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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
A Dry Farming Crisis.
Lincoln JournaD.


In the middle Of the coming October
an important meeting Of the dry farm
ing congress will be held at Colorado
Springs 1t will be a good time for the
leaders in the movement to get to-
gether and take stock Of the thousands
of farmers all over the west who have
been lured to their financial ruin by
the theory that it is possible to cult
vate crops anywhere by simply calling
1t dry farming" These dry seasons
west Of the one hundredth meridian
Will demonstrate that dry farming to
be successful must be carried on I'M
der definite and we'll tried rules. Crops
can be raised on a small rainfall, but
only when the farmer unites labor and
patience and knowledge. For decade
a tragedy has been forming on the dry
lands of the west Men have been
reaping good crops under ordinary
farming methods and have deceived
themselves into the belief that they
had mastered the mystery Of dry farm :
ing. The coming of a dry period has
shown that they have not learned the
alphabet Of the science It will be
necessary to begin all over again to
spread the knowledge Of the conquest
OF dry soil among the western settlers.
The Colorado Springs congress. meet
ing when dry farming is discredited in
the minds OF half Of the people in the
semi arid states, will have an oppor-
tunity to do it's greatest service. But
the problem must be faced in spirit
of logged determination to succeed In
settling a great question. All OF the
fiction produced by the land agents
during the wet period on the plains
must be thrown into the waste basket
The cold truth that these lands have
been overvalued in many states must
be faced and a readjustment made ir
values as well as in methods. 1t may
| be sober meeting in some respects
| but it can be made Of enormous value
! to the western states if it is dominated
by sane experience and not led into ex-
! vagances by blind enthusiasm.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17

we shall know how the people feel
about it. Now, it is sometimes ques-
ton of which side can hire the most
automobiles.
Talk about spectacles for the gods!
Where can you beat that one pre-
scented by LATE Young berating sena-
tors for talking just to make a record"
$50
Some day a man by the name of
Killing will learn that the great national
game is likely to go right on when he
stops just the same as If he was still
in it.
Now and then foolish American
girl who has married a foreign title
gets what is coming to her-then she
sails for home and mamma.
Weather prediction: BY and by. If
you do not love your fellowmen more
and yourself less. it will set warmer.
Jack Johnson Is attracting so much
attention in London that crowds have
TO be dispersed by the police wherever
he stops a few minutes. All of which
illustrates the fact that most any kind
Of king can get the eye Of the pub
ic" wherever he finds a bunch Of weak
lines.
If we had some thing more serious to
talk about this whole Canadian reci-
rpoci.y business wouldn't amount TO
much.
Il is jus. little too warm to work
up much enthusiasm in political
campaign 70 le pulled off a year hence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
RANGE OF RAcnEL's VOICE
In Speaking; the Fameus Prsneh ~
tress Had Compass Of Two
Full oetaves.

A Prussian prince, q cousin of tho
German Emperor william l., has left,
some curious notes upon Rachel. OF
whom he was great admirsr. These
hsve been quoted In . lecture upon
the famous actress. The prince nd.
led her elocution from musical
standpoint and took down notes OF
her voice AZ she delivered some OF
her most effective speeches. He
found, for instance, that in a passage
Of Racine's "Bajazet" she went down
to F in the bass. In one Of andre.
maque" and another of "Adrienne Le-'
couvreur" her voice spoke . word on
the upper e. and uttered cry on up.
per F sharp. Her speaking voice
thus had compass Of two full oc|
taves. But. a. 4 rule, no observed
that she used only seven notes. con.
sisting Of the first seven ascending
notes from the bass Of the scale OF
F sharp minor. but with the p sharp
ened.
It would be curious to know-but
the prince does not seem to have a.
certained-whethert this musical nota.
tion Of Rachel's speaking voice 10 rig
orous and invariable. and it would be
worth a musicians while to apply tho
same study to some contemporary &C.
tors and actresses.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
THE CONSTITUTION MUST BE PRESERVED

