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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19
A TRIANGULAR RACE.

AS the situation stands in the Sec
ond district congressional race there
is no reason why the republicans
should not have an entry. The sug-
gestion from Muscatine that because
there was no district chairman APP
pointed at the last congressional con-
vention nobody is authorized to call
a convention for the special election
is hardly tenable. II available can
didates are brought to the front there
will be no difficulty about finding a
way to call the convention. The con-
gressitna c-mmittee of the district
Is still in existence.
The Second district was long the
orphan district of republican Iowa,
purposely made democratic in It's for
nation to insure the continuance OF
republican representatives from the
neighboring districts That was a
common trick OF party politics of the
older time, but 1t was nard on the
republicans OF the district. Without
mourning long over it they set to work
to redeem the district, and four DIFF
ferent republican congressman have
represented 1t since that time. The
impending split in the republican party
was the cause Of returning the district
to the democratic fold in 1910 and in
1912 1t left the democratic candidate in
undisputed possession of the field.
But the republican party Is getting
together again for good battle in 1915,
and need not give up the Second Iowa
district without struggle. 1t Is true
that the announcement OF = progressive
party candidacy on the face OF It f00kS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19
man with . tooth ache who has no

man with tooth ache who has no
money?
It Is true that the prison physician
will extract our teeth upon request
but 1t would only be step further
to cut or our toes for corns or in
growing nails.
Many prisoners endure tooth aches
for years in the effort to retain thell
teeth until they can reach DENTIST
after freedom Is regained. AS there IS
not one prisoner in twenty who can
afford to employ dentist. many COM
PEELED by insufferable pain submit TO
the extraction Of their teeth.
Deformed mouths are seen all around
US. Decayiny teeth. and few or no
teeth, ruin the health. particularly IN
a place like this where one can not
choose his food.
/ do not know what action Is nee
essary to provide us with a prison
dentist, but 1 do know that we need
dentist here as soon as possible.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19

c!dent is also grave. tho not immedi-
ately critical The defaulted payments
are not repudiated but merely post-
poned. They will hold good as liens
upon Mexico, whatever government
may there prevail. There is. therefore.
no occasion for immediate govern
mental action in behalf of the ag-
grieved bondholders, action which in
any event, even that Of outright repu-
diation. governments are increasingly
chary about taking. But the moral and
sentimental effect Of the episode upon
the attitude Of the four chief powers
Of the world toward Mexico can not
fail to be most unfaovra BILE to Huerta's
dictatorship. 1t may be that Huerta
will complain that the United States
drove him to default by preventing him
from getting additional loans, but that
will appeal not so much to reason and
justice as to a. somewhat acrid sense
Of humor.-New York Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19

tion OF incrsased taxation and In
creased expenditures. The function.
,cf government hays been ~ enlarged
that taxation ml1t command the at
tsntion of evsrysman. Then there Is
the question Of integrity. In the minor
places. It appears to be 30 difficult to
secure the services Of men who Will
fully realize their own responsibilities.
On school boards. boards OF super
visors and as members OF boards OF
township trustees. good men are IN
constant demand. Old systems OF petty
graft in small places must be cut out.
The public service in petty Offices must
be elevated to a higher plane. There
should be no quarrel between the "oid
Guard" and the new guard in regard TO
the ends to be accomplished.
It will take the cooperation OF all
good intentioned men to do what ought
to be done in Iowa along the lines we
have Indicated
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19
TWO PRISON PUBLICATIONS.

