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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22
Song Of tho Little People.


There's an army of dwarfs who inhabit
this world.
And from them an echo comes twisted
and twirled;
Their ways are menace. their god is
a prig,
Their existence a show:
I'VE want to be big, we want to be
But we don't want to grow"
Their gaudy apparel is ragged and
Their nantes are tattered. their laces
are torn;
And yet drifts the chorus all nature
has loathed.
And heard but to grieve:
1--WE want to be clothed, we want to
be clothed
But we don't want to weave!"
Their houses are poverty stricken and
old,
Their windows are broken. their
hearthstones are cold:
And yet comes their cry in hysterical
pitch,
TO the tune Of Jig:
I'VE want to be rich. we want to be
rich
But we don't want to dig!"
Their minds are a mockery, gossip is
rife.
Their praises are empty, their days
filled with strife;
Yet e'er from among them complain
ings arise,
And jealousieS burn:
I'VE want to be wise, we want to be
But we don't want to Learnt"
They srovel and grumble in sore dis
content,
They struggle and ache with Internal
dissent:
They shudder and shiver and wrangle
and hate
And cry as they shirk:
1--WE want to be great we want TO be
great
But we don't want to work."
Lila B. N. Weston in the National
Magazine.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22

agent. Relmond. nays he mot es Blu!
little difference in the expFsts business
since the parcels post plan was started
He mentions one mail order house that
Is sending much less to Belmond, but
whether it's because of the parcels post
establishment or some other reason
dosen't know. Thinks will help the
mail order houses on light weight
packages. but another class the ex-
press company has lower rates for Ions
distances.
A banker at Belmond mentions tnat
there is fair prospect of beet sugar
factory being located there. Negotia-
lions are now in progress local pus-
mess , men and farmers are really
walked up" on the matter, and as the
factory crowd. now owners OF seven
other factories, want to locate another
at the same point in Iowa, It's more
than probable all this talk VIII result
in something. These sugar beet man
ufacturers realize this part OF Iowa mas
soil especially adapted for beet cui-
ture. the result at and near haha"ha
proving the sugar beet business pays
both farmer and manufacturer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22

sands. leaving q beauty spot and q de-
light to an innumerable following.
Men and women and children will be
happier for the effort Of the present
residents of Estherville and better be-
cause happier. 1t Is cheap at $23. 900,
cheap, very cheap.
We are only beginning to learn the
value Of the few lakes and breathing
spots Of this character which were set
in the interior of a big green farming
country and to understand that they
are to be kept and improved for the
benefit of all. Certain little cities in
Iowa which have grown up beside the
lakes Of the state are about ready to
come into their own. The Estherville
plan is bound to prove an excellent
investment from the standpoint Of the
realty man.
AS an advertisement alone it is worth
the money. Winona, Mimi, has made
her river front into a thing of beauty.
The pavements slope into the water.
the handsome wall marks the high
water stage. back of it runs strip of
velvety park and at its city side per-
COLA OF live green offers welcome shade
and resting place in summer. Behind
the city a pretty lake is bordered with
drive nine miles long. Back of the
lake rises the frowning bluffs that shut
the city in from the west. 1t cost some
money but it is an ever present delight.
Nobody ever forget Winona but remem-
bered except as beautiful city where
the third generation of Polander pop
ulation are building a town to live in.
After all it all comes round in time
to the one big and vital principle:
Make your town the best town to live
in AMI you have made the best town.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22
know II the state u compelled 70 matnss
tain institutions for the training o.
civil engineers and, other professional
men. 100. y ~ = x ~! Ytstf9s s5t x III sSB
OREGON SCHOOLS FOSTER
HOME WORK FOR PUPILS.
BY New Plan They Oct Credit Per
Daily industrial Efforts.

How teachers In Oregon bring school
and home closer together by giving
school credit for industrial work at
home is told with compelling interest
by Hon. L. r. Alderman, state super
intendent of public instruction in Ore
gon, in a pamphlet which the United
States bureau of education II sending
free at the request of teachers.
Building fires. milking a COW. clean
ing the barn, splitting and carrying in
wood, turning cream separator, clean
ing house, gathering eggs. feeding
farm animals. churning butter. prepar-
ing breakfast. sweeping and scrubbin1
floors, busting furniture. making beds.
sewing. washing and ironing the
child's own clothes, bathing, arriving
at school with clean hands and face
and with hair combed. practcing mu.
sic lesson, going to bed BY . o'clock
every night bathing and dressing the
baby, sleeping with window boards In
bedroom-these are, a few Of the du-
ties for which the teacher at Spring
Valley, Ore, allows credit in connec-
ton with regular school work
The work is definitely measured and
allowed for. The child desiring credit
for home tasks brings to school . slip
signed by the parent stesttfytns TO
what has been done. Ten per cent y
added to the final examination results
of all pupils except eighth graderD
who enter and continue In the volun-
tary contest to see which can obtain
the most of such credits. A certain
number of accumulated credits entities
the pupil to 4 holiday ut the discretion
of the teacher, and In this one school.
at least, cash rewards are given to pu-
pills making the best record in accre6t-
ed home tasks. rti
The experiment was 80 successful In
Spring Valley that 1t attracted the at
tention of the county superintendent!
of the state, who this year made sps-
cial trip In a body to observe the ~
suits of the home credit plan In this
school and then advocated the idea
everywhere. Already schools In other
localities have tried the plan with sue
cess, modifying the details In accord
ance with local needs, but always re-
tanning the central principle Of home
and school cooperation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22
Lucky Coins.

Recently there was sold by auction
In London the great collection Of
Greek coins made by Mr.. F. 8. Ben
son of Brooklyn. during the past IS
years. Some of the coins sold for mar
velous prices. The record price Of
e64O was paid for tetrarachma Of
Katana, which had been purchased by
Mr.. Benson in 1903 for 9130. A te-
tradrachma of Amphipolis, which re-
allied E339, had cost its late owner
ELS, and at the Bunbury sale It was
sold for only 955. "A Terina slater.
which had been purchased for, G40
at the Evans sale. realized ESQ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22
Told to Traue1er

L. B. Carhart, banker at Sheffield,
mentions what manufacturing concerns
do for small Iowa town. The cement
tile company and the brick and tile
company employ seventy men. Their
weekly wages are about $40, a large
percentage of that amount being spent
in the stores of Sheffield. The popula-
ton Of the town has increased from
$50 to 900. These concerns ship in
over 800 cars of coal yearly and ship
out over 1900 cars Of manufactured
product. All this has resulted in the
building of over fifty new houses.
Frank Campbell, manager for TWEEN
| ty-years of the Farmers Co Operativ
Company at Rockwell. one of the sue
cessful cooperative concerns in Iowa,
| gives some facts and figures that are
interesting. This society, founded in
1889, has had continuous record OF
prosperity. Last year the books of
the concern show a business of over
| 100000. They have about 400 MEM
bers, and while the aim and object OF
the society is not to show a big profit
for the stock owners, dividends Of SO
and as high as s13 have been made.
Every stakeholder has received in this
way many times more than his origi-
nal investment, besides what he has
saved in getting the highest market
| price for his farm products. The So
ciety in addition to the stock and
grain business operates a big store
room, handling clothing, shoes, etc.
They sell to the members Of the So
ciety at cost lumber, lime, cement,
oils, salt, feed and flour. barber and
woven wire fence, some kinds Of hard
ware and implements. They still en-
force the rules, that member selling
grain to an outside dealer of grain
| ono quarter of a cent a bushel of such
sales must be turned over to the So
ciety. Sales Of livestock can now be
made without penalty. Scarcity Of cars
is interfering much with the business
of the society this winter. Mr.. Camp
bell has now orders given the railroad
company for sixty-hve cars and only
two or three have been received at the
time of the interview. They are Obliged
to notify the members not to haul in
grain as the elevators are full anC
some sheds are also filled with sacked
seeds. Mr.. Campbell is very much Of
the opinion that some plan should bt
figured out to compel railroad com
panies to furnish their patrons witt
cars when needed, and says 1t woult
be no greater hardship for railroad
companies to sometimes do business a
a loss then for other corporations tina
are frequently obliged to do some OF
their business at a loss.
H. J. Klemme, lumber dealer an,
tile manufacturer at Belmond, strong
ly favors killing the Shankland bill
Says it's a measure favored by tn
wet crowd and he wonders that SOM
prominent prohibitionists and temper
ance people can see any good in !
from a temperance stand point. An
he is Just as strongly In favor Of som
good roads legislation. Wants some
thing done this winter by the presen
! legislature.
~ w. II. White. WellS-FaEgo express
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22

when there was separate board for
each state institution. This resulted
in wasteful methods, and the one
board plan was found to produce ex-
cellent results in the institutions.
Therefore the legislature arrived at
the conclusion that what is good for
the asylums, prisons. hospitals. ETC.,
would also be good for the purely ed
ucatoinal institutions. and the three
state schools are placed under one
board.
Recently that board has suggested
some reforms. Under a separate board
for each school, there was a duplica-
ton of work in some Of the institu-
tions. Thus there are two schools. OF
civil engineering. one at Iowa City,
the other at Ames. Both are good
schools. But the board argues that
one could and should do the work, as
they are conducted at the expense OF
the state, and there should be reason
able econ omy practiced, without affect
ing the high grade Of the instruction
And SO the board wanted to combine
the two schools Of engineering and
put the course in the Ames institution
Whereupon all interested people. and
many who can have no possible inter
est in the matter are jumping upon
that board of control and saying and
doing all manner of things to them
The outcome of the whole matter Is
In doubt. for. the present
AS to the ultimate result. there car
be no doubt. The people who are
abusing the board Of control may dis:
cover in the course Of time that behind
that board is the state legislature and
behind the legislature are the people Of
Iowa. The people Of Iowa have beer
very friendly and very liberal TOWARD
these institutions, In which but a verJ
small percentage of the youth Of thu
state ever sets foot. The people o,
Iowa have been rather proud Of these
state institutions. But the people arr
practical, and they will not be apt tt
lend q willing ear to those who ar,
abusing that board Of control for do
ing the very thing that every unbiased
person would. suggest. II the abuse
continues. which is being heaped upol
officials who are simply trying to sys
| tematixe matters and to conduct in al
economical manner the great institul
tions, OF which the people OF Iowa ar
! Justly proud, things may happen which
have not been thought Of ITO the pres
emit time, aud some Of the fellows OF
the back sests may be wanted &
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22

vote for it and practice it: 1t is some
thing more to use time and money ana
accept jeopardy to business interests
and all other inconvenience and get
into the contest to keep dry territory
dry, or perchance, push back the line
which marks the limits Of wet terri
tory. Liquor men are organized for
these contests. In Iowa the usual
method is TO hire men TO do the can
wasting for consent petitions. There is
very little volunteer work. The assoc
ciated brewers and distillers furnish
the sinews OF war. Not so with the
temperance forces. They are volun-
teers who serve without pay. There
is no one higher UP On their side 10
pay the bills and hire workers. Indeed.
they not only serve. but they pay Ak
penses and assume all the risks. And,
while the saloon forces call these men
fanatics, meddlers and kindred oppro-
brious names, the facts stand out bold
to all unprejudiced minds that the only
possible motive these men can have is
a generous desire to serve well their
fellow men,
The recent contest in Pottawattamie
county between the "wets" and "drys"
was on the whole, very fairly con-
Quoted fight. The petition was about
as accurate as 1t is humanity possible
to make petitions. But its margin was
narrow. And the temperance people
soon reduced its list of names to
below the required number. The sa-
loonists then threw up the sponge"
and quit. The committees representing
both sides met frequently and con-
| versed freely. There was no personal
i'll will. 1t was conflict Of opinions
and under the rules of the game the
"drys" won.
1t is quite evident in view OF the re-
suit of this contest that temperance
sentiment in Pottawattamie' county Is
stronger after two year dry spell
than It was before the dry era.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22
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Iona Newspapers
TRYING TO sHoo CROW BACK.

TRYING TO SHOO CROW BACK.
(Carroll Herald.l
Senator Crow of cur neighborins
district is distressed with the mawkish
sentiment shown for Jack Johnson,
and is fairly disguised at the eXhibl-
ton made by the black brute and his
white wife. Senator Grow believes
that the legislature should pass law
against miscegenation, the intermarry-
ing of the races, and will probably IN
troduce bill with that object in view.
OF course. in these days of fecund ana
prolific legislation for such produc-
lions everything ought to go, but really
Iowa is not suffering for want of any
such laws, Senator Crow will do better
to devise some serum effective against
hog cholera or a sure cure for horse
disease. This race question will take
care of itself in Iowa without the help
of the legislature.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22
THE STATE SCHOOLS.

There are three educational IN
stitutions in the state Of Iowa
which are being maintained by the
state. These are the Iowa state uni
versity, at Iowa City; the Iowa State
Agricultural College, at Ames. and the
Iowa state Normal School at Cedar
Falls. These three institutions have
recently been placed under one board
Of control. just as all other state In
ss!tusions hayc long been under one
general board Of control. Time was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES,

1--WE note that several of our Iowa
newspapers still refer to it as parcels
post" observes the Des Moines Trib-
une. To which the Dubuque Telegraph
Herald replies How long has the
postoffice department been court of
language? And who is Mr.. Hitchcock
that we must take our English from
him.
"A member of the legislature may
with perfect propriety oppose suffrage
for women" says the Dubuque Tele-
graph Herald, but we do not under
stand why he should let his opposition
go to the length of opposing the sub
mission of Il suffrage amendment. The
proper course in relation to equal suf-
frage is to refer the question to the
people for their decision
"Of course If poor old California
needs any relief Iowa will be glad to
head the subscription list" says the
Ida Grove Pioneer.
The Perry Chief suggestively remarks
that advertising is a good thing but
it is too late when you display it on
your tombstone"
1T is going to be hard to live in any
of the western states from now on and
not be a good roads booster" says the
Des Moines Tribune. The state that
does not have good roads within the
next five years will be as lonesome as
the state used to he forty years ago
that did not have railroads"
There are about 500 men confined
at Anamosa. That would make quite
an army of road builders if they could
be turned loose on that kind Of work,
instead Of hiring out some OF them at
so cents day to contractors" argues
the Cedar Rapids Republican. Road
making would not be competing with
any one, for no one seems to be anx-
ious to do work on the roads Six hun
dred men ought to be able to perform
the manual labor on two or three miles
| Of road day. and maybe on five or six
miles. If the thing could be shaped sc
the experiment could be tried, how
would it do to begin building a road
between Anamosa to Cedar Rapids?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22
AGAINST NARROW ROADWAYs.

WEBSTER City Freeman rlbune.J
Now that Iowa is talking in earnest
for good roads there Is much difference
Of opinion expressed as to the kind Of
material to be used. People differ as
to this, as they do in regard to the ma :
terial for street paving. But what
ever material is used the mistake of
making the roadway too narrow should
be avoided. Some are talking twelve
feet. That would give barely room TO
pass and would result in many accl-
dents. If a concrete driveway Twelve
feet wide We're made there would De
deep ruts at either side of 1t during
wet weather and the driver who was
crowded over the edge of the concrete
would be in danger OF upsetting. Inc
twelve foot driveway ought to be cut
out Of consideration. Thereois hardly
room for any difference of. opinion on
this point The Freeman Tribune has
not fully made up his MIND what width
is needed, but knows that twelve feet
is too narrow. Nothing less than
fifteen feet should be considered and
eighteen feet would be much better
enough better to make 1t really the
cheapest Plenty o1 room must be
given for vehicles - ,pasS without Dan
! ger Of either being crowded into the
! ditch. A" law shodfd also -be enscted
recurring that when two vehicles golna
in the same direction and the forward
one wants to go slow and the rear one
wants to go fast the former must turn
out and give the latter plenty OF room
to pass. Some men who drive teams
delight in holding automobile drivers
hob;,a tbor, II NAV he that the auto.
mobile occupants are in great hurry
possibly having urgent business or a
doctor with a hurry up call may be
among them, but that makes no diner :
ence to the road hog who considers
only his own convenience. Make the
roads wide enough and then require
drivers to conduct themselves as
gentlemen when driving upon 1t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22
SPENDING NOT sQUANDERING.
Huntington Hawkeye.1

4 burlington nd" heJe.j
The good road discussion continues
more vigorous than ever while an eye
or an ear is turned Des Moines-ward IN
the hope of getting some Information
as to the possible action Of the legis-
| lature on the all-important suoJec'.
The general opinion seems to be that
we are about ready to commence I'M
proving our roads permanently, instead
OF squandering millions per annum on
temporary improvements, which do not
improve and which have to be done
every year and perhaps oftener. The
| time seems ripe. but there are many
who are frightened by the cost OF the
| nronosed improvements. The state
! could take the money that is being
souandered today and in a few years
marvellous progress would have been
! made toward lifting Iowa out Of the
mud. The state could contribute large
| sums to the moneys now wasted, ana
would never miss them.
| Germany and France are the Two
countries that have the best roads
| in the world. Both countries were
| poor. very poor, when most OF this road
| building was done. Iowa is rich. Iowa
is the richest state in the union. In
all human probability. Iowa is the
richest state in the world. What I'M
poverished Germany and France could
| do in a time when there was little or
| no machinery, that Iowa can do with
ease in these twentieth century times
when all sorts Of machinery stands
ready TO tighten the work.
There is talk and talk and talk, ever
and everywhere, about boosting Iowa.
| Could the state ever get better al
| vertisement than that of being the
best paved state in the union? And
that advertisement would be the very
least Of the benefits to be derived from
this Improvement OF the roads OF the
state. p ;.
It seems as IL we were going to quit
talking and to begin making perma-
nent Improvements soon. for the many
are beginning to realize that every
dollar expended for temporary I'M
provements is dollar wasted, while
a dollar put into permanent Improve
ments is a dollar saved and well In
vested.
THE MEN ON THE FIRING LINE
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.]
When the full story Of the rise and
fall of the liquor business 10 finally
written the men whose names nave
found places on temperance commit
tees appointed to check up petitions
asking for the establishment OF ga
looms and then 80 out and secure with
drawals will be written in bold letters
under the head, These men served or
the firing line and deserve the highest
commentator q grateful people CAT
bestow."
This is q thankless job. It IL cns
thing to talk temperance, another &
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22

"Of course If poor old California
needs any relief Iowa Will be glad to
head the subscription list" says the
Ida Grove Pioneer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22

The Perry Chief suggestively remarks
that advertising is a good thing but
it is too late when you display it on
your tombstone"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22
THE MEN ON THE FIRING LINE.
rCo,ncil Bluffs Nonparei1.1

This is thankless job. It IL one
thing to talk temperance, another to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-22

w. H. White, Wells-Farso express