anthony refused. II am no longer in
command" he answered. you have
relieved me and ] can not countermand
a brigade order"
well" declared General Mitchell,
with great deal Of heat, ST will place
you in command long enough to rescfnd
it,"
"All right" said Anthony, lam I in
commando"
Eyes, sir!" retorted Mitchell.
Then" said Anthony, you as an
officer without command have no au-
thority to instruct me as to my duties
The whole thing wore off with a
smile. If the order was ever counter
manded, it was not done by Anthony.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
THE COUNTY WEEKLY.


Not long since we were constrained
to mention in these notes that the
county weekly newspaper was steadily
looking up" 10 new prestige and adj
vancing to a higher degree of service
and usefulness. The tendency is GER
tainly to fewer but better publications
in the weekly field. as is instanced by
the suspension and consolidation of
some publications and the great i'm
proyements made in others. The ad-
vancement made along mechanical
illness which permits the first class
equipment in other than the city print
ing establishments, has been factor
in the direction of better times for the
better class of county weeklies. but the
most important influence is derived
from the adoption by county merchants
of enterprising business methods and in
giving much greater attention to the
newspaper advertising end of their
enterprises, and the increased and more
uniform influence and mutual interest
repr4sented by the home paper" The
TrAef Star Clipper. Belle PLANE Nnion,
NuYbn Eagle, Upton Advertiser, and
ESna&XM other live wires of the county
,nelf sEaper class in this vicinity have
benz PARTING out twelve and sixteen
lp2gf fditions during the holiday seas
foNse which in every detail Of publica-
tHonJ editorialiy and mechanically are
lan a PR with the best daily issues of
itfT Ttfee. None of these papers could
| of Would do all this if they were not in
a measure. at least, supported by a
corresponding increase or appreciation
on the part of their subscribers and
advertisement patrons.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
Topics of the Times
Minnesota is raising lemons from
grape frlit, she Viii thus he able to
nand Tawney one raised at home.

va.
hahd l&"ney one Faised at home
- l''as 81 com piai'iiiis
ihey are s9ld from org club 70 another.
But II the PLAYER doesn't think more Of
me salary than less Of the system he
can quit and 90 to work for wages,
***
The water wagon is in the front Of
conservation policies. 1t conserves
health Be Pinchot
**s
Nebraska resolutionists must break
theirs in daylight.
This country spent more money last
year for diamonds than ever before.
And still The school census shows a
falling off Of 5000
Mrs. Cook is perhaps like the woman
who can stand for her husband staying
out until a. m-if he wins.
go
When the alarm clock rings don't
argue with it, either get up or turn
over for another snooze.
last year; but bushel of corn added
to every acre would make that look
ike 81 cents
,.
'si en' Mugs Jerry simpson
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
Good Money for Hockey.

-Four hockey players-Kerr, Walsh,
Taylor and Lake. of the famous Ottawa
seven. holders of the Stanley Cup OF
Canada, emblematic of the champion
ship of the WORLD few days ago re-
ceived an offer from the Renfrew Club
of $4,000 each for two seasons work,
the money to be deposited to their ac-
count on signing the contracts. In ad-
dition, permanent positions paying
from 81 800 to $4,000 were agreed on. In
fact. the Renfrew hackers told the men
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05

all the stock received was close to
sSSo.Oo0,o0o, which included 41S,00O
hogs, shipped direct to a packer OUT
side of the yards. The valuation is
S24000,0O0 larger than in 1908, which
means that much more money for the
producers. The average price of beef
cattle was $685., the highest on record,
which was surely gratifying to feeders
in spite of the high price of corn.
Farmers, no doubt, made the most pro-
fit in hogs where prices averaged near
ly 50 higher than in 1908. Sheep and
lambs also brought much more money,
and so in every department the valua
ton was far above previous years.
Stockmen are going into another year
with prospects even better than year
ago, for values are high at the start
and the demand for everything good.
Another magazine which is peculiar
ly the peer Of its own field is Scrib-
ners. 1t is the premier of the general
magazines in its art Illustrations and
in its fiction and general articles is en-
titled to rank among the few leading
publications. 1t is not a cheap magazine
either in matter or in it's price.
Most of all individualistic, peculiarly
literary in the sense of the best liter
ature, thoughtful. complete and high
minded is the Atlantic. 1t is the
thoughtful mans magazine conserva-
tive in its articles and in its literature.
1t is more than ever good magazine
and comes in new dress which while
in the height of quiet fashion, does not
appeal to old readers as familiar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
PUT BLAME WHERE 1T BELONGS
[LeMars Sentinel


