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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11
MAKING QUITS no MEN.
dubuque Times-Journal.1

What a raft Of superfiuous truck
used to be given to men for Christ.
mas presents. Tho traditional gifts
at Christmas donation parties to the
minister were slippers. often in heaps.
constituting a slipper reservoir for
life. But at least slippers were USE
ful. even those with tops Of Powered
brussels Not so much could be said
fer many other gifts which the men
were supposed to receive with 5ubilant
faces.
One favorite present was calen-
dar with the days Of the week and
month stamped III succession on rib
bon running thru slots. They had to
be pulled down every day. or the girl
who gave 1t said you no longer thought
Of her. Probably few Of them were
kept up to date later than Feb. 1.
The penwiper. still In favor with
womenkind. used to be a favorite gift
to business men. The modern office
man come from Spotlesstown, and
no more wipes his pen on his coat
sleeve. and is too sanitary to lick his
pen with his tongue. but the pen
wiper seems to have gone the way
of tail coats in the business office.
AS for paper weights. blotting pads
and other trinkets. the banks and in
surance companies litter the business
desk with this rubbish in the form
of advertising.
At home few men care for much
frippery around their bureau draw
ers. Burnt wood collar. shirt and stud
boxes. china trays, embroidered laun-
dry bags, leather travelling cases, all
these have some use. yet three are
given where one is needed and en-
joyed.
ANY man welcomes and prizes d s::s
made from real friendship. But II you
want him to value the thing for its
own sake. and not to chuck 1t out of
sight at the first opportunity. you must
study his tastes and daily habits with
some care.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11
Administrators Sale o. Land.

The undersigned will sell under de-
cree Of the District Court OF Iowa, In
and for Marshall County. the following
land:
All Of Lot Two (2) in the Northwest
Quarter In. ". ~ OF the Southwest
Quarter q. W. ~ Of Section Two (2),
Township Eighty three (S3) North.
Range Nineteen (1s) West. lying South
of the right ofway Of the Chicago 4
Northwestern Railway Company. and
also tn Northeast Quarter In. e. " Of
the Southwest Quarter "a. W. ~ OF
Section Two ca, Township Eighty
three (s3 North. Range Nineteen (1S)
West, Lying south of said right of-way
The property Will be sold either at
public or private sale. and bids may
be made In writing and sealed, and adj
dressed to either of the undersigned.
Subject to private sale, the property
will be offered at public auction in
front OF the postoffice at Lamoille.
lows, at one o'clock p. m. on Saturday,
Jan. 8. 1914. Abstract showing good
and marketable title will be furnished
the purchaser.
Carrie Cox, Lamoille, Iowa; John u.
Stevens. Boone, Iowa. administrators
of the estate os Carrie ~. Lane. dee
ceased
Dated this Sd day Of Decea,ber. 1914.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11

part % Il. but my 10 1ssSsA - sbsal
to It Ia the nsAs tutnsa.
4 BestaA jN1ls sssenAv seaSsaesa
. boy 70 pAy + A1,s ef ~ ~ = aGaAil
theft. and told Nina 10 iaast - e werh
and earn ~ money and nv ths Ans
at the rats u ~ = week The boy haz
never wesbsd, M he may have one
hard lits Tor = thine 70 st the % q
week. but at that the Judge was lem
lent WITH him ~ be might have sent
him - jail of made him pay hne
equal 20 the value Of the goods he stole.
It u the opinion ct many Judges that
the work nns u The winner for keeping
petty. thieves and some other criminals
out OF crooked ways. Work ID harsh
word for The w who has never done
1t and sometimes Il sounds even worse
to boys wAo have blundered along at
listless Jobs. Hut Il u . great corrector
oe evn II it 70 applied enough Of the
time to keep tho criminal mind busy
at tho legitimate,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11
Auto sse.., Farm x.lu...

