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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26
dows every night and raised the draw
bridge regularly Just before blowing

dows every night and raised the draw
bridge regularly Just before blowing
out their candles. 6,j
What We need in this country 10 .
banking system rather than lot OF
banks. We need a legalised organisA- :
ton Of ali the banks so as to keep IN :
dividual bankers from getting scared
in the dark. The lone sentry will
SILVER and shake at the falling Of an
acorn In the forest when In company
with a regiment he would charge a
smoking battery without fear and the
same kind Of men are engaged in the
banking business.
All panics in this country are essen
TALLY bankers panics. The country
goes on producing all that the weather
will permit to be produced and mills
would keep on running If the bankes
did not get scared. What We need is a
bankers mutual protective association
organized by law; a society in which
the resources Of all banks are avail
able to sustain the integrity OF every
separate bank; an association OF
banks wherein one banker can obtain
aid from other bankers in meeting the
sudden demands which he always fears
is to come but which never will come
If the bankers themselves would not
get scared Then big business could
be conducted In small places and the
necessary loans rediscounted. Season
able demand in spots could be met by
rediscounts in the spots not pressed at
the time. These would always be avail
able in the reserve associations a fly
Ing squadron reserve TO rush TO the
assistance of any bank and individual
bankers would never need to lie awake
onights With every banker In the
country sleeping soundly at night and
confident by day the business men OF
the country would never know what a
panic looks like.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26

growing tap roots Of sweet clover
plants 80 as deep, if not deeper. In
search Of moisture and plant foods
Along the right way OF the Frisco,
Missouri Pacific and Rock Island rail-
roads in Missouri sweet clover plants
grow along cuts and entertainments in
hilly and bluffy sections where the
earth is practically all rocks, and there
is apparently no top soil for susie
nance. This fact would naturally lead
to the conclusion that the roots OF the
sweet clover plant draw their sus-
tenance from very great depths In the
earth.
Now, it is known generally that
sweet clover. as the common culti-
waited legumes. bears nitrifying germs
on its roots, and that thru these BEN
eticial root bacteria the plant Is able
to extract free nitrogen from the air
and fit it as valuable nitrates COM
pound in the soil. This, OF course,
gives the plant great value In build
ing UP depleted soil. Growing red
clover on land enriches the land by in
creasing it's store of available nitrates,
and improving its physical condition.
Sweet clover will do the work as wen
or better. No doubt for fertiltzing pur-
poses alone 1t is even superior to al
falfa, since II is larger and deeper
rooted plant. OF course the reason
that sweet clover is not grown more
for soil renovation and enrichment Is
that farmers have not yet learned no"
to use the plant for feed. while clover
| and alfalfa are used both for soil en-
richment and for feed.
| Sweet clover seed is now harvested
and offered for sale by some seed
houses. Some are growing it for forage
as we'll as for fertilization. Cattle
horses. hogs and other animals Will not
eat the plant at first, but they VIII
after they become used to it. The
main drawback to sweet clover as a
forage or hay plant is that it grows
very large and the stems are nara tc
cure besides being woody at maturity
| No doubt however. experiments IN the
fnt,,re viii demonstrate some way OF
harvesting the plant to make 1t val
uabIe hay. 1t is a good plant to grow
in the mixed pasture, where 1t VIII
furnish an abundance OF green teeo
for a long season. One valuable use
for sweet clover is that OF FURNISHING
linoculating soil for the starting OF al
falfa, as its roots contain the ldentlca
bacteria required by alfalfa. In many
|sections the plants grow abundantN
|alone the roadside where the road mas
|been treated with crushed lime rock
showing that, like clover and alfai1a
lit likes a friable and sweet SOIL
start Of the plants may be secured
either from seed or the setting out o.
roots in spring or fall. After sWee'
clover has been grown on lined land
alfalfa will grow Immediately and re-
main permanently without incubation
III. H. s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26
LEI the BANKERS SLEEP.

