Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-22
Topics of the Times


concrete pavement is used too much
70 he dismissed il favor u more ex-
pens;va material The Courier should
visit Sioux City where il Will md
better paved Town than IS Waterloo
ard nearly all pavement aid within
the pas. five years IS Of concrete.
II Senator KENYON can force con-
gress 10 act upon child labor legisla-
Restriction Of abuse n the employ
ment Of children is Of no less i'm
porlance than currency legislation.
When 2 young CIR, l-esses along the
street exciting uHsayo-y comment be-
cause of her inmodesr cress that girls
mother is more responsible for What is
said about her daughter iaan any one
else. The mother IS supposed to know
VIVA, effect an immodest dress will
have upon the gaping men along the
street.
Des Moines now has mile and a
half OF permanent concrete road which
should be exhibited 10 The next legis-
la-ure.
One fatality per day from autcmo-
bile accidents IS the record for The one
ciIy Of Detroit alone and the fact mas
SO Weighed upon the mind o. one doc
tor that he mas abandoned ,he use of
MS own auto.
! A big hurrah and $4,000 people
turning o., i. Missouri: 70 improve
ihei- roads viii actually but.d about
| as many reads as a Fourth Of july
celebration. The only thing that Will
build roads Is the same thing tha,
builds cour- houses and drainage
bitches namely a law which will per
MT road lev;es 20 De ani,ctp a,ed for
q per:od Of years By means % bond
issue
Thaw is fighting IS hard 20 stay in
Jail as ne ever did 10 keep out. AS
every one agrees that jail is the best
place for him Why no, let him stay
there as long as possible?
The court will come TO Cam" rext
week. 40 dousot i viii ind that Cam
Is & little TOO eccentric 70 Il any ma
chine but The treadnill.
If this dynamite business keeps up
the small boys VIII be throwing bombs
instead of green apples al each other
49,
They says the sta:e fair is me biggest
eerr No doubt the promise Of the
cl.os 70 see that nobody was robbed by
had much 20 DO with ,he added al
tendance The Times Republican Is
glad 20 have suggested q policy whicf
is good for the fair. good for those
who attend il and by way Of making
Des Moinss highly- respectable
Thaw is hiring TOO many lawyers II
get loose soon. Those boys viii see tha
the litigation hangs on long enough Il
De worth while from their own stand
point.
3 Just think Of spending million dol,
lars on 2 proposition like Harry Thaw
The difference between that in jail o.
out Of Jail would be dear At dime.
A few years hence when the Water
loo Times Tribune and the Reporter
look over the stuff they are writing i,
s favor of the saloon they will wonde
how they came TO do ii. The booze
business is on its last legs.
Judging by the first two issues o
Harper's Weekly az compared with tn,
paper Hapgood used to make of Col
r lier-s sonnet thing has gone wrong witt
{ Hapgood or somebody on Collier
8 helped him a lot.
But think what a gold mine Suize
has in the chautauqua platform!
Z
" The speed maniac keeps up the eli
4 toward the cemetery. He is becomin
- the main dependence Of the under
:sker.
e How happy could New York be wit
n almost anybody were Sulzer and Tam
q many away.
State and national road days" ar
all right as far as they go, but tn
u steady plugging away OF one count
and township and another is wis
n makes roads 1t takes real money an
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