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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
THE BUSINESS RESUME.

Evidences OF revtVlng commercial
and industrial activity steadily multi
ply. and business optimism is becom-
ing widespread. This spirit Of con-
fidence finds a reflection in the more
general anticipation of future require
ments. and, since merchandise stocks
at all leading points must be replen-
ished. prospects are encouraging for
satisfactory fall and winter season.
The restrictive influence of tariff re-
vision is somewhat less manifest and
the expansion in trade is facilitated by
the improved monetary situation, in
creasing preparations for remote needs
being stimulated by the broader abb
sorption of commercial paper at lower
rates. Conditions in iron and steel
have been rather better than expected
this month and present Indications
suggest a smaller rate of decrease III
the unified tonnage Of the principal
producer.
The railroads still confine purchases
to the closest possible limits, but re-
cent concessions in prices on certain
finished materials have resulted in an
and heavy buying of pig iron is feat
ure Besides this, copper shows re-
newed activity and strength.
Reports from the dry goods markets
continue gratifying, jobbing business
responding to the readjustment of val
ues on staple prints in keeping with
the reduction in gray cloths. All other
cotton goods remain very steady. owing
to the existing scarcity of supplies and
the sharp advance in the raw product.
while worsteds are selling much more
freely than for several seasons past.
Resumption Of work at Fall River mills
after number Of weeks of idleness
and the installation Of more machinery
emphasizes the Improvement in pro-
gress.
Attic quietness still prevails in
leather. the movement is sufficiently
large to keep stocks down to moderate
dimensions and prices are firm. Fair
activity is noted in footwear circles
and most factories have enough orders
on hand to keep them busy for some
time to come.
Further evidence of the expansion in
general business Is furnished by tho
continued falling off in idle freight
cars, and, while railroad gross earnings
for the first three weeks of August
were practically the same as last year,
there was a gain Of 81 per cent as
compared with 1911. Moreover, bank
clearings last week showed increases
of O4 and 1915 per cent, respectively,
over the two Immediately preceding
years
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
Topics of the Times
The Des ,Moinss sheriff who refused

The Des Moines sheriff who refused
to send two girls Of 13 and Is years
of age TO the county Jail on the com
nitment Of the mayor of Fort Dodge,
deserves much credit for his refusal. is
the mayor deserves criticism for max
ing such a commitrn ent. The common
Jail is no place for children.
At last reports Mr.. Lind was still
in Mexico and the government at
Washington still survived.
This is a mighty good day to rest
but mighty few people are resting.
ssS
A Des Moines sportsman reports
10000 mallard ducks at Okoboji. There
are a great many old sportsmen in
Iowa who would be glad to know just
what this Des Moines sportsman
smokes in his pipe.
Some chicken shooting is assured in
this state this fall. Reports are more
birds than for many years. The wealth
er has been ideal for Matching and the
invasion of northern prairie chickens
left enough behind when it returned
north to stock the available nesting
places in Iowa fairly well. But the last
chicken Will be hunted down and shot
If possible. There will be no let up
while a bird bursts from the stubble.
Felix Diaz is announced as a can
didate for the presidency OF Mexico
The best thing that could happen to
Mexico would be to shut up all the
fight it out. When only one was left
he should be hanged or deported. Then
something might be done along the
line Of improvement.
Well, August wasn't so bad. If Sep
tenber will fuss along without frost
we can look back on this summer with
regret while we shovel snow in No
VEN Der.
Dubuque county has nabbed one OF
the governments $4,000, road prizes
That puts Dubuque county into the
lead with Story and Boone. Three
sharp business counties, these. They
know q good thing when they see it
49,
The state suffragists begin their tour
tomorrow of twenty-five Iowa cities
and towns. Notice the difference be-
tween them and Shirley Gilliland ant
| the English suffragettes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
The Trap.

