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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23

later on the little wooden track along
tho Lackawanna creek the first loco
motive had its trial. The experiment
was far from successful, and for
number OF years afterward the trains
on most Of the railroads continued to
be drawn by horses. The first loco
motive on the Baltimore & Ohio had
sails attached. So did the cars. These
sails were hoisted when the wind was
in the right direction 50 as to help the
locomotive. The rivalry between the
railroads using locomotives and those
using horses was very bitter. In Au-
gust, 1880. an actual trial of speed was
held between horse and one of the
pioneer locomotives. which did not re-
suit in favor Of the locomotive. The
race was on the Baltimore & Ohio.
the locomotive being one built by Pc
ter Cooper. who also acted as engine
driver.
The horse, a gallant gray, was in
the habit Of pulling q car on . track
parallel to that used by the locomo-
tive. At first the gray had the better
Of the race. but when he was
. quarter Of . mile ahead Mr. Coop
er succeeded in getting up enough
steam to pass the morse xmid ter
rife applause.
At that moment q band slipped from
. pulley, and though Mr. Cooper lac
Grated his hands trying to replace IT
the engine stopped, the horse passed
It and came in winner"
AS there were no brakes on the
early trains. they used to stop and to
start with jolts that threw the pas
sengers across the car. The coupling
was with chains. having two or three
feet Of slack. which the engine took
up with q series Of fierce Jerks. The
shock on stopping was even worse,
and never failed to send the passen-
gers flying"
There were no whistles in the old
days. Signals were given by pushing
up the valve on the dome by hand
and letting the steam escape with q
loud kissing noise. On the New Cas-
tie and Frenchtown railroad when the
eignal was heard the slaves around
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23
IOWA OLD sErTLERs.
tOSkaloosa Herald.

t0ohe1OO88 f1eIalOJ.
Pfelin fnsfy Details have been work.
ed out for the organization Of state
wide pioneer association the first resu-
lar meeting Of which will be held in
Des Moines on the state fair grounds.
Thursday, Aug. 81. II sufficient inter-
est Is manifested It is planned to erect
a typical old settlers cabin except on
q larger scale, which. when completed.
Will serve as offices for the associa-
ton and headquarters for all Iowa pio-
neers.
Among the objects contemplated by
the temporary organizers of the Iowa
state Pioneers Association are the
anlliation OF old settler or pioneer so
cieties IN Iowa thru state organizations;
to Systematically encourage and pro-
mote the establishment and larger
usefulness Of such societies in every
county and favorable locality in the
state. to locate. classify and pre-
serve letters. manuscripts. certificates.
pamphlets. books. papers. souvenirs.
relics, and in fact everything of his
toric value and data relative to the
early settlement Of every section OF
Iowa. The working details for the
state association as yet are incomplete,
in fact. can not be properly completed
except thru representative meeting
Of local old settlers societies.
This movement is an excellent one
and it is to be hoped will enlist the
interest of every one who has the his
tory of his state at heart. The Ma
haska Association should join heartily
in the work OF the larger organization.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23
IS to Groceries Cost.
(Seatfle Trade Pecister).

