Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-04
PRAISE RANSOM ROADS.
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PRAISE RANSOM ROADS.
tIowa Falls Sentinel.
Tho automobile owners in this conn
try are delighted with the spleni:a
roads kept by Prent.ss Raneon in
Jackson township. Peon'e driving th-,
the county irto-m us that they csDaieN
when they reach Jackson township on
account OF Tire Ane roads Mr.. Ransom
has a splendid reputation NJ account ~
his superior roads. He takes pride in
his work and does systematic road
d-a eeing and "a a result has the best
roads in the state ct a minimum cost.
Outside OF Iecicson township. the roefs
in north Hardin in most places are
sadly neglected and a diF--ace to the
road Supervisors We have innporta ut
roads in this end of the county that
nave not been touched with a drag this
sCring.
Senator Anes saws the new com pull
sorry rood 6ra eeins law IL IN force now.
It reo-,ires the trustees to EMPLOY a
superintendent at $3.50 per day to take
charge of the aging ard make con-
tracts for II thruont the township. The
roads are to be dragged Systematically
ard regularly. The trustees are liable
for a heavy ere. not to exceed 800 Of
they fail to put this new law In force
at once It would be well for these Of
fcials 20 post up and get busy.
IOWA "A FAVORED CLIMATE"
Waterloo Times rribrnel.
The snow Of Monday caused come
apprehension 5est the history OF the
last two seasons be repeated. ara var
iots crops be caused to suffer from
late freezing Of buds and seeds.
SO late has been the season that
fruit BIRDS are not far enough advanced
to be the victims Of '1ste freeze" The
sun Is far advanced to the north; and
conditions are very favorable FOR a
mamrn moth fruit cyoo. berades an Abund-
ance OF all other ti14ner that the earth
produces While the season has been
late :. has been, IN all other respects,
an ideal one.
We who live IN IOWA and heer 30
much Of other iards which are said to
have Favored climates" know little
about the real benefits we have in the
u,av OF climate and conditions- II no
further proof were needed. the fact
that Iowa Is a!!eA ~':.h people ard tina!
Iowa lands sell at the highest price.
furnishes ample proof Her prosperity
ia not In advertisements but In regular
Yields Of crops and they furnish proof
that Far exceeds prespectuees Of adver-
1ts,ng companies. and make standing
evidence OF the superiority OF the ex-
cellence OF Iowa soil and products.
"The Land OF the Big Red Apple"
IN northern Arkansaa. fails to produce
apples because Of frost nearly as often
az does iowa: vet the mere fact Of
strenuous Advertising serves to keen
-
the country is thus kept booming"
Iowa needs no such kind OF advertfs-
ing. for the oufet knowledge Of her in
comparable soil and resources furnish
es advertising enough in the long run
Business is Against Thorn.
New York Tribune).
The way OF the legislative corrup-
ZIONIST becomes hard. No longer does
the rural deacon" run down TO the
capital. representing the manufactur-
ing corporation whose interests are
threatened. and hand him the envelope
that 'feels good" But as in Columbus,
tho manufacturer or an association OF
them, hires detectives, lays q trap and
surrounds the legislator with dtcta-
phones, or the latest modern invention
for catching his guilty proposals and
recording them or conveying them TO
another room. where they may be re-
corded After this revelation at the
Ohio capital Of what modern science
has done to make easy the catching OF
the guilty. the legislator with the itch :
Ing palm will be wary and look ask
ance at legislative "Jackpots."
These Ohio manufacturers who have
caught or who have tried TO catch the
corrupt legislators seeking to hold
them up" have done what business
mAn ought to have done long ago. Cor
ruption would never have attained the
gigantic proportions II once did attain
il the business interests OF the country
instead Of submitting to exactions, had
exposed the guilty and aouSht their
punishment. There have been many
signs OF q change for the better, and
this actual resort by Ohio business men
to the criminal courts for protection
against corrupt legislators II not one
OF the least important OF them.