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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21
The Lithia Water Fraud.

II hae long been recognized by ply
sician nat one OF the greatest frauds
pcrpCtrated on the American p"oIic =
the exploitation Of the so-ealled "lithia
waters"-some of the most widely sold
of which contain less litnla than does
the water of most of the rivers of the
United States Millions Of dollars have
been expended on these waters and now
the United States government, under
the federal food and drugs act. is spnd-
ing large sums in an effort to compel
the dealers IT, label their products
rruthfully. and the dealers are spend
! ing still larger sums in an effort to per-
petrate the present labels.
Who is really responsible for the
'lithia water delusiCn? We regre,
70 have to state says The Journal Of
the American Medical Association
that it is chiefly the medical profess
sion. II originated in the medical pro-
fession; it was founded on sons crude
and unscientiic experiments II per
! petuated by members of the profession
bliadly accepting the statements of ex-
ploiters of all kinds of water dubbed
-lithia waters to meet the Ge!nand orig
inally created by physicians. In a sim
liar way the profession is largely re-
sponsible for many of the 'iithia' nos
truEs which are being f2isted on the
public as uric acid solvents.
The medical profession should recog-
nize its part in the ~origination and per-
~petUation OF such frauds as that of the
-liJhia waters. and Il medical schools
should realize that graduates Of today
in their attitude on these important
subjects are often relatively no better
off. if indeed they are as we'll off, as
graduates of TWO or three decades ago
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21
A Serious Eye Disease.

This disease of the eyes is becom-
Ing of greater Importance as it be-
comes more widespread thruout our
country. In 1897 the secretary of the
treasury declared trachoma a danger
GUS contagious disease, and denied an
immigrant afflicted with it entrance to
this country, because of the discovery
that the disease was being introduced
and disSemina ted by immigrants. 1t
seems to be undisputed hat no coun-
try is free from the ravages of the dis
ease, the history of Which goes back
to ancient times, II that no race is
immune from it and no age Exempt
except the very young. The cause of
trachoma is not yet known. as the spe-
citc germ has not yet beer discovered.
The disease occurs in groups, in To-
c~alities, in houses, in factories, and in
schools. and is spread by contact or b.
contamination with articles like COM
mon towels, which are handled by the
afflicted patient and his fellows.
The seriousness Of trachoma, its
CONSCIOUSNESS, the knowledge that
thousands of would-be immigrants are
waiting to come to America if re-
struction of his disease is removed.
the amount of it already in this coun-
try, and, especially, its concentration
in certain localities. mean that meas
ures for its prevention should be in
augurated by every state, city and
town where the disease has been dis
covered. Poverty, crOwding, dirt n
articles used in common tend to spread
Ibis infection ia pidly. While the num-
Der of persons having trachoma may
be diminishing in some of our larger
cities where both the government and
the local authorities are alert to the
danger Of the disease and to the Sc
~gregation necessary. other cities and
communities should pass such ordi-
nances as would cause every case of
tvachoma TO be reported. School chill
dren should be inspected for this dis
ease. Factories should also be in
spected. and where the disease is dis
covered the Wners should take meas
ures to prevent its spread and to elimi-
nate it if possible. A person with
trachoma should be isolated and
treated until he is we'll. A child who
is discovered TO have trachcma and is
banished from school should be fol-
lowed to its home by q visiting nurse
or some Inspector from the board of
health to insure hat the child does
not spread c~ontagion in its own home.
School washrooms should have faucets
for running water which are controlled
by foot-pressure, SO that the hands
not touch the faucets. The COM
mon towel should be abolished with
the common drinking cup. These rules
for cleanliness apply also to factories,
hotels, office buildings and all public
rSfi.l,.tnn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21
SCHOOL FUNDS AND TAXES.
TCi,ry t'itv Tribune