So good an authority as Newman
Efb, president Of the Minneapolis &
st. Louis railroad, says that the auto
mobile has added not less than $2,0OO,-
100000 to the value OF farm lands
within a few years Speaking Of Min
nesota Mr.. Erb says:
A few years ago, farm lands which
were located near the railroads were
worth about SIS an acre, where the
land twenty miles back could hardly
be sold for $40 an acre. With the in
PRODUCTION OF the automobile. however,
the latter land was brought within a
few minutes run Of the railroads and
its value was increased tremendously
because Of this fact. The farmer who
owns an automobile and lives twenty
miles from a shipping point Is today
as close to the markets of the world
as Is the man whose land Is within
three or four miles Of the railroad. The
automobile will make the run to the
shipping point in less time than horses
take to cover three or four miles.
Besides eliminating distance as it
mas, the automobile mas worked an
other tremendous influence for good in
the agricultural districts Of the coun-
IL ~ OSflduolHS Stou IOdub. ~ 10
universally acknowledged that good
highways mean increased prosperity
for the farmers. and wherever auto
mobiles are owned there will good
roads be found as soon as they can be
built. Many shortsighted people have
claimed that the purchase OF an auto
mobile by farmer is an extrava-
gance I maintain that 1t is one Of the
most foresighted economics he ever in
troduced and ] think the majority Of
the successful farmers OF the United
States will agree with me.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11

ground II viii see that the west and
middle west j. going TO run this coan-
try in primaries - In other directions
The Rspublican's experience With pr1-
lnariss has perhaps eloudsd it, view
point Never mind the east the west
side Of the Alleshanies can take care
Of itself.
Ehe amateur seems to be fellow
who plays the game ostenslbly for
medal but has q few cash connections
on the side.
To be sure while the democrats are
fussing over the Jobs they haven't act
ually clinched like their opponents who
are still gouging and biting. But give
EN- time give 'em time.
The Monticello Express thinks that
II most people who eat veal could fol-
low the veal from the time It is killed
until it is hung up In a meat market,
the veal question would settle Itself
people would quit eating 1t without any
further argument. Perhaps. but II
people were to follow the producer and
the butcher, middlsman and the cook
around between breakfast and dinner
most Of them might conclude to out
out lunch for the day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11
CATS AND FOLKS.

A story has been running thru the
papers regarding cat worth $500
wearing q $1,000 collar which es-
capped g, cat show and attacked and
scratched the young woman who
owned it. People read and believed It.
It Is probably true also that the cat
wore a collar for which some very silly
and foolish person had spent enough
money to make a regiment of children
happy at Christmas. Outside of that
the story doesn't appeal The cat
wasn't worth $500 Or so cents except
to weak minded persons who weak
mindedly put such values on and pay
such sums for fat and worthless cats
with excessively big tails or without
any tails at all and decorate the ami
mails with jewelry to the envy of other
foolish people who can't buy their
cats queenly Jewels Perhaps the act
actually scratched the woman. A cat
that had been put upon as this cat
seems to have been might do such a
thing and to general approval.
AS a matter of fact the old piebald
cat that hangs about the back yaro
and mouses for litter Of ten or twelve
kittens is worth more in a minute than
oil the long or short tailed cats that
silly persons ever bought with money
that they never earned. The old ca
furnishes some excuse for living. She
renders service. A cat that catches no
mice hasn't any real right to live. The
collar doesn't cut any ice.
And that's as true of men as of cats.
There are a considerable number of
men and women wearing fine collars
and sitting on cushions who ought to
be out 1T the back door and housing
for kittens Most Of them have no kit
tens. They just wear their collars and
blink and occasionally go crazy with
indigestion and scratch like Harry
Thaw and his contemporaries of the OPP
posite sex.
There isn't anything that makes cats
and men worth while except service.
They must do something, afford some
honest excuse for living. They need
to mouse. And they ought to have
something to mouse for ard get busy
looking for mice. The sooner we get
away from the idea that the finest cat
is the one with the most expensive col
lar and the best barbered fur the bet
ter for US and the cats.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11
"EIGHTs" ARE THEIR HooDoos
Postal Clerks Say Stamps Of That
Denomination Cause Them
Much Financial Loss.

