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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-04
THORNTON RESIDENT DEAD.

NeIS JuhI Passes Away Following
Operation At Rochester.
Special to Times-Republican.
Thornton. Sept. 4.-Nels Juhl, an old
and well known resident Of this place,
died yesterday after q short Illness
following an operation some days ago
at Rochester. MIMI. hospital.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-04

EIkader.
Clayton county has paid a bount,
for killing 1000 rattlesnakes In the
past year.
Usage.
Usage public schools opened Tues
day with about fifty pupils outside the
city registered in the high school de-
partment. Superintendent George III
Sawyer began his fifteenth year o.
service in the schools here.
New Hampton.
Promoters Of the Chickasaw county
fair have arrangements made for I
fair that will eclipse anything evel
attempted there before. Sept s-13
The feature attraction will be Jimmy
Ward and his flying machine.
Fort Dodge.
Word has been received here tina
Mrs. Kenyon, wife Of Senator Kenyon
is suffering with a serious attack OF
bronchitis, which is feared may develop
into pneumonia. The plan is to take
Mrs. Kenyon to Hot Springs, Ark, al
soon as she appears able to make the
trip.
Mason City.
Two hundred hunters Of Cerro Gordt
county applied for and received licenses
to roam the prairies Of the county ir
quest Of game Saturday morning, aft.
ernoon and evening. Auditor Eros
held open house in the evening for the
benefit Of those who were unable to at.
tend to the duty at other times, ant
he wore out pens scratching dowr
names. Two hundred dollars more fol
the game fund from Cerro Gordo.
Humboldt.
The annual report Of the Humboldt
chautauqua board showing its finan.
cial standing is one that probably car
not be duplicated in Iowa by any towr
or city holding q yearly summer chau
tauQua. During the six seasons tina
Humboldt has been holding these
universities Of the people," the firs
season was the only one In which
money was lost and now there Is clos'
to $500 in the treasury.
Fort Dodge.
All records for the first days enroll.
ment at the high school were broker
Tuesday, the first day of the fall term
when 800 pupils entered the school.
is expected by Principal Blakely tina
the nlKn WAICT AuoB WIZ no 4CeANAASs
by Friday, when tho attendance vii
moro than likely reach 326. Never II
the history OF the school have 80 many
entered upon the nrst day. tho neares
approach to this years entry being las
year when 2ss were enrolled. Every
thing indicates q prosperous year q
the high school at the present time.
Fort Dodge.
The potentialities Of the mouse al
revealed by the fable Of the lion anG
the mouse was demonstrated agar
Sunday morning when little mouse
put the electric light plant OF tho For
Dodge Gas and Electric Company on
OF business for some time. The anima
short circuited the main switch Of on.
Of the generators and the electric cur
rent passing thru its body did abou
$50 damages. The mouse not only wa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-04
SOCIAL CLUB BARS TANGO.
Those Who Dance Il Must Quit or Get
Out az Cluh 7hav Rula.

Those Who Dance Il Must Quit or Get
Out Of Club They Rule.
Sioux City. Sept. 4.-Henceforth and
forever, the tango dance with its
draws. witches. jerks. glides. slides.
dips and turns 10 absolutely, un-
equivocally and completely barred from
the floor Of the Riverside Boat Club
by reason Of q unanimous and en-
phatic resolution adopted by the board
of directors. The edict goes into effect
at once.
Hereafter any member who tangos
at the Riverside club will be asked to
cease. In case the dancer persists, the
orchestra will be stopped while the
board Of directors cleans" out the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-04
Jasper Farm at $40 Per Aero.