I'rE'tN 'A'y
There are d hundred customs and
practices OF local administration, US
Ually sanctioned or directed by law,
that might be vastly improved and
changed for the better we're it not n a
society hesitates to attack the vener-
able and hoary institutions.
Mr.. John Moe. of Yankton, presents
an idea for doing away with the
ancient practice of selling delinquent
"a list property to the highest bid
der. South Dakota has a large per-
manent school fund and Mr.. Moe sus-
gests that all delinquent taxes be paid
out of this fund which shall in turn
derive the profit from the redemption
process or by acquiring permanent title
to property co~afscated for taxes.
There is big profit in the purchase
Of tax titles. Many men make a Hv-
ing and some acquire fortune from in
vesting at the annual sales by the
county treasurer. Fol small sums they
often pick up property of considerable
value.
It would seem to be good business
policy for the state instead of the in
dividual to profit by the collection ot
delinquent taxes by sale and the re
turns on the school funds so invested
would be much greater than now, when
they are loaned at a low ate of in
terest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21
Rat Proof Buildings.

Tho recent elemental ca~tastrophes-
the cyclones in the middle west, and
the foods in that vast region watered
by the Ohio-have destroyed many
hundreds of buildings. Here, out of
misfortune, much good shouid come.
y timely appeal for the rta-proofing
of dwellings n other buildings at
present existing, under construction or
in contemplation, comes from the
United States public health service.
Those about to erect a new building
or repair an old one. whether of frame.
blick, rock, concrete or other construc-
ton. MAJ learn from a recent bulletin
ISSUED from Washington what sanitary
and economic benefits are to be de-
rived from permanent r~at-proohnS
and measures 10 such ends should be
demanded by prospective owners as a
part of building contracts. n rat is
far too prolific TO be exterminated by
such agencies as traps, poisons. gases
and the like: these may reduce the
numbers of the rodents, but If there IS
food within reach, the surviving rats
will have more to eat proportionally,
and pHcCreation Will be stimulated the
more. Rat determination can be ef-
fcCtive only by cutting Of the rats 1000
supply. The bulletin contains all nee
essary information to this end, so Tar
as relates TO buildings. Those already
erected can be rat-proofed by the clos
IRE Of all natural or accidental open
ines pv being remOdeled with mater
iaI impervious 10 rats: by the lernova
of structures which will give refuge
10 rats. and by the protection or re-
noval of foods which rats will eat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21
Judging BY Appearance.

NO. the shoe is on the wrong foot
absolutely on the wrong foot"
The speaker was Senator Gronna. Of
North Dakota. He was arguing a tar
if clause.
Yes" he continued, our friends are
as mistaken in this matter as the little
lady from the middle west.
"A little lady from the middle west,
on her return from a winter on the
Riviera, was ~recounting to a friend the
delights of Nice
And did sou visit Monte Carlo??'
her friend asked.
No, I didn't she replied. Pop called
on him, tho. But, judging from pops
disappointed look when ne got bach to
the hotel. l guess Monty must have
been out."-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21
Needed the Poison Label.

For the purpose of Safeguarding the
public against the dangers of poisons.
NJ. French Of Idaho has introduced
into the house Of representatives a
proposed amendment 10 the federal
fooG ana drugs act. The amendment
which refers to the labels and contains
ers Of p~oisons declares that a drug
shall be deemed misbranded;
If the contents Of the package be
a virulent poison and shall not be
placed in d container labeled Poison
anG shall not contain on the label at
least one suitable antidate and the
name Of the person. firm or corpora
t0in dispensing tire substances, and in
the case Of liquids. in addition thereto,
said container shall be a colored glass
roughened bottle of q type described
by secretary OF the treasury, the secre-
tary of agriculture and the secretary
Of commerce.
idaho is 70 be CONGRATULATED on hay
ing a representative whose so,icituGc
for the public safety may be the means
Of strengthening the food and drugs
act. In the past" says the leading
medical publication, lit has been alto
gether 100 easy for careless or IN
ScrUpulous manufacturers TO sell pow
erful drugs without giving the pur-
chaser any mint as to the potency OF
the product he vas buying. Another
amendment should be made, or the
proposed one modified. so as to protec,
the public still further. All patent
medicines containing poisonous drugs
should he required 10 be labeled
Poison The protective action Of SUCH
an amendment would Don be demon
strated. In Great Britain, where there
is sucn 4 Legal requirement, prepara-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21
The Community Health

