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Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-06

ish war lords hat the children of
America might not lack for toys be
cause Of the war in Europe.
And you couldn't exactly blame the
toy makers of Germany for being pa
triotic and eXtolling the Kaiser and
kultur to the skies.
- it looks as if the joke was on the
English.
The big joke the Kaiser played ON
the king was kept secret for fear the
British gOvernment--laclIing a sense OF
humor-would place an embargo ON
the other shipments. That danger is
past now, for the toys are on the way
The first toy ship that reached Amer
lea was the Beaubergen, in charge OF
Jan Smit. a Hollander and n neutral
When the crates of Zeppelins and
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-06

A.
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Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-06

New York. Nov. when King
George and the British sea lords read
this, they'll be furious.
And you can't blame them.
For on their order the Gordon OF
British warships surrounding Germany
aud her neutral side doors was parted
to allow the passage of Christmas ship
"a ship bearing toys from Santa Claus
workshop for the waiting children OF
America,
Two great shiploads of toys were
in New York and one ii
Baltimore Great boxes of JOY and
packages of childish glee were carted
from the docks to the warehouses anc
railroad depots and sent flying on theli
way u the Christmas shops.
| And what did these boxes contain
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-06
MAINLY Personal

Mrs. Lorne Myers has gone to Los
Angeles to be with her mother, who is
very ILL.,
District Attorney Nichols returned
yesterday from San Diego bringing
with him his father, R. Nichols Of
Los Angeles, who will visit in the val
lev for a few weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-06
CITY AND VALLEY

Firemen to Meet-The regular meet
ing of the firemen will occur tonight
at 1870 at the city hall. Election of
officers is on the program.
y X x
Ladies' Aid-The Ladies' Aid Soci-
city of the First NJ. f. church will
meet in regular session Tuesday aft
ernoon at 2:30 with Mrs. Adair, 753
Olive street. A full attendance of
members and ladies of the congrega-
ton is desired.
y x y
Some Figures COrrected-In the
Press Saturday was an able article
on the expense Of the High School
by Alvin n. Bucklin, giving the salary
list at $25,352.28 a year. The correct
figure is 26,299. This is simply the
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-06
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
FOR RENT--F'urnished room with
running water and bath, northeast
corner Brighton and Fifth.
LOST-Pair of gold-rimmed glasses
in old case, between Shafer apart
ments and First National Bank.
Kindly return to c. A Shafer. x189
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-06
RATH & MARSHALL
12S South Sixth St. Phone 81"
We Deliver city Limits
For Cash
We are Buying Turkeys
and all kinds of Poultry, any
quantity, for CASH.

we aIxo Wholesale to til" Consumer.
~ Weights, Quality ana PRICE count
for anything, consult us with your
needs.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-06

Wanted--Muo Maize and Fctteritta; (;
ulso BARLEY. Our prices 10 tn" rhAch-
crs have worked to their personal ad-
yaptagc. Carloads wanted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18

There are state laws everywhere for
the inspection Of bankers. This Ii rec
ognizsd ~ necessary because bankers
make a business OF receiving the prop
erty, Of individuals az q trust and must
be REQUIRED to keep themselves in po-
sltfon honestly to account Cor 1t when
called upon.
Commission merchants, like bankers,
are making the handling Of the prop
erty OF others their BUSINESS. There Is
more reason why they should be in
spected than there Is for the inspection
OF banks. The property they handle IL
Iperishable and Of many grades. There
liz more room for dishonesty without
detection in handling produce than In
handling money.
The people Of the country as whole
| are A. much Interested IN good com
mission mercha ndising az in good
| banking. II farmers everywhere could
be as certain OF fair treatment from
commission merchants as they arr
Iron bankers. the supply Of food pro
ducts in the cities and the towns
would be far more steady ana plenti'
fui. and the cost of living lower.
| why should not commission mer
chants be under just 81 rigid pubic
REGULATION - bankers? Why shoui'
they not be required to play the card
In their business face up on the tabl'
for the bensat Of thp inspection ssr
Il vice Of the state Farm and F1reside
- ~ ~ = ~ ~ -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18

