Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-30
Iona Newspapers
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into law. Ohio has long enjoyed much
/ better roads than Iowa but the sad
| part Of it is-from an Iowa viewpoint
that Ohio is still gaining on us while
we mark time cxhausting every re-
source OF 4 Worthless system The leg
islature Of the Buckeye state did not
! ferment into a riot when appropria
! tons for roads were introduced In
stead the m ambers got into the game
and pushed. with the result that every
bill asked for by the good roads en-
thusiasts passed with rush.
Ohio now has q levy Of half a mill
for state aid which will yield an in
/ come of $500 900 annually for per-
manent roads. But this sum can not be
spent unless the counties will also in
vest dollar for every dollar which
/, they draw from the state treasury. This
means that S6.400000 will be spent an
nually in Ohio for hard surfaced roads
While the present law rem ains effective.
F! The longer Iowa delays improve
ment of her roads system the harder
Will she have TO go to keep the pace
of her sister states.
THE FISHERMAN'S AFTERNOON.
I
NALL
| This is the season of the year when
| the cartoonist finds deligh, in oestow :
ing a very stuffy atmosphere on the
business office, and giving window
glinpses of far green woods thru which
ripple alluring streams. The office
man may behold the rivers only IN
fancy, but they are nevertheless, very
y; O
the playful! but almost Irritating car
toonist oranges a sort OF dream pic
ture above the somnolent head Of the
desk toiling man wherein is depicted
almost Grazing pike or bass Jumping
right out OF the water to meet theiF
doom. Such ravishing conceptions Of
ten lead to a breaking of the SAP
bath, but the artist does not lnteno
that they should: his motives are very
human and kindly.
Men who think they go fishing mere
~ to catch big, or, at least, respect
able string, are quite deeply IN error
Men go fishing mainly in answer 10
call OF the wild. a call OF almost !r'e-
sistable force. The catch is but an III.
cident, an excuse for getting OUT anu
away, OF course, the FELLOW VINO re-
turns 1oftily or haughtily, traverslns
rhe length of the main street OF lne
town with mammoth, dripping catch'
;s moro of a hero in the eyes OF the os :
SANDERS than the man VINO cra"ls
softiv in across the back yards just az
drsk with the guilty signs OF Ill luck
| written ALI over his face. But IN MS
heart. the latter may have had very
nice day Of it. The feel OF the fresh
stream cooled air may nave gone
r;rh+ into his blood and made it reooer'
tho thrushes that called to him, Tue
catb;rds that twtited him. the ~ooo-
neckers that fingered ever about 'he
old blasted tree trunk with their frrr
rub. dub. dubs, brought half Forgotten
boyish fancies. like fragrant Tue
back across his years.
Fishing. 1t is an almost DIVINE pas.
time. 1t plants tiny Eden IN the SOU
of man and brings him race 70 iaco
with his maker. Jesus called oiti'oii
Peter and John and James ava! IRON.
their commercial fishing in the iahe u
| C,ennesaret to become fsnefs OF nie,,
o. ayan the Master would hardly cali
an innocent. toll weary mortal from
/ green bank and a laughing EDDY.
GOV. CLARkES BASEBALL DA .
m Notnes cor. Waterloo Times
Tribune.l
| In those days ali the clubs mad sPe-
! cial names. This one was the l~ooh
! outs" There was In the county
! "Shoofy, club and a "Ploughpoy aho
the best Des Moines club was cane"
! the .eRattlers" They did not name tneif
| clubs after the towns as now anu 'le'
got PLAYERS from almost anywhere. foi
instance. Senator Ed McManus, VINO
| is to be the next postmaster OF heohuh
used 10 carry a grip and make terri
tory which included parts OF Da'ia>
county. and he, being skilled pase
| ball pitcher in the days OF reai piIct1
ing. was drafted to throw them for ths
Dallas Center club. That was IN ths
| DAYS when Same Sloane, the Big IN
! Jun" newspaper man OF oeNsHtlu
memory. was chief hacker OF the Oar
las Center ambitions. OF course the
senator still believes Dallas Center mac
the best club in the world. But as
matter of fact the ''LooHouts' was de-
clared state champion, and the RAJ
tiers never had a. show with them.
For one reason. If for no other. the
"Lookouts'' had a remarkable collec'
ton of players. Adel was the nome O
the Orton circus in it's day one of the
most famous. and Orton had a big barr
in which the athletes and riders dc
winter practice at their turns. .
! course every boy of the town also triet
himself out in this gymnasium Bu
also it brought to the town from th'
outside young men Of athletic turf
who belonged to the circus Many
the men on the "LooEouts' could az
circus "tum bling with great credl
and several Of them were regular per
formers in the circus, or had been ant
were out for some reason. The entir'
club. at one time, could gather at sec
ond base and do the wheel act by
series of quick handsprings clear t.
home plate. one after another and sew
eral Of them could turn the fip-fal
right from the ground. Jim Brentol
was one of these And at one time ther
came to Abel to engage as nerchan
a man who had previously been catch
er for the famous Cincinnati 'Reds
and he Joined the club.
All this was in the early '70s. Tn
'1ookouts" were organized prior t
1870 and continued for many years
, Amateur clubs were thick all over low
/ and they all played splendid baseball
; The remnant Of the "Lookouts" wa
still in Abel when Governor Clarke ar
rived. but still more the tradition o
the game wa. strong The second base