tions like Winslow's Soothing Syrup,
containing insidious poisons us NOR
phin, have to be labeled Poison AS
q result the WInslow concern has talk
Ell the morphine out Of Its British pro-
duct and has substituted IL drug that
IS not listed in the schedule of poisons.
But Winslow's Soothing Syrup still
goes to American babies with it's dead
ly mOrphin. The value OF the require
ment lies in the fact that the word
Poison has a very real n definite
meaning to any person thai reads Eng
lish. The same can not be said of the
chemical names for various poisons.
Thus the most ignorant of mothers
would hesitate to give her child a pat
ent medicine that was labeled Poison,
but she would pay little attention to
the statement that it conained NOR
phin. for instance. The weakness of
the present federal law has been re-
ferred to many times. AS the law now
stands, patent medicines may go to
the public containing such deadly POI
tons as strychnin. atropin. prussic acid,
arsenic, etc. with no warning or hint
Ct the presence of these drugs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21
DEADW0 OD.

Some OF the older saints of the re-
publican party are finding fault be-
cause there were no standpatters at
the gathering held in Chicago. The
said gathering was for the purpose Of
limbering up the joints of the grand
old party. The saints must remember
that the old style leaders have been
thrown into the scrap heap. There is
scarcely a voice left to tell the story.
The old republican leaders names are
on the republican tombstones. What
ever leadership is to come must be
from the ranks of the new lights If
the old thoroughbreds can not train in
the new crowd they will have to stay
At home.-Des Moines Capital.
The Capital which may be said to
occupy a middle position between the
position it held when standpatism was
the main chance in the Capital office
and progressive republicanism of the
blown in the bottle brand is from
knowledge and experience qualified to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21
A WISE CONCLUSION.

The county superintendent of
schools at the conference in Des
Moines expressed dissatisfaction with
the provision of the new aw which
grants an increase of pay effective two
a hence. The superintendent,
many of them. want the increase now.
There was a movement on foot TO urge
county boards to grant the extra COM
pensation at once but this fell thru.
1t is just as we'll hat it fell thru.
Except in counties where sufficient
pressure of one kind and another
might be brought the sense of the SUI
pervisors would be against it. This
supervisors would be right also. The
present superintendent sought and Sc
cured their positions with the present
salary prominence as the incentives.
They took the contract as il was writ
ten and are not entitled to an increase
which the legislature purposely ser
Two years away.
The legislature, no doubt. figured
that the increased salary would at
tract toward the office educators whose
qualifications and ca pacities at least
as measured by demand for their serv-
ices and by salary are of a higher
grade. While it is true that effective
ness is not always to be measured by
the pay it receives this was about the
only unit OF measurement afforded.
The increase was TO the new superin-
bent. These incumbenrs must take
their hances of succession under the
new proposition.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21

speak. 1t knows that the old order
has been junked. AS the Capital as
serts it is on the scrap heap.
But hat is no reason why a going
business and u splendid plant should
be abandoned. All it needs is up to
date and honest management in the in
terest of the stockholders instead of
1eing manipulated in the interests Of
a few and for stockjobbing purposes,
The hands haven't move away, the
material is there. The lockout is one
inaugurated by those whose names are
on the gravestones referred to by the
Capital AMI whose political corpses re-
main unburied to infect the entire
plant.
The editor and proprietor of the
Capital is now progressive. He says
so. Not so progressive that he is like
~ to set his clothes on fire thru fric-
ton caused by going forward rapidly
but at least progressive enough to
known and understand that the stand
pat game is up. He knows when he
elan and knows a dead issue and dead
leadership when he sees it. His advice
to the old guard is also a hint to the
progressives-there is nothing to be
gained by attempting to salvage any
part of the old style leaders by
whom it is assumed that the Capital
means the Barnes, Penrose. Aldrich
leadership and the leadership which
thimblerigged the republican party in
It's latest national contention.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21

Young man whom he had seen on one
or two previous occasions.
Isn't this Mr.. Harkins"' asked the
dominic. stopping the young man and
extending his hand. Il am the new
preacher who has just come to your
town.
Yes. sir replied the young man.
returning the handshake. Il am Mr..
Harklns."
Il have seen you several times
pleasantly continued the pastor. but
until now l haven't had the pleasure
OF making your acquaintance. pre-
sumo that YOU are accustomed to di-
vine worship every Sunday evening"
oh. yes, sir" was the smiling re-
Spouse of the young man. Il am on
my way TO see her Notwithstanding
Evening Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21
4 WAITING GAME.
IDes MpineS Tribune.

