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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-27
Looker-On In Iona

Geneva. Sept. 27.-A man we'll posted
In the money affairs of Iowa claims
that the citizens of this state own more
land than any state in the union. that
!s have more money invested in dirt.
Perhaps not 80 many acres, but more
In value. He mentions the millions
sent out OF Iowa to be invested in
Canada, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Cali
fornia, Texas, Missouri and Arkansas.
Ia is true many have followed their
money and become citizens OF the palce
Of investment. But this man claims
our citizens today hold title deeds for
more land investment than any other
state can show. To prove or dLsprove
this claim is so difficult that such
claim is given for what is worth.
Iowa cities and towns that are hav-
ing hard work to make public improve
ments in the way OF severe. paving.
heating and lighting plants can con-
sole themselves with this thought. The
common experience Of all cities is
once such improvements are made the
! most bitter opponents of any of these
modern essities would not remove
| them even If their additional taxes
could be returned to them. 1t calls &c
mind that in one Of our Iowa towns
SO worked up was one taxpayer, thai
he seriously talked OF getting out ar
! injunction to prevent the city Installing
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-27
tine MErAoDisTs JUMPED THE FENCE

The state conference of Nebraska
Methodists pledged the Methodist
church against Dahlman. 1t resolved
that as ministers and citizens they
found it incum bent upon them 70 de-
clare unalterable opposition 20 the
election of Dahlmau, not because ne
is a democrat but because ne STANDS
committed to the brewery ana liquor
interests" And the resolution Jared
the state when 1t dropped.
The conference was al great pains 10
deny that the Methodist church en-
cages in politics and to explain that 1t
was driven to act because civic right
eousness is in danger and that the des-
perate effort to elect a saloon governor
and legislature who will do the bidding
OF the saloons has driven the confer
ence into action.
But why apologize or explain when
an evangelical church resolves in favor
of civic righteousness. against the sa-
loon and its galaxy OF vicious and
shameful satellites and urges its COM
municanrs TO vote for civic righteous
ness and against civic degeneration =?
How Methodist and Congrega tionalists,
Presbyterians. Baptists and like church
members could vote for Jim Dahlman
and justify their action by their belief
and profession would be hard TO under
stand. The evangelical churches are
lined up against the booze business.
The attitude of the Waterloo church
which asked two Of its mem bers who
signed the saloon consent petition to
find another church home simply as
sists to define the line Of cleavage be-
tween the church and the saloon.
Where else could Methodist stand
except against DahIman? What kind
OF resolutions would the Saloonists'
League pass against Methodist
bishop?
There is altogether TOO much fear
that the church will get into politics ;
On moral questions how can il stay out
and hold outside or its OWL respect
Can men be churchmen O Sundays and
the church lost more by It's own vacil-
lation and its own cowardice than in
any other way? What right have the
Jim Dahlmans TO ask church votes, ana
what must be the attitude Of mind to-
ward the churches OF ar Organization
which nomina1es its Dahimans and
says to the churches Take him, You
don't dare mix in politics"
The churchnen in Nebraska can
smother Dahlalan under an indignant
protest The churchmen in Iowa can
put thes lamp of their approval on the
cosson laws and their author by Civ
ing Cosson a record vote for attorney
general. What are they going to do
about 1t?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-27
THE WAY TO GOOD ROADS
Knoxville Journal.

A strong effort is being made TO
guide the good roads sentiment into
safe and sane" channels which usual
ly means in political pariance do
nothing policy While It is entirely true
that well defined plans and systemat-
ic adherence thereto would give us bet
ter roads than we obtain under the
present inconsequental. haphaZard
methods of road making, II should be
recognized that. at best the policy of
better roads without Increased taxa :
ton" is but a hand to mouth solution
Nothing can be gained for permanency
under that slogan. The problem every
year Will be exactly what it was the
year before The work all to do over
again does not afford very alluring
prospect. There is no mystery about
willing to pay the price and in no other
way Nothing of real value in this
world may be had cheaply If you pay
a cheap price the article is necessarily
shoddy Some day Iowa will build
good roads Why postpone the begin
ming for fifty years? Why admit 70
the succeeding generations that the
problem was too much for us? Now is
the time and here in Marion county is
the place to make a beginning. Let the
state furnish us with an outline. an
efficient organization and the neces-
sary supervision and let each county
/ tackle the problem for itself. Near
while. let US encourage the movement,
TO build the best kind of dirt roads we
can while experimenting with perma :
nent roads.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-27
10 ~ @~>4>~
A Complete Victory in New York.


