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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-20
THE RUF.FIAN HORSE DRIVER.
Waterloo Courier.1

The National Highways Protective
Society, in its annual report just pub
lishcd, calls attention to the fact that
In the city Of New York last year al
most as many deaths were caused by
horse-6rawn vehicles as by automo-
biles. This is very remarkable con-
tinues the report. when you consider
the far greater number of automobiles
in the city. especially on the central
thoroughfares and in the residence dis
tricts where children are a, play.
"Still more remarkable is the situa-
ton in view of the fact that the horse
driven vehicle is com paratively slow
moving one. The automobile. fast
driven and greater by thousands IN
number is not, according to this report,
markedly more dangerous. If speed Is
the great automobile fault, as some
emphatically assert then the automo-
bic should appear many times. rather
than only II per cent more dangerous.
The fact of the matter is that the
automobile while faster driven is more
carefully driven. more quickly con-
trolable, and is equipped by the law
with a warning signal"
The indictment of the horse driver
herein set forth Is richly deserved, and
tho we have no statistics of any sig
nificance in Waterloo. the fact is
clearly to be recognized that the driv-
ers of automobiles have nothing on the
horse drivers when it comes to a boor-
ish disregard for the rights of the
pedestrian. The horse vehicle enjoys a
certain immunity from public conde.a-
nation. probably for the reason both
that it travels more slowly and that
no public sentimen t has been culti-
waited against it as in the case of the
automobile.
1t is only just to consider however.
that any vehicle which, by right OF
might. compels the pedestrian to wait
by a crossing or to run for his hife,
either forward or to the rear. Is as
boorisn as another pedestrian VINO
might shout ahead and threaten that
If you did not wait until he passed in
front OF you he would knock you down
and trample you. Whether the over
bearing vehicle Is OF horse or gasoline
power its driver should bear in mind
that the laws Of traffic are merely the
laws of common etiquette and in the
name Of ordinary decency should be
observed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-20

and opposing the mulot and re-
strictive measures generally. That
is \ right az inalienable az
any guaranteed In q free country.
The nub of the explanation is how
one man can be a director in a league
the purpose Of which ID to uphold the
mulct, abolish the saloon If possible,
and support the petition system and
assist petitioners and still earn wages
as an attorney for the interests which
this league is fighting tooth and nail.
Under the circumstances the efforts
of this versatile ex- director against the
mulct and the petition are not likely to
be fruitful of results. Thoughtful per-
sons will ask themselves and perhaps
ask him the questions: why was he
director in the league if he were OPP
posed to it's work and purposes, and if
he was in sympathy with the league
when he took the dictatorship
when did the change Of heart take
place and what induced the CONVEX
sion?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-20
SIMPLY AN EARLIER TYPE.

Ex- Congressman Isaac Struble, who
died the other day at his home in Lee
Mars was a type of the man whose
success belongs mainly to himself
Struble, many years ago, lank
red headed importation from Mary
began teaching school, That was the
beginning as 1t has been Of thousands
of successful men. He studied law in
Judge Campbells office in Polo and
kept school, in little village six
miles away, walking the distance back
and forth night and mornings and
spending his evenings with Blackstone
and other legal authorities. Struhle
was the first male teacher the editor
who writes this remembers. and the
recollection is still strong of the lanky
young teacher blowing his way along
the snowy highway in the early morn
ing in order that "the schoolhouse
was part of the contract and that
school might open promptly at g. The
further recollection is that Struble was
not a great teacher but q very faithful
one and that he endeared himself sin
cerely to his pupils. Else, why after
the best part OF d half century should
one of these note his death With regret
ana remember the man and his
struggles So clearly?
But the clearest memory of the man
is a picture Of a long snowy road and
the lone figure trudging the last mile
Of the six to the school house in the
chill Of a winter morning. The biggest
thing about Struble was not that he
had succeeded, but that he had the
courage and pertinacity which makes
for success. He was one Of an earlier
type Of the youth who succeeds
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-20
FDuCATION BOARDS ORDER.
'TirppS


The question before the Legislature.
as some OF the members see 1t, is:
Shall the board of education manage
the schools or shall the schools. a1deo
by their friends, manage themselves!
Stated that way, two answers become
possible.
The one answer is to abolish the
board of education and return TO the
separate trustee system; the other an
swer is to stand pat. If the legislature
decides to choose the latter course, as
MANY suspect it has about concluded &c
do, the only recourse left to those no.
satisfied with the boards action is u
go to court.
with all due respect to the learned
gentlemen who have argued that tne
board has exceeded its authority. ana
notwithstanding preference for the
present arrangement instead OF the
plan outlined by the board, 1t Is oil
acu!. to arrive at the conclusion tha'
| the order Of the board violates. the pro-
visions Of the constitution concerning
a university without branches OF
| which the chief argument OF the OBJ
| jectors hangs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-20
Iona Newspapers
MUSIC On SUNDAY.
[Cedar Rapids Republican.