The executive committee OF the dem
ocratic national committee is meeting
in Washington
The executive committee Of the re-
publican national committee has been
called TO meet next Saturday.
There is a vital difference in the
meetings.
The democrats confer to make plans
for the campaigns Of 1914 and 1916.
The republicans confer to discuss is
suance of an invitation to the larger
half Of their party to return to the
fold and indications are that-anticl-
pating a democratic split and national
dissatisfaction with democratic con-
tributions to the downward tariff re-
vision progranl-they incline to a
Fabian policy.
There is such a thing as playing q
waiting game too long.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21
kOsH'S NEG HSORS,


Noah could stand q long wet spell
People lived longer then and had more
time. Also the cost of living had not
increased 10 the extent hat the aver
age man needed every day for his own
use. There is no r~ecOrd-except as to
one load of livestock-that Noah was
interested in the transportation prob
lem. He had nothing to haul TO town
or to bring back. No mail routes raj
past Noah's place. He didn't miss the
daily newspaper and the market re-
ports when the road was bad. But that
was a long time ago.
The Iowa farmer car get along with
out a road that will stand a wenty-
four hour rain and Still remain pass
able. If he is willing TO live as Noah
and his neighbors managed ne can
pretty we'll get his entire living off the
place and need scarcely get off his w
ground from Il years end to another.
Noah cut his own firewood. built his
own shack, ~butchered his own sheep.
Mrs. Noah and the girls wove their
own and the others clothes and made
them. So did the neighbors.
There were no dressmakers or tall
ors in those days, 10 patterns, no
styles. a s~heepskin was a sheepskin
then and also a fun dress suit and a
party dress. Noah wasn't interested
in roads. When he Went somewhere
he went afoot and walked back. He
never had a horse until ne started his
~n,enagerie and an automobile would
ave scared the man into fits. But
Noah got along.
We a get along. When It rains il,
is too wet TO work roads and when it
doesn't We can get along. Noah did
So did the rest of the county.
Noah, however, seems 10 have had
a strong desire TO build something and
get somewhere with it. Perhaps that
was what attracted notice and led TO
his selection as one worth saving. Ev-
cry one knows what happened TO the
llSlSiboIS
Noah was a GOOD man. at least there
were worse men than Noah. There
are good men in Iowa. Some Of them
seem to take as little interest in good
roads and progress as Noah's neigh
bors. Perhaps some Of Noan's neigh
bors were pretty good men. But il Is
in evidence that they were not con-
sidered worth saving.
Alexander selkirk spent a good part
of his life on a desert island. He was
monarch Of all he surveyed. But he
couldn't help himself. A man can get
along with a few goats and a parrot
and perhaps a man Friday; but nobody
but a goat would choose that way
if he could get out Of it.
This is the Twentieth century. Iowa
is is no desert island. Why not live
UP to the time and the place and the
opportunity? Why not have real roads?
Why act like Noah's n~eighbors?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21

