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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13
THE TREE BUTCHERS.
[Cedar Rapids Republican,

tAeuaI RaDlCS republican,.
The Marion Sentinel recently con-
tanned the following complaint, against
the operations Of some of the wire
companies:
The tree butchers of the telephone
company have been at work in Marion.
Ali this is necessary to prove this as
sertion Is to go upon some OF the
streets and take a look at this sort Of
vandalism where orders for cutting
have been made. People who plant
and cherish fine trees IN the parks
have only to turn their backs long
enough for the butchers to do their
work 10 see the beauty Of year. Of
growth ruthlessly destroyed. Such out
RACES will persist 50 long as city gov
ernments permit wires to be strung
along public streets. instead of alleys,
ana so long az the property owner ne
elects to shoot when the treet butcher
puts in an appearance"
All Of which is outrageous. The
wire men know about as much OF
trimming trees as hog does aho...
stars. They merely cut away to make
room for their wires. Any city that
gives them such authority is a city
governed by fools. Trees have more
right to the air than men who &c.
permits to string wires-and the
wires ought to be underground in every
city. They are the most unsightly and
un cody things that civilization in its
neautifying influences has TO contend
with.
Inc wire men perform the same
atrocities out in the country. One
can see rows OF stately trees which
ornament the highways cut to pieces
TO string ole little wire on the part
OF some corporation. A telephone OF
hght company has no rights when Il
comes to cutting the tops out of trees
that people have planted for the com
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13
A Pleasant Surprise.

"a pleasant surprise" said Senator
Frawley of New York. apropos OF a
charge that had been exploded against
a brother legislator. "A pleasant sur
prise indeed. 1t reminds me OF smith.
"a half dozen of us sat gossipine
in the club one afternoon when smith
entered.
".oh, dear me- groaned. Here's
Smith. Here's Smith just back from q
three months European tour. He's go.
ing to bore us to death with travel
talk. see 1t in his eye
Smith. sure enough came straight
toward US. He sat down. lighted
cigar. beamed on US all. and said:
We'll. boys. how goes 1t? rye
just returned from a three months
European tour
I'VE groaned.
and I'm going to sit here with
YOU two or three hours
I'VE groaned again.
and / want you to tell me every
blessed thing that's happened since
I've been away"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13
POP CORN.
washington Post.1

When the department of agriculture
advocates pop corn as national food.
with view incidentally to lowering
the high cost OF living. 1t makes a
move to take out of it's place among
the arts an edible whose function as d
mere filler can never atone for the loss
which the change will occasion.
True. pop corn is flling. II not al
together satisfying. Have we not all
read. in our youthdom. OF the savage
redskin who rode for days across the
plains, with nothing but his bag OF
parched corn for sustenance? Even
then. however. pop corn still maintain
ed its place in the realm OF romance.
gliding adventure. and lending to Dor
der strife an added interest.
However, the chosen habitat Of pop
corn Is amidst rural surroundings.
where curls the smoke Of peace and
plenty. Like quilting bees and corn
shucking and barn raisings, popping
corn belongs to departed period. Inn
agine any one attempting the feat over
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13
forts OF shade and fer the beautiAea
tten Of their homes.
II THE COUNTY MNoNsHEl
fHam pton ChrOnieio]


UND0R THE COUNTY MN0RNHER'
eHampton Chreniele]
Coed reads In Frsnklin county are
fast becoming, reality instead OF a
dream to be fulllled. The work done
ON the county highways this summer
makes splendid showing ana stands
up well beside the work Of other coun-
Ties. Under the direction of County
Engineer A. q. Baker. who acts under
the suggestion and the approval of
the state highway commission. four
permanent bridges Of steel and con.
crete have been built this summer.
twelve concrete culverts have been
constructed and ten miles Of perma-
nent roadway are nearing completion.
or the 1,104.25 miles Of public high
way In Franklin county 1875 miles
or 1887 per cent have been taken into
the county road system. Thirty miles
OF permanent roads have been sur
veyed and forty miles Of preliminary
work has been done thruout the coun-
ty. OF the ten miles OF road nearing
completion. a portion is located south
east OF Geneva. another near the coun-
ty line north OF Ackley. another two
miles east OF Burdette and another
SAA Iilles north west OF Hampton. AiS
construction OF the roads varies in
different localities, but the general
plan consists of grading the dirt to
the survey. rounding it to shed water
and then applying a surface that will
make it hard and smooth. In sections
Of the county where gravel can be OBJ
tanned nearby. this VIII furnish mater
ial for the surface and where crushed
rock may easily be obtained that will
be used.
The county roads are those which
connect market places. such as the var
ious towns of the county, all others
compose the township system. The
width of county roads is thirty eight
feet from fence to fence. the bitches
measure six feet wide, leaving an &C
tual roadway of twenrysix feet. The
township roads are two feet narrower.
The cost of building permanent roads
varies from 5000 to $1,000 a mile. In
some parts OF the county steam outfits
are used while in other places the
old method OF grading IS employed. Lo-
cal labor is used where il can be OBJ
tanned.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13