Newton, Sept IA deal was closed
here whereby Hugh E. Smith became
the owner of the Charles Leeper farm
Of 1851 acres on the Newton and Mon
roe road about five miles southwest OF
Newton. The farm is known as the
old Kennedy farm and Is one OF the
finest in the county. The selling price
was s21O per acre and Mr.. Leeper took
in part payment Of tho purchase price
the eighty acre Smith farm on the
Newton and Reasnor road near the
Palo Alto United Presbyterian church.
This eighty was taken into the deal
at trife better than $3.50 per acre.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-04
Van Orrnan & Van Orlnan
General Insurance
over lie west Main Street.
MARsHA11LrowN IOWA


Probate NoSlo0.
Office Of the clerk of the district
court. state Of Iowa. Marshall county.
%. District court, September term. A.
d. 1913.
To whom It may concern:
You and each Of you are hereby noti-
ned TO appear at the courthouse in
Marshalltown. Iowa, in said county. at
. o'clock "A, M, on the Esd day Of Sep
TENDER, 1913. to attend the proof of and
probating an Instrument in writing
purporting to be the last will and tesla
ment Of Jesse Cole. late Of Marshall
county. Iowa, deceased. at which time
and place you will appear and show
cause. II any. why, said viii should not
be admitted to probate.
In testimony whereof. have hereto
subscribed my name and affixed the
seal OF the district court, this 9Th day
Of August 4. D. 1918.
s. n. REILLY. &
Clerk Of the District Court.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-04
eRlNNELL FAIR IN PROGRESS.
Heat and Dust curtaii Wednesdays
Attendance.

Special to Times-RepubHcan.
Grinnell, Sept. 4.-Owing to the In
tense heat and the vast dust clouds
stirred UP by travel the attendance at
the GrinneM fair yesterday was not so
large as had been expected but all who
attended seemed satisfied and the
crowd today will probably be great.
The balloon ascension and parachute
drops by the Belmont Sisters were
pronounced perfect. The huge struc-
,ture went straight up for hundreds OF
feet before the first woman made her
drop and the parachute opened like a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-04
TO STOP RIVER POLLUTION.
Suit to Be Filed Against Charles Cit,
BY County Attorneys.

BY County Attorneys.
Charles City, Sept. County At
torney Charles 8. Moore said yesterday
that in view of certain conditions now
manifest that within the next ten days
he would file petition in the distric,
court Of this county asking that 6
permanent injunction issue against tn
city Of Charles City restraining 1t from
pouring its sewage into the Cedar
river.
This movement u the result Of az
agitation started sometime ago BY
City Health Physician Niemack who
for year or more, has commended
that the use Of Iowa streams as
dumping grounds for sewer systems
was contrary to law and not In accord
with broad public policy. Attorney
Moore has gone into this subject care.
fully and finds that he will have ne
trouble in making strong showing.
It seems that this question Of sew
age disposal has been thoroughly
threshed out in the eastern states
and in every case It was decided that
It was unlawful to defile the streams
with sewage.
The hearing Of this petition will
come up before Judge Clark. who re-
sides In Mason City. Inasmuch as
Mason City is confronted with con-
dition much more difficult and dan
gerous than ours. and with which
Judge Clark is familiar. the OUTCOME
of this hearing may take an unex-
pected turn.
Attorney Moore does not expect OF
want a peremptory order to stop the
city from pouring its sewage into thu
Cedar. but he does hope to secure
such an order as will make It neces-
sary for the city, in the near future
to provide facilities for disposing Of
its sewage other than pouring 1t into
the Cedar river.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-04

Foley Kidney Pills cure obstinate
cases Of kidney and bladder trouble
rheumatism and lumbago. because
they remove the cause. You can not
take this honest curative medicine into
your system without getting the right
results. Try them.-McBride & Will
Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-04
MASON clTv's LEVY s7.5 MILLS
Tax Apportionmsnt az Fixed by coun
Gil Same az Last Year.

Mason City. Sept. 4.-The city tax
levy for 1918 will be the same as the
preceding year in totals, the changes
made in the distribution OF the different
funds. creating no greater or smaller
total Of monies collected to run the
municipality.
Thrty-seven and a half mills Is the
figures as presented to public notice
thru the commissioners office.
The levies for 1918 are as follows:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-04
chassoIl Buys "Iowa Methodist"