The sudden and unexpected slipping
of Schenectady county away from the
grasp OF William Barnes. Jr.. makes
the control of the state convention by
the progressive forces certain. Even
Mr. Woodruff admits that II will leave
a majority of only fifteen or twenty"
IN favor of his side. while The New
York Herald" which can not be re-
garded as prejudiced in Colonel Roose
velt's favor gives him 524 delegates 10
Az for Vice President Sherman, with
10 doubtful. and The New York Even
ing Post" which likes Colonel Roose-
Welt no better also gives him clear
majority Of the delegates. 54S to 40S for
Mr. Sherman with 81 doubtful.
The ma! oritv for the progressives
will proba bly, he very much larger than
even the most ardent progressive now
expects The results in Queens. where
Colonel Roosevelt won a. majority of
the delegates: In Oneida where the ma
chine lost one Of the three assembly
districts, and In Schenectady. where
Barnes assistants We're overwhelming
" routed. show the tendency. The
progressives are displaying increasing
and unexpected strength. The tide has
set in their way. Before the votes are
counted in the convention there will be
a scramble to get on the winning side
Mr. Barnes will have his hands fun
trying TO hold together his supporters
The old guard is stronger today than
il will be tomorrow. and it will be
stronger tomorrow than it will be when
the convention meets. The prediction
about corpora guard" will be veri-
fed
We see no reason to doubt that the
victory Of the progressivcs will be COM
plete Some fear has been felt lest the
"old guard" while losing control Of the
convention. might keep the platform
committee and the state committee In
its hands. The extent Of the victory is
reassuring on these points. While
some Of the supporters Of Colonel
Roosevelt are cool toward direct pri-
maries, on the other hand some OF the
mem Der Of the "old guard faction
have felt it necessary to declare for
this reform And in the haste to gea
upon the band wagon" considerable
enthusiasm for direct primaries will
develop The zeal OF an eleventh
hour convert is proverbial. In the
same way the victory of the progress
sives probably irsures permanent con-
troll of the state committee. If the
progressives do not elect an actual ma
jorty Of the committee, the lukewarm
members will ally themselves with the
winners at the recent primaries. The
effect Of the victory will not be wiped
out In the way the Barnes-Woodruff
group hopes. When the convention
meets the control OF the party will
pass permanently out OF the hands CT
the enemies Of Governor Hughes and
of progressive policies.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-27
HIS RIGHT ABOUT FACE.

HIS RIGHT ABOUT FACE
[Senator Bristow's Salina Neb., Jour-
nall.
Are the republican voters of the
country to understand from President
Taft's letter made public Wednes day
that the president has executed right
about face in his attitude and is pre-
pared to recognize the Justice Of the
attitude Of the progressive republicans?
The questions involved are Of vast
ly more Importance than the one Of
patronage.
Patronage, as the president says.
was the lash by which he sought to
force progressive republicans to sup~'
port policies which were contrary to
their convictions.
The lash was ineffective. because the
issues for which the progressives stood,
| were bigger than patronage.
Is the presidents letter to be con-
strued as an admission that the people
! of the country have endorsed the pro
gressive policies, and that henceforth
he will give his support to those poll
cies?
Treating the progressives fairly in
| the matter of patronage is not con-
cession; It is merely giving them that
| to which they are entitled by the GUS
| tom of politics.
But if this reversal of policy In the
matter of patronage indicates that the.
president is willing to set adrift those
bad counsellors with whom he has sar !
rounded himself, that he is willing to,
recognize that progressive republican, y
| ism Is real republicanism. and that the!
! republicanism Of Aldrich and Cannon
and Ballinger and Wickersham Is a
fraud and imposition, then 1t may be,
admitted that the president is maxi
| ing real progress.
| AS the president himself intimates in
| his letter, the people care very little;
about this patronage business; patron
age is something that chiefly interests,
the politicians. What the people want!
to know, and they will insist upon
knowing Is that the president is fight
ing for progress on the great moral and
political issues of the day.
! Has he executed a right about facet,
| Daily Thought
| The only reason We don't regard
things everywhere is because We
| haven't good eyes.--Julian Hawthorne.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-27