The musicians OF the state are up m
arms against further Sunday closing
laws. The musicians think they have a
right to earn a decent living by oc-
casionally playing on Sunday, in parks
and SO on. The musicians are right.
When we begin to close down music
in the name Of morality we are max
ing mistake. The people are en-
titled to some recreation even on
Sunday, and it ought to be no law
makers business to interfere. We
can not all be as good" as some law
makers would have US believe they
are themselves. If they want to drive
more liberty loving people from Iowa
by fool legislation, let them so ahead
with their closing laws.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-20
KEEP THE GRAFvTERS OFF.
Shenandoah Sentinel-Post.1

An effort Is being made by the private
interests who wish to exploit the tim
Der lands Of the country. to take them
away from national control and osten-
sibly to put them under control Of the
various states. The purpose Of this is
to get control Of the forests as the
grafters figure that it Is easier to
manipulate the smaller western states
than to monkey with Uncle Sam. We
hope the Iowa members of congress
will stand like stone wall against any
such change. Under national control
these forests will be conserved for the
future, using so much of the forests
each year as can safely be spared and
without injury to the smaller trees.
The whole people need these forests,
not only for the future lumber supplies.
but as conservitors Of water supply,
power. fertility of the soil and for rest
ing spots for tired mankind.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-20
Az APPEAL no THE PAST
ISioux City Tribune.]

Sioux City Iribune.J
The old standpattcrs Of Nebraska
got together under cover Of the annual
banquet Of the Young Mems Republic
can Club at Lincoln.
The young man is always an invit-
ing proposition. His face is like the
rising sun. His unscarred personality
and his open rnindedness make way
for him into the hope and confidence
Of the world. And SO it ometimes
happens that the older men, feeling
a little uncertain as TO their own stat
US with the public, find it expedient
to give the front of the movement en-
inviting aspect by pushing the young
men forward.
This young mans banquet, where
the bald heads were in the majority,
was supposed to start the movement
in Nebraska for reuniting OF the re-
publican factions. The speakers talked
about what the republican party had
done in It's palmy days. They eulogized
Abraham Lincoln. They lauded the
old heroes of the party, one by one
but not once in the several hours OF
speeches was the name TAFT pro-
nounced nor any direct reference made
to his administration. Governor Adolpf
c. Eberhart, Of Minnesota, the princi-
pal speaker, spoke RESPECTFULLY Of tbs
split at Chicago and hoped the fac
tions would get together under the oil
party flag. They all talked get to-
gether." get together" but nobod,
pretended to suggest how or where thu
getting together was going to tak'
place. The old leaders Of the party
they said. Lincoln. Grant. Blaine, Gar
field, Mckinley, had lhaiiowed republl'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-20
coy, BE DECENT.

columbus Junction Safeguard
Young man, be a gentleman. It is
just as easy as being rowdy and
PAYS whole lot better. There Is
ne: hing smart in being tough.
The kids you see nowadays who are
rcwdies who get drunk and swear
and make all around asses Of them
selves are the fellows who in later
years fill the poor houses and ja1is.
They are the ones who have no
homes. no friends, no money-the
ones the police tell to move on. The
crowd Will applaud you whole lot
more when you make a good play
ard guy You less when you make an
error A gentleman has friends
cverywhere-the rowdy none. Inc
rowdy and tough come to premature
old age and privation; the gentleman
lives long and walks in green pas
lures with friends to help him over
the rough spots. Be gentleman De-
cause there is money In II. BE
sertleman; 1t will pay you dividends
when everything else is below par.
Re a gentleman: in the final wind-up
it will bring flowers to your bier ano
eulogies to your memory.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-20
La,Ds AreN ot For Backward Cjt;xs,,s
~ aeplx = Your F..rmsr,s Lsttsf.l


letter demanding that Al road building
experience We had with the kns
poosns M r.rs,. cam. to our office to toll
newspaper man Of talked about grading
split Haven't We used tho ROAD aosr for
years nyhns? they inquired and we had
to buy ROAD drag bad piece Of
to show the farmer. what the oras o 90 1
farmers the road drag To-Day every
where levyins i-m tax
~ s the same with the rural telephone
solicitor. found
they have shown sell farm off mail route
brick pavement nine feet wide ws
built out the farmers opposed the
the farmers who had
posed with petition for
Offering donation OF $4,000
and Mr. Wagner Offering to pay ms u. a.
advance the pavement were exnoeo 70 'ne' farms
with train OF five
would not find such projects
half of the states in the union they were not
majority out Of
the roads special and
carried agricultural state ike
A SHOULD NOT MAKE LAWS FOR TIE BACK
WARD SOCIETY
OUR LAWS PERMIT OUR PEOPLE TO 90 FORWARD
WHENEVER A
counties to levy more taxes FOR
distribute in
the life of the Improvement whenever ~ - 49,
In this progress need not De held BACK
by the few and the majority can rule o,.,,., go ;,
the voters in considerable area Do
themselves for oaos m
And then in commission Of
road engineers may
give aid
the forward members each community
provide for the state at large
paid owners all OF
special
WILT test publ
which
aid local option
method other states for financing
ermanen
Of Iowa will bring this state up to the
half OF
aid will
majority and euca-
ton for he members-Ed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-20
The Strawpile
Extra Early Potatoes.