Albany. N. Y. Oct. l3.-Louis A.
sarecky. formerly confidential secre-
tary Of Governor Sulzer, tried his best
to save the executive at tho impeach-
ment trial here. Sarecky shouldered
all the blame for turning in q false
statement Of Suffers campaign re-
ceipts and for forging Sulzer's name.
The young man proved valuable wit
ness for Sulzer, and the general opin-
ion prevailed here that II the governor
were found innocent Sarecky'S story
would have most to do with that ver-
dict.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13
MAKE YOUR "Pun.,

This golf game IS considerably Ike
life. OF life is ike golf game-have II
Your own way-Ihey are alike There
has been much golf in Narshalitown
this season and the game goes Up town
very much as i goes on the links.
Men start from the first tee" and
drive Off n hope and with expec,a-
ton. Some dub" some hit clean"
but the game isn't won on the drive.
There remain the approach" and the
putt" And the greatest Of these is
the putt" Il Is the las. stroke in ,he
play. Il It fans al fails. There's no
going back or forward from the final
stroke. When tina, is made 1t is ali
over Someone has won.
A man may start bad He may dub
his drive into a hazard" or pull into
the rough" And he may come out to
the green" with a good approach"
putt" with nerve and accuracy and
win the hole or half" He may lie
down beside a bad lie" and play nerve
iessly, give up the hole" pick Up" his
ball and generally display a faint
heart, Some men never get to the
putting green" unless they get away
right Others come out Of ths grass"
for 'bogie"
The games are very much alike No
body wins except on the putt. That's
the crucial test Nobody wins Who does
not play from the tee" 20 the cup"
steadily, sincerely, faithfully. Il isn't
a brilliant mans game. either of them.
II rs the deliberate, steadfast player
VINO wins, the player who goes dog
gediy down the middle Of the course
for the length Of his drive nor attempt
ing to overdrive the other player, who
keeps his eye on the ball and follows
thru when he approaches, who comes
20 the green in three and takes he
normal two puts there. II. wins in
golf and business and elsewhere where
the games are played from start to
finish.
When any man tells you that "he
'93" il isn't SO. When ne tells YOU
how ne trimmed the cup" on half the
holes, how he fell into a "stymie" here
and there and how the other PLAYER
topped 100 yards from the green and
twisted in by buil-headed luck tina,
isn't 50. When he tells you that hard
luck has followed him all of his golfng
or business days that isn't SO. He
hasn't played it from the tee off, 10
the last putt on the eighteenth green.
Mind the putt. II rs the vital stroke
All the play has been preliminary to it.
Whatever you are doing, whatever you
nave played up to and whenever you
have come to the crisis clinch your
teeth and make the putt" That's
whore man falls down in golf or bust
ness. Make that putt
Golf saw a great worlds champion
ship won BY a boy the other day. IL
that big game at Brookline, where the
lad won great authority on the game
zayS that "75 per cent OF the strokes
were taken on the putting green's" bu.
not by the boy who won. He played il
out, ~putted down" under the strain
That was what he was there for. Tina,
made him winner. That's golf an6
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13