II Congressman Prouty has been
correctly quoted in the Des Moines
snewspapers to the effect that he finds
no public demand for any monetary
reform other than for more elastic
currency the congressman had better
same home from Washington for a
Doek and look around.
Here we have bumper crops in sight.
Dusinesg II good everywhere and
buaIding booming and yet the indie
psndsnt and separate banks of the
opuntry are all curtailing loans. put
fang up interest rates and boarding
abnormal reserves as tho a panic were
d1srdue. all because every bank in
-4I,is country has to stand alone with
QUE aid or protection from other banks
II IN early day when people lived
j $50 without the protection of their
80 - Ahax boarded uD their win
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26
FUTURE OF THE SMALL TOWN.
burlington Hawkeye.l


A Nebraska weekly newspaper calls
attention to. the fact that the popula-
ton Of its town has decreased IA per
cent in the last year. 1t may be natur-
al to regard the situation as purely
local and go to tnquiring for the reas-
ons upon that ground. But, according
to statistics prepared by the National
Federation Of Retail Merchants. 5000
country towns In eight states have
actually been losing population in late
years. Our national census showed that
for. the last decade the largest per-
centages Of population growth were
made in the larger places.
That census for the purpose of classi-
fication regarded as urban all COM
munities of more than $500 and rural
farming communities any town OF less
than $500. 1t showed that the general
gain in population Of the United States
from 1900 to 1910 was q per cent. IN
urban population "a per cent and rural
only 11.2 per cent. In 1880 100 per
cent Of our total population was rural.
cent, and in 1890. $50 per cent; in
1900, 59.5 per cent. and in 1910. o3.7,
showing, therefore, the continuous drift
of the tide Of population toward the
city and away from the farm and small
town.
To seek the causes. then. is obviously
something Of task. altho each COM
munity owes it to itself to take an in
ventory Of it's affairs and see what II
can do toward Improvement The COM
plant is made that the automobile and
good roads, reducing time and distance
and the cost OF transportation. operate
as factors against the small town to
the advantage Of the nearby city. by
diverting trade to the latter Perhaps
this is true. but haven't we been CO.
operating toward this very end OF
bringing the country and the city closer
together as one of the essentials in the
solution of our chief economic prob.
lens. This only serves 10 remind US
that modern progress can not be
achieved without cost. but ievies its toll
which must be Offset by new methods
Of compensation and it is for us all to
work out these in behalf Of the small
town, which. Of course, is just as i'm
portant in our national life as ever 1t
was Of old
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26
voo,Ne ALA "M0IEs."

Here 1t 10, the very latest, up-to-the-
|iast-second of the most recent minute
adaptation of the movies" Fraulein
Bertha Stahl. buxom. love-lorn and
longing for husband. inserts a small
advertisement In which correspond
encA. object matrimony,' is suggested.
One Herr Justh. South African en-
gineer. reads the advertisement and Is
interested. Letters pass back and
forth. The engineer. wanting to see
the color Of the card before he lays his
money on the table, asks Fraulein
Stahl to have motion picture made Of
herself doing her household work.
The request proves Justh to be cum
ming. What follows adds more proof.
mo grab in . poke for the engineer.
We wanted the evidence Of domestic
art eaten into the Aim by the camera
and the acid bath. He got it. In due
time the motion pictures arrive. In
them he sees Frauletn Bertha hustlins
back and forth, busy with groom and
dust cloth. or with rounded arms ell
how deep in dough.
What he saw in the pictures adds
rest to his interest, but does not lessen
his cunning. He travels far to see the
;3rauletn- Questioned closely, she is
forced to confess the motion pictures
were faxed and that the busy house
wife Of the reeled film is another and
not herself Indignant. the engineer
refuses to marry her. She sues for
breach Of promise. but the court holds
Tor Justh.
What unlimited possibilities as frs.
AID for tho about-to-wed the incident
and the movies suggest. If Gerald
could see Theresa, frousy and XII
monoed. drag herself to the II a. m.
breakfast which tired mother has es-
pecially prepared and If he could thru
the lens Of the camera see tired,
patient mother wait upon the same
Theresa, al tho she were a s-year old.
would Gerald hold true to his first
declaration Of love?
Could Theresa. as the reel was un-
wound inside the protector, see Gerald.
the crouch, browbeat his mother and
insult his father: could she see him
las one Of the boys" in tho wee hours,
would she still stand steadfast on the
promise made in the hammock? Really
as an educator Of the love-lorn and an
exposition of what you are about "a
draw in the matrimonial lottery IL YOU
don't watch out, the "movies, have
possibilities that are unbounded.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26

