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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-02-20

~ the 'OISlI utlIDH VI tIt oHOu udi-
mic Pass road.
It has paid ninety per cent of its
running costs for the year. and the
prospects are good for an early WHIP
ing off of the deficit and the estab-
lishment of a habit of paying all
bills in the month Of their presenta-
ton. The cost of operation has
been less than one dollar per head
of the population of the town, and
Of that dollar eighty cents has been
spent in Ellensburg.
1t has been represented at the
Northwest Development Congress,
the Federation Of Commercial Clubs
of the Valleys Of the Yakima, the
Washington State Good Roads Asso-
citation, the Conference Of the Fruit
Growers Of the Pacific Northwest,
and has two members on the Wash
ington State Progress and Prosper
ity Committee.
It's activity Is responsible for the
Farm Expert bill now pending in
the legislature, drafted by Mr.
Brown.
The membership work of the or
ganization is now going on at regu-
lar pace, without spasmodic jerks
ahead or slips backward. but as ma
tural result of the gradual discov-
cry by the community at large of
the practical functions of the Cham
Der in the life Of the town and val
ley.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23
DO YOU REMEMBER MINT

Perhaps some newspaper readers Will
yet recall the trial and conviction and
sentence to the penitentiary Of one
Evelyn Arthur See. leader Of the "ab-
solute life" mess. If so they may have
been surprised to read yesterday that
Evelyn was removed yesterday to the
penitentiary to begin serving his SEN
tence.
Now here is man who, on generaI
principles. should be removed from
general circulation, convicted OF abduc-
ton and sentenced to prison SO long
ago that most persons had forgotten
the case. Those who more clearly re-
call the case will remember feeling a
pang that the whole unsavory outfit
were no, slated TO accompany him. He
was a CRATER and much worse. And
he has managed to keep out Of the pen
the best part of two years by means of
technical stumbling blocks shrewdly
thrown under the feet OF blind justice
by exper. artists of delay.
Had See been tried and convicted IN
England he would be well along in MS
indeterIninate sentence of five years.
They do some things much better than
Ne over there.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23
Radical Mr.. Burlssen.
rrhicoc0 Trth,,no

Postmaster General BurleSOn's an.
nouncement Of his ambition to put the
postal service on merit basis will
convince a great many estimable and
useful citizens that anarchy's out
again on four feet and raging.
The suggestion that a postmaster
should be assigned to the, service and
not to a town, that he should pro-
gress, as he displays ability, from one
post to another more important, strikes
politics and is sure to give Nicholas
Murray Butler pain.
The whole theory of the postoffice ID
based on the essential that the post
master be a citizen and q prominent
one, a voter and a getter Of votes.
some pumpkins in his county and y
pillar Of strength in his congressional
district, voice OF authority, and a
capable persuader Of men.
With such qualifications It has been
understood that he was bound to be
good postmaster. Without them the
chances We're he'd be bad one.
To reverse this theory and suggest
that the postmaster be an itinerant
and nonentity politically. having no
roots in the soil and consequently
bearing no fruit for politics. is merely
to prove that anarchistic explosives
have been lugged into the new govern
ment.
MIR. Burleson is a dangerous m.
The least we can wish him is enols
votes in congress to carry. his
thru--a fervent wish, but not
holstered with confidence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23
THE BOYS AND OTHER BOYS.

Some Missourian wrote to a news
paper that this is an age when "A
3o-cent boy starts out in the world
with a s25 gun and $50 dog to shoot
a scent rabbit"
Then the newspaper went on to pic
ture the boys father as one who had
worked hard. who got jobs in vacation
and worked his head off while the
boy played tennis, said the son would
be indignant if asked to look at the
furnace. said father never had any
spending money he didn't earn. father
never got any Christmas presents but
tfppets and mittens and home made
sleds, etc. Sorry for father. Sore at
the boy.
Then the Council Bluffs Nonpareil
took q shot at 1t. Says many a man
who won thru hard knocks is coddling
his boy and that grim necessity is
the brooder Of the strength that mas
been developed among men in this Did
earth
Now there may be and probably are
more fool fathers nowadays than forty
years ago but boy for boy. there are
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23
sprios Fever.
tSt. Joseph NeWs-Press.f

Most people have what il commors
called spring fever. 1t isn't fever n
all. but just a sort Of lazy feeiiny-V
when you want to do something other
than you are doing. no matter, what It
is. 1t simply means that the sap in
you is akin to the sap in the budding
trees. in the flowers just beginning
to stir toward later beauty, in the
CHEEKY, chirrupy birds: indeed, in all
the living creatures on this merry old
globe. Spring was meant for this
sort of thing. OF course, It's up to
everyone to pick his kind OF fever.
Some fellows get the fishing frenzy
in the first warm days. And It cer-
1ainly is fine frenzy. The creek. the
river or the lake look mighty appeal
ing, with the breath of spring ripping
the waters to the dancing sunbeams.
What's the odds about the catch IL
you get day off in the fresh air and
come home tired. hungry and. maybe.
moister than you should be, but chuck
full Of happiness and fit for the finest
sleep you ever experienced? NowheEe
in life is the catching the main thing.
The main thing is putting your soul
into what you do.
Or. maybe, your bent is the garden4
The smell of the upturned earth. the
adventure of putting In seeds on e
hazard of frost or drouth, the charm
of puttering around-they're jolly well
worth while. The missus, too. cap
help there, in her old Bingham gown
and faded sunbonn et-fcF once n9h
primped UP. but just Z plain wumAlN
Frankly, it doesn't make whoopinS
lot OF difference how the fever hits you
or into what kind OF mild madness Il
betrays you. Any kind Is the right kind
if it leads you back to nature.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23
Tuning Up the Dollar Sign.
fChicago Tribune.

occas,onaiIy all old fashion paean Oh
statistics refreshes the fancy even II IL
fail to satisfy the mind. "1s REFORM De-
sirable?" asks the Boston commercial
Indeed, no. The title might ieao 10 lhs
mistake that into a substantial toly
intellect an element OF doup1 hau
w,srled its way. but the CoHmeFciai
entertains no doubts. /. merely sue
eests a question to demolish the sus-
gestiou. to tramp II down Win 2 par
AIDE OF percentages and smother IL IN
flood of dollar marks. :.
Is reform desirable? No. We raise -
per cent OF the worlds wheat, ~ per
cent of it's corn. So per cent OF It's cot
ton. Is reform desirable? No. we grow
rapturous. We produce 81 per cent OF
the worlds pig iron, 81 per cent o. ils
conne. 81 per cent Of its lead, and ~
Der cent of it's zinc.
Is reform desirable? No. Ihere Is
corn enough in the United states 70
give every inhabitant five pounds daily
for a year. with almost pound OF
wheat on the side. Let US consider the
fact and reoice.
Is reform desirable? No. Let us take
q dollar sign and strum 1t as a harp
and lift up our voices and sing. Ne"
York bank clearings amounted to $loo,-
! 1896, 600 in 1912. Our exports OF tror
and steel were valued at $26s,lo4,2o2
Our exports exceeded our imports D!
| 1851 ,000. 600.
Is reform, desirable? No. 1.-The con
| servation OF water powers IL nonsensi
cal" BY reform we step towards pefdi'
ton and destruction. Let US alone; ie
US alone.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23
A SPEAKER FROM BLACK HAWK
rNa.crlnn Courier

Political gossip from Des Moines
now has it that II. o. Bern the
new representative from Waterloo.
is being urged for the speakership al
the next session of the assembly
The honor is not surprising consid-
ering The record made by the young
man in the present session. The rec
ord itself, however even tho we had
god expectations Of Bernbrock, is a
surprise.
Be-nbrock has been in the thick
Of the fray TO such an extent that he
has attracted wide attention and Sc
cured distinction among his COL
leagues. Evidence Of this is seen in
his appointment to the sitting COM
mitee, an organization chosen from
the house Al large and carrying with
1t both distinction and extraordinary
power.
Waterloo should stand back OF Mr..
Bernbrock If ne enters the speakership
race. He will make a good presiding
officer and will bring honor TO his dis
tr!ct.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23

tria, practice, the official tossing OF
the ball, and the race is on.
But on the indirect side there is al
ways something new. There was get
ting to be danger that people would
get overhot in the municipal campaign
now just upon us. The vets and drys
are drilling with more vim than looked
likely a week ago: There was danger
that the men on the opposite sides OF
the lines might be. led astray from
principle to personality and that we
should find ourselves getting apart in
stead OF getting together.
The opening of the baseball season is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23

no more worthless boys. There are
youths who hunt f1ve-centt rabbits with
SIS guns and $50 dogs. There are more
who hunt rabbits with a. fifty dollar
gun and no dogs at all. And, sly as you
keep it. there are lot OF men and
boys who hunt Ave- cent rabbits who
would be hard to replace were acct
dent to befall them. There's bunch
OF young fellows playing tennis and
playing we'll who are due to do more
good to this old world than the Mis-
sourian who went into white heat al
sight OF boy and gun or than most
OF US who edit" for a living.
Now let's be fair Ordinarily speak
ing the youth of the land shakes the
furnace every morning unless father
thrifty imagines that he can save coal
by tending the fire himself. The old
town Is full Of boys doing better work
than you and did at their ages. Most
Of them are not playing the fool more
than you and I did Next thing YOU
and I know these boys will be running
things.
There's considerable poppycock about
this big sister, maiden aunt attitude
toward boys. This country seems to be
getting along pretty we'll thank YOU in
the developing business. The boys
of thirty years ago are in the saddle.
They are being kept up TO the mark by
the boys OF twenty years ago. Fellows
who wore knickerbockers ten years ago
are building the bridges that engineers
OF our day said were impossible. The
boys OF seven or ten years ago are
coming into the newspaper plants OF
today and getting paid to show the
boys of the previous period how TO
rearrange their work floors to efficient
advantage. Things are going on well.
The boys of this year will keep the
ball rolling next year.
Moreover times have changed. II
doesn't seem Of actual necessity now
adays that boy must suffer the ex-
treme OF hardship IN order TO succeed
later. 1t isn't necessary that he should
go thru the winter with two pairs OF
overalls and no underciothes on his
legs and a pair OF cowhide boots
without overshoes on his feet. Those
conditions helped to make men. They
also helped to XII off good many
boys who nigh, have been men.
Look about. Notice the boys. They
will average up with those Of any
generation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23

welcome a. water upon thAt nfe. Mo-
body capable OF apprecia tinG = mod
ball game can be wholly bad ma nm
worthy Of regard. Everybody admits
that. But everybody likes baseball.
From today, then: the folks who might
easily be fighting each other on other
scores will be united Ard haEmupious
before the baseball score hoard. Al we
separate to make the municipal carn-
paign, therefore. we need say no good
bye, but only a friendly and auf.
UNDERGRADUATE the ball park.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23
SIOUX ci1's PolicEwoMsN.

Sioux City Is trying out the police
woman plan. Two women have been
appointed to the force One is a former
police matron who made an excellent
record thru fifteen years OF station
work with women. The other IS an
ex-school teacher. The present police
natron IS made chief Of the police
women who will report TO her and she
in turn will confer With the chief OF
police. Patrolmen have been given
orders TO assist them in every way.
Chief Of Police Shonessy, SO the Sioux
City papers say expects 10 find out thru
the poltcewomen what Sioux City ac-
tually .s-an open or a closed town
First of It seems strange that
police chief needs women folk to find
out whether the town IS closed or wide
open. That OF Itself argues TO a di-
lemma A chief OF police who doesn't
know conditions in his own town sug-
sests a depth Of Ignorance which
should bring about his replacement
he does know all about il and is not in
sympathy with movement to curb
the vices which bring th= easy money
10 those who make vice profitable
find out more than Shonessys detect
ives already knew or might have
known about the rotten hotels and re-
sorts Of Sioux City is absurd.
But if the two women are in dead
earnest and willing TO assume response
bility they can have every Indecent
hotel proprietor begging time TO get
out of town. The possibilities in the
policewomen are not what they can do
more than the present police force but
what they are willing to do. II they
think more of the purpose they started
with than OF their jobs they can start
something that Shonessy couldn't stop
If he desired and were 10 try his
hest. so far as tina, is concerned
so can any member OF the police
and detective force. When the
police authorities allege ignorance
of conditions evident TO common OBJ
servation and known TO every rounder
in town they are talking pure bunk.
They do know. Usually they are
proh,ing politically or financially or
both by these conditions. When they
claim tmpossibility OF suppression that
is also plain bunk. Under the Cosson
laws there isn't the slightest difficulty
of putting not only the proprietor OF
putting out the real estate also. When
police get ready 10 see and magistrates
ready 10 act The Cosson laws will do the
rest. Also the department Of justice Of
the state Of Iowa is willing TO help mat
tiers along whenever Sioux City IS IN
able to uphold the state laws agatns.
the conditions of which complaint is
made.
But policewomen are ali right Every
town needs policewomaA or two. Sc
lected with judgment and sincerity the
policew oman would De the best part
of the force.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23

beam soulfulIy into each others eyes,
transported by the beauties OF the play.
All significance in the map OF ireiaho
on the face OF the one and the I'M
mistakable stamp OF Jacob on the race
of the other is lost in common en-
thusiasm for base hit. THOSE oleach-
ers. Jew and Gentle, bond ana Tree
are one in the universe OF oaseoai.
The epics on the opening OF the Dase-
ball season have all been written
There is nothing more TO say. Nothlls
viii he new. shere will be the crowd,
the pop boy. the blue sky lpro ga oiH,,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23
THE SHADOW OF CALAMITY.
KNOXVILLE EXpress.l

NNONNIIIt ENpftSS.1
Another calamity impends. If You
have tears to shed. prepare for 4
freshet. Des Moines booze vendors say
that one-third of the bartenders in the
state of Iowa will be thrown out of
employment when the new daylight sa-
loon law goes into effect in July. They
figure that they will be able to operate
their bars with two men where three
nave been required in the past. This
is worse than going to free trade. Just
imagine one third of the husky bar
tenders going into productive employ
ments where they will assist in ere
ating wealth instead of of destroying
both.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23
ln.erest n col,,ct,ons.

It Is quite the fad among smart
folk to fiock to sales Of rare books.
furniture or pictures. even when they
have no intention Of buying. For each
Of these collections Is the result OF .
lifetime Of study, and the opportunity
to see them as a whole cannot recur
again, while individually the pieces.
passing into private hands. may be
lost to the public for, years. For this
reason young girls are sent with their
governesses to see the treasures that
will soon be scattered far and wide,
and even whole classes from fashion
able schools are taken for morning
views. Such visits, naturallys do more
for the artistic education : these
fortunate young folk than weeks Of
lecturing and photographs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23
OLD FASHIONED IDEAS.
[Oelwein Register.l

IVS.
The other evening a the tabernacle
Mr. N-elch sang something about The
Old Fashioned Religion and the
words OF the song and the way 1t was
rendered was good. And still there are
some mighty excellent points in the
newer ideas of the churches. But 1t is
a sure thing that we need some Of the
old fashioned ideas relative to instruct
ing children with emphasis in the COM
mandment that prohibits taking that
which does not belong to one. Too
many OF the younger generation seem
10 have extremely hay ideas relative
10 the ownership of property.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23
MISSED.

The Iowa legislature has approQri-
ated $4,000 to the state corn and small
grain growers association, $4,000 to
the corn belt meat producers asso-
citation. $4,000 10 the state veteran as
ISOLATION and varied amounts to other
associations. If there is any reason
why it should not have appropriated a
few thousand dollars TO the Iowa Dem
ocratic Editorial Association we don't
know what it is. 1t seems to US the
legislature is guilty of class legisla-
ton" The chicken fanciers should
have come in for a Bit and the associa-
ton for the tailed Boston bull pups
should have got busy and done little
lobbying
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23

Iowa legislature" says the Cedar Rap
ids Gazette. Without their presence,
some Of the acceptable enactments
would not have been passed, and but
for them great many more objec-
tionable measures would have been at
tached to the statute books"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23

decided. Il; is only human nature to
speak we'll Of those fwhoms 1t may De
can say a pleasant word for US, when
that pleasant word may prove effec-
tive.
There Is Jack Dalton Of Manson.
Jack would like TO be a United States
marshal it Is said. He is an ardent
supporter OF the senatorial candidacy
of Mr.. Pepper. There Is Stanley Mil
Ter Of Mt. Pleasant. Stanley 1t Is SAID
has his eyes upon the postoffice OF
the Henry county seat. He is vigorous
in his insistence that Mr.. Pepper make
the race for senator. There are many
others. Even in this, his home city, IT
may be that there are office holding
ambitions lurking about the publish
ing house of Mr.. Peppers local demo-
cratic champion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23
FUNK. NOT LORIMER.
Waterloo Courier.l

1t turns out that P. G. Holden was
not aping Roosevelt when he refused
to sit at table with Lorimer at
banquet in Louisiana. Holden was
merely afraid of offending his boss
Clarence S. Funk, manager of 'the
International Harvester Company,
which pays Mr.. Holden's salary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23
THE HARDEST WORK.


