Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-10
Looker-On In Iona

Nevada, - Nov. 10.-Publishers OF
| weekly papers are compelled by Gus
tom to do considerable, something for
nothing" work. Many times has this
scribe listened to their tale of woe. In
| Tama last week the following clipping
! from the Herald was noticed and
thought good enough to reprint In this
column. Not to indulge in the taffy
act it can be said the Tama Herald Is
a model weekly paper in many other
respects:
Advertising rates-Display space. -
cents per inch per week. on yearly con-
tracts.
Local notices-l0 cents per line for
first insertion, and cents per line for
each subsequent insertion. Notices set
in blackface type double the above
rate All notices will be run until
ordered out when time is not speci-
fed
Notices of entertainments, concerts,
lectures, slippers. etc. where an ad-
mission fee is charged or a monetary
Interest," involved, cents per line for
each insertion
Cards e: thanks, 80 cents.
z solutions of respec, and con-
defence. 500.
In memoriam poetry. cents per line.
Announcements of church services,
lodges, society or club meetings and all
public gatherings where not conducted
for revenue, will he published one time
free, additional publications ) cents
per lire"
One criticism. however. must be
,l,o al SI-n
a line for poe ry seems TO signify that
Wouser lacks appreciation of such ef-
forts Just such hard headed editors
as Wouser Will probably insist on 3
cents lire for the arst offered copy on
beautiful SNOW"
The usual number of surprises"
were the result of the late election.
But the vote on supreme court judges
is unexplainable only by assuming
carelessness. ignorance or Indifference
on the part of the average voter.
Judges OF election in two counties many
miles apart. tell the writer that the
nerds vote for three in small type
above the names OF the candidates,
seem TO suggest that votec, marked the
frs; three he came to, or u ne COM
menced on the third name the two
forthcoming were also crossed. L.
other words ne marked in hurry. not
caring for results. AT this writing
definite figures have not been received.
but whatever is the final result. one
thing is sure. the legal fraternity every
where are determined that the next
legislature shall do something 10 pre-
Vent a repetition of this years political
performance. One able lawyer in this
town while admitting the impossibliiy
Of the plan says the judges OF oil
courts should be elected by attorneys
in good and regular standing.
Many voters are so indignant that
they want 20 kill the whole primary
system and go back to the one conven-
ton plan, claiming no such conditions
would be possible under a convention
system.
The number of men Of different ma
tionaiities here in Iowa who are anX-
ious and willing to go back to the old
country and fight for the fatherland Is
much larger than generally supposed.
Almost in every town the writer hears
Of one such lover of his country.
shop young fellow working in a black
smith shop, one who has not been over
here year, speaks broken English
s,il said to tie writer: I'D go to-
morrow If l had the money 10 pay my
passage" And the love for the old
country was shown distinctiyely when
during the forenoon German was
positive the T.-R was not fair towards
the Germans, and in tone not ten
miles away during the same afternoon
a lady of English birth, said the same
paper vas not giving the English side
= a .s..f \ Ha 20.
ceived letters every week from her
sister in London telling of important
occurrences in England. the T.-R. did
not mention. On the outside of one
OF the county office doors in Eldora is
his sign. Cut out the war talk: we're
neutral here The daily papers of
Iowa can not cut cut the war talk
but surely are trying TO be neutral.
Indirectly the big war is helping
Iowa apple eaters. In Colo last week
carload Of New YORK Baldwins, fine
winter stock was sold out of the car
for IS cents per hushei. They were
shipped in bulk the same as potatoes.
And at the same time and place car
load of New York Baldwins were Of
fered al SO a barrel, before uhloaded
for winter storage.
And the hundreds of carloads OIL
potatoes being shipped into Iowa from
Minnesota and sold from. so to 20 cents
bushel. suggests that Iowa is not an
agricultural state. or our land has got
too high priced and our farmers TOO
rich to bother with such crops as
potatoes Because farmers can not ge.
hired hands to milk cows. and rich
farmers don't have to, many cream
cry has closed in Iowa. Now it seems
we have to ship in our potatoes. 1t
would be interesting to know how
many dollars Iowa pays to outsiders
for apples and potatoes during the year
1914
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