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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17
THE NAY OUT.

The New York Tribune, representa-
tive u the conservative republicans
and the Taft organ in the last cam
paign. offers it's party wing this
Unless the eastern s,andpai,ers are
willing 20 accept a western candidate,
either Hughes or Roosevelt is likely &c
be nominated by the republican party
for president"
Hughes, wise in his generation. and
happily situated as he is. has refused
to be made the convenience OF politi-
clans and there is no present iikel.-
hood that ne will change his mind
That Roosevelt shall be nominated by
a republican convention is scarcely
beiievabie IN the west where the i'm.
preston is strong that If ne were SC
nominated Woodrow Wilson would
beat him in the election Mr.. Roose-
Welt with mis- pugnaciiy ard ea-nes
| Tillin gness to give and take blow!
| would appear 10 the west, which i.
fearful OF war and suspicious Of war.
! like preparation, an uuwise candidate
! when opportunity for national en-.
oroilment is common One thing the
Tribune's assertion makes very clear:
the conservatives Of the east have
given up Mr.. Roots candidacy among
themselves.
The logical way gu, Is the western
| Candidate and the logical candidate i:
the IoEan. The most serious opposi-
; ton that Senator Cumrins would oavs
in the east would De upon his failure
70 shake a WAY banner alott and shou,
| for standing army OF million men
And that frenzy is likely TO abate in
the east except n the propaganda OF
! the munitions manufacturers.
The situation Is easy. Nominate ths
! Iowan and elect him
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17
PAk!EN!;: do Il! REELS +
"a &klI howard I Ram -
"Of sihoeS.an ships d seal3 lBax of cabbe6es-
HQNard LkaIll]
. q stoes. snd SHIPS sd seel!n8 lsax
rHE AccoRpoN,

The accordion Ia feeble effort on
the part OF man to improve upon the
technique OF the male hyena. It Is the
nearest approach to windmill that
has not been oiled for four consecutive
seasons that has been devised since the
three-Quarters elliptic automobile
spring became popular.
The accordion was invented In 1929
at Vienna, by contortionist named
Damien, who was not afraid Of music
In any form. Damien had exhausted
the possibilities of the grand piano Of
that day, being able to play upon the
black keys as well as upon the white.
and he set about to get up an instru-
meHt that would leave an net!rely Diff
ferent impression when heard at close
range. How well he succeeded Is
shown by the fact that whenever an
accordion comes down the street with
its mouth wide open people who would
pay 81 to hear the Kneisel quartet
pulldown the windows and crawl nu-
der the bed.
The accordion is small. dblong OBJ
ject, consisting of two sides of dry
goods box, and q stout, flexible bell
lows. The purpose Of the bellows Is
to take in air from the outside. and
convert 1t into harmony by F1etcheriz-
ing most OF the notes In the key Of c.
The bellows is also useful in phrasing,
as healthy accordion In the hands of
an interested performer can sustain
long, intricate strains for hours at a
time without stopping TO take breath.
The accordion is so designed that 1t
can be seated on the lap of the per-
former. and played with the hands.
feet eyes mouth and knees. the facial
expression indicating at once whether
the music is gay or melancholy. 1t re-
quires considerable muscular develop
ment to play the accordion and not
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17
A pfTiFul ECONOMY.

Senator Kenyon raises an excellent
point in his protest 70 the pos-oGics
department against the discriminative
Reorganization" OF rural mail routes
that has been going Oh Ii Iowa He
suggests that II the postmaster gen
eral will cut out needless ranking
privileges and sending political gar
den seeds by mail he can avoid wreck
ing the rural service.
L: appears from petitions fled with
the senator that patrons must go a
mile and a half and two miles for their
mail and that patrons on some routes
get mall but once in forty eight hours
Senator Kenyon is simply stating a
fact when he asserts that the farmers
and country people are entitled to an
adequate service on the mail routes
The farming interests in Iowa and the
west are at least equally importan,
with business and manufacturing in
terests. Farming is a business and a
big business here and to deprive farm
ers and stoekmen Of their market re-
ports and adequate means of communi-
cation on business matters is not less
commercially embarrassing to then
than a forty EIGHT hour mail would bs
to the other producers and traders.
It is penny policy that denies de.
cent rural rail service. In the face o.
democratic extravaganza the saving
| thus accomplished is utterly neglibIe.
With the rural mail crippled In or
der 10 save a comparatively small sun
and one ridiculously little compared t,
| the annoyance and loss it's saving en-
tails. with direct taxes multiplied, witt
a program proposed that seeks t.
place tax on practically everything
except existence the outlook under tn
democratic administration is not on
to inspire confidence. Moreover tn
half has not yet been told II Congress
man Green has stated facts in his re
Icent interview when he said:
It is quite plain that the admins
tration mas brought the treasury dan
lgerousiy near bankruptcy and
Twisting and shifting its methods {
bookkeeping has sought to conceal II
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17
Topics of the Times

