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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21
For Sunday Reading
AN Sorts of Opinions



[From What Must the Church Do
To Be Saved" By Rev. P. Marion
Sims, Vinton, Iowa.
The writer has made a study by
correspondence OF nome mission con-
ditions in Iowa, In the Presbyterian
church. north. for the statistical year
reported to the Synod. October, 1910
In Iowa ten per cent. Of the Offering of
the church for home missions is sent
to the general board in New York, and
with the remainder the home mission
work Of the state is cared for by the
Iowa board.
According to the minutes Of the
Synod (See minutes OF the Twenty
ninth Annual Meeting Of the Synod Of
Iowa. 1910, PIP . 55s-5S2.) eiShty-two
churches received aid during the year
Seven Of these were situated in towns
or in cities. They are not included in
our study. The seventy-five remain
ing churches present some interesting
facts.
Tho total membership Of the sew
ave churches was 1925. an aver
age Of forty one and five-tenths each.
They had lost fifty-six members in
three years. The board spent 1885 in
their support. Two Presbyteries re-
ported to Synod for only six months
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

the delivery wagon. the driver. the
clerk, the rent of the store. the freight
rate, and the profits. But he is seved
all bother OF looking for farmer
and worrying about delivery. As for
the farmer he is saved the trouble of
dealing directly with quarrelsome con-
sumers.
Middiemen arc no. forcing them
selves on the public. The condition
which permits them to take excessive
profits when they produce nothing is
not desirable. but the public is respon-
sible, and the public must pay the bill.
Any person who is willing to do the
work of the middleman by dealing d.
rectly with the farmer can save money
but it takes time and trouble.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

up out Of the north by east like q ship
under full sall. mounts meridian wise
and things fairly smoke. Corn leaps to
meet it. The fields become checker
boards Of black and green. We begin
to demand rain. It Is . poor stalk
that does not do it's inch a day. We
conclude that 1t Will be knee high by
the Fourth. 1t will be q big crop "but
this hot weather is bad for the small
grain" All is not lost. We have not
entirely failed of the pleasure Of mock
worry.
When the grain is in the bins and
piled on the granary floor and the corn
stands head high the ancient and hon
orable usage of worrying over an early
frost is in season. Corn will have to
hump itself. There is bound to be lots
of soft corn this fall. Brown has
been thru his fields and aNsues US that
the crop is over-estima,ed. His neigh
boris corn will not mature more than
half. Himself, he has a piece of early
planting that will probably be pretty
good corn but in general it isn't filing
to the tip. we should have had rain
two weeks earlier.
And SO it goes Until .cornhusking
time. Then he brings in seventy BUSH
els from an acre and denies that ne
ever expected less. He scants the acre
age of his field in oruer to spring the
Weld. And he proposes to hold 1t Tor
rs cents a bushel.
n ves we worry in Iowa. Somehow
we seem to like it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21
noes, HORSES. IOWA AND ELSEWHERE,

The editor Of Farm and Fireside.
farm paper. relates in the current issue
,of his publication a conversation that
who went to Idaho from Ohio.
"'Growing many apples?' asked I,
remembering the beautiful apple-boom
literature / had read advising me to
buy ,en-acre orchard and be free
from all financial worries as soon as
they should come into bearing.
"'Apples!' said he. Not for me.
Why, can take you to warehouses in
Spokane where you can get all the fine
western apples you want for rs cents
a box!'
".well,' said after while, II apples
are n. G. out there. what are you max
ing your money on?'
Hogs he replied. Hogs and heavy
horses I have about dozen big
;mares-weighing about ton apiece.
you know-and a full blood stallion. My
colts bring me from $3.50 to $3.50 apiece
when they are 8 years old. in spite of
the automobile and the tractor.
Hogs and heavy horses" are 1owa's
long suits. The point is that it isn't
necessary 10 go away from iowa 10
raise hogs and heavy horses. They do
better here than anywhere else.
Not that there are not good chances
elsewhere. This Idaho man is doing
sweu following the Iowa system OF hogs
/andthorses. Men who bestir themselves
and use hard sense and industry and
thrift do well everywhere. The sug-
,gestion Is that this kind Of men can dc
better in Iowa than anywhere else.
Good land and opportunity exist out
side Of Iowa and good men make money
ibeyond the boundaries OF the state
fhut the best hogs. the most fertile
nands. and the biggest and surest
,chance is In Iowa. That's the claim
iowa puts forth, "of all that is gooG
IOWA affords the best" The man who
ycan not do well In Iowa can do no bet
ter elsewhere
An Iowa farm we'll titled means a
bank account well filed. There is nc
fspeculation about it, Iowa is a sure
Thing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21
LAZY HUSBANDS.

