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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17
THAT 100000 SUIT.
TEldora LedEer.1


The Marshalltown Times Republican
was las, week served with notice that
action would be brought against that
newspaper by an automobile company
at Waterloo, asking 100000 damages
for an article that appeared in the daily
Of recent date regarding the solvency
OF the said automobile company. 1t
looks at this distance as tho the Wa
terloo concern was endeavorins to raise
the advertising rates for the Times
Republican. inasmuch as the article
complained of was only about half
column In length
This is a queer old world-a news
paper may spread tafty about person
two inches thick and no word of thanks
or commentator ever reaches the edi-
torial sanctum, but just let little item
appear sandwiched In between patent
medicine ads and set in honpareil type
that even hints that all may not be
we'll and somebody's tea kettle immed-
lately begins boiling. So many people
believe it pays to advertise when II
isn't costing anything. The Times.
Republican announces that 1t will fight
the libel suit to finish. Threatening
newspapers with suits IL frequently q
great bluff in an effort to scare away
criticism
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17
Topics of the Times

Senator Bailey's las, resignation was
from the office of monetary commits
sioner Thanks - the oil business
Bailey is beyond the necessity Of addi-
t.onaI salary allowances.
President Taft's recall message is of
such character as t. leave nothing more
70 be said on the side OF the question
which he favors The president shines
as a judge.
Now c,uerulous committee is to find
our VINO pu. Uncle Isaac Stephenson
over.
A French biologist claims to have
discovered the origin Of life. He claims
to have created a frog. What we need
most. however is not how 20 originate
life. but now to contro. and direct it.
President Taft IS reported as the
recipient os hundreds OF letters daily
advising him concerning the political
conditions in the west. He should not
fail 70 note. however. that most of the
ordinary signs IN Iowa have failed this
year 70 deliver the goods.
France has created a generalissino,
but she can not create another Napo!-
con.
There is some evidence that the reci-
procity war is headed toward Egypt.
Speaking Of coming back what do
Won think OF the weather mans stunt
on this hot weather deal? His come
back was so prompt and vigorous that
1t really seems as if he had not been
off the job since old Heck was a pup.
Colonel Edison's affrna ton that he
expects to live $50 years may be taken
as prina facie evidence that the gen.
tIe7nan has more faith in science than
he has in religion.
If the dry farming school ever in
tends to do business in Iowa now is
surely the accepted time
CoIoradoans have arrived at the re-
Iuctant conclusion that the bigness OF
New York Is making 1t an octopus
which saps energy from that state &c
such an extent as to warrant protective
measures. The Colorado writer posi-
bly, has Ex-senator Clark in mind. His
wealth was accumulated in Montana
but he is spending 1t in New York
Colorado magnates are doing similar
stunts. By and by it will dawn upor
the west and other sections OF ths
country that the wiser policy In wealth
producing is to keep it widely distrib.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17
Hyai.n. in Farm Buildings.

Very often the hygiene OF the cow
shed. stable. etc, Is treated as mat
ter OF no importance and Is therefore
neglected The need for pure air and
wholesome surroundings Is just as I'M
portant and jpst az necessary in the
buildings where farm stock are housed
as in the farmers own home. 1t - not
our intention to go very deeplyintothis
subject, as 1t is very large one, but
In the present notes, we intend to touch
upon one or two OF the most important
aspects Of the question. First and fore
most, we must consider the subject Of
ventilation. This is Of paramount i'm
portance and must be looked into care
fully and in proper manner.
There are plenty Of people who seem
to confuse the words ventilation and
cold They consider that the animals
must be kept warm, and that any cold
air coming in would be decidedly dan
serous and detrimental. Accordingly.
all the windows, are bolted, the venti-
lators. II any, are stuffed up with straw.
and the doors are fast closed. The best
thing for people Of this sort IL a visit
to such a stable the first thing in the
morning before any one else has been
eI lutO tHe UuAiOAH6. ehAhA tAOs w
may safely assert that they would
wonder how the animals lived in the
place IL they Just inhaled few mouth
fuls OF the air.
Well, there IL no need to 90 into
the story further. but 1t tends to show
that what is bad for man 10 bad for
beast, and II he suffers for moment
when he comes in from the fresh air.
what do the stock suffer who have to
remain in the fetid atm osphere twelve
hours or more? Some may argue that
they get accustomed to 1t, and while
this perfectly true, 1t Is none the less
true that the air breathed remains bad,
and becomes worse and worse. as there
10 no outlet for the foul air and no in
let for the fresh.
What IL the sane solution Of the case
and must warmth and comfort be OBJ
tanned at the cost Of bad ventilation OF
no ventilation at all? OF course not
and It 10 perfectly easy to house AMI
! mails in warm and comfortable build
! ings that are 1t the same time well
ventilated and healthy, II these simple
precautions are taken. First, there mus,
be fresh air inlet; secondly. foul
or impure air outlet; and thirdly, there
must be nothing in the shape OF
drausth. It Is drausth that causei
drausht. 1t - dfaught that causes
that this 10 generally realised, the bet
ter 1t Will 10 for farm aaisoals In gen
eral.
The fssi air rises, nUuosss the out
~ should be at ~ - - the building
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17
A Good Drain Tile.