books. Politicians never vote them
selves either out Of Offices or salaries
or perQuisttes. In other words, they
don't commit suicide.
But II the Clarke proposition were
submitted to vote of the people it
would carry three to one. In fact. we
doubt II any one except the profession
al office seeking class would oppose IT.
Just let the people get q trial o. 1t ana
see what would happen.
There Il no sense at all In sending
couple OF hundred man, almost, To Des
Moines to remake our laws every two
years and to remain in session There
month after month doing that bust
ness. Our legislature has grown 50
big that 1t IL hard work to seat them
in their respective chambers, while
committee rooms are SO crowded that
it Is proposed to bni;d an office build
ing on the new extended grounds 70
accommodate them.
1t Is all q farce and fraud. IL
half Of the governm antal forces in the
capital city were sen. home and told
to go about their own business Iowa
would be better of and We would not
have to hunt perpetually for that
mythical greater Iowa
The present legislature dares not
submit the issue raised by the gov
ernor 10 vote of the people-and
still the legislature is composed of
many men who have had n grea. deal
to say about tho rule Of the people and
the initiative and referendum.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18

ing and conclusion and even facts have
changed since then. We are dineren'
men with vastly different view and IN
fnitely higher viewpoints.
The change has been natural. since
then we have widened our horizons
We speak at long distance over ou'
telephone lines, we bring into our homes
each day the gathered facts. opinions
news OF the world. Our automobiles
speed US across half state and BACK
again where we once drove painfuiiy
across half a county. We see farther
and see clearer. Our mental horizons
have widened. Our moral perceptions
have immensely wider range. We con-
slider states where once we took town
ships into consideration. We are an
ferent. We see conditions differently
we understand the needs OF our time
better
Ii is our new understanding and en- :
thusiasm which leads us TO condemn
the past, forgetting that all these laws
and reforms OF past day are the soAo
foundations of present purpose AND
possibility. Our new sense of duty
and our new purposes and understand
ing in criminal reform are merely
steps ahead as those were advances
then.
Let's go abou, the new purposes
quietly and sincerely. with an en-
thusiasm curbed by Judgment and with
| thankfulness that our fathers biv-
ouaced farther along the trail than
those who preceded them. And let us
! remember also that our age and our
efforts will be Anticipated when our
sons and grandsons consider future re-
forms and take UP the white mans
! burden where we lay il down. Let's
legislate for 1915 leaving the far future
in safe trust 10 those who in their ad
vancement shall be better qualified fol
the task.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18
COMMERCIAL LAW. NOW AND THEN.

Our criminal laws are an inhuman
shame and disgrace, and IL the iesis-
la,ure does not follow the light that has
been pointed out by Governor Ciafhe II
will have failed in one of its few I'M
portant dut!es.-Ft. Dodge Chronicle.
Some OF our criminal laws lack hu-
manity. However, It does not follow
that shame and disgrace attaches 10
The state because we have them. When
they were passed, most Of them, they
uere an advance over laws then e1-
listing Those who advocated change
saw inhumanity and shame and dis
grace" in the laws these later laws
were to replace; and those who had
made and urged them had been filled
with horror at laws enacted and en-
forced previously.
over the shame and disgrace of the
laws on the statute books. They were
up to- date once, reformatory measures
| then, expressions Of the best humanity
| of their time. They we're meant we'll
worked better than the laws they sup
planted and constituted the crystalize1
I expression of reform. Let's not forge
that.
I Let US also consider the mighty
change that has come upon the Ameri.
can people with the past few years
There have been complete reversal
Of opinion and sentiment of late. Wer'
we to go back twenty-five years. WI
who are OF the elder generation an,
visit with the men were then we sfoult
find ourselves speaking to strangers
For men and opinions and understand
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18