| a waterworks system. But the fol-
lowing year after q $4,000 wateworks
system was in successful operation
said taxpayer had q visitor from down
east" One day a neighbor heard these
| words from the would-be injunctionist:
Yes. sir, we have the finest system of
waterworlks Of any town of our size in
the west. We now only have an oc-
casional case OF typhoid fever. former
ly we had an epidemic every year We
have added to our population many
from other nearby towns and our In
vestment in our artesian wells. tanks
and pipes is worth twice what 1t cost
Speaking of waterworks suggests
standpipes for storage purposes. And
If any state in the union has any worse,
moro uns!ghtiy. outrageous looking
standpipes and c1iinneys than Iowa, it
ought to be known. Half u column
could be used in men tionins the names
of the towns, where a great. big sheet
iron pipe painted black or red is the
most conspicuous thing in the place.
One town especially, noted FOR tine res
! licences and public parks, has a huge
black smoke stack for a water tank,
within 100 feet OF a 100000 church
Another nice, little town has glarlnS
red water tank 80 feet high righI IN
The center of the public park. Sucn
inartistic blots have 10 remain year
after year. a daily reminder Of poor
taste on the part of soma thouShtleSs
city council. All this had - ne mem
toned to bring in a contrast Pas
sengers travelling over the Iowa Cen
trail as they approach the tfrinneil
College grounds. WILL if they take the
trouble see q new chimney for the
heating plant that cost 100000. me
plan. cost 100000, not the chimney
but 1t is with that amount as an op-
ject lesson for all Iowa. A round
tapering column of brick of llgh'
drab shade. and near the top some
dark brick. set in. that gives pleasing
effect It's more like monument than
an everyday sort of smokestack.
There's no question but what cry
ing baby in a hotel has rights the
public is bound TO respect People
must travel and babies must cry II
their little tummies ache" We DO
grin and bear it if the baby doesn't 80
is it with the universal Photographic
the mechanical organ that grindS out
tuue for nickel in the slot Ana tAe
hotel piano Its put there 10 use. and a
guest can pound it to his hearts con-
tent. and none to say him nay some
OF the guests like music Al these
noises are called music. But when Il
comes - reading poetry aloud In the
hotel office it should no, be allowed
It's bad enough when such readers re-
cite some ones else production But
the guests of the Waldorf in Eex1oWn.
had 70 listen in the hotel office the
other evening to "pome" after 'pome
read by the author. Here what had
, in the Bungtown Starter" TINS little
. thing 1 wrote in ten minutes.
good many of the boys think this is
the best thing 1 ever wrote" And for
thirty minutes everybody IN the hotel
office had to stop reading and writing
and ordinary conversation. We had to
listen Couldn't help ourselves. Too
cold 10 go out of doors.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-27
Your Boy and Your eoyhood.
(Christian Science Monitor)


Was 1t in Tho Bailey Aldrich' g
STORY of Bad Boy"--who wasn't bad
after all-or in some other great book
for little people that the curious social
customs Of young boys Of New England
were celebrated? Wherever it was. the
author portrayed, among other oddities
the etiquette Of the call of one boy for
another Many can vouch for the cor
rectness of his picture. Tradition, or
some rule Of boyish code, prescribed
that the caller should approach the
house from the rear, stand near the
back door and whistle. This whistle
too in our own experience, was caba :
listic. mysterious. 1t consisted OF the
notes. sol, mi, the first rather prolong-
ed. the second perhaps the length OF
one beat in fairly quick tempo. After
repeating this from one to fifty times
either the sought came forth or he die
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-27

by steady graduations advanced TO
rant and from that to purloiner of
$4,000 worth Of Jewels.
1t Is said that a Chicago society
woman is building S25000O house in
Washington to be given to her husband
as a Christmas present, She Is keep
ing her identity secret and we suppose
good behavior Is common thing
among Chicago husbands pending the
disclosure
Sarah Bernhard at 65 for twenty
four hours: Appeared on the stage in
the evening got to bed at a. m, got
up at and travelled from an interior
town In France 10 London, finishing the
journey by 5 ~ M For parallel YOU
will have to watch the performances
of American politicians during the next
six weeks.
Come 10 think about 1t. isn't il pretty
nervy for town folks 10 scold the farm
ers about the bad roads when there are
plenty os city streets that are just
passabe by pinch at best?
A Pennsylvania man is in prison
charged With killing one OF his fifty-siN
children. l: seems he nigh. s.ave
pleaded the high cost oc living as an
eXtenuaJins circumstance.
From Saratoga TO Rochester-all
aboard.
Champ Clark thinks the political
situation now is like that of 1890, and
we have no doubt he wishes it even
harder than he thinks it,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-27
CENSUS. FARMS. FACTORIES AND FOLKS

