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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07
WHY LEAVE IOWA?
fEor, nodpe Chronicie i


The Webster City Freeman Tribune
disparagingly calls attention TO the
fac, that Colonel Hepburn has sold
his fine home at Clarinda and will
live in Washington hereafter"
This paper holds no brief for Col
onel Hepburn. but it Is perhaps due
to state that his fine home at
Clarinda" Is merely comfortable
residence erected long before the
colonel went to congress and now
somewhat old fashioned. There are
hundred homes In Fort Dodge
much more pretentious and doubtless
many in Webster City. There are
scores OF them in Clarinda
Jay Gould once said that the time
to sell railroads was when somebody
wanted buy. Doubtless II is the
same way with the colonel IN the mat
ter OF the real estate transaction to
which the Freeman Tribune objects
The reason why the former repre-
sentative Of the Eighth district con-
templates permanent removal to
Washington is doubtless that that city
is the sea of his business in the general
practice OF law When defeated for
congress some years ago. there was
little field for him at Clarinda and he
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07
universities. hospitals, prisons. re-
formatories, pure food commissions.

| universities. hospitals, prisons. re-
formatories. pure food commissions
mine inspectors, railroad commission
ers, and every state board and officer
including all appropriations made by the
state legislature even to the buying OF
additional grounds around the capito.
building for $3.50
| He is then asked to contribute 1910
per annum for his county government
which includes the county courts. the
county bridges. roads, poor farm. re-
corder of deeds, treasurer, auditor,
sheriff and county superintendent OF
schools.
In a town like Marshalltown with
the finest public school system in the
west more than one third of a tax
payers total tax bill goes for educat-
ing his children in the public schools
and at that his expense is 81 per week
for the school year regardless of the
size of his family.
The next largest bill in his taxes
Is lOr MS CITY oiiu hSAS
he gets for his money the things that
cause people to move from the farms
TO town TO live. y total Of S36.75 per
annum or So per month is what it costs
the taxpayer in town for paved streets
electric street lights. city fire depart
ment, city sewers. public library, city
park. police protection, etc. The pro-
lection of paid FIRE department costs
him in taxes on $4,000 house what
his fire insurance would cost for the
same amount. Whereas he could not
enjoy a private library like the one
the city maintains he can enjoy its
free use for $3.50 per annum. And so
it goes. The whole taxation question
lis as to what are we getting for our
money rather than what are we pay
ing. To arrive at correct conclusion
as to whether taxes are 100 high or too
low. it : necessary to know what each
and every form OF public service costs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07
ORIGINAL NOTICE..

70 A. NJ. Jennings, ]. NJ. Trumbull.
Frank I. Olson and J.. H. Miller. deS,
PENDANTS.
You are hereby notified that there
10 now hled In the office OF the clerk
OF tho district court OF tho state Of
Iowa, within and for the county Of
Marshall, the petition OF the Buffalo
County Land ana Abstract Company.
az plaintiff, claiming OF you q judy
ment In the sum of sixteen hundred
twenty eight and sssleO dollars with
interest on such sum from July 10.
1914. paid at the rate Of per cent
per annum, payable annually, said
amount being Justly due upon the one
certain promissory note In writing
given by A. NJ. Jennings to J. B. Fer
guson under date Of Oct. 81. 1911. and
due and payable on or before July 10.
1914, In the sum OF fifteen hundred and
fifty-five dollars which note is now
the property Of the Buffalo County
Land and Abstract Company and 4
due and unpaid: and the indebtedness
due upon such note having been as
sumed by the said J. NJ. Trumbull and
Frank !. Olson; also claiming 1ude-
ment for the costs OF this action. in
Guiding an attorneys fee for PLANTERS
attorney in the sum Of sixty dollars.
Also asking the foreclosure Of the
certain real estate mortgage given nv
the said A. NJ. Jennings upon lots
three. four, five and six in block three
and lot seven In block two OF the town
OF Van Glove, Marshall county, Iowa. /,
to secure the payment OF the note
above described which mortgage bears
date Oct. 81, 1911. and II recorded in
book ESQ on page 573 Of the records Of
the recorders office OF Marshall conn
ty. Iowa.
Also asking for such other and fur
Their relief as may be equitable in tina
premises. including Judgment for all
costs.
For further particulars you will SEQ
the petition now on file.
No personal Judgment IL asked
against j. HI. Miller other than that
he be restrained from paying any rent
OF the buildings on said mortsased
real estate to any person ether than
the plaintiff herein until the full sat-
isfaction OF the indebtedness secured
by said mortgage.
Now. unless you appear and make
defense thereto. at or before noon Of
the second day OF the next October
term OF said court. to be Legun and
held At Marshalltown. Iowa. on this
26th day Of October. A. D.. 1914. your
default Will be entered and judgment
and decree rendered thereon as prayed
for In said petition.
Dated this 2sth day Of August, A. D.
1914.
BUFFALO COUNTY LAND AND ABB
sTRACT COMPANY,
Plaintiff.
BY G. A. MOTE.
Attorney.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07
OCTOBER IN IOWA.