The Tacoma Daily Ledger in an edi-
torial in its issue on June is. on the
srocers relation to high prices says:
When a grocer sends a delivery wag-
on half mile to deliver scent loaf
OF bread to forsetful housekeeper
that just must have l.. other customers
must hear part Of the cost OF such
losing enterprise. Consumers are to
some extent responsible for high
prices They can't reasonably expect q
delivery wagon 10 be az their beck and
call sny time Of the day however small
the order to be delivered and still ex-
pect the grocer to sell at price slight
~ above wholesale cost 1t is expen-
sive to maintain horse. wagon and
driver" And concludes its comments
in the following words: However,
they (the sroeers) will hardly deny
that they have developed expensive
methods Of doing business and that
the public must pay the bills"
The delivery of goods by the mer-
chant TO the home Of the purchaser is
one Of those evolutions in commerce
that il is not very difficult to trace.
Scarcely two decades ago 4, was the
custom for the housokeeper to carry
all her purchases home # they were
at one time some member of the fam
ily- was sent for the balance. II the
consumer was so fortunate as to pos
sess horse conveyance or employed
servants. the goods were taken home
in the carriage or an employee was sent
for them. There was no such thing as
delivery by the merchant. and conse-
quently he did not have to add that e1-
pense to the cost Of the goods
With the advent OF the department
store, the delivery system began to de-
velop. The proprietors Of such a store
seeing customers making purchases in
the several departments. and carrying
their purchases from one department
to another thought 81 would be a good
idea to gather these several purchases
together and deliver them to the Gus
toners home. While at first the de-
livery was confined TO heavy and bulky
packages. the customers were quick
to see the saving of time and trouble
10 themselves which the system gave.
and asked for the delivery OF even the
smallest article. which request was
not refused. Thus gradually has the
delivery Of goods TO the consumers
homes grown to its present proper
,ions and is intensified by the extern
sive use OF the telephone.
The grocer is no more to blame for the
development Of expensive methods OF
doing business" than any other class OF
dealers. These methods have been
forced upon hin b. the dear old con-
sumine public The consumer gives
but little thought to the added ex-
penses to a business by his practice OF
having every little iten delivered TO
his home. There are many who are
so thoughtiess tina: they have the de-
livery wagon at their door half dozen
times day This means additional
cost and must be added to the cost OF
the goods.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23
CASE OF PRESIDENTIAL ClEMsNcY.

President TAFT Monday co-nmuted
the sentence OF Harry Forbes one Of
the convicted members OF the Maybray
gang and cut his ane from $4,000 to
500. Forbes was sent down for two
years. He will now be released and
become a deputy sheriff Of Cook coua-
~, III.
Forbes was a prizefghter about
Chicago, and had acquired a national
reputation in the prize ring. He was
OF the prizetighter type. product Of
that professional sport which more
than any other perhaps lends itself TO
crooked contests and OF which the
rnainstav is the double cross" He vac
a steerer for the gang and assisted in
carrying out the fake fights whereby
Mikes were trimmed OF the long
-1,ainstay is the double cross Re was
caught with the others after the Off
GERS OF the government had spent
years Of hard work locating and ar
resting their men. TWO years were
ecant time for either punishment or re-
form In his case. But he goes out
with time reduced and fine cut to a
bagatelle to be deputy sheriff Of Cook
county perhaps on the system of
setting a thief to catch thieves.
Forbes ought to have stayed in
prison until his full time and the
amount Of his fine had been worked out
Society is infinitely safer with such
fellows in Jail than in deputy sher-
sffs' Offices How be secured elem
ency thru the president is largely a
matter Of conjecture. Perhaps he had
double crossed" some Of his criminal
associates to their undoing with the
offices Of the law; if so it would be in
character. Maybe he knew too much
Of the connection Of influential persons
with the Maybray process Of separat-
Ing Mikes" from their roll and threat
ensd to tell. 1t is certain that some
very influential persons were close to
the inside Of the Maybray opera tons,
persons whose anxiety to free Forbes
would impel them to lend their names
ana influence to an appeal for elem
ency. There are more wheels within
wheels than appear on the outside.
However, it does not plainly appear
that Forbes from his past history, his
criminal connections and his general
mode Of life previous to his conviction
was a proper object Of executive Glenn
eney. Above all It seems a travesty
a the laws and their supposed ma
5ony TO take an ex-prizefghter and q
convicted confidence man out Of prison
20 mako him deputy sheriff. There
80 many men in federal prisons who
ehould have been thought. Of before
T6gbss.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23

the station would rush to the arriving
train. seize hold Of It and pull back
with all their might while the agent
stuck q piece Of wood through .
wheel. '-T@
There were SO many collisions ana
explosions that some southern sail.
roads introduced what they called .
barrier car between the locomotive
and the passenger coaches Of the
train. This barrier car consisted q
a platform on wheels upon which were
piled six bales of cotton. and 1t was
claimed it would safeguard the pas
sengers in two ways-it would pro
tect them from the blowing up Of the
locomotive and would form . soft
cushion upon which the passenger
could land In the event OF = collision.
There is no record of how this expert
ment worked out.-American Cultvae
tOr
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23
Topics of the Times
The short har crop will have 10 eff
feet upon the straw vote.