The Joliet Prison Post, devoted to
prison news" edited by a prisoner ami
published monthly by the board Of
commissioners and the warden of the
penitentiary at Joliet. H. comes close
to being all that prison publication
should be. 1t has something in II
The warden takes advantage of its COL
umns to outline his purposes and talk
openly with the inmates of the prison.
A prisoner who was one of last falls
speaks for the forty-five men who
constituted the road working expert
ment with convicts when he reviews
the work, the spirit in which the men
took hold Of it and declares its sue
cess from a reformatory standpoint.
The prison physician and the chaplain
have their word and contributions
from convicts. letters from outside and
clippings from other prison papers
combine with some display advertising
to make up very creditable quarto
magazine of forty eight pages.
The main thing about the prison
post is that it is worth reading by
the men inside and by those outside
who are in any way interested in the
operation Of prisons. 1t touches on
matters of actual daily interest to
those people within the walls 1t is
useful and interesting and worth the
effort.
The Anamosa reformatory where a
prison paper is being issued. should
study the Joliet style and class The
Prison Press is as nearly the opposite
Of the Post as may be- The Press is
well printed-and there's an end. The
Post is useful magazine which can
not fail to be an effective aid to the
process of reformation.
One article, by John Brady, a pri-
soner." calls attention to condition
which, IL it exists in Iowa, should be
given immediate attention and correc-
ton. He says:
As class we are very poor. Very
few of US have more than pennies, and
many have not even these.
The state lays its strong hand upon
US and confines US for periods ranging
from eleven months to life. During
this time we earn no money.
No provisions are made for dental
work, excepting the services of the Wis
ting dentist. who charges prices
which would be reasonable outside Of
. prison. Where does this leave a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19
THE OLD GUARD"


One hundred or more of "Old Guard
republicans held conference In Des
Moines yesterday to determine what to
do in regard to putting a candidate in
the field in opposition to Senator Cum
Minis.
II the proceedings are correctly re-
ported, the "Old Guard" did not decide
upon radical action. One report is
that the matter was postponed An
otker is that the meeting resolved
against putting candidate in the
field
This can be considered q fact: The
"Old Guard" as we'll as the new guard.
are anxious to serve the purposes of
good government. They are not pre-
pared to quarrel with any man who
is trying to help the general cause of
the public and of humanity. They are
not tenacious az to name. We are
quite sure that they prefer the name,
Republican" 1t is good name for a
political party. It has a good history.
1t can have great future IT the young
men take it up and unseifsh1y make
it the instrument Of serving the true
interests Of the people.
In Iowa there are plenty of battles to
fight. There 70 the ever present Ques-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19
UNDER WHICH klNe1

He said he was from Tama. He tolu
the man Of whom he asked the train
time so. Also he volunteered the IN
formation that "this amt the he'll OF a
town it's cracked up to be-" Asked
for an explanation he proceeded 10
elucidate: wy, they told NE l coula
have a HI of time in this town anu
1t amt as lively as Tama. I've been
here week and nothing to 1t. There
amt no saloons nor no women. i come
here 10 raise HI and haint had no
chance. Sure l could a had Job but
that ANTI what l came up for. I'm
knowingly he was talking to the sec
Rotary of the Y. NJ. {. a. And the sec
retary put the climax on a week of dis
appointment by a straight lecture on
general decency that filled the cup of
disappointment to the overflow pipe.
He Went TO the train a saddened man
who had been bunkoed out Of red
liaucr,, scarlet women and obscene
song and at the end had been preached
to in unmistakable terms.
But the other man who had come here
a stranger was in, the T.-R. office that
day. He had bought out a business ana
is running it for all it is worth. He
had come from a town in Illinois con-
sidered good town over there. He
said a few things TO the editor. Among
them he expressed his qualification that
he had come to Marshailtown. He saw
a splendid success in his business. He
was astonished at the good feeling and
general public purposefulness of the
men in the town. The thing I can't
get over" said he, is the way have
been treated. A Sterling friend sent
me one of his friends in the T.-R. Of
fee. He took me around town some,
got me a card for short time in the
Marshalltown club, l found everybody
glad to see a new business prospect,
everywhere I met friendly people and
since I'm here l am convinced that
there is no better business town or bet
ter town to live happily in"
There isn't much argument to be
raised over the relative value to the
two and townspeople Of the two men
who did the talking. We can spare the
person from Tama. Nobody is sorry
that he failed to find conditions inim-
ical to a HI of a time. Everyone is
glad that the man from the Illinois
town brought his energy and his money
and his family to Marshalltown. The
man from Tama is recommended to
Dubuque.
1t is general conclusion. Marshall
town is willing to trade the man look
ing for whiteline and red lights and
give the boot for the men who come
with their families and their hopes to
build UP themselves and the city. The
day when a justice Of the peace and a
brothel might find quarters on the same
floor Of the same building are gone
forever by in this good, thriving, sin
cere city. The man who is locking for
a HI Of time and whose requisites
include those demanded by the person
who said he was from Tanla is recon-
mended to go elsewhere. The town is
seeking assets, not liabilities.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19
GOOD FELLOWSHIP.
IAnamosa Journal