OF course i-cent postage would be
! fine and big reduction in the stamp
. bill but 1t faces condition and not a
theory. The blamed treasury Is dry
as bone as was to be expected by
this time under democratic admins
, trstion and instead of l-cent postage
the chance seems better for a return 10
the Scent stamp of our fathers and
/ uncles.
Perhaps il isn't worse for Mr.. Ford
to spend couple Of millions playing
peacemaker than for the man with
his weekly salary in his pocket to buy
can Of cigars. That is, perhaps the
waste OF money isn't worse. It's all
smoke and self grati-ication.
The Fatherland's idea tina, the fires
in the munition and steel works are
acts Of providence probably includes
the theory that providence works thru
human agencies.
We must increase the taxes" de-
c!ares the president in his message
We must reduce the service on mail
routes seems TO be the fixed determi-
nation Of the postmaster general. The
voters haven't offered an opinion as
Yet but the time is coming when they
will.
rs Bob Cousins thinking OF coming
back inquiries the Burlington Hawk
eye. Well. whatever Bob is thinking
several other fellows have beat aim to
the congressional idea and are hold
ing the thought
Its an awful thing those long forced
marches made by the troops retreating
before the Bulgarian advance; but a
girl clerk who has been on her feet
for twelve hours during a Christmas
rush knows just how tired they feel.
The Dubuque Telegraph says that
BUriesoa is conscientious" in his re-
organization Of Iowa mail routes. Per-
haps SO. but L so. his conscience needs
oTs-hsulirs. The ouii IN the china shop
went about his business "conscient-
lousy"
.as
That mulct law which every saloon
man IN Iowa Joined to condemn as ONT
Easeous and hypocrit:cal is looked
upon as a friend and rock Of shelter
by the same men who condemned II.
Misery makes strange bedfel,nws.
Ia
One OF the easiest ways to get I'D
netghooraood row Is TO imagine that
Your neighoor wants TO lick you and il
likely 10 be over any morning for ,ha,
purpose. The same state of mind
should bring ;he same -esults se..-sza
rario.s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17

real situation. The burdensome and
vexatious direct taxes which have
been levied in times of peace are
clearly insufficient TO maintain a rea-
sonable working balance in the treas
ury but the prospect is that the Amer
lean people will have s,ill more stamps
TO moisten in view Of the need of the
treasury for additional revenue and the
disposition of the administration to put
the burden of its failure upon those
who ought not to bear it.
With a demand from the administra-
ton for half billion that must grow
into billions for military establish
ment the comparatively petty sums
saved by wrecking great public SER
vice seem pitifully small.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17
GRAVEYARD ScAlPS.

1t is related that during the French
and Indian wars after the capture of a
fort and the massacre of its soldiers
and civilians the Indians dug up the
corpses in the burying place where
many had been buried during an cpl
demic of smallpox and took the scaips
of the dead home as trophies. Small
pox Of course broke out in their VIII
lage and devastated the tribes
Ii doesn't do TO dig up scalps. Some
folks, however, are always digging in
smallpox graveyards. There's the fell
low who always knows something to
the other mans discredit and delves
inio the grave OF years to dig it up and
flaunt il oefore the eyes of others. He's
digging for scalQS. And Ike the In
dams he gets the infection. The pus-
1ules Of mean mind and a scandal
nonge-ing soul break out on him
Then the woman who makes it her
business TO remember and relate every
Incident that other women have lived
down thru long and useful period. the
school girl VINO hurries 10 tell a scan
Gal upon another, the young woman
who seeks 10 cast suspicion an another.
thsy are all digging for scslps IN
graveyard. Their trophies are their
OWL destruction. People fear them.
They are infectious. They carry con-
sag!on With them.
Those are poor trophies. They i'm
press nobody with the bearers bravery
OF sksL On the contrary they dis
avoided than rhes candal monger. He
and his graveyard scalps.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17