out q lot Of Fellows with an ax anxious
to chop the Hhols thing on right be-
hind the ears. III
The Iowa City Republican think 1t
wouldn't be bad thing 20 repeal the
mulct and throw the state under con-
stitutional prohibition. Since that hve-
mile limit bill passed Tho Republican
has been acting simply reckless.
Why shouldn't the legislature give
the city which desires to try out the
city manager experiment chance to
do SO If it wishes?
Why not give clerks and doorkeep-
ers vote? That would afford them
some occupation.
1t is like taking of the brass band
record when your Uncle Henry Vollmer
quits congress.
AS between Bangkok and Dubuque
Mr.. Connolly has chosen well. Who'd
hang around that Siamese outfit in
pajanlas when he could put on . palm
beach suit and sit out on the grass
and watch the river and the brew
run At Eagle Point park Of Sundays:
This legislature seems to be in-
fatuated with the game OF tossing sA-
loonkeepers In q blanket.
II they pass that equal suffrage
thing, the mulct and the rest of the
liquor question will look after itself in
Iowa.
Old Man Crozier, a democrat and
prohibt,;onist 10. these many years.
isn't feeling 80 lonesome as he used In
the legislature.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18
GENERAL BUSINESS CONDITIONS.
Business conditions continue TO

Business conditions continue 70 III
prove and while there is no rapid ex-
pansion. except in exports. there are
,nercial and inductrial activity. The
strain of the European var, great as ii
is. is being relieved hy the power of the
national productive wealth. The grow
ing balance OF trade has not only rem
dered measures 10 further protect the
supply of suecie unnecessary. but an
unprecedented import of gold from
China is announced, and for the first
time since the war. small importation
Of the precious metal from England
has been arranged. The reopening OF
the stock exchange has resulted in no
extensive liquidation by European in
vesto-s OF American securities. not
withstand!ng the immense corporate
Indebtedness abroad. Arbitrage trans
actions under necessary restrictions
are 70 be resumed. The warning IA
| tons are bidding vigorously Cor sup
! plies OF grain, cotton and other pro-
t ducts. and in the case Of wheat are
| paying extremely high prices to salts
! fy their needs.
! While there are many domestic bust
| ness advertisements as the conse-
| quence Of past strain the abundant
supplies of money and low rates for
! loans, with the new sense of security
system. render commercial enterprise
more normal and confident. The iron
and steel trade. while still operating
below capacity, is nevertheless in
| creasing It's volume OF output and un-
| filled orders. and conditions are much
better than at any time in four months.
The high prices for wheat, due 10 the
extraordinary foreign demand. are g.v-
ing TO the grain producing sections OF
the west degree of Improvement
greater than that OF other parts OF the
country, while the exports OF cotton are
beginning 10 relieve the southern de-
preston, and substantial progress in
financial and Industrial conditions
make for brighter prospects In the
east. The exports OF cotton in the last
five weeks aggregate nearly 100000
bales. while the total excess of Iner-
chandise exports over imports In a
month and a half amounts TO ovel
s142 100000. The Russian government
is to receive credit for s25 ,0o0, 900 b,
| New York bankers TO cover purchases
made in this country There is short.
age of ships. but the resulting high
rates OF freight are paid by foreign
customers and are not a burden OIL the
American producer.
a larger demand for cotton goods ha,
been produced by concessions in prices
and there Is also more activity in silks
The foreign orders for wooden good!
make for higher prices. but the dones
tic trade is inactive. In TIE shoe in
dustry prospects are encouraging ant
better feeling prevails The returns
, Of railroad gross earnings are begin
ming 10 reflect improving business con
. ditions. the decrease in the first weel
, Of January being s.3 per cent, agains
! 1o.4 in the corresponding week OF De
cember and 11.s in November.
Reports from the principal industrial
and mercantile centers are confirna
q tory Of the general expansion in conf
q dence and moderate though encour
/. aging increase in transactions
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18
THE 1NT1NERAST MERCHANT

i
In times past Osceola merchants
have had the itinerant merchant 70
contend with. The law has never
been quite clear as to VIVA: could be
done with the fellow who comes to
town, who pays no taxes and who has
a sale for few dayz and then fltckers
on TO new territory. We said the law
is not quite clear blu. maybe we are
wrong In tina. statement. There may
be enough law hut merchants have n0e
gone at the matter in the right way.
Down at Bloomfield tney seem to nave
the right idea and they enforce every
law against transient merchants. A
case is now pending down In old Davis
county One Of these itterants came
to the town and started into business.
He had no sooner started than he was
placed under arrest and was made to
furnish a bond OF $500. It has not been
so long ago that wholesale buggy
outfit struck Bloomfield. The mayor
had the nerve TO place the license e.
5000 and it stuck there. The buggy
man swore by all that was holy ne
would pay no such license and ne
would proceed with his sale Tht
mayor held otherwise and tho busgj
man was run out Of the community
This was not a case Of discriminating
against any person in Davis county =
was good business sense ana Whici
could be applied in this city when tne
annual ttinerants come this spring u
bamfoozle our Clarke county people
/ There should be preparation Tor them
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18
best WAY to Keep Apples.

