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Evening star., 1915-11-30
Memoranda.

Schooner Lewis Worrell is reported
on her way to this city from lower
river landing with cord wood for deal
ers; schooner Maine has sailed from
Norfolk for Baltimore with lumber;
schooner Eleanor Russell is in Chico
muxen creek to load cord wood for the
dealers here; schooner May and Anna
Beswick has passed through the North
Carolina canal. en- route to Newbern,
n. c.. to load lumber for dealers here /;
schooner Annie Belle Is on her way
from Philadelphia to the Potomac to
load. schooner Lanclott will return to
Maryland point after cord wood for the
market here: schooner Halle K is at a
Potomac point to load oysters for this
market.
Evening star., 1915-11-30
Tugs and Tows.

Tug Captain Toby left with she'll
laden lighter for the crushing plant at
Alexandria, and returned with ferti-
lizer-laden boat bound to Seneca. Md.
Via the canal; tug Herbert arrived with
sand and gravel laden scows and left
with light scows for down-river sand
beds: Southern Transportation Com
pany's tug is reported on her way to
this city with coal-laden barges in tow
tug Winship left Georgetown with
coal boats for Alexandria and else
where: tug Baby arrived at George
town with lighters in tow: tug John
Miller arrived in the Eastern branch
with clayladen lighters for brick
mai king plants
Evening star., 1915-11-30

Specialists in Sea FGed.
'hila. oyster & Chop House, 51S 11th st
Evening star., 1915-11-30
CITY ITEMS.
Choice White Potatoes, &c PIX:

"HHte UtWVOcss &c ~
lbs Buckwheat. 25c; lbs. Fancy
Head Rice. 25c; lbs. Nacaroni or Spa
ghettf. 25c: lbs. Ey$8Sz Peaches. 25c
bots. Vanilla or LeNf4s1, 25c: pkgs
Rosss Whole Wheat E&cuit. 2oc; HON.
my. SC lb.; Navy Beans, TIC: Lima
Beans, SC h.; II lbs. White Meal. zoe
3 cans Sweet Wrinkle Peas. &c: Sifted
E. J. Peas, TIC: E. J. Peas, sc: Sugar
Corn, sc: Sugar Corn. 71sc; Nomni To-
matoes. Sc; Glue Bell Tomatoes, &c;
Soughtafter To9atoes. 1oc; Star Of the
East Flour. Sb.S bbl.: "a lbs Old
time Flour, Sac. 3SI Pa. ave. and all
the J. T. D. Pyles Stores.
Evening star., 1915-11-30

See J. Jay Gould's ad in phone book.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29

It = 20 noticeable that the men who
drag faithfully are usually the men who
are ready for something better In the
way OF q road.
Does farming pay? The land owner
who retires and tries to live on his
rents thinks not. The automobile
manufacturer knows that it does. The
farmer himself does not know any
thing about 1t expect that he lives well,
buys most OF the automobiles and Is
solicited to become a director in a
bank.
Borrowing money in anticipation Of
taxes which we are going to pay for
the next thirty years is not device
to make posterity pay our bills at all.
II We build a thirty year road the tax
payer Of this year can get only one
years use out of it and that Is all
he should pay for. The tax payers Of
each succeeding year should then pay
for the use they can make OF that
same road or bridge, hence bond is
sue merely distributes tax burdens
equally over those who use the roads
and the bridges provided the roads and
bridges are built durable enough to
last as long as the bonds. Spending
tax money in the mud is akin to vast
ing ones wages on booze for nobody
gets any benefit from it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29
NEEDED A TELEPHONE HANDBOOK.

