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1916 CONVENTION
N KANSAS CITY

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hanging, or anything in house work.
Residence 500 Silver ST.. l.. G. Green.
Phone 1876.
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La Junta tribune., 1915-12-18
Charming Christmas
Eve Custom

A delightful custom IN many
homes II the reading aloud n
Christmas literature on Christ.
mns ere.
After the stockings arp hung
and the chiIdwn arr ready 10 b.
tucked SNUG In their issis the
whole family gsthess In front n
the Are. while earh one. large NJ
small. contributes something n
wari the Invocation of the
Christmas srtrtt.
Asnoog the choice se,ert,ous
thas have heeu found ess,eriaiiy
appropriate for this hcur. whea
hearts arp tender and rpcecaive.
an nirkens' ''chrsstmas Carol"
tlts fro@ llesTick. Walter Nrctt
and Oeerap Wlthees. Reginald Ne
hers ''etar % the Fast II.
ther'a t'eautlfu cMrul IAN rvHtae
10 ~ Elesnal l.erd." AIfe1
On@est'a Chsistmaa hymn. rAll.
Nm bFooks' exquislte ''Oh. 1Aetle
Town - DeehIeAeo!s - any q
~ CAslse0as ep0s WSeeteo ~
Nm eaoeueee. 1asuneee Oelanl.
oAuona y. Alrot: aod oehee Aueg.
onon aN1 enGllaA wSleesA.
Gaee = ~ Feo11uG eouoD ~
a1mroe TeeeoDeae soogy q ~
Nativity. asd ~ tn. - ~
e1l)6sea ~ eeo1y - eq0uQov
- = ~ ~ eDr5ona1on = e..
~ - onot WUo1tseol. evss M
Cago1emoo ~ sWoo = ~
Wunl uoseso fneluoDasS 1R
- ooQ9o goDgo1oo ~
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-18
ldes Fs. Christmas osesrsslsn.

udoe Poe Che5etsNs0 00e0eaeioW.
In the dining room that has 10 have
q screen 70 conceal the kitchen there
may bc q very simple and effective ad.
dition made ~ the Christmas decors.
tions by pinning holly to II. covering
the original surface completely. Lace
curtains may al.o i'c elYertualiy ussvi
In this way 10 mnke lovely bits Of
color In the rooin
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-18
"a Botanic
A Christmas Poen

b cooDLoE 1sioaaAs.
copyright. lsls BY Amer,cau ~. 49,
ciatIon.J
Doggy wore : spsie u sn,,ls,os.
j Wore il Clsissnas eve. d
couse you know
What the consequences wes
Wearing thae- -and n be- ha..
DECCY'S MOI 10 blame fcs do;ns ..
! How coald she know i ~
uistle.oe-
Just spis Of green he found
Lying carelessly arounda
COME said Peggy wasn't ve.y dow
~ All party wearing misdetoe
And . light in her blue eyes
No. exactly shocked surprise.
DECCY'S no. ,he lea.. to blame.
] although
Twas remarked. concerning ms
tle.oe,
Her mistake seemed odd. You zee.
Peg excel, in botanyI
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-18

No New Way Of Keeping Christmas.
l have among my friends some who
have tried new ways Of keeping Christ
mas. says nm English writer. They
have not been u success. When folk
have done a thing IN one wny for some
hundreds Of years II il not easy to In
vent better way Of doing Il OF
course II has been done sometimes.
We have the steam engine. the electric
telegraph. ana 10 ON. but with regard
to keeping Christmas day no one seema
likely to invent anything new that win
b~ m good Ms the old. lto~ea and Iilias
will not do instead Of holly md mistle-
toe. nnd there In no satisfactory suA-.
stitutc for beef. turkey. plum pudding
and mince pies.
Musical Christmas Tree Asldse.
For the Christmas tree q holder
which will certninly delight the chill.
dren wns placed ON the market several
years ago. The holder consists OF q
nickel plated base. containing . music
box. The tree II held firmly by three
strong prongs and screws. When
wound up the music begins TO play,
nnd the Christmas tree slowly revolvea.
This makes 6ne effect. The holder
is simply constructed. and the tire cas
i'e fastened In Il In little time. No
matter how large OF how small the
case II the tree. the prongr can be
quickly adjusted 10 hold II firmly N
place. II is very de~irnhie 10 hare the
Christmas tree stand nrmly. :
TN AttreetioN.
"vcu my you are In love with Mo
Bagrr."
u sure am"
''Isui I can't s~~ anything attractive
alWut her"
'Nciiher can . se~ Il Hut it's IN the
bank. MI sight."-cievelnnd Leader.
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-18
TN Abrasion.
oWs View 81 Mse,,sss,

