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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-11

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-19
Daddy Bedtime
q. Some Geese
DTOIV - That We're
Not Silly.

n ow. then. silly soose!' Jack had cried as Evelyn 50saed nm N q
IN eagerness to be first to reach daddy.
Il "How do you know geese are silly ?? daddy asked.
- 81 read a story the other day about a poor blind woman whe
lived IN a part Of Germany where the people keep q great mar geese
had brought it up from the time 1t ws q tiny costing and as very ond OF Il
"As she grew older the little odl adys eyes began to fall
Every Sunday the old lady went to church. When she could No longer
se. the goose which had been used to following her there N waiting outside
until she a ready to 8 . home. would come caeiainE up 2 hr when haa re
church bells began % ring, taking her dressL in his bill and starting on with ne
to the church. When be reached the church door he would let % m some O
the people going inside would lead the old lady to Ter pew
AFTER the servicesw ereo vers she would com ut 10 hnd her goose waiting
for her.
"As oon as it could reach her 1t would again take hold Of the old ladys
dress and lead her, safely home again.
II have hearda another story Of a king who day took . book n went
u tin the royal park alone 10 read. As he walked home after a pleasant
spent outdoors he suddenly remembered that b had left hs ook
under the trees
"A little boy vas minding q Jock Of geese not far away. and he called
him. MY boy, 1 will give yu thh,-and the king held up 4 gold con-Hf you
will run back and fetch N y book. I will mind the geese while you are gone
".You must be very careful the little boy warned him. 'Yn gray goose
Ii the leader Of the flock. and II you do not watch out he will lead all the
away. and then I will get into trouble
"The king smiled. He thought If he vas clever enough to take care OF III
the people in his kingdom he could surely manage q old gray goose.
"He found ut his mistake. No ooper vas the boy gone thar the Oh gray
goose began honking to his fellows and marching and counternnarchins, y
that try a. he would he king could not head them OF.
When the boy zane back with the book the geese were gone. and tn
"And when people hahered him too much and told him what a hne Clever
king he was. after that tn king always told hem OF = laaure ne ~
made Of minding geese"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-19

limitations, 1t is well now tina the
controversy over what does and what
does not constitute a state debt has
been disposed Of. to recognize exactly
the nature of the limitation a literal
Interpretation OF the constitution
would put upon the state.
In 1857, when the constitution was
adopted. the s250.oOO named as the
amount beyond which the state should
nc, obligate itself was a very different
sum Of money than it is today. Just
how much different may be judged in
the light of Governor Crimes recon-
mendation for tie state university in
his message of Thai year:
The annual net proceeds from the
university fund, when all the lands are
sold, will not, according to my estima-
ton, exceed $12. 900. This sum II prop
erly h~usbanded. would be barely ade-
quate, with reasonable tuition fees to
support a respectable university. If
strictly applied 10 the support OF one
institution, a university might be
founded that would be hoqiorable and
useful 10 the state.
Governor Grimes was giving uncon-
sciously in this recomn endation a
financial measuring stick for all the
transactions OF those years Of begin
ming.
What would a university fund CT
s12, 900 a year be to the University
of Iowa today? And yet h opera
tons OF the state have everywhere
broadened in keeping with the grow
ing revenues of the university.
1t is safe to say h a a debt lin
itation Of IS. 1000. 900 would not to-
day give the .leeway that was given
then, and was intended to be given
then, by the makers OF the constitu-
ton. nor invite to greater extrava-
gance.
1t is not easy to amend the con-
stitution, nor can the courts be per-
mitted to set aside a specific limita-
ton Of that organic document. But
1t is important that those who be-
lieve in a written constitution. and
would keep inviolate the safeguards
they believe It gives to the state.
should recognize that wherever pos
sible the constitution must be con-
strued in terms of progress. n made
to fit the conditions Of the times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-19
HAND MIN the EXPERIENCE.

