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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07
RAILROAD D1scouRTEsY.

[Iowa Falls Citizenl.
The railroads are reaping just ex-
actly what they have sown. They
never have learned the ordinary rules
OF courtesy and fairness. unSelfish-
ness.
They change the time OF their trains
without warning, giving no notice to
the public and no notice to the news
papers. People come as usual and the
train Is gone. They Inconvenience, an
noy. and callse expense. Does the rail-
road carer Not at all. Often it, en-
ployes laugh at the discomfiture<of the
public. And right here IL contracted .
debt Of retaHation payable at sight
with compound interest. ~
Years d9O a woman was put OF from
a train because her ticket was made
out wrong and she had no money to
nay for another. She went home and
preached dislike Of the railroads to her
chsadren. Her boys grew to men and
are now paying the debt of retaliation
together with the compound interest OF
=. ssssse= tbs. railroads have been
ponuting and corfupdng officials, leg
islatures.. and laws, for the purpose Of
adding 70 their own selfish incomes
ana prisileges. The laborsr and far
mes ,i W., .Ss:e been TAUGHT to bea1svl
that thou shalt not steal have rspeat-
edSy -oAuostt tisos railrcadS IN fh0ract
| o. Stealing their rights and their prop
! erty aod holding With gLsm dstsenseAA.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07
fEsREPUB1IoAN. IOWA. NOVEMBER

overturn even small buildings. They
did such work. all over tho country.
The newspapers were filled with ancs-
dents Of that kind. In one Iowa town
they tore down an electric transformer
letting II drop to the ground. That
turned 1900 volts Of electricity into the
light circuits used in that town ana
such voltage might have resulted IN
both deaths and fires. 1t cost the com
pany several hundred dollars to repair
the damages.
Yet that was done out Of pure mis-
chief, out Of the notion that q certain
day in the year boys can do what
mischief they please 1t was outrag-
eous and the ones guilty OF 1t ought to
have been arrested and severely pun
ished.
Following a football victory In one
city the victors tore down part OF
grandstand to make bonfire out OF
1t, to celebrate their victory.
The whole system Of boyish license
to do such things Is bad and. we fear.
1t is helping to make bad men out OF
many boys. The authorities ought 10
deal severely with such outbreaks TO
the end that boys as well as men may
have some respect for the property OF
others and for the laws OF the lana.
Boyish pranks are permissible. but
when they take the form of rowdylsm
and become destructive. nothing out
the law should be invoked.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07
HAS THE CLIMATE CHANGED?
baskerville Republican,

Iowa is not in the banana belt by a
jug full. But the climate as compared
with what it was In the early settle
nent OF this country, makes one think
that we are close to where they raise
oranges and citrous fruit. Years ago
It was not unusual to have sleighlne
and zero weather at this time Of the
year and before the winter was over
spirit thermometers had to be used to
register the cold. Mercury freezes at
40 below zero and thermometers of
that class were not much account In
the ~good old pioneer days" Billiards
were frequent and many settler lost
his life while trying to reach q place of
safety when overtaken by one OF those
winter storms. There has been q great
moderation in the severity OF the
storms since the country has been set
tied and groves planted. II 10 seldom
now that the thermometer registers 30
below zero and a blizzard OF great Sc
verify is hardly ever experienced. It is
doubtful II this country ever again ex-
periences az severe winters as the old
settlers tell about having years ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07
Topics of the Times

