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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-16

and only 80 per cent nor per square
mile Of area. II we had all our roads
qpce improved. the annual msiptsq5
ance charge would be but htttS more
than it Is now and with perpetual
maintenance these roads would be do
ing service 400 years from nov, r.
e sss.,E ". Z
Huerta begins to loon lesa hideous
as the atrocities Of the constitutional
lists come to light. ThS wonder now
Is as to whether there are any civilized
people In Mexico.
VT, sss ~ & '"'
An investment of SIS in q farm sale
ad in the Times Republican has been
known to bring a buyer from sixty
miles away whose bid on n horse
netted the owner 800 more than he
would otherwise have receivad.. Moral
Describe your stock in detail in your
ad and somebody is sure to want it.
reorganization Of the republican
party will avail nothing If it stops with
the rules. Reorganization of its lead
ership must come before the voters
can be gathered back to the fold.
SO
Charles F. Adams. Iowa national
committeeman, says he is at the meet
ms of the republican committee with
an open mind" The shock seems to
have shaken a number Of tightly closed
minds" ajar.
Ralph Lopez hangs on to his cap
tlsred mine with the tenacity of a spe-
cial interest. What a captain Of indus
Try Ralph would have been had he
been trained to figures instead of fire.
arms.
Even II the currency bill should pass
before Christmas it will not help ia.
Their.
That Wheelock case seems to be one
ehat should be investigated to the bot
tom. AS it goes on it, develops many
very possibilities and suspicious cir.
cumstances. 1t should be turned inside
ou- -
Most Of the fuss and outcrv in the.
democratic party in Iowa is confined, to
a Few persons who want something
badly and fear they are rot going to
It. II is a case of the pig under the
gate.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-16
Goinq Home.

to go home when the days work is
over,
Just to go home when the skys get
ting ray, f.,
That's best Of all, If a mans a home
lover
Just to go home with the laddie to
play;
Just to go home to the wife who Is
waiting
What Of the cares which are past or
to come
when it brings sweetness, the tired
heart elating,
Just to go home?
Bright visions fade and hopes buoyant
must perish,
No man MAY live without sorrow and
pain.
Yet, If life's one dearest gift we but
cherish,
Love brings the dreams and the
hopes hack again.
Knowing our loved mes are waiting
to greet us,
Troubles must melt like the bubbles
in foam;
Sorrow and loss Of content can not
cheat us,
When We go home.
What a good world Is this world which
@ We live in?
What u good life is this life which
we lead!
Weary we grow in the race which we
strive in.
But the reward Is repayment indeed!
Long is life's workday, but sure is the
guerdon
When stars awake in the darkening
dome;
Gladly we live and toll on with the
burden,
Just to go home.
Lee Shippey, in Kansas City Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-16
FEWER MEDICAL SCHOOLS

There are fourteen Fewer medical
schools in the United States tina there
were a year ago; 1900 fewer persons
studied medicine in 1913 Than in 1912;
and there was a decrease of 500 in the
number of medical graduates, according
to figures compiled at the United
States Bureau of Education.
The reduction In the number Of med
tcaI schools is part of a steady move
ment for improved medical education
that has been going on for the past 8 or
9 years. The American Medical asso-
citation, the various state medical socie-
ties, and other agencies, ave aroused
public opinion to such an extent that
seventy-nine medical colleges have
either merged with other institutions or
ceased to exist, and the standard Of
medical training has been raised con-
siderably. OF the 101 medical schools
now listed at the bureau. fiftey-three
are requiring one or more years OF COL
lege work as a prerequisite to entering
upon the study Of medicine. State ex-
aiming boards in North Dakota, Iowa.
Minnesota, Colorado. Indiana, South
Dakota, and Kentucky AVE introduced
regulations, in most cases to be made
effective within a yea or two, provid-
ing tina every applicant for a license
to practice medicine shall have studied
two years in college, after a four-years'
high school course, before even begin
ming medical training. A similar re-
quirement covering one year Of COL
lege work will soon be enforced by the
state boards Of Connecticut, Kansas,
Utah, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and
California.
An interesting feature Of the Stats
tics is the part played by ONE AL
tho the total number of medical stu
dents has decreased, the number OF
women studying medicine has in
creased. In 1912 there were 18,451
medical students, Of whom 712 were
women; in 1918 there were 1928 stu
dents, Of whom s35 were ome Only
seventy women graduated this year,
however, as compared with JAP in 1sl2
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-16
Looker-O IN In Iona