Every mnn who marrics In like ths
dore who we,is the Adriatic No. Ne
knows not whit I've may 0ud thersla-
treasure. psarls. monstsrs. unkDoWn
at0ries. -Heln.trh ueiaa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-12

time was reduced by. about three years,
This, excess mortality Is partly due %
the effect Of previous tntemperate
habits in undermining the system and
partly to proportion Of the psrscns
relapsing into their old habits.
In the foregoing Glasses men who
were in the liquor business. OF IN any
other occupation involving hazard, were
excluded. Among, saloon -prdprietors'
whether they attended the bar OF pot,
there was an extra mortality Of 70 per
cent; and the causea Of death indicated
that q free use of alcoholic beverages
had caused many ofsthe deaths. The
hotel proplietors who attended the
bar either Occasionally or regularly had
as high. a mortality as the saloon keep
ers, i. e., the lifetime was reduced
about six years on the average on as
count of their occupation. In the four.
teen subdivisions of the trades con-
nected with the manufacture or sale
of alcohol, there was only one aelass
which had a normal mortality. ana
that was the distillery proprietors.
The high mortality in some OF the
occupations to which reference mas
been made must not be ascriped to the
men having other defects. such as a
family history. Where
there was any defect in the physician
condition. in the family record. in the
habits of life. etc. the insured. was
not included in the investigation ofstlie
mortality of men in the occupation. In
the same way, in investigating the
OF insured with a defect in
family record or personal condition,
no men in hazardous occupations were
included in the groups investigated.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-12

reasonably uniform system prevails all
over the state
It is a fact worthy OF note, too. that
the state is getting material at fair
prices as well az generally good work
manship in construction and plans.
Structural steel II being purchased IN
this part OF Iowa. we are credtbly adj
vised, at "a cents per pound, while IN
South Dakota the price ranges around
cents.
The state highway commission In
Iowa has been censured as an expen-
sive and useless body but on this one
item alone it has saved In two years
the4cos OF its maintenance for at least
ten years. The state board knows what
structural material Is worth. 1t Is able
to prevent anything being put over on
local boards who do not have the time,
the facilities or the opportunity to get
definite information for themselves on
these subjects.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-12
To,pics 81 TIE ! Times

j Senator Savage appears to think tina
the duty Of a committee on the sup
preston Of intemperance is to see thai
as little suppression as possible takes
place.
A good picture show, providing gooo
films is an asset to a town and the
man who runs his amusement place
on the higher plane deserves patron
age. But the show and the films and
the proprietor that pander to the train
1robbers, Jesse James taste should be
censored out of the business. We con-
denim prize fight films in Iowa. We
ought to shut out the criminal film,
with its suggestion of crime as a pur-
suit
I While attending to other important
business the legislature should get
iarpund to that non partisan judicial
law as soon as possible.
| Keep this in mind when speaking
and Iowa administrations Of the last
decade or more-there hasn't been a
real scandal in the state since-but
let's bygones be bygones.
!, But we lost that 'tsizzler" which was
ITO send the sound of broiling across
the state. 1t is just as well. The
sizzler anyway and that the causes of
sizzling are now all removed from the
educational frying pan of Iowa Let
sizzler and sizzlee r. /. p.
|" The stones that have been flung at
Clifford 'Thorne haven't bruised him
UP much in the estimation Of the far
mers. He is still very strong man in
the rural vote and not out OF any run
ming he may choose to make.
The Alta Advertiser says Congress
man Vollmer lacks good common horse
sense and seems determined to make
himself and the state ridiculous in the
eyes of the nation. Never mind. The
Advertiser is unnecessarily worried.'
One accident doesn't create condi--
ton. Iowa can never be ridiculous In
congress while she is represented by
such leadership in house and senate as
at present. Mr.. vollmer IS standing out
some but nobody blames Iowa voll-
rner is just an unfortunate incident.
Mr.. Taft says golf is game which
makes for restraint OF explosive Ian
guage- Mr.. Tai, must play the game
much better than she impression that
has been given out or he is certainly
the prize little restraine-.
What is L about the woman who
wears a low neck dress in zero weather
thai makes q man think OF Independ-
ence. Iowa. -.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-12
WHAT THE INSURANCE PEOPLE FOUND.