davenport Democratic
September is going out with touch
of that sunshine and genial warmth
which justifies anyone in exchanging
remarks upon the weather with his
neighbor-weather
Which makes the passers in the city
street
Congratulate each other when they
meet.
In happy frame OF mind therefore.
Iowans will gree, October-month OF
alternate warmth of day and the cool,
frosty night.
II is the month when suns grow
meek. and the meek suns grow brief"
We are about to realize the marked
foresfortening Of the days
The woodbine and the sumac begin
to take on their brilliant autumn
tints.
The bees hover over the buckwheat
patches and the ciumps OF smartxeed
The squirrels are busy collecting
their store OF acorns, and beneath the
surface of the ground the moles and
the pocket gophers excavate great
tunnels and explore the subterranean
regions for roots and succuient stores.
Soon the migrant birds will be
winging their way southwark. winged
scouts of the wintry blasts that will
lombard and the cold that will lay
siege TO US. in the months so near at
hand
i ss one nf orr finest months. Octo-
Der gives US. often IL not always. that
fine Iowa autumn weather that is sur
passed nowhere else in the world. and
f~. 80
best that any other region has to Of
for
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07
Topics of the Times

There is great excitement and in
terest among the publishers Of Iowa ID
see what will happen when LATE Young
and Harvey Ingham come under Billy
Sundays spell.
1t is the opinion of the financial
editor of the New York Times that
without any decisive alteration in
the relative position of the combatants
in Europe the last week has seen a
pronounced change for the better in
our financial situation. 1t is apparent
that many OF the fears which were
such large factor In holding back the
recovery in the first few weeks of the
war have been alIayed and from now
on there is reason to look for steady.
if slow, recovery from the unfortunate
predicament in which Wall street
found itself on the outbreak, of the
European conflict
A curious feature OF the western
business situation is the continuous
activity OF buirding operations in the
interior towns. New houses and stores
and public improvements are going on
as rapidly as at any time In the last
three years. The tendency TO put
money ~. sy..c nA--.::..s-. cert Investments
rather than into speculative enter
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07

prises IL marked and local undsrtak-
inss are being supported. libeFally. Thil
IL true Of the small towns ~ well q
OF the larger cities. and shows no sign
Of diminution with the coming Of sau-
tumn.
President Wilson and Editor Harvey
OF Harpers Weekly have made up and
the editor has recently dined at the
whitehouse. Harvey was the original
Wilson man of North America but
during the campaign he was Tilted be-
cause he Is too close to Big Business.
Kentucky, the home of fast horses
pretty women and fine whiskey has
voted 106 out of a possible 120 counties
dry. The fast horse is becoming
thing of the past hence there is left on
~ the one principal industry for Ken
lucky.
The total enlisted force of the United
States army at the beginning of this
year was S4.S59. Many of these SOL
diers were in Porto Rico and the
Philippines. Many since have been
sent to Mexico. Armed forces of other
powerful nations before the breaking
out of the war were as follows: Rus
STA, 1920 5000; Germany. $4,000;
France. 10000; Turkey. 100000; Aus
tria Hungary, 100000: Great Britain.
25i,500; Japan, 100000; Italy. 100000;
China, 1900; Spain $4,000.
Roosevelt in Pennsylvania can find
vastly more sport than he can
in Iowa for there is great
deal more in PENNSYLVANIA for Roose-
Welt 10 shoot at than in Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07
ROAD WORK.
Huntington HaWkeye. I