The short hay crop will have no eff
feet upon the straw vote.
Recent history proves that strikes
are long drawn out simply because
there is no desire to settle them in any
but brutal way: and it ia quite as
brutal to starve a man into submis-
sion as 20 hit him with a brick or 10
burn his property.
Automobile racing men and aviators
race for feminine favor. Even the man
in the band Uniform mus. stand aside
for the speed demons and the bird
men. =
Congress hated to convene and can't
quit. That's what you might call a
p-edicament, isn't it,
Speaking oe backbone" iz the exer-
else OF the veto historically connected
with presidents noted for stiffness Of
The spine?
Admiral Togos first name is Heihac-
miro but you notice nobody is calling
him Hi"
If they keep on improving the size
Of congress without considering quail
itv they'll have something along the
line OF a Wolf river apple pretty soon.
Sometimes in d iuii OF at the gloam-
ing one wonders what has become Of
Uncle Joe Cannon whose jigs were
wont to get the White House in a roar,
a fellow Of infinite humor and lively
foot work.
II the airnen keep going on up they
may run across the price Of creamery
butter somewhere up there
When a man has arrived at grand =
parenthood it is time to quit choking
mountain lions to death with his bare
hands or running for president on the
democratic ticket.
A French scientist claims that he
can photograph human thought. 1te
going to be mighty awkward when
your wife carries one Of those cameras
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23
THE CARD OF THANKS


OF all the absolutely senseless things
that were ever printed in newspaper,
the card OF thanks is the most foolish,
OF course every one is thankful for
help in time of trouble. but the print
ing OF it ii. 8 public paper should never
be done The whole thing is in very
bad taste Thanks for the flowers and
for the singing might with equal grace
extend TO the sexton. the undertaken
and the driver o. the hearse. The man
who made the casket the man who en-
sraved the nameplate and the man
who made the plumes for the horses
heads could with equal propriety be in
Guided No one wants thanks for their
kind Offices No one would be offend
ed if they did not get them. We have
charged for cards Of thanks for years
and we are going TO make the price
high enough SO that no one will want
one in this paper. Not because we
care for the space i; occupies, not be-
cause We are pathetic. but be
cause we want 70 discountenance this
senseless thing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23
.LuRE WANDERING, Bun Non LCsr,D

Atwood IS nearing the end Of his
bird flight half across a continent I:
has been one Of the most astonishingly
marvellous accom- plishnents OF all his
tory. He has flown at eagle speed high
above the OK trails Of the pioneers, OUT
cities and towns. above a panorama OF
fertile fields and smoking chimneys and
contented homes inter.ninably unfurled
as he sailed over it looking down as no
human being had done before: losing
his way and seeking landmarks in
cvircling flights like a lone wild goose,
seeking sanctuary al nigh. like bird
Of passage, coming from, the horizon
a speck against the ether as 'darkiy
painted on the crimson sky his figure
floats along" and fading into The sua,i.
ekr line again az ne resumed his morn
ing fight. 1t IS an astonishing thing,
the latest every day advent Of the
miraculous achievements of human in
rellect and accomplishment
But deed for deed it is no greater or
scarcely more wonderful than the mar
vels which have asIonished other times.
When Columbus urged his ca-avels on
and on into unknown seas in -he face
OF superstition and the teeth Of I'M
known terrors; when De Soto pushed
boldly west with the in1pere-ra bic for
est beyond or when the red Eric
launched beyond Iceland into the Sc
crers which lay beyond the -nists there
was not less of adventurous courage Or
little less OF marvel The first skin
co-acle which challenged the sea, the
first hot air balloon which dared the
air are all in the airship as the spirit
OF the men Of every age who have
dared greatly Is in the man VINO drove
the marvel OF this day thru the air
from the Mississippi 10 the Atlantic.
And it is all merely prophecy and
promise Men grow into gods. Ard
the gods grow and men emulate them.
mpossibility' is word without
meaning written only in the lexicon Of
the ignorant and thoughtless.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23
To R.v..., Woman.