A goodly number Of telephone users
should read and heed the story Of the
Polish domestic who answered the
phone in the absence Of those more
accustomed 10 such communication.
who is it?" inquired the caller. II
don't know. I can't see you," replied
the maid
There are more bad manners dis
in week Of conversation face to face.
Some folks seem to think that the per-
son at the other end of the wire is
there as part Of the paid service. Who
is it," they ask. and they ought to
get the answer given innocently by the
hired girl. The person telephoned to is
not there for the convenience of the
telephoner
Men say things over the phone to
others that they would never say un-
der similar provocation face to face.
They speak without courtesy and
sometimes brutally to the girl at the
switchboard when annoyed at some un-
foreseen delay. Some people seem to
hold tenaciously to the belief that the
girls at the switchboard must be driven,
that they seek to avoid instead Of CIV
ing service. And that Is all wrong
Central is the most accommodating
public servant in town. She tries and
tries hard to please. She calls you TO,
your train, she assists in every pos
sible way to get your party" If any
one earns and deserves the good will OF
those served the telephone girl does.
Some one raises some one else from
his evening chair to answer the 'phone
just as he has got settled comfortably
Hello" says the caller, rs this
Blanks. NO" responds the owner Of
the telephone. It's soandso's. Huh,
says the polite person who has dis
turbed the householder. "Bing," goes
the bell in his ear. Now the lady who
was thus discourteous and rude would
have begged a thousand pardons u she
had raped at the door and found thai
she had stopped at the wrong house
But she feels free to slam up the re.
ceiver and fguratively turn her bacl
upon a person to whom she has beer
disturbance and an annoyance with.
out word of apology or regret.
And 80 on thru the code OF telephone
crimes against ordinary good manners
from asking a perfect stranger to ruI
across the street or half block arount
! the corner to ask somebody else t.
come and talk half an hour over q pri'
| vate phone about something that tn
[ phone owner has no earthly tnteres
in or advantage Of down TO the mino
discourtesies and rudenesses.
| A handbook Of decent manner
should be evolved for tho telephone.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29
ONE WEEKS ROAD NEWS.

One weeks good roads news as con-
tanned in the bulletins which come tc
the T.-R. Office reads as follows:
Orange county, Florida, has under
construction at present five brick roads
having total length of fifty-seven
miles which will be completed by Dec
l at cost of s525000.
The state OF Ohio has 100000 paving
brick ready to be used on its state
roads the product of convict labor in
the state brick plant.
Dickinson county, Florida, has called
an election to vote s25O.O00 in bonds for
hard surfaced roads.
Bonds to the extent of $4,000 have
been voted at Georgetown. ILL.,, for hard
surfaced roads included in the work
being four miles of concrete on the
country highway.
At Mt. Vernon. KY, 100000 in bonds
have been voted for stone roads.
At Franklin, La. the voters have
voted to issue 100000 in bonds for
model roads in the parish.
The governor of Virginia has desig-
mated May as Road Day" in Virginia
when all citizens are urged to suspend
private work and put in the day work.
ing on the roads.
Imperial county, California, citizens
are discussing the chamber Of COM
merce's project for a $2,0O0,0O0 bond
issue for paved country roads thruout
the Imperial valley.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29

Germ OF the whole pubic, that usel
them and not merely Of the local ownel
to whose land they are ad)acent
The administration Of the law II con-
sidered businesslike and efficient b.
those who have studied the subject
thoroughly.
OF course the present law has some
features which can be improved. but
efforts at change should be directed BY
broad minded consideration and not b
shaped to satisfy personal and "pst''
ideas.
The Tice law marked IN enoFmoua
advance in good roads Hesitation and
should not be weakened by radical
changes. This law needs . fair trial
and experience will show where
changes are really needed.
Certainly the state aid ana uniform
system features should not be dis
turbed. The situation OF some coun-
ties may suggest that they may b
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29
Topics of the Times