Des Moioes hotels and restaurants
c!!mred upon the water and soft drinks
wagon Immediately following the dec.-
sion Of the supreme court adverse to
the cold bottle and then climbed Oft
again-except two which preferred
safety 70 The raNe-otf. Now rhev hay.
al once more mounted the vehicle
again. The hotel and restaurant men
Will raise a fund to carry the appea!
TO the United States supreme court OF.
the ground that mans constitutional
privileges Of personal liberty are being
cenied BY the supreme court Of Iowa.
Personal liberty is the brightest star
n the galaxy Of human rights The
legislature and supreme court of Iowa
must not conspire to abolish liberty
and ensiaTe free American citizens
Inc sacred rights for which our an
ceStors shed the holy blood Of patriotic
nartyrdo@n must not be ENDANGERED.
And the Des MONIES hotel ana cafe
proPrietors are sure thai ore cf these
blood bought rights is the holy and in
herent privilege 10 serve snits. slugs
and hookers with two thi.. slices Of
rye bread or d hard-boiled egg.
\ oas g court supreme. What? Did
the American ycomanry gather at
Bunker Hill TO roll the defeated SOL
diery Of sord!d king back down the
slope Of Breeds for ,h!s? Wha, OF
earth do you suppose Washington
prayed for at Valley Forge if not for
the sacred rights Of th;rsto Didn't Mad
Anthony Wayne, leading his bayonets
up stony Point cheer his heroes on
with the assurance that untold gener-
atoms yet unborn should have beer
With their meals Didn't Ethan Allen
demand the surrender Of Ticonderoga
in the name Of the long stein and the
continental cocktail? Do you imagine
for minute that Carroll Of Caro!!ton,
would have signed the declara ton Of
independence il he had dreamed that
Iowa cafe keepers would be denied the
God given right 70 peddle booze by
supreme court whose grardfatners
were yet TO be born? Aw. Go chase
yerselt. All Of them guys would have
laid down and quit and Pat Henry and
the other geezers who took six months
to make the constitution would have
cut out constitutioning and gone on o
bat. Sure Mike. When any supreme
court gets to ulonkeyin' with the holy
human personal right 70 throw in a few
in any old place it's time the free
American people got busy in defense of
the freedom our ia theirs fit for.
Sink or swim, live or die" said
John Adams. Il am for this declara-
ton" John Adams has long been dust
but the defense Of human freedom has
fallen upon worthy shoulders. The
hotel men of Dies Moines stand in solid
phalanx beofre the sacred cocktail mad
ringed in battle array about the beer
pump or personal liberty. Sink or swim,
preferably swim, they are for the con-
stitution
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
VACATIONS.

Most Of the men who work a., the
year and sieze ten days or two weeks
as a breathing spell are either OF or
getting ready for their vacations
Now a vacation ought 20 be a build
Ing up period. That is judged by the
time allowed, the man VINO has worked
hard fifty weeks ought TO 60 out ard
build up ali the wear and tear in two.
He cant do IL But he should do the
best he can at il. About six men out
er than when they Went away because
they seek TO crowd into their two
weeks Of liberty three months Of rec
reation. sightseeing. and pleasure.
a vacation is not to have a devil OF
a time Il. Il Is not for a trip Of the
office man to a large city and Ten days
of sleepless nights and crowded days.
That's the most idiotic form OF vaca-
ton. It Is harder than two months over
work. 1t doesn't build up II rips.
Then again the Office man who pre-
poses 10 get six weeks outing out OF ten
days makes the same mistake. He is
one of those who come home tired He
jumps into hard work rowing under
the hot sun, trarprg with q gun, or
some similar labor until his unaccus-
toned muscles cry out night and
mornings. Many a man takes off ten
pounds where he should have put them
on simply because he !magines ne must
do ten times as much in TWO weeks rs
common sense indicates.
The fact is that vacation, should be
made a resrfuI time. Fish II you like.
but fish as you would work outdoors,
in reason. Hunt If you choose and the
laws permit you, but don't Try 70 scour
the whole country and Kill all the
game. Do all in reason Get just tired
enough TO enjoy rest. And rest.
Mind TOO, that a tent six miles up
the river is about as happy a spot Is
one GOO miles away and that il IS $50
cheaper. The fact IS that most people
spend more money than they need to
at a distance. The dream rarely comes
true. The fishing e never what the ad-
vertisement indicated--or at any rate
the catching isn't. 1t is Just as much
fun to sit in your OWE srnudge as 70
pay SO day to sit in mosquito smoke
built by an Indian.
A little common sense is the finest
thing to take on a vacation. And com
mon sense says rest. Get outdoors.
Almost anywhere. There isn't so much
difference in climate as people think.
Get out where your eye will rest across
long green distances; where the springs
are cool and the shade falls early. a
grove is grove and stream is a
stream Both are leaves and running
water. Along their banks are green
grass and amid their boughs the lutter
of wings and the pipe Of the birds o
mornings You don't have 70 trave! q
thousand miles and spend a month 5
wages or so to find then-and rest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
An American Army Reserve.