New potatoes very early in the sum-
mer are just as appetizing and palata-
BILE for farm folks as anybody else. Old
potatoes in the cellar are all right for
eating so long as the supply lasts. yet
mess Of extra early new potatoes
beats the old supply fully country
block. Early garden peas and new po-
tatoes go well together. It Is possible
to have an extra early crop OF both Of
these choice garden vegetables with a
little extra work done at the right time.
There are two ways Of forcing the
early crop of potatoes to maturity. and
to have them on the table in advance
of the regular crop. Only few short
rows will be necessary to supply home
needs till the main crop is mature
enough to use.
To have early potatoes, an early
variety Of seed must be used. For the
extra early crop, select peck or half
bushel Of choice tubers and place them
in sawdust sand or common garden
loan in a layer in the bottom Of wide
box. Use about three or four inches
Of the material and cover the tubers
an inch deep or less. Moisten the SOIL
and tubers slightly and place the box
in a mild or warm portion of the eel
lar. or other room, where the day and
night temperature is mild. The tubers
will begin to sprout within week OF
two, and perhaps some feeding roots
will form. Start the sprouting from
two weeks to a month before planting
tdi,ne. Just as soon the ground Is
dry enough to work and danger of frost
is past, prepare the ground and set the
sprouted tubers as you would onions III
a row. Be careful not to break or In
| jure any OF the new growth. Cover
.ubers and sprouts completely WITT
fine. rich soil. With the sprouts al
| ready started. early and rapid growth
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-20

A True Lent.
Is this fast TO keep
The larder lean,
And clean.
From fat Of veals and sheep?
Is it to quit the dish
Of flesh, yet still
To fill
That platter high with fish?
It is TO fast an hour.
Or ragg'd to go.
Or show
A downcast look, and sour?
No! IT'S fast to dole
Thy sheaf Of wheat
And meat.
Unto the hungry soul.
Il is to fast from strife,
From old debate
And hate
To circumcise thy life.
70 show a heart grief-rent;
To starve thy sin.
Not bin
And that's to keep thy Lent.
Robert Herrlck
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-20
How to Kan MIX Reeord,.

Many cows are now being kept by
farmers and dairymen that do not pay
their way. 1t is easy to find If a COW
is not producing enough milk to pay
her expenses. Some imagine that keep
ing milk records is difficult matter.
On the other hand 1t is easy and simple,
very little time being required for the
work, especially the Weighing.
To keep a milk record of producing
cows have a record sheet tackled upon
the wall Of the dairy stable. Have a
space on the record sheet for each ccw,
with enough squares on the line OPP
pceitc her name for as many records as
are wished during the month. The
single sheet may be large enough for
single month, or to cover q whole year.
Monthly record sheets are best. They
can be filed for examination and CONS
parison.
1t is not necessary to weigh and test
each cows milk every day One days
milk for each week will give good
average monthly test. The monthly
averages may be averaged for the
yearly average and total. Also. 1T 1s
not necessary to test cows milk
every day. or even every week, to Sc
cure a reasonably accurate average for
butter fat for the year. 1t has been
found by scientific and practical ex-
periments that testing a cows milk
once each month for butter fat will
give practical results. Even three or
four such tests thru the year will prove
very satisfactory. as COW will not
vary in the richness Of her milk to any
great extent till toward the end OF her
AGITATION periOd,
Keeping milk records soon becomes
interesting. Scales for the purpose are
inexpensive They should be kept hang
ing in the dairy stable by the record
sheet. The interested man or woman
| handling cows soon takes delight In
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-20
Earlie.t oardsn Crop.