Social survey orators have pro-
nounced Des Moines to be one of the
cleanest cities OF its size in the country.
Too bad that this verdict could not
have come while the legislature was in
session.
The more letters Barnes reads from
Old Patt's files the more evidence is
there that Roosevelt knew political
boss when he saw one.
Asphyxiation with poisonous gases,
followed by machine gun fire into the
mass Of wriggling helpless soldiers adds
q few more reasons why the war in
Europe should soon come to an end.
If Governor Clarke has a reasonable
doubt that the Hilsinger quarantine
bill would jeopardize the whole state
az threatened by the q. S. department
Of agriculture, he should veto it. Hell
singer, himself, Is Of sectional caliber
as a statesman and his jud gment in
this matter could easily have been in
error.
Cheer up, We Iowans. This summer
grain crop will go to market at war
prices and Iowa always raises crop.
Auto owners who have long COM
planned of the condition of the main
roads within the city but leading out
OF town, should know that part Of the
auto license money Is now available for
work upon these roads. Sec that it is
spent there.
With Villas offer Of $1,000 per month
for an aviator and Grinnelrs bird man
teaching Grinnell citizens how to drive
a flying machine there ought to be
plenty Of opportunity for Iowas unem-
ployed. Here is an outlet for the life
termers at Fort Madison. Why does
George Cosson not see it?
With every ward showing gain in
population and factory whistles cele
brating the passing Of the 100000 mark
Des Moines business men are at least
awake to the importance Of full
count In the census.
Il u all right enough to blossom out
with new summer suit but the old
house needs one Just as badly. A coat
Of paint Will work for 1t the same kind
Of transformation.
The farmer who insists that he be.
lieves In good roads but II opposed t.
the extravaganza Of gravel or paving
= can II Least keep his dirt road draSged
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29

Coworksrs.
Always. my little soldier lad
I held you here,
Close. oh! so close against my heart
When hurt came near;
And mothers kiss could heal your hurt,
And make it well:
Just how this miracle was wrought
No one can tell.
And now. I may not follow you,
So far you go;
And oh! your mother knows her boy
Will need her so;
And stranger hands must bind your
wounds
If they are bound:
And many time no solace, dear,
VIII eer be found.
They say that mothers are Gods aid;
So, know this, dear.
Where mother can not come, he will
Be very near;
And II you need my hand to soothe
Your aching head,
Believe and see his angels. dear,
Around your bed.
Springfield. Mass, Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29

given greater freedom a. choice $500
the kind Of roads they may build, 49,
vidsd the state be not require -.
maintain roads other than those por~
mansntly improved according 70 the
present standards. &
Good roads win Do moro good FOR tho
public than anything else and per-
sonAl selfish ideas should not 10 al<l
lowed to intsrfsrs with the present
law.
|, Illinois can not DO too much In the
Improvement OF IT. highways and til
lawmakers should b careful IA clianS<
Ing present regulations, - that no
changes will be made that Will prove
detrimental to the public.
The highways Of Illinois should form
. strong link In the chain of yoods
from coast to coast, and may Il never
be said that this state % tar behind IN
the good roads northumberland
DRIVERS Journal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29

cruel ana lnuuU80 tooSAAouS 49, UO-
MED by the court tho the defendant
made no contest. It appears from the
newspaper account Of the proceedings
that one Of the chief allegations upon
which the plea for divorce was founded
was that Mrs. Van Houten had refused
to go where the plaintiff asserted his
business interests demanded his resi-
dence. The court turned it down.
Now old Mr.. Van Houten had better
taken another tack. He would be
happier and better satisfied with him.
self in his old age had he taken the
eact into consideration that Mrs. Van
Houten was still as able to understand
where she desired to live the rest Of her
life as Mr.. Van H. himself: that she
had certain rights that all are bound to
respect, he most of all. 1t Is safe to
assume that this couple had in the
course Of their forty-nine years to-
gether acquired considerable property
thru their mutual efforts and are able
to live in Lenox without suffering
severe hardships. Also that the wife
of forty-nine years had taken root In
the community where she had lived so
long, that she had friends and perhaps
children near whom she desired to stay
the remainder Of her life, that her in
terests were bound up in the circle
where she had lived and that his propo-
sition was like starting all over again
to her. The suggestion of cruel and
inhuman treatment does not appear to
lean toward the plaintiff in this case
but the other way.
No doubt the plaintiff in this case
imagined that his business interests
demanded the change. Old fellows often
get that way. Most of them would do
better to listen to their wives instead
of forcing their hands. Generally
speaking a man who has been married
forty-nine years had better be busy
getting ready to invite the neighbors to
the golden wedding hurrah than fooling
in a new and strange place. There's
more happiness right at home and in
most cases it saves money. Modifying
the common proverb there's no person
so badly mistaken when he is mistaken
as an old person. And in the matter Of
moving as usual thing the old lady
generally shows the better judgment
Speaking generally again and without
immediate reference to any particular
case it would appear to be most cruel
and unusual il not inhuman thing to
tear an old woman away from the home
she has lived in and hopes to die in to
face strange community and find new
friends. Her refusal to be moved 10
one to be approved. She has had her
part in the creation of such wealth or
competency as the pair enjoys, she has
rights in the partnership. And she is
sensible when she stands on them.
In the particular case under discus
sion the woman in the case seems to
know what she wants quite as well as
the head Of the partnership. That she
has been faithful forty nine years Is
evidence enough that she has been
real helpmeet and II that were not
enough the good hard sense she shows
in deciding to stay in Iowa and among
her old friends and neighbors would
stamp her as a woman Of sane judy
ment.
Mr.. Van Houten Is lucky to have her.
He should square himself with her as
that the judge refused his plea for
separation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29
Masonic Meetings.