Census figures For Illinois show
marked increase in certain cities with
ont corresponding rural increase This
10 cited to show that the trend of popl-
lation Is away from the country and
toward the towns. Rockford Is cited
as an example, showing a growth os
21,s17, while w.nnebago county, a very
rich farming county. has increased but
2s.21b. The gain has been Rockford's
with the exception Of 1898 pers ons
Some counties like Lee and Ogle have
lost population IN the rural districts,
while gaining in cities. II Wisconsin
Just across the line from Winne5a 20
county, Illinois, Beloit has gained s.
$40 and GAINESVILLE 3,058 in a twenty-
year period, while Rock county shows
an entire gain Of 12.318 Thus the
urban population IS credited with
nearly $4,000 of the 1898 increase
And astonishment is expressed tina,
this state OF affairs should exist dur
ing a period the most prosperous ever
known to agriculture
However, It isn't particularly mora
astonishing than that a man should
sell his labor in the highest market.
Long ago in Winnebago and Ogle
counties and every other county which
county which contains the extraord-
tnary corn lands of the Rock river
watershed, the farm mortgages were
lifted from the more prosperous and best
conducted farms and their owners began
to bid for the smaller farms adjoining.
The man with forty or an eighty
was simply raised" out by the bids.
He sold at extraordinary prices be-
cause one big farmer feared that an
other neighboring big farmer would
ret the coveted acreage. He hadn't the
nerve to refuse $40, $40, $40 an acre
x.cre than the common price OF land
on the market. So he went and tn.
farm house sheltered oats or corn IL
hogs instead OF human population
while the big farmer sought Other
3 forties and eighties to add to his mold
4ngs. II there Is no increase of popu-
lation there are fewer homes and big
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THE LODGES.
4 MASONIC NOTICES.
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4 MASONIC NOTICES.
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~\Vlsitors always welcome.
MARSHALL LODGE. 1os. A. F. 4
A. M. Work on second degree Tuesday,
Sept. ~ at 1880 p. m.
r. w. Chamberlain, w. NJ.
H. s. Lawrence. Secretary.
SIGNET CHAPTER No 3s, r. A. n
Special meeting Monday evening, Oct
3, 1880 p. m. Work in Mark Masters
degree.
George H. BoEgie. e. II. e.
J. 8. Millard. Secretary.
KING SOLOMON Council. No. 20. r
s s. NJ, Stated assembly. Monday.
Oct. II, 1880 p. ~.
l. T. Forbes, Recorder.
A. d. Meeker. r. /. NJ.
ST ALDEMAR COMMANDERT. No.
30 X T. Special conclave Tuesday
evening. Oct. 4, 1910. at 1880 sharp. foI
the Order Of the Red Cross Sir Knights
be present IL possible
Fred NJ. Wilbur. f.. G.
Fred Wallace. Recorder
CENTRAL CHAPTER. Nc 81, O. ID.
Scaled meeting Wednesday even<
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Mrs. George Downing. W. NJ.
Edna G. Fula-ton. Secretary.
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Never mind about his overalls.
THE AUTO EXTRAvAGANCE.
+ Praer Farm and Real Estate Journal

Praer Farm and Real Estate Journal.
A great deal has been written and
said about the foolish extravaganza of
many individuals in purchasing auto
mobiles In some cases, it must be adj
nitted, automobiles are foolish invest
ments. In most cases, from financial
point of view, they are not paying in
vestments But If human happiness is
the aim OF our civilization. then for
the man whose home is paid for and
whose business IS safe, the auto, If 1T
is source Of pleasure to himself and
his family, is perfectly justifiable
purchase. The cry that the automo-
bile is an extravagant waste which
draws money out OF business to lie idle
in extravagant toys, is an argument
that has no weight. Business and
money have no legitimate aim but the
comfort and happiness OF the human
family. II the manufacture and sale
and use of automobiles brings salts
faction to greater number than Iound
ways of enjoying life in wholesome
manner before their coming, then the
advent of these machines is a fortunate
fact. That drastic legislation may be
neces sary to compel the lawless to
have respect for the rights Of other
individuals proves nothing against the
benefits Of the autos to the many VINO
use them discreetly and wisely.
AS for those people who mortgage
their homes to buy automobiles. as a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-27
Iona Newspapers
WHY NOT?
ISioux city 10