at the small prices q ton or . pou.d
at which this metal waste 10 sold It
brings in millions Of dollars svosE
year. :,
OF al tho vast amount Of material
that . railroad purchases svosy;
twelvemonth 80 per cent. svaatnally
hnds it, way into the scrap hsav. In
no other business are tAo Cd = AAdi
ends that are no lon9sr sssvioeah,Aj
collected with % much care. Every,
thing. from the frames a tin lanbesus,
to the pondsrous driving wheels oE
locomotives. reaches the SCRAP dock
In the end. j
But before anything 10 "sosaDps17
It has to be pasDed upon By about q
dozen experts. They look It Over To-
$50 II thsre II = possibility Of IT. -
ing used in any other way befosO e -
sold to the Junk man. On one q the,
eastern railway systems . few pears
ago a large quantity Of steel frsight
car holsters were foand. % b ul-
available for the type Of car for witch
they were originally intended
One by one the mechanical experts
shook their heads and voted that thGr
be sent to the scrap dock But one
Of the examiners suggested drilling
an extra hole In the condem1ed boz
sters and using them on . different
class Of truck than that for which
they were intended. THIS was done
at little cost and their Journey TO the;
junk pile was delayed.
M
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26
MAS WILSON BLUHDERED7

The haste with which President Will
son accepted the resignation Of District
Attorney McNab. of California, and the
reprimand embodied in that acceptance,
has every appearance Of an attempt to
apply the whitewash to Attorney Cen
eral McReynolds. This view is further
substantiated by the change of front
OF Mr.. McReynolds, who probably on
instructions from his chief, has ordered
the prosecutions Of the cases in which
Mr.. McNab was interested to proceed
1T once.
Attorney General McReynolds in
structed delay in suits under ,ndict-
ments against certain individuals for
white slavery and against a fuel com
pany, one OF the indicted men, was a
son Of the federal offceholders. Nc
Nab. local federal prosecutor, pro-
tested against delay and Immediate
" charged that the channels Of Justice
were being clogEed by the department
ut Washington thru outside influences.
Prosecutor McNab filed his resignation
with his protest, and the acceptance
and reprimand followed within forty
eight hours, with the announcement
that the attorney general had rescinded
his order for delay.
This controversy in President Will
sons legal department threatened &c
create a scandal, the first to confron,
the present administration. II seems
that scandals crop out during each re-
curing administration. McKinley's Of
dcial household did not escape them
Roosevelt blundered in the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Company case. Taft
had his Ballinger and several Jesse,
evils to contend with. The mere fac
{ mat McReynolds has acknowledged his
! error by resembling his order is proof
1 that McNab was at least partially il
j the right and was entitled to thank:
rather than reprimand, altho the
nanner in which he resigned may
have been undiplomatic-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26
NO MORE "CARNIvALS.'
rcodar RAPIDS Republican