The anthem would that 1 had
wings needs revision to Would that
l had an aeroplane" in order to be up
to date.
Brewers say beer must go up. But
that will not check its tendency to go
down.
Amt it awful the way President Taft
seems to hate to go home?
Mr. Hines, the advance man in the
Lorimer muSs, says he mas system OF
bookkeeping by which he can account
for his every hour of the last twenty
years. Wonder how Ed has managed
to keep the books hid from his wife
all these years.
II Balboa had been Rodgers he'd have
flown instead of wading into the Paci-
fic ocean.
AS showing the difference between
being interviewed at Washington and in
Iowa Sir Pieterje Ormsby Mercedes V.
which is on exhibition at the big dairy
show in the Holstein- Friesian section
gets cracked on the side with a six
tined fork and called Pete" in the
home barn.
There isn't much difference between
the man who is always looking for
family skeletons and the other who
goes about gathering bones in a rattle
trap wagon. Both are scaVengerS.
The rebels are doing all the crow
Ing at Shanghai.
President Taft refused TO sign the
woman suffragists' petition; but ~
smiled SWeetly.
President Taft desires to be known
as lawyer rather than president. A
considerable number Of voters seems to
be in agreement with him on this par
ticular proposition.
Des Moines will stay wet. This will
avoid the necessity of holding demo-
cratic political conferences outside the
capital.
The Cedar Rapids Republican says
the T.-R. is opposed to Professor Hold
ems candidacy because kitchen
cabinet had decreed against him.
AS usual the Republican is either in
accurate or mendacious. The T.-R. =
using its better judgment. Professor
| Holden is a very useful man where he
is, at job he understands perfectly.
To bring him from his high usefulness
to an unknown and untried field would
| be like taking Cyrenus Cole from the
celibate sanctum Of his accomplished
nursery.
1t is estimated that about 100000
women will have the privilege Of cast
ing a vote for president next year in
the six western states which have the
suffrage law. These votes are distrib-
uted substantially as follows: Califor-
; MIA, 100000; Colorado, 10000; Idaho,
$4,000; Utah. $4,000: Washington, 1885,
600; Wyoming, $4,000.
Initiative and referendum amend
| ments have been adopted in South Da-
kota, Oregon, Oklahoma. Colorado. Ne
braska, Missouri, Montana, Arkansas
Maine and California. Such amend
| ments have been endorsed by legisla-
lures for submission to the people ir
| Washington, Wyoming. North Dakota
Nebraska, Florida, Idaho, Wisconsin
The Oregon plan of direct election OF
senators has been adopted in Oregon
Nebraska, Nevada, Minnesota, New
Jersey. Ohio, Kansas. California ane
Wisconsin. Besides all this the states
which have adopted the direct primary
for presidential nominees. with date Of
i primary, ale as fo,.o-s: North Dakota
March 10, 1912: Wisconsin. April ?;
Nebraska. April II; oregon. April 10;
New Jersey, May %.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07
AMERICAN RowpYIeM..
FCedar Rapids Republican ]

tNedar Rapids RepUOdtc0nl.
The American boy Is apt to have
some rowdyism in his make up. It 10.
perhaps, a reflex influence, resulting
from the boast Of being Q free people
and doing as We please. we are tosa
that It II only In America that boys
undertake TO destroy property. or 20
mar It; that in other countries such .
thing would not be attempted. 81
We recently had . HallowSsn osy,
Of, night. and lot OF boys "a svsey CITY
and hamlet took It that tasaf iNle6tle y.
.cense for them to mar property and e
destroy 1t, to tear mp sidewalks ara
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07
a%Nr~1-,<<
The Exe.s.;eu Prsvss the Ru,s.

There is an old saying that the sx-
ceution ,;.avrcs che s.,le This old say.
ing is old enough to know better.
There is an item going the rounds OF
the papers. some OF them, to this ef-
feet: The year. 1911 has Nifty three
sundays, END ...sss: >:.ch g. 1850 WIN not
occur again for 100 years.
We suppose tha& TO b ths Fule then.
that there Will not be . year with hfty-
three Sundays for 10 y1Ars.
Now for the sgceHlions. The sxcep-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07
REASONS WHY.

