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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03
n1EsREPUB1IcAN MARsHAILToWN, IOWA: APRIL >, 1914

Fine work IL that Of the scale In
spector for coal and grain scales. He
drives around in an automobile. ana
without warning. suddenly runs his car
on to the Office scales, immediate!
steps out, brings his weight with him,
and IL extremely anxious to find out
what his car weighs on that dealers
scales. So sure he Is right before ne
goes ahead. ne makes no apology or
asks permission to weigh his car.
Simply does it and then tells his bus
mess.
A number Of times the writer mas
heard Of signed paper in and around
Ackley. which amounted to statemen ~
said signers would not vote for HUN
for Representative or Clarke for gov :
ernor, because the two named oniciais
were in favor of the capitol extension
grounds and increased valuation OF
farm lands. And this week In Ackies
the writer talked with voter VINO sa"
it and refused to sign 1t. Where the
paper is now and who is circulating !.
he could not say. but common fepoi !.
Is that it contains the names OF ~
voters. Furthermore these signers are
no, all democrats even if it is generally
considered sharp practice by smart
democrats. Republican speakers VIII
do well to hold schools of instruction on
all possible occasions. as the general
public is still lamentably ignorant con
cer,ior increased taxation and are not
nar.icularlv anxious to become wise.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03
"A Colorado Consolidated School

they are prepaeing colorsdo farmsrs
sud fruit growers for life work. With
this N mind. they are doing everything
IA their power TO root the school work
to the soil
Grounds and Dsildinss.
The buildings are set In four and
one half acres Of good, irrigated land.
The playground u ample for all pur.
poses. There are baseball and foot
ball fields, tennis courts and play room
for the younger children. A small
orchard Of 6-year-old trees forms the
beginning Of an excellent experimental
plot. With the opening Of spring there
Is plan to begin work ia budding and
grating. The children are to have
individual garden plots, and home
garden work has also been planned.
A good, one-room school house which
was already on the grounds has been
remodeled at a cost Of 500 into very
satisfactory six-room cottage for the
principal of the school. Another one
Of the old buildings has been made in
to good barn and shed for the horses
and transport alton equipment. The
main building is an imposing struc-
ture, built Of native sandstone and
pressed brick 1t is three stories high
aiu 10 cQuAppSO With StedHl neat, Idu
ventilating system, and indoor toilets,
baths. and bubbling fountains.
The janitor lives with his family in
q suite Of Ave rooms in the basement.
which by the way, Is built in such a
manner that its cement floors IL one
and half feet higher than the grade
Of the school yard. The building is
supplied with agricultural and biologi-
cal laboratories, good library, rest
rooms for the women teachers, and
large assembly room used. among other
things. for community meetings and
farm courses, which are being held
throughout the year. for, beyond every
thing else, this is a community school
which strives to help the parents rs
Wen as the children.
Seven transportation wagons Of the
latest make convey 1853 children liv-
Ing at distance to and from school.
The system has proved very salts
factory one for all concerned. There is
no Hardness with transportation: at
tendance is at the maximum, and the
cost for transportation is cents day
per pupil.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03
IF MEALS SOUR
AND TURN INTO
GAS, TAKE SODA


When everything we eat turns to gas
and we eructate sour food and acrid
fluids 1t means there Is an excess Of
hydrochioric acid in the stomach, says
noted authority. This irritating acid
retards the process of digestion and
promotes food fermentation. Our meals
sour in the Stomach like garbage sours
in a can, forming gases which initiate
the stomach like toy balloon, causing
q heavy. lumpy misery in the chest,
constant belching of gas. sour risings
or heartburn, fullness and often
nausea.
he tells US 70 lay aside all digestive
aids and instead. get from any piarm-
acy q package Of 10 grain Sodagen tab
lets and take one tablet anytime fol-
lowed by a tunn bier OF water winch viii
instantly neutralize acidity. stop food
fermentation, Absorb, the gases and
sweeten the entire digestive system.
He further states that those troubled
with chronic acidi,y should take one
| tablet regularly, an hour after meals
for while, as this simple antacid is
entirely harmless. being composed OF
soda, Masnesia and Calcium Carbonate
] u. 8. p.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03