insects Of he lsuss family. and called
her Ill kinds Of vile names. and had
made . brute Of himself generally.
Plaintiff replied. denying all the allega-
tions Of the answer. The sifeait Judge.
taking the matter in his own hands
and without hearing any testimony.
made . decree upon the pleadings
granting plaintiff the divorce, and de-
creeins the property held in the name
Of defendant to belong to plainAiff.
granting plaintiff the custody Of the
two children. issue of TIE marriage.
and giving defendant nlimony at the
rate Of $50 per month. After paying
alimony for few months plaintiff re-
fused to pay longer, and now applies
for modification Of the decree on the
grounds that the part uf the decree
granting alimony is void. The supreme
court Of Oregon conclrs in his con-
tention, and reverses an order denying
the motion on the grounds that the
court had no jurisdiction to grant
divorce on the pleadinss without hear
inS evidence. says the decree granted
is absolutely void. and remanas the
case to the lower court. with dlrec-
lions to hear the testimony.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13

denly IL. MS law office ct Red Oak.
was man who vii, be missed in Iowa.
Mr.. Juukin was a lawyer of high re-
pule, has served four terms in HE
state assembly and altogether .ovaole
and useful man.
Some alarm is expressed over the
rurnor that many orien,sls are en-
te-ing our schools as students and thus
evad;ng the exclusion laws Blu, that
seems reunabout way 10 Start a ,aun-
dry and probably isn't t-ne And If il.
we're the p-opr!ety Of more laundry
work for the average College s.uden,
IS patent 10 close Observers
The Polk county potato crop is said
70 have failed d:smally. However
;hsre have ALWAYS been and still re-
main a great many small potatoes in
Des Mo!nes.
Anamosa papers are telling of q
.a-ge gray wolf which was seen cross
ing the main street OF trat CITY and
passing under me ea"cs Of rhe build
ing where SO IS handed out for a single
wolf scalp" Isn't il possible tina, thu
animal might have been ar overgrowa
court house rat?"
Speak gently TO the telephone girl
and be silent when the lines busy. -
4 German prince used language back
TO central and was faed s. for
''oeampten Don't comm;;
it.
The man who stands the tap of 4
5lackmailer may take MS choice he is
either a coward. a fool or guilty.
The ancient and honor ble sport o:
fencing isssaid to have required as a
ns1. phase of recreation in Washing
ton. II has never lost its vogue I,
Iowa where it has been used TO occupy
the attention of hired men on rainy
days since fence posts were discovered:
a sport out here.
There is close kinship between the
way scaoo! boy washes mis- ears ani
the way the soda fountain washes
the drinking glasses.
The best football news as yet pub.
iished comes from Nebraska where the
surgeons have mended boy who haG
had his neck broken in a railway acct.
dent
Huerta and a few Iowa newspapers
are still holding out against the state.
wide primary.
Under the enforcement Of an order o
the police commission Of Kansas Cit,
| that town lost 400 of its population !,
day last Saturday when the doors O.
houses devoted to commercialized vic,
were closed. Four hundred womer
scattered to st. Joe and Phoenix, Ariz
! A number Of houses are vacant in tn,
town. No doubt a considerable mum.
Der of persons are mourning at thi.
blow to business" But which towl
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13
Iona Newspapers
FARMERS OWN THE CARS.
lSioux City Journal. ]

LSloux CITY Journa..I
Objection is made TO the plan for
good roads-rhat they will be prin-
c!pa,.l- used by the touring class.
Suppose we say that a majority OF
the people in the touring class" are
farmers. then the objection would de-
feas itself
The record shows that one family
Out of every six. in Iowa, has tour
ing car. which demonstrates that a
large majority Of them are owned by
farmers
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13
Important Decisions
THE following notes Of cases are
from the West Publishing Company
DAMAGES FOR SLOT MACHINE