When a meek little man stepped
up to the stamp window in . branch
once and asked for an eight cent
stamp he caused as much consterna-
ton as II he had demanded your
money or your life"
All the clerks came to the window
to take look at him They muttered
10 one another and made strange and
fantastic signs. crossed their fingers.
knocked on wood and did various 9th
er things that are supposed to drive
away evil spirits.
We're Just out Of eight cent
stamps" clerk finally stammered
Got lots OF two and ones"
WELL gimme ave and . three. I"
said the meek little man. upon receiv-
Ing which he paid for them and de-
parted.
What's tho matter with the
eights?" qusried an inquisitive specta-
tor.
The stamp clerk was still too nerv
Gus to answer but one Of the others
said. With q smile:
Fights are hoodoos. None Of the
small oncss handle them II they can
help It It's this way: They are Just
a wee shade different In color from
the ones and It 10 no infreQuent thing
for stamp clerk In = hurry to hand
out . lot Of Fights when ones are
asked and paid for. 1t always costs
him seven cents a stamp whom he
do0s IT. The clerk here the other
day. during the rush hour. when the
Offices are closing. was called upon for
q dollars worth of ones. He handed
out a hundred Fights instead. Cost
him seven dollars. Then he got rid
Of all the rest of the Fights and now
be won't have anything to do with
Fights. Even says eaten instead Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11
COLLECTING the COMMUNITIES SHARE

President Main, of Iowa College at
tSrinnell, brought message worth
while to the Iowans who heard him
at the Searchlight Club last evening
when he pointed out tina: land values
and community values ought to mean
the same thing and do not.
One point he made that all 1owans
should adopt as an Iowa slogan. Iowa
should be the standard state of the
country. This state should be the
measure of excellence in the Missis-
sippi valley which is equivalent ton
being the standard of the world. No
other state has so much agricultural
land Of such even excellence, no other
state is so fitted by nature and by the
character Of its people, and SO situated
geographically to accomplish things for
mental trans portation lines center In
Iowa. She has no great city to chal-
lenge the supremacy Of the state. She
is in shape to DO things. And it is her
opportunity as vel! as her duty TO
make the community value Of Iowa
standard as her land values.
The fact is that If individuals must
accept responsibilities with afluence
and opportunity, states must do the
same thing. We should make our
schools and our highways and our
public privileges worthy of a people
that have been favored with a chance
80 magnificent. Opportunity is never
entirely lost. Men and people who
deny 1t are lost. It Is the rule Of life
that those who deny opportunity are
swept aside by those who seek 1t and
know it when they find 1t. All these
things Of which Main spoke last eve
ming and for which he pleaded are to
come to pass in Iowa; if not by the eff
then later by those who shall conquer
our places in the inevitable and righte-
o1s right of the better man. The pio-
neer who refused to see schools and
cities and community betterment was
driven on by those who saw farther
than he. II we who live in and upon
Iowa today refuse to see the certainties
Of the near future we shall be pushed
aside BY those OF more complete un-
Outstanding.
We recognize the utility OF making
our town the best town to live In" The
best town 10 live in IL that which Of
for1. most 70 the whole community. We
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11
Topics of the Times

The best thing about Christmas is
that there are 39,4s9.13s children in
the United States And every one is an
opportunity for the finest sort Of hap
piness for five times that number of
grown folks.
A young. single man sends in his
coupon to the secretary Of the Good
Fellows club saying that he will care
for the children Of three families on
Christmas The chances are that that
young man is In for about the best time
he ever had in holiday season. Go thou
likewise as you can.
The defalcation Of Y. NJ. c. A. Sc
cretary in New York is being given
much prominence in news dispatches.
1t deserves il as d piece ot news. I:
happens 50 seldom.
Kaiser William killed 43 wild boars in
one days hunt recently. But If the kaiser
wants to make a record he should get
a sticker's job at the packing house.
NAT Wnere they really XIII swine.
or course the time may come when
we shall see the parcel post man with
cook stove in each hand and a cabi-
net organ on hi. back setting forth for
his morning delivery.
The Cedar Rapids Republican fears
that the nationwide is arranged pri-
narily for eastern politicians who can
control the vote Of the big cities. But
II the Republican will look over the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11
THE COUNTY.