wherewith think Its frame mortal klnk
suffering and shame and would be Its heritage L
know Therefore shall not this misfit in
FAINT from grave" You'd think we'd all applaud the
doc for putting up this line of talk but TO- the senti-
enasts whose thought machines have maudiin twists
throw dornicks bulgng chase him the
timber The sob squad rises in its wrath consig1s
the doctor to broth Far better let infant
all kinds of i'll pain know struggle thru this
tears with sghtless and Hopping with
stunted and palsed frame. than interfere with
lures game Forgetting they rant and the doc
tor didn't Why prosecute the dauness docf
Why not improve the human stock? We are improving
cows and hogs sheep and hens. and dogs but
any sort or runt do, II t is stock YOU
Perhaps dozen ages hence wen cultivate COM
NOR sense. &ssEts&$5
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17

on the lawn in q pink ktmono.
In the hands Of a sktlkul player q
forty eight note accordion with piccolo
and bass drum attachments can be
made to produce several brands Of
unique harmony, which are not found
in any OF the textbooks. The late In
struments have an attachment for
bringing out the melody SO that It can
be seen with the naked eye. It does not
take long to learn the accordion well
enough to discourage visitors who drop
In for feast OF music, as they usually
retire in an apologize manner immedis
ately after the first course.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17
nus increases the productivity Of the

thus increases the productivity Of the.
soil
There is no doubt but that the best
place to preserve manureis In the soil.
s1but, since Il Is not always practicable
TO haul II out and spread 1t over the
!! steid daily ...:s different chemical
methods have been used In order to
check fermentation The following
substances have been found to be or
less successful: Kainit, gypsum. rock
phosphate, acid phosphate. sulphuric
acid, salt, etc. Since manure contains
only small amount of phosphorus, y
has been found most profitable to re-
/ enforce and preserve II with some
. phosphate. especially acid phosphate.
Rock phosphate has also been found
to be very efficient when mixed with
fresh manure. In a test at the Ohio
station the first produced = crop in-
crease equal to $4ss a ton and the lat
ter 34.49 a ton. It would seem. there
fore, II these figures are correct. that
one could hardly afford not to use one
!! e .h> :,hn.nhate cnmnnnnda on fresh
manure.
How 20 Select Seed Beans.
Get seed from your own crop II pos
, sible. Il there are no clean pods in
your own crop try to secure clean pods
from a more fortunate neighbor.
Select in the pod-not after thresh-
ing. 5si
Pick pods free from all spots. Spots
on the pods mean anthracnose or hac-
terial blight may be- hidden In the
seemingly clean beam.
Thresh selected pods separately
Examine your threshed seed care
fully and throw out all doubtful ioOk-
| Ing beans, especially those that are
spotted or shriveled.
Rotate-Dont re-plant old bean
ground next year Clean seed and roe
tation are the best crop Insurance..
II yon have to buy your seed. make
sure that It has been selected by the
grower from disease-free pods. Exam-s
Inc purchased seeds. Do not plant Il
| the threshed seed looks suspicious.
Look ahead.-Insure q supply OF
clean seed for 1917 by selecting seed
from clean pods and planting II ON
clean land in 1916. sist
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17
TWO CENT FARES.
fWashington Press

When you come to give President
Wilson credit for all he has done for
you do not forget your railroad fare.
When he became president It was
costing you cents a mIie anu Inc
railroads were making more money
than ever before. All the roads that
touch Iowa were making an average OF
more than 10 per cent net on all their
stock. water and all Passenger earn
inzs had Increased over 40 per cent In
the first six years after the cent fare
law was enacted Thorne showed all
of these things up ard he defeated sh5
eastern roads In their demand for
higher rates so completely that nobody
ever expected to hear OF their claim
again. But they had friend In the
white house. He proceeded to fill the
s..tsTsaa.s commerce commission with
men owned by the railroads. He called
In the railroad presidents and openly
declared for their demands after they
were fairly beaten on the facts. No
president ever used, his high Office for
such a purpose before. In spite Of all
his political power Thorne beat him on
most Of the freight rates both east and
west. But now he has succeeded in
raising The passenger fare by 20 per
cent. This applies TO every ticket
across a state line. The ticket that
cost You Ave dollars win now cost you
sfx. It is President Wilson that has
forced this increase upon you 50 these
Iowa railroads can earn more than 10
per cent upon their watered stock.
The fight does not end here. The
next move il to elect men to the leg
;slature who win repeal the cent
Jar. law asia allow them 20 charee -
cents within the state. They have had
their candidate selected for many
months in this county and he has been
| button -holing the voters from the sa-
looms Of Iowa City TO the mouth Of
Crooked Creek Az soon az his peti-
| tfon 10 circulated the press will tel
you his name. He led the fight a9ainst
Thorne year ago when the petitions
| were circulated and now he thinks shs
! railroads can send him to the legfsla-
ture in spite OF the farmers and bust
ness men.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17
The Stravpile
surb.rk's Creations.