With perhaps the exception Of onions
that have been planted the previous fall
such as the potato variety. lettuce can
be made the earliest OF all garden
crops.
The way to have very early and ten.
der lettuce for the home table long
before other vegetables come on is to
seed as soon as the ground can be
worked. Spade up small bed as soon
as frost is out Of the ground. Choose
a sunny location where the ground
slopes a little to the south or south
east. Spade into the bed . liberal
quantity Of decomposed manure from
any Of the stables. and work into the
soil with this q good sprinkfing Of fresh
poultry droppinss. There will be no
danger Of using strong manure this
early, az the ground IL cold and the
heat given of thru decomposition will
be quickly absorbed by the wet soil.
Do not consult the almanac in sow.
ing lettuce seed nor mind what passing
neighbors may say about your being
crazy to garden before winter ts over.
They will be the first ones to admire
your very early. large, crisp lettuce
leaves, and wonder by what mad luck
you CHANGED to have 1t grow.
Sow the seed as soon az the soil IS
dry enough to receive It: then cover
over the bed with q few inches OF
straw When the young lettuce plants
begin to push thru the ground, remove
the covering Of straw, and substitute
covering of old canvass, sheeting.
mating or any such material that may
be at hand Have a board frame around
the small bed for the covering to rest
on, four or five inches above the soil.
Remove the cover on mild days and
replace at night when frost threatens.
Light frost on the inside will not inturs
the young plants. They like cool con-
ditions. and early lettuce is crispest.
This little bed will feed the family for
long time. It will come on several
weeks earlier than others.-S. 8. q.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-20
LET the BOARD ALONE.

A. an evidence Of the weakness OF
the case against the state ooaro OIL
education now that presentation OF the
opposition has been made by ATTORNEYS
comes the proposal to circumVent 'he
board by creating another conlhlttee
or commission to investigate 'ie
boards action and report TO the next
legislature. AS cover for the partlsans
If the college towns affected who have
failed to make out convincing case
against the board this plan would De
useful It would suspend the rlsht Oh
the state board Of education to man
age the educational institutions Oh 'ne
state for two years and make the col
leges the football Of internicine STRIFE
and politics. Three members or me
board are to be the presidents OF the
three schools SO as to insure hl4-
kanny cat time Of it while five are TO
be appointed by Governor Clarke In Or
der to pu. the governor under load
which the legislature would like to
drop on him. If there was anything lett
to these magnificent schools at the
end of two years the fight would be-
gin in the next legislature just "here
it began in this one.
A previous legislature created as
able a commission as will ever be
created by any legislature, even far
ADLER than any that could be created
now for it was devoid of partisanshlp
After painstaking Investigation the
whipple committee reported that there
was needless and extraVagant dupilcd-
ton within the state colleges. Another
legislature studied the Whipple report
and decided that the management OF
the state colleges was too much OF a
business problem to be undertaken in
diligently by body OF $50 men meet
ing once in two years and comprised of
a new set of individuals each time.
That legislature then created state
board to manage the schools.
The board went on the job and
studied it three years before defining
the present plan Of coordination. The
board should now be let alone by the
legislature or it should be abolished
There Is no half way place to land. II
q group of business men place q board
Of directors in charge Of their business
that board Of directors should be per-
mitted to manage the business or be
abolished. A business run by commit
tees Of stockholders who serve for iii
teen minutes or a day would ruin even
the Standard Oil Company.
Ex-senator Funk has stated it in al
clearness and this Legislature shoulc
either do nothing with the board or il
should abolish the board and turn the
colleges loose as they We're before. The
partisans Of the towns in which the
schools are located have had their op
portunity to present their case and tn
legislature should now be convinced
that the board is either right or wrong
To attempt to create another commit
tee TO investigate the board is an eVi.
dence that the case against the board
has not been proved and it's inten
would De to arrest the state board O
education a second time for the sam'
offense.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-20
WHAT is THE MORAL?

dubuque leleSIdpIi- l1eI diu.
James Purcell lived for years the
lawless life Of gambler, retaining APP
parentIy the consideration Of his circle
of friends. He altered his course. He
became a law abiding citizen. He con-
scented to uphold law and order By tes-
tifying against the alliance Of vice with
the police system" He became a
ve-tortured object of the contempt
of those who knew him best; and IN
rage Of passion set out to kill his wife
for calling him a "squealer" and turn
ing his daughter against him. ae did
kill the girl. The wife, escaping by
feint and flight, agrees in part with
Purcelis account New York World.
The moral is obvious. A wife who
should have supported her husband
with her sympathy in his hour of
greatest need, joined the pack at his
heels. She failed in her duty and in
consequence of her failure he failed.
The result is a bloody tragedy.
Not every woman is the sort of wife
she should be. Some women married
flatly refuse to discharge the duty that
marriage imposes. Some. filled with
vanity, are so insistent In their de-
mands for money that they make EN-
tezzlers out Of otherwise honest men
For the worst in the world and the
best in the world woman is responst-
Bile. She gets the best of every deci-
sion today because of spirit OF
chivalry having its root in her depend
ence. This spirit Of chivalry VIII no
tip the balance OF justice few gen
era lions after she has been enfran'
c}1ised She is in way of inviting judg-
rnent Of herself uninfluenced by emo
ton and dictated by cold justice. Ant
in this as in the other things oil lif'
she will have her way.