Tile should be straight. cylindrical
and well burned The test Of good
quality is that it should give a sharp
metallic sound when struck with a
piece Of metal. AS clay pipe shrinks
in burning. the length and thickness
of the walls. and the diameter. may
ing. the overturned ones being
smaller in all Dimensions than the
under-brrned. The degree Of shrink
age In cays in different localities is
not the same: consequently sizes, with
the same degree OF burning. may vary
with the locality Of manufacture Man
ufacturers endeavor to 80 regulate
their machines that the hardest burned
pipe will have the required dimensions
Usually. the average tile over runs in
length from q quarter to half an inch.
Clay tile, when exposed to tho air in
freezing and thawins weather. are IL
able to disintegrate: but when buried
in earth they are not 30 affected. As
customar,ly made, they are not square
on the ends. and many Of them are not
perfectly straight. being slightly bow
ed. When these irregularities are
small, or do not both occur in the same
pipe, they will not interfere with the
utility OF the piece. Tile are sold at 30
much per 1000 pieces. which are sup
posed to lay 1000 feet OF drain. the
over-fun In length offsetting breakase
and reflections. When subjected 20
long transportation by rail and wagon,
they do not always hold out: but a
rof3o quality of pipe. carefully handled,
viii ordinarily lag the required num-
Der Of feet.
Tile.layers should be instructed to
throw out all tile which are soft.
cracked or ill-shaped. A crack thru the
walls at the end, two inches In depth,
or any irregularity which would de-
crease the cross-section OF the drain or
prevent its making good Joint. should
be sufficient cause for rejection.-John
r Stewart University Farm.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17
FIVE DAYS OR sEyeN7

Farming isn't what is used to be.
Times have changed. Seems like folks
ain't got the ambition to work they
used to have when you and worked
on farm thirty years ago. Up at LIS
comb they've got q farmers club, shut
off work every Saturday at noon. hike
to town and visit. play BAH and Just
have a good time. They say everybody
does 1t, that even the hired men
Amt expected to work Saturday after
noon but dress up like 1t was Sunday.
This Liscomb farmers club holds little
fairs of their own and gives prizes for
corn and colts and pumpkins and other
truck
Say what do you suppose old Perkins
would "a said when we was working
for SIS a month on his farm thirty
years ago this summer II we'd pro-
posed to knock off of a Saturday and
go to town TO play ballc Why can
hear old Perkins holler now and he's
been dead these twenty years! Old
Perkins didn't go to town in daylight
ever unless he was haulin' hogs to
market And sly as You keep it the
man who worked for him didn't banker
for ball games Saturday or any other
day. He just longed for rest.
Old Perkins never built fire later
than 80 a. m in his life and NOBODY
was In bed at 9:45 at Old Perkins ex-
ceot a case OF typhoid fever or corpse
You was doing horse chores with
lantern at o'clock in the morning,
eating breakfast a, +: As and in the held
at daybreak at Old Perkins and YOU
+i,,shas +he milking a, o'clock tina.
night You had an hours incoming pc
cause the horses couldn't eat quicker
but a. noon you brought the bull IN
from the orchard to water, carried slop
to the hogs. rode pony on run 70
the blacksmith shop, ground the SICKLE.
etc. etc. Baseball. huh. baseoal.
weighed a ton Saturday afternoon.
Old Mis- Perkins and the girls never
went anywhere. They were SO blamed
tired they didn't want 10. Kept nine
cows Old Perkins did, women tended
the garden. done all the cookin' ana
ya.hin' and mendin for everybody.
Girls used TO wear plow shoes week
DAYS. One OF EN-. Sis married a drunk
en- house painter up at Podunk jest 10
got away from home Nurher one dice
of consvr prfon Doc White told Old
Perkins 10 send her out TO Colorado put
the old man let her go visitln her aunt
down on the 'Dosia bottoms. said II
she needed change OF air that was
enough. Old Peril, didn': hold to any
body runnin' about spend!n money on
the cars. Said when your time come
il come and that was all there was 10
il. Old Mis- Perkins kinda dried UP
and quit Twin and they buried her in
the family buryir' ground back Of the
orchard close TO the hog lot. After they
was all gone Old Perkins went 20 live
N town Hung on year OF two and
died himself. He was rich and highly
successful" bat nobody cared cuss
when he died and some folks even
kinda grinned like they was relieved.
But say, he vas worker. Owned over
500 acres of good old Illinois land when
he finally did die.
Seems like Old Perkins and Old Mrs.
Perkins and the girls didn't get much
out of it. Mebbe them fellers at Lis
comb are getting more in five days
than Old Perkins got OUT OF seven.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17
WHY NOT TALK IT OVER?