[Mapleton Press].
The governor has set aside Nov. 30
for us to think of our; blessings, and
be thankful. This puts US to thinking
whether We have anything to be really
thankful for.
We will take stock" and see.
To begin with. We have been get
ting along fairly well together. In
this community there are people OF Diff
ferent nationalities, different religion,
and some with no religion at all. We
have learned to get along together
nicely, and to leave 1t to the Almighty
to settle with the erring ones. It was
not always thus in this country, and 1t
is not so in some other countries to-
day.
In Russia they kill Jews. and in
China and some parts OF Turkey they
offer up christians. We can be mighty
thankful that we don't hate people
here because they differ! with us in re-
ligion or politics.
On the whole, the people here have
been law abiding. The few that have
needed lacking up are the exception
and not the rule. There might be. Inn
provement along this line, but we
should be thankful that it Is no. worse
than 1t is.
While this is not one of the real fat
years, this section has bread and to
spare and much for the strangers with
in our gates, for which they will be
recompensed finely. We have got
wheat and corn and oats, and It Is ali
of the best quality. We can well be
thankful when we think Of other Sec
lions where fields were barren and
cupboards bare.
We can well pause for a day 70 spend
In thanks to the One who has v0uch-
safed te this blessing. and while, look
ing forward with faith and coufaee fol
the year that IS to come.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07
THE HONEY ANISsFHE FLIES.
rp. rlrorsf ssrp jecltnse1.

Why Is 1t t,,eladd promdting schem-
ers-from o<I,errstates camp in Iowa and
with oily tongues endzavor to, coax
hard earned cash .outr0i their pockets
for their lands There3S reason enough.
Iowans have money toSburn. The fell
lows in other states1are anxious to
help us spend 1t. We Go spend 1t. Some
get good results. others are left holding
the bag. Iowa has sent enough money
away from home. all made here. to
place a huge manufacturing plant on
every other section -itfAhe state with
enough money left to provide working
capital for each one of them. This
may seem a far-fetched statement
perhaps it is. Nevertheless the money
that has been made in Iowa and sent
outside the state for investment. If 1t
had been kept here and invested in
manufacturing industries. in improving
Iowa farms, highways, Iowa cities and
towns. the question that Is being ask
ed all over the country, What is the
matter with Iowa? ?" would be changed
to "Just look at Iowa, the banner
state of the Union" Some day when
there are no more cheap lands to buy.
some day when other sections are not
Offering alluring inducements for low
ans to spend their money. we will come
into our own and occupy the place that
is ours by right.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07
WHO DRINKS IT AND WHERE?

More beer is consumed in the United
States than In any other country Of
the world, and more distilled spirits
than in any other country except Rus
STA. The quantity per capita con-
sumed IN the United States is not.
however. In the case Of beer. as great
as in Belgium, United Kingdom, Ger
many, or Denmark; while our per cap
tia consumption Of distilled spirits Is
less than that Of Denmark, Hungary
Austria, France, Netherlands, or Swe-
den. OF wines, the quantity consumed
in the United States Is below that OF
France; and the per capita consump-
ton is less than that Of France, Italy
Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Austria
or Hungary.
The quantity Of malt liquors con-
sumed in the United States in 1910 was
1861 million gallons, against 1904 mil
lion IN Germany and 1897 million in
the United Kingdom. that Of Austria
being 4s3 million, Belgium Az million
France 3T6 million, and Russia 231 mil
lion gallons. OF spirits the quantity
consumed In the United States wa.
1333k million proof gallons, agains
232 2-3 million in Russia, the per cap.
it, being In each case Las gallons
against little less than one gallon il
the United Kingdom. The quantity o
beer psr capita consumed in the United
staiss y az, Ia 1919, 20 90 gallons
against l31.44 gallons in the Unitet
Kingdom and 2s.47 gallons IN Ger
many.
In this consumption, s::---.eess a,"'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07
on FUDGE.

[Rathbun in Marion Register].
In a recent issue of the Register we
said that Taft could not be nominated
without the vote Of the Iowa delegation
in the national convention. The es-
teemed editor Of the Charles City In
telligencer says "Oh, fudge Suppose
We had said that the president could
not be nominated without the vote OF
Iowa and the late confederate states,
not one of which would give the presi-
dent an electoral vote at the election,
would the Intelligencer say oh.
fudge" to that? Our opinion Is that II
Iowa, the state that never wavered.
should oppose a denomination the
states in which there is always bat
tie royal and whose electoral vote Is
rever known until the ballots are
counted would take notice and gov
ern themselves accordingly. II that -
fudge" let II be 30 recorded. Our opin-
ION Is that the nomination OF LaFol-
lette would be calamitous. but II the
president Is not endorsed by Iowa.
what state is there. pray. that he can
carry? 100 8 -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07