Union, Dec. 1.-THE popcorn BUSH
ness OF this country now runs into mil
lions Of dollars. Sac county n Iowa
raises . large per centaEe OF all the
popcorn used. A III or two & Sam
Nelson, Jr., of Grinnelis was convinced
iPoweshiek county could pr0ducse pop-i
corn equal to Sac county both in eqiAn-i
tity and quality. This year he .
marketed the output Of 100 acres Of "A
;ine quality as ever sold. In . circular
sent out he says,
After July l in most localities pOp
corn will become too dry to pop good.
This can readily be told by m expef-.
.!e4eeA ppncernAnlan. byrt1AsaoNnA and!
in the quantity that It pops out Fur
dampsning the best way II you have
a dirt CELLAR 10 to dampen the dirt, lay
down . piece OF burlap. and lay your
baG OF corr ON thie Aneo ha1 over
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-16
THE BIG NOISE is OVER.

A decisive vote in the United States
senate on Senator Hitchcocks amend
ments to the currency bill puts an end
to the main opposition to this meas
ure. 1t now becomes a mere formally
to pass the administration bin and
then to agree In conference upon q
measure to pass both houses. We T
going TO have a banking reform bill Of
some kind before many days and 1t
Is well.
It is now up to the business men
Of this nation to show that they are a
race Of optinists. No bill ever passed
any congress that pleased everybody
and no one eve will Practically every
critic Of this bill has admitted that
it contained * many provisions OF
merit that it ought to be passed In
some form. Hardly q banker or a
statesman has demanded that the bill be
defeated. Many have objected to specific
features and have advanced sug-
Z gestions for q change but 1t should be
remembered that objections are always
presented in the language Of supera-
ives. It Is not in the mind Of the
director hat defects are as bad as he
paints them, for 1t is necessary at
the time for him to make emphasis.
He is out to win his point. The big
banker has been in The habit of hav-
ing lis own way. That IS part OF his
bagness. He is not a gutter, however.
and when the decision has been rem
dassd he u sport enough to abide by
II.
This controversy over the currency
bill II not far removed IN its psychol-
ogy from the everyday performance
. thesaEeat American game. When
e. players rush at an umpire with
eprafeed clubs and terrible noise 1t il
noe for the purpose of killing the UNI
49, and in fact not to be taken as
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-16
Topics of the Times

Politics or not politics the passing
Of time may have had something to do
with the displacing Of Mrs. Ella Flags
Young from the superintendency OF
Chicago's schools.
If CONGRESSMAN Good bases his o
clusion that the new tariff has cost
the American farmer tw%enty-four mil
lions entirely upon his own experience
as a shipper from his Van Buren, coun-
ty farm he may yet repeat former
Governor Boies' discovery that farming
does not pay.
In Tennessee his month the Crack
ers, socalled, will vote 5000, 900 for hard
surfaced roads in Lawrence county and
$4,000 O for the same in Polk county.
The supposedly more enlightened peo-
pie of Iowa with something like ten
times the land values Ct Tennessee will
continue to put approximately $7,000,-
600 annually into dirt roads which to-
morrow will be largely dissolved in
mud.
The Chicago DroverS Journal esti-
mates that. 1t will require $4,000 head
Of steers per annum more than are
being produced in b United States
to feed the normal increase in our pop
ulation. Until this importation is ex-
ceeded tariff reductions are not going
to injure the American cattle bust
ness except that some cattle men
might have desired 20 see some Of US
go hungry 50 az to establish famine
prices.
This is the season for short courses
among the farmers. A live mAnufac-
turer always attends his craft con-
ventions because he learns something
that helps to Increase profits. Farmers
should not feel above learning new
wrinkles In their own business.
France has permanently macadam-
lied practically all Of her roads, but
tie charge is J45.-
100000. However, even at that it costs
France less than half as much per
capita to maintain perfect stone roads
as it does Iowa to maintain mud roads
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-16
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