Inc report that CoTEr eSSman Norris
objects to the appearance OF Secretary
Wilson at the Nebraska state fair
charged with speech in support of the
reciprocity policy OF President Taft.
T. it is true that Mr. Norris is protest
ing ne Is Standing IN his own light as
a candidate Cor the senatorship The
Wilson come and do his stunt How
ever, under the circumstances IL does
seem as tho Norris would be justified
in asking q division OF time and the in
PRODUCTION Of other expert testimony"
than Secretary Wilson is expected 70
offer. But whatever happens let free
discussion OF every important question
rule If Secretary Wilson wants to
come or the president desires TO send
him to the stare fair in Nebraska or
any other state, Why not? Perhaps
fair grounds will be rallied of and de-
voted to political discussion explana
ton. That wouldn't be a rad thing
and the seances would he fairly well
attended except when the horse races
or the balloon ascension or something
else was In progress.
The preside rt IS anxious to offer his
side of the new tariff bill TO the peo-
pie No doubt ne is more or less we'll
Informed that there IS very decided op-
position TO It arising from the convic
ton OF the agricuIturists that it very
largely neglected their interest Now
there isn't and ought not to be any
fence around Nebraska or Iowa or any
other progressive state witch should
keep Secretary Wilson, or President
Taft or Joseph Cannon or Bob La.Fol
lette or any other speaker out. To be
sure there is suggestion more or less
repugnant to the west that personal
politics may be in receipt of service
when a cabinet officer Is sent to a
state fair apparently for the purpose
of making a special plea but that is a
side issue. The anti-reciprocists have
argued tAelT SlGe OF the case at every
cross roads. Let Wilson offer the 9th
er side Of the case ~ ithout protest. If
the pact Is a good thing the Nebraskan
wants to know it. II it isn't ne may be
trusted to come to fairly satisfactory
conclusion, the most satisfactory con-
clusion possible being the one which
satisfies the man who seeking It for
himself.
Discussion OF issues Is the seed Of
prog1essiveness. It will be recalled that
when LaFolletts came first into Iowa
that he was assailed and misquoted and
reviled by a class Of newspapers. Their
opposition fastened the adoption of
many things favored by LaFollette.
Discussion at chautauquas, In the
newspapers. on the streets, from the
stump, everywhere for a dozen years
has established numerous reforms. Let
1t 90 on openly Talk it over. Think
about IT. Listen to 1t. 1t Is the begin
ming Of settlement when men discu IS
amportant matters. Let those who de-
sire to testify give voice. In the end
the people will decide.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17
Livestock Notes.