Parents oftentimes wonder who or
what has ruined their boys. They have
been in school every day. but the
teacher either does not teach them any
lessons of morality or else his teach
ing is failure. The truth is, the boys
are on the street from the time school
closes until late at night. The street
corner is the best place in the world
for teaching vice, prohigacy and crime.
Nearly all the bad language and idle
vicious habits of boys are taught on
the streets at late hours of the night.
Teachers may be able to accomplish a
little in counteracting these evil in
luences, but much of their labor is in
vain until parents cooperate with
them in keeping their boys off the
street
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
The Boys Ignorance.

son-Pa, don't want to wear those
old pants of yours; they're too big and
the kids give me the laugh.
Father-Niver mind tn kids. Yen
grow into thin pants.
Son-But why can't wear my Oh
ones till l do grow into yours?
Father-Is that tn ixtint " y'r iddy
cation! How kin ye ixpect t. grow int
mine without wearin' thim?-Illustrat
ed Sunday MAGAZINE.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
Four Cents a Meal.

Mercer county. N. j., is congratulate
ing itself on having a warden for it's
Jail at Trenton who laughs at high
prices and serves his charges with food
at less than cents a meal each. Will
liam B. Van Horn, the warden, in his
annual report, shows that the average
cost of each meal last year was $0.0369.
He says nothing about variety, quality
or quantity, however. Possibly he is
following the example of another Jer-
sey jailer who fed his prisoners bean
soup three times a day and 365 days q
YEAR
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
Iona Newspapers
THE MILKING PROBLEM.

The Iowa farmers we are told, do
not care to burden themselves with
the milking of COWS. They can make
money easier in other ways. This
means that dairy farming will have to
be undertaken by specialists. We may
yet see corporations formed to carry on
such work, regular manufacturing
plants. The price of butter and milk
will finally. tempt capital to embark
in such enterprises. The drawback so
far has been in the inability to get
workmen. The milking machines have
not been able to solve the question.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05


been equaled by none who has come
after them, and the reason for the de-
generacy of the modern engineer to
APPOINT of what might be called pro-
fessional standing is reason that in
time is going to work the degeneracy
of every mechanical pursuit.
The tendency of invention is to
make machinery more and more near
ly automatic. The more nearly auto
matte machine can be made, the great
er its output and the less cost for
operating expense. The locomotive
has been strengthened and simplified
to the point where the repairs that are
necessary on the road amount almost
to nothing as compared with what re-
pairs amounted to 25 years ago.
More than that, the runs having
been made shorter, no engine is out
of roundhouse very many hours at
a time. The result is that practical
ly all of the repair work is done in
the shops at the end of trips The
work can be done more quickly and
economically in shops. And, in the
event of an accident between stations
that disables an engine, new loco
motive and repair crew are sum-
moned by telegraph.
The modern locomotive engineer.
therefore, is not required to know and
does not know his locomotive as the
old engineer used to know the ma
chine he ran. The old engineer, who
was out all day or all night on a long
run, was compelled to be self-reliant.
If anything went wrong, he must know
how to fix it. AS result he received
his early training in locomotive ma
chine shops. And when he left the
shops he was high-class mechanic
Philadelphia Ledger.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05

in question to go to the ottawa man
agement and get its best offer and they
would raise it, The men, after much
chasing back and forth, decided to
stand by Ottawa. When it is taken in
to consideration that the practice and
playing each season lasts only about
ten weeks, with ebout two games, of
one hour each, in seven days, it will be
seen that the salaries far surpass those
paid the professional ball player.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05

VI SA0 lly Vl oOl \,
as well as the
slower one. By
old engineers he
is looked upon
with a sort of con-
tempt. They say
he is not a me-
chanic, in the best
sense, but merely
a workman of
some intelligence
and a little skill.
Nor is this
statement based
entirely upon the
well-known ten
dency of old-tim-
crs to believe
that they have
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
The Head Of tho Family.

Own up, now, Who's the head Of
your family?"
my wife used to be-" admitted Mr..
Enpenk. But since my daughters are
grown we have a commission form Of
governm ent." Louisville Courier
Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
MEANING Whom?

Ignorance of the law" said the
judge, lis no excuse for crime"
May inquire OF your honor" asked
the prosecuting attorney, Hwhether
your honor's remark is directed at the
defendant or his counsel Chicago
Record -Herald.