minneapolis Journal
Major General Leonard Woo! Is evil
IDENTITY trying 10 introduce little OF
lha German system in;o our army. de
proposes to make the enlistment term
ten years. Three years are to be served
with the colors. During the remaining
seven years according to his plan. each
soldier is 10 be in the reserve. He
would have entire freedom of civil life
with full choice as % place OF resi-
dence and occupation, but would have
to keep the adjutant general OF the
army always informed of his where
ahcuts. Il is proposed that during
thcs.. seven years he be paid the nom
iraI sum of $50 d month for his
trouble in keeping in touch with the
war department General Wood would
also have these men under obligation
20 attend n7aneuvers with the militia
ard the regular army every other year
for a period of eight days.
Each year. under the present fiat en-
listnent period Of three years. the army
loses about twenty thousand men. II
these men were saved TO the army
thru the reserve for q period Of seven
years after their enlistment period ex-
pirad. they would build up force OF
approyinarelv one hundred and forty
thousand men. These men. General
Wood believes could be placed in the
field IN a few hours. With the militia
and the regular army of one hundred
thousand they would make up a force
Of four hundred thousand men.
The effect OF this system on re-en-
list!n.nts has been brought up as an
objection to the plan, 20 which General
Wood responds that he does not desire
re-en!istments. He and the officers who
agree with him hold that the interests
Of the nation will be best served by
giving to as many citizens as possible
an army training. They maintain that
the American people will be much bet
ter prepared for war il there are large
number Of men who have learned SOL
diery than by the maintenance OF
large standing army.
One objection urged to the Wood plan
is that the payment Of SIS dollars a
year to the reservists would be prac-
tically thrown away, as the regular
army men would be likely to volunteer
in case Of war anyway. and the spall
payment would create no obligation
that patriotism did not already impose.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
Our Mental Horizon.

In childhood we fancied ourselves
walled in by the horizon, a. BY .
glass bell. and doubted not, by distant
travel. we should reach the paths Of
the descending sun and stars. On
experiment the horizon dies before
Us, and leaves US on an endless COM
mon, sheltered by no glass bell. Yet
It's strange how tenaciously we cling
to that beIl.astronomy, rs a protected
domestic horizon.-Emerson.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
THE LODGES.

n MASONIC sNoTIoEos
VIVIAN In New Masonic 4.1somDaA
,"\visitors always welcomeh BIZ I
MARSHALL LODGE. 1es. "a r. =
A., H., Stated communicated Jons ~,
at 3 p. N. ~ ~ g
r. W. ChambssIein, ~. -. y
John w. Wells Secretary. - ,ss,,:ss. ~ :
naNDr CHAPTER No. 80. n. u. y.
Stated conclave Monday evening. Tune
10. at 8 o'clock. ~
Jrsd wallace. 81. F.
I q. Willard, Secretary.
81. ALDEsdAR cosfAdANDDRY 40.
80, K. T.-Stated conclave Tuesday
evening, June 20, at 8 o'clock. ~,
Fred Wallace, Recorder.
I. T. Forbes, e: G.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81, o. n,
S-Regular meeting Wednesdays even.
ing, July ~. at p. m.
Edna c. Fularton, W. u
Lillian Norton. Secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
We Come At Last.

