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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
To F.e;,i..t. Homestead Entries.

For ,he last wear or more public
land. in the western states have been
DESIGNATED by the secretary OF the IN
terror as subject to entry under the
so-called enlarged homestead act, or
the 32o-ac Homestead act, only on
petition Of those who desire to avali
themselves Of the provisions OF this
law. This procedure was an outSrowtn
Of the desire Of the department to
designate no lands which were not ac-
tually enterable under the law in aues-
ton. In order to accomplish this emo
the status OF each tract had to be In
yestigated to determine whether II Was
already entered, was a school, sectlon'
was involved in state selection or
for any other reason had been taken
out Of the class of "unappropriateo
public lands which alone are enterab!e
under this act. This search meant that
with the meager force availab BILE to the
department only slow progress coula
be made in the designation OF Janus
for entry under this law.
Soon after the passage OF the act
LANDS had been designated Tor entry
under II in a body without regard 70
their statue. the only questions deter
mined by the department prior to
designation being that the lands were
| surveye, unreserved, and non-irriSa-
BILE. Under this mode OF procedure
designations can be made with com
paratiye rapidity, the availability Of
the lands for entry being determined
by the applicant when he visits the
local land office to file upon his claim
After the abandonment Of this early
procedure the law was extended to ap-
DIV to North Dakota. The rule OF desig'
nation by petition has been followed II
that state, and the resulting delays
! have proved embarrassing both to tn
department and to the citizens o.
North Dakota, as well as to those o.
other western states
At the suggestion of Senator Gronns
Secretary Lane has recently decided Il
revert to the earlier practice and desis
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09

haveh elped some: but there 10 another
and better and more prolific way.
The Greater Des Moines committee
and the commercial club and those in
timately interested In the ration Of
state fair attendance particularly on
Des Moines' account can do great
deal to encourage attendance and
probably more than equalize the loss
of the low fare plan by simply guar
anteeing that reasonable prices and
tariffs shall endure in the city while
the fair is on; that rooms shall be
rented at reasonable rates. that hotel
as at other times, and that rooms
shall not be overcrowded to discomfort
and insanita,ion; that visitors shall
be fed at the usual rates and as we'll
in fair time as on any day in the year:
in these and in other obvious ways
the fair attendance can be encouraged.
The fact is that the question Of a
half cent mile isn't the important
question in the minds OF those who
desire to attend the fair. The main
questions are getting there comfort
cos, and in ordinary comfort and get
ting home again decently. A, a half
cent 100 miles but breaks a dollar in
half. Let the Greater Des Moines
committee insist that their guests shall
be brought 10 town more like humans
and less like hogs by the railroads,
that the railroads shall render cents
worth per mile for . cents a mile paid
! IN advance, that the shop keepers and
hotels and room renters and restau-
rants OF The city maintain equable
rates, that barber shops and other per-
sonal necessities haul down the black
dag of state fair piracy, IN short at
tend as much TO the crowds confoc.
while i, is en-ou,e and while Il is there
as TO getting the crowd. That would
tease the figures OF fair attendance
into double proportions.
OF course this is merely sugges-
ton. Des Moines has the fair and
wants big crowds. Il is harvest time
for Dies Mones. Il ought 70 be a good
time al reasonable expense TO the c,ty's
guests. The way TO encourage increase
Of visitors IS 20 show some signs Of
appreciation and desire 10 entertain
rather than TO exploit those whose
company We greatly desire.
Why not try it2 II will make two
fair attendants where one came be-
fore. And the fair is worth while and
should have the patronage and pres
euce of all Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
Daddy Bedtime
Daddy Cow.
Not a Success.
The Farmer Put a
ecare9row IN the Field

7icaicsbat is all little boys ana guns TO- asn
Evelyn II they Wouio hAo " 'e DN'
- and smiled :. $500.
1T was like this
in reauons Tue
The farmers hoped ht he seq
the ups
tos Show above 49,
birds were watching Daooy
going TO nave
picnic he ne"
he asked MI ana Mr JAN
(
the top OF which JACK ow
Al the
~. 49,.
caught him in his hd naa s.e
lin Ae
Of the old eosu 10 @
Dadoy OUT OF
afternoon gase Browns we
go noek
Hyn
hadch justin mi purposey,
OF the
IA eaten $50 -
big sss which Farmer
held
covering all but s ylow legs
looked
left the picnic II fright
W. Daddy Crows pacn
80 ~ sas44t y cN ~ 81 ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
DEALING WITH A MOB.