A Baltimore newspaper tells of an
auto left standing on the street with
Its engine running which by some
means got started and ran amuck down
a crowded t~horoughfore spreading dis
aster in It's wake. 1t was an old ma
chine and it is supposed that the vi
bration caused by the running engine
shook the machine into action. At any
rate it went careering down the street,
a direful menace to human life and to
property
1t is not at all an uncommon thing
to ass an automobile drawn to the
curb and left standing with it's engine
working. The delivery man or the own
er of the car has a hurried stop to
make. So he leaves the power of TWEEN
ty to thirty horses alone on the street
to save an instant or so of time for
himself.
The law is plain on this matter. It
provides a fine up to $50 as a penalty
for leaving a car alone on the street
with engine running. This knowledge
should be common to auto drivers. 1t
has been printed over and over. One
garage has made the law part of its
advertising.
There is just one conclusion: the
driver who leaves his car should get
he limit. He knows. If he doesn't
know by this time he is not likely to
learn except by sad experience. And
then experience should be furnished
him to an extent that will make a last
ing impression.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-19
TERMS:
MAKE YOUR DREAM TRUE!

PERHAPS there is not a person to De
found who doesn't wish that suffering
and sorrow and hunger and cold might
not have one victim on eartn. re"
there are who have not dreams ana
beliefs that in the indefinite realm Oh
some where din the age Of some time all
mankind will be happy and free from
the ills that crush us and the Things
that make us afraid. Most men pe-
lieve in happiness hereafter. The uni
yersal dream is of an era OF health ana
happiness Of comfort and hope anu
universal Observation-Disclosures.
Why wait? Why not make the dream
come true now or as nearly rue as we
mayo why not anticipate the indeh-
mite, cease dreaming "of great things
to do by and by and do the little
things that are so great and that in
their aggregate make up the sum OF
happiness below? For it Is the little
things, the easy things, the common
things that make US glad, the daily
things that please and annoy are the
biggest things Of all.
Why not arouse to the day and be-
gin with the morning instead of wait
ing for the millennium? Why not de-
pend on yourself to realize at least part
OF the dream of good will and peace
and human brotherhood on earth? Why
not do the little things? The little
things that stand at the gate waiting,
that nobody has far to seek, why not
do them?
It is a little thing when the coal deal
er puts a dimes worth Of coa in the
express wagon drawn by the children
who wear old clothes and bring a nickel
to pay for the fuel but it keeps a fire
on a hearth that would otherwise be
cold. 1t is a little thing when some
body slips a little cheap present to a
child but you remember what a little
present meant to you in that time
which seems so far past when you were
a little child. It is a small thing to go
over the clothing in the attic and seek
out something good for those
who need it but the warm
coat that your little girl outgrew last
fall is not a small thing to the child
h goes to school shivering and with
out a wrap. OF course you don't care
anything about those discarded things,
anyone could have them but when you
babble Of this dream that is to come
true sometime. somewhere why not
turn a hand to help it come faster?
Des Moines and other cities in Iowa
report more necessity for helpful Civ
ing than for several years. 1t is as true
In Marshalltown. Why not quit dream
ing and get busy creating this antic-
ipated era of universal good fellowship
and human brotherhood?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-19

road. Iowa will nsvsr get q Lincoln
Highway nor q River to River road
paved until the expense can be amor
tized by means OF bond issues. Her
county seats would never have had
court houses of stone on n other plan.
Her towns would still be using wooden
high schools with out the school dis
trict bond and her wet lands never saw
a drainage ditch until the drainage
bond was authorized by law.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-19
HOT AIR VS.. WORKS.

