Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26
Topics of the Times

over 100000 to the state OF Tennes-
see, being money from the perma-
nent school fund Of Nebraska invested
in state bonds Of Tennessee, and now
Nebraska wants her money because
would happen II Tennessee couldn't
pay? Could Nebraska obtain a judg-
ment for the amount and sell Tennes-
sees capitol building at sheriff's sale?
Who is there who would dare enter
Tennessee to collect the bill IN this
way and would he ever come back?
Marylands farm college is asking
for a million dollars for Improvement
and Maryland is much less than one
fourth the size Of Iowa in area avail
able for farms.
The decision of the railroads to obey
the Webb Kenyon law may tremend-
ously increase the auto truck business
of the state.
The frequency of drownings in the
Iowa streams suggests anew the need
for public bathing pools. Our cities
ought all to maintain an artificial lake
or lagoon with public bathing beaches
Of safety.
President Wilson calls public atten-
ton to rider which congress has
placed on an appropriation bill as a
sop to the la Dor vote which could not
have become law if It had stood upon
its own merits alone. The need Of the
money to come from the appropri
alton Is the only thing that caused him
to sign the bill.
The supreme court Of Mississippi has
ruled that razors carried on the person
are not concealed weapons. but "imple-
ments of the toilet" Following this
theory to a final conclusion, sttlletos
might be carried as toothpicks, bowie
knives as manicure sets. and automatic
pistols as can openers.
| Boones latest city directory esti-
mates the population OF the city at 49,
| 600. Boone is a good town and grow
! ing, but should not overlook the habit
/ Of state and federal census takers of
| reducing directory censuses about %
/ per cent.
Belated recognition is to be given one
! Of Iowa's earliest benefactors. William
! Alexander Scott gave to the state the
! grounds on which the present state
capitol stands ifty-six years ago. Scott
was buried on the bluff south Of the
state house and all these years his
grave has been unmarked. Definite an
nouncement yesterday that the state
| historical department and the Polk
| County Pioneers Club will erect suit
able tablet over the grave is the frs,
| concrete indication that he will be re-
membered in fitting manner.
| Free wool and free sugar in 1916 are
now as good as enacted into law. The
senatorial caucus has decided to accept
them as written in the bill passed by
the house and the big schoolmaster a,
the White House has long made i,
clear that school would not be dis
missed until the problem was worked
out in just that way.
At the home coming for Earlhan
College at Richmond, Ind, Joe Cannon
said that MIR. Wilson doesn't neeG
any help. He's the whole thing" thu
former speaker said In comenting OF
the president, congress, cabinet and
party He's a healthy. lusty infan
and can stand entirely alone. Also h
can speak for himself"
Many farmer now wishes that h
had corn stalks growing IN every spo
at which a hill of corn should be. Tha
is what he gets for not having teste4
his seed and graded 1t to uniform eiz
for perfect dropping from the planter
C. E. Wilson, the interesting write
and observer, who sees that so man.
. successful farmers in central Iowa en-
JOY the Times-Republican in thei
homes. Is spending the summer on HI
farm in northern Wisconsin. He write
that he can now swing q brush scyth
all day without fatigue and can fell
tree just where he wants it-some
. timaA Tho immigration Of new fam