HUNTINGDON t1dWheyc.J
Prof. H. Pammel Of Ames IL out with
some excellent advice to people In
charge of the Iowa roads. He states
that fresh cuts and fills should be
seeded with grass, and that this Is the
proper time to do such work. He
gives Bronze grass and western wheat
grass the preference. This action will
save many new fills and cuts, which
will otherwise be damaged by rain
There is very simple thing and no
doubt, everybody knows that II Is go
ing to be the right thing to do. And
vet nobody but this professor seems to
have considered the fact that this Is
the proper time to do such work. and
to urge that it be done. 1t will mean
a saving of sums that will run into a
big figure, If the professors advice is
followed. OF course, it is all going to
be new to men who work the roads in
the good old" way. which has been
in vogue here from early days. Every
year the same old work was done in
the same old slip-shod way and by the
time the next season came around, the
fills had been washed away and the
bitches had been filed UP. and the
work was done over again The pro-
fessor viii help many a district to get
out Of some Of these oid-time waste
full habits.
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was q that time too old - reeeeaa1ly
expect to again Represent his old com
|stituency.s Must he therefore Join the
contingent OF corner lcAfers and spend
the rest or his lite whittlingaA stocks
Must he devote himself to- moving
around on warm days to the shady side
Of the buildingf They do not know
Colonel Hepburn very well who think
that that veteran, tighter OF war and
peace would select TO live thru . sere
and yellow leaf in twiddling his
thumbs. There being. therefore. no
suitable work at Clarinda, the colonel
resolved to go where he could find
opportunity to make, himself useful
So he left Iowa." as many other
strong men have done, when he found
that Iowa had no further use for him.
Hepburn is upward Of so years Of
age, looks SO, and his capacity for
making good seems nndiminished.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07

table physician Of the city. Their
coming meant happier future for III
babies that were ushered into the
world under their attendance. In the
same period they helped hundreds OF
people who needed nurses care.
some OF them chronic cases which
have needed help for months or years.
In most homes where there Is special
need tey find among the children
some they can help. or in the general
environment some conditions that san
be bettered.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07
Masonic Meetings.
STATED COMMUNICATION


Marshall Lodge. No. los A. +. & A NJ
Friday. Oct Is. 1880 p. m. Regular
business. John w. Wells, secretary; !.
I. Forbes, W. NJ
STATED coNvocATloN. signe'
Chapter No. IS, A. A. NJ. Monday
Oct 10. -;3o p. m. Regular business.
John W. Wells, secretary; A. D. MeeheF'
E. H. P.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King solomon
Council No. 90. F. & S. NJ. MONDAY
sf,er the third Sunday. Regular ousi-
ness. T. Forbes. recorder: a. y.
Aeeker. T, l. NJ
STATED coNcLAVE Tuesday, OCT
20 Regular business. F. NJ. Wlipu1'
&c: N. S. Mcfarland, Rec.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap
ter No. s.. O. z s. Wednesday. o'cooei
u $50 .. n Anna Downing. secle
ta-y: MARY Black Collins. W. NJ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07

1T is quite amazing if you start TO
dig into history, 10 find that nearly
everyone who gets into the limelight
comes from Iowa, says the Boone
News. Here is another one just dis
covered Senator Burton. OF Ohio who
with Senator Kenyon OF Iowa. fried the
fat out of the congressional pork. used
to go 20 college al Grinnell. Iowa He
lived with an Older brother. who still
resides on farm in Poweshiek county.
To be sure. nearly all good things come
from Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07
Iona Newspapers
PAROLES IN ILLINOIS.
Davenport Times.

In Illinois 1t is announced that there
Is TO be hereafter only one parole 10
one prisoner. Ttat is to say If a pr@-
oner violates his parole he is to be
sent back TO prison and kept there
until he serves the maximum time for
which he was sentenced. The prisoner
who takes a chance in violating his pa
role viii not get second chance,
II is believed the effect will be good.
for IL will make parole mean more
TO a prisoner, and the possibility that
a favor once granted will be abused
Will be lessened. Every prisoner pa
rolled will have the highest interest in
keeping straight in order 10 avoid
serving many years of additional time
behind the bars
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07
ARE OUR TAXES TOO AlGH2