BY the good no word was said
OF the worth Of the bridal bed.
The secret was learned from the vile,
Not from her mothers smile.
Home spoke not. And the girl
Was caught in the public whirl.
Do you say "She gave consent:
Life drunk, she was content
With beasts that her fire could please
But she did not choose disease
OF mind and nerves and breath.
She was trapped to a slow. foul death.
The door was watched so well
That the steep, dark stair to hell
Was the only escaping way.
Her captor. by chance. was one
OF those whose passion was done,
A cold. free worm Of the sea,
Enelaving for you and me.
Nicholas Vackel Lindsay.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
T1,1EsREPUBL1CAfy IOWA sErTEBEK le1S

Of armed men. soldiers or psnoAsss
roaming over the country. IL m.ny
districts In the border and mortimer"
states communications by mall teIe-
graph and otherwise are cut on -
that those who most need help mSy
not even be heard Of.
Thus, while 1t may be possible "
withdraw considerable numbers, tnere
will still be many who either can hot
be reached or who will not leave the.s
property or their posts 1t is impossi. !.
BILE to forecast what effect on penai1
Of these President wilson's notinca-
ton to "all officials. civil and milltary.
in Mexico" that they will be heio
strictly accountable for harm or IN
jury done to Americans or their prop
erty. will have. How are they 10 pc
held accountable? What can we actual
~ do in extremity? Our policy as
we'll IS our interest. is non.interven-
ton. The very essence Of the sltua.
ton is the disappearance of all real
authority, civil and military, over ex.
tensive areas, and the exposure Oh
Americans therein to lawless violence
The employment of our own lhiii-
tary forces there is the very thing we
district even in the border states, un-
der whatever stress of local outrage
casts away intervention, and viz
tually resorts to war with the probaole
end Of military occupation OF the
whole country. 1t Is a serious 1oo
any way you look at 1t.
But there is one obvious lesson IN
1t, and that is that Americans VINO
adventure among revolutionary or
semi barbarous populations must TO
large extent take their chances.
When man deliberately goes beyond
the bounds OF settled order and as
sured law he must not expect his gov
eminent to protect him against losses
and wrongs as 1t does at home. II
is impossible, save at the cost of posi-
BILE war. which Is too high price
Americans in Mexico have already SUI
fered great losses. and will surfer
more. which can never be made up to
them. These are the risks they took
when they went there.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01

was once q monster Of horrid mten
that to be hated need not to be seen.
But the Indian wrestling of the more
modern dance floor with it's posturins
snake writings finds favor in the eyes
Of the succeeding decade.
Mr.. Hammond. when his case comes
to trial. if he has a case. should chal-
lenge for cause or peremptorily ana
turkey trotters. Otherwise he would
have as much show before the jury as
a prohibitionist before Jury Of boot
!eggers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
SUDDEN PERIL.

A comment on the rule Of law knowA
az that of Sudden peril Is MADE III ene
recent case Of Honea vs.. st. Louis, IRON
Mountain & Southern Railway I'm
PAW. ISL Southwestern Reporter, lA''
The supreme court of Missouri theFe
saws: "a man, in almost the twtnkilhs
of an eye, brought face to face WIN
deadly peril, menacing, imminent anu
a about to fall, is not (by just mem AFTER
the event to have his act weighed az
by the scales Of goldsmith, or viewed
thru a miscroscope, or dlssecteo 80
by a surgeons knife, or Analysed Wy
meta physical splitting Of hairs as ~
the subtle rules Of a logician, or tesleu'
as chemists do matter. by ACID. Inc oie
to go by in that plight 10: Put youlsen
in his place. = A court OF JUSTICE
moving on common sense lines, Is ho'
to bubble or niggle about his conauct'
and with speculative daintiness meas.
IRE it by two or three pulse beats ana
construe 1t sourly and narrowly III ol-
der to relieve a defendant who negh-
gently brought a situation about tnae
would try the soul Of any man.
Nav A. wrongfully put B. in suooeh
peril of his life and then say TO d.
widow: Madam, your husband was q
slow coach. He was fat witteo o,
panicky! He lacked chilled s'ee,
nerve.. His Judgment was no. coo'
and steady enough" Farther on IA ene
opinion the following is given: Lnus
undeservedly afflicted with troubles
and tribulations. plaintiff 'pluckeo w,
flower, safety. from the nettle. danger,
and then lost 1t. This, it Is saio' o1
one Of her own instructions. 80 hei
case 1--WE borrow Moore's figure):
THAT stood the storms when waves
were rough.
Yet in a sunny hour fell of
Like ships that have gone down al DC"
When heaven was all tranquility.
"Nota bene, by way of side-step.
There be those who say that poetry
has no place at all in Jurisprudence OF
leea, exposition. Quad hoe. 1t mas De
said: The French have saw: az ~,
who excuses himself accuses himself.
Not caring to fall foul of that aoase'
we enter no excuse, but point to IN.
venerable dictum of the mentor ana
master. Sir Edward Coke Eco. LII
2s4l: The opinions Of philosophers
physicians. and poets are to De re-
ceived and alleged in causes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
COUNTRY ROADS.
rMapleton. PreSS,T