/" SPECIAL COMMUNICATION
Marshall Lodge, No. 10S F. & A. NJ
Work in third degree Friday. April oo'
1880 D. m. John w. Wells, secretary
w. H. Steiner, w. NJ.
slGNET CHAPTER, No. 80, R. A N.
Regular convocation Monday, April -
l.. S. Kilborn. H. P; John w. "eas'
Rec,
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solomon
Council No 20, R & S. NJ. MonuaS
after the third Sunday. l. I. foroes'
recorder; George Gregory. I. l. NJ.
REGULAR coNcLAvE, ST. Aldemar
Commandery No. 80. K T. TUESDAY
Nav IS. at 8 o'clock. Regular business
NJ McFarland, Rec, George Gregory
E. G.
REGULAR MEETING Central CHAP y
.or No 81. o. F. s., Wednesday, May
II. s p. m. Business. Anna D0w WI "
secretary: Mary Black Collins ". NJ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29
On. VAN HoUTon's DIVORCE.

Down in Taylor county q Nj. Van
Houten, erstwhile prominent In agricul-
tural and horticultural circles Of the
state and In politics In his home section
where he represented his county in tho
legislature some years ago sued his
wife for divorce after having been mar
RED Anvty-nins yaaEn. Tha allegation Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29
"so-cALLED KNOCKERS"

WEBSTER City Freeman Tribune.l
Sioux City must have an unusual
number OF so-called knockers, judging
from the way they are going after the
thieves and grafters in official places.
Such proceedings may hurt the town"
and some people-those who profit by
graft-insist that the public should
keep right on suffering from pelf be-
cause to kick Injuries the growth and
prosperity Of the community Wonder
If 1t never occurs to these gentlemen
that it may hurt the town" to have
official thieves plundering the public
treasury and accepting brides to pro-
tect other thieves?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29
Good Roads Law.

There is movement to make
changes in the Tice roads law. Some
of the proposed changes in this law
are rather destructive.
The Tice law in its present form Is
admitted to be the best highway legis-
lation ever enacted in Illinois. 1t es-
tablishes a definite and uniform sys-
tenn of road improvement, and why
should it be tempered with?
1t treats the main roads as con-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29
Iona Newspapers
THE SHENANDOAH HABIT.
[Hampton ChronicIe.

Frank S. Shankland. the biennial
candidate of Des Moines, is already
wasting stamps and paper writing
letters telling the dear people that he
will be a candidate for attorney gem
erai next year. Shankiand is evidently
not particular what Office he gets, as
he selects a different one to run for
most every year, and the people are
not very particular on having him hold
office, either as they kindly vote to
leave him at home.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29

CAS- between Wilson and Bryan, the
Iowa democracy, like the state demo-
cratic committee, is going to be for
Wilson," predicts the Waterloo Times
Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29
CUMMINS FOR PRESIDENT.
IAlGona Republican.l