While standing on the Gilden house
corner one day this week we saw a
'ouching instance of the Golden Rule
A ten year old boy came hustiins
along on his way 70 school and MUNICH
ing big red apple. Az he turned the
corner he spied companion across the
street and stopped suddenly He held
up the apple and yelled, Hey, kid.
Z M over" Kid came over on the run
rake a bite, said the first, handinz
him the apple. Kid" took a very man
nerly bite out of the rosy cheek ano
handed it back. The other looked a,
the dainty nip with dsdan.
Huh: ne sncrted, You han't GO.
tn lockjaw have We? Take a bigger
p1te,' and he thrust the apple back
again. And kid" took it and bit 4,
their mutual satisfaction.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19

Alaska, and this, more than anything
else. has operated to give the people
in the States wrong impression OF
conditions in the territory. Alaska
has a great future, but it Will never be
until the men who have gone In there
at the sacrifice of their fortunes and
in many cases their health. and even
their lives. are given encouragement
by the Federal government.
THE trouble is that those who have
established the policies that control
Alaska know little or nothing about tine
country do not know that any of
our government officials. with the ex-
ception of former Secretary Fisher,
ever penetrated into the interior, and l
cannot believe that a person Is capable
of making laws or regulations for a
country of. which he knows nothing ex-
cept at second NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19
GENERAL DODGE on CAPITOL GROUNDS.

General Grenville M. Dodge In MS
home newspaper at Council Bluffs re-
plies to a civil war veteran who has
bene finding fault with the capitol ex-
tension plans and purpose. Old soldiers
all over the state and from one end OF
the country to the other know General
Dodge and are proud Of his record. both
as soldier and civilian, and will incline
to his judgment and viewpoint when
he expresses establishment that civil
war veteran should denounce the CAPT.
toll extension act as a fraud.
Ever since the soldiers monument
was set down among 4 lot of Shacks
just south of the capitol, the soldiers
OF Iowa have been up in arms for the
cxtensicn Of the grounds to give a
proper setting to this splendid monu-
ment or for it's removal to some proper
place in the city.
They have had it under discussion
a. the state department meetings of the
c.. y. r., have sent committees before
the legislature. but up to the present
time have been unable to accomplish
anything. The location of the monu-
mani without sufficient grounds and
proper surroundings. has so dwarfed it
and detracted from it's appearance, that
it very seldom attracts any attention
from the public.
But the act of the legislature, eX-
tending the capitol grounds and pro-
yicing for proper location for the
monument giving it beautiful setting,
has settled that controversy. And at
the last meeting of the state depart
ment Of G. A. r. of Iowa, they were
greatly pleased with the act of the
legislature, and passed this resolution
Resolved, That we approve of the
enlargement of the capitol park so as
to make the grounds suitable in area
and character for the patriotic monu-
ments and memorials already erected
and that may hereafter be required by
ocr prosperous commonwealth.
And when these grounds are OBJ
tanned and improved according TO the
plan adopted, I predict that no citizen
OF Iowa and especially no veteran who
visits the capitol and sees the setting
of our great soldiers monuments with
proper surroundings. but will thank the
action. which. in my opinion. is one of
the most beneficial and useful acts ever
passed by the state
The loud opposition this long con-
sidered and long needed Improvement
has met Is mainly from those who de-
sire to make political capital against
the governor and the state administra-
ton. The agitation has Influenced those
who had not given the matter attention
sufficiently close to understand the
need and propriety of the extension
Such men as General Dodge, tho their
factional and partisan alignment in
politics has not been with Governor
Clarke or with the majority of the last
legislature, highly approve the i'm
provement. The fact is that it is a
common sense proposition like building
new barn, putting an addition on the
house or securing the three cornered
patch of land which squares up the
front line of the farm: that we are able
to do it, and do it at reasonable cost.
ought to do it and are going to do it
now and that six months after it is
done it will be unanimously approved.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19
THE BOARD OF PAROLE.