We are now undergoing our annual
spasm Of county road destruction. Just
because our forefathers paid most OF
their road tax in labor and established
the custom OF waiting until that con-
ventent season between summer and
fall harvest to plow down the hills
and pillow up the valleys, and spend
the rest Of the time sitting on an in
verified scraper discussing the affairs
of the neighborhood is no valid reason
why a long suffering public, who pays
their road tax in cash should be COM
PEELED to travel roads cut and quilted
by the spring thaw all summer,
awaiting the convenience of some fell
low to earn their money at his leisure.
and about the time that traffic has
worn these bumps and gullies to
state Of passable smoothness have
some we'll meaning. but misguided,
fellow come along and ploW all the de-
cent road there is. filling bitches with
dry earth powdered to the consistency
Of flour for the first fall rain to sweep
out leaving the road in worse condl-
ton than before. or worse yet, take a
road grader and drag ridge COM
posed Of about one part earth to three
parts weeds INTO tue lHiooio Va 49,
track and leave it to the tender mer-
cies of the travelling public. When the
average road work is completed the
safest way to travel Is to stay al
horne.
The proper time to plant good
road is the spring. The roads are more
or less rutted by the spring thaw. ana
the people paying the bills have
right to expect it fixed and fixed early
that they may get the beneft fof
summer travel. and for the furthef
reason that the ground is moist ana IN
nroper condition to stay where IT Is
MIA ced. also free Of weeds. A good SOHO
road grade built in the spring ano
properly dragged will always be
good road. ,. =.
However, If the power Of habit Is
too strong to be broken and roads
must be built from dirt and weeds 10.
the love Of Mike then harrow them an
pitch the grass out Of the way, ana II
one narrowing don't do the business >
harrow them twice. the public won
care. They are so used to having roao
money worse than wasted that !.
would be refreshing to pay some OF II
out for value received.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
1.-THE May DANCE" TODAY.

John B. Hammond, an attorney of
oes Moines, is raising a fuss over an
rental dance pulled off at the state
air. Mr.. Hammond insists the dance
.as grossly immoral. He also charges
hat he could find neither fair nor po-
ce officials who would give his COM
laints proper attention. He says he
rouglt the matter to the notice OF the
commissioner Of safety of the fair and
,ceived the cold shoulder. He brought
1e matter before the Laymen's Civic
MON of Des Moines asking for vote
condemnation for the officials OF the
ate fair, the county and the city.
fter discussion which showed the
! Getting practically divided on the
lestion Of condemnation Hammond
1ally withdrew the resolution.
That dance certainly must have been
rons. Mr.. Hammond failed to de-
ribe the nature Of It in detail and
q is left to imagine that 1t was son1e-
ing, like q conglomeration Of the
ixxly, the tango and the turkey trot.
rhaps the x-Ray skirt figured in IT.
il at that what has Hammond to
X over? We do the dances men
ned in our highest social circles"
NV cut the rabble of from the ocu-
) enjoyment OF dancing as it Is
noed among out best people?" A
| sht difference In the amount OF cloth
"a In a garment doesn't make such
vast difference when the goods is
ansparent."
4 few years ago the writings and
listing to be seen on almost any
- floor nowadays would have
3uaht arrest If given on the public
80 Some Of the more popular con-
lions CLASSIFIED as dancing in 1918
~ have driven nine-tenths Of the
IN Of 1900 from the ball room with
43ok cheeks. People used to speak
- dance du ventre under breath
Aave seen It was to have been dar-
- the danger point. But the dances
- horrifed then seem to please
zG1ngIy now. The hoochie coochie
=
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
NOW 10 NE MANAGE TO KEEP QUIT