We come at last 20 a little place
Where We can lie and know
No beating of the binding race
OF tides that round US flow
A little place far off sonew here.
Beyond the battle and the care!
We come at last, be sure of that,
To some still nook Of rest,
And one hand on the other hand,
And both crossed on the breast.
A little place where revermore
The engines race, the mill wheels
roar!
We come at last as time will tell,
To one place sweet and green.
With soft young grass our little lips
And Gods blue sky between.
A little place where hearts may KEEP
The trvstlng of the long. long sleep!
We come at lasl-how glad We'll be
To troubles end apace;
And, Oh, how sweet the smile they
see
To look upon our face.
A smile so sweet that maybe thru
The soil twin bloom as violecs DO.
Baltimore Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17

scientific development that will open
up wonderful opportunity for the
Young man who IS a trained agricuI-
turist There is sure to be an ever
increasing demand for the graduates
OF agricultural schools to direct farm
ing operations. to teach agriculture in
colleges and high schools. and for other
scientific agricultural work that will
absorb all the young men the schools
can turn out for years to come
The young man who !s IT. doubt
about what course to take in college
may We'll mink about these things.
Investigation viii show him that the
pursuit OF scientific agriculture offers
him both a profitable occupation and a
delightful life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
Topics of the Times

If one could separate the real senti-
nent in Washington for and against
reciprocity from the personal predelic-
tons of those in official life, the show
than 1t is.
According TO his opponents Senator
LaFollette is continually failing. If
all these things be true there is no
one in the country that can beat him
coming back"
We are in favor of supplement to
the law which gives man the privilege
OF voting. He ought to be compelled to
vote SO that when an election is held
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
Your Nsiohbors Experience.

How you may profit by It. Take
Foley Kidney Pills. Mrs. E. G. Whiting.
$50 Willow street, Akron O.. says: For
some time I had a very serious case Of
kidney trouble and I suffered with
backaches and dizzy headaches. I had
specks floating before my eyes ana I
felt all tired out and miserable. saw
Foley Kidney Pills advertised and got
a bottle and took them according 20
directions and results showed almost
at once. The pain and dizzy headaches
left me. my oversight became clear and
today can say 1 am q well woman.
thank to Foley Kidney Pills" Mcbride
G. Will Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
THE AMERICAN CLAM NEXT.
burlington Eawkeye.l

Clam shells from Cedar river are now
being shipped 10 Germany, where an
exceptional grade Of buttons is being
made out OF these shells, which are
said TO be OF unusually fine quality
We have just begun with clam farming,
and some years will elapse until we
get the thing down pat. but 1t Is fair
to assume that ere long we shall be
growing much finer clam shells than
have ever been produced. and we shall
DE producing just the kind which the
market demands. And, no doubt, Ger
many will be getting into the business
ere long, and as she generally does
things with the greatest care it Is even
possible that some day she may be
sending clam shells to Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
HOW ABOUT IT?

tBremer County independent
one of the magazines Is running an
advertisement to the effect that il you
will invest 81 a month in a Florida
land scheme that in a little while you
will be receiving an income of 5000
a year Almost any man ought to be
willing to spend 81 to accomplish such
an end. provided he could be sure Of
the emo AS matter Of fact. the men
who promise such things are liars. II
they really had such a scheme they
would not he selling shares in it. They
would keep it themselves. 1t is not the
good things that are offered for sale.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
Iona Newspapers
BILL AND TEDDY.
dubuque Telegraph Herald. ]

ItoS@NS1I "N " Q q f7'I "
They met al the Gibbons jubilee:
Hello Bill
Hello Theodore"
They appeared to De as friendly as
two peas in a pod True or untrue,
it doesn't make much difference any
nov One left the republican party q
corpse and the other Is conducting the
obsequies. Nor can the verbos!ty OF
tn. one and the fat Of the other stave
off the intermen,.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17

clnematogrsph In Crest Britain.
Great Britain imports from the
United States . majority Of TIE cine
matograph Aims used By It It costs
from 6 to 50 cents to see Q moving
picture show in Great Britain.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
MOVES TO ADJOURN.

tSto!t: S!t.' !nrrnaH.
II the senate could dispose of the
reciprocity matter within, say month.
IT is not unlikely everybody would be
in the mood for adjournment by the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
sea.weed Eating Nations.