The Mexican situation grows in In
tesntiy. President Wilson is up against
g problem that requires a big man to
meet 1t. The easiest thing to do Is to
blunder. II he and his secretary Of
state come out of the Mexican matter
with dignity to themselves and the
country they will have established a
reputation fully up to the expectations
OF their warmest supporters.
Mexico is an annoying neighbor. She
twould be much more annoying as
dependency OF this country. There IS
tno public sentiment in favor of any
method Of conquest to be applied by
fthe United States, no sentiment in
favor Of establishing a protectorate
fover that alleged republic which is no
philippines. A war with Mexico would
<brtng no glory to this country or credit
Ito those who might tnsrigate or in
$auSurate 1t
atnl Americans and American inter-
sests must be protected in Mexico. An
EAmAE4can citizen should be as safe IN
any country as was Roman citizen.
Uhere Is no desire to send troops on
" march Of invasion In order that
american capital may find an easy path
Nm Mexico: but there is and always
twin be a general sentiment that the
rcommonest citizen should know and
understand that behind him is the
pcwero Of his own country.
The trouble is that we are not dealing
$with statesmen but with political man
dacs. Mexico Is simply a boundarywtce
riot There Is no government which
tnnay BE- said to be established Mexico
rs mob.
! President Wilson and Secretary B-y-
an have their hands full. Perhaps It
would have been better had the secre-
fary stayed at home looking after a
business Of state so important as this
appears to be instead of aiding his in
tcome by chautauqua fees.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
TAX RAISE UNcALLED FOR.


The threatened raise Of taxes on Iowa
real estate has come. 1t came as a
result Of the agitation OF Governor
Clarke and the state executive council
at Des Noines The raise was uncal.ed
for, It rs unjust and 1t is unnecessary.
There was no demand from any section
Of Iowa for the raise. The job was
framed up at Des Moines. The people
who pay the taxes were not consulted.
II Governor Clarke had made the rails
ing Of taxes an issue In the campaign
last fall he would have been showed
under so deep that none OF his friends
would have known he was In the race
The assessors Of this county boosted
land valuations 20 per cent las. spring
Add to this increase 20 per cent more
that the executive council at Des
Moines put on and we have an advance
Of nearly one-half more than our land
was assessed for last year. A raise OF
this kind In one year II ~ unreason-
able as It IL unnecessary.
It isn't the big land owness-who- VIII
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
Try ONE CASE Tine.

The mails are busy bringing specially
reprinted and personally mailed re-
prints from its editorial page Of the
Chicago Inter-Ocean attacking Muihal
and explaining the purity of the asso-
, citation which employed him for so
many years. Wall street organs are
also busy circulating their reprints in
defense of the association and in con-
demnation OF MuihalI. AS these or
gans are not of the class of publica-
tons conducted on eleenonsynary lines
the suggestion Is that some persons.
individual and associated. are going TO
some trouble and expense to furnish
opinion to the interior press.
Mulhall no doubt is somewhat of a
liar. On the other hand he is telling
much that circumstances and the past
records corroborare as truth. His testi-
lmony needs careful sitting. lie is
J1oboration to be accepted. He is in
ethe same position as the witness whose
kguilty knowledge Is made public after
1.-THE fact and with the idea Of saving
This own skin. But the truth is the
truth just the same whether Mulhail
}or minister tells it,
AS a people We lack judicial poise.
I've incline to follow the anise seed
Hags that interested parties drag
across the trail Of the foxes and to run
I'm false scent Those who desire TO d.
Syert US find counter accusation the
$best defense. Lorirner held US at bay
)6or long period merely by counter al
1tack. The point we should not lose
Ssight of Is that the witness Is not the
oaccused person. The thing to insis, or
Hs that the men or association accused
SEhould meet charges which have cir.
tcumstantial confederation with rea
fdefense and not an attack on the wit.
fnesses who may not be better thar
: they should be.
A witness whose testimony might b.
kbIown upon as TO its credioility be
icomeS credible witness when his ev!.
tdence is thus zorro 5orated. That i.
fAbout the size Of the Mulhau tesri
tmony. No doubt Mulhall is a liar. H.
couldn't have held that job so lon,
1 land successfully otherwise. But It ap
Spears that he was a trustworthy lial
1 for his employers. Until he gave thing
s away there is no record that he wa.
being attacked as a falsifier by thos
who paid him good wages and fur
nished him expense money" thru al
the time they used him.
It is merely a question of takin,
4 f4he ,Mulhall testimony for what 1t shall
prove to be worth. If Mulhall prove
a case there doesn't seem to be muc!
difference as to men or association
sthus convicted whether Mulhall lie,
j or not about something else.
~ Let,s try the case in hand first an
0S6oee we put MulhalI into the dock.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09