Iowa City, Sept. 80. y. Chessell
has just purchased the Iowa Methodist
and will move 1t to this city from Ep-
worth. The publication was started by
the Rev. Mr.. Fairall, and is considered
the state organ Of the Methodist
church,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10

hidden places with It's whisper of seed
sown amiss. Tears rose to many eyes,
and smothered sobs betrayed intense
emotion
Of those who were not in the least
affected, Fran was one. She saw and
heard Hamilton Gregory's impassioned
earnestness, and OWNED his yearning
to touch many hearts; nor did she
doubt that he would then and there
have given his life to press home upon
the erring that they must ultimately
reap what they were sowing. Never
theless she was altogether unmoved.
1t would have been easier for her to
laugh than to cry.
Although the preacher had ceased
his exhortations for the singing of
the evangelistic hymn, he was by no
means at the end of his resources.
Standing at the margin of the plat
form, looking out on the congregation,
he slowly moved back and forth his
magnetic arms in parallel lines. Not
one word did he speak. Even between
the verses, when he might have striv-
en- against the pianos and the snare
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An Interesting Grove of Venerable Oak Trees

of Thomas Murphy, was born within
800 yards of where he lives today, and
his life's experience has been con-
fined to that pretty and romantic Sec
ton Of the District.
Mr.. Murphy said that when he was
a little boy the land around there be-
longed to John Hoover and then to
Walter Scott. Much of it later passed
into the possession of John Britton,
who kept a store on Seventh street,
and little later it passed to John B.
Kibbs, who subdivided the big tract
into small holdings. The Murphy place
three generations ago belonged to To
bias Talbert and the Murphy house
was built about so years ago by a
man remembered as knight.
"All this country was grown over
with oak trees like those continued
Mr. Murphy, land the grove of 20 is
about all that remains of the wide
forest"
1t is worth trip out that way to
see the kind of timber that once Gov
cred the wooded sections of the Dis
trict of Columbia The Murphys con-
structed a rustic bench under one of
the big trees. 1t was built so long
ago that it is a very old bench now.
When this reaches print it may be
that these old oaks will be in leaf,
and if you pass that way you should
take rest in the shade of the glori'
Gus trees.
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was ineligible, but he would have
proved a tower of strength to the
Crimson.
After McCombs went to New York
to establish himself in law he natu-
rally looked around for another strong
man to share his apartment. He
found him in Big Bill Edwards, now
the street commissioner OF New
York, who was freshman at Prince
ton when McCombs was junior. Ac-
cording to Tom Reeds definition that
no man is a gentleman who weighs
over 200 pounds, that New York apart
ment housed a gentleman in the per-
son of McCombs and a man who
weighed $50 pounds more than a gen.
tleman.
h Edwards refereed the big football
games for years with great success I'M
til one day, when Pennsylvania was
playing the Indians, facetious under
graduate sang out:
"Hey, Bill Edwards, get off the field
so we can see the camel"
Next to big men, McCombs is equal.
ly fond of big cigars, the thick black
ones that Uncle Joe" Cannon made
famous.
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CHAPTER III.
On the Foot-Bridge.