Colorado has been hampsred In its
efforts to centraiize the rural scAools
into strong, consolidated schools be-
cause Of the small district organisation
which prevails in that state, ~ In most
Of the states in the west and middle
west. In spite OF obstacles, however
substantial progress has been made for
the upbuilding, in the open country OF
real community schools. There IL no
better illustration of this type than the
Cache La Poudre consolidated school,
some six miles from Fort Collins.
Grouping Toward Progressive Lite.
Only q year ago some six schools
houses, scattered at random over
very large territory. supplied 207 FAM
lies with such school facilities as were
available Two Of the buildings were
of native stone, the others Of frame;
they lacked modern conveniences and
We're quite unable to offer modern
training for agricultural life. Now a
large, dignified, central building, erect
ed at a cost of $4,000, has absorbed
all these outlying schools and is rapid
ly becoming the center of the COM
munity pride and aggressive COM
munity life. All this was not done
without struggle. A great many peo-
pie here, as in other places, chung
tenaciousiy to the little local school,
fighting the change even in the courts.
The majority, however, fovored the
change and had their way. thanks par
ticularly to the efforts of Mr.. c. g.
Sargent. rural school visitor from the
State Agricultural College. Many OF
the people who originally opposed the
plan now praise 1t the loudest; and rev.
if any. would care to go back to the
old conditions.
School Organization.
Four entire districts and parts OF two
others comprise the new. consolidated
district; 2O7 families live within reacn
OF the new school: s66 pupils are at
this time enrolled in its twelve grades,
forty seven being IN the well equipped
high school department.: eight teachers
are employed five in the grades and
three in the high school What appeals
particularly to an observer OF the
school work is that while the unlver-
sal elements Of a broad education are
taught the teachers are mindful that
theirs is a rural community and that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03
ENvYlNG THE FARMER.

1t IS along about this time of year
that city folks envy the farmer. The
grass is starting and the annual
miracle in progress. Viewed from town
the farm seems as beautiful as those
broad fields beyond the swelling food
writer of old and we wish We were
farmers instead OF what we are. II is
SO beautiful in the country. See the
merry farmer boy dash the meadows
thru, swing his hoe with careless Joy
while dashing of the dew etc, etc,
according to the song in the Teach
ers' Collection and the little stories in
the Second reader.
II isn't SO. 1t wasn't so forty years
The merry. merry. farmer and his
merry. merry farmer boy and the con-
ditions Of the farm aren't anything like
the stuff set to music or read by John
and Mary in the reading class. This
dashing the meadows thru and knock
ing dew off the grass sounds a lot
different from the actual facts. Those
who have risen at an outlandish hour
10 chase down TO the back pasture
after nine COWS know what the dew
does to you how wet pair of Rock
ford socks can get and how disagree
able it feels to have pillow shoes soggy
and overalIs soaked to the knee with
the bright diamonds Of the morning
! dew The allegedly merry farmer boy
votes against dew in the meadow
and frost on the corn.
Ard the bold, Independent farme,
! himself isn't the merry creature SUMO
and told in story. Not in the spring
| He has troubles ye wot not Of. Sure
| he sees the sun rise in glory over the
I eastern horizon, but when you are
! carrying corn in bushel and a hall
! basket thru feed yard half leg deeI
with the spring muck Of a feed yart
! you don't notice the poetry of the sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03
Topics of the Times

Education isn't always necessary 20
day in his life but he has been very
successful in a financial way. Note that
$500. 900 deal with the richest man in
Mexico.
The " ebster City Freeman Tribune
asserts that il has no candidate Tor
governor 1t isn't for Clarke. In short
Kicking.
The Iowa City Republican suggests
that ladies' aid society should be
organized as an adjunct % the board
of education. 1t isn't half bad IDEA
if the effectiveness Of such an adjunct
is to be judged by the way the wom-
en- handle the church problems. And
perhaps it would follow that ladies
auxiliary to the various school boards
big and little might help some.
The Burlington Hawkeye suggests
paving soldiers the same salary as mail
!
sires to leave the farms entirely with
out hired men.
Senator Kenyon fears that Uncle
John Rockefeller made an investment
instead Of a gift in that Rockefeller
foundation.
Sometimes it is comforting to know
that others are worse off then our
selves. There are 10000 striking miners
in Yorkshire against $4,000 in Ohio an6
Ohio is bigger than Yorkshire. And i
might be mentioned also that othe'
states and other countries are makins
sa much fuss over a raise In taxes a.
is Iowa.
Governor Clarke IS the best AM
most logical candidate for governor
| He has given the state an honest
straightforward and clean administers
ton Of it's affairs. He deserves an
will receive the nomination and viii
| be elected. The republicans who ar
| processing to be frightened over tn
outlook may Yeassuro themeSiyei
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03

