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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-05

Liquid manure is worth ap-
proximately $500 per ton.
Roberts" estimates that it
manure is left in the yard, sub
jected to the action of the ele-
ments, that in six months it
loses more than one-third of its
value by teaching. In other
words. if so tons of manure is
worth $500 per ton, or $4,000,
and one-third is lost because OF
rains and wastes in other ways,
the farmer loses $4,000 worth of
fertility and his land is impover-
ished to that extent.
The same authority estimates
that the value of manure pro-
duced during seven winter
months on a farm carrying 4
horses, 20 cows, so sheep, and 10
pigs is worth $25O.OO. If that
manure is spread upon the land
as it accumulates, there is little
or no waste. Manure deterior-
ates with age. 1t should be APP
piled to the land when fresh, and
it should be applied in such a
manner that there is an even
distribution.
The manure spreader should
stand at the stable door, and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28
n. Old Aa..

In the state Of Massachusetts thss1
are 1900 persons ss years old or over.
who are dependent on outside help for
their living. This fact was discovered
after . careful investigation by COM
mission appointed by the state legisla-
ture two years ago. The aid they re-
ceive Is estimated at more than $780,.
900.
II the same condition holds turnout
the United States. relative. to popula-
ton. there are 1.128.o00 dependent old
persons in the country. supported at IN
annual cost Of $4,000. 900.
This expense can not be escaped. II
il part Of the cost of modern civiAxA,
ton. Somebody has to meet It
The problem set forth IN these flgs
ures was what the progressive con.
vention had In mind when 1t adopted
The plank urging the protection q
home life against the hazards Of sick
ness. irregular employment and old
age. thru the adoption Of . system of
social insurance adapted to Americas
use."-Kansas City Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28
AN ANCHOR TO W1NDWARD.

Chicago judge has earned graft
Nude as we'll as distinction by ruling
,icuc CO cor-. en- attempt TO establish
fAn insanity plea evidently brought for
tward as a last resort. The fellow I'M
sder trial was sane enough to do all
Kinds Of business and mingle among
*people without having his insanity"
discovered for a pretty long period Of
time and the judge stopped the pro-
weddings along the insanity line and
told counsel to get busy on the merits
:of the case. OF course 1t will go to the
supreme court if the defendant has
money enough to carry it up and the
supreme court will have its guess. No
telling what the upper court will do
<with it. If the substance and sinew
of appeal is not in pocket the lower
Judge has got away with it in this case
at least
Speaking Of the insanity" dodge
and the ease with which it works
criminals out Of the consequences of
crime the wife of well known attor-
ney jokingly said the other day that
she could establish her husbands in
tsanity." Years ago when he was
younger and more inclined to cut up
he pulled off the stunt which she de-
ponds upon. 1t was a very hot day and
the entire neighborhood was lying in
hammocks and under shade trees
+Easping. So as a matter Of mere humor
che put on heavy fur coat and moved
his lawn
There you have it. The lady is right
<The alienist and the jury would agree
hin q conclusion of insanity" that is
&the defendants alienist would agree
4with the jury. And if the trial were
upon a very hot day the evidence
would convince practically all the court
tIoom observers
A little fooling Is an anchor to wind
award. There is so much good in the
fworst of us and so much worse in the
sbest Of US that one never can tell. An
sanchor to windward is after all pre-
feautionary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28
"MA" AND TIE CoCInR KNOW.

Mrs. Watts has charge of the baby
health contest at the state fair. She
is astonished at the interest mani
tested by fathers of babies entered in
the contest. She says it means that
fathers have become interested in the
physical welfare Of their children.
Time was. Mrs. Watts tells US, when
fathers were interested in pigs and
ones interested in children.
Piffle. Mrs. Watts, piffle; You take
yourself too seriously altogether when
YOU announce the absurdity that men
are just beginning to be interested in
children and are ludcrous when you
remark that You are glad Of it,"
Mrs. Watts has evidently been
thrown among a very extraordinary
lot Of men. Otherwise she would know
better than to talk that way She has
never seen the anxiety Of fathers over
weak and sickly children or the pride
and deep satisfaction with which
fathers look on straight bodies and
healthy appetites. If she will consult
any family physician he will tell her
lot Of things about father that she
ought to know. Of fathers who pledge
their toll for years ahead in order that
crooked bodies may be Strengthened
and are ready for any personal sacri-
flee for the health and welfare Of their
children, of silent sacrifices as splendid
even as those of motherhood Mrs.
Watts is not talking, she is merely
prattlirg. She should investigate her
subject and learn something about it.
Afterward she would sound less like a
mothers convention of old maids
Ma" could tell her different Ma
could tell her how the lines deepen in
Pas" face and the gray on his tenn
Piles becomes more noticeable when the
doctor studies over the case OF one OF
the children. He doesn't say much and
he goes to his work knowing how
necessary at such time work and its
equivalent is. But Ma" understands
She knows. So does the doctor. ASK
them about Pa"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28

