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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-20
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES

III the people were more independent
and voted the way they talk instead Of
the way they are instructed to by the
political bosses" complains the Ackley
Press, democrat, there would be lac
question about the presidential out
come in 1912. 1t is q peculiar trait IN
mankind to see the light and instead
of being guided by 1t. turn it out"
"The fellows who have been grumb-
ling for years because we never have
any more Of those good old time win
ters,' have surely been getting their AL
during the past couple or three weeks,
notes the Ackley World.
The Baskerville Republican urges
that the fact should not be lost sight
of that the Hon. Lafayette Young will
be in the field for United States sena-
tor when the time comes, He should
be in the senate now. The people
should rebuke the legislature by vot-
ing in favor of Mr.. Young for sena-
tor"
Encouraged in this undertaking by
certain politicians who for reasons OF
their own want to see a large field of
candidates and by friends who have
been associated with him in his seed
corn campa ign. the Ames professo or
found also another incentive in the
fact that he wanted to resign anyway
because his relations with the present
chairman of the state board of educa-
ton are not pleasant. and it was only
a few months ago that he nearly lost
his position says the Sac Sun. ITO
resign now and enter into this cam
paign will not be bad advertising
whatever the result"
The Tama News noticed that ga doc
tor who prescribes whisky seldom
wants for patients"
The Waterloo Times Tribune sug-
gests that Professor Holden can call
to mind great many men who
wouldn't leave their life's work to en-
ter campaign for governor.
Senator Cummins' silence is inter-
preted very much as Colonel Roose-
velt's is saws the Sioux City Journal.
The Webster City Freeman Tribune
Says ilo pupllC p!IlIidl, liidtlSI
high his station, has a moral right to
recommend any man for any office IN
less in the judgment of said official
that man is the best qualified of the
candidates for the place.
IF Professor Holden. George W.
Clarke, Col. Dave Palmer and dozen
others who might be mentioned for
governor, should take Professor Hol-
den's late advice and go to Idaho.
where he says land is worth three
times as much as Iowa land" the
Iowa City Republican asserts. iowa
would elect a governor next fall and
the state would move right along just
as tho nothing had happened"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-20
n. Did Hi. Beet.

Mistakes made over the telephone
are sometimes az humorous as they are
serious. The Boston Herald tells one
involving the suburban woman and her
husband.
"You know" she said, II wanted to
persuade our hens to lay in the nests
we had provided for them. SO tele-
phoned my husband to bring home .
couplAsof artificial eggs with him."
@'Weli. and didn't hep
Didn't he? He brought homo pair
OF cork leRs!"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-20
SEGREGATION IN HIGH SCHOOLS.
IOelwein Register.]

The segregation Of the sexes in the
high school is becoming the regular
thing in many of the eastern schools.
and it is probably good move. An
example Of the objection OF co-educa-
ton in the high school is noted in the
high school in an Iowa city. While the
advantages OF co-education may he
greatly exaggerated there is little ques
ton but what in cities Of considerable
size the results from an educational
and moral standpoint win be better if
separate high schools for the sexes are
maintained.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-20
standins the Test.

ITO test q sentry an officer after the
salute said:
z" Z 81 me see your rihe.' The recruit
handed 1t over, whereupon the officer
said in disgust: You're fine soldier!
You've given up your rife, and now
what are you going to dor The young
! seIls.~e Assur c..t dangerous knife and
exclaimsdsi Give me that rine Or I'll
cak your heart out!'
syfThe officer was more than convinced
thGt he would, and hastily handed the
weApen back
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-20

er days the minister had another pow
er than that of his public speaking.
The preacher when he was cure. e
parish priest, knew his souls as the
shepherd his hnddled sheep and could
make direct appeal to thet maK.s.sstl the
woman, the child. sitting beneath him.
His function was then asdi6erent Mea
ter. He was giving his own people the
needed lesson, the immediate adm0ni-
ton, the tender encoura&ement, the
spiritual solace they required from
him Under pres mt conditions tina
minister rarely has even bowling ac-
quaintance with hts whole 4congregn-
ton. and an intimate Knowledge OF the
spiritual aspirations of probably. NOT
more than dozen, II that many. His
appeal from the pulpit must depends
not upon his Knowledge OF the needs
Of his people. but upon the universalttS
Of hts knowledge and upon his power
Of penetrating the secrets and sofrows.
the disappointments and feeblenesseS
Of unknown lives.
Secondly, the channels Of informaS
ton and Of mental and spiritual up
building are now much more numerous
than formerly. Books are 80 ubtquifi-
Gus and 30 accessible. the humber OF
writer's and thinkers so multiplied over
the earth. that people are less and less
trained to listen. When they do become
passive enough to listen they demand
art-music or trained and; beautiful
speech. Perhaps average discourse Is
apt to become apathetic when no one
can answer back: Moreover, the drama,
novels, mustc--indeed, all the arts
nowadays-ars scls-consciensiy ana
deliberately inspiring"
Read the Bible.
With the "Congregationalist" advice
to it's readers to begin to read the bible
a little more in 1912 we are In hearty
accord. Wed go father and n advise
everybody. old or young. but espectally
the young. to read tina bible IN 1917 not
only a little more but a great deal
more. Those who dpr.t read Il. are
throwing away one Of the most price, .
less treasures In their inherfahca
Over and beyond other things. the bible
Is an education in good English; our
greatest writer's, orators, lawyers Were
drought up on It. But will our
valued Boston weekly contemporary
get forth its reasons for another New
Years counsel given to its large fans
lily? Begin to read your daily news<
paper a little less" II; says to them.
Just why should an intelligent rAmeri-
can citizen read his daily .newspaper
any less carefully In 1912 that In 1911
Hartford Courant. .,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-20
For Sunday Reading
dill Sorts Of Obinisnt
Dr.. White Favors Dancing.


The board Of education was congrat-
ulated yesterday by Rev. r. A. White,
of he Peoples Liberal church, on the
stand it has taken in turning some of
the school buildings into dance halls.
Dr. White declared himself as unre-
servedly in favor of using the school
halls as social centers. He said he
hoped the time would soon come when
every school in the city is used for
that purpose.
The school board is to be commend
ed very strongly" said Dr.. White in a
prelude to his sermon, for the step 1t
has taken in regard to dances in school
buildings. In my opinion this Is a
long step in the direction OF saving our
young men and women.
II have always been in favor Of this.
My sympathy dates back to the time
when I was a member of the school
board, during the administrations of
Dunno and Busse.
ut is true that the board OF educa-
ton has been made the object Of very
harsh criticism. This criticism rs very
honest, without doubt. but 1 think It
is as unwise as it is honest
"The decent citizens Of Chicago have
been fighting the dance hall very in
effectually Not on account OF the
dance itself. but because there goes
with 1t the saloon and the white slave
element. There are few dance: held IN
Chicago that do not have saloon an
mex to the building where they are
held.
The school board has taken de-
cisive step toward eliminating this
evil Dances held under the auspices
of the school board and principals will
he decent and will be long step
toward doing away with the dance evil
in this city"
"The .FooIishness Of Preaching"
Many people today have tacitly
agreed that "the sermon is the least
effective part Of the church service,
that "the sermon period is little more
than a period of uncomfortable wait
ing" and that the conventional SER
mon" is "a tradition which has sur
vived into a. generation for which 1t
has lost its meaning" So the editor
OF Hnrper's Weekly affirms, comment
ing on letter from an active church
member, a professor in a western uni
versity, who writes to him stating the
problem Of the inenectiveness Of the
modern pulpit in some Of the phrases
! Just quoted. Whether there be any
solution Of the problem. this editor car
not say, but he does think there are
many reasons for Its existence. And
he proceeds: III
First, great public speaking IL
rare and high gift granted to very
few, and granted 1t would seem. as
time goes on, to fewer and fewer. 1t
never was granted TO many. but in 9TH
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-20
Shopplna Up, % pate.

mo, mono Of these hats suggest ny
1t Ill. You zee. I'm great
racegoer, adore drama read. CLASHES
in the original. Eympathiss with the
woman's movement. travel q gooA
deal. and am intensely temperamsnta1s'
The hat I want must convey an
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-20
Iona Newspapers
THE IDAHO DEAL.

Professor Holden may have made
that Idaho investment for his old age,
or his i'll health, but the fellows VINO
were using him We're making their
investments for speculation and they
used the name of Holden to catch
suckers with, to defraud them in the
end, for that is the ending of most
such mushroom enterprises. BY the
way what has become of the Idaho
speculation? Is it not true that some
Of the promoters have been indicted for
frauds?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-20
THE CAMPAIGN FOR IOWA"
boone NeWs.1

The News -Repuh licail is not IN sym
pathy with any campaign which Is de-
pendent upon the term, greater Iowa"
as it's stock in trade. We are not will
ing to admit that any man who is like
ly to become candidate on the re-
publican side is for anything else but a
greater Iowa. 1t is clearly begging the
question to start out on campaign
for the governorship by assuming a
copyright on the term greater Iowa"
and all that it implies. 1t is an af-
front to the intelligence Of the voters
Of the state to presume that they
would be for anything else other than
a greater Iowa. The property OF boost
ing belongs to no one by divine right,
it is a common cause.
Having assured ourselves that the
candidates already mentioned are all In
favor Of greater Iowa, our choice will
lie with the man who suits US best. and
we can not but look askance at any
movement which assumes to ride into
office on slogan which is the COM
mon slogan Of every good citizen, re-
publican and democrat alike, in pro-
gressive Iowa. -,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-20

presidential family should 1t least give
notice to the head Of the house before
he sets flre to the sitting room.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-20

"The fellows who have been grumb-
ling for years because we never have
any more Of those good old time win
ters,' have surely been getting their AL
during the past couple or three weeks, '
notes the Ackley World.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-20

The Tama News noticed that ga doc
tor who prescribes whisky seldom
wants for patients"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-20

The Waterloo Times Tribune sug-
gests that Professor Holden can cal
to mind a great many men who
wouldn't leave their life's work to en-
ter campaign for governor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-20

Senator Cummins' silence is inter
preted very much as Colonel Roose
velt's is SAYS the Sioux City journal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-20

The Webster City Freeman Tribune
says mo public official, no matter how
high his station, has a moral right tc
recommend any man for any office IN
less in the judgment of said official
that man is the best qualified of the
candidates for the place.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-31

He could do this with a battle
front only 80 miles long, and if
his army be not too demoralized,
could offer a desperate resistance.
But it is question just how de-
mora1ized his army now is, pen
ned up as it is in the triangle
formed by the Black Sea, the
Bosphorous and Sea of Marmora,
and long line of Bulgarian bay
Onets.
Detailed reports of the battle
at Lule Burgas are lacking, but
there is little room to doubt that
the slaughter on both sides was
terrible.
Dispatches from Belgrade and
Athens show a steady advance of
the Servian and Greek armies.
They will soon be in control of
Macedonia and all of Albania ex-
cept Scutari, where the Turks
still are holding out, and where a
Montenegrin assault was re-
pulsed.
Athens.-Queen Olga has left
for the front to join King George.
eff necessary I shall shoulder
a musket and fight in the ranks
for my country" she said before
leaving.
Paris.-The shooting of the
Russian airman, Popof, while
making a reconnaissance oyer Ad-
rianople for the Bulgars, is caus-
ing great excitement among avia-
tors.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-31

When this failed they used shrap-
mel and were successful.
Belgrade.-A report that Aus
tria and Russia have got Rou-
mania to promise to object if the
allies try to seize too much Turk
ish territory to suit the powers
has caused intense anger here.
The plan is said to be for Rou-
mania to step in at the last mo-
ment and interfere in the parti-
ton, getting as a reward a slice of
territory.
Roumania not only did not get
into the fight, but very plainly
showed her Turkish sympathies.
Vienna.-Austria reported to-.
be negotiating with Servia as to
the split-up Of Turkish territory.
Paris.-Tsar Ferdinand will
have his flannel underwear de-
spite the cruel fortunes of war.
Ferdinand recently sent an
aide to this city to buy the under
wear for him. The aide was sud-
denly recalled before he could
get the underwear.
Now the young and beautiful
wife of the aide has purchased the
unmentionables and will take
them to Sofia.
Landlady-You believe in mus
Ao-J 1D1o e4a-c Doctor
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-31

Landlady-You believe in mus
tard plasters doctor?
M. D.-Rather! l always order
them for patients who call me out
in the middle of the night when
there's nothing the matter with
'em.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-31
---o-o--

Ireland was first described as
the Emerald Isle" in the poem
called erin" by DR.. brennan,
who died in 1920.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-18
Real Cause of Defense.

The caption of an editorial reads
Fisher Defends President Taft
The Fisher referred to is a cabinet
officer, a we'll known progressive.
The explanation as to who Fisher
is, is merely for the purpose of iden-
tiAcation.
So far as the headline quoted is
concerned there is no logical reason
except that the enemies of the RE-
publican party are at work, why
there should be a defense put up
for Mr.. Taft, from a Republican
point of view.
Mr.. Taft has faithfully carried
out the national platform of the
Republican party as every man who
reads knows. In addition, he has
met the progressive spirit the party
has shown. and nothing has been left
undone by him that the party as a
whole wants done,
Why then should he be defended
In his own party, except on the
ground that there is treason in the
party? Evidently, those who want
to slay the leader of the fort aim
to destroy the fort. 1t must be true,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-18
Farmlng with DYNAMITE.

Where the surface soil is under
laid with layer of compact subsoil
or hardpan that is impervlous to
water and impenetrable to the roots
of growing crops, the rain runs off
quickly and the land suffers severely
in times of drouth.
Blowing up with dynamite this
compact subsoil to form under
ground reservoirs has been tried with
good results, says Farm and Home.
Bore holes in the ground two to six
feet apart and from twenty to
thirty feet apart according to the
nature OF the subsoil and harpand.
About eighty sticks of dynamite
are used per acre. which cost $3.50
with caps and fuse.
An ordinary two-inch auger with
a long handle ia used and a half
pound stick of blasting powder is
placed in each hole. The explosion
breaks the ground all around for a
distance of ten to fifteen feet, makes
an opening at the surface eight to
ten inches in diameter, and forms a
subreservoir below the bottom OF
hole from three to six feet in diam
ter, with the hardpan shivered into
fragments. The openings and holes
so created should be partially filled
with sand or gravel to keep them
opened permanently for the surplus
rainfall. The work can be done in
leisure time in dry weather. Largely
increased crops result. The modern
method of tree planting is to blow a
hole for each tree with dynamite.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-18
Cleaner city.


clarksburg is to be cleaner. That
means the sanitation is to be better.
This will be brought about as a re-
suit OF the creation OF the Office OF
sanitary policeman, to which office
the city council appointed w. w.
Ours
transferred to the jurisdiction of
the police department, the santa
ton department is to be operated
systematically. All complaints
should be referred to the police de-
partment hereafter either in writing
or by telephone. When this is done,
Mayor Moore's order is that the san
itary officer be detailed at once to
look after the conditions complained
of.
The more fragrant violations are
to be looked after first by Mr. Ours,
who is now engaged In making a
personal inspection OF Glen Elk.
He will devote himself constantly to
personal inspection until every prop
erty in the city has been visited,
and after that his rounds will be
constantly kept UP.
The wisdom OF the creation OF the
Office is apparent and much
cleaner city is assuredly in prospect.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-18
Not a Roosevelt Policy.


