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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-31

halcyon time drawing toward it, close.
The credit mobilier began its DOWN
fall. Things never were the sanie after
ward. During that strenuous exposure
lots Of men changed their weekly New
York Tribune to tri-weeklies. Public
ity began its dread advance toward the
rural free mail delivery and the daily
paper-and there you are. The 1ov1an
congressman who sat wrapped In
mist Of greatness had to come out OF
1t and become q utililarian Of utiiii-
arian age. Men dared to call MIN
Bill" or Tom" or Dick" or Harry.
The veil was rent, ripped, the pedesta1
tipped over, the stuff of.
In those olden days when the con-
gresham made Caesar look like thirty
denarii by comparison a copy OF the
, Congressional Record sent by the
hands was next in sacredness TO the
family bible. Perhaps 1t contained MS
great speech on the patriotic necessity
OF an appropriation for rendering naVi-
gable the Fever river between Galena
and the Mississippi. We used to picture
an inspired orator swayinS aspeilpouno
forum. We didn't know anything about
leave to print" in those hlissful days.
The newspaper came crowding in like
a. gossip at a church festival and gave
| il all away. It's never been the same
since.
It's got so that men are not grateful
! for garden seeds or deeply impressed
; by the Congressional Record. We are
fallen upon new times. Squire Thomp-
son and Judge Jones don't do our po-
| litical thinking any more. The school
teacher and the minister are almost
common folks. Even a democrat may
voice his faith and escape corporal
punishment on the spot. SO Ear nave
we degenerated that the most unregen-
crate mock with open throat the gov
eminent garden seed and buy theirs at
the grocery store or by mail order. The
congressman has become the business
and legislative agent for his district.
He Is so busy that he often forgets or
neglects to send out any garden seeds
, at all! He has changed with the times.
The plug hat has gone its way, giving
place to derbies and feodoras and the
Prince Albert has lost the magnificence
! of its sweeping skirts TO be succeeded
by the ordinary sack coat Of commerce.
Both congressman and constituent
have outgrown the garden seed stage.
But there was time, my brethren.
there was a time when the congress
sioaal garden seed sprouted in politics
and bore crop most satisfactory to
those who presented it. Now both send
er or recipient is lucky If he gets his
seed back"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-31
FREE ADVERTISING.

webster City Freeman TribuneJ
The Boone News-Republicah has bp-
ened up the old question: Should the
newspapers run advertisements freOkoP
state institutions, such as the An1e8
College?" OF course the answer 10
easy. They should not, but the average
newspaper is the easiest mark In the
universe and the average newspaper
will continue to run the advertisements
free while declaring that 1t can not At.
ford to do it, and that there II no BUSH
ness reason for doing it. Advertising
is the stock lin trade OF the newspaper.
There is no more sense in its giving
its advertising to state institutions
than there is for the grocer donating
flour and sugar. the railroad its trans
portation service. the farmer his corn
and cattle, the druggist his pills and
powders, the butcher his sausages and
steaks. the lawyer his legal services.
etc. etc. but the newspapers will keep
right on giving freely. The grocer. the
railroads, the farmer, the druggist. the
butcher, and the lawyer have some
business sense. The newspaper has
none. 1t is not supposed to know any
thing about finance, and It doesn't, SO
far as its own interests are concerned.
The Boone News Republican has pro-
voked a senseless debate. The argu-
ment is all on one side, but the custom
and foolishness Of the business depart
ment OF the newspapers are on the other.
What do arguments prevail when put
up against such proposition Of
course the newspapers shouldn't give
away their advertising space to efhe
Ames College. But they will do 1t Just
the same. Now watch 'em for "a month
and sac. sAfs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-31
SOME DAY, SOMEWHERE.