The life insurance companies deal
with human life as 2 business PROPOSE
ZION. Why not? they deal IN lives and
pay out their money on proof Of death
A IfTing man is al asset 20 the com
Iazy. = dad ole liability. = year
on mans life means SO much 20 the
insurance company. Il means more 70
the man himself and his family. SO the
insurance people haze been making a
surrey Of risks. Experts with the
figures al hand cid the work and lie
Insurance. morality figures are as &c
cura-e as the multiplication table
Here's wna1they found:
Among Tbs men Eho admitted that
they had taken alsefaol occasionally 20
excess in the past. hu..rwhose habits
were considered satisfactory when they
were insured, there were 2s9 deaths.
while there would have been only 1a9
deaths had this group been made up
OF injured lives in general. The extra
mortality was, therefore. over 50 per
cent, which was equivalent TO alcsduc-
ton Of over four years IN the average
life OF these men. II this meant that
four years would be cut of the end
of the average normal lifetime of each
man, there are many who would con-
slider that "the game was worth the
CANDLE" but it means that in each
year q number OF men win die at an
earlier age than they should For ex-
ample. at age IS, the expectation OF
life is 90 years; IN the first year after
that age instead of, say, nine persons
dying, there would probably be twelve
deaths, that Is. three men would each
lose tlairty-two years of life; in the
next year probably four. men would
each lose thirty-one years Of life, etc.
As a matter OF fact, many hnmoderate
drinkers would live longer than thirty
two years, but not nearly SO many az
would live II they had been moderate
drinkers and pfar fewer than II they
had been total aostAiners from alcohol
Among the men whose habits Were
formerly antenaperate but who had re-
formed for at least two years prior Il
their acceptance by the Insurance. COM
panies, the extra mortality was fully
20 Der cent, /. e.. their average Me
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-12
Housing the Supreme Court

n likely to hmvs1eAs rather than moro full
! hedged commissions. The work will
ultimately be- done by departments or
bureaus. under ono ,or more chiefs, and
a lot ct supernumcrarieS wilF be cut
out.
AZ government by tnnumerabie CONS
missions Is in its expettmenta2 stage.
TT would seem to be folly to erect q new
office building for such bodies, espe-
cially H such structure could not
easily be converted into anything other
than an Office building. Before such Q
building Is constructed the state SHOULD
at least have adopted policy quite as
permanent MS that of the court with its
several departments. We refer toa this
latter matter because efforts have
been, and are now being made to se-
cure an appropriation from the coming
legislature for an OFFICE building to
house the many boards and commits
sions already mentioned
Independent Of the fact that We are
lawyers and especially Interested IN
q judiciary building: We feel ,as elti-
xens that It would be q fatsl mistake
to erect an Office building Ut this
stage Of the states development.
The last and Anal point IL that
the judiciary is not properly housed.
There is not now nor do we sec any
room for the seventh Judge added. to
the supreme court, and IL Others were
added SO as to make nine, In accord
with the thought OF the, last general as
sembly, there will be no place for them
when the Legislatures Is in session.
Again. the commerce counsel with his
assistants, has no room In which to
work. and as he must have access to
the law and legislative references Ii
brary, he could not well be transferred
TO an Office building.
A new Judiciary building would re-
heve all this congestion and house
the different departments of govern
ment where they belong. ts
! We are enclosing some clippings
from newspapers and other data which
contain the arguments for q Judiciary
building, and we also call Your aften-
ton to pages 162. 165, 1S6 OF the pro-
ceedings OF the last state bar associa-
ton for other reasons for The temple
Of Justice. We trust you will road Ill
OF these. and If you have . city or
county bar association. that you will
bring the matter before s,sch associa-
ton some time before Jan. 10, and see
that proper steps are taken to present
the matter to your members OF the 1eg~
islature: and also to get your news
paper to indorse the temple OF Justice
as against the office building or other
proposition.
Il you have no bar association call
In few lawyers and lay such plans
as will bring about what we al . COM
nittee from the last bar association.
believe to be a matter Of vital import
ance to the state At any rate. we
should like to have you canvass tho
matter with Your members Of the leg
islature, and advise u as soon as pos
sible Of the result
H. E. DEEMER
J. L. CARNEY,
]. A DEWITT,
Committee of the State Bar Associa-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-12
THE PRISON OUTPUT.