Taxes are higher than they ever
were. Sure they are. The school
boards. The county boards. the town
ship boards, the city councils as well
as the legislature have all had a hand
in leyying the taxes. too. The time
has gone by when the increase can be
charged up to increased valuations for
all of the boards knew what the val
uations We're this year and yet they
failed to scale their ievies down so as
TO prevent an actual increase in the
taxes paid
Taxes are higher than in former
years and II behooves US to inquire
why. The only answer is, are we get
ting our moneys worth? a $4,000
house on $1,000 lot in Marshalltown
was assessed last year at $4,000 and
taxed on one-fourth or $1,000 taxable
value and this year the combined state,
county and city tax bill was s92 upon
that property and here is what the
tax payer paid for.
For the general expenses Of the
state government .........s2 $3.50
For the maintenance and upbuild-
ing Of the state university. state
normal school and state agricul-
tural college so
For extending the grounds around
the state capitol building 80. so
For the various prisons, hospitals
and reform schools Of the state. SO
For agricultural extension work
at Ames and special buildings. so
Total for all state purposes "a 80
For salaries of county officers and
general county expenses of keep
Ing M the court house, jai!,
etc $50
For he care Of the countys poor,
insane and soldiers relief .... $50
! For the expense of the courts,
judges, bailiffs, juries etc, in
protecting property and personal
safety 80
For the building and repairing of
bridges turnout the county -. 400
| For the improvement of county
| roads, half of which must be
main roads within the city linn
Its 90
For general county school ex-
| penses .....-............ 100
! Total for all county purposes. s1o 10
For the maintenance of the public
I schools and building of new
! school buildings in the city. $685.
For the general expenses of the
! city. such as salaries of council
| men. clerks, policemen. etc. 90
For paying off city bonds and
| their interest ................ 1.50
For lighting the streets about
town Including the electroiers. SOC
For paving street intersections and
| portions of corner lot paving. -. 400
| For the city park .-....-... 1.5[
For grading the citys streets -. ESQ
| For sewer extensions .. 20t
! For the maintenance of a $4,000
| public library with 1900 vol
| umes 2.5t
For fire protection with a paid de-
| partment and automobile equip
ment 7.ot
For policemen's pensions ...... 2;
| Total for the city's public
schools $685.
Total for city purposes ... SO 4:
Total tax Bill I .-...............9922. 9!
Thus we have it that when mar
pays ssz taxes upon home that cos
him approximately $1,000 in Marshall
tnmn he yets all the benefits Of hi
~tate government Including its stat,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07

Those who know the political sagac-
ity of Senator Cummins viii bite hard
on their cigars and move up little
closer to the table when the senator
calls for only one card" thinks the
Waterloo mes-Repuolican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07

President Wilson having opposed
Glynn in New York because he was the
Tammany candidate at the primaries
now accepts him since the nomination
was won and it moves the Sioux City
Journal TO remark The primary
system has its drawbacks. but 1t also
has its advantages. One of these is
the way il simnlifies the acceptance
of any candidate who is strong enough
with the people 10 secure fairly won
primary endorsement"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07

Published by the secretary OF state
Of the state Of Iowa In accordance with
the provisions OF the constitution OF
the state OF Iowa and Of section IS Of
the supplement to the code. 1907.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.
Providing For the Time Of Hoidinl
b General Elections HOUSE Joint Res


General Elections House Joint Heses1
:ut;oT. :. =. . 4 !
4 Joint resolution proposing an amendSi
ment to the constitution Of the state
Of Iowa, repeating section seven 90 oS
article two (2) Of said constitution, am !
proposing q substitute therefor, reiat-l
ing to and providing for the time Oh
holding general elections.
!, Be II. enacted by the General Aesj
sembly OF the State Of Iowa:
I, Section I. That the following smeneG
nent to the constitution of the stasej
OF Iowa be and the 'sareis hereby PRE-
| posed: II
To repeal section seven rs Of article
two (2) OF the constitution OF Iowa
and to adopt in lieu thereof the follow
ing. to wit:
"The general election FOR state. dir,
itrict, county and township officsrs in,
the year 1915 shall be held in the sane.
month ana on the same days ~ that.
fixed by the laws OF the United states
for the election Of presidential electors.
or Of president and vice president g
the United States: and thereafter sueAl
election shall be held a. such time 80
the general assembly may by law pres
vide" si u
Sec. ,. That the foregoing amsAdsl
| snent to the constitution Of the state
Of Iowa be. and the same - hsrsby -
ferred to the legislature TO be choeeN
at the next general election for merl.'
bers OF the general assembly. and ths&
the secretary OF state cause the sas9o'
to be published NJ provided BY law
Approved April 8, A. d, 1913 II;
hereby certify that the foregolMk
lis = full true and correct copy OF H0Uvo
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07
IOWA NOTES AND OPINION.