WEBSTER City Freeman Tribune]
The state OF Washington now has a
'lazy husband" law which took effect
few days ago and Seattle dispatch
advises women all over the country
who are afflicted with that sort Of
parasite to go to Washington and have
it cured. AS starter the state has
bought sixty-fve acres of timbered and
stony land and those husbands con-
victed of being lazy will be put to work
clearing this property from trees,
stumps and rocks. While the men are
working the wives will get $3.50 per
day and they will not have to ask the
consent of their liege lords or go TO the
office for the money. The cash VIII be
sent to them and they can use 1t for
the support OF themselves and families
AS well as including lazy husbands IN
the cpera tons of the law the ones who
run away and leave their families
without support are also subject to It's
penalties The country will watch with
interest this experiment and If 1t
proves successful other states Will
probably adopt similar methods. The
lazy husband problem is quite propo-
sition and if any way can be found to
make him earn his salt 1t will be
great discovery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

New York, June Glover 1000 per-
sons, most of them vacationists, We're
booked to sail on the ten decked Inn
perator's return journey to England
and Germany on June %. After the safe
arrival Of the biggest ship in the world
on Ter maiden trip to America thous-
ands of persons visited the mammoth
floating hotel and We're amazed. The
lmperator measures 919 feet in length
over all. 9S feet beam and has a gross
tonnage OF $4,000. Her quadruple tur-
bines have developed $4,000 horsepower
which has driven her great hull thru
the waters of the Atlantic at an aver
age speed of twenty-five and a half
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21
Topics of the Times

Russell Sage never took vacation
but he isn't working now.
The forty miles an hour maniac
ought to be condemned to run sta
tionary engine the rest OF his days.
When man wears vest THESE
DAYS there arises suspicion of a dirty
shirt
When the corn is laid by and the hay
in the NOV it is but few weeks 70
cornhusking and coal bills again. Lie
Is Just one blamed bill after another.
Surely things change. Here's the
workingman eating strawberry snort
cake under a democratic administra-
ton.
The country is certainly steering TO-
ward prosperity wnen the cattle teeoef
gets SO a hundred for his.
There Is always opportunity for an
active explorer. Now that both poles
have been discovered perhaps Peary or
Amunusen will have time TO hunt up
a lobbyist.
With two fine hospitals. the best
schools in the state, y NJ e A
building unequalled in any town OF us
size and business opportunity on every
hand where would men seeking homes
ne more attracted than 10 MARSHALL
town?
| row Of cottonwood trees along the
side of the farm is an anchor to wind
ward of the lumber trust.
| Scribner's magazine for July Is ono
| OF the notable special numbers. TINS
one devoted to Panama Many eHorls
to reproduce the great work OF the
| canal pictorially have been made IN
various mediums. but none has been
quite SO successful as the sixteen full
pages reproduced here. directly from
color photographs. They give the very
atmosphere OF the work, and the strik-
ing contrasts Of tropical vegetation
| with great gashes thru the mountains
and huge steam shoveis at work.
|
| A recent statement to the effect
| that English may within a few years
become the language OF Japan makes
interesting some late statistics witt
regard to the use of the leading Ian
guages Of the world. From these il
would appear that English is spoken BY
| 1aO.000,OO0 persons, German by 1oo.'
( 100000, Russian by 70,00O.000. French
! by $1,000, 900. Spanish by 100000 and
Italian by 100000 For obvious rea'
sons. the use OF the Spanish language
is growing very rapidly among people
of commercial countries. especial!
those Of Germany. England and the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21
The Middicman.
WASHINGTON Post, I