Keep the stables and the yards clean
so that flies and insects have no breed
ing place.
Try to arrange to give each horse on
the farm q three weeks vacation on
grass.
After a day work clear the work
horses thoroughly. wash their legs from
he knees down and rub dry.
Never dose q healthy horse: AL he
needs is good care and good feed. The
good care includes. Of course. regular
exercise. 1t is just as bad for horse
TO be all the time taking medicine as
IL 70 for 4 man. Do not do 1t.
II you are breeding good stock OF
any kind do not worry about the
slunpe. Tho best sells nearer to resi-
value during depressions than does the
scrub.
The man VINO refuses. to put good
seed In the ground Is today looked up
on as Q scrub. But how about the man
who refuses to use good seed In his
breeding operations:
When the hog seems to be losing the
use OF its limbs. feed less corn and
more brain and oats chop. II the trou-
BILE Is very bad. give eight or ten drops
of nux vonica in the feed twice a day,
An abundance of green feed should also
be given.
See that all the hogs have plenty Of
fresh clean water to drink. especially
during hot. dry days.
It costs about SO to keep q breeding
SOW a year. II she gives you two lit
tiers OF pigs each year. there should be
a clear profit OF at least $50 from her.
and you have your SOW left in the bar
gain.
If the horse flags, and his legs be-
come unsteady, unf1itch at once. put
cold water on his head and on the back
Of his neck and rub with coarse cloths.
II near a drug store inject forty or
more grains of ,Quinine. Sponge his
mouth with cold water.
Sheep will not eat hay that has been
mussed over by other animals. They
are the most dainty animals on the
farm. They do not like grain from q
crib full Of rats either.
In keeping lambs for breeding 1t Is
a good idea to test their wool. Tough
fiber may be transmitted from one gen.
Grafton to another. and 1t Is well to
select only those which have good crops.
Sheep are seldom troubled with tub
erculosis because they are naturally
fresh-air cranks. It is not necessary
to shut them up in tight barn to In
sure best results.
Tobacco stems chopped up fne or to-
bacco sweepings mixed with salt are
good to feed young lambs. particularly
II they are affected with worms.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17
The Strawpi1e

! ana there II probably nothing to equal
the small turret built on the exterior
Of the roof. This consists OF louvred
weather boards on each OF the four
sides and the wind blowing thru these
four boards sucks the foul air out 1t
is a good plan to have the turret open
Ing on the four sides, as the air rising
from the interior Of the building Will
be drawn out in whatever direction the
wind may be blowing. with the same
CELEBRITY. The top of the turset 10. OF
course, covered, and the boards placed
in such q position a. to prevent the
ingress Of driving rain, snow. etc. VI
course, the turret system Is not the
only system for efficient ventilation.
but it is simple and not very expensive,
and 1t is this, coupled with elective
ness, that the farmer wants. In build
Ing new. stables, etc. It should be noted
that it is not a good plan to have the
same higher than ten or twelve feet to
the ridge II greater height IL taken
there may be a down draught, which
will, Of course, interfere with the proper
rise and exit Of the warm and foul
air.
Fresh air inlets are probably by far
bricks under the caves Again simple
ity is the keynote, and certainly. they
are effective and wholesome. as there
will not be any direct drausht in line
with the animals themselves. The IN
lets under the caves should not be con-
sidered the only fresh air inlets. be-
cause, II possible, there should be gooo
sized windows on each side OF the
building, made to open, and perhaps
the most handy kind are those that
open outwards and are controlled by
means Of q metal bar pierced with
holes. The advantage Of this Will be
apparent, as the window can be fasten'
ed without difficulty at any desired pc.
sition by simply dropping the stotted
bar over a small notch fitted on the
window sill. The windows Of stock
sheds should always be made TO open,
for on seasonable days 1t Will be
splendid purifier to get good draugnt
Of air blowing thru the building While
me stock are out at grass or at work,
AS the case may be.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17
The Reading Of Young statssmsn.