[Des Moines Register and Leader.1
The New York Tribune devotes near
ly page to the consideration OF
Am erica's Hl-Regulated Twilight Zone
County Government"
The county, the Tribune says.
lis one Of the links in the system
Of American state government. The
county Is the twilight zone in poll
tiles
The eyes of all are intent upon
town, city, state and national gov
ernments and the elections in which
definite policies are to he decided.
Those who head the tickets are in the
public eye Few stop to consider the
way in which the county government
is run.
while the counties have been the
last to feel the influence OF the wave
Of modernization In governmental ma
chinery. the day Is dawning for them,
for steps are being taken in some or
the states to correct the evils which
have been discovered. The Short Bal
lot organization proposes to introduce
measures in the New York legisla-
ture when it meets this winter looking
toward an Improvement in the county
governments of this state"
Every word of the Tribune's in
d;ctment can be brought with equal
force against the county government
of Iowa, and every promise OF RENE
dial legislation which New York pro-
poses to give substance to In the
statute book is a promise that should
be realized in the legislature of Iowa.
The county, as we have 1t now, Is
a reminder of a past age. 1t served
it's purpose in the days when political
organization was weak and when
every community had to he more or
less a law unto itself, In the DAYS
when the citizen could repay his obli-
cation to the community by turning
out on training days and road days
and serving on the county board.
Today the county Is a big business
organization. collecting and expend-
ing In the case Of Polk more than
half q million dollars yearly. and 1t
should be managed as business or
ganization by men who have time ana
talent for the job.
Many more reasons can be given
why short ballot reform should be-
gin with the county, now that the
cities have been taken care OF. than
can be given for beginning with the
state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11
Law Regulating Fashions.

III 1889 the general court Of Massa-
chusetts passed . law that mo gar
ment shall be made with short sleeves;
and such as have garments with short
sleeves shall not wear them unless
they cover the arm to the wrist. And
hereafter no person whatever shall
make any garment for women with
sleeves more than half an ell wide
(twenty.two and q half inches)." II
laws regulating fashions were passed
today, how many women would bo
fined for law-breaking?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11
cc.operation in Alaska.

Cooperative stores, owned and man
aged by natives, are fostered wherever
possible II Alaska by the United STATES
bureau Of education. which has charge
of education for the natives OF ALASKA
In this way the bureau helps the ma
tiyes protect themselves from these
traders who charge exhorbitant prices
for food and clothing and pay as little
as possible for native products. In
the small villages even legitimate mar
keting expenses are heavy burden un-
less there is some form OF co operation
These cooperative attempts have
been q decided success. At Hydaburg.
in southeastern Alaska, where the
United States school teacher has gen
eral oversight Of the cooperative
stores, the natives were able. after
twelve months Of business. to declare
a cash dividend Of so per cent and stu
have funds available for the erection OF
a larger store building. The Klawock
Commercial Company, also under ma
tive management, was able After nine
months OF existence TO erect = ne"
store building from It's surplus. At
Klukwan also the natives have organ
ICED a cooperative store.
Native stores have for several years
been in successful operation ut Cape
Prince of Wales and on st. Lawrence
island, where the natives buy food At
reasonable prices and are assured on
an equitable exchange for their furs
and other products.
A moro recent example OF co-opera-
ton is at Atka, remote island In the
Aleutian chain. Formerly rough lumber
cost $50 per thousand and shingles IS
q thousand on this island. and clothing
and food supplies were corresponding
ly high. On the other hand. the natives
were poorly paid for their labor. For
each OF the few blue fox skins the ma
tives could catch they received from
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11
CHICAGO Z NORTHWESTERN.

GOING WEST.
No. 11-Denver Special 80. 1885 a. "A.
No. Los Angeles Limited 6:22 .. N.
No. 3-China and japan
Express ...... .......... $50 a. m.
No. 29-Ames Passenger HOS a. m.
No. 15-Fast Mail ......... s:05 q. 10.
No. 5-Des Moines Passen.
ger 5000. .............. o:Z0 p. m.
No. 13-Hawkeye Express. $500 p. m
No. 17-Oregon and WASH
ington Special .......... 4:A q. m.
No. 43-Local Freight .11:26 .. m.
GOING EAST.
No. S-Los Angeles Limited 3:37 q m.
No. 1l-Denver Special 80. $500 a. m.
No. l-Des Hoines Passen.
FER ......... ............ s.ss q. m.
No. l2-Denver Special -. 1910 p. m.
No. lS-Oreson and Wash
inEton Special .......... 2:52 q. m.
No. 3o-Clinton Passenger. 3:11 p. m.
No. Atlantic Express >. S:15 p. m.
No. 11-Chicago Special ..11:67 p. m
No. 10-Eastern Express :. s:13 q. m.
No. l2-Local Freight .,... 1:50 p. m.
Nos. 5. -. I and - daily except Sun-
day. No. 80 daily to Cedar Rapids.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11
MINNEAPOLIS 1 81. LOUIS.