-. seae.ds to what extent the
dissatisfaction Of the east goes" argues
the Des Moines Register and Leader.
.srh. American Protective league II
not for the president and II Big Bust
ness Il not for him the break may
come In the convention. On IL 9TH
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07
BIG POTATOES.
Glrhnt

J. w. Lundy. whose home Is ABOUT
seven miles east of this city. harvested
some extra large potatoes the other
day. Seventeen Of the largest
weighed twenty and one-half pounds.
They are Of the King variety ana
were planted about June 10. The seed
originally was brought to this vicinity
from Ohio by Bill Anderson-better
known as Bill than William. HOW
ever Mr.. Lundy got the particular seed
from which these big potatoes grew
from Lima Rice. One Of the Globe
concern took two or three Of these po-
tatoes home for family use-to winter
on. One was prepared for dinner. and
we have been having fried potatoes
from the remains" ever since-or from
somewhere. BY the way, now that the
subject is up. do YOU think IT Is
technically correct to use the common
expression, "a mess Of potatoes" when
only one potato is used for meal
not to mention the leftover?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07

The Cedar Rapids Gazette says If
Professor Holden is wise, he will stick
to his present Job of knitting. And so
say We" the Charter Oak Times re-
Joins. I'VE saw the same thought
stated so aptly once that we remem-
bered 1t. and here it is: Many good
bootblack is spoiled trying to make
lawyer of him. That is what would
happen to Holden. He is a great man
as a farm expert, but in the governor 8
chair he would probably fail"
eff it is dead certainty that LaF'oi-
lette has no strength in Iowa and that
Taft could win in walk over the Wis
consin insurgent what have the Taft
supporters to fear In permitting the
matter to be submitted to the pri-
maryo, inquiries the Rockwell City Ad-
yocate. If the Taft supporters are
right in their contention it would only
serve to humiliate aLFo1lette and his
| supporters, what few his enemies may
admit he really has. and that would
certainty be a pleasing thing to the
great mass OF Iowa people who are
fairly yearning for the denomination
Of thep resent 'titular head Of the re-
publican party"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07
Premier Laurier.

(HarperS WeekIy.J
We have admired Laurier In power
at the zenith OF his popularity. indis-
putably the first man Of his country
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

professor Holden's candidacy will,
of course, be submitted to careful
test before being put into the planter"
says the Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07

lon the whole We are inclined to
think that if the corn expert listens
to the siren song of political ambition
he is in danger Of obscuring this repu-
tation as man who made two ears of
corn grow where one grew before. and
substituting therefor a reputation as an
unsuccessful candidate or a very ordi
nary governor entangled in the maZes
Of political situations with which he
was wholly unfamiliar" laboriously
concludes the Iowa City Citizen
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07

lssds the weeld, 1.541 million gallons.
~ 39s3s gallons per capita in 1903.
Italy = that year consumed 31.17 gall
Ions - capita: Portugal. 27.ss gallons;
Du1eses1anA. lass gallons. and the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07

eve il like the man who carried that
message to Garcia declares the CEDAR
Rapids Republican OF LAfe Young.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07

AT any rate" concludes the Par
llersburg Eclipse. lit was great cleo
pioneering tour. paid for him by the
people, and Billy ought to have &C
complisned some good for himself"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07

er hand 1t may seem both easier and
safer to await the election. To defeat
Taft in the convention might mean La
Toilette. That part Of the east that ID
now indignant would far sooner have
Harmon. and might feel quite as well
satisfied with Wilson"
III Late was beaten. and Kenyon
won by corrupt methods Late will con-
fer favor upon the people Of Iowa by
publishing the facts In full" says the
MaQuoketa Excelsior. But If. as we
imagine. he has written ore-headedly
out Of the vapory imaginings aroused
by his personal egotism, hes hould be
severely dealt with and forever elimi-
mated from future political aspirations
as, entirely unworthy to represent
Iowa. Muck raking per Sc. Is bad
enough. but sore-headed muck raking
is an outrage to decency and real hon
esty. II Senator Kenyon and his
friends have committed any crime
against the commonwealth. let Editor
Young state plainly just what the
crime was. how and when committed
and all about it. If he can not do this.
he should be made to retract his state
ment"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-07
Iona Newspapers
THE CORN CROP IN IDA.