Theodore Roosevelt charges that
federal patronage is being used to
get delgates for the denomination of
Taft. He raves about the outrage"
and, travelling from one state to
another, tells the people that APP
pointments to government office
must be taken out of politics.
For seven and half years Roose-
welt was president and all that time
he was satisfied to keep the power
OF appointment In his own hands!
Furthermore, he used 1t to do pol
itics on all OCCASIONS, his California
selections in many instances being
typical of the way he played the
game when he had an inning.
Thus declares the Sacramento,
Calf, Union, which makes an in
>teresting comparison or Roosevelt
boasting and Taft accomplishment,
continuing as follows:
Yesterday Taft sent to Congress
a message asking that all first ana
second class postmasters. pension
agents, land office employees, reve-
nue. and customs officials, and Others
DO put under civil service regula-
tons and that such legislation be
provided as would require the presi-
dent to make his selections from
eligible lists. a
Did Roosevelt as president ever
propose such a reform? Not that
we have heard of. We recall
that he did issue an order subiecting
all applicants for positions in the
consular service to examination.
but he was careful not to go further
than an executive proclamation
which he might revoke at will
should it become irksome. lie did
not have it made a part of this law
Again the comparison must be
drawn between Roosevelt talk and
Taft performance Economy was
not one of the Roosevelt policies"
held sacred by Clifford Pinchot, Jim
my Garfield ct al of the tennis cabi-
net. While he was president the
postofice department ran up a
deficit of from $12, 900, 900 to $17,-
100000 year President Taft. has
wiped that out, shown a surplus of
more than 100000 year and
now proposes an additional annual
saving of $40, 100000 by the consol-
tdatiou of numerous petty federal
Offices.
Roosevelt's friends will doubtless
say that the president is playing pol
tiles, but they will have hard time
showing that the colonel ever
asked Congress to take patronage
out of his hands in order to save the
country money.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-18
announcements
FOR CONGRESS

announce my candidacy for Con-
gress from the First Congressional
District of West Virginia, subject
the decision of the Republican voters
at the State Primaries to be held
.Jule- 4th, 1912,
h. - GEORGE A. LAUGHLIN.
I am candidate for Congress from
the First Congressional district of
West Virginia, subject to the Repub-
1lcan primary 10 be held June 4. 1912
L expect 10 make a fair, clean and
honest canvass Of all the counties in
the district for the nomination.
ALEX. r. CAMPBELL.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-18

A normal course in pennmanship,
for teachers of common ond prepar-
atory schools, has been established
in Berlin, for the purpose of testing
a new system of chlrography which
is designed to allow the individual
ity of the writer to express itself
without detriment to legibility. The
new system adapts pen, ink and pa
per to the individual necessities of
the writer. If the principle of the
system is found to be pedagogically
sonnd it will be introduced in the
public schools.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-18

am a candidate for sheriff Of
Harrison county, subject to the Re-
publican primary election to be held
the 4th day of June, 1912. am
heartily in favor of the primary
method of nominating candidates for
Office. l expect to make fair, clean
and vigorous canvass for the nomina-
ton; and II nominated, shall make
an aggressive campaign for the cleo
ton OF the whole Republican ticket;
and IL elected shall faithfully con-
cuct my office with courtesy to all.
JOHN NJ. KNOX.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-18
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

] hereby announce myself as a can.
didate for Justice OF the peace 70,
Clark district, Harrison county. sub
ject to the decision of the Republican
voters as expressed in the primary
election, to be held June 4. 1912.
WILLIAM POST.
I announce my candidacy for the
nomination for Justice of the Peace
Of Coal district, Harrison county
subject TO the Will of the voters at the
Republican primary election to be
held June 1, 1912.
w. e, STARCHER,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-18

Following the italian invasion OF
Trlpoli, 1t is announced that the
Arabic language Is to be taught in
the technical schools of Genoa, Leg
horn, Naples. Palermo and ealtanis-
setta.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-18
FOR SHEHIEF

/ am "a candidate for the nomination
for Sheriff of Harrison County. sub
ject to the Republican Primary to be
held June the 4th. 1912. am In the
race to win by making a fair ana hon
est fight, and II nominated and elect
ed will endeayor, to the best of my
ability, to conduct the office with hon
or to myself and to my party.
I. L. DAWSON.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-18

"As see It," says DIR. p. p. Clax-
on, the United States commissioners
OF education, "our most important
problem in education today is the
problem of the country schools,
where sixty-five per cent of the
children of the United States receive
their education"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-18
FOR EOYl.,RNnR

We are authorized 10 announce the
candidacy Of Dr. H. d. Hatfield, OF
Eckman. Mcdowell county. for nom
ination for Governor subject to the
Republican Primary Election, TO be
held on June 4. 1912.