Most city men envy the farmer and
many farmers envy the city man. Said
busy city man the other day: when
l get a little further along in years I'm
going to buy forty-acre farm. fix it
up right and live on it," But he isn't.
He just thinks he is.
If he longs for the forty acres fixed
up right why doesn't he go get ito He
could buy half dozen forty-acre
farms and FIX them up right" now if
ne chose to DO SO.
What's holding him off the farm .
The same thing which will hold him off
ten years from now ard ten years from
then. He is where he wants to &c.
His work suits him. He adores the
smell of the markets in his nostrils
He doesn't know he is bluffing. that
is. he isn't sure OF it, When he is good
and tired, when annoyances and losses
have been many and gains infrequent
ne knows he wants the farm. At other
times he isn't 50 sure.
So1leGcy We are all going to be
perfectly satisfied somewhere" some
on farm fixed up right" some in a
town house away from the farm and its
burdens and drawbacks. some here
ard some there Sometime. some
place. everything will be exactly as we
want tin cur minds.
Everyone dreams OF his Land of
Cockayne where roast pigs run abou,
with knives ard forks stuck in their
backs crying eat me- where there is
neither labor nor WEAKNESS nor any
thing but pure delight and complete
satisfaction. Ard if none ever find it
perhaps il is a compensation to dream
OF it and see visions. It helps when
WEAKNESS falls ike g mantle and the
path seems Unfortunately long.
scmeday we shall all he happy
someday none shall want or suffer
WEAKNESS OF flesh or spirit and there
shall be 70 weeping-but not this side
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-31
THE AUNT MARY's."


The following Is from DR.. w. s.
Pitts our friend who wrote The Little
Brown Church" 1t was written by n
hand that is nearly So years of age, but
that hand is as clear and steady as IT
was when we first knew it fifty years
ago. The reason why the hand is SO
steady, clear and plain, is because 1t is
moved by a brain behind which there
is big heart that is still young, that
was always and Is yet. thoroughly good.
What the doctor says about THE Aunt
Mary's" indicates that he is a grace
fully sweet singer. in spite of his four
score years ana five:
I'm the Frederika correspondence to
the Bremen County Independent of
Jan. IS we read the following: Aunt
Mary Hinkley died at her home in this
place Sunday night at about IL o'clock.
She was thoroughly good woman
over SO years of age. one of the early
settlers of the county. Everybody
loved and respected Aunt Mary.
when one goes from this world at
a ripe old age, whose going is as peace
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-31
A SUGGESTION TO THE DOCTORS.

The Chicago Tribune md the Chi
cago Medical Society have joined 10
offer a series of free lectures on ny
giene and kindred subjects and the
prevention and to a certain extent the
cure Of common diseases. Specialists
of high standing will discuss such sub
jects. The Prevention OF Blindness
and the Conservation OF Vision The
Infant ard What the Worlds Doing
For L." Medical Dangers to the
Youth of Chicago etc. These it is 10
be assumed will be plain, straightfor-
ward talks offered in comprehensive
Ell glisi wherein the prevention Of dis
ease and the proper steps to curative
treatment will be discussed by spec
ialists OF the highest attainments.
1t would be an excellent thing for
every medical society to DO. There is
70 town or city where the need is not
proportionately as imperative as in
Chicago. Half the disease in the world
comes by criminal carelessness, most
Of the rest thru Ignorance OF the COM
monest laws OF life. And that careless
ness and ignorance is as prevalent in
Podunk as in the metropolis.
Every good town has its corps Of
keen high class medical men, most Of
whom would be not only willing but
eager to do what faculty members OF
Chicago's great medical schools are
doing. The medical man is an altru-
ist and il this Gay of advanced medi-
cal investigation he is a scientist. The
medical societies would have no trouble
il drafting competent lecturers. That
the public is becoming anxious as TO
public and individual health is evil
denced By the growing demand for
plain hygienic discussion in the maya
zines and periodicals.
Why not try it out in AIarshalltown:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-31
Topics OF the Times