The best vessels in which TO keep
apples are crates or baskets that per.
NIT ventilation, and also permit ham
ding the fruit to prevent bruising.
When It commences to reach its full
stage Of ripening it is well to sort 1t
occasionally, and remove and use any
that are commencing to decay. or that
are becoming soft or overripe. Firm
specimens can be wrapped in pieces
Of ordinary newspaper and put in ven
tilated crates, baskets or barrels in a
cool place, and there kept for longer
time than when not SO wrapped.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18
Masonic Meetings.
STATED COMMUNICATIVE
No 1oS A. E. & A. III.

Marshall Lodge, no. 1oo "a 600
Friday. Jan - so =, IN secretary;
ond degree. John ", Wells seei s''>'i
". H. Steiner, w, NJ 800,
STATED coNvocAT,oN' s,sns'
cnsnter No IS. R. A NJ MONDAY,
J Jana. IS. $50 p, m Regular os y RiIs
John W. Wells, secretary; L. D 49,
born. Z. II. P.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solomon n an
Council No. 20, r. s. s. n. Mohaa corder:
che third Sunday I. T. Forbes rev.
George Gregory. I. l. III.
REGULAR coNcLAVE ST Tresday,
comnandery No. 80 n George
Grego Or E. ~ C.. N. 5, Mcfarland, NeS
SPECIAL MEETING central Central chan 1aD,
s ser 7 49, D. p M Initiation. Anna I Down-
ing. secretary: Mary Black ---'-''
w. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18
Topics Of the Times

With 50 many men out of employ
ment what's the matter with assigning
some Of them to those senatorial clerk
ships?
From the number Of periscopes OBJ
served now and then sticking above
the tide OF city politics there's a feet
OF submarine candidates. running deep
and awaiting developments.
Governor Clarke's suggestion Ia
shorten the legislative tail has brought
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18
Times one Regret.

Time brings only one regret-that
" had mot more Joy in the things
that were, more belief, moro patience,
more love. moro knowledge of the
way things worked out, more willing
ness 70 hslp toward tho ANAL result
joan3e Juas.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

To the Coon Rapids Republican 1.-The
postoffice department. II seems Is pre-
pairing to lie, out Of service all mail
carriers. city and rural. whom 1t can
be made seem are TOO old for the
work
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18

Congressman Woods of the big
Tenth voted in favor of the submits
sion OF the suffrage amendment. Woods
Is a bachelor, but Seems to be willing
to do something for the ladies'" con-
cludes the Pomeroy Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18
Iona Newspapers
FOR THE STREET CAR MAN.
rn,vo~ro- Yo~n~ezf1

This Is the weather when the street
cars should be ventilated. In charge
OF q negligent conductor. ane motor
man who "fres up" enthusiastically.
a crowded streer car becomes a place
of depression and discomfort, and .
breeder of disease. A good rule is to
give the public the benefit Of the doubs
and keep some yentilators open.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18

Governor Clarkes two ten-coiumn
addresses, one his message to the
legislature and the other his inaugural
address, are sufficient to last two
years" says the Burlington Gazette,
IF Mr.. Clarke would follow in the
wake Of President Wilson as to brevity.
his u,terances would find more read
ers."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18
OUR JUMBLED STATUTES.