we thought at one time that the
oatiot system of settling the saloon
quesl1on might be more preferable
thah the present petition way. but we
are not SO sure about. that now" con-
iesses the Grundy Republican. The
petition way retains to a mar what
ever influence he may have in his COM
inunlty and enables The people to know
just Who are back of the saloon move
ment n who are fighting it,"
1T looks to us like a mighty poor
linz to be striking for higher wages
says the Manson Journal. The man
who holds the. closest on to his lob
just now is the one who shows the
most sense" - .,tIEy -E
Many a landlord who wouldn't paint
a doorstep for the old tenant has to
paint the whole house lbefsre AEGEAN
get a new one" notes the Story City
Herald.
Those who ordinarily have trouble
making both end meet will flnd the
gap something terrible to contemplate
this month";" predicts the Des Moines
Tribune.
There IS nothing to indicate that
the progressive party is making bet
ter progress toward perfecting its
organization than republicans are in
reorganizing their party. In fact, there
is great harmony in the republican
party today" solen,nly states the
Sheldon Sun.
"a few states still permit private
banks to operate without any kind Of
regulation. Banking statistics are all
against the private banks" says the
Upton Advertiser. 'sThe figures show
that FIVE private banks fail to every
one state bank which goes into the
hands of receivers"
How long will 1t take for the in
come tax crowd Of liars to catch up
with the multitude OF liars made by the
personal property taxi" inquiries the
Traer Star-Clipper. 80.
with the grass green and growing
on Dec. II. northwestern Iowa can
boast Of being some winter resort
says the Cherokee Democrat.
The Marion Register suggests the
name OF Major c.. w. Kepler. Of Mount
Vernon, as a suitable candidate for
commander Of the Iowa state depart
ment Of the Grand Army OF the Re
public, and says HE was a splendid
soldier, a member OF the famous
Croker brigade, and has been its ef-
fcient secretary for many years. Nc
better man for the place could be
named"
"The Hawkeye thinks It Is all right
for Uncle Sam to own the railroads n
Alaska, where they will not pay, but It
would be a crime to W the Burlins-
ton, for instance, and gain a profit.
Where it pays the government ought
to let the private grafters have It"
sarcastically comments the Washing
ton County Press. replying to the Bur-
lington Hawk-Eye. Where it loses the
government ought to pay the bill. This
is the most succinct and illuminating
statement Of Hawkeye principles we
have yet noted. We can now appreci-
ate how greatly the Hawk-Eye feels
outraged because the government got
thirty million dollars profit the frst
year on the parcels post"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-16
Iona Newspapers
MERELY a
[Grundy Republioan.IJ

Just as a matter OF general interest
we refer tho Des Moines, papers. also
the city and town officials living along
the River-to-river and White Pole
routes, to section 5039 Of the code Of
Iowa In which racing or fast driving,
on a public highway IL made q mis-
demeanor. And in particular we ask
the Das Moines News to Justify its
actions in offering a prise Of S100 to
any auto fend who viii beat the
record OF Hal Wells across Iowa. Il
there is any justification in Offering .
premium for breaking the laws OF Iowa
we would like to see 1t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-16
ndEs-REPuBIlCAN MARsHAzLroWN, IOWA: DECEMBER la 1918.

papers Dc .notsdats % putlisl such ,sc-
ciAlistio platform. strange to relate
the writer inds thrss.tourth Of the vot-
err ,favorins Is Der cent, Of the above
"demapds." He thinks that percentage
Of the .yoters Of Grinnsll do. 80.
1~N~1~~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-16
NOTHING NEW.

AAtuS OsoluOAlCSu
Some chap by the name Of Craddock,
writing newspaper letters from Des
aMoines, says some small minded
ministers down there have threatened
to boyeottsa m who sign the saloon petit
ton and It seems to be a matter of a
very deep regret with him, We don't
know who this. fellow Craddock IL. nor
do we care, but it he would be as fair
as he wants others to be. why doesn't
he say something about the reports in
the Des iMoines papers that the MEM
bers Of the city police and hremen were
forced to sign the saloon petition, also
the statements Of business men that
they were threatened with boycotting
by the saloon men If they did not sign
the petition. We have not seen a word
of denial Of these newspaper charges
and from this distance It looks like the
saloon side is0playing up a few min
listers for the sake Of a few sympa-
thetic sisneps.,It's a pretty little speci-
men Of the male variety who signs a
saloon petition because he is sore at
some minister.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-16
THE SHOP WINDOW
[Clinton AdvertiSer.1