Perhaps Mr.. Gompers is looking
toward Los Angeles with some natural
1repidation.
The rise in the price Of kerosene
would Indicate that Mr.. Rockefeller
found it cheaper to run it all under
one name.
Iowa women are to be asked outright
by canvassers whether or not they
want to vote. It's even betting that
not one-t third Of them will demand the
privilege The main obstacles in the
way OF equal suffrage are the women
themselves.
No one is to blame. Woodrow Wilson
can't be blamed for feeling that Har-
per's support would be a handicap
and Harvey can't be blamed for being
sore when wilson told him so. Mrs
Jones kids may have the itch all right
but she resents Mrs. Stokes request to
keep them at home until they get
over it.
The main thing is not whether Will
son apologized to Harvey but whether
he turned up his nose at Ryan money.
That's the really big thing in the row.
Keep your eye on the grounding.
Do you realize that the renters will
be moving in the mud four weeks from
tomorrow?
Mr.. Abbotts analysis Of Colonel
Roosevelt's mind suggests that the
lightning rod agent who solicited the
x-president a few days ago got the
order.
With the Irish barring 1.-THE Play
boy" from the stage the German insist
ing against the stage dutchman and
the colored folks kicking on the niger
| minstrel this American nation is like
| ly to be forced to laugh at its own
follies.
| In the big cities consumers are pledg-
| ing to refrain from eating eggs until
the price breaks. II they stick to it
perhaps some Of us out here where the
hens have their factories may be able
to get fresh egg now and then
| Just as the machine begins to get up
motion" Abbott lets another Roose-
welt monkey wrench slip into the CYL
/ inder.
! Colonel Roosevelt reminds somewhat
Of the man awakened by his wife with
1.-THE whispered information that q
burglar was going thru the house
| Keep stir said the husband. keep
still and let him hunt. II he can md
anything valuable TIL get up and take
it away from him.
The Iowa Orphans Home 1t Ottum-
wa has twenve boys from to 10 years
seven girls from 2 to Is years. and ter
babies, all homeless children seekine
childless homes. The descriptive list
Of the babies is enough to stir tbs
heart hunger Of a childless woman tt
its own immediate satisfaction. Send
for childiees home or better still 30 see
them. You each need the other.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-31

In the spring the congressman and
senator's fancy lightly turns to
thoughts Of garden seeds.
The congressional garden seed is like
mercy in that It is presumed to bless
both giver and receiver. It is expected
by the glad recipient to grow and
bring forth hundred fold. And the
sender hopes that it Will fall upon good
ground and produce a late fall crop
early in November. Sometimes it does.
The congressional seed packet has.
however. fallen upon decadent days. It
doesn't mean what 1t used to. Time
the congressman's frank written across
the face OF it came nigh to an Ameri-
can patent Of nobility. It's recipient
was marked man. He took 1t from
the postmaster as an ancient esquire
might have received the accolade upon
stricken field. It connected him with
government and greatness and the
mysteries and mighty realm where gil
gantic forms moved in the making of
laws. In those days a congressman
was greater than q king and the presi-
dent Jove's legitimate successor. It was
before the daily newspaper had con-
taminated the country districts with
its abstracts of congressional proceed
ings accompanied with explanatory
notes; ere the rake had been dragged
thru the Doggy spots and the It'd pried
off; while the Union Pacific was
being gratefully loaded down with
an empire for building strip Of iron-
way aersss continent Il was Q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-31
UNFAIR TO RURAL CARRIERS.

tCouncil Bluffs Nonpareil.l
The postoffice department this win
ter promulgated rule requiring pay to
be deducted from rural carriers where
they hadf allied to cover their entire
routes. If, for example. the carrier on
a route twentyfou miles in length
covered but twenty miles Of the dis
lance. one-f1fth of his pay for that trip
under this order will be deducted
This rule should not be allowed to
stand. II the roads are in such con-
dition that five miles out of twenty five
can not be covered the chances are that
the effort required to cover the twenty
will be more than that required to
travel over the whole route with the
roads in fair condition.
There should be discipline in the
mail delivery service. Vigorous efforts
should be made to serve patrons by
carriers. But carrier who goes out
into stormy, zero weather and puts in
practically the whole day seeking to
cover his route should receive his pay
whether he covers the whole distance
or not. 1t is the effort rather than the
result that should count.
The rule which required the post
master to report the number OF miles
actually Travelled in all cases together
with explanation as to why II any part
Of the route was not served was suffi-
Client. This enabled the man on the
job" at Washington to note any SOL
diering' on the part of carriers, but
didn't deprive faithful servant Of the
meager stipend which he fairly earns.
The trouble with good deal Of the
ordering" done in cases of this kind
Is that the man who commands has
had no actual experience in the field.
If some OF the officials in the depart
ment at Washin gton had been Obliged
to distribute bail over a twenty eight
or thirty mile route in Iowa or Mime
sofa during the first half OF the present
January this order at least would be
promptly rescinded.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-31
IOWA 14AKns ~ BANGOR.
Mason City Times.l

