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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01
The Call Of eroth.rhood.

Have you heard it, the dominant call
Of the city's great cry. and the thraH
And the throb and the pulse of its life
And the touch and the stir OF its strife
AS amid the dread dust and the din
4 wages It's battle OF sin?
Have you felt in the crowds OF the
street
The echo Of mutinous feet
As they march to their Anal release,
AS they struggle and strive without
peace?
Marching how. marching where. and
to what?
Oh, by all that there il. or is not.
We must march too. and shoulder 10
shoulder!
II a frail sister slip. We must hold hef'
II a brother be lost In the strain
OF the INFINITE pitfalls Of pain.
We must love him, and lift him again.
For we are the guarded. the shielded.
And vet we have wavered and yielded
70 the sins that we could not resist.
BY the right Of the joys we have
missed,
nv right Of the deeds left undoue.
Nv the right Of our victories won.
Perchance we their burdens may bear,
AZ brothers with right to our share
The baby who pulls at the breast
In its pitiful purpose to wrest
The milk that has dried IN the vein.
rhat is sapped by life's fever and
drain:
The turbulent prisoners Of toll.
Whose faces are black with the SOIL
And Scared with the sins Of the soul
Who are paying the terrible toll
OF the way they have chosen TO
tread
AS they march on IN t-rculent dread
And the old. and the weary, who fall
Oh! let us be one with them all!
V the infinite fear OF our fears,
the passionate pain OF our tears.
us hold out our impotent hands.
strong by Jehovah's commands
God Of the militant poor
re stronger than we to endure
march IN the front OF the van
motherhood valiant OF man!
-Scribner's Magazine
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01
Q, you PREP!

o, you prep! You fellow just re.
leased from the grades and starting to
iigf school for the first time in your
whole life! What are you going to
- ~wAen you get to be a man?''
4 successful business man who has
risen hh0In = pooT job and poSsss5 &c
xhe rsesidency Of . strong financial
institat1on asked a 13-year-old boy
M oalef day what he intended 10 DO
when ~ becomes q man and insisted
that e was time he begun to formulate
oosne dennite plans for the future.
ne banker 10 right. Il is time for
1a3untg ana Tie boy ito begin DEFINITE
psslntn1. II - not TOO soon to begin
10 ~ 4hs special foundations Tor a
eessGe vAsn tho boy enters high school.
W1h1 ~ = to do and how he u to
eoeoosl AsDsnds very largely upon the
nlne - u 70 sssk and receive.
- $50 ~ o. speciality thirteen 10 not
- yosns to begin making special-
- boy - 70 attain preeminence
& ~ a = particular line. The
q = lnea sever amounted 70 =
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01

srsat deal amounts 70 leo To-Day than
yesterday end VIII A1esnt = Isss to-
asorrow than. teAoy. \ He must know
iaomsthins betteS than others. do sone-
tl,tng better anA more quickly than
others. cultivate the one talent into ten
Il he 10 to stand out above others.
Say you boy just starting to high
school, you prep with the mingled air
Of dignity and strangeness, what are
yDu soins to do when you get to be a
man?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01
NOTICE 70 s,DDEas.
To Whom It Nay Concern:

TO Wh0m u Nay concern:
Public notice II hereby given thai
sealed bids will be received At the Of
nee OF the city clerk in the city OF
,Marshalltown, Iowa, for certain repair
Ing Of asphalt pevements within the
city Of Narsha1ltown. Iowa, TO the ex-
tent designated in the resolution o.
the mayor and city council passed and
adopted on the 7Sth day Of August. a
D., 1911, and which IL now on hle IL
the office Of the city clerk OF said city
Said repair Of asphalt paving to b
made to the designated portions o.
said street az estimated In regard e
the binder course and to the resurfao.
ing OF said streets wherever needed
and the same shall be repaired and
improved by replacing. the worn por.
lions Of the binder course and by the
constructing Of q new binder course
conforming to the goneTal contour Of
the streets 80 to be improved and the
resurfacing Of the same wherever
needed by the laying Of wearing
surface Of asphalt OF the same com.
ponent parts - provided in the ofigi-
nal specifications for asphalt pavtnl
under which said paving was laid
which specifications are now on Me y
the Office Of the city clerk Of the city
OF Narshalltown. lava. except that the
wearing surface thereof shall be only
Of such thickness az shall be necessary
to CONFORM with the remaining por-
lions Of said streets not now requiring
repairs. The asphalt to be Used y e
be OF the best quality Trinidad pitch
lake or Bermudes lake asphalt ana the
streets TO be 90 Improved being q
follows, to-wit:
on south Third avenus, x Of the
surface OF the street I'M the block rom
Main to Church street.
50 square yards 1T the intersection
Of Church strest and Third avenue.
3sl SQUARE tards from Church stsest
to Linn stfeet.
y Of the intasection Of lam strsel
and Third avenue.
= the surface between Linn and
Cunningham5 Streets.
II of the wearing surface from Cum
ninanam street 20 the north In
OF the Chicago q Great West-
ern ny. rieht-of-way and q
froun61t Intervals al0nG aahd 0ooth
Third avenue whsgo the binder course
IL dislntsofa4sd and worn away.
on North Second avenue ct the alley
snHerseetloa sou4h 81 Lincoln street and
on North First avenue between Grant
anA Web6tee stSUe44 : square yards.
On North Second avenue bstwsen
Lincoln ana webster streets. yafd.
On chusch. 6eseet betwosn Fifth and
Sixth streets. 8 sauaTe yard.
ON Church 1tTset ats To intsrsectt0n
Of Firth snd slxth streets. sasars
~aSAn Ss ~ 1sss 20 n 4 ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01

four generations represented and there
are four pairs of twins represented.
The oldest in the group il our neigh
Dor. Henry Arms. who will be 81 next
January. and the youngest are the
Scuily twins. II there is another item
OF twins in the United States Of Amer
lea that viii equal these Arnses. wa
would like to hear from them and give
them a notice.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01
chusetts Of his veto of tariff reduc-
ton on wooden goods finds loud voice
of approval-in Massachusetts,.

chusette of his veto of a tariff reduc-
ton on wooden goods finds a loud voice
of approval-in Massachusetts,.
Theer was such crop failure in
Iowa this year that people had nothing
else to do but go to the state fair
hence the breaking OF all records in
attendance.
If cartoon;st could ascend in an
airship to such an elevation that he
could see all Of Iowa at once his i'm
preston would be simply of $4,000
automobiles moving from every part OF
the map all toward the state fair.
With Iowa's apple crop making sud-
den fortunes for its owners and fall
ure in the celebrated apple districts OF
Oregon, the need Of few advertising
real estate agents to picture Iowa lands
to the migrating hordes Of the contin-
ent is emphasized.
These are no times for organized
railroad men TO be advancing wages.
The reduced tonnage moving has
caused too many idle men at the
points of production and at the wheels
of transportation. Any job is a good
job until the volume Of trade increases.
The Burlington Hawkeye, standpat
admits that President Taft may be
Harrisonized by the tariff" There does
seem to be some danger of it. His hope
! lies largely in the possibility OF. the
democrats nominating a standpatter to
oppose him.
! The Clinton Herald, standpat, gIoat-
ing over bumper crops in eastern Iowa,
remarks that farmers Whereabouts care
not worrying about Canadian recipro-
| city either" What has become of the
standpat cry that Canadian reciprocity
would ruin the Iowa farmer? Lafe still
insists that /. has reduced the price Of
Iowa land SO per acre. Can it be that
/, Iafe is so old that he does not know
the war is over?
| The open season for wild chickens.
ducks and straw hats is now on. 1t is
legitimate to take shot. at any after
Sept. l.
|. With Taft fammering away at the
insurgents who voted for "tarin for
politics only" Senator Kenyon sees no
occasion to repeat his rather early dec
laration that II am for Taft Building
a bungalow on farm ~ more OF q
political asset and lots more fun.
We are assured by the Waterloo Re-
porter that there IL plenty Of room in
heaven but II makes the rest Of u
tired. for what does win Parrot
know about It. anyway?
The director Of the weather bureau
at Des Hoines predicts that nearly IS
per cent Of the corn crop will be out
Of the way Of frost by Sept. Is, but
you can't hnd a;.fsrmer who u worry
Ing about frosts i they sheulA come
this week. M
II the stolen Mons {lsa looks much
like the copies illustrated mons need
worry shout Il Tor The thise win soou
bring It back.
In the abssnca OF second crop Glow
er. for COW feed buy acorn shredder
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