leadership Of the new idea. He wanted
to show. at the beginning, that his
coming TO Iowa meant new leader
ship. with harmony among the Iowa
institutions and coordination, so that
each Of the three institutions would do
its own work and do it better and not
interfere or duplicate the work Of the
other. That was tho dream Of Mr..
Bowman at that time
We have heard since that men like
Mr. Trewin. then president Of the
board, pleaded with Mr.. Bowman not
to place himself in leadership Of the
idea, because they feared 1t would
meet with such opposition as might
embarrass Mr.. Bowman in his work
as the head Of one Of the three insti-
tuticns They told Mr.. Bowman that
it was a controversial issue probably.
in which 1t would be better for a
president Of one of the schools not to
be involved. They wanted to spare
Mr.. Bowman and take the blame and
burden themselves.
What a blame and burden 1t after
wards became We need not now recall
for the friends OF the institutions
rose up and yelled their heads of
against taking anything from any
one. They al! wanted to keep all they
had acquired. no matter what the
cost to the state.
And Mr. Bowman was, no doubt.
glad and also grateful that the mem
bers Of the now wicked board had
spared him from being the storm cen
ter. They had seen farther into the
matter than Mr.. Bowman, who was
, then very young and enthusiastic.
But while they were holding meet
ngs at Iowa City denouncing the
board for its CO. ordination ideas. we
! never heard Of Mr.. Bowman even
| whispering that he himself had be-
! lieved in it and had wanted TO make
! himself the champion Of the Idea.
| He conveniently forgot that he had
ever believed in It And the board.
| 50 far IS We know. never embar-
raised him by mentioning his reia-
tions to tho idea, in its earlier stases-
Now that Il IL all over and co-ordt-
| nation is dead and Mr.. Bowman has
resigned, we take 1t no harm can como
| Of telling this bit Of history. not TO add
| to the endorsements Of any one, bur
to show that the board has dealt very
kindly and Justly with Mr.. Bowman
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03
LOCKER Iona
snscia. u inns. Republican.

Specia! 70 Times Republican.
Hampton, April 3.-Somehody viii
eat very expensive roast duck in Iowa
this year. Sure thing. The man with
the Iowa gun license living up to tire
Iowa law in al respects is the man.
Tell such men that Uncle Sam pro-
hib;ts spring shooting and he smiles
He knows for re has been told our
state game wa7Gens will not modest
him. SO ne is taking chances. It's all
right if he is fortunate enough. mot to
have an enemy in the world but j.
there is in his neighborhood some one
who has it in for him" then look out
or "the bogie, man will catch YOU
We all agree It's an extra hazardous
business for a man with government
license to sell liquor, to use his license
IN prohibition town. STU more risk;
IS i. TO use a state license to shoot
Gucks in the United States when Uncle
Sam says no spring shooting.
Perhaps as striking an illustration Of
the rise and fall Of the progressive
movement in Iowa was shown here
couple Of week ago. A call for coun-
~ convention Of progressives appeared
on hand hut adjourned for ore week.
The week following thirteen men gath
/ cred. a reporter for the weekly papers
gives these figures to the writer. Com
mittees were appointed. but no county
or state ticket was given out. Now II
/ is true several hundred voters in
Franklin county voted for Roosevelt.
| 1t Is just as true there same voters
voted the republican state ticket a.
! the same time. Equally true IS the
! statement these voters voted against
! Taft rather than against the repubii-
| can party.
| It's a broad claim. but an ex-super-
! visor Of Poweshiek county claims thar
| that county has more permanent gooo
road work than any county In the
state Permanent" means more ce-
ment and iron bridges and culverts'
more hills leveled and more grades es-
! tablshed. More tile work and more
miles Of leveled road.
! 49,
One OF our new laws. good thing
in itself, makes much extra work TOT
coal dealers Three scale weight Sips
are now made for each wagon load OF
coal. One for The drive: ct the delivery
wagon, one for the purchaser and one
for the seller Another thing perhaps
not generally known Is when a grain
buyer buys grain OF renter. the cnecr
Is made out in the names OF Doth
renter and owner of the farm. o.
course such checks require both sigma
lures as they read pay to the order o.
John Smith and Richard Doe. Sa:f-
jers OF grain falling to make ou'
checks in this manner. have no re-
J course II renter Is dishonest and se!l
. more than his share Of the crop.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03