To the young usher, the change of
scene was rather bewildering. His
eyes were still full of the light from
gasolene-burners, his ears still rang
with the confusion of tent-noise into
which entered the prolonged mono
tones of inarticulate groanings, and
the explosive suddenness of seemingly
irreverent Amens.
Nothing just then mattered except
the saving Of souls. Having faithfully
attended the camp-meeting for three
weeks he found other interests blot
ted out. The village as whole had
given itself over to religious ecstasy.
Those who had professed their faith
left no stone unturned in leading 9TH
ers to the altar, as if life could not re-
sumo it's routine until the unconverted
we're brought to kneel at the evang-
elist's feet.
AS Abbott Ashton reflected that, be-
cause of this young girl with the
mocking laugh, he was losing the eli
macteric expression Of the three
weeks campaign, his displeasure
grew. Within him was an underlined
thought vibration akin to surprise,
caused by the serenity of the hushed
sky. Was it not homogeneous that the
heavens should be so peaceful with
their quiet star-beacons, while man
was exerting himself to the utmost of
gesture and noise to glorify the Maker
of that calm canopy? From the
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have been allowed in this tent unac-
companied by her parents. Brethren!
Too much is at stake, at moments
like these, to shrink from heroic
measures. Souls are here, waiting to
be saved. Let the little girl be re-
moved. Where are the ushers?
hope she will go without disturbance,
but go she shall! Now. Brother Greg
DRY, sing"
AS the song swept over the wor-
shippers in wave of pleading, such
ushers as still remained held brief
consultation. The task assigned them
did not seem included in their proper
functions. Only one could be found
to volunteer as policeman, and he only
because the evangelist's determined
eye and rigid arm had never ceased to
indicate the disturber of the peace.
Fran was furious her small white
face seemed cut in stone as she stared
at the evangelist. How could she have
known she was going to laugh? Her
tumultuous emotions, inspired by the
sight of Hamilton Gregory, might
we'll have found expression in some
other way. That laugh had been as a
darting of tongue-fiame directed
against the armored Christian soldier
whose face was SO spiritually beauti-
full, whose voice was SO eloquent
Fran was suddenly aware of a man
pausing irresolutely at the end of the
plank that held her erect. Without
turning her head, she asked in
rather spiteful voice, "Are you the
sheriff."
He spoke with conciliatory persua-
siveness: Wont you go with me,
little girl?"
Fran turned impatiently to glare at
the usher
He was fine young fellow of per-
haps twenty-four, tall and straight,
clean and wholesome. His eyes were
sincere and earnest yet they promised
much in the way of sunny smiles-at
the proper time and place. His
mouth was frank, his forehead open,
his shoulders broad.
Fran rose as swiftly as if giant
had lifted her to her feet. Come on,
then" she said in tone somewhat
smothered. She climbed over the
"stringer" at the end of her plank,
and marched behind the young man
as if oblivious of devouring eyes.
AS they passed the last pole that
supported a gasolene-burner, Fran
glanced up shyly from under her
broad hat. The light burned red upon
the young usher's face, and there was
something in the crimson glow, or in
the face, that made her feel like cry
ing, just because-or so she fancied-
it revived the recollection of her lone
Illness. And as she usually did what
she felt like doing, she cried, silently,
as she followed the young man out be-
meath the stars.
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Motor Trucks DiSpIaCing

wv ASHINGTON.-"The motor truck
w is bound to mark the passing
of the army mule, just as it has begun
to GUST that animals shorter-eared
half-brother, the horse, from the trans
portation scheme of civil life," said an
army officer on his return from an ex.
tended European tour. at is only
matter of short time before that
picturesque and faithful adjunct of
our military force is relegated to the
much more prosaic life of the farm
The motor truck is demonstrating it's
superiority over the mule or horse
drawn wagon system, and the eco
nomic foresight of the war depart
ment is bound to call for it's installa-
ton.
= What has been and is being ac-
complished by European govern
ments in the matter of army trans
portation can be accomplished in our
own country. And abroad the motor
truck is being put to every conceiv-
able test as to it's fitness and capa-
bility in military maneuvers. Ger
many, Great Britain, France and Italy
are all investigating the power wag
on, and already large sums have been
appropriated in each of those coun-
tries for the permanent installation
of trucks instead of horses and mules.
"The possibilities of the truck in
our own army schemes are made evil
dent in the report recently made by
high army officials to the war depart
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Mules in Army Service

ment. According to this report the
total weight Of supplies and impedi.
menta that must be carried with an
army division of 10000 men is 1885,
900 pounds, or a full load for 961 OF
such army wagons as are now used.
"These figures in road space alone
show that there is a great waste with
present methods. That number OF
wagons require space OF approx
mately eleven miles on twenty-yard
road, a column that Is vastly too large
to be economically handled. And, BE-
sides, with eleven miles Of wagons
occupying the roads, there is no space
left, unless it is before or behind the
column for the troops
with mule and wagon Transports
ton the troops are confined to a
movement of only tbout "a miles per
day. for this is the limit of distance
which mules or horses can cover in
a day without injury. An army can
not move faster than it's supplies,
therefore, the men can go no further
in day than the teams can haul the
wagons, though thirty-five to forty
miles per day is not considered a
prohibitive distance for soldiers on
the march.
with truck transportation this
handicap is entirely eliminated. Not
only can the supplies be moved with
one-half to four-fifths fewer vehicles
for a motor truck will carry from two
to five times as large load as
mule wagon-thereby working great
economy in road space, but the truck
can travel at vastly greater speed
than the men, Where three to i've
miles an hour is considered good
speed for a heavily laden mule wag-
on. the truck can travel at the rate OF
ten to twenty miles an hour and can
keep it up twenty-four hours day
if necessary without firing"
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eve reap what we SOW,
We reap what we SOW"


