Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-27
Topics of the Times

Favoritism toward American ships
in exempting them from canal tolls at
Panama looks very much like ship
subsidy in disguise and President VIII
son has discovered the imposter.
Farmers whose taxes were raised
this spring should study The map If
valuations by counties and determine
for themselves as to whether their
lands have been overvalued. Scott
Grundy and Marshall counties have the
highest valuations In the state at
ss2.5s. ss0.s5 and sso.21 per acre re-
spectively. Are lands worth $50 per
acre in Grundy county or not? If they
are, then the place to eQualize taxes is
to reduce levies.
The Times Republican expended the
federal game law to its readers more
| than a month ago and its opinion Is
now sustained by United States Dis
trict Attorney O'Connor. The readers
Of many other newspapers will now
learn what Times Republican readers
nave KNOWN "eehS.
In striking contrast with 1owa's
state game warden is the North Da-
kota fish and game board Of control
which has had two Of its chief war
dens and two deputies sworn in as
federal game wardens to enforce the
new federal law against spring shoot
| ing. Federal law is the highest law il
| the land in North Dakota, bat in Iowa
! il is subordinate TO 81 gun license il
+, the eyes Of our state game warden.
Spring is here for the river harbol
at Dubuque is now open. The honker!
who passed over Iowa this week wer'
able to see all these things from wher'
they stood.
The office of public roads at Wash
ington has assigned three Of it's bes
engineers to supervise the improve
ment Of $50 miles Of road leading from
Washington thru Virginia and botl
Carolinas to Atlanta, Ga. The states
highway department will do most 0
the work with state convicts.
South Dakota's progressive senator
Coe I. Crawford, was defeated in tn
republican primaries this week YER
largely because large number Of pro
gressive republicans withheld them
selves from participat ton in a republi
can primary and are going to nominal
third party progressive ticket. Thi
will resui: n electiHs democrats {
congress from South Dakota as 1t re
suited in the last presidential election
and should be considered by all pro
; gressives in Iowa in the light of tn
facts. Do We want progressives electe
! on the republican ticket or do we wan
prozressires and republicans both de
, feated by democrats?
The Carroll Herald admits that ther
; are few papers in the country az in
teresting editorially as the "T.-R." bt
still the Herald while it cant 81
along with the T.-R. all the time"
! compelled to admire its ability an
i pep"
e
The average county in Iowa hs
:, been wasting from $4,000 to $1,000
per annum in making repairs to ten
porary wooden bridges. but under u
new law the engineers are rushing pei
y manent concrete construction which
: ten years time should about stop tn
annual waste Of half the bridge fund
e In ten years time the engineers vi
have saved their entire salaries on tn
one item alone to say nothing OF II
i, ADVANTAGE of building all roads to
i definite survey.
Of The law Of compensation Is at VOL
C and this has been made fine sprii
for pigs. A bountiful pig crop follow
= ing last years epidemic OF disease "
= take care of the MORTGAGES in the
~ due time.
Jim Trewin says the records =