"Old Bill Miner" notorious all over
the world a. q crook and who has been
arrested in more different languages
dying on the state prison farm at Mil
ledseville, Ga. Miner has been crook
all his life but has had decalogue
which 1t Is asserted he has followed
strictly. These ten commandments OF
q thief are Of remarkable manliness
and astonishingly close to christianity.
Listen:
Don't lie.
Change the laws because they, are
unjust
Never say bad thing about man
when you can say a good one.
Give q fellow money when he needs
Keep every mans good will.
Never take what belongs to, another
man. Rob only corporations.
Never fail to help woman.
See something Of the world.
rake time OF for reading.
And don't squeal.
The character Of these ten command
nents and the assurance that they hac
been lived up to by man who had
seen the inside Of the jails OF prsc-
ttcally every continent on the face OF
the earth may set some Of US wonder
ing why we are out Of prison when he
as in. To be charitable, to be kind.
never 70 fail q woman in need. to speak
| No ~ NtheYc and
to face misfortune and penalty without
whining Is to do more than most OF US
have done. But this man Is in JAZZ
Justly so and is dying in jail.
1t may cause some OF us to wonder
why we are still at liberty, some Of us
who have not been in Jail and are not
likely to be sent there. This convict,
living I'D to his decalogue could not fail
to have been loved and to have earned
gratitude. He never failed to help a
woman. The thought suggests itself:
When he comes before the bar OF his
last arraignment side by side with those
honored Of earth who distributed mil
lions gained by the pitifully paid labor
Of women, when the alleged philan-
thropists OF the great department stores
and Old Bill stand in trembling before
The greatest Judge under the eyes of
he women whom Old Bill never failed
20 help" and when the others never
,aid full value for service, who is likely
be sent to the reformatory depart
nent?
II 1t be actually true that thief and
crook and convict KEEP. fairly close
o these commandments Of his, how do
he rest Of US manage to keep out?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
Vvseer ssr Nsrvessnsss.

A trained aurse says: III people
would only drink more. water they
would not he % nervous" Nearly svs
cry doctor will recommend . woman
who 10 suffering from nervous proetSa-
tion or nervous exhaustion 70 drink
lots Of watsr bstwsen meals. but mAAy
women who do not como under . doc.
tors care would look better and fset
bsttsr II they would drink ct least .
quart Of water ID the course u tho
day. Water seems TO b nerve foo4
IKE good buttsr. II has distuctly
soothing effect when slipped gradually.
% one can test for herself. Watse
drunk slowly and gradually has some
what the same quality % deep breath
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
Iona Newspapers
MEcHANIcsv1LLEs STREETS.
pioneer Press.

Nechanicsyille has never made an
investment for small one, that mas
given more comfort and Satisfaction
tina, the money spent for oiling the
streets. Before this oil was spread up
on the streets there were quite re"
who believed it would prove a dirty
and disappointing experiene. But these
predictions have not been realized, we
are glad to say. We have not heard a
single complaint of carrying the Oily
dust into the homes and business
houses and as for dust. there isn't any.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
THE DELHI MANS ADVICE.
Monticello Express.l

Delhi advertiser hits the nail
sauarely on the head when he says
in his advertisement in the Hopkln-
ton Leader, Help Delhi grow. chi
cago is big enough" That is the
principle that lies at the bottom OF
all home trading. The resident OF
tho small town. who goes to the
nearby city to do his trading helps
that place and diminishes the bust
ness of the home town. So, too, the
farmer living near the town where
he gets his mail. and acommoda-
tons as he needs them. helps Chicago
grow and stunts the town that he
should be interested in. when he sends
his orders to the mail order houses.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
TAKING CHANCES.