Above the tide of melody, the voice
of the evangelist rose in a scream, ap-
palling in it's agony-"Oh, men and
women, why will you die, why will
you die?'
But the stars, looking down at the
silent earth, spoke not of death, spoke
only as stars, seeming to say, Here
are April days, dear old earth, balmy
springtime and summer harvest be-
fore us!-What merry nights we shall
pass together!" The earth answered
with sudden white smile, for the
moon had just risen above the distant
woods.
At the stile where the footpath
from the tent ended, Abbott paused.
Why should he go further? This SCOT
fer the one false note in the meet
ing's harmony, had been silenced
There" he said, showing the road.
His tone was final. 1t meant, de
part"
Fran spoke in choking voice, "I'm
afraid" 1t was not until then, that
he knew she had been crying, for not
once had he looked back. That she
should cry, changed everything.
Il am so little," Fran said plain
lively, land the world is so large"
Abbott stood irresolute. To take
Fran back to the tent would destroy
the Influence, but it seemed inhuman
to send her away. He temporized
rather weakly, "But you came here
alone"
But I'm not going away alone"
said Fran. Her voice was still damp,
but she had kept her resolution dry.
In the gloom, he vainly sought to
discern ner features. Whose little
girl are your" he asked, not without
an accent of gentle commiseration.
Fran, one foot on the first step Of
the stile, looked up at him; the sud-
den flare of torch revealed the sor-
row in her eyes. 81 am nobody's little
girl" she answered plaintively.
Her eyes were so large, and so soft
and dark, that Abbott was glad she
was only child of fourteen-or fif-
teen, perhaps. Her face was so
strangely eloquent in its yearning for
something quite beyond his compre-
hension, that he decided, then and
there. to be her friend. The unsteady
light prevented definite perception Of
her face. There was, in truth, an ele-
ment of charm in all lie could discern
of the girl. Possibly the big hat
helped to conceal or accentuate-at
any rate, the effect was somewhat
elfish AS for those great and lumi-
nously black eyes, he could not for the
life of him have said what he saw in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10
William r. McCombs Is Very Partial to Big Men

EXy LILLIAN F. M'COMBS, the Demo
w cratic national chairman, has
decided penchant for the society of
men of mountainous build He him.
self does not tip the beam at even well
terweight figures, but he lives with
men of the white hope caliber when 1t
comes to size and strength. When
he was an Undergraduate at Prince
ton his tastes were decidedly literary.
He was the manager Of the college
daily and an editor of the Nassau Lit
erary Magazine. His chums, however,
were more identified with the athletic
side of the campus life, and their lit
erary tastes conferred about the sport
ing pages of the big dailies.
McCombs, when it came to the club
elections, took an election to the
foot ball club" as one of the lead
ing clubs there is accurately de-
scribed, and among his intimates in
his class were such old football stars
as Garry" Cochran, "Ad' Kelly, bill"
Barnard and Sport" Armstrong.
When McCombs left Princeton to en-
ter the Harvard Law school none of
his athletic friends went up to Cam
bridge with him. He solved the prob
lem by living through his three years
course with the man who had
broken all the strength records of Har-
ward.
His new chum was Henry F. Coch-
ems, who had come to Harvard with
the reputation of being one of the
best football stars in the west. Coch-
ems had played four years in the Uni
versity of Wisconsin backfeld, and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-10
PLACE FOR DANGEROUS DRUGS
Household Should Have Some Kind
OF Cupboard Where They May
Be Kept in Safety.

Almost every medical man has ex-
perience of some lotion intended for
outward application being taken by
mistake, and such accidents will go
on happening until the general pub
lie does something for its own pro-
lection. The druggist may label his
bottles ever SO carefully, but to child
the label conveys no meaning, and if
the bottle be left within his reach no
one can be surprised if an accident
happens.
Every house should contain small,
safe cupboard out of reach of chill
dren where bottles may be kept, for
many medicines which are perfectly
harmless if taken as prescribed by
the person for whom they are in
tended would bring about serious re-
suits if the bottle were emptied at
one draught.
People do not realize what great
precautions are taken by dispensers
at large hospitals who have the re-