feel the effects Of this raise. The most
Of these rent their farms and they Will
advance their rents enough to cover
tho additional taxes they must pay. i
Is the renter and the small land owner
who will have to come across with the
additional tax funds for the state OF
hcials at Des Moines to play with.
The officials at Des/ Moines have
their inning now and they are playing
1t strong. Next year at election time
the taxpayers will have theirs. Unless
they have very short memories they
will pay back with interest what is now
handed to them
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
Topics of the Times

Pupils in a German school were re-
Gently tested as to their reading Of
newspapers. In the highest elementary
class OF fortyfour, twenty-five read a
newspaper every day: fifteen at least
once week; and four less frequently.
Governor Sulzer Is aow busy ex-
planning and denying that he specu-
lated with campaign funds and Tam
many is getting a rest. Fierce con-
dition Of things, isn't it?
Small grain yields are not up to ex-
pectattons: but the smaller the yield
the higher the price. You can't lose
the farmer.
Judge Hunter says the Webb law is
unconstitutional but the supreme court
still has its guess coming.
McAdoo has got the money and the
mission and the crops 90 move.
Public interest is in the Digss-Can-
inerti trial, Suffers alleged exploitation
Of campaign funds, the baseball stand
ing and the possibility that. Judge
Wade may in time land q pos,oHice
Tor somebody he recommends as
referee
Notice that the nan whose wife
wears EN- doesn't knock the x--ay
style IL public!
And az that the aviator seems 10
have il on the su,ois- ss regards safe
" judging by The Slaughter which Is
going on daily over Iowa TIE auto
laws should. II WOULD seem, receive
some attention from officers sworn 70
enforce them. BIT perhaps IL We val,
until the reckless are ali killed Of i;
( Will not be nscessafy 10 enforce the
| Law.
TIE same opinion ~ siI. Linz ss a me-
| tuai friend.
! TIE time MAJ come soon when ne
I shall wish we had quilt an extra bat-
.leship or two A battleship IS like
the Texans revolver when II is need ed
it IS needed bad"
Whittier are we verging2 Nobody
pays any attention to congress and tar
if any more. The amusements OF our
fathers seem to have fallen into gen.
| eral disuse like Dobbin and the sur.
rey.
The recent Illinois legislature sup.
ported education handsomely. In ad.
dirion to appropriatng s4,7oo.ooo TO,
the state university, the Legislature
made the following notable enact.
ments: A million dollar addition tc
the state distributive fund; certifcat-
ing bill that put Illinois in the front
rank, according to State Superinten.
dent Blair: free high school :u!tic.
act, long clamored for; a law permit
ting local school boards to levy PEI
cent instead OF / u per cent for oper
ating expenses when authorized b.
vote of the people; and the creation o
the position Of state high school in
spector at $4,000 year.
A model house, with balcony. par
lor. dining room, bedroom, hitcheu
bath and toilet room was erected b,
the ninth grade pupils Of the Juncos
Porto Rico. schools. on the grounds o
1.-The third insular fair OF Porto Rico.
complete set Of furniture was ais
made by the children. Carpentry 1
zone Of the practical couzDes intro
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
III. Economy.