See how times change. Now Leslie
VI. shaw owns a railroad. In ne old
tie rail- oads-
President Wilson moves as delib-
erately behind the pie counter as the
real thing moves behind the railroad
lunch counter when the crowd has
twenty minutes for Inner and the
conductor has finished and is button
ing up his coat.
Senator LaFollette evidently thinks
he can come back.
President Taft is an illustration OF
the truth OF Carlisle's conclusion
Blessed is the man who has found
his work" But there is no evidence
that the ex-president is grateful TO
those who assisted in the search.
That Georgia banker who asked his
friends to his deathbed and tried to
show them d good time certainly got
more out of the time he had left than
any one since Socrates.
The Rockefeller report shows among
other things that the majority OF the
scarlet women come from the ranks of
those unframed TO any useful work.
There is a hin to mothers and COM
munities and school boards in this. The
unframed of either sex furnishes most
Of the population of poor houses,
prisons and vicious resorts.
If this weather continues most Of
us will come 10 the conclusion that
blue sky ought to be a salable com
modify.
Most communities appear to ne still
oblivious of the fire risk in schools.
Insurance Engineering" publishes a
long list of localities in which danger
Gus fire conditions exist; another APP
palling list of school fires that have &C
Cured within the last fifteen months;
erecting school buildings this year, to-
gether with the significant fact as to
whether freproof construction is speci-
fed or not. out Of 23S school build
ings noted for one month in 1913, only
" entE-two arc reported with freproof
specifications,
The plan that works well in drain
age districts will work quite as vel.
IN wood districts.
=, - -.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21

but the trust formed, and the rate rose
a few years ago to $50. while now it is
500.
This trust rate of $500 ineIrI"s rot
culy focd ana lodging for your two
servants themselves, but food and lodg
il.g for their children as well. In ire
past YOU didn't have to look after their
children. bat today you must do So
the trust insists.
"Of course, over here, $50 a month
for two servants doesn't seem eNorbi-
tlnt; Lut in Honolulu, where o can
live a week on a few cents worth
of poi, it's another story, a story OF
eXtoTt.on.
american women like to go on
abou. the ervant question. But, dear
me. What will they say ~hen d servant
trust confronts them"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21
Chief Sufferer in the Duel.

The cost Of duels Is dWelt upon by
Aurelien Scholl in his "Reminis-
cences." He tells of the elaborate
preparations made for a hostile en-
counter between two. journalists whom
he knew. One Of them borrowed $50
fsom Scholl to meet his share of the
expenses. This sum was never re-
turned. After ten min perfume
tory fencing" he adds, the principals
embraced each other, and both left the
ground without a scratch. ] was the
only man hit"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21
He Mas a Worshiper.

During a conversation in Washing
ton the other evening the topic turned
to things ecclesiastical. which re-
minded Congressman Henry G. Dan
forth. of New York, of an incident
that occurred in his state.
4 new preacher, the congressman
said. had been called to one of the
churches. and while on his way to the
service one Sabbath evening he met a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21

There is a servant trust in Honolulu.
Will it move west to Frisco and spread
thence over the country?
Yes, there's a servant trust on Hon
%olnlu,' said a young officers wife just
hack from Schofeld barracks. "And
this trust has raised wages o%ne-third.
"Horolrlu swarms with japanese
servsnts-married couples-men and
their wives. You used to be able to
get g. good couple, for $40 a month.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21
THE PROBLEM OF DRAINAGE.
TCourciI RIuffS NOnuareil.1

Iowa is now passing thru a testing
period. Millions of dollars have been
expended in open ditch and tile drain
age. And it is al! money we'll invested.
The drained lands are Invariably the
best. But sometimes the Grains do not
do the work they were designed to do.
Sometimes the plans Of the best engi-
neers go awry. Sometimes the volume
Of water exceeds even the amplest pro-
visions.
Experience must be the guide in
these things. In Illinois and Indiana
where a great deal Of swamp n wei
land has been reclaimed. n farmer who
passed thru this drainage period SAID
of his observation, that we really
drained our land three times. The first
time we tool a great many things for
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21
Iona Newspapers
NARROW ROADS

There is a scheme on foot to cut
the width of all roads in Cedar town
ship TO 20 feet. This we believe is one
OF the sensible move that it passing
over the country. We cannot sec the
sense in taking a strip Sc feet wide
from the farms and then build a road
about j. feet wide in the center and
leave the balance to grow up to weeds
for the purpose of ~inoculating the ad-
Joining farms
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-21

granted. We put in six inch tile where
sixteen was required. Then we surveyed
and made what we thought was ade-
quate provision. But fresnets came and
orr crops Were lost because the water
did not get away in time. The third
time We tiled or drained to save the
crop.
The third and last method is the only
sure guide to follow. Drain to save tic
crops. Money expended for this pur-
pose is always a wise investment. All
the value a great deal of land has Is
that given ii by drains.