DAMAGES FOR SLOT MACHINE.
Where slot machine is broken in
transit. may the owner recover dam
ages from the carrier? The jury in
the case OF Miller vs. Chicago & NV.
Railway Company, 141 Northwestern
Reporter, 263, thought 50, and allowed
the plaintiff SIS: the trial judge being
OF the opinion that plaintiff was en-
Tilted 10 recover the value OF the arti-
Gle for The purposes of gambling.
Where an article is not disable and
has no value for lawful purposes, is
there an existing right 20 recover for
It's value, based on its use and usa bill
lily for an unlawful purpose? Other
questions similar in nature are sug-
gesteo by the court: If counterfeiter
employed an engraver to make plates
to be used in making counterfeit
money. and the plates were lost in the
process Of transportation or converted
by some other party. could the cost
price. or their value for the unla wluI
uses TO which they were intended to be
put, be recovered? The same question
might arise over kit Of burglars
tools. valuable for the purpose of COM
hitting burglary, but having no par
ticular value for any legitimate USE
Burglary and counterfeit!ng were Of
lenses al common law, while gambling
was not. but nevertheless the supreme
court of Wisconsin holds that no good
reason is apparent why me principle
which would govern the cases assumed
for the purpose of illustrat ton would
not apply to the case of a slot machine.
The court holds that where the imple-
rnent. as slot machine. nas no value
for any lawful purpose, 40 damages
Tor It's destruction are recoverable.
MATRIMONY AND ITS TROUBLES.
To sever the sacred bonds Of matri-
mony Earnest brings suit against his
once beloved Daisy, in Miller vs.. Miller,
l31 Pacific Reporter, 205. He alleges
various acts Of cruel and inhuman
treatment. including such matters az
dishes and glassware at him. striking
him with dishes and other articles OF
household furniture, kicking him on
delicate parts of his natomy. and
thereby permanently injuring him. and
committing other dissertations OF his
manly person. whereby he was perna-
| nently injured and his life rendered
miserable and unbearabie. Daisy an
sWered denying the soft impeachments
OF plaintiff and alleging among other
things. that plaintiff had been accus-
toned to beat, kick, curse, and abuse
defendant: that he had spit tobacco
juice on her clothing, and had become
anected with lice and other creeping
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13

Afternoon frocks ore extremely
short, as in this case where the draped
skirt is drawn up to give an ample
view OF the feet. The gown is OF
charmeuse. the bodice embroidered In
tiny beads and paste stones. Pearl
buttons trim the garment. The very
chic little hat worn with 1t is Of vel
vet and satin. the smart aigret being
set under the tilted SIDE brim.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13
A KICKING cAsR

Openly appropriatins another's Idea
and turning 1t to profit. however re-
pugnant to ethics In business. has been
held not to constitute unfair COMPETE
ton in Westminster Laundry Com
pany vs. Hesse Envelope Company, 1856
Southwestern Reporter, 76i. Plaintiff 8
idea was a shrewd one. based along the
lines OF human nature, principally cur
icsity. Plaintiff published on sign
boards. and by way OF printed cards,
what is known as blind" advertise
ment; the fundamental idea of which
is the use Of some striking device well
adapted to attract public attention. but
unaccompanied upon it's first appear
ance by the name OF the advertiser
using It: other matter being added
later, and the name of the advertiser
being given when the curiosity Of the
public has been sufficiently aroused by
the blind nature of the advertisement.
The device employed in this instance
was the word "Stopurkicken.' After
the word "Stopurkicken" had been SO
used for time. and before plaintiff
had issued a proper supplement to the
advertisement to disclose its own name
and identity. the defendant printed
and had distributed a large number of
cards bearing the word "Stopurkicken'
and followed by Its own name And
right here is where plaintiff "Startedto-
kick Suit was brought which re-
suited in Judgment for plaintiff for
81. Defendant appealed. The st. Louis
court Of appeals OF Missouri holds that
to constitute unfair competition by the
use of words or a phrase. the word or
phrase must have have been long en-
ployeCI in connection with business
or certain goods SO as to be understood
by the public as designating the per-
ticuiar goods or business, and that al
tho defendant interposed and used the
same word on cards bearing its name.
IS plaintiff do no unfai. competition
appears when considered II the sense
of the law on the subject: AMI until
plaintiff ohtsired a right therero by
actual user In connection with its
product. the word "Stopurkicken" must
be regarded as publici juris and avaf .
able TO all who desire - emplor 1t
identicaliy as was the original phrase
stop your kicking" Judgment is re-
Serse6
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13
IOWA opiNloNs AND NovEs.