asement running from the chart class
to algebra and from frightened baby
to bull-voiced youth at the smart
age" In many districts she is ex-
pected to make up all holidays in
Guiding the one day at the county fair
when she is supposed to marshal and
overlook her school with careful eye.
And she does it as best she can, that
sincere, handwriting, earnest country
teacher who needs the money: and she
prays increasingly for job. any job, in
the city school.
Why not? Why shouldn't she seek
to get away from work which is ap-
parently unappreciated and where the
teacher. qualified with perhaps a first
grade certificate and high school
diploma and more often than not some
normal school training. why shouldn't
she strive to get away from job where
she Is janitor, fireman, coal HEAVIER,
father and mother for eight hours a
day, professor Of history, economics and
mathematics. kindergartener and all the
rest of it. Why shouldn't she see the
difference between the city school
where her cations are given as a
matter Of course and the school which
gives her half holiday on school cleo
ton when the voters desire to use the
schoolhouse and leaves her to sweep
up the tobacco juice and mud and dirt
left there by the sovereign voters Of
school district No -?
If there Is one thing most needed and
at once in the country schools il is
square deal for the country school
teacher. There are places where she
gets good treatment and where direc-
tors and patrons look toward her assist
ance and the best interests of the
school But on the whole her burden
is heavy. Generally the hired man re-
ceiveS more consideration at the hands
Of his employer than the schoolma am
does from hers.
What IS needed is a revival Of the
old-time spirit of appreciation of the
school and the teacher. Why in that
elder day the schoolteacher sat in the
seats Of honor where he belonged and
where the little sciluoilna'a ain who gives
Of her best belongs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28

Russian Imperial Geographical soci-
ETY., Of which he was an honorary
member. as = punishment for writing a
pamphlet. Of which q million copies
were circulated. warning Sweden and
Norway that Russia was planning to
seize territory on the Norwegian coast
for the sake of an ice-free coast.
Restoring a part Of the North
Platte forest reserve in Nebraska to
the public domain open for settle
ment will revive interest in a project
that was mooted several years ago.
but apparently abandoned. This Is
the forestration Of the sand hills by
the state. It has been amply proven
that the jack pine will grow on the
Nebraska sand hills, thrifty and
prolific. and that 1t has a CONNER
cial value.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28
BLUFFTNG AND GUESSING.
Davenport Democrat.

Once in a while Ex-Governor Leslie
NJ. Shaw says something worth MOTTO
Ing. He has been in politics long
enough to have learned a good deal.
and 1t may be taken for granted that
he has accumulated quite a stock Of
Information. The ex-governor gives
out an interview in which he rather
sights Taft, considers Roosevelt q
much changed man since 1904, and
places Governor Wilson among the
moderates or conservatives. He con-
cludes with these sensible words: ut
IS too early to predict with any degree
Of certainty the result OF the election
While we may have our hopes,
thoughts and beliefs, tho quoted
words state the fact. There are more
elements in the campaign this year
than usual, many more. There are
more voters in doubt.
But disregarding all this Mr.. Hilles,
the chairman Of the republican ma
tional committee, and Mr.. Taft's per-
sonal manager, comes to the front a
q buffer. He does not even make a
sane guess. It is impossible for him
to have any inside information. And
vet he makes a complete list Of the
states on paper and pretends to tell
where the ELECTORAL vote OF each will
go in November. All the doubtful
states. and 1t il generally. admitted
there will be several OF them this year.
are thrown into the Taft column.
Roosevelt is eliminated altogether:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28
Unnotieed Hsroisrn.


The men who take the early car
When dawn still tints the eastern
sky
They rear the structures broad and
high.
About their web Of steel they go
While the onlooker holds his breath;
They light their stubby pipes and blow
Smoke clouds into the face of death.
And make the world a dwelling place,
They grip the throttle, lay the rails
And stoke the fires for the race.
For they are hard and gaunt and
brown
And straight and sinewy and fine;
They are serene tho dangers frown,
These men on the worlds firing line.
Heroes indeed. But what Of her,
The little woman, good and sweet,
And brave as Spartan women were.
Who knows not when along the
street
The dread, slow march Of men may
Bearing the puseless form and still
OF him she loves when forces dumb
= Or roaring gears have had their will :?
zach day she fills his dinner pail
(. And never heroine Of old
Who buckled on her warriors mail
+! Possessed a truer heart Of gold.
~The gentle thoughts for him who
strives.
These hearten him to conquests
fine
Great is the courage Of the wives
OF men on our days firing line.
New York Globe.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28
Times Un11cAN, IOWA AUaUsr Is 1917

Mckinley and Roosevelt against Bryan
and Stevenson. Then the battle OF
and Fairbanks against
Parker and Davis. Then the nght 81
lsoS-TAft and Sherman against Bryan
and Kern. Nothing in these years dis
turbed the quietuds OF Mr.. Shorts
mind.
The Short record has been broken
in 1912 He Is In the Aeld with
drawn sword to save his native land.
He is In the clothing OF bull moose.
He has Just come to = realising sense
Of the tremendous Importance Of re-.
turning Roosevelt for . third terri
The contests Of other years DISTURBED
him not. His very soul is now Ahiaze.
MI Short this year (unless no re-
pents) will vote under conditions to
which ne has been stranger since he
came to mans estate. For the frst
time he will vote with enthusiasm.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28
THE LITTLE COUNTRY sCHooLMHMA,

Some counties report scarcity Of
yfural school teachers The wonder is
tthat the scarcity is not more marked.
Tone OF the immediate needs of the
@Fural school. whatever we may say or
sthink OF school consolidation is higher
appreciation and more helpful spirit
howard the county schoolma'am. The
NOchool teacher in the district school
SIarely has the backing she deserves.
xs4he Is unable to get the best out Of
tof the tendency to turn the school over
land forget it unless there is trouble.
sAnd that tendency is supplemented by
tanother which is too often the case to
tconsider the schoolmaam as the de-
kendant in the case when she insists
ton promptness Of mornings or straight
ems out some derelict
There is lot of hard work about a
country school, 1t is an entire school
from primary to high school grades
>under one roof and under one teacher.
NTo conduct it successfully calls for
ability and capacity And that the
average rural schools thus conducted
Is evidenced by the standing taken in
the city schools by pupils coming from
the rural school.
The fact is that no school gets as
inuch for it's money as the district
school at the cross roads. And 1t is
toqualy true that no school gives less
for what 1t gets. The woman teacher
~ expected out Of her small wage to
may for janitor work or do 1t herself.
She makes her walk thru snow and
storm to the schoolhouse and builds
her own fires or pays somebody for
building them. She sweeps the floor
t0he is presumed to carry in the coal
: .anA IL often forced to chop her own
kandIing. Then she is supposed to take
N eight hours Of instruction and man
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28
Disease Of Treos,
TChica1O Record. Herald. I


In some Of the eastern states much
concern is expressed over the chestnut
bark disease Pennsylvania has Appro-
priated S275,ooo for a campaign against
1t, and provision was made in the agri-
cultural bill for a national appropria-
ton also. In New York and New Jer-
sey, as well as in Pennsylvania, the
fight Is being carried on with vigor
but it appears that the state forester OF
Massachusetts believes that the tree ID
doomed in that state, and the outlook
for those who would try to save 1t Is
discoura ging.
The disease is Of mysterious origin
works inside the tree and is not affect
ed by surface applications. One of the
theories advanced concerning 1t IS that
the fungus existed in dead trees and
that owing to the prevalence Of pecu-
liar conditions it has now spread to the
living ones. ls.
Such mysteries are by no means con-
fined to the east. In California there
are reports on a disease called the oak
root fungus. which attacks not only the
native oaks but fruit trees in CONNER
cial orchards which represent the eN-
penditure Of large amounts Of capital.
i -
been cleared away but not thoroughly
rooted out. When the roots &c g thrifty
orange tree touch the buried roots OF
the oak the orange tree soon goes on
the sick list and is condemned to death.
Furthermore. 1t passes on the contamf-
nation to its neighbors, and the tree
doctors at the state university admit
that they have not been able o discover
cure when once he malady has got
into the blood, so to speak. The most
they can suggest 10 a protective wall
Of some sort around tho roots Of
healthy trees which are in the vicinity
Of sick ones.
In one part Of the state = curious
blight has attacked the walnut trees.
which quickly wither and die under its
effects. We understand that this IL
something distinct from the oak root
fungus and even more Of a mystery.
Wild or cultivated trees need the
services OF physician. And whom there
is financial risk in them such a.
there is in the commercial orchards, IT
is an excellent idea to have the doc
tors opinions on the planting condi-
tons and to take all possible precau-
lions at the start.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28
Topics of the Times

Open 1t up. The country can stand
the revelations regarding the cam
paign funds and the politicians must
take their chance. They had the funds
That satisfaction remains to them
whatever happens.
Il any man can give good reason
why Clarke shouldn't be next governor
of Iowa he ought to break the ST.
lence.
The latest scheme to ALLEVIATE Roose-
welt votes Is the story that the ex-
president IS coming to Iowa to at
tack Kenyon and Cummins. However
II the third party persists in the plan
to nominate a state ticket the anti
Roosevelt campaign lie will be rem
der unnecessary by the actually.
Chief Johnson says: Don't flash a
big roll Of bills at the state fair" But
1t isn't safe to leave big wad at home
or in the automobile. And anyway a
big roll is so common in Iowa that
it scarcely attracts attention
The general conclusion IL that a
fight on Kenyon Is an attack on pro-
gress.
"Mibbs, it seems, has gone into bank
ruptcy. What was the trouble?'
"Overconf1dence. About six months
ago he got a new wife, and a new
automobile He could have pulled thru
with either one alone. but the upkeep
Of the two smashed him."-Chicago
Tribune.
The famous Swedish explorer, Sven
Hedin, has been expelled from the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28

WovOooo oo0 AOVossD9sSoA II J9M
Half century aso 81 ohiiA wAosA1A
never .madG ! Journey. " I raiitoeA
train was an object Of wonder and pity.
To have ESCAPED that experience one
must either have bssn very poor or .
native OF the backwoods. And what
an experience the nrst Journey was!
How monstrous and alive was the en-
CINE. belchinE the smoke end cinders
which many Grown-ups can never
smell without being reminded Of tho
Toy and excitement Of travel! In the
big, city station how tho bells changed
and the crowds iostled In the mysteri-
GUS gloom Of the vast rooted inclosurs'
while an even stranger and moro thrill
ing resonance came from the huge
Chinese song which the negro waiter
was beating at the door OF the srset
dining room. Eix-years -old held on
tightly 20 hand or skirt and moved
thru a world Of miracles made delecta-
BILE to the grosser sense by an orange
or a drum Of figs. That was travel!
A nero stage coach can never 20 have
impressed the imagination, and since
the electric car came In It must have
taken off the edge Of tho wondsrful
transition from the poky family car
riage to this stupendous fiery chariot
But now. It seems. there are children
who miss this sxpsrisnce. not from
poverty, but from riches. At . sum-
msr place not long ago one OF the
older generation was amazed to hear
q little eirl Of years Or % confess
regretfully that while she had sssn
railroad trains she had never Jour.
neysd in one. Her parents were nsrv-
GUS about germs and distrusted pub
lie conveyances 90. while she had
travelled more than most young people
of her age. it was BY motor car. Tho
automobile had been her cradle. from
which she had Eoo-gooed at the pass
ing landscape. Every summer she had
journeyed from the city to tho shore
and back. but by private conveyance.
One winter she had been conveyed to
the south. but by private yacht. Hotels
she knew. but only As private suites.
OF the trolley car she was as ignorant
as Of the railway train. and 1t hap
pened that she had no experience OF
horse drawn vehicles either. Will her
children and grandchildren. it may be
wondered. give the germs Of the COM
mon folk still wider berth by being
taken invariably from one sanitary
home to another In an aeroplane. thru
the undefiled upper ether? Will they
know the earth only AZ . checkerboard
Of green fields criss crossed by high
ways where the humble toll thru germ
laden dust clouds in their automobiles?
Such case as that Of the over
sheltered child may be exceptional. Sc:
the number Of people who seldom have
occasion to Journey by rail must be
considerable. The western railroads
arc reporting \ serious ;oss IL c:ssen-
ger traffic due to this cause. Not only
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28