What me thing it would be If the
next legislature would reform tthe
word could be taken IN either sense)
the code Of Iowa. While it Is not much
worse than that OF some OF the other
states, a blacksmith with an ak could
i'm prove 1t some. But just think what
commission made up of men who
would write the English language SO
that it could be understood could do
for It. About nine-tenths of the laws
OF Iowa should be repealed and the
rest put in good workable shape. we
do not know by what legal process
the new arrangement could be made IN
law, but 1t has been done in other
states and there must be some way OF
doing II in this.
Think what II would mean If we
could replace the tumble OF doubtful.
obscure and contradictory laws, known
as the statutes OF Iowa, by simple
code which anyone could understand.
The trouble has been that every leg
tslator from Sioux City to Keokuk has
felt compelled to introduce a lot of
bills for fear his constituents would
think that he was loafing on the job,
and unfortunately a great many OF
them. for which there was no need
have leaked thru both houses of the
state legislature and then been signed
by the governor, who ought to have
been waiting for them with an ak. The
result is the horrible hodge podge we
suffer under at the present time. Much
OF It Is so complex and needless that
, most OF us have s. 7ped trying to
obey the law except as II Is enforced
In few instances. by the police.
Iowa would like to obey the law II
the next legislature will only give 1t a
SET Of laws which can be obeyed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18

If Mr.. Clarke would follow in the
wake Of President Wilson as to brevity.
his u,terances would find more read
ers"
Would Henry Vollmer accept the
governorship?' demands the Webster
City Freeman Tribune and ayers that:
Would a rabbit run when the hounds
are after him? Would the average
democrat accept any office he could
get? Would bird fly? All these are
equally hard questions
Maurice Connolly. one time candi-
date for senator in Iowa. and still a
congressman, has refused TO accept an
appointment as consul to some place
or other. we believe it was Bangkok,
which may be In China" says the
Cedar Rapids Republican. We are
afraid that Maurice IL becoming big
de-stepper. as we'll as a tango
stopper. He even sidestepped the vote
on prohibition in congress When ne
did that ne convinced neither side Of
having any convictions. but he simply
made them al! laugh"
impressed with the number Of their
farmer constituents. for nearly every
one OF them in the quarantined district
is wiring and writing for help re-
martas the Monticello Express.
This question Of providing amuse-
men, and employment for boys is one
/ OF the great problems of the times,
asserts the Traer Starclipper. Boys
must have the society Of other boys
and girle. Nature never intended they
| should spend all their time al labor mol
all their time at home. Make home AZ
attractive as it can be made and YET
boy a. times longs for the company
OF others Of his age. Some of oui
churches are finally meeting the boy
problem in part by providing pla,
rooms and gymnasiums in their build
ings.''
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18
HOW ABOUT AMERICANS. RIGHTS

[Sioux City Tribune.l
The decision OF the federal district
cour, that Arizonas ant,-aiien labor
as great victory for the rights OF
aliens in the United States. So it is.
But what about the rights OF Ameri-
cans In the United States? And what
a bout the rights OF the various states
that compose the United States?
Arizona's law was enacted out OF
the necessity OF self protection. Large
corporations in that state owned oy
eastern capital. have instituted the
practice of importing into Arizona
grea, crowds of cheap and ignorant
foreign laborers. These capitalists have
no other interest in Arizona than to ex
plot its resources. They do not live
tnere, nor rear their families there
They do not care a fig about the moral
ity OF any Arizona community. or its
standard OF living. They are not con
cerned whether Arizona be made al
tracttve to law abiding people who
wish to make investments where there
Ia order and peace and American stan
dards OF civilization.
ne only concern THESE cdpiidlIstf
have in Arizona 10 the development OF
their own property. In event the cheap
ignorant foreigners. they ship into Ari-
IONA to work for them, become unrulJ
they will throw them out upon the Ari.
iona communities to be fed and clothed
and policed! They will not ship them
out Of the state But they will ship II
more. just like them, to take theil
places. And IL this precipitates a clash
riots and anarchy, Arizona will b'
called upon to furnish state troops t
protect the property OF the eastern cap
italists. And II that fails, then the fed
| eral government will be called upon L
send in federal troops.
| Ali this has happened in West Vir
GINA, in Massachusetts. In Michigan
in Arkansas and in Colorado-with tn
| exception that in some OF these in
stances federal troops have not beel
called. Arizona attempted to save i.
| self from such a future. But fedora
Judge decided the rights OF aliens mus
1 be protected! And down at WaAhinkto
the employees. who are sending thes
aliens to Arizona and elsewhere. ar
fighting any and all restriction OF i'm
migration by national legislation.
The japanese alien il but incident
ally involved in the Arizona law. whic
10 now set aside.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-18
CHAPTER II.

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