[Sioux City Journal
Colonel Bryan accepts the CunmihS
idea of a nation wide primary Tor the
nomination of presidential candidates
and suggests its expansion 70 include
United States judges. If the prepayment
of the idea is willing TO accept the
amendment. there seems 10 he no rea-
son why there should not be fine line
of pulling together.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-27

ger farms with less help. me iour-
hourse harrow and the gang plow
turning its two 16 or Is inch burrows
have replaced the old 10 foot drag and
the IL inch plow and a quadruple team
of mighty Shires or Percherons OF
Clydesdales have shouldered the 12o0
Mound horses of that earlier day out
NJ tbe delds and one man does the
work OF two. Instead OF six men pc
hind a Mccormick reaper, one man,
four horses and q binder gathers the
harvest The towns have not stolen
population from the country II there
is less rural population the country
has sloughed It. But the figures except
in q few instances, show no decrease in
rural population but a slight increase
The towns have grown because they
furnished employment. Going back
over the history of Rockford and con-
TEMPORARY cities. II will be seen that
The factories are mainly responsible
for their growth and that manufactur-
ing following as il does on the heeis
of farm development offered wage ana
livelihood to workers Whlie lhe
countrv has been offering employment
70 the same or a lesser number "' men
~ CITY has been seeking ways ana
means 10 employ more population
Eine-tenths of the increase is OF work
e-s Most of is came from manu-
featuring and industrial centers fuF'heF
east. some Of II graduated from farfh
work. 1t is simply seeking Of llvel-
hood. a selection of employment ana 4
cooking for job where the jobs are.
Farm work COR wages IS not peculiar
:. ,+.oi,e TWENTY-FIVE years ago
when Rockford began 70 grow II was
,ass 60 The working man VINO TWEEN
~ Years ago could get s173o TO so
month and board for nine non'hs %
Dor that endured from 80 a m uh-
~ .. m naturally gravitated toward
ha--sr wages. shorter hours and great
ar irdependence: for no employer feels
that his employe should think as ne
does do as he does and vote as ne does
more than the farmer.
With ali our altrustlc uheas'i's
over the city working mans coaol'io'i
and the opportunity the country ho4''
cut what would We do If In MS Place
AS farm owner or as a farm renter
he ceases 70 be wage Garner COM
pa-ing the city workingnan win ms
contemporary on the farms, whlch mas
the best of it? Perhaps the la''l'S
man in Rockford asks himself why ne
should so to the farm he Is getting
better wages where he IS, II ne mas
adapted himself 10 conditions MS emil
dren have "a great educational adNah-
tages as any on earth He walks Tree
after the whistle blows Perhaps ne
owns his own home; he does II ne mas
been saving He could get $50 month
and house rent on the farm, hog III
the fall and the right 70 keep chlckehs-
As it is he draws down perhaps 90 40
even So cents an hour and his month
wages looks like from $50 70 Sl2o
month Perhaps his son is filling an
important position az a good salary
baya bare
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-27
PLANS FoR ONE HEARER.
Hampton C'hroniclel.

Y
John Denison. of DUBUQUE, IS OUT
with a challenge to Congressman c.
F. Pickett for joint debate. Denison
IS the democratic candidate for cor
gress in this district and has got the
idea somewhere that ne is going TO get
enough votes to put him in the race.
What he wants now is to have Pickett
give him a joint debate so he viii have
someone TO talk to. He realizes that
1t is hard for a democrat to get hear
ing these prosperous times
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-27
WHEN PRoGREssIvES COME TO 1T
r.-,---.l....-.ll A. 1.cAc.ltal

.OckWeII I@ltN AUNOCtItT.
The standpat press Of Iowa is just
now having a frightful time trying 10
decide what the progresstves will do
in the event that both Cummins and
Deliver are candidates for the republic
can nomination for president In 1912.
What satisfaction it is to know that
the progressives will settle that matter
for themselves when the time comes
and the further fact that either of the
gentlemen, only one Of whom If either.
will be a candidate FOR the place. will
be quite acceptable to the progressives.
While neither could bring any happi-
ness 10 the standpat camp should he
successfully make the race