Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-06
Topics of the Times

The supervisors Of Clay county have
made a bargain with farmers to gravel
! ten miles of the main road Of the coun-
| ty. The farmers along the route petit
toned for the Improvement and agreed
/ to donate the work. The supervisors
decided to gravel all OF the road to the
county line if the farmers along 1t
would donate the work as the other
farmers did.
If eventually hard surfaced roads,
why not now?
If General George w. Goethals could
fill simultaneously all the big srale
ridden governmental jobs for which he
has been suggested by the press as the
remedy he would be the most employed
nan II the world, not excluding Old
Man Atlas.
IT, as the Iowa Farmer says, Europe
misses American lumber the great
northwest lumber industries miss the
European markets. With its foreign
trade destroyed by the war this in
dustry Is al low ebb.
If the claims of the warning nations
of Europe regarding the losses suffered
by the enemy were substantiated, there
wouldn't be enough soldiers left to
stage an unimportant skirmish.
The Texas way of dealing with the
Mexicans has watchful waiting beaten
to standstill. If all the revolutionary
leaders would come over the line fol-
flowing Orozco the people of Mexico
would soon be enabled to settle their
troubles and return to peaceful pur-
suits,
Judging from the number OF infant
drownings in water tanks on farms,
some safety first" measures might be
| in order at home.
In an effort to live up to her name,
MARY Full Stomach, an Indian maiden.
has secured a federal job in Washing
ton.
While nothing is expected to eventu-
ate from the present efforts to secure
peace in Europe, it is probable that
when peace is agreed to the announce
ment will come with a suddenness that
will surprise every one. Prospects Tor
peace are yet long way off. None OF
the belligerents has been whipped SUI
fciently to induce him to cry for quits.
The Times-Republican predicted that
the state fair attendance would not be
up to maximum this year for the con-
sestion of harvest work upon the farms
would keep too many away. Normally
August is a month Of play between
two harvests, but not so this year.
The cummins candidacy for presi-
dent which must be carried to the pri-
maries in dozen states offers grand
opportunity to Iowa spell-binders to
introduce themselves abroad. Volun-
teers will be called as a Cummins cam
paign has always been volunteer
movement.
According to the secretary OF the
| Greater Iowa Association those roac-
tionary supervisors have not proved
themselves very popular: Their action
| had Just the opposite effect to what
they planned" says Mr.. Clum. "Since
i their resolution I have received prob
ably 100 clippings from editorials In
Iowa newspapers All but two Of the
newspapers Of the state that COM
mented editorially on the action de-
nounced the supervisors"
| Co. ordination seems to be the need
Of the small college according to the
action of Parsons College, at Fairfield
which has requested Simpson College
and Iowa Wesleyan to merge with Par
sons, using the two Methodist schools
for preparatory schools with the col
llegiate department centered at Parsons
While they are at It one should be
converted into girls boarding school
with dormitories and trained supervi-
sion. There Is room for such a school
In Iowa.