In the past the president has been
more fortunate in his state papers
than in his speeches. but his past exc
pericnce will no doubt help him in this
case, ana he may be able to avoid the
pitfalls and snares of his enemies and
come out with flying colors. Again.
can he do it?'' asks the Manson Jour-
nal. @ .Nr ~
The man who does not promise
much and accomplishes fair days
work has less to worry about than the
man who promises much and finds he
hasn't the Tools philosophers the
Mason City Globe-Gazette.
The Waterloo Reporter says st will
be interesting to note, the Canadian
way Of handling the trial Of Iowa BAN
dts who were caught in Winnipeg az
ter killing an officer. as they did here.
The process and progress will be DIFF
ferent than the way its done. or not
done, in this country"
There is no good reason, no fair
reason why Iowa should be made to
compete with Canadian grown pro-
ducts in our own markets. while east
ern manufacturers who sell to Iowa
consumers sell at higher price than
the Canadian farmer is obliged to pay
for similar article" insists the Mount
Vernon Record.
The democrats and the regular re-
publicans will have comparatively
easy time on the stump in the next
campaign: but pity the sorYcws and
embarrassment of the poor insurgents"
exclaims the Burlington Hawkeye.
The Sioux City Journal says the
problem that confronts LaFollette in
many states is the transformation OF
takers into workers"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01
iona Newspapers
TOWN AND LAND VALUES.
[SWea City Herald.1

af
Land values are beginning TO ,bs.
discussed nowadays and considerable
difference of opinion is heard by dr.
ferent individuals One prominent
farmer advanced the argument that
his land was worth from SIS to SIS
per acre more than his neighbor's be-
cause 1t was situated four miles nearer
cracking good town-meaning 9wea
City. Thirty minutes later the same In
dividual was seen loading up lot Of
cat-house goods down At the depot and
Dragging about how cheap he could
buy Of town. That man was stealing
the difference in price Of his land BY
being close to a good live town or q
dead one. He 10 trying his best 10 kill
the town and when he has done %
what will boost the price Of his land7
People are not iioo;;iiS sso1 ;;aaa1 aess -
grave yard.
IN THE GOOD OLD GERMAN WAY
lWaveriy Independent. ]
Christian Arms. who died . few years
ago. was q twin brother or our toSvns-
man, Henry Arms. Farmeg e. ". Arms
Of Warren township. ana Miss Anksa
Arms Of Waverly. children Of HenyY
Arms. are twins Christian Ans, r.. q
Oregon, bias pair Of twins that afe
4 years old Mrs. James 0cp1ly. Who
was Nora Hahmeier. daaghtGr % Nf8.
Fred Bahmsisr, Of Denvsr Colo, .
daushter OF Christian Asnz ~. alep
has pair Of twins that as6 nov thirty
months old. strong and A6a1fy. ana
they can already give m aeeonnf q
themselves ON cartain oeca1toaGE TIA
out-of-town Afnses mentlened bsretn
are visiting their Bremnee oeun4se refa-
tivAs, and on Monday Of tklls1Sek tIsy
had their picture taken, = gfenp:
In this remarkable gro0p 100 ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01

The Sioux City Journal says the
problem that confronts LaFollette in
many states is the transformation Of
takers into workers"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01

President Ta1t's defenss : Aas.a-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-12

sues. used to feel when spoke here
in New Jersey that every promise wa )
q transaction and I had to fulfil it.
The old spread-eagle style of ora
tory was illustrated in the ford
speech Of welcome Of Nebraska ma
yor-a most personable fellow-who
had carefully written out what he had
to say 70 me. II was the third speech
Of the kind he had delivered that day,
and . asked him II he wasn't getting a
little bit tired OF welcoming me. But
he launched forth and went on very
bravely TIL he found that part of his
manuscript was missing. After a vain
search he turned aside and remarked
to me in a stage whisper what tie
helli"
The salient difference I found be
tween the west and the east is that
the west moves a little more without
harness-it's more untrammeled, elias
tic. They like to look far forward.
with prophetic vision; they like to be-
heve that their grasp is equal to their
reach
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-12
Root Is a Trimmer.