We take it that all those who nave
had anything to do with the recent
carnival" are unanimously Of the
opinion that Cedar Rapids never
ought to have another. To be sure II
was clean aggregation OF shows as
such shows go, but some Of it was in
decent. some OF it was vile. and all OF
1t was the lowest and cheapest KIND OF
entertainments One wonders how IN
the world persons with the intelh-
eence credited to citizens Of Cedar
Rapids could be willing to spend their
time and their money seeing the So
called performances" It was carni-
val for the backwoods villages ana
not for a modern. intelligent city ike
Cedar Rapids.
But even at that. II was far better
than some others which have been
here during the past few years. The
one which recently exhibited on the
Wolfe grounds was far worse. All OF
then, carry with them fakirs and
grafterg. men and women whose NOR
ais are unutterably low and vile ana
who are a pollution to the morals or
any place they may visit.
We believe that nenceforth the
mayor of Cedar Rapids should firmly
refuse to grant license to any OF
these so-called "carnivals." whether
they are in the streets. on the park
ings, or on vacant lots.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26

uiss into that part Of the country y
astonishing. he says.
wantsd-Someone VINO hes seen .
road drag at work this summer In Mar
shall county.
The appointment Of Ex-Governor
Garst as industrial commissioner 10
one Of the wisest selections yet made
by Governor Clarke. The commission
er who is to adjust compensation as
between employers and injured en-
ployes must be a man Of keen busi-
ness judgment. OF big and generous
hearted humanity and Of determined
character as we'll as Of irreproachable
integrity and 1t would have been diff
ficult to have found in all Iowa a man
who more fully Allied all the require
ments than does Ex-Governor Garst.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26

as much feed value from them as from
the best clover and bluegrass. By all
means, II you have spare fenced field
in weeds for the summer. allow all the
hogs the run OF 1t. Let them root at
will and eat the young weeds and other
waste green plants. Some perennial.
noxious weeds will be rooted up. eaten
and killed in field thru hog pasturing.
Hogs will make a living, and fatten
with some grain in a weedy field in
summer where other animals could
scarcely exist.
1t is an old saying that hogs on sum-
mer pasture need but half as much
corn as in winter. The green forage
plants supply the other half Of the food
values Experiments have shown that
good clover and alfalfa pastured with
hogs will yield an equivalent of more
than $40 per acre. Bluegrass and other
good pasture grasses will give an
equivalent OF something like $50 an
acre when pastured with hogs. Where
hogs will make $50 an acre from a
meadow. 1t is better to allow them to
do the harvesting. and especially when
it is considered that the animals return
a good share Of the crop directly back
to the land in the form OF manure,
evenly spread over the surface.
frequently clover field, or other
hay field. becomes weedy and Is to be
plowed up for corn or some other crop
in the spring. Such fields will yield a
considerable revenue thru pigs from
the time spring opens till the land is
plowed. Frequently the clover in such
fields will grow to be five to ten inches
high before It is plowed under for corn.
1t is economy to allow the hogs to
Craze 1t off, or as much Of 1t as they
can before blowing.
To make the most from hogs. they
should be furnished succulent pastures
from early spring till late fall. The
forage in permanent pastures becomes
dry and tough by the middle OF sum-
mer-poor feed for hogs. but good for
cattle and sheep. Forage must be
green and succulent for hogs to make
the best use OF 1t.
In northern sections, oats and Can
ada peas. mixed. make excellent early
summer hog pasture. In central lati.
tudes oats alone. or oats with rape. are
better. Oats for hog pasture should
be sown rather trickly. Rape Is good
forage plant for hogs, and one In COM
mon use Rape should always be sown
on rich ground. and not pastured till 1t
has made good growth. 1t can be
sown in corn at the last cultivation Tor
] late pasture with the corn. About four
to six pounds Of rape seed Is required
for an acre when broadcasted.
For late summer and fall pasture for
hogs besides rape. cowpeas. corn, mil
| let. sorghum and number Of corps
! NAV he sown. Cowpeas are often sown
| in corn at the last cultivation Tor this
purpose, all being hogged down in the
fall.-H HIS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26