The man who predicted less than
half corn crop for this year has taken
to the cyclone cellar. Many fields have
been husked out and yields Of forty to
fifty bushels are not uncommon. One
farmer with whom we talked said ne
expected yield Of thirty five bushels,
but when he husked out his field there
was not an acre that fell below forty
five bushels. At the present prices for
the various products Of the farm the
farmer is not worrying about this win
ter's coal bill.
100 BUSHELS OF CORN TO ACRE.
lAurelia Sentinel.
Cherokee county has some fine land
and some fine crops. but we have not
heard until this fall Of any one having
more than a dozen acres of corn that
would go 100 bushels to the acre. The
other day we heard of a farmer here,
Arthur Maltby. who has forty acres
that is going from 100 to 1903 bushels
to the acre for forty acres and another
forty acres adjoining that Will go about
eighty bushels to the acre. The corn
is being picked and weighed. seventy
five pounds being taken for the bushel.
This is a large yield but there are a
number Of witnesses to the weighing,
and mea surfing Of the land so the fig
ures can be relied upon. The corn was
planted with three and four kernels to
the hill and the seed was good and it
Is hard to find hin missing and 1t Is
this good seed which isSiargely respon-
sible for the big Yield. The ground
was plowed last falL &nd was in good
condition and was ather high nor
low. Where are the calamity howlers
who said there would not be over half
a crop Of corn? And then this should
convince every farmer that he can not
afford to plant anything but the best
OF seed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-11

SIacDonald's voice came to him
strange and weird
what do you think OF that, How
land?'
The two men gripped hands, ana
when they looked again they saw dim
~ through dust and smoke only torn
and shattered masses of rock where
had been the giant ridge that barred
the path of the new road to the bay.
Rowland talked but little on their
way back to camp. The scene that he
had Just witnessed affected him
strangely. 1t stirred once more with.
In him all of his old ambition. all OF
his old enthusiasm. and yet neither
found voice in words. He was glad
when the dinner was over at Thorne's.
and, with the going of the mail sedge
and the senior engineer. there came
over him n still deeper sense of joy.
Now he was in charge. It was his
road from that hour on. He was IL
charge-in charge OF the greatest rail-
road building job on earth-he, Jack
Rowland, who less than twenty years
ago was a barefeoted, half starved
urchin peddIIng papers in the streets
where he was now famous! And now
what was this black thing that had
come up to threaten his chances just
as he had about won his great fight?
he clinched his hands as he thought
again of what had already happened
the cowardly attempt on his life. the
warnings, and his blood boiled to fever
heat That night. after he had seer
MeIeese he would know what to do.
But he would not be driven away as
Gregson and Thorne had been driven.
He was determined on that.
The gloom of night falls early In the
great northern midwinter, and 1t was
already growing dusk when there came
the sound of n voice outside HOwlnnd's
cabin, followed n moment later by
loud knock at the door. At HOwland's
invitation the door opened. and the
head and shoulders of "A man appeared.
Something has gone wrong out at
the north coyote, sir, and Mr. hiacDon-
aid wants you just as fast as you can
get out there" he snid. HE sent me
down for you with a sledge."
''NIacDonaid tOEd me the thing was
ready for firing" said Rowland, put
ting on his hat and coat WHATS
the matter?"
bad packing, I guess. Heard him
swearing about 1t. He's in terrible
sweat to see you"
Half an hour later the sledge drew
up close to the place where Rowland
had seen u score OF men packing bugs
of powder and dynamite earlier In the
day. half n dozen lanterns were
burning among the rocks, but there
was no sign OF movement or life The
engineers companion gave a sudden
sharp crac!= OF his long whip, and in
response to it there came a mufHed
"HelIow from out of the gloom.
THAT'S Macdonald, sir. You'll ma
him right up there near that second
light, wheresthe coyote opens up. He's
grilling the life OUT OF half q dozen