8urhanEs Creations.
.-h. following are said TO be some Il
Li.her Burbank's creations:
Growing potatoes from seed.
Uniting the Japanese plum and APP
:.::ss;5ss cot, maxim grew California rdnne
Uniting plum and apricot, making
new plumcot
Fastening the growth OF trees from
200 TO - years TO mature.
Growing three different peoples from
one stalk
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17
NSUKING THE SCHOOLS.
Davenport Tfmes.1


The Davenport board Of education.
baving made study OF the amount OF
money paid out in premiums during
the last fifteen years, has decided to
put up To the voters in March the
question OF whether the district shall
carry it's own insurance.
It has been found that during that
time the district has pafd out $4,000
In insurance premiums and the IRE
loss in the same time has been &2lL59.
II the property Of the district were
all in ono place the proposal to carry
It's OWN insurance would not be con-
sfdered good business By anyone. Es-
TsesaHJ is that tTue tes;ztsse the con
structfon Of the buildings. aside from
the high school Fl mt hrenroof
But as the buildings are scattered
! the probabilities that more than one
building would be destroyed by fire In
any one year are not great Even ia
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17
a> M-~-A
Cautious.

Cautious.
1 want a careful chauffeud - one
who takes no chances"
That's me- sir! require references
or salary in advance."-Judse.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17
Masonic Meetings.

~ STATED COMMUNICATION
Marshall Lodge No. 10S A. F. and A. IL
Regular meeting, election Of oflcers
Friday. Dec. IL, $50 p. N. John W.
Wells, secretary: W. II. Steiner, W. NJ
SlGNET CHAPTER. No. IS, R. A NJ.
Regular convocation Monday evening
Dec 20. for election Of officers. l. =
kilborn. II. P, John ". Wells Rec'
SPECIAL ASSEMBLY. King Solomon
Council No. 20. r. & s. NJ Monday
Dec. 20. election OF officers Come
L T. Forbes. recorder; George Gregory
L NJ.
STATED coNcLAVE, ST. AldemaT
Comrande-y No 80, n T. Tuesday.
Dec. u. 80 o'clock Business ana
election of officers, N. S. Mcfarland.
Rec: George Gregory, E. c
SPECIAL MEETING Central Chap
ter No. s.. O z. s. Saturday Dec
IS. 80 p. m. Initiation. Anna Down
ing. secretary: Mary Black CoA,ns'
W. II.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17
stackina Hoy.

One OF the methods Of determining
whether hay is tit TO stack il 70 take
a handful and twist It as hard a. =
can be twisted with the hands. and u
no juices are forced out of the stems
hi is consedered ready for The NOV. as
a rule. Where II Is cured in the cock
1t would be spread out 20 the air and
the sun from one to two hours before
fa tJIi5g 20 th.. harm.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17

Making a new shasta daisy.
Plums without stones.
Cherries which. when picked, would
leave stones on trees.
Creating a spineless actus. 5 new
blackberry and raspberry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17
Iona Newspapers
SENSIBLE SUGGESTION.
Mount Vernon Record1

One Of the things needed for 1915 is
a small tractor for Mount Vernon.
Tractors may be bought for $500 to
800 that with one man to operate them
will do more real work on the streets
than all the horses that can be put on
the work. This has been proved con-
clusiyeiy in many places. There is as
much reason and economy for working
the streets and roads with big bunch
OF horses and men as there would be in
putting in dozen hand presses to do
the work done by either one OF the
Big book presses in this Office.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17

weaken in the middle Of an impas.
stoned arpegEio, and some physicianl
go so far as to say that an accordion
workout before breakfast is more
beneficial as . fat reducer than rolling
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17
siheria /. Piekina un.