The inexplicable. inherent and In.
eradicable habit Of women Of alight.
ing backward from . car 10 expected
by Colorado trolley manager to b
cured BY the placing Of mirrors on car
doors 20 that the fair passengers win
feel impelled to face forward 70 go
II their hat 10 on straight before they
alight. As device for delaying tfal.
DC this will be Conspicuous success.
Seemed to Give Him New 1eemael.
II suffered intensely after ea4ine and
no medicine or treatment I tried seonn.
ed to do any good writes H. ~
Toungpeters, editor Of the Sun, Lake
View, Ohio. THE first few doses Of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab.
let's gave me surprising relief and the
second bottle seemed TO give me new
stomach and perfectly good heA1th.. :
For sale by oil dealers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23
Iona Newspapers
WANTS \ CHANGE.

The bureaus that send out chautau-
qua attractions should parcel out the
jokes. 1t is embarrassing for a speak
er TO have an audience litter when he
starts in to tell an original story in
which he himself was q leading per-
sonage. bu, il is worse yet when some
hard hearted fellow calls out. oh. we
have had that five times already" An
other thing that should he cut out by
chautauqua speakers, is so many refer
ences TO that sweet little woman" at
home No doubt all cilautauqua speak
ers have sweet little women at home
or somewhere else. but that should be
taken for granted and the wives left
20 do the home drudgery without hav
ing their husbands Dragging about it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23

u line from Phila-
delphia to . point
on the Susquehan-
ma river. but was
never built. On
the announcement
Of the pr je c t
some one asked
one of the Balti-
more newspapers:
What IL a rail-
road anyhow
The editor was
forced to reply that
he did not know.
but that perhaps
some other CORE
spondent can tell"
Seven wears
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23
ROOSEVELT AND BRYAN.

There is a great deal Of sympathy
anA great deal Of similarity between
william Jennings Bryan and Theodore
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23

Land values here are steadily in
creasing and several farms have re-
Gently changed hands at an increase in
price Of SO to SIS per acre above the
prevailing price of last year." points
out the Webster City Freeman-Tribune.
THE Des Moines Capital says values
are falling around Des Moines, hence
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23
HORSE RACED ENGINE
HOW THE ANIMAL WON AGAINST
AN EARLY LOCOMOTIVE.
Machine Built and Driven by Peter
Cooper Slipped 6elt-No Brakes
or Whistles in the Old
Days.

In 1922 the first charter was OBJ
tanned for a railroad in the United
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23
A NURSERY OF THE GREAT.
Rockwell Phoaograph].

The Photograph doubts il there is
another small town in Iowa. or the
United States for that matter. that has
turned out as many nora bles as has
our reighborine village oc Burchinal.
and few cities in Iowa regardless OF
the number of inhabitants can furnish
as many spo. lighters as this same lit
tie city on the prairie.
The list OF Burchinalites now in the
limelight include the following:
c. V. Gregory. the weli-known writer
on agricultural topics and of syndicate
farm notes. nov editor OF the Prairie
Farmer Of Chica go.
Hon E. G. Dunn orator and polite
ian, secretary Of the State Farmers
Grain Dealers Association. and the
logical and probable democratic nomi-
nee for governor of Iowa.
William Colby. one OF the most sue
cessful promoters Of industrial enter
prises in the United states, presiden.
Of the Colby Motor Company. of Mason
City
]. G. Emerson, winner Of the oratori-
cal contest at Ames. and of the state
and interstate contests
J H. Ehlers. pastor OF the First Con-
gregational church at Memphis. Tenn.
THE BOARD OF PAROLE IS SOUND.
ICedar Rapids Republicanl
Tie state board of parole has re-
fused to be moved b. the sensational
appeals and will permit Thomas w.
Watson TO die in the penitentiary, TO
which he was sentenced for the crime
of murder in the first degree. The
board found that many of the repre-
sensations made in behalf OF the con-
vict were untrue. The board say If they
had to consider Watson only they
nigh, lean TO leniencv. but they are
afraid Of the precedent. They believe
that a life sentence should mean life
sentence and rot something else.
We believe that the state board of
control has acted wisely in the mat
ter II is SO easy. as time passes by,
20 forget the victims OF the nurderers
and to think only Of the murderers
and to work up sentime ntal interest in
them. But we can not afford TO be
sentimental about such matters. II We
are going to be ruled by sentimental
considerations. the penitentiaries would
soon be vacated. When a murderer is
sentenced for life. it is not right that
some sentimental board should: come
along and annul that sentence We
must not surround murderers with any
Inawkish sentiment Instead of think
ing of them. let US recall the victims
of their crime
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23