The withdrawal Of Americans nom
MEXICO is q thing more easily SAID
than done. OF course. since the civil
cornmot,ons becamec ritical, or since
about the time Pornrio Diaz was over
thrown, the exodus OF American resi-
dents has been going on ana tne
great majority Of those who were
there a year or two ago are already
out.
The $4,000 who are estimated to be
still in the country are for the most
part widely scattered. There are spe-
cial reasons why most OF them are
there. Some are in remote mlnlnR
districts or ranches or villages to pro-
tect their property or that OF the cor
porations employing them. Others In
exposed districts who want to return
are prevented by lack Of funds or are
cut of by failure Of railroads or Dy
the peril from the irresponsible panda
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
About the Resd orsg.
litor The Road. Maker:


Editor The Road Maker:
Dear Sir:
Pretty nearly every fellow who
writes or talks about the road drag
has a whole lot to say about treating
the roads with 1t while tho water -
standing en- the road and 10 always
comparing the making Of the road
with a drag to the making Of a 'wallow
by a hog.
Now, have seen lots Of hog walloWs
and know that by rubbing the banks
of the wallow continuously with thin
mud and water. they form sort Of
cement which turns water very we'll 20
long as 1t IL kept wet but II some of
these men who talk 30 much about It
would watch hog wallow when IL
does dry out, they would notice that It
forms big cracks about every two or
three inches and makes about tho
poorest kind of soil to hold water. It
il all tommyrot to talk about "trowel-
ing" the roads. The thing to do - TO
pack tho roads and this II done not by
running the drag over them but BY
travel. Wagon wheels aid horses
hoofs are what makes Tho road hard
The time to drag q road Is when Il
will help get 1t in condition Is pack
and If the road 10 packed reasonably
level very little water viii stay on the
road when it rains.
read The Road-Maker every month
and think you are getting out q mighty
fine magazine but II any Of these fell
lows will get out into the country and
try dragging the roads on the hog
wallow principle. they will find out
that each time It rains vney will have
a hog wailow TO handle while II they
will drag them 1t the proper time the
traffic will pack the dirt solidly and
they will soon see that very little mud
forms because the water when 1t falls
will have a tendency TO run into tha
ditches.
Yours very truly.
]. n. g.. Ottumwa, lows
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
Cant kssp le 8ssrst.

The splendid work OF Chamberlain,s
Tablets il daily becoming more widely
known. No such grand remedy for
stomach and liver troubles has ever
been known.-Adv.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
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TERMS:

Evening Edition by mail ....... .$0.oo
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Delivered by carrier by the month .eC
Later edition for morning circuia-
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01

"And let US not forget, says the
Burlington Hawkeye, that one OF the
causes of the high cost of living is the
unimproved country road. SOMEBODY
has to pay the difference in the cost OF
transportation: that somebody is the
consumer" ...--.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

"The Iowa farmer could weather q
crop failure like top, and the new
tariff can't be very much worse" con-
cludes the Iowa City Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01

Now is the time" says the Boone
News Republican, for all good demo
Gratis with senatorial aspirations IN
Iowa to get in their booms. lhat Is
about as far as it will 60.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01

Remember going to the theater
few years ago and being shocked at
the dresses on the stage that were
more modest than many you see on
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01

It seems to the Iowa Falls Citizen
that entirely too much fuss is being
made over the proposed extension OF
the capitol grounds at Des MONIES. IN
these days Of luxury and debt max :
ing, why hold up the hands at trlhe
more or less? To taxpayer in Iowa
Falls the expense of enlargening the
capitol grounds would only be an IN
significant fraction of his taxes. The
state taxes do not amount to much ana
county taxes are small in comparison
with school and municipal taxes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01

There are a few, few few. Iowa re-
publican papers which are trying to
belittle the attempt to reunite the re-
publican party. Such papers are re-
publican only in name" asserts tue
Marion Register. AS rule they are
papers whose editors would ike 70
Barnesite the party in the state. But
they can not do it now any more
than they did in 1912 when they found
themselves in minority Of $1,000
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
the street today?" inquiries the Hamp
ton Chronicle. fF

The Nevada Representative comes 20
the cnoclusion that President wilson
is the most innocent builder OF pleas
ant dreams that ever pictured the oe-
lights of Utopia to an expectant con-
gress and people"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01

The Grundy Center Republican says
Draining Wall Lake will prove seri-
Gus mistake and the executive councii
will show wisdom by resembling such
a contract, and especially so II tho
contract was given to relative. or
even a close friend, Of any member OF
the council"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
FZFKIAL,S IMMERSION--A STORY

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