NORTH 6OUNO. AeavA.
Twin Cities Mail (daily)... s:15 q m.
Mason City Mail lex. Sum- $3.50 p. m.
Twin City Limited daily 2:10 a. m.
Local Freight lex. SUM- ;. $40 q. m.
SOUTH BOUND.
St Louis and Kansas City
Mail DAILY 49,. ........ $3.50 p. m.
Peoria Express Eek. SUM-. S:06 a. N.
st, Louis and Peoria Linz
tied daily ............. i.of a. IA.
Local Freight (ex. SUM- ;. 700 a. m.
STORY CITY BRANCH.
Leave. Arrive
s:4o a. m. Stock Express
Except Sunday ...... s:4b .. m.
s:10 ,. m Mixed (ex.Sun %:46 p. m.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11
Iona Newspapers
MAKING MONEY

tDuouque Telegraph Herald
he was a clerk. married, living in !,
city and earning 800 a month HE
wife saved $4,000 out of his earn,n.a
Inc excellence with which he did his
work attracted the attention of a man
OF large means, a speculative investor
VINO needed managers for his enter
prises.
If you'll put your $4,000 into this
proposition" said the speculator-in :
vestor to him, "Ill take your notes for
$4,000 and make you SO rich that voul1
set oow-ieg carrying away the money
Inc deal was made. In three yenr.
the 10000 of notes was paid back. To-
day the clerk is proprietor in his own
right. borrows $4,000 without securi,v
on ms note and counts his wealth we'll
up IN six figures. And he's a young
man yet.
Lucky boy" exclairns the cbor,,s
But the chorus takes no account of the
Iact that the clerk, when he was a
clerk, did his work SO well as to satisfy
the ooservant tor-investor that
NED be safe in CHANGING an investment
under his management. Nor OF the IA Of
that the clerk in saving 20
out OF his own money proved his ca
pacity to take care Of other peoples
money.
There is no word in the dictionary
more abused than the word luck"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11
Down Among Men,

oeNn among men-it 10 there that lie
Gets Its real touch with the tumult
and strife,
Down among men, in their secret. stiu
places.
Where they suffer the horrors or taste
Of the graces;
Down among men. where they toll ana
they sweat;
Down among men, where they cream
and forget:
Down among men. where they dig and
they fight
Down among men in the way to the
light.
Baltimore Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11

Chihuahua.-Thed desperate straits OF
the federal cause may be understood
when 1t is considered that all OF
Huerta's northern forces are democrat
ized, and Gen. Pascual Orozco, q chief
commander. is in flight, a reward Of
Tered for him dead or alive" There
Is rivalry among the Mexicans in
pursuing him to get the reward offered
by General Carranza. Oro1co Is one Of
the most capable Of Mexican military
leaders. He was one Of the chief sup
porters Of the late President Madero.
-Orozco is trying desperately to reach
the American border.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11
WsavIna the web Of LIE.

Life 10 the daily web of character
We unconsciously weave. Our thoughts.
imaginations. purpose, motives, love.
will, are the underthreads; our words.
tone Of voice, looks. acts. habits, are
the upper threads; and the passing
moment ID the shuttle, swiftly, cease
lessly. relentlessly. weaving those
threads into q web: and that web 10
Nfe.-S. d. Gordon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11

There are two kinds of socialists
'hose who publish books and derive a
proht and those who take them seri-
ousiy and get into trouble.-Washing-
ton Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11

contribution from a corporation. The
penalty 10 a fne Of $1,000 and impris-
onment for a year or both. These In
dictnlents are outgrowthS Of charges
made by John A. Hennessy during the
campaign. Mr.. Mclean 10 Z resident
Of NewburS. N. Y.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11

A man in Harrison county fell dead
on nearing OF the death Of his mother
IN law Everything has to happen for
me hrst time some time.-Charlesto
CIV. Va.) Gazette.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11

Why not give the Nobel peace prize
next year to the man who inyents p
popular substitute for turkey hash?-
Richmond Times Dispatch.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11

The Iowa City Press says: The
Shankland bill should have been
passed." notes the Vinton Eagle which
replies, Perhaps. But the people In
the cities should make up their minds
that there Will be no backward step
taken on the liquor question in Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-11

One REGULARITY of the artistic tenn.
permanent is that in none of its fine
frenzies does 1t ever tear UP its mea
ticker.-Chicago News.