A history of the shop window should
be written by somebody. Perhaps such
a history has been written; II not the
suggestion Is offered in the generous
spirit BETTING the season. It may
prove Of pecuniary value to some one
with the inclination and industry to do
the needed research. 1t Is impossible
to worm ones way thru the street
throngs, when Christmas is pending,
without being impressed by the i'm
portance of the shop window. OF
course. its trade value is we'll recog-
nized. The dressing Of the shop WIN
daw has become an art in which
men and women specialize. But our
thought reacts to 1t as a sociological
factor. Next to the newspaper, we
wonder, is there any influence that
reaches more minds than the almost
infinitely carried display behind miles
of plate glass in our city street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-16
IOWA RATE s

Iwashington County Press.1
Last June the Iowa rate cases were
decided and the railroads were ordered
to reduce all the class rates INTO ms
state from eastern points. The reduc-
ton amounted to Z cents a hundred on
first class to all Mississippi river
points. In q former case the commits
sioners had fixed the proportion OF 3
lonR haul from the east at IS cents to
be added for crossing the entire state
to the Missouri river. As usual the
railroads refused to divide this 81 cents
in any reasonable way. Fol instance.
they put on the first 20 cents OF 1t for
the first thirty-nine miles to Washing
ton. leaving only rs cents for the other
225 miles on to Council Bluns. They
served the whole interior OF the state
the same way. The decision IN June
condemned this and ordered the rate
to be divided up in some reasonable
proportion to the distance. How did the
railroads comply? They tool of the Z
cents to the river; they could not side
step h Then they added the local
short haul rates In Iowa. Does this
mean an honest attempt to comply
with the commissions order? No. 1t 10
a most dishonest attempt to avoid 1t.
Everybody knows that a short haul
ate is much higher in proportion to
a long haul. There IL just as much
terminal expense Of bookkeeping. load
ing and unloading in a thirty-nine mile
haul as in a 1900 mile haul. Therefore.
the short haul costs about three times
as much as a like proportion Of the
long haul. Therefore. the thirty-nine
miles east Of Muscatine only costs one
third as much as they propose to put
on for the next thirty.nine miles to
Washington. In other words, they have
put on. MI tho OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES be-
fore they react Museatfne, but they
propose to put them on again. and
double the dose for Washington and
every other interior point of, iowa.
We won the rate case, but now we
must fight It again. The delay has al
ready cost every merchant in Wash
ington from 800 to 5000 and likewise
all over the state. And this Is the
boosted regulation OF which we are SO
proud. It is expensive but still a long
step in advance of the hold -uptst
preceded 1t, but a long way behind
government ownership.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-16

IN A SALOON TOWN.
dubuque Tfmes-Journal.l
Those people who have been an
moved by screeching automobile horns,
train whistles, barking dogs and howl
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-16
rHE PooR NEGRO.

dubuque Telegraph Herad.]
80 Doubtless by this time Delaware
county is thoroughly Inundated and
Its eitfsaz1s insolSedsin the Outrage,
dr6hr the shegf6 thoroughly peniteht.
This poor fellow. en- route to Greeley
to seek work, took shelter with a
farmers permission in a hay NOV.
whether from fear Of him he granted
the permission does not appear. bur at
any ate during the night for some
strange reason he and his wife cried
out alarm that a dangerous man was in
their yard. People came running to the
scene and the aroused and frightened
negro, fearing harm to himself, took
to his heels. A rural constable got on
a telephone, alarmed the country for
miles around, stating that a bad black
man al at large. and that he should be
brought in dead or alive. The negro was
brought in dead-somebody shot him.
If there Is n Justice for a black
man there ought to be echo Of this
incident in the criminal courts. II
his kin had been white he wouldn't
have been thus treated. Souls that
are white revolt against such crimes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-16

Ing oats have cause for gonuins r..
joicing. The hope that Dubuque viii
soms dAy b . noiseles6 city promises
to beas 4ruit. Squared on by Q few
COURAGEOUS persons who occupy OFFICES
In Q Main street building. Y valiant
police have begun Q crusade IN behalf
Of Ill who have shattered nerves.
A 10 their custom svery year the
Salvation Army plans to tive q free
dinner to the pool Of the city on
Christmas. In order L raise funds
tho army officers have located q ket-
tie bearing the inscription: Keep the
Pot Boiling" At the corner Of Eighth
and Main streets. A member OF the
Army u In charge and to attract at
tention to the contribution kettle he
has been in the habit Of ringing a
small bell. Attic the sound Of the
bell could not be heard more than a
few yards away, certain occupants Of
adjoining building complained to
the police that their nerves were be-
ing wrecked, their business injured and
what not, whereupon the police placed
the ban on the bell ringing.
Altho this action. hoes not hardly
correspond with the spirit, we are
expected to show at this season Of
tho year and altho the cause Of
the Salvation Army Is q most worthy
one, we must give the courageous
persons who have started q crusade
against noises due recognition. Their
names will go down in history as
pioneers in a great movement. We
may entertain. the hope that some
day We may pass thru streets IS silent
q country churchyard. The Sal
Army's little bell may be the
means of making Dubuque Noise
less town. All hail to the brave men
who have revolted against this ter
rible noise: likewise to our fearless
police,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-16