what is the matter with our state
board OF Parole? 1t has recently brought
man back from the state of Washing
ton to serve term in the penitentiary
for having left the state without it's
consent. The man in question was
serving sentence in Iowa, and was pa
rolled, he went west and made good
but when the board learned he had
left the state it got busy and ordered
him back TO prison. Are there no,
enough men in the world who are al
ready failures in life without deliber-
ately wrecking the lives of those who
are making good? The most import
ant thing in the world for society and
the state. is to help men make good
especially after they have made one OF
more slips. 1t does not matter whether
is is in Iowa or elsewhere.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19
IF WE COULD.
Manson Journal.1

If we could forget the unkind words
the covert act, the mean advantage
taken, II we could blot them from our
mind as We wipe the errors from the
slate, how easy 1t would be to be gen
erous and forgive our enemies. to start
the new year with a light heart.
The trouble is that it Is only by
mighty effort that one steps up to the
man whom he believes has wronged
him and says. "Let us forget the past,
wipe out the black marks and begin
anew
The really unavoidable trials Of lie
are few compared with those We carry
because Of our own weakness or the
wrongs and sights Of others we can
not or will not escape or are uncTliilns
to make the effort. We go on year BY
year with bitterness in our hearts ana
contention in our lives that could pc
asily avoided If we would but make
the effort Half the sweetness of vic
tory is often lost because OF the bitter
ness in the life of others.
Some one has written:
This world that we're alvin IN
Is mighty hard to beat,
You get thorn with every rose,
But amt the roses sweet?
But with it all. one wonders II the
sweetness is really worth II all Does
it pay? Would 1t not be better 10 have
fewer roses and less thorns?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19
WORTHLESS NEWS?

In town like Iowa Falls few people
care whether John Jones came down or
up from Owasa or Burdette. 1t Is OF
no consequence that Susan Jane ate
supper with Jane Susan. John Johnson
may have ridden to Dows or Popejoy
in an auto. Such stuff isn't worth
printing. There are scores If not hun
dreds of people riding in and out OF
Iowa Falls every day in wagons. autos,
buggies, carts, steam cars, etc. 1t is
not the mission Of a newspaper to
stand at the four corners and report
every fellow that passes. II it Is. why
not report every time each farmer goes
to the barn or each business man to his
place Of business. 1t would serve TO
get each fellows name into print sew
eral times each day and the paper
could be pretty we'll filled up at the
end of a week.
There are other brands of worthless
news to which we will call attention
at some other time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19