rise like you do when some extraordi-
nary occasion has brought you out Of
bed in time to see the orb Of day kick
OF the cloud coverlets and get up. It's
beautiful thing all right but the
merry farmer who has cows to milk
and horse chores to do and hogs to
swill and a note coming due at the
bank doesn't have time to enthuse over
it. He's busy in the spring.
Strange as it may seem farming has
another than the poetical side. Among
other things it is necessary to plow
the ground each succeeding corn sea-
son in order to get the best results.
That isn't essentially a merry, merry
job tho II approXimates merriment
nowadays much more than it did forty
years ago when twelve inch pillow
and a pair Of 1000 pound horses and a
miserable youth constituted the outfit.
Fixing fence on a rainy day with q
spade, a maui and a dozen wet and
dirty posts in a wagon box isn't a
wildly hilarious employment. And
there are other things that would de-
tract from the poetic conception of
farming as one long sweet song if the
POLITICALLY inclined were exercising his
body instead OF his imagination down
on the farm.
The fact IS you and are pretty we'll
off where we are. We are lucky to
have as good a job. as good business
as We have. Like as not the farmer
who moved past our place a month
ago wished that he Nigh, be fixed like
us. Maybe his wife envied our wives
and his boys seeing ours coming up
from the % or from the school Were
ready to trade all the poetry and in
dependence Of dash thru the meadow
on wet morning for one basketball
game This merry. merry business
isn't matter OF location out Of com
mon sense and content. Get that?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03
1ou. Should REMEMBER

Twebster City Freeman Tri bune.J
The Freeman Tribune doesn't re-
member the exact modus operandl o!
which the rate bill prepared by secre-
tarv Wickersham, giving railroads the
privilege of increasing rates without
tha consent OF the interstate COM
rnerce commission. was amended, pue
i, does know that Senator Cummins
led in the fight for the amendment ana
,ha, he made tremendous mental anu
rhysical efforts in behalf OF the snip
ne-s He made the most EXHAUSTIVE
adarass ever delivered in the United
States senate upon the rate question:
consuming three or four days in ooing
:, ua was rewarded with victory ana
VI. Joker clauses injected into the bill
nv wickersham were exposed anu
eliminated. For that action Mr.. Cum
wins incurred the displeasure OF the
strong friends of the interest pu' nv
rendered a genuine service 10 io Wv, q
and all the people OF the nation.
~,,nn1i-s amendment Pfo ma
the railroads could not Increase rates
Axcept upon a showing TO the commas
Gin, and upon the consent OF the com
s,on N-ickershar, had made prepara
.;nns for permitting the railroads u
;,o,nasA rates that were TO be erectiVe
until the commission showed them 70
no excessive. The people OF Iowa ought
"a rerernber this great service Sena-
to- C,upu1ias rendered them. no" tna'
y. &c a candidate for reelection 10 the
ros;t;o, ne has filed so ably and wei
and with so much credit to the STATE
and to himself.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03
40 ~~7~~
Iona Newspapers
AN IMPORTANT AFFAIR.
lWa,erloo Courier.l

And the next question is: Why can
no. we secure a satisfactory president
for our university whom we can keep
This is point Of vital and far-reach-
ing Importance. Nothing SO demoral-
ICES a university as uncertain leader
ship. And nothing so demorailzes
state as a rotten spot near the heart
of it's educational organization. TINS IS
a subject far more important tnan
freight rates or hog cholera. The citi-
zenship of Iowa should not neglect OF
forget about it. but should pursue the
bitter truth to its last hiding place.
We must be active, insistent even mil
liant, If we are TO save our state from
becoming great commercial alliance
instead of protector Of morals, JUS
tice and enlightenment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03
Masonic Meetings.
SPECIAL COMMUNICATION