III there is an Iowa Congressman"
says the standpat Monticell Express,
who is making a reputation just now,
that will carry him far. he has not
been pointed out to his yawning con-
stituents."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23
discriminating buyers will avoid in
vestments in that vicinity. at least un-
til the bottom IL reached"

The Des Moines Tribune thinks
when President Taft comes to Des
Moines 1t will be interesting to COM
pare his reception with that Of two
years ago. There will at least be new
faces in the crowd"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23

From the testimony before the steel
trust investigation we are getting some
little light on the heartless and hyster-
teal conditions in the New York money
market at the time of threatened
panic" says the Davenport Democrat
Much more would be known IL some
method Of extracting truth from un-
willing witnesses could be discovered
and applied"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23

Congressman Hubbard says the
Jefferson Free Lance. has the record
for consistency among the political
friends and playmates in Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23

any bsneit. The cost Of living - un-
reasonably high. Lst Us ma the rea-
son and knock Il out.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Professor Holden may be guilty of
using his professional office for private
gain but his frankness about the at
tack that has been made upon him
would lead one to believe in his inno-
cence," says the Newton News.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-04-13
q yl0iCAL ll1N.II1N HZ;4D1Zl4RzzRS ~ me
R1ZEYT OFFICE s9

patent application and this little detail often
becomes matter of the greatest importance
when two more men discover the same inyen-
ton at about the same time Indeed, In the case
of certain of most valuable Inventions such
the telephone, more than one man hit on the
idea simultaneously, but the wealth that lay in
wait for the lucky inventor went to the man who
in the race to the patent office. 1t is because
of this keen rivalry that inventors all over the
country are welcoming the present movement
to issue patents more quickly In days gone by
inventors have in some instances had to mark
time" for years before they could get their pat
ents. and this not only did an injustice to the
inventor and to the workmen who might have
been employed meanwhile in manufacturing the
new product but 1t also deprived the public at
large of the benefit of discoveries designed to
benefit 1t In one way or another.
In an average year there upward Of twice
as many applications for patents as are granted
Some of the things upon which patents are sought
are not patentable, and In many instances 1t Is
case of another fellow found 1t first" The patent
Office officials tell many really pathetic stories OF
men in isolated localities who have devoted years
of hard work to working out some invention
ignorant all the while that some other person had
gone over the same ground, worked out the IN
vention and secured patent. perhaps many years
before The number Of new patents keeps well
ahead of the number of patents that expire, the
latter totalng in the ordinary year not more than
two-thirds many there are new patents
issued One hundred to two hundred patents are
also reissued each year
Each applicant for patent must pay to the
government fixed fee of $35, but II his applica-
ton Is made through an attorney-as is the case
in most instances as above explaned-the total
expense ere an inventor secures his coveted pro-
lection his brain-child is likely to be at least
double the amount OF the fee. 1t is sometimes
said that our American patent system Is not SO
effective as Is that in vogue in Germany but GER
tain 1t Is that Uncle Sans patent machinery has
been the indirect means of returning greater
wealth to inventors than has been attained by
the patrons of any foreign patent establishment
lncidently 1t may be noted that there Is DISPOSE
ton the part of all the leading nations OF the
world to get together on patent matters and to
work in harmony in the issuance OF patents In
deed, In late years, one of the most important
duties of the United States commissioner of pat
ents has been that represented by negotiations In
connection with international treaties on this
subject, and seldom year goes by that he does
not visit one or more foreign countries In the
effort TO bring about better understanding be-
tween nations on this score