mason City Tinnes.l
Hardly year passes but what the
land grabbers Of Iowa make an at.
tempt before the state executive com.
mittee to obtain permission to drain
out some Of the lakes OF the state. This
year 1t is Rush Lake, Of sPalo Alto
county. Iowa, which they seek 70 OBJ
tain.
Men who have lived for years upon
Its banks; who, each season, have had
the pleasure and opportunity Of drag
gfng from its cool depths, members Of
the finny tribe: who each spring ana
fall when the ducks have covered its
waters have been among the favored
hunters to bag long strings Of mallard
and teal: now have come before the
executive committee and ask, because
Of paltry personal gain, that they be
permitted to destroy this north lows
lake.
The lakes Of iowa belong to the pub
lie and 1t is time the executive COM
mittee Of the state served warning
upon these money grabbers Of the
fact. Because a few dry seasons has
lowered the level Of Rush lake, IL no
reason that its outlet should be opened
and the remaining water be let out
Rather than drain such lakes or per-
init them to be drained let the state
open its eyes. and see to 1t that the
outlets are. damned to their original
height, as the law permits. and the.
natural fish hatcheries and wild game
breeding places Of the state be pre-.
served.
OF what use to spend thousands Of
dollars to place in Iowa pheasants and
quail that hunters may In later years
have the pleasure of shooting a few
such birds, and allow the spoilers Of
the state to make ravages upon the
breeding places Of the gamest bird Of
the air. the wild duck. The sportsmen
OF our state are innumerable. who win
rise in wrahtful protest II this IL to be
allowed. Rush lake should not b
drained.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-31

sen. "Such men a. 1arrabee and Cum
minis had to blaze the trail and have to
wear the scars Of every political battle
that has marked every progress In pop-
ular government in Iowa from Judge
Hubbard to Senator Kenyon"
Stated in the plainest way. the
president can not be detested unless
the eastern states. for reasons Of their
Own, oppose him." says the Des Moines
Register and Leader. With him out
Of 1t, Roosevelt, as 1t now looks. can
not be- defeated unless the eastern
delegates are opposed to him also. and
as between LaFollette and Cummins
would choose the latter This is Sem
ator Cummins' chance, and 1t is a
much more real chance than it may
appear at first flush or than any Iowan
has ever had before, for II the presi-
dent is beaten 1t is not here to see
that q reasonable amount Of zeal will
be shown in keeping Roosevelt from
being the beneficiary"
IF the republicans Of Iowa want
harmony, 1t Is said they can have it
now on the basis Of the Cummins can
didacy. That is so; and it has been so,
one year with another. for the past
ten years." growls the Sioux City
Journal
The Davenport Democrat notes that
when Roosevelt says nothing the
other fellows worry more than ii he is
talking"
Selling Idaho land is legitimate
business says the Eagle Grove Eagle.
1t is just as legitimate business as
lit was in the early days for men in
Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana to sell
Iowa land. 1t is a mistaken sentiment
that emigration from Iowa to the west
is harmful to Iowa"
IF Professor Holden says the
Webster City Freeman Tribune, really
wants to put his candidacy above the
level of partisan politics why does he
announce as republican candidate? ?
Why not be the peoples candidate re-
gardless Of party?"
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald
points out that Another consideration
to be borne in mind is that Woodrow
WILSON'S nomination WOULD produce no
split in the democratic party. If the
democrats are going to win in 1912 they
can't do it without the votes Of repub-
licans and men independent in politics.
Who is there Of the men mentioned for
the democratic nomination comparab bic
With Wilson for the force of the appeal
addressed to this class and the favor
found with it? The democrats of Iowa
might as well be practical in their
view of things. They might better
than not get behind the man who can
win if nominated"
LATE Young will address the good
roads meeting. Thus does the colonel
seek to pave his way into tie United
State senate observes the Grundy Re
publican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-31
The Vacuum Cleaner Gets
The Fine Dirt