"\ SPEClAL GUM vi " NiSNi ioi>'
Marshall Lodge. No. 1os A. F. & A. NJ,
Friday, April 8. 7:S0 p. m. For work.
Third degree. John w. Wells, secre-
tary; I. 7. Forbes, w. NJ.
SPECIAL coNVocATIoN, Signet
Chapter No. 3s. r. A. NJ. Monday.
March 80. 1880 p. m. For work.
John W. Wells. secretary; A. D. Meeker'
H. P.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solomon
Council No. 20, r. & S. NJ. Monday
after the third Sunday. Regular ousi-
ness. L T. Forbes, recorder: A. d.
Neeker, T. l. NJ.
EASTER SERVICE Of St. Aldemar
Comma ndry No. 80, X. T. ar Consre-
gational church April y. Meet at the
Asylum at 10 a. m. full uniform. +. NJ.
Wilbur E. c. NJ S. Mcfarland Rec.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap
ter No. 81, o. E. s., Wednesday, April
Is, 500 p. m, for business. Anna
Downing. secretary; Nary Black Col
Ers, w. M.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03
syNp.TH WITH 'EsCAPADERS.
- 1 VIA - ~

sy>,pATr WITH ''EsCAPADERS.
Iwebster City Freeman Tribune!
The independent Order OF SOD
s,rads are now after the Mann white
s,ave law. because. they have figured
ont that it is possible to levy black
mai, under its provisions. That is
only q supterfuge and the real purpose
Of the repealers is to protect such
scoundrels as Digs and Camfnettl.
who happen to have some powerful
friends at court If anybody is look
ing for an opportunity for blackmai
they can find it, white slave law or
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03

The voter was a very important cit
iZen day or two ago admits the
Waterloo Times Tribune, but today he
is about the only fellow who realizes
how important he is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03

Supervisors as class are very
good men. Possibly it would be fair
to say that they are above the aver
age" says the Council Bluffs Nonpareil
But as the News points out. the next
five years IS going to demonstrate the
need of an even higher grade of men.
This is so because of the increasing
volume OF business as we'll as its in
creasingly technical character.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

II the senate plays too long with the
canal tolls bill ii will hear from the
country says the Davenport Demo-
crat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03
rcedar RAPIDS Republican,

The Davenport Democrat In a very
well tempered discussion OF the Iowa
CITY matter has this TO say:
IT will be recalled that the state
board Of education planned to con-
.olidate the engineering schools at
Ames. The friends Of the university
OF iowa made such a protest. ana
pointed 10 the provisions OF the law
wi.n such clear argument that the
legislature refused to allow the con-
solida.ion to take place. Is the board
OF education blaming President Bow
man for that
Has the Davenport paper never
heard that the essential part OF the
coordination idea which made so
much stir was brought by President
Bowman from the Carnegie foundation
centers, We believe that is the gen
esis of the whole idea We recall hear
ing Mr.. Bowman speak very highly OF
II. in a casual conversation. we re-
member also expressinRn~qur doubts
about the practicability OF, the scheme
to a member of the state hoard tand
this member was not Mr.. Trewin) and
he told us that it was all right. tnat
bowman was enthusiastically for II
and that ne (Bowman) wanted TO az
sumo the active championship ana
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03

That Bowman was growing is the
general belief. That the university
was prosperous and in the main har-
monious seems 10 be conceded says
the Iowa City Citizen. That he made
mistakes in fitting into the work would
be natural That ne leaves With the
good will OF the faculty the students.
the people of the city and the alumni,
is evident
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-03

no white slave low. Wasn't it re-
Gently tried on Senator Gore and did
the white slave law aid the prose-
cution In the least? Congressman
Mann. author of the law, stands up
in its defense and declares that 1t
should no. be emasculated in the
least. If there is TO be any change The
law should be strengthened. See how
II worked in driving the notorious Jack
johnson out of the country. measure
that results in such a desirable con-
is of great value ana It
ought to be preserved 10 future .gener-
atoms Why not make stringent Ia"
a against blackmail? The woman who
to assassinate the character
of Senator Gore and then to levy triD-
ute ought to suffer the consequences
Just as every other adventurer who in
dulges in such methods. few jan
sentences for cattle OF that stripe
would put stop to the blacknail bus
!ness and the sob squad could then turn
their attention 10 sympath!zing with
the blackmailers.