'.If men Of the Gardner type can
bring the republican party up to the
Ideals for which they stand, there will
be no reason for the existence Of the
progressive party" says the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil. "If these men fail,
then history will repeat Itself and an
other party record will be closed and
placed beside those OF the whig and the
federalist.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13
TIMES REPUBLICAN, nARsHA11nowr IOWA, OCTOBER 49, 1918

is better Ell. Kansas City or et. Joe?
And has town better right to en-
courage vice and shame for general
profit than an individual to d tho
same thing for his own profit?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13

business and school and service. It's
the game.
Make your putt.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13

New York. Oct 13-The Aeronauti-
cal society of this city plans a revival
OF American interest and activity in
aviation by commemorating the tenth
anniversary of the first fight in .
power driven aeroplane with a meet
ing on the aviation field of Oakwoods
heights, Staten Island. on Monday, Oct
10. The first man to fly in a power
driven aeroplane was the late Wilbur
Wright. He accomplished this feat at
Kittyhawk. y. c., in 1903. The prin-
cipal event Of the meeting will be q
race from the aviation field around
Manhattan Island and back to the
starting point. c. Murvin Wood, who
recently tried nonstop trip from New
York to Washington and return, will
be one OF the principal entries.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13

The Anamosa Eureka declares that
the progressive party is clearly q
vesi-pocket organization. Notwith-
standing its showing 1t is snuEly
tucked away where Theodore Roose-
Welt can DO with /, as he pleases. He
gave It birth and he can aesily give
ii a death blow"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13
TRIAL MARRIAGES UPHELp


In New York state a woman under
the age Of IS years. and who has sep
arated from her husband before ar
irving at the age of IS years. may
maintain an action to annul her mar
rage under the code of civil procedure,
and this tho her parents consented to
the marriage, according to the case
Of Mundell VS.. Coster. 142 New York
Supplement. 1i2 There the plaintiff
brings action to annul her marriage to
the defendant on the ground that at
the time of the contamination thereof
she was and still is under the age of
legal consent. The license for the mar
rage was granted upon the legal con-
sent OF her mother. The evidence
showed that a. the time of the mar
riage she was exactly II years of age.
She left her husband one month there
after and has not since cohabited with
him. The supreme courts special term,
holds that the present Law permits an
infant who marries under the age Of
is years with the consent of her par
ents. and who subsequently, leeavs her
husband before she arrives at that age,
TO come into cour. and as matter of
course obtain decree of annulment.
Judgment annulling the marriage is
granted. the court remarking in con-
clusion that the statute to all intents
and purposes procides for trial mar
riages. "but II is a condition the rem
edy for which lies with the legislature
and not with the court"
INCR1MINATING CIRCUMSTANCE.
One Files. being under suspicion of
ma intaining what Is commonly called
a "Uhiulyv iOinf ~ a Ya an for nj
officer. armed with search warrant,
called at his place Of business to in
vestigate the kind Of fluid sold there.
After having searched the place and
! having found about enough of old John
Barleycorn to float an ordinary battle
ship. an amusing incident occurred.
While the officer was yet on the prem
Uses. and in the presence of the afore-
said Files young man entered. and.
! addressing the officer asked. Can
get half pint?" Il don't know you."
the officer answered. well, I have got
/ it here fifty times" he said. when the
keeper spoke up. Hell, that is the
| state enforcement officer you are talk
! ing to-" From a conviction and pun
| :shment assessed at 100 days impris-
onment and fine of 1920 he appeals to
| the criminal court OF appeals of Okla
homa In Files VS.. State, 1872 Pacific
Reporter, 509. the conviction is af-
+! firmed. the court concluding with the
| following: From the testimony II Is
| plain that appellant is confirmed and
adroit criminal Such characters must
be taught that they can not violate the
law with impunity. The punishment
/ of appellant has already been too long
delayed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13

Suppose the administrator cur
rency bill! could be beaten, how would
the bankers like a compulsory ma
s!onal bank deposit guaranty law
asks the Sioux City journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13

Nevertheless" says the Manchester
Press. las betting proposition the
chances favor Cummins' reelection"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13

But Yet, when we remember the
hight the bankers association made
on the postal savings bank. we are
disposed 10 await results. before sid
ing with them wholly in the matter OF
opposition TO the GLASGOW cur
reEcy BILL says the Waterloo Courier.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-13
Topics of the Times

Ex-senator Junkin, better known as
Joe" Junkin 10 thousands Of personal
and political friends. whc died sud
denly in MS law Office at Red Oak.
was man who vii! be missed in Iowa.
Mr.. Juuain was a LAWYER of high re-
pule has served four terms in h,e
state assembly and a.toge 5her a iovable
and useful man