There is renewed talk OF "organiz-
ing" to reduce the cost of living by
eliminating the middleman But who
is to do the organizing? Is it to be a
mere change of middlemen? II the
public wants relief from the present
high prices it will have to do the work
itself.
Whatever may be the middleman's
faults. he is merely the product Of our
highly specialized civilization. He is
an outcropping Of our famous friend,
the law Of supply and demand. II there
had been no demand for his services, he
would not be with us today. He works
e: every penny that he takes from the
pockets of the public. He tolls as long
as the producer. and usually knows a
great deal more about catering to- the
public taste.
The middleman, really is a reproach
to our laziness. We don't want to go
out to the nearby farms and contract
for produce to be delivered by parcel
post each day. and, from the other
viewpoint. the farmer is not energetic
enough to come into town and drum
up list Of customers to whom he
might send his products by parcel
post every morning.
Clearly there is a wide gap between
the, producer and the consumer. The
mountain won't SO &c saahoH:et, and
Mahomet won't go to the mountain
That Is where the nliddleman steps in
and saves the day. Most OF us like to
order by telephone or drop around tC
the nearest store. We want what NJ VIC
want when we want IT. We won't care
to arrange too far ahead We want
quick delivery. .-r
The consumer pays for the telephone
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

knots an hour for part Of the voyage.
The object Of the Hamburg American
line in building the Imperator was to
give her sufficient speed to land her
passengers in London or Paris on the
sixth day and Hamburg and Berlin on
the seventh day from New York. Some
idea can be gained of her towering
height when it is known that the bridge
is 80 feet above the water, while the
three tunnels extend So feet above the
upper deck with openings 80 feet in
length and Is feet in width. Her two
tapering masts measure 246 feet from
keel to truck. OF her complement Of
four captains one is on deck all day
and is responsible for the efficiency OF
the ship. and the other three take
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

Katherine Z. Norton. New Bedford.
Mass. says: Il had terrible pain across
my back. with burning and scalding
feeling. took Foley KidnAy. Pills an
advised. with results certain and sure.
The pain and burning feeling left me.
felt toned up and invigorated. rec
nn,menda Foley Kidney PILLS." For
backache. rheumatism, lumbago. and
all kidney and bladder ailments, use
Foley Kidney Pills. Mcbride g WIN
Drug Company. 81 ~. I: ],
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

charges Of the watches on the bridge
one of them being always on duty, with
Commodore Ruser in supreme CONF
mand over ALL She Is also equipped
with wireless apparatus capable Of
transmitting. messages 1,500 niles and
carries three operators. who take four
hour watches on duty SIMILAR to those
Of the deck officers. To hold her safeiy
at anchorage In bad weather the lm-
perator carries FIVE anchors on. her for
ward deck, a main bower weighing 2s,-
ASS pounds two addition anchors
Weighing 1885 pounds each, > fourth
OF 11.463 pounds and q kedge anchor
Of 1850 pounds. The anchors are Sc
cured by big steel cables having total
length Of $40 fathoms.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

Olympics Of Bradford. in Chickasaw
county. who were at one time the
champion club Of Iowa MI. Gillilano
was afterwards elected representative
in the Iowa legislature from Chickasaw
county. He also served three terms as
clerk Of the courts In that county. Dur
ing Cleveland's first administration ne
was postmaster at Nashua. after thls
writer had been removed for offensive
partisanship," whatever that meant!
'.Lank" Gilliland is remembered by the
old man OF the Independent as a big
hearted. good friend. He was buried at
New Hampton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21
Christ and Intern psrance.