The children in the Blank family
were taught habits Of neatness At the
table by being compelled to pay . f1ne
Of cent for every spot they put on
the tablecloth. One day Harold. a
boy OF seven years. was discovered
rubbing the overhangtng part Of the
cloth between his fingers. and. when
taken to task for It. he said: why.
Mummy. was Just trying to rub two
spots into one!"-Woman's Home
Companion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
ID PLACE OF the ,,.z CENT FARE.

- 0eS noo1nes commercial club and
t0featef Des Moines committee having
go out in the courts on the III cent
&aeo to the state fair il not without
AoDpeEtunity. Tho liz cent fair fare
seoeg1nA1ad with the committee referred
S4osa0d was guided thru it, vicissitudes
ee.et0 ALLURE by that shrewd aggrega-
- boosters. But III 10 not lost
4 N az means. AZ q feeder to the fair
- A1Ds1 The III cent fare might
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09

rotary should be we'll equipped TO get
to his work. AS a result Of the en-
thusiasm aroused at this meeting, the
names Of twenty-five men We're Sc
cured, who would be responsible for
financing the plan. The official rails
ing Of the funds was left to the coun-
ty secretar.. AS result OF this, and
thru the . iness Of Mr.. Sweeney. OF
Carroll. Ford car was delivered at
factory price last week and was at
once pressed into association service.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
Tho Preacher Knew.

When volunteer prayers were called
for q man struck in and prayed very
earnestly for his poor land. and asked
the Lord to give him . good crop.
what that land Of yours needs.
brother, ia not prayer, but manure"
said the preacher. as he gave out.
Work, For the Night Is Coming"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09

Shanghai, Aug. Amos p. Wilder.
consul general here. took every percau-
ton TO warn Americans against DANCES
during the present rebellion. He Was
prepared to ask the aid OF United
States marines in case the interests or
lives Of Americans were threatened.
CIR. Wilder was owner and editor OF
tho Wisconsin State Journal when he
was appointed several years ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
AUGUST.

tDes Moines Register and Leader.]
1t is rich warm lusciousness thot
one feels out OF doors in August, "A
kind of lazy prodigality Of nature
that charms with peculiar insistence.
Not yet the brisk stimulating breath
Of autumn and none of the timid reluc-
tarce of spring. August is bold and
glad and amorous. The sun shines
straight at YOU. the shade is deep and
welcoming, the wind is mellow with
pungent ripened scents and the water
is languid with a soft, sluggish indo-
lence
Heavy headed sunflowers nod drows-
lily from the dusty roadways. Huge
bumblebees drone over the second clo-
Yer. There are scarlet spikes on the
sunac and bright pink milkweed bios
sons, and a host of flowery gold and
red and purple laughs at you from the
yellowing underbrush. Bluejays and
robins are fat and florid with only oc-
casional song cries in the long sleepy
midday. Squirrels lounge luxur!ously
on the wind tossed elm boughs. The
grass is dry and dull and tawny under
the oaks on the droughty hilltops.
Grain shocks are bleaching fragrant
~ IN the glisteninS wheat fields. Apples
fall with gentle thud in the leafy
orchards. And in TO the hard. bright
green Of nuts and acorns there creeps
the soft brown Of the coming harvest.
Feathery white clouds drift over the
turquoise sky or bank themselves
above a crimsoning sunset. The world
seems a riot Of warmth ana color and
Turing passions that melts into your
being with a kind of orien,a! magic.
II is August and summer has willed to
charm US with her most fragrant
sweetness.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
Evidence ENOUGH,

Allow do you know that Mailer
has come in for a fortune?" B-"Why.
formerly, people always said he was
crazy: now they say he is original"
-Lustige Batter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
BARE ARMED MEN AT CHURCH.


The Register man attended church
Sunday morning and noted that the
average American. male or female, is
attired 10 be as comfortable as pos
sibie The average man appears minus
coat and vest, and one was noticed with
his sleeves rolled up While the scribe
holds no brief to dictate fashion. he
would suggest that the rolled up sleeves
rs JUS, a trifie beyond the limit. True,
the ladies wear short sleeves. but they
are made that way and are not rolled
up as thoone was going into the har-
vest field or to washing dishes. The
ladies' look cool and charming in sum-
mer attire and all listen to the twenty
minute sermon with interest. The peo-
PIE who take vacation from church in
the heated season very likely endure
more heat in their drives or rambles
than they would listening to the music
and the sermon in the house Of wor-
ship.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
BASEBALL MADNESS.
ICha rfer Oak Times.

Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the
First his Cromwell. Napoleon met his
Waterloo. and the Ute baseball team
wen, down in defeat before Moorhead.
Well, what's the use? The great and
the near great have succumbed, and
the much touted stars have faded away
almost into invisibility. All that can
be seen clearly is the legend Never
Again" floating in a hay cloud over
their e-st~hile lively camp. And in the
world to come. where baseoalls will be
made Of pearls. and bats Of finest
.ubies. where the jumps will keep his
TALES on a golden harp, where the
grandstand and the bleachers will De
flied with irridescent wings. will they
De there?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
Good Rule o, Life

Good Rule Of Life.
Finish every day and be done with
it. You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities. no
doubt, crept In: forget them as soon
as Won can-Er,e-cor
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
Iona Newspapers
THE RIGHTS OF PUBLIC WELFARE
=

IGrundy RepuUIlcaHJ =
II might be worth while to know
who are the men in Des Moines who
are backing the suit to declare the
famous Cosson red light law unconsti-
turional. This is one Of the best laws
ever put on the statute books Of the
state and it should not be allowed to
be nullified because a careless speaker
Of the house forgot to sign the bill. We
have had too much Of that kind Of
technicality in the law business, especi-
ally with laws relating to the public
welfare and good. and it is time the
people be given few rights instead Of
ali the laws tavoring the evil doer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09

New York. Aug. s.-With the begin.
ming OF the bloodless war in which the
north Atlantic feet attempts theoreti-
cally to force its way thru the eastern
entrance OF Long Island sound and
capture New York city military men
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
@4 1WGPEEEN1N9 NEW YORK Gil -

sound. Disappearing guns were care
fully trained to cover every inch OF the
narrow waterway. The game was
played on a real war basis. and enough
techntcalities were mapped out to oc-
cuDy the entire week ending Aug. 8. j
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
rai.nhana SHINE.

A telephone snipe" Is man who
habitually uses some other mans tel
ephone at no other expense to himself
than a thank you" He nourishes,
perhaps, because he is not game,
bird
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09

The election Of members Of the
Iowa legislature next year will not be
mixed with the senatorial issue. but
the woman suffrage amendment will
be in it," says the Sioux City Journal.
If the next legislature ratities the ac-
ton Of the last legislature, then a
proposition TO amend the constitution
so as TO let the women vote on COM
ple,e equality with men will go to the
people"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09

the country over watched for details
of the working out Of the war prob
lens. Coas: artiilerymen who manned
the three forts at the entrance were
on the alert to prevent any Of the great
battleships making a dash into the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09
The Too Busy Man.

Most of the successful men in this
country are so busy making money
that they have absolutely no time to
make good citizens Of their Sons
Chicago RecordHersid.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09

The Manson Democrat says 1.-The
Rockwell City fair management should
see 10 1t that never again shall inde-
cent shows be permitted to enter the
grounds. Some of the shows on the
midway on the grounds were the limit
OF indecency. catering to men only.
but permitting little boys to pay their
money and elbow thru the gang Of men
to see the public nastiness. A coun-
try fair ground is no place for such
exhibitions
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-09

nate the lands in large bodies after Sc
is determined that the go "cr
bile, as required by the law. He has
accordingly issued approp. .-.e 1880 :
lions to the geological survey.