The River to River roed boosters
road across Iowa n it ought to be
done, but it will cost approximately
a quarter Of a million dollars for each
county on the route and when it is dis
covered that under present laws in this
state not much more than $4,000 per
annum can be appropriated from n
ty for this one road, the River to River
road boosters are going to look like
80 cents.
The Lincoln Highway boosters are
selling tags for their road at IS apiece
under the happy delusion that some
body else is going to build for them a,
magnifcently paved road across the
continent. This road will cost the same
as the River to River read with no
more public money available.
In the meantime. while the rest OF
us are INDUCING In hot air, Dubuque
county will have teams and men to
work next spring on a $4,000 road
and the money is all ready.
Now, the difference is this. Dubuque
has been made the beneficiary of state
aid, a principle which has led to tre-
mendous building Of permanent roads
in Wisconsin,, Michigan, California and
many other states. Dubuque appealed
to the federal government for SO, 900
from a special road fund and promised
$50. 900 of local money to get the S1U,-
600 of national money. The govern
buque's proposed road would cost $780,
900 to be worth while and the depart
ment then offered $50, 900 If Dubuque
would contribute $4,000. Dubuque was
game and met the ante. State aid
brought Dubuque up to an expenditure
never dreamed Of before. In the state
OF Wisconsin every county in the state
has over subscribed for state aid on
the basis OF 81 Of local money for one
Of state money. II the state Of Iowa
would adopt the principle Of state aid
there would be prize money enough at
stake to bring the counties up to the
point of building these permanent
state roads.
However, we will never see any
road building in this state upon per-
manen construction until this quarter
OF a million dollars for a single cross
country road a be split up into easy
payments and spread over approx
zss.sIy- the period Il time 81 which The
road il to last. No state in the Union
e .rytne 20 hniid FORTY wear roads out
Of one years tax money; rot one, while
thfee-fourths Of the states now use the
county or state bond issue plan Of
scientifically financing . permanent
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-19

man or the original Clark democrat
ahve the better chance to get thru on
a long distance call to Washington re-
garding the probable time somebody
would be given the postoffice now held
! by q black republican?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-19
How We Treat Senators.


The senators have been kept hard at
work, but Uncle Sam is not hard
hearted. He has at any rate tried to
make the toga wearers comfortable.
The senate has a contingent fund,
and the report for the last fiscal year
gives the public some noting concern
ing the hundred and one little things
the senators want and get at the ex-
pense of Uncle Sam.
If night session are held. taxicahs are
furnished to take the venerable-and
other legislators tn their homes. Long
sessions of hot debates may give sen-
tors cold feet or ~throbbing. aching
heads, and in that case druggists are
called on fo- aspirin. bromo-seltzer,
%quinine. pond lily and adhesive plaster
(the last named article being used, pos
sibly. to glue the weary senator to his
seat.)
Among other articles charged up to
Uncle Sam are razors, grapefruit.
knives, mineral water, gargling oil
and o appropriate!-spools of red
tape. The red tape is used literally in
the august chamber. but that the people
should pay for it is rather an unkind
bit of irony.
Still. republics are not u~ngratefu!
these days. While Uncle Sam pays his
senators all living wage he Is not indis-
posed to throw in little extras r per-
quisites, so long as goods are delivered,
without undue delay, in the shape OF
tariff revision downward and currency
reform.
THE SILO A BASIS FOR CREDIT.
mason City Tfmes.]
There was a time when the farmer
was able to borrow, money to nov MS
crops and the basis OF the credit was
figured on the possible yield per acre.
This basis is not used to any consid-
cradle extent in prosperous farming
communities during these days pc
cause the. farmer is not moving mis-
crops from the farm. He raises Inc
crops to feed his stock.
The new basis for establishing credit
at the bank Is the anount and quality
Of the Stages WheR a farmer desires
money with which, TO purchase steers
to feed during tho winter and spring
the banker, who Keeps up with the
agricultural procession. proceeds to
take an inventory Of the stlo and the
amount of silage it contains. If there
is a sufficient amount to feed the ad-
ditional' steerssuntitt they are ready for
the market thesnn0pay5n forthcoming
or credit given SO fhat the stock can
be purchased.
The banker understands that with
the present price Of corn and hay there
is no money in the proposition for the
farmer IL he is compelled to buy feed.
The banker desires to make sure Of the
loan end will hesitate unless the feed
is In storage.
The si!o has come into use as the
greatest investment a farmer can
make. With silage there is money nj
feeding. The banker knows this, n
the man with a silo we'll filled has q
better proposition thai a gold mine.
The time to start a s!lo for 1914 is
now.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-19
Iona Newspapers
THE FARMERS TAXES.
lVinton EaRle.l