The Mason City Times says that
Northern Iowa has not seen such de-
mand for real estate since the early
boom DAYS when lands In northern
Iowa were first thrown on the market
and shown TO be productive"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07
HAMILToN's HOME PAPER.

tSCNdi INopluS Nd1StsS'J
Governor Clarke has cast his die IN
Cedar Rapids. And the impression he
has left behind him is that he is a
man OF sincerity In purpose, honesty
in character, but lacking in political
finesse. The governor has permitted
himself to be drawn into a rather
tight corner and he admits It himself.
He declared that John T. Hamilton's
method of attack Is unfair IN that 1t
strikes at an issue which really has
been efficiently handled and which
manifestly will work for state better
ment. In this statement he alludes
to increased taxation. and assertsttha-
the democratic candidates effort to
ride into office" in this manner seems
questionable to him. There state
ments In themselves are proof of the
governors shortcomings as politi-
clan
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07
VISITING NURSE IN DAVENPORT

IIJdN tIIPUIt = IfbtS'J
The work of the Visiting Nurses
Association has grown so that 1t now
requires about $4,000 annually to
finance - It keeps four nurses busy
They entered 51I Davenport homes in
me year ending yesterday, in almost
every case on the call of some repu-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-07
WHAT ONE STATE is DOING
DUBUQUE Times ournal.)

Mary Jones uyeS IN q country loWH'
She tires OF its narrow ways: she
yearns for the brigh: lights Of city.
Now 1t may be that Mary is better
off where she Is working by day In
the kitchen and in the evening long
; ing for some place to go. than she
would be swallowed up in a wilderness
lind argument both ways. The point
is that Mary mas made up her mind.
She is bound to make the change.
Shall she take the risks alone or is
i; worth while for society to try TO
help her?
In Wisconsin the state has decided.
In a small way as yet. to try to help
Mary find a new place In the city.
of the bureau calls to see how she il
getting on. To a degree the state
watches over Mary-white slavers or
other exploiters are not allowed the
right Of way.
OF course. having received her
chance. 1; is up to Mary. The inter-
esting fact is that she gets a chance;
fair one.
But. you ask. what business Is
this of the school principal"
None at all. except as the state
sees fit to make 1t his business. But
since he has helped TO train Mary and
Is a man OF standing and good will and
can do the new work we'll, why
shouldn't he be engaged to do 1t.
Suppose, now, that Farmer Brown,
two miles west of Sank City, wants a
farm hand and doesn't know where
10 hire oTia. e there any ahtectlnn to
his calling up the school principal on
the telephone and having the latter or
der one from Milwaukee?
The school house as q social center.
as center Of political education for
the grown ups and as a free employ
ment agency need be none the less the
place where the children are trained.
Mary Jones will not think else OF
the school system because 1t has been
the means OF getting her a good job.
The more we read Of what Wiscon-
sin is doing for her people the more we
appreciate being close neighbor.
Let us suppose that Mary lives In
Sank City-which isn't city at all
hut only village OF a thousand souls
Let us suppose. further, that she
wants to go to Milwaukee and be a
milliner but knows no one there. and
Is at loss how to proceed.
In that case Mary may go to the
principal Of the village high school.
who lie also an agent OF the Wiscon-
sin Industrial commission. She proves
to him that she can do good work as
a milliner. He wires the commission
that Mary wants Job. The commits
sion wires It's bureau In Milwaukee,:
the bureau consults its records and
wires back that a safe job Is open.
The principal then gives Mary proper
directions. Mary goes to Milwaukee.
presents her letter and Is taken on for
q try-out. From time to time an agent
Ecuador forbids by law the sale Of
patent medicines containing deleterious
substances,