Senator A. B. Cummins is the logi-
cal candidate for the republican nomi-
nation for the presidency. He IL not q
radical and has friends among the pro-
gressives and standpatters. He IL
qualified for the position in every re-
spect His experience and understand
ing Of the existing conditions in the
United States would make him with
out doubt one OF the best posted pres
idents this nation has ever had. He
has been q great success as states
man. Governor oe th:s great state
for three terms, and his 1abors in the
national senate have produced results.
The fact that he lives west Of the
Mississippi Is no argument against
him. The theory that the president
must come from the east Is all bosh.
The west has never been represented
in the White House, End 1t IL upon the
west that the east depends for an ex-
istence. Senator Cummins would carry
practically every state west Of the
river and we predict that he will be q
strong candidate for the nomination.
Senator Root is the big man OF the
east, but his age removes him from
the race. With the prestige Senator
Cummins possesses. in the east az well
as in the west, it appears that he
| would win in the convention. His
nomination is equivalent to election
for it is conceded. even by 1eadins
democrats that change in the ad-
ministration 10 certain.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29
0ille3Ke]lnb6
Published Daily BY TIE
TIMES REPUOLlcIN PRINTING co

TERMS:
Evening edition BY mail. zee
BY the month by mail. ........... 81
Delivered by carrier by the month .So
Later edition for morning circula.
TWtc0-A-Week edition Der year.. 1.0o
Entered at the postofflcs at Aarshall.
town a. second class mail matter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29
A ROCK PILE IS NEEDED.
Madrid ReSister-NeNs.l

With the dawn Of warm weather the
tramp question again becomes real
ity. The common solution is the rock
pile and it has worked like 4 charm in
a large number Of localities.
A charge Of vagrancy followed by a
day or twos work with a pick or
sledge on rock pile socn gives birth
to a desire to seek other and less
exacting communities. And the word
is soon passed along to others who
have chosen the life Of the wanderlusr
as offering the path Of least resistance.
The city authorizes Will find that the
rock pile will go a long ways toward
an adjustment of the tramp evil
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29

The repeal OF the mulct law and
accompanying legislation was really
the only important creative work done
by the Thirty-sixt general assembly"
says the Primghar Bell.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

would it not be feasible to cross
some of our early vegetables with the
dandelion?' anxiously inquiries the
Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29
LIMITED 1ilAB1I1rY.

IDavenpOfI TIMeS.J
The railways had adopted q shipping
contract which was devised for the
purpose Of increasing rates. OF course
ON the face OF It nothing Of the KIND
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29
Barnes has played into Roosevelt

Barnes has played into Roosevelt's
hands, says the Council Bluffs Nom
pareil. He has pitted himself against
man who has rendered valuable SER
vice to the people of this country. He
will not succeed in his effort to take
from Roosevelt even modicum Of the
esteem Of the people which he now
holds
The What Cheer Patriot says "Sena-
tor Cummins is fast taking the lead as
the most prominent republican candi-
date for president. Even the bull moose
are for him"
The Des Moines Register and Leader
suggests that the professional golfer
who committed suicide on the links at
Southampton, L. l., had probably
reached the point where mere language
would not ease his feelings"
Men who succeed in getting into Of
Ace and then fail to conform to the
new order need not be surprised il
their official tenure Is extremely BRIEF"
says the Des Moines Capital.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29
HARDING AND THE "WETS."
CCedar Rapids Gazette.l

The Grundy Democrat comments in
a rather unusual manner on the COM
Ing gubernatorial campaign. unusual
when the liquor situation in Iowa Is
considered. The newspaper says:
There will be so many republican
candidates for governor Of this state
next year making bid for the dry
vote that it shouldn't be at all diff
cult for man like Lieutenant Gov
ernor Harding, who will be satisfactory
to the anti-drys, to get at least 35 per
cent Of the states republican vote.
Harding has served two terms as
lieutenant governor and we all must
admit that he has carried a level head
while he has held this present office.
To tell the truth, this state has had
weaker men in the governors office
than this man Harding. from Sioux
City"
The Grundy Democrat should go to
Sioux City. where Mr.. Harding is well
known. for confederation Of its edi-
torial opinion Of the strength OF the
man whom it apparently intends to
favor in the coming campaign.
The wet vote will no more elect, or
even nominate governor next year
than 1t did last year. And that is just
the reason why Mr.. Harding will not
be a successful candidate. Iowa is
dry. When his enemies hit the saloon
idea in the last campaign they found
the ammunition with which they de-
feated John T. Hamilton for governor.
The same sort of ammunition will beat
any man who can be identified with
the vets. Mr.. Harding has been wet
ever since his first official to Des
Moines.