.NH
A few years ago when h CRY went
up that Iowa's money was going to
CALIFORNIA and the legislature passed
a law amending the tax laws SO that
moneys n credits would be taxed 5
mills on the 81 for all purposes d cry
went up among the farmers Of the
state b q it would throw the burden
OF taxation upon them. Whatever
justification there might have been for
that cry then the Justification no long
er exists.
A farm sold in Big Grove township
Two or three weeks ago eighty acrcs)
Tor $14,4O0. 1t had been assessed at
S4.24S n taxed at one-fourth or 81, 0S2.
The consolidated tax Uor all purposes)
In that township is 26.5 mills on the
dollar and that farm paid a tax
of $3.50. This makes a tax of a little
less than 2 mills. The tax on the $14,-
400 for which the farm sold at 5 mills
will be s72.
Valuations Of farm land will b.
somewhat higher his year as the exc
cutive council raised eth assessors
valuation some 80 per cent. That pro-
oaDly Will make no. difference on the
amount Of tax the farmer will pay
as some Of the levies will be lowered
The farmers Of Benton county can
take the happy uncticn to their souls
that the moneys and credits taxpayer
has NO advantages on him SO FAR rs
taxes are concerned,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-19

The Hopkinton Leader says "the
line at the pie counter reminds us of
the old days at the public soup house.
Those were democratic times, too"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-19
m~1~~
DIAGNOSED.

i've cared for several persons" she
explained. "Du / never haye lowed
anyone SO that I would have been
willing tn give up my home and work
for him, II necessary. That IL real love.
isnn't IT," mo, that isn't real love.
That IL softenins OK the brain."-Cht
cago Record-Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-19
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Des Moines Register and Leader
says the work of. framing a bill pro-
viding for the government ownership
Of long distance telephone lines Will
start a lot Of talk that will go a long
way toward killing the scheme"
"The supreme court decision Is a
conspicuous feather in the hat of At
torney General Cosson,' says the Sioux
City Journal. I'm the hearing before
the supreme court the attorney general
interpreted the law as 1t is now inter-
pdeted by the supreme court and did it
so clearly hat listeners were left in
little doubt thereafter as to the out
come Of the test cases."
1.-THE state of Iowa can go as far as
it likes now and spend $2,O00,0 900 in
giving the city of Des Moines a park III
the guise of extending the capitol
grounds. No doubt the supreme court
couldn't get away from this decision,
but it nevertheless is one Of the biggest
impositions ever foisted upon the tax
payers of the state" complains the
democratic and disappointed Burling-
ton Gazette.
The Waterloo Times-Tribune (dem.)
says these who oppose capitol
extension are at liberty to make their
fight along different lines. They may
be able to make the next legislature
see that a half mile of ground at Des
Moines is unnecessary and it is not GER
tain that the legislature would not be
satisfied with an extension to con-
sist of two or three blocks of land.
joining on the states property"
The Hopkinton Leader says "the
line at the pie counter reminds us of
the old days at the public soup house.
Those were democratic times, too"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-19
GENERAL OR CITY ELECTIONS.