Enslnesrs Longest Llvsd o. 1rainneNa
w. W. Atterbury. prominent rail-
roader, declares that engine drivssg
live longer than any other class %
employees.
AS an actual fant..s he says, "ws
have 202 engineers on the pension roll.
-7.6 per cent. Of the pensioned en-,
ployes are engineers. and they aEei
drawing II per cent. Of the, psnsione.
Tho average length Of service Of snGi-
neers, Of those men who die from
natural causes. 10 81 years. and The
average length Of service - snsinsse
Of those who die - . result Of aec1-.
dent IL 10 years, and the ayssaeo
length Of service Of the sngtnsmen oe
all men who die 10 10.
It 10 rather curious; and Il y q.
ceedingly interesting. TO note. that tie
average age ak death OF all classes ol
our employees, odleers and svesy one
else. 10 -. - against 81 for ens1psee6.
and for those the average age -
death. % the result Of accident -
- for Ill. a. against q for sngtnssss.~
In other words. appaisnxly tie end.
neers length Of fts u Longer tAaI
that Of any other Of ~ RAILWAY -
ployes Of which any record II kspG 4
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26
Iona Newspapers
LIQUOR DEALERS VIEWS.


Tho LIQUOR dealers or the state IN
session at Cedar Rapids the other day
unanimously resolved that the anu
saloon league is a menace to gooo gov
eminent and is maintained only 10
bring revenue to its members. me
opinion as TO the menace OF the anu
saloon league is natural TO members
OF the organization which met at eco
ar Rapids. but the conservative Juos
ment OF this writer is that the H1ehaes
is directed to the business Represented
AZ the recen, Cedar Rapids conventlon'
tho violation Of which 70 good govern
mon, is now so clearly established
tina, the first part of the resolution
belongs In a joke book as well as the
other part concerning the revenue 20
the members of the league, whose an
nual contributions to curb the hquo'
traffic are no small item.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26

get themselves IN the way Of his de-
mand for government control Of bank
Ing and currency. Whatever objec-
tons may legitimatelysbe urged to the
federal reserve board as proposed. the
president will be sustained in the gen.
eral proposition that the reserve board
must be federal. .,.1.s,k.,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26

III President Wilson had no other
quality to recommend him TO the peo-
pie except that of the brevity OF his
messages" says the Burlington Ca
zette. He should be the popular choice
for the nations executive until he dies.
But few people read the long-windsd
stuff"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

1.-The rustic Of the leaves in the corn
fields Of Iowa means more to the pros
perity Of the country than the rustic
of the silks on city boulevard even IL
II isn't as pleasant to the average
ear" says the Perry Chief.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26

which Mrs. Wilson Is suffering as a
result OF her social activities since the
Inauguration she will go to the sum-
mer White House before July 1. prob
ably with her daughters. and the pres
ident will follow just as soon as the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26

Keep cool mentally If you would
kepe cool physically advises the
Keokuk Gate City.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26

cares Of the tariff and currency re-
forms are Off his shoulders Both The
president and his wife will then have
chance to smile in real earnest ana
rest up for the autumn resumption Of
their official life at Washington.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26
An lssglugSi,I.

7up, vhsa The raia shoss down =
shootp-
sYas. soafs q .ss5 &
slzoseys ~. =,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26

'Archdeacon Stuck" says the Sioux
City Journal reports having found
the monument left by the Lloyd party
en- route to the peak OF Mt. Mckinley
in 1910. but makes no mention OF nav
ing found any trace or the early con-
quest Of the summit by DR.. Cook. In
the opinion of several persons this
sticks DR.. Cook"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26

A lot of fellows looking for govern
ment Jobs would find It to their last
ing benefit il they failed to land the
sort of Job that is really worth While
is one secured on merit rather than
null. And such a Job is likely to ne OF
a much more lasting character" warns
tho Council Bluffs NonpareL
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26

The headlines announce that big
debate is promised over the admins
tration banking and currency bill. OBJ
serves the Des Moines Tribune. Ihere
is no occasion for a big debate. the
country has been over the ground no"
for many years, and the time has come
to do something besides talk"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26

Noting that Saturday was the long
est day OF the year the Des MONIES
Capital ts reminded that 1t is cii'I
about twenty-seven weeks untli
Christmas
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-26

when the bride begins to eat on
ions and the groom resurrects the
strong old pipe he smoked when ne
was single, the honeymoon is just
about ready to Set" says the Cherokee
Democrat.