We are very much inclined to be-
lieve that the able United States Sen
ator Eiihu Root is a trimmer. A trim
mer is a fellow who catches 'em COM
ing and going. He is all things to all
men, and placates each party in con-
troversy so as to make both consider
him their warm friend and an advo-
cate OF their cause. Root pretended to
be friend of the people and a foe 70
anything that threatened their inter
ests. He posed as a bitter opponent
of Billy Lorimer's rascality and OBJ
jected TO his retention in the senate.
Then he proceeded to make himself
solid with the great International pa
per combine. which is robbing the
people through extortion for years.
President Taft has declared that re-
ciprocity with Canada was necessary
for the protection Of our country and
the conservation Of our forests. Bnt
Root, clever triCkster that he is. slip
ped in an amendment on the pulp ana
paper section which is calculated q
defeat the real object Of the bill IL it
goes through thus handicapped. Lori.
mer, with all his crookedness, could
injure the nation only an infinitessi-
nal amount compared 10 the damage
inflicted Ny the lumber trust
Mr.. Root is a trimmer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-12
Simplifying Procedure.

Dickens In BLEAK House. has Civ.
en- good view of the laws delays il
chancery causes aRd the wrongs that
are inflicted thereby.
Taking its legal procedure from
the English, this country engrafted pu.
on it's legal procedure many of the
useless forms and technicalities which
make against real equity. 1t is hope
full sign that Chief Justice White cf
the United States supreme court has
named himself with Justices Lurton
and Vandevanter as a committee to
reform proceedings in the federal
courts Of equity.
This action of the highest court IN
the land ought to be an example TO
all other courts in dealing with ques
tions where the administration of
justice depends largely on the CON-
mon sense of the judges. Legisla-
lures and bar associations have tried
In desultory way to reform the pra2-
tice in this regard but nothing effect
i've has been done
The simplification of the procedure
CT courts is one Of the crying needs
of the day. If the equity decision
Of the courts of the nation and state
are reformed in this way, We may
hope to see the law division also re-
formed. The law ought to be found
ed on common sense, and if it is not,
there ought to be judges who will
interpret 1t along that line and put
an end to litigation that drags along
through interminabie years because
of the technicalities that are injected
into It,
CHIEF Justice White has begun n
movement that ought to be nation
wide.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-12
What Governor Wilson Found,

Trenton. y. j., letter to the Phil
adelphia Public Ledger. quotes Cover.
nor Wilson as saying
I went west for just two reasons.
The governor" the writer declares,
has been giving the proponents and
the opponents OF a wide variety of
measures their innings all day long.
Yet the arduous Office hours at hts
desk on the first day after his return
from his western Odyssey did not i'm
pair the downright Lincolnian genial-
ity Of his greeting. or deprive his
mood OF the pristine freshness OF is
discursive humor
The two reasons were he went
on, that in the first place | wanted To
redeem = promise OF five years stand
ing that | would visit that section of
the country. and in the second place
wanted 10 personally acquaint myself
with political conditions and the state
CT public opinion out there. And wha.
J found was a5Un6antly satisfying
The thugs that struck me most of ell
was the similarity OF opinion from one
side OF the continent 10 the other, and
the constant evidence that the people
NGltG EGN WITHOUT regard 10 anything
but their own clear judgment of men
and measures.
" found when came TO talk 20
them. thar they didn't care for rhetor.
&c oratery. They have become tired
of vaguely hearing what great wrongs
they have so long and so patiently en-
dured. They want specific discTip-
tons OF those wrongs and they wait
10 know how they are to be remedled
I found rad:salism-lots Of It.
throughout the west. but no more than
In the east. The mind of the people is
moving the same way in New JerE@y
as in Oregon. I had the same impress. /
sion everywhere on this trip that / |
had when campaigning here In New
Jersey, that whenever I came before
an audience II was a business meet.
ing. They hadn't come TO "whoop
things up; they had come to listen ~ /
a serious discussion OF concrete is-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-12