The twentieth century has devei-
oped if not furnished new idea,
which does her credit. 1t is credit
TO the human race, another proof OF
the fact that we are going forward
rapidly. this consideration that Is be-
ing given the prison output. For coun-
less years. the law and the government
have concerned themselves merely
with the punishment of crime, and with
getting men into prison. If a crime
was committed, somebody was to hans
for it, And even to this day. We are
not 80 very particular as to who hangs,
SO long as there is some hanging done
Until very recent times. in fact in some
parts OF the country, It is still the rule
to appoint young lawyers to the posi-
ton OF prosecuting attorney. AND they
have a veritable mania for obtaining
convictions. They glory in the TACT
that they have sent 20 prison a very
large number, Of people who had been
charged withscrine. They do not care
a rap whether theses peoola weres gull
ty or innocent as IongsaAthev succeed
in sending them to states prison And
the new sheriff in many caunties IN
many states has hSens arxioss to make
a similar record and eAns Speople have
not merely been prosAehSed but they
have been corfvicts1 the fimsiest
Of testimony. 49, xxx -
After men had 80 ent to prison
they were cri inns there was no
other S4nrse EFT 1sA kpr them ex-
cept tosbeeoin4 pref aCHal criminals,
and very soon thew an prison Tor
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-12

Red Oak, :, lowa.-TD the Editor:
Much is being said about the con-
gested condition and ovsrcrowding Of
our capitol building and the need OF
another structure for relief. That the
capitol Is inadequate to house all three
i departments of government, Is con-
coded; but there Is some difference OF
| opinion as to what course to pursue to
bring about the best results. The leg
pislative department has ample room
for all its needs; and the executive.
with its many subdivisions. should, II
possible, be taken care of in the capitol
building ITSELF, instead of being housed
in separate structures, without any dis
tinct line Of cleavage between the diff
ferent administrative boards, divisions,
etc.
| In the event a new building II
erected. it Is manifest that the ju-
dicial OF all departments should be
cared for in a building by itself The
reasons for this are cogent:
| First-Because OF precedent which
| is always bottomed on experience Of
| men and Of governments. In all coun-
tries where the common law prevails,
particularly in England, the judiciary,
with its. several departments. Is
housed in separate buildings. In this
| country fourteen states now have tu-
dietary buildings. and In nearly as
many more such buildings are in con-
Temptation. - .1sS. ~,
! .Second--Economy Of timeas and in
service. In judiciary building the
entire department Of justice, the court,
its clerk, and reporter, the attorney
general, commerce and other special
counsel the railway and industrial
commissioners and other bodies having
semi judicial function, are housed.
Third-H1se state Flaw and reference
library is also housed in such build
ing. Our own invaluable state library
is subject to the hazards of fire and is
now being rapidly deteriorated by
excessive heat In its present quarters.
fireproof building. If our library was
destroyed as was that of New York
and Wisconsin. it would be impossible
to duplicate At an any expense. for
many works are out of print. and
many more could not be Obtained for
anything like their original cost The
fire hazard Is now SO great that no
prudent business men under the
longer than absolute necessity de-
manded. It must not be forgotten
that 1t was by miracle, as it seems.
it was saved when we had the last
fire in our state capitol building.
Fourth-The erection OF a judiciary
building would practically vacate more
than one-half of the first floor of the
present building. and by the converting
OF the present space occupied by the
state law library into two or three tiers
of office rooms, enough offices could be
made to take care Of all boards and
commissions for the next fifty years.
Filthy reason OF lack Of co-ordi-
nation OF the numerous boards and
commissions already created. and OF
the overlapping OF their functions. IT Is
obvious that readjustments Will DO
made and that in the future we are
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-12
AT SUNSET.