China and japan are pre-emineutly
the seaweed eating nations Of tho
world. Among no. other people are
seaweeds so extensively eaten and 70.
l1shed aa food
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
\ soPHsT1cAL OBJECTION.

TWchster City Freeman IflDuNe.J
Il has been urged against Z. d.
Chassel, prospective candidate Tor
secretary OF state that he should not
asptrs. to that position because he IS
Just closing a term of six years as
state binder. And strange as 1t may
seen? this "p-etext" is presented by
men y-ho have been candidates for one
thing and another almost continu-
ously for thirty years and by some
who urged Garst for United States
senator on the ground that Mr.. Garst
was entitled to 1t because of his long
services to the state-in holding puo-
lie office and filing each one We'll 1t
wax a laudable ambition on the part or
Warren Garst to want to go hlGhsr
and It is a laudable ambition on the
part Of Mr.. Chassell to desire greater
honors The office Of secretary OF state
of Iowa is a position Of much respon-
s!bility and, if properly filed. one or
considerable honor AS business
onosition-simmered down to dollars
and cents-State Binder Chassell is
getting more out Of his present onice
than he could hope to get out or the
higher station-but such positions as
secretary Of state OF commonwealth
like Iowa are not sought alone De-
cause Of the salary attached.
Mr. Chassell Is man OF character
and ability. He has served the people
faithfully and we'll in every official po-
sjtion he ever occupied and the fact
that he is now state binder should not
mitigate against him in his contest
for a higher and more responsible po-
sition.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
IllumInatIna Gas.

1aooa-sso" was |:.as1.'= srese.
at the dinner? Illuminating? Egbert
oh. yes; there was a lot Of gas in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
AGRICULTURE FOR YOUNG MEN.
TDes Moines Register and Leader.

The Iowa young man who is Won
dering what sort Of an education to
get for himself is respectfully re-
ferred to the fact that the graduates
of the agricultural courses at the
state college at Anes were IN such
demand this year that none OF them
had any trouble in securing q salts
factory position for himself at once
This was particularly true of the men
who completed the animal fusbandry
course. These men were in demand
for farm managers, for special agri-
cultural work and for teachers. and the
supply did not equal the demand, be-
cause 80 large d pTopoTs:S:: cf TIE
graduates had arranged to go to their
home farms or their own farms.
Without any question. agriculture
in Iowa is entering upon a period OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17

Some Of the reac:iona-y papers Of
Iowa" says he Webster City Free
man Tribune. are complaining at the
announced proposal. to remove COL
lec,o- Tobin.' But there is no such
proposal announced o. otherwise. Mr..
Tohin viii retire because Of the ex-
piratior 81 hts term
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17

The antireciprocicy politicians" says
the Davenport Times. ara asserting
that the farmers are hard pressed
Then who is hiring the lobbyists"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17

Hang cling out a flag IS not a severe
test OF patriotism. BIZ. some Of us are
unequal TO it," says the Sioux City
Journal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17

The state board Of health ms issued
& bulletin on what 10 10 with your boy
if he ha ppens 70 be injured on the
Fourth Of July" observes the Cedar
Rapids Republican. The best thing
20 90 with your boy is not 10 let MIN
get into mischief on the Fourth Of July,
Teach him the beati:udes Of sane
Fourth"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17

TIE Charles City Press says Mr..
Haugen has been defeated so often by
the correspondents and then reelected
by he people that il is strange that
any reputable newspaper will publish
the stuff
..L:i.lrial
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-17
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Il: may De thai LaFollette's presi-
Dental boom IS busted" says the Mason
City Gio5e-Gaze:te. out that man La
Toilette has recuperative powers which
are amazing. Il is not a safe bet 20
ever wager tina, LaFollette will not
come Back