obey. Parents did not give reasons for
their orders.
Won Gratz met Bertha Won Steinwitz
at supper the same evening. No orders
were necessary in either case so far
as love was concerned. for the young
diplomat as soon as he set eyes on the
countess was enraptured. And Ber-
tina in the handsome face and figure,
the intellectual cast of Won GRATIS
head and countenance. saw an ideal
such as she had treasured from child
hood. After the meal the crafty count
Withdrew to his cabinet leaving the
two together.
The next morning after breakfast
Won Steinwitz, instead of inviting his
guest to begin the negotiations, or
dered horses and falcons to be brought
and sent his guest and Bertha out for
hunt. All day they rode through the
woods attended by a retinue OF cour-
tiers and servants. Bertha not only
found any attempt to fascipate her
companion repulsive. but needless.
She had only to be herself to win him,
and she gave her heart to him without
the asking. Love is a finer diplomat
llldh any 0OfCiCA6h hno Gf ca
employed. The two breathed IL in
with the pure air. When their birds
took fight for the coveted game,
though their eyes followed. their hearts
remained in proximity. And when the
hunt was ended and they rode back to
the castle they took no thought of
owe; the little god alone had care for
that
: The second day was like the first.
And SO the time passed. Love pro-
crossed. but not the treaty. Ten days
had gone by, and not point In 1t had
been discussed Then the young diplo-
mat began to realize that be loved his
antagonists daughter. A new feature
had come over the treaty. II the
count achieved a diplomatic advantage
the lover would lose his head. If the
lover secured victory the father of
the girl he loved must die. There
could be but one happy result-a trea-
ty SO inspired by generous motives
that the work when finished would be
satisfactory to both sOvereigns.
Then one morning the count. instead
Of devising new pleasures for his
guest, invited him into his cabinet,
and the two sat down together over
papers and maps.
Now. Herman Won Graft had been
sent on this mission because he was a
wonder I'm the game Of diplomacy. The
two principalities were to him but
chessboards. II he gave mp a town
and gained an island. If he left out a
province for future consideration and
sliced or peninsula, It was all for a
inai checkmate Of his enemy's king
During this f1rst morning. when pre-
hminaries for the struggle were alone
taken up. bis mind was upon a differ
ent matter. He was thinking of
Bertha and that If be possessed her
she must be given him by his oppo-
nent In the diplomatic game. But the
next day. when the battle began, he
temporarily forgot his love, and the
older man was surprised to learn that
he had genius for an antagonist.
let rs proceed" said Won Gratz.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-12
The Vanishing Throna.

The Vanishing Throns.
Remember the fellow who used to com
down
A few minutes late every day.
Who played for the others the part of tn
clown
And made the old ONCE SO gay.
Whose form was SO Ianky. whose fac
was so grave.
With mouth just the shape OF a trap;
Who couldn't for half OF a minute be
have
Whatever became Of that chap?
Remember the girl with the wonderft
hair
who sat at the desk in the rear,
Who always had plenty Of gossip 20 shar
With all who were willing TO hear,
Who firted like fury with all Of the fore
And set their light heads in a wlirl.
Took presents from them as a matter
course
whatever became OF that girl?
Remember the fellow who used to come
And borrow a quarter OF me.
Whose breath was perfumed with the ode
VI gin.
Lert over effects from a spree.
A friend OF the family in days Of the pas
Who always appeared 10 DO broke
Each touch was. he told me. his final am
last
Whatever became of thst soak7
And so It goes on when meet dear oil
John.
We talk OF the times that have fed
And wonder how this one or that one get
on
And IL he is living or dead
A part OF our lives in the days long ago
Fer time had made marks on our brow
They vanished forever. But where al
they go?
Whatever's become OF them now.