ABSTRACTS AND LAND TITLES.
rCedar Rapids R~epublicans.l
The West Side Enterprise has been
making some terrific onslaughts on
the a~bstractors, because OF their
charges In furnishing abstracts. There
- q great deal Of spirit In what the
west side paper has been saying, but
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-16

Many a landlord who wouldn't paint
a doorstep for the old tenant has to
paint the whole house -be<sre hsscan
get a new one" notes the Story City
Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-16

1t looks to us like a mighty poor
time to be striking for higher wages"
says the Manson Journal. The man
who holds the; closest on to his Job
just now Is the one who shows the
most sense" 80 .,"Fy -E
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-03-14
GUTHRIE Ky T

The Women's Missionary Board
auxiliary to the c. R. S. X. District
Association met here Wednesday,
March 5 at the Guildfeld Baptist
Church. Mesdames Ed Meriweather
and Annie Vaughn of Paducah, KY,
are here the guests of Mrs. John AL
len, their sister. Services were held
at the Guildfeld Baptist Church Sun
day at the usual hour; preaching by
the pastor, Rev. P. D. Dennis, D. D.,
The subject, Gods Covenant to
Men" was very ably discussed to a
large and appreciative audience. Mr..
Jessie Minis of Darlington, KY, spent
Sunday with parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Moses Minis. Mr.. Clarence Taylor
grandson of Mrs. Ellen Taylor died
Tuesday. The funeral sercises we're
conducted by the pastor and the re-
mains were inferred at the State Line
Cemetery. The Parents Teachers
held their bi-monthly meeting Thurs
day night. A very interesting pro-
gram was rendered. Miss Marie
Hampton of Hampton's Station, Tenn,
is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Chas.
Toliver. Mr.. and Mrs. William Ran
som are the proud parents of a fine
baby girl. Miss Eddie Day after an
illness of four weeks was able to be
out Sunday among friends. Rev. p.
d. Dennis left Tuesday for Evansville,
Ind, to conduct revival for Rev. Lane.
Miss Matte Shark is on the sick list,
Little Rowena Dennis is confined to
her bed with measles this week. Mr..
William Johnson is quite sick at this
writing.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-03-14
DUCK RIVER NOTES.

We as farmers are busy turn
ing the soil this beautiful weather.
MI. Eugenia Charter went to FIT.
Cooper, Sunday. Mesdames Earstes
Cooper. Sunday. Madness. Earstes Ca
they and Willie Charter were the
guests of Master Potter Savage Sun
day. Rev. NJ. A. H~eleburton was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. R. C. Charter
Saturday night. Mr.. Alex Wray OF
Gordensburg was the honored guest
of his sister, Mrs. Rosie Charter sew
eral days last week. Mrs. Alice Char
ter went to her old home place on
Gray's Branch Saturday. There she
found many bulbs to bring back and
plant at the place where she is now
residing. Mr.. R. C Charter visited Mr..
Johnnie Simth Saturday who is very
i'll. Mr.. Billy Ewin went to Leather
wood to see his wife's parents Sun
day. Mr.. and Mrs. G. e. Stewart
spent Saturday with their uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. R. c. Charter Sun.
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Charter.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-03-14
GOING. GOING, GOING FAST.

The daily report of the Special Agent
who is %disposing of the One-Cent Saw.
ings Bank stock shows that the public
is taking advantage of the opportunity
to take stock as well as deposit in
what is regarded as one of the most
substantial financial institutions in
Tennessee, Now is a good chance to
get in on the ground floor before the
stock advances, as it will as soon as re-
tired from the market. 1t is now SIS
per share, says the special agent, with
limitations of the number of shares
taken.
For further information call on or
Jrite the One-Cent Savings Bank, ALL
Fourth avenue, North, Nashville,
Tenn, or call Main 1851.