Northwestern Christian Advocate
Here is the wisdom of Bacchus as IL
appears Oh the editorial pages of Cur
rent Thought" an organ Of Chicago
saloonsts:
In the new testament is the SER
mon on the mount; 1t is one Of the
most beautiful pieces Of christian lit
erature ever produced, but there isn't
word against drink; it never entered
into the mind of the Great Teacher
that it could be classed with the great
crimes against which he was preach
ing"
The author Of the foregoing is cor
rect. Neither is there aught agains,
stealing. But he does say: "A corrupt
tree can not bring forth good fruit
Every tree that bringeth not forth
good fruit is hewn down and cast into
the fire" That's exactly what the
American public is in process Of do
ing with the saloon. The ak is laid
at the root Of the tree which has pro-
duced nothing but apples Of Sodom
The fact is, Mr.. Current Thought, the
whole sermon on the mount IL an in
dictment Of your hellish business. He
spoke Of murder. More murders are
committed in the name Of intemper-
ance than Of war; he speaks Of adult
cry, the saloon is the breeding quar-
ter Of vice. Every commission on vice
and iniquity has unearthed that fact
The red light" and liquor are neces-
sary to each other. He efijoins all tc
"enter in at the straight gate, for wide
Is the gate and broad 10 the way that
leadeth to destruction" This 10 a di.
rect appeal to the drunkard. Only yes
:erday as we passed building that
was being wrecked we Observed what
first appeared bundle Of cast-o6 rags
but which upon closer inspection
proved to be one Of Gods children
dead drunk He had fallen among tins
bricks on the sidewalk and FAY there
dead to the world. A workman with
fiendish wit placed q brick under hi
head. another placed bats in his peck
cts. We called the ambulance. but wa.
til 1t came we thought, Mr.. Saloonist
that less than an hour ago you lifte<
him the cup that sent him reeling
staggering down the sbreaA" way.y'tl
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21
Methods Of Sabbath Counting.

While the Egyptians named the
days of their week. the Jews mum.
bered them only, the f1r day Of the
week being always the day after the
weekly Sabbath. Fifteen different
methods of Sabbath counting are
known to have existed during the last
four thousand years, including every
day of the week, weeks of different
and varying length. from six to ten
days, and months Of various and
varying length.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

dreds Of thousands Of cuttings are be.
ing raised in the exposition green
houses. The exposition palaces will
be set as in semi tropical paradise.
In the vast inner courts wonderful
floral effects will lend warmth ana
beauty to the colossal grouping Of
statuary and huge colonnades and
peristyles. Many strange exotic plants
will be shown in the great tropical
south garden. This picture, justItaken,
shows first work in landsca ping.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

finally fall among the wreckage. Do
YOU mean to say that Christ would
not have cried out against an institu-
ton that left one Of his own brothers
in such a plight? Nay, you could not
stand before his wrath.
Again we invite you to read that
sermon carefully with this question on
your lips: Would the great preacher
sanction the business Of making
drunkards were he here today?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

San Francisco, June 1s.-This pic
ture shows the service building, the
first of the structures to be finished at
the Panama Pacific international ex-
position at San Francisco. Altho Of
small size when compared to the huge
exhibit place, it is an imposing edifice.
The building is the headquarters of the
construction and architectural depart
lnents. All the main exhibit palaces
there will be fourteen-will be under
construction within a few months and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21
EIR5I 6gZVN6 s06pZEER EgR pAnA0AzRL1EL Q5nkNzZzz

will be completed in July, 1914. AS sooa
as the buildings are finished an army
of landscape gardeners and workmen
will begin setting out upon the
grounds and in the courts millions Of
trees, flowers, palms and rare shrubs.
These include innumerab1e orange and
lemon trees in fruit and in blossom.
bulbs from Holland, giant tree ferns
from Australia, rhododendrons from
West Virginia ana England, banana
plants from Central America. Hun
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

TN spite of the cartoons upon the
subject you can find the average high
school graduate. not in cap and gown
and an important view of his own
worth. but working hard on the gas
mains. the Ice wagon and in the gro
Gerry store" says the Perry Chief.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

"Alcng with the efforts to assist per-
sons una BILE to work for themselves be-
longs a system Of making those work
who are able to work and wont" says
the Waverly Independent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

1.-THE auto Is putting the sale bill out
Of business" says the Iowa City Re-
publican. I'm many counties sale bills
are never seen. The man in the auto
never sees a sale bill, and half the
buyers at sales travel In autos"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21
Io,,,a Newspapers
AN OLD IOWA PLAYER.
iway.riv fiasppSSaaeut.l

IWaVeriy inuSl,S.:sGsnt.I
Hon. J. M. Gilliland died last week
at Green Bay. wis. The older base ball
cranks who lived in the Cedar Valley
forty years ago will remember 'Iank"
Glllilaud. He was the captain Of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21
Something New.