[Sioux City Journal.]
The revised ruling by the Iowa su-
preme court in the Fort Dodge saloon
petition case makes all the excitement
of a few weeks ago seem rather fool
ish. The substance Of h present rul-
ing Is that when the law said q saloon
petition should be: based on the lase
preceding election it meant either a
general election or a city election.
This is a case in which legal interpIe-
tation squares exactly with common
sense. 1t is quite clear the court
never had any intent of giving ground
for a narrower Interpretation. 2
that it was only by inadvertence that
he oninion in the Fort Dodge case
seemed to do so.
The revised opinion in the Fort
Dodge case writes into 1w the sub
stance Of the Gaynor interview in ex-
PLANTATION of the original Fort Dodge
opinion. In that case the court was
called upon to say whether a petition
should have been based on a city
election or a later school election.
The question involved was whether
the school election or the earlier city
election should be construed under
the statute as the last preceding cleo
ton" The court pointed out that
school district limits are not always
identical with city limits and that the
city election vas to be construed as
the last preceding election. In max
ing the point, however. the courts
language left room for the assumption
that city elections alone should be
used as the basis for consent petitions
and that general as well as school
elections were barred. The court has
now taken the fog out Of its language.
making plain that when 1t said city
election in the first opinion 1t mean
election held in a CITY," and that the
classification was intended to include
general as well as city elections.
The new ruling lifts a cloud from
several saloon consent petitions, but it
can not be construed az being In the
interest Of the saloons. AS q rule
there is a smaller vote at city cleo
lions than at general elections. An
Interpretation Of law that holds the
right OF petition omen to the larger
electorate certainty must. be construed
as in line with public policy. +,
run nrpr fAsmrroN
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-19

THE DEBT LIMITATION.
[Des Moines Register ana Leader.1 /,
While nobody can be heard 70 adj
vocate . disfegardao f constitutional
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-01-10
MOVE To FORCE
BALKAN PEACE
Great Powers Will Not Tolerate
Renewal of Hostilities
80, 900 SICK IN ADRIANOPLE
Aegean Islands Discussed-Formai Me-
diation Impossible Until Both Turks
and Allies Give Conservative
Agreed on Action.

London.-At last the great powers
are moving to a w Europe from a re-
newal of the Balkan war. The Am
b~assadors' conference, under Sir Ed
ward Grey's presidency, met to con-
slider the situation. The action will
not be formal mediation, because that
requires the consent of both parties,
which they have not given.
There is an incessant interchange
of communications between the am
bassadors and their governments, and
also between the peace delegates and
the ambassadors. The principal ques-
tons under discussion are the future
of Adrianople and the Aegean Islands.
1t is believed that although the peace
conference has been wrangling over
these two bones of contention ever
since it met, If the Powers agree on a
settlement thereof, Turkey and the
allies will accept their ruling.
Anyway, the peace delegates will re-
remain in London for the present, al
though their mission is admittedly
abortive. They recognize now that
the future lies in the hands of the
great powers.
The powers have agreed to take i'm
mediate joint action with a view to
giving Turkey to understand that they
would view a resumption of hostilities
with the utmost ~displeasure.
The Penn's Grove record., 1913-01-10

of which is adorned with a gorgeous
gown. One wears a mantle upon
which are embroidered $4,000 pearls.
The massive proportions and ornate
architecture OF the cathedral at
Toledo make it one of the most COR
geous in the world. After the bright
glare of the Spanish sunlight, it is
marvellous how beautiful is the int
rlor as it ome streaming through
$50 v~aricolored windows. The pave
ment is of variegatetd marble and
around the walls are twenty-three
elaborate chapels.
the greatest artists of Spain la
bored IN this cathedral for six cen
turtles. 1t is not strange, therefore,
that it excites the visitors enthusi-
asm. The choir, for example, is
decorated with probably the most
elaborate wood carving in the world.
Around a pavement of white marble
rise, on three sides, two rows of seats
for the priests, one above the other.
Their arms, back, feet, headpieces
and ratings are exquisitely carved
into sacred, grotesque, NEUROLOGICAL
or historical subjects in basrelief.
Ones first impression on entering
the cathedral is most vivid and i'm
posing. Five naves divide the church.
The middle one is of great height,
and the others beside 1t seem to bow
their heads and kneel in token of ad-
miration and respect. Lightweight
pillars, each a0 large as a tower and
each composed of sixteen spindle
shaped columns bound together, sus-
tain the enormous mass of the build
ing.
The architecture of the whole build
ing is homogeneous and perfect,
which is a very rare virtue in Gothic
architecture. The original plan, in
spite of the many years it was build
ing, has been adhered to from one end
to the other, with the exception of a
few arrangements of the chapels,
which, however, do not interfere with
the harmony of the general effect.