Which your broom o.: carpet sweeper
does not touch. If You don't believe Il;
ask the following parties who are now
using them:-A. F. Bi-chard, Dr.. KIN
nan, Mrs. ]. NJ. Stonesreet. Mrs.
Shears, Mrs. F. A. Hawley. Mrs. {. 2
Cook. DR.. II c. Mueller. Mrs c. E. Mil
Ter, Mrs. E. 3. En2es. Mrs y =. Balch.
Mrs. II. \. Wcisman. Mrs. c. c. Urine,
Mrs. E. ". Allison. Mrs. E R. Cross,
Mrs. F. r. Bradbury. Mrs. H. ". Je--
nings. state Bank. Mrs 5. c. Bell, Mrs.
Shove, MIS-. NurGy. Mrs. Scott. Dr.
Wood, Mrs c. W. Schick. Mrs. 5. j.
Goshen, Mrs. BATHS, Mrs. ". s. Coch-
rane, Mrs V Wilson. and about 50
others which I have not space to men
ton.
Now if you want TO be up-to-date
get your good hubby TO get one for you
right away as the factory is running
night and day ana they are having
hard work to I'll their orders.
Old Man. cut out that everlasting
shaking and beating the rugs as the
Vacuum Cleaner will do it easier,
quicker and in better shape and not
hurt your carpets in the least.
These machines viii last twenty
years and we guarantee 10 furnish al!
repeirs if any need for reasonable
length Of time.
LELAND POWERS
GENERAL SALESMAN,
:. Telephone 1915 at Meal Time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-31
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

1T 10 rather nice and interesting to
see progressives and standpatters
vying In their support and good woros
for Kenyon" says the Iowa Falls Cid-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-31
M~>a11ze
Iona Newspapers
FUNNY BUSINESS"

The Des Moines News is running To-
cal news items from country exchanges
and pohing fun at them in its "humor-
GUS" column. Up to the hour of going
to press, however. none of the coun-
try papers have been quite hard up
enough for space filters to publish a list
of the local children's birthdays, as the
News is doing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-31

toward Los Angeles with some natural
trepidation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-31

LATE Young will address the good
roads meeting Thus does the colonel
seek to pave his way into tie United
State senate" observes the Grundy Re
publican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-31
a SEED FlIll,RF.

In the spring the congressman and
senator's fancy lightly turns to
thoughts Of garden seeds.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-08-23
John Oborn i'm Trouble

John Oborn who conducts the store
at Snake River Bridge is charged by
an Indian named Fred Fisher, with
selling him Jamaica ginger, and Mr..
Oborn is held to answer before the
Federal Court at Pocatello. 1t ap-
pears that the ginger is pretty hot
stuff, and that Uncle Samuel does
not list it as admissible food and
drink for the Indians.
Fisher behavior was unusual after
he drank the fluid, and he showed
his liking for civilization by starting
divorce proceedings against his squaw
The divorce was not granted, and he
and Mr.. Oborn we're required to give
an accounting of how they conducted
themselves on the 5th of July.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-08-23
X !. + + T. + + i. !. j.
SPRINGFIELD

!. j. + !. !. !. !. j. i. j. !. !. J. J. !
The dance Saturday night was a
pretty good success for rainy night
MRS. Nathan Tanner spent few
days in Blackfoot last week.
The G. D.. S. c. met at Mrs. Pews
last week. They decided to meet
every week now until school starts
and after that once a month.
The Womans Foreign Mis"ionary
Society of the Methodist Church will
meet in the church parlors on We'd
nesday, August 2Sth, at 8 p. M
Miss Anna Heese who has been
the guest of Miss Mary Tanner fol
the mast week, returned to Blackfoot
Sunday.
The Crystal Springs, fish hatchery
Co. have made some improvements
about the place by building cement
dams to raise the water in the fish
ponds, so as to make room for the
large fish.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-08-23
D. \. B|ETHAN.
UNDERTAKING & EMBAL MING
Using the MICA PROCESS
in Embalming. Absolute Preser-
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COLONEL TO VISIT IDAHO

The itinerary of the western trip OF
Roosevelt has been announced by the
progressive headquarters at New York
He leaves New York on September
End, will speak at scores of cities
along his route, making the following
important stops.
st. Louis, Sept. 8; Des Moines
Sept. 4, St. Paul, Sept. 5; Spokane,
Sept. s; Seattle and Tacoma, Sept.
10 and IL; Portland, Sept IL; Boise,
Sept. 10, Ogden, Sept. IA; Oakland
and San Francisco, Sept Is, Los An
geles, Sept. 16; Albuquerque, N. NJ,
Sept. IS, and thence to Denver.