An Irishman just from the sod was
eating some old cheese, when he
found, to his dismay, that 1t con-
tanned living inhabitants. BE ia
bers." said ne. ''does your cheese in
this country have children"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

The Sioux City Journal suggests:
Probably the sugar trust would be
just as well off it had never expended
q dollar On congress-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

Indianapolis, Ind, June 1s.-Mere-
dith Nicholson. the novelist. who has
been selected for appointment as min,
lister to Portugal. Is one Of the many
literary men chosen for high posts hy
President Wilson. Like D:.-ysn DYKE
and Ambassador Page, Dir. Nicholson
is man OF letters. HAsis best known n,
by his fiction. Some Of his stories In 70
been popular sellers. such ~ ..1'hs:
House or Thousand s,s.S. *; = .r.:. -:
Port OF Missing, Men, The Lords 81
High Decision" and "The steGs u -
Seven suitorsss IS ST sts sss e 4 ssss,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

among the notab1es who have
dropped completely out OF sight during
the past few months are the Hon.
Thomas Watson, Edwin n. Hunter,
and the Hon. Walter Butler" observes
the Webster City Freeman Tribune.
But their disappearance has not ma
teria1ly affected the general welfare OF
the people"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

V1Iuo per d. w. dUUUt *1'Vs.
The cost per yard Of constructing
that Of laying cement pavement. Eddy
vile 10 handy to sand and gravel. This
Bnouid cheaper the cost of her road. In
fact, comparing the cost Of this bit of
daid in many towns Eddyville's road
might have been built at a still lower
tcost. 1t was small job and small jobs
are costlier yard for yard than big
Jobs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

1.-THE best way to deal with vice is tc
drag it out Of the dark" insists the
Dubuque Telegraph-H Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21
the CEMENT ROAD At eDuYy,tle.

A stretch Of cement highway in Iowa
land its cost Of construction as shown
by the building records is offered at
Eddyyille. where the road has been in
use since the summer of 1911. This
stretch Of highway is 1,19l feet long
and cost q little over a dollar a running
foot.
The cement used was contributed by
! the county and the hauling of sand and
water was donated by farmers The
actual cash cost of the road was ST.
404.69. The specifications were for
width Of fourteen feet. thickness Of IA
inches at the crown and Z inches at the
sides. This road has been in continu
ous use since its construction and is
said TO show no signs of deterioration.
Sand and gravel to the amount Of s16
tons were required with 1857 sacks Of
cement and 564 barrels Of water. The
figures Of the cost Of the road had
everything used in it's construction been
bought and paid for is given thus:
Labor at 81 cents per SO. ft..s $3.50
Cement at $1.17 per Dbl. ...... 1920
Sand and gravel .............. 4240o
HaMing water and ceemnt 80. 10S.00
Value per "a. va. about s1o2.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

Russell Sage never took vacation
but he isn't working now.
The forty miles an hour maniac
ought to be condemned to run sta
tionary engine the rest OF his days
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-21

When a man wears a vest these
DAYS there arises suspicion of a dirty
shirt
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-07-18
4 Cornell Feels Jones Loss.

s The greatest blow to Cornell univer-
sity athletics was the graduation of
} Ohm Paul Jones, the greatest individ-
uai athlete Cornell has ever produced
and the man who won more points
than any man in the history Of the
ithaca (Ns$Y J institution. sE; RE
i Jones twice broke the mile record in
the eastern intercollegiate. track and
field champ ionships. is the holder Of
the worlds amateur record. for the
mile, twice the winner Of the half mile
at the same championships and holder
of the record Of the association for the
distance, winner of numerous mile and
half mile races in dual meets, member
Of the world's champion indoor four
mile relay team and individual cross
country winner for fwo years Es,ss
Jones holds d record unapproa in
the history Of Cornell athletics and
without an equal inSthe history Of
American track athletics. ;53s$S d FIJI 88s3 /: