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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-09

bid on their own plans and quietly dis
tricted the state among themselves oS'
a gentleman's agreement and 1t can De
seen why the unit cost Of concrete has
dropped from se5 per cubic yard to
$l2 and lower.
However, the highway commission.
itself, does not feel that the present
law Is complete and recommends a
number Of helpful changes which have
disclosed their need in the actual work
of the new system. The most import
ant of then, all Is the recommendation
that special road Improvement dis
tric,s be provided for by Law similar to
our drainage improvement districts
whereby the property owners of any
defined area may permanently improve
their roads with cheap money bor-
rowed on long time At low rates of in
terest and payable in easy payments
as the improvements are enjoyed.
For years it was impossible TO draii.
wet lands in Iowa because there was
no way IL lax TO cooperate various
land owners in the project and no way
OF raising the money necessary for the
initial cos; \ drainage 1istricI law
was enacted and today these drainage
projects have rea ched a total Of sey-
erai millions OF dollars in single coun-
ties in Iowa The district bonds mere
sod in the cheap money markets of the
easi The money of investors from az
over The world has been spent in the
co.n;ies where drainage Was needed
and the debt is 70 be paid by the land
Mners who received the benefits.
/, has been learned thai eStraordin-
ar. hin cutting and permanent hard
surtacing of roads Is Impossible in
Io~a today as large drainage VAS i'm
possible before and new legislation is
necessary 10 make these permanent
public Improvements possible or even
desirable to the TAX payer When the
legislature gets down to It the members
should borrow the wisdom OF expert
ence from other states and combine aid
from the state with aid from the pres
en-, county funds and oTer the ,wo to
The property owners Of the districts 50
that tbs state. The county and the
property owner would all join hands
IL permanent road building.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-09
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

TO Charles Zschiesche:
You are hereby notified tnat there =.
now on ME in the office Of the clerk OF
the district CONT Of the state OF Iowa.
within and for the county OF MarsnaH
tho petition Of Bessie zscniescaa
claiming OF you divorces rom the
bonds Of matrimony on the grounds OF
your habitual drunkenness, ACQUIRED
since marriage, that she may assume
ana use her former name. Bessie Con-
ley, and that you pay the costs OF TINS
suit.
Now, unless you appear and make
defense thereto, At or before noon OF
the second day OF the next January
term Of said court to be begun and
held at Marshalltown. Iowa. on the 4th
day OF January, A. D.. 1913. your DE-
fault win be entered and 1udsment
rendered thereon - prayed Tor IN sad
petition. & z
D.. 1915. ..,-,- 81
F q Plaintiff.
BY !. N. WHITAKER
, ATTORNEY.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-09

. s d
mile are little children almost - home
less and hungry AZ the birds.
One thing the kaiser doesn't have to
worry over. His successful generals
can't come home and run for president
Instead of arguing over the I'M
christianity of war why not exercise
the sure christianity of charity. Well
get further that way.
The president assures honest pusi-
ness men, that they have nothing 70
fear from the trust and currency bills.
But even that will not satisfy some
pretty prominent figures in big bust
ness.
The Federal Legue also seems 10
have the double steal down to pretty
useful working point
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-09
Topics of the Times

The mayor Of Muscatine proposes 10
revoke the license OF every pool hall
that permits games OF chance That's
an excelien; retormatory measure II
may resul, in few less pool halls also
and that's by way OF reform There
should De no room in town for a pool
room which permits gaming Of any
character.
The opinion seems 10 be gaining
ground that the fewer kings IN the
world the fewer wars. II two or three
European families were set 20 farming
instead of Ringing as an avocetion the
matter might be consideredeas fairly
we'll settled.
President Wilson evidently doesn't
consider the lingo manufacturers OF
wean ons and ammunition as one OF the
industries 10 be especially favored oy
killing off half the population in order
Ia make 4'business good" in their lines
Those different candidates for the
speakership Of the Iowa legisla IRE
should De hard TO choose from. we
are assured by their home papers tha'
each of them IS the best man for the
place
II the annual income only fitted the
Christmas spirit what happy, happy
world this would be.
Sure, nail piece of suet to pole
for the birds and feed the hungry
and homeless dogs; but While doing IL
don't fail 10 remember that within
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-09
HOW ABOUT JUSTICE By REerI-
TUITION?
ma Mninea Times.

RDes Moines Times.J
The Judge before whom Henry Siegei.
the New York merchant and banker,
was tried. put q remarkable question
to him after the verdict had been rem
dered. IT understand" the magistrate
said, that you have hope of being able
to make q substantial payment to your
depositors within the next few months:
Is that correct?"
After conference with his lawyer.
Siegel replied: Il hope to make = sub
stantial payment" Sentence was then
passed upon the defendant. but It was
Immediately suspended until June,
when, the Judge said to SetgeL 1t
will be carried ont Il Y0v have not
made good the promise to your depos-
isors."
II justice were to be enforced in this
fashion in all cases. what would be-
come Of the modern idea Of law? Some
thing Is to be said in favor OF the an
cient practice Of restitution. It in-
volved the Fighting OF wrongs - be-
tween individuals. 1t gave those injured
a sense of personal satisfaction. and
1t made good to some extent losses
which they had sustained. But this
was private and not public law. The
rights OF society were ignored. From
the abuse Of this theory there grew
the legal conception OF compromising a
felony. which Is now an offense as well
recognized as any other in Iowa and
every state.
Very few people convicted In our
courts would hesitate to promise repair
alton if they thought they could escape
the impending penalty. Yet II the
practice were to become general. az 1t
once was under primitive governments,
the administration of justice would be
a matter OF negotiation and comprom-
Use. the state acting merely as an UNI
pire. Are we quite ready for that sort
of thing, or is it. after all. justice in
the simplest, and truest form?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-09
r1sxEsREruBIcAN MARsHAILrowN. IOWA. DEcEDER isiA

morally and In . business way. yet the
Representa- Of the people failed 90
meet that highest standard OF the pun
lie service. Instead. permit was
granted for saloon In q residence
district-a very poor public poiicy.
There were numerous applications Tor
the vacated permit and much pressure
to obtain it. Some day higher stand
ard will prevail.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-09
Iona Newspapers
AN EYE on IowA7
tDes Mo,nes Tr.bune.l

So when Mr.. Bryan, out OF the pienu-
tude of his unwisdom. seeks to make
prohibition and woman suffrage, ooth
by constitutional amendment. princi-
pies of the national democracy. po-
lite smile or shrug - the natural
conment-New York Sun.
Meaning that the Sun had in MIND
Ny Bryan's recent appearance IN Iowa
in support OF a candidate for governor
who owned saloon property. running
on a platform for liquor and against
women suffrage?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-09
ONE CONVICT AND YOU
lMusna tina journal

A "lifera in the New York state
penitentiary al Auburn offers To per-
nit himself to be inoculated with can
Ger germs In order that II may be as
certained whether or not cancer is con-
,agious. The new warden of Sing Sing
vouches for the sincerity OF the con-
victe offer. The prisoner is declared
TO be intensely interested in cancer re-
search. His hope, according TO the
warden, is that his sacrifice VIII bene-
fit the many sufferers from cancer.
Few Of lis are cast in heroic moulds.
The average man and woman Is Tor
tunate IL when the crisis comes he or
she can fully NEE. the specifications
of true manhood or womanhood. with
out those refrements Of fortitude or
courage which go toward the makeup
of heroes AMI heroines being added.
We may read of such a sacrifice as
this life convict in Auburn contem-
plates without experiencing any in
spjration to make a sacrifice of equal
magnitude. Naturally life is worth
more to most OF US than it could pos
sibly be to a man doomed 10 spend
the remainder OF his days behind
iron bars and walls of stone. Nor have
We one supreme debt to pay. one AWFUL
memory to wipe out at any cost But
when we find so great a love for hu-
mainly in such an unexpected place.
can we escape q quiet inquiry into our
own hearts 10 see if this message OF
love finds any answering echo there
PATRONIZING THE IT1NERANT.
Ic!!nton ADVERTISED
!, seems that q couple OF transient
merchants held forth in Clinton recent
Is. selling goods by the methods usual
,ly adopted by transient merchants. but
operating under a peddler's license
These men should have been ar
rested for obtaining money under false
pretenses. instead Of having been al
lowed 20 leave the city after they had
Cleaned up" Altho the city only re
ceived the small revenue attached to Q
peddleYs license from them, the timer
ants advertised their wares In newspa-
pers, and had show rooms in Local
hotel.
Their sojourn In Clinton was short
four or ave days. During that time
however, they did quite business In
furs. II Is understood. Then they pulled
UP stakes and left for new selds-car-
ing nothing whether or not the goods
they sold will prove satisfactory to
their Clinton customers.
The folly Of patroniz!ng such con-
Germs should be apparent to all. There
Is no guarantee-it Is a case Of put UP
with what you get, with no opportunity
for redress. The price may have been
a little lower-but what does that avail
II the goods are shoddy and cheap? II
they begin to show their defects abou,
the time the itinerant merchants have
departed?
The home merchant Is here from
year to year. He stands back of his
goods. and guarantees them. II they
are not what he represents them to
you to be, you have come back" Bul
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-09
IN A SALOON TOWN.
Harrington HaMkeve.l

Under the Iowa LAW restricting the
number Of saloons in a town or city
10 one for each 1000 OF population.
Burlington is entitled 10 "a. census OIL
1914 One OF the saloons having re-
Gently ceased operation. there vas law
tul opportunity TO reduce the total TO
%. but the mayor and counciimen did
not have the moral courage TO do Il.
II IS undeniable that saloons are q
detriment TO the community, Doth
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-09
Masonic Meetings.
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w SPECIAL CoN w - -
Marshall Lodge, No. los A :. & a. NJ
Tussdgv Dec. 5. 1880 =. N. For work
Tbsrd degree. John W. Wells seoFs-
fa-y; / T. Forbes, ". NJ
SPECIAL coNvocA7ioN. signes
Chapter No. IS, r A NJ Ihursaa =,
nsc 70 40 p. N. Past and NJ +. ~
go John W. Wells, secretary; a
D. Meeker. Z. H 2
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solomon
Council No. 20. r & 5. NJ Monday ai.1
rbe thtrd Sunday. I. T FORBES reco'os''
A D Meeker, T. NJ
REGULAR coNcLAvE s. AldsmaF
conmsndery No. 80 4 =
y,-slnur z N. : Mcfarland Nse'
REGULAR MEETING Central chap
s Wednesday. De
esaesr Is. 80 ?. m Elsctioa OF on. ,
es-s Anna Downing. secretara' May
Black Collins, ". NJ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-09

but condemnation and dieAain for any
one who tries 10 beltttls either Of them
ana Who tries TO prejp6lce anyone
against either class. Remember what
Bobbie Burns said. "A mans man to-
q, that" or that equally fins Amssican-
ism, IAN honest man, no matter what
sort Of . coat he wears" It 10 not the
cuffs nor the overalls that make . man
more or less Of = man, and contempt-
ible snob only could attempt to draw
lines and to make distinctions between
Jobs and situations, wages and salary.
to the disadvantage Of one or the other.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-09
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Cas;ara Times says. Iowans
vote for CunInins from habit, the
sioux City journal inquiries. Now. can
tn, 1915 republican national conVen-
ton be induced IL g.t the hahit.
Sibley Tribune, tde..ll says: M.
Tai. is mentioned as the republican
candidate for president in 1916, The
Republicans c2uld so farther and fare
y orse. Ar Taft is = nightly fine man
He proved himself !. great vote getter
in Utah ana Vermont in 1912. and he
Is such a cheerful Lesser that it is
real pleasure 10 bea; him"
Taxes look rather large over hers
when the day - payment comes
around. but they ere small com pared
with the burden which the war viii
lay upon the older countries" says the
Davenport Democrat.
The Sioux City Tribune says: Pro
fessc- Taft is built right for Texas and
his rich brother owns 100000 acres
of Ian; there. The professor ought to
feel al home there
Noting that Des MoiEes is TO vote
on the question OF whether her saloon
licenses which EXPIRE on Jan. sna I
he revoked OF continued, the waterloo
Courier says. I'VE have an intuitive
feeling that one Billy Sunday. not d
voter Of the capital city. has Just abort
fixed the situation 10 his OWL liking
and that Des Moines' popular song n
1915 viii be How Dry I am"
The Storm Lake Pilot Tribune pre-
diets that either Cosson or Allen VII
withdraw from the race for the 1916
republican gube-na:orial nomination.
and a. the same sine il expresses the
hope that Clifford Thorre win remain
in his present position. where he !s so
useful instead OF aspiring to an Office
In which his usefulness IS seriously
questioned"
The boys who have candidates q
their own in mind for governor want
Thorne and Cosscn TO ask for some
thing else" says the Mason City Globe
Gazette
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-09

The Cas;ara Times says. lowans
vote for Cummins from habit. me
Sioux City Journal inquiries. Now. can
tn. 1916 republican national conVeh-
ton be induced IL gst the habit!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-09

Washington messages say Holland
has opened way for transmission IL
goods from the United States to Ger
many.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-09

when you trade With ~ ~ay-bv.nNas
you are q Ms mercy. u you do n0t
like the goods You hase purcnaseo you
NAV do the next best thing--for Al no
cares.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-09

The Sioux city Tribune says: Pro
fessc- Taft is buiit right for Texas and
his rich brother owns 100000 acres
of Ian; there. The professor ought to
feel al home ihere.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-09

The boys who have candidates Il
their own in mind for governor want
Thorne and Cosscn to ask for some
thing else" says the Mason City Globe
Gazette
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18
President Police Jury.
Clerk Police Jury.


Section 2. That of the ten mills tax
authorized under Article 232 of the
Constitution of 1918 to be expended by
Parish for all purposes, one and one
half mills on the dollar of the assessed
valuation is hereby levied and the same
shall be annually assessed and collected
on all the property of said parish, for
a period of ten years, beginning with
the year 1914 and ending with the year
1923; and the proceeds thereof shall be
collected and set aside in separate
fund as trust fund to extinguish the
bonds herein provided for and to pay
the interest thereon as it becomes due,
and for no other purpose.
Section 8. That the said one and
one-half mills per annum on the dollar
of assessed valuation for ten years on
all of the property of the Parish of
Caldwell hereinbefore levied and set
aside are hereby authorized and di.
rected to be funded into bonds amount
ing to twenty thousand dollars,
(S20, 0OO) and sold for not less than par.
Section 4. That the funds derived
from the sale of said bonds shall be
used exclusively for the purpose of aid
ing in the construction of the "Colum-
bia-Rayville" highway and the ''Colum-
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18
WHAT FIFTY DOLLARS WILL DO.

The Teagu (Texas) Enterprise states an
actual occurrence, which whether fiction or
truth, shows how money circulates A farm
er of that neighborhood, whose name was
mentioned, sold his first bale of this seasons
cotton, realizing fifty dollars Meeting a
friend to whom he was indebted he paid him
$40. To his pickers he paid $12.5o. To his
grocers he paid Sly, and went to the restaur
ant and took 50 cent dinner While at din
ner friend came in and paid him $40 on an
old debt with the first $40 he had paid out of
his cotton, and walking down thestreet he
met another man who paid him $40 which
he had collected from the pckers to whom
the farmer had paid $3.50. Meeting an
other man to whom he was indebted he paid
him $40 and this man turned and handed it
10 another party to whom he was indebted
This man happened to owe the man who sold
the cotton for $50 handed it to him with
the remark that it was the first money he
had collected in six months and had owed it
for year. The man who sold the bale paid
SOS in debts with it, and when ready to 60
home found he still had $3.50 left And
could it be ascertained, the full amount of
debts the $50 has paid it would reach several
hundred dollars. Yet the seller has his $47. 90
left. This illustrates how much a small
amount will pay when put in actual circula-
ton
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18
OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH.

In an editorial in the Waterman of No
vember r. see you are discussing the "Ob-
servance of the Sabbath" Since God gave
this command to Moses and Moses delivered
it to the people, and as you have said it has
not vet been repealed, it must still be in
force. 1t has never been clearly explained
TO my mind why any especial class of bust
ness should be granted freedom from the
law; if the general merchandise establish
ments of Columbia were to open their doors
tor business on the Sabbath, and general
trafficing and trading established, and the
Christian public took no notice, did nothing,
any other community would have perfect
" lust reason to say there is no Christianity
in Columbia. If Our officers gave no heed to
such conditions; the outside world might
Justly say: there IS no law in Columbia,
Then we might justly say: Columbia is not
safe place to live.
There is no assurance of protection; there
is no majesty of law; every mans desire is
his law. Now, when we have no law save
that which is governed by desire, mad that
desire a selfish one. Where are we being
led? Where will it all end? We almost
fear to contemplate these things, but if we
observe this Sabbath day to keep it holy; il
we remember it and keep His command
ments to do them, ALL BUSINESS WILL
BE ALIKE-CLOSED
am glad the secular press of Our whole
land is discussing such things. We thank
God and take courage when we find the hun
dreds of columns devoted to the suppression
of the white slave traffic. The pages that
are written in the interest of temperance
The many many encouragements we find in
editorials 0 nsocial purity; the tendency in
crowds of men to crush the smutty story
teller
The growing tendency toward helpful
ness all indicate that the world is growing
better. Now Brother you are getting into
the traces. The newspaper is the proper or
gan for such In the editorial department
there is an especial opportunity to straight
en- the crooked places, to right public wrongs
teach That you may see the light and then
present it through your columns forcefuly
conscientiously, honestly, is the prayer of an
earnest reader.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18

bia-Co)fax" highway now under con-
struction under supervision of the State
Highway Dedartment and repairing
the bridges on said highways.
Section 5. When said bonds shall
have been prepared and signed, they
Shall be forwarded to the Secretary Of
the State for registration as provided
by law, and when so registered shall
be delivered to Powell Garard & Co.,
of Chicago, Illinois, at Their office, in
accordance with the terms of their
contract for the purchase thereof.
Section 6. That the President of the
Police Jury is hereby empowered to
sell said bonds, for and on behalf of
said Parish, at not less than par, and
to deposit the proceeds in the treasury
of said Parish.
Section Z. That the Clerk of said
Police Jury is hereby directed to cause
this ordinance to be recorded in the
mortgage records of the Parish of Cald-
we'll, and in the archives of the Secre.
tary of State of Louisiana, and to have
same published as required by law in
the official journal of the Parish of
Caldwell.
Section s, That all ordinances or
parts of ordinances in conflict here
with, and especially ordinances number
49R, 54R, SCR and CIR, be, and the
same are hereby repealed.
Approved this 7th day of December,
1914. H. H. ROGILLIO,
President of Police Jury
ATTEST: of Caldwell Parish, La.
r. R. REDDITT,
Clerk of Police Jury.
lCEAIN
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18
After January Ist everv automobile ,,,,,c

After January Ist every automobile must
have state license. Under the law, adopted
as part of the constitution at the recent
election each automobile owner must buv a
state license at the rate of Is cents per horse
power. Automobile dealers must pay a Ii
cense on the minimum of the horse power of
the different cars they handle, secondhand
ed dealers must pay $40 and the license tax
tor motor trucks is fixed at $3.50. The pro-
ceeds of the license tax go to the road fund
OF the parish from which it is collected. The
administration of the law devolves upon the
secretary of the state.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18

full money of the United States of
America at the Office of the First Ma
tional Bank in the city of Chicago, Hi
nois, being six months interest due
that date on it's Road & Bridge Bond
dated October l, 1914, No.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18
Clerk of Police Jury.
(SEAL)
form Of coupon)

4>Vs 1APAh Ysc.OV
On the first day of October 10, the
Parish of Caldwell, in the State of
Louisiana, will pay to the bearer here
of, twenty-five (S25.00) Dollars in law
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-12-18

President of Police Jury.
The Washington times., 1914-02-02
BARGAINS IN DREAD
NOUGHTS!

So much naval power as is repre-
sented by the Brazilian dreadnought
recently purchased by Turkey is
enough to make shivers run up and
down the spines of the victorious
Greeks. That ship could have scat
tered the feet at Salamis with a few
Of its monstrous guns and then
turned about and blown the Persians
out Of the water. And, if properly
handled, it could probably make al
most as quick work of annihilating
the modern Greek navy.
So Premier Venizelos is hustling
off to Paris to negotiate for the pur-
chase of the biggest battleship in the
world, building for Argentina, and
understood to be in the market.
Greece is proud of its storied
archipelago off the coast of Asia
Minor won from the Turks in war.
The Young Turks make no secret of
their intention to get it back at the
fist opportunity. Hence the cOmpe-
tition in the dreadnought market,
and hence the prospects of fattening
the treasures Of two South Amcri-
can countries. They have been in
the naval brokerage business so long
that turning an honest penny on the
strength Of European war scares is
second nature to them.