shaft nine at One Hundred and Forty
ninth street and St. Nicholas place. He
descended in one Of the small cages
which carried other guests. engineers
and ordinary sandhogs earlier in the
day. When he stepped out he was
greeted by an electric sign that spelled
out Welcome Charles Strauss, pres
ident OF the board Of water supply,
made brief speech. In which he con.
graduated the mayor as representative
of the people to whom the extra supply
Of water from the Catskills will soon be
available. This is the largest rock
tunnel in the world" he said. Event
ually it will supply the people Of the
city with 70O,00O,oO gallons of water a
day. This will mean an allowance per
capita of 100 gallons, more than any
other city in the world enjoys"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19
PARCELS POST SURPRISES.
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SO far as the average merchant IN
the average country town is con-
cerned. the parcel post system is prov
ing a welcome surprise. 1t was an ex-
ception among these merchants who
did not, anticipate trouble with 1t. He
foresaw, no new opportunity to himself
but opportunity for his competitor In
the city and the mail order house.
But it is hurting nobody. AT least
il is hurting nobody except the city
merchant and the mail order house, and
these only in proportion TO the oppor-
tunity the smaller merchant apprecl-
ates in it and takes advantage of. Not
all the smaller town merchants. how
ever, have yet been able to see what
they can make 1t do for them.
Some of these realized from the start
that a chance to deliver to their coun-
try customers for few pennies what
had heretofore demanded a trip tc
town or prohibitive postage charges
was a mighty big thing. They took ad-
vantage of II at once and began tc
specialize upon parcel post or mail
order business.
For that is what it really is-a mai
order game with the cards in favor Of
up TO the merchant to play his cards
right.
He is up against a competitor. how
ever, who is an adept at the game. His
competitor realizes that the fellow who
wins is the fellow-personal contact
being largely eIiminated-who shows
his wares by printers ink, the only
medium left, the most clearly and at
tractively.
Here again the local merchant has
everything in his favor If he can sex
to pick out his trump card and play 1t
He has the opportunity to tell about
his stocks in the cheap medium OF the
local papers, which already go into all
the homes and are read first and before
everything else by the very people he Is
trying to reach. This Is the trump
card that is denied the competitor
They are denied access into all but
very few country papers.
Just give the mail order house or the
city merchant a chance to break into
these country papers and see how
quick they snatch 1t up.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19


will be a long time between beef
steaks
The ten policewomen on the Chicago
force. according to the superintendent
under whom they work. have done a
wonderful amount of good" Perhaps it
wouldn't be a bad idea to put a real
woman on all police forces, big or little
You may break, You may shatter the
club if you will but touch of the
tango will cling to it still.
That crew in the sunken submarine
know now how the republicans feel in
the Second district.
Down in Texas the patrol wagon
runs around and gathers up Mexican
generals. This ought to be a sufficient
hint to the next revolution to supply
itself with few wagons and Texans.
One thing is in favor of the myster-
ious May" who is being sought by the
Polk county coroner; she doesn't spell
it MAZE"
Pass Christian passed again when
the president came away, but the very
oysters bayed when Theodore left for
South America.
Some self made men seem to have
put in very little time finishing things
up.
Des Moines has instituted a Sunday
court. Yesterday % were tried and
every one given the limit. 1t doesn't
pay to disturb a man of Sundays.
The special highway commission OF
San Joaquin county, California, has
adjourned having completed its task
of spending $4,000. 900 Of county money
in building roads. but this is only ag-
gravation to other counties in the sun
set state so Kings county is circulat-
ing petitions for a million dollaf bond
issue for roads and the Stanis1aua
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19

county board now has q petition before
It asking for an election on = two mil.
lion bond issue.
Luxerne county In Pennsylvania 10
abreast Of Florida. Tennessee. Califor-
mia, Arizona, Texas, Washington and
most Of the other states in its issue
Of $4,000 Of county bonds for hard
roads. Three fourths Of the states In
the union are now building hard roads
from county or state bond issues and
about the only ones which are not IN
the game are the rich agricultural
states of the Mississippi valley.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19
Iona Newspapers
POPULATION AND CITIZENSHIP
IWaverly Independept

w siVtTIy Independent
"hiie Mason City may grow every
day it is evidently growing in ono
direction that is not desirable. II has
mad an influx of citizens thar arc u.;Id
and woody, and murder and robbery
are altogether too common in thai CIV
In fact Mason City is running neck and
neck with Des Moines In the number
OF hold ups. shooting scrapes. etc. The
metropolis Of the Fourth district and
that OF the state are good for scare
heads most every day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19

Thru the Des iMoines Capital Iowa
extends cordial invitation to all Cali
fornians who can do so TO spend the
balance Of the winter in this state"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-19

Upon the whole to the Nevada
Representative. "the best exhibit Of the
tendency toward republican reunion
seems to be afforded by the poor
showing made by those who from the
viewpoint Of either extreme seek to
prevent such reunion"