- LEGAL business sRSuun ~ -
aumbeF % Tourists vh0 travel ~
meter, car Increases, naAav oe ehon
having changed their summsri &C.
tseo Il order to bs brought vSehl1 =
reasonable distance. Othefo oGAY ~
hons ana dsvote the vaoaG1ea = GAeft
automobile tF1ps. Trains wAlsA ussd
to b damned with straphAngoU b =
pisasantsr sigAt 70 Z corposatisa 4han
to the public. now run halt suably.
while the parallel county Ssads lex
like the way out Of New HavsA a1t1r
the football game. u, IL 20 ~ hNp94s
that this account Of the Woes Of the
railroads has bsan exAg8sSated - ~
transmission east. for while ASricult-s
ursi prosperity - sreat thing for IT,
country, the railroads ought not - -
forced into bankruptcy: II may 30
hoped that what they lose In hauling
farmers they may make up In hauling
. bumper crop. I
The Burlinston road has bAsn naa1-.
ins fresh study of the transpoftatioa
situation an Affected By the boom IN
autom obiling. and nnds that Nebraska
has at least $4,000 cars, or about one
to every forty-eight persons. which q
said to be q larger ratio than N any
other state. Tho case gfoWo Wos0o
rather than better from .ths railway
point OF view, for 1850 81 tAaes ears
were purehasaA since Jan I. 1911, and
the erase increases. Lucky Nehraskei
Lucky. tho. IL the railroad that trtnS
thru . dense population OF poor people
who can Just squeeze out. the price Of
An occasional railroad ticket A. for
tho western railroads. II their cass n
az bad AZ they would have ps believe.
what have We left to hope for but p
slump!-Springheld. Mass, Rsprbb-
can. 49, fs3
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28

Governor Wilson 10 accorded .tes 4S4
third of the vote, and TAN nt
practically all Of It. Il thb 10 ~
sort Of campaign material he IS going
to flood the country with a mistake
has been made IN his election. A
day or two before the election he
might make q stiff claim to every
thing; but to do so before the hghting
has really begun 10 . confession OF
weakness. There Is too much intel
ligence among the people: too many
well-informed newspapers: too much
factional feeling in the republicans to
make a bluff count foS anything.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28
Deep Sea Burial Com . any, Limited.
louisville Times.

Why not? The idea strikes US IA
prosperous, potential. prodiyious. Why
be pulverized? Why breed contas-
ion? Why burden an earth more sinned
against than SHINING? There need lie
NO three-mile limit. There could be an
international convention turning over
to the livery Of death the unchartered
crannies Of the oceans bed. and there
salted down against the day of resur-
rection, picked in perpetuity. there lot
us lie.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28
Glover Host,

wise-We had quite a prominent
actress as a guest at or house the
other evening.
Ascum-Gracious! Didn't you md
it hard to entertain her?
Wise-Oh, no! She amused herself
for hours. We just handed her a bunch
Of photographs, among which were
several OF her own.-Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28
Iona Newspapers
IT'S A JOKE WITH THEM.
ISioux City Tribune.

Take care OF the country, boys
shouted John D. Archbold. to a crowd
OF reporters as he started for Europe
after firing a dastardly charge at his
dead friend Bliss in order to hit Col
onel Roosevelt. II charges that he and
his associates have made against
Roosevelt are true, it Is his duty, as an
American citizen to remain and help
establish their truth. However, his re-
mark characterizes the feeling of the
interests" toward good government
It's joke with them,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28

I'VE can see no sense in such a
move" says the Primghar Bell. refer
ring TO the proposed third party state
ticket. What chance would the third
party candidates have OF election? No
chance whatever The almost certain
result would be the election Of the en-
tire democratic ticket"