That an indictment has at last been
returned against Isaac Richardson. the
man who gave young Wundram
whisky and then let him lie in shed
with the thermometer near zero so
tina; the lad died, shows what can be
done in the way of procuring evidence
when the attorney presenting the case
20 th. grand jury makes an effort TO
round up the witnesses.
The attorney generals assistant, Mr..
Sampson who came here from Des
Moines, was able by much hard per-
the grand jury and when their story
was heard the grand jury acted
promptly.
The Indifference shown by local
authorities in this case has been one
| Of the surprises Of recent months.
Even after the indictment was re-
turned there was no apparent speed
in getting the accused man to appear
and furnish bond.
And vet If the allegations are true
the crime charged is one of the most
despicable that has occurred in this
vicinity for many years.
THE SENllAE->l 4 OIs ~ A~As'
[Muscatine Journal.1
Our pride in all things that pertain
10 Muscatine has received frequent
qualification of late in reading the
many pleasant Things that have been
said Of our esteemed. not TO say ram :
Gus. fellow townsman. the Hon. ]. .
Pepper, and his suggested candidacy
| for the democratic nomination ior
United States senator. Far be it from
!us to seek the fly in the ointment, OF
To peer too closely into the mouth o:
| a gift horse We are pleased by the
! glory which has come to our iellow
! citizen and the reflected glory which
| is Muscatine's by virtue Thereon, no'
is there in all the state OF Iowa dem-
ocrat whom we would rather see AZ
IoUa's representative in the most dig'
nifed body in the world than tbs
present congressman Of the Secon1
district.
Yet there comes to US one discon
certing thought. These pleasant word!
that are being spoken, are they wholly
sincere or are they perhaps inspired o.
some Interior motives? There are man.
democratic editors in Iowa who would
be pleased to serve their country IL
some capacity more official than a!
mere defender and expounder OF tn
principles of Jenersonian simplicity
Mr.. Pepper is credited with being ;
potent voice in the councils wher'
matters Of patronage are to be mail
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23
topics
Topics of the Times

Even # it is true that one-third Of
the oarkeepers in Iowa would be
thrown out of job by the daylight law
Idle. A man who can WELD a bung
starter can drive a nail.
A Jerry Sullivan was an original
Wilson man. And Jerry got his. a
$4,000 straw surely is big enough 10
show the general direction of the wind.
A Michigan man has imported 500
song birds and liberated them on his
farm. Somebody once imported a
English sparrows and set them loose.
Suppose somebody takes a notion 10
import ship load of English suf-
tragertss and open the cage doors.
The man who plants 2 tree in the
spring IS a benefactor. He expresses
MS faith in the future AMI MS appreci-
alton OF the past.
Payne, Of the Nevada Representative.
who used 70 be quoted by standpat
papers as an able editor" has attained
the new dignity OF being quoted By
those same papers as AN essayist'
The Times Republican is inclined to
classify Editor Payne as an able politi-
cal writer rather than an essayist.
Old Man Nelson. of the Kansas City
Star. seems 70 have that judge who
adiudged him in contempt fast in a fuu
nelson and a toe hold.
One Of the objections urged agains;
Billy SUNDAY in DIS Moines news
parer is that ne IS not fully in ac-
cord with John the Baptist" That
ought 20 settle the controversy.
a scientist says a noiseiess age is at
hand What does ne propose to do with
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23
Where All Agree.
(Lincoln Journal.

There lies before US 8. newspaper
picture Of the hleachers at the opening
game OF baseball in New York Tne
local team has just made q score. In
the bleacher foreground two youths
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-23
Iona Newspapers
WILSON FOR CONGRESS.
[Clinton Herald

Senator Wilson Of this county is be-
ing prominently mentioned as pos
sible candidate for congress in case
Mr.. Pepper concludes to make try for
the senate.