What was the purpose OF questioning
White, the self-confessed bride taker.
at the Lorimer inquiry as to his reading
before he took the bride? Had the
query been put by the Lorfner defense
It might have been with the Intent OF
discrediting the witness as person
whose mind was so full OF muckrakers'
tales that his Imagination had run
away with him. But It was put by
counsel for the committee. The an
swer was significant, whatever the pur-
pose Of the question, as showing the
reading Of fledgling statesmen in these
days, and perhaps as affording. . warn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17
AS TO FAvnLE.
IAurelia Sentinell

There is q fumor that F. F. Faville
OF Storm Lake, will announce himself
as candidate for the position as rep
resentative for the Eleventh district
against Hubbard. If Hubbard fails to
get him reappointed to the district at
torneyship, the office which he now
holds. We are not ready az yet to be-
lieve the report as II is our opinion that
Faville is too big man to resort to
anything of the kind. Then Faviile can
blame no one but himself for the posi-
ton that ne finds himself in. he played
for bigger stakes and lost and when he
loses must abide by the consequences.
and keep sweet. which We believe he IL
doing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17
Iona Newspapers
THE BASEBALL EDITOR.
[tSmithland Sun. J

We saw an old dried up sardine Of
an individual laughing at a group of
boys the other day who were earnest
~ talking baseball. This same old
tightwad can't talk baseball because
he's too all-dred stingy to spend a
quarter to see game. He can't and
anyone to argue politics with on ac-
count of his being go narrow minded.
So instead he just spends his time
slandering his neighbors. He seems to
get as much enjoyment out Of life tho,
as he would was he not exceedingly
weak minded.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17
Los. 81 Tim. Mean. Lo.. Of Pay.

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

No president within the memory OF
the present generation was so consumer
with desire to succeed himself as
William Howard Taft" says the Mason
City Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17

Foley Kidney Pills will check the
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17

The Primghar Bell says THE only
difference between Senator Cummins
and Mr.. Hubbard Is this: Mr.. Hubbard
believed that reciprocity was as tep in
the right direction: an entering wedge,
80 to speak: that it would do to begin
on: that it could afterward be amend
ed and improved: he voted for it, tho
it was not altogether the way he would
have liked it best. Mr.. Cummins be-
lieVed that it was better TO have the
bill right from the start. He did not
think that passing an imperfect bill
and depending on future action Of con-
sress to improve it was the best way go
he voted against it. This is not incon-
s!stency on the part of these gentle
len. but courageous, independent ac-
ton"
Why not induce congress TO intro
duce benzoate of soda in their discus
Sions these dog days time?" asys the
Mason City Globe Gazette. 1T might
help them keep"
The day of reckoning will come
when the republicans who joined with
the democrats to bring about the re-
suit becomec andidates for office. The
democrats will spurn them and the
loyal republicans will despise them. 1t
will serve them right" cindictively con-
cudes the Marion Register.
The Boone News Republican admires
President Taft's nerve, but questions
his judgment It doors not seem to the
News Republican that "tfle wool and
cotton schedules need to await the YER
dict Of the tariff board. They are ex-
orbitant and everyone knows II. and
the veto Of these bills will be taken.
whether Justly or not as an effort to
shield the highly protected interests OF
the east Congress should be allowed
to have its way. II It can get together
on a reduction Of the tariffs on wool
and cotton and steel. The farmers have
taken their dose without resentment.
but they will be up in arms. If the 9TH
sr fellows are protected from getting
theirs. The wool tariff was framed in
iniouity and almost any kind Of a re-
duction. scientific and unscientific.
would be relief
"One Iowa automobolist says that al
most the poorest highways he has
where the alleged father OF the good
roads movement lives-The Des Moines
Capital. Another says that one Of the
few unmarked sections of the Blue
Grass road is In Clarke county, the
home OF the president Of this improved
highway organization. What is it they
used TO tell US about cleaning up our
own backyard?" asks the Fairfield
Ledger.
The Sioux City Journal observes
that DIR. Wiley has plenty OF company
on the anxious seat
Iowa has lis eye on Frank Gotch.
SAYS the Burlington Gazette (demo-
crat) Now that Cunmins has failed
Us and Kenyon has not made good, it
is 10 be hoped that the Humboldt
wrestler will resurrect US from a
threatened decadence."
az DIT Wiley needs expert opinion
on what beer is, we commend him TO
any man who has ever made cam
paign for office in Dubuque county,
declares the Dubuque Telegraph Her
aid.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17

DR.. Cook is informing his chautau-
qua audiences that ne has not been
given what he deserved. Well, he'd
better look out or he'll get it yet
Philadelquia Inquirer.