waterloo Times Republican,
When the western sky is tinged with
tail the rose and earrnine and crimson
Of the setting sun--the great master
painting We have learned to love-can
we catch a faint suggestion of the bath
OF blood in which the continent OF
Europe is emersed? See the smoke ris-
ing from thousand factory chimneys.
winding its way upward to the sky
is 1t a prototype of the smoke of death
that hangs above the fields Of slaugil-
ter?
They tell us that the sun which
shines on us. here in grand old happy
Iowa, ig the same sun that lights the
battle fields OF the great nations
struggling unto death. How can 1t
shine so brightly there. while rumbling
trains are loaded with the regiments
iof warriors. where speeding auto
mobiles are swiftly bearing grim Off
GERS Of the line. where farm yard col
lies are part and parcel OF the Belgium
field artillery equipment?
In other portions of this great coun-
try thousands are at work producing
implements to kill people. In Iowa we
are busy producing things to keep them
alive.
Perchance that is why the Iowa sun
set is just little more rosy. just a
little softer, just little more gorgeous
fand peaceful than 1t is almost any
where else on earth.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-12
aoysRnHR clARkl's MESSAGE.

= e.
The governors. message deals with
suggestions of better, government. more
efficiency in legislation and with the
conduct of the administration and Of
courts ea
Convinced that legislative bodies in
this country are too large he would re-
duce the number Of representatives IN
the Iowa house to SO and the senate to
IS. Numbers, he says "obstruct de-
liberation" a saving to the. state he
asserts might be thus effected TO the
extent Of 100000 session. With this
change he would add two years to the
term Of the governor, making it four
years and making the incumbent in
eligible to succeed himself
The sovernor called attention 10 the
ta-ct that o. his recommendations of
TWO years ago for reform in court pro-
cedu-e oniyo one was adop.ed. He
would the-efess -sIss again that
specific statute he enacted directing
that no new trial Sc granted unless the
court Is convinced the substantial
rights Of the parties have beer injured:
authority SO court TO limit the eS-
animation as 20 Jurors qualifications.
sho-,entng the tine for taking appeals.
2 change III the law as 70 comment on
failure # a defendant 10 testify and re-
peal Of Fhe present law for election OF
Judges.
The governor would impose on the
judges The duty Of paroling men on
good behavior, or send men to-the GUS
todial farms, and e extend as far as
possible the principle OF working men
On the highways and furnishing in
dustr.al employment for all. The state
has already turned its face toward the
more modern and enlightened method
of dealing with criminals. and while
some expense will be incurred in the
beginning. in the end II viii mean re-
duction Of cost 10 the state,
Whatever disagreement VIII meet he
suggestion of reducing the number o.
senators and representatives and the
suggestion of doubled term for the
governor there is no doubt that he
business Of the legislature would be
more rapidly dispatched under such
condition. Whether It would be better
done than under the present organf-
cation is a matter for argument pro
and con with points worth considering
on each side. At any rate there is no
Immediate likelihood OF the change.
In the matter Of the court procedure
and prison management the agreement
with the governor vill be general and
the majority Of the people Of the state
Will favor his outline.
The governor declared the road law
is RAPIDLY growing II favor and for the
first time in the history Of the state
has real, permanent progress in road
repair and road making been realized.
The essential provisions and principles
OF the law have been found 70 be right.
But he urged that provision be made
So thar a county might borrow money
on bonds for road making. or hat
special assessment districts be created
The message IS an excellent straight
forward document aid its statement q
state finance and revenue is especially
clear.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-12
- = ~ st5ir -
.4owa Newspapers
THE NEW PLAN.
lIowa City Citizen.l

Aboat ten sears ago. when the rail-
road rae question was the subject OF
congressional action. the railroads were
accused OF arranging for news and edi-
torial space in considerable number
OF papers that were willing to print
articles ostensibly as their own, with
view TO influencing public opinion in
that way. Whether true or not the ac-
cusation did the companies much dam
age in fostering the view that hidden
influences were being used, instead OF
frank and open methods
Whatever the facts were then. the
railroad companies are now making a
straightforward appeal to the sense OF
fairness OF the people. They desire
their argument shall be presented in
their own way, and are willing to put
it out plainly marked as their own.
Such frankness is commendable, and
viii secure for the railroad side OF the
situation a fair hearing from the pub
lie 81