A number OF new commercial enter
prises have recently been undertaken
In northwest Siberia Many iodine
works have been established in the
Es;ghsc:hccd sf viadiTostSk, On the
shore Of the Japanese sea, the iodine
being made from seaweed found sthere
in abundance. An interesting distfi-
Iery for ether has been opened the
bulk OF the ingredients being rio1ets
ard III. hInssnn1a frnm the ITeenrf
countryside. A good deal OF amber is
being collected from the beach along
the coast OF Prern0rsk ana many new
salt workings have been opened IN the
government OF Irkutsk and In the Lena
ihinterland In the vicinity Of ViIuisk.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17
SENSE AND SENTIMENT

said dead:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17
Anrlxinn Manure.

To increase the yield Of crops from
light appil, alton OF manure, sas six to
eight -oLs per scre. is much greater Pc
ton # manure applied than Were
large quantities are used at single
application, ana the farmers =
ply lighter applications at shorter IN
teryals receive better results from
given amount OF manure than those
who make heavier applications at
longer intervals.
Plant Food.
The business OF farming at present
demands the richest piast feea ct fhs
least cost, plant food that will return
the largest profits. Rich stable ma
nure has neither an equal nor COM
petitor. It contains not only the plant
food elements, nitrogen, phosphoric
! sc.a ard potash thar the hteh-grade
commercial fertilizers possess. but at
the same time excels them in vegetable
material for making humus. Rich
stable manure is acknowledged to be
very efficient in promoting the work
OF bacteria % necessary in crop pro-
duction The manure from animals
applied to soil improves the texeure
and mellowness, increases the water
holding capacity. promotes better AGRA
ton and increases the soil tempera-
ture. Its mechanical effect on heavy
clay land Is most beneficial. as here
| its use helps the close texture by
loosening the packed soil grains and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17

One o. the easiest WAYS TO &c. m
eishooraood row Is TO imagine that
your neighoor wants to lick you and is
likely 10 De over any morning for tha.
purpose. The same state Of mind
should bring ;he same resul.s sss-za
racioCS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Did II ever occur 10 the wise heads
on Iowa democratic newspapers that
/ rs trying 10 have the democra tic
4Ety 'straddls' prohibition, suffrage
and every other issue, that these things
are coming, anyhow inquiries the
Knoxville Express tDem) Whether
the democratic party in Iowa gets on
Inc right or the wrong side. these
! things are coming. It does not make
any great difference to prohibition
| whether We shall declare for it, but il
! VIII make great difference TO the
party. Fifty Or sixty years ago the
uTiIiv1f ait party went wrong on the
slavery question Il did not greatly
| retard human freedom, but II did re-
'ard the democratic party In the
state o. Iowa the democratic party
stands at the parting OF the ways on
another great question Of human
rights; shall We go wrong or right ?"
! The warden Of the West Virginia
state peni,entiary reports the number
Of negro prisoners has decreased since
| the enactment of the prohibition law,
and the number of incoming negro
prisoners is decreasing in even greater
proportion E-c::. which circumstance
We deduce-e--Iet's see:" says the
Burlington Hawkeye, what do we de-
duce? That prohibition is a failure"
or shall we Just say it is coincidencee
II the latter, give Us some more coinci-
dences."
III Thorne will run for congress he
now has the ISSUE" says the Washing
ton Press. He has done all that is
possible to defeat the raise In pas
senger fares but a Wnsonized COM
mission has unjustly beaten him. The
next field OF battle is In congress and
Thorne is the man.
The trouble with Iowa. says the
Dubuque Telegraph Herald. "is that it
is spending plenty Of money on its
roads but is getting nothing permanent
Tor it
II we are to have a continuance OF
these filthy sex problem plays the pro-
ducers should be honest enough to adj
NIT they are putting them on for the
money there is in it and patrons should
confess they attend them because tfeJ
want something sensational declares
the Dubuque Times-JournaL "Ths
claim of either class that they are Ia
fuenced by upIift motives is ranl
hypocrisy"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-17

President Wilson is the third chief
executive to marry while occupying
the chief mAgistracy of the United
States. The others were John Tyler
and Grover Cleveland.