Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-26
FRANKLIN FARMERS BANQUET
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fCedar Rapids Republican,
Quite The most significant news item
in this paper was the s,icktul of type
that told The story, under Mount Yer
non date lire. ~ the Franklin town.
ship farmers big banquet al ;,25 2
plate. exceeding the old Bran standard
by . cents
There i telephone line that is
called tae Elmer Neal line. On that
line there ara I25 subscribers Those
farmers. or abou. 100 OF them, met for
9 social good tine, summoned BY tele-
phone and partook Of dye-course
banquet at the price named They not
only had plenty to eat OF the oest
things. out they listened 10 a program
that vas a real entertainment, no;
made % % speeches on now to raise
better hogs Or even how 70 live better
lives. generally as dry as dust. But
they mad a program full Of fun. on
which We are apt 70 lay so little stress
in this serious world. And they actually
Old not 70 home until after midnight.
but. VIC assume. that Eost Of them
/ 5ourneyed Back IN their automobiles.
| The idea was clever one Farm
/ ers are apt rot TO make enough OF So
/ ciability. Now that they have had
Z prosperous Years and have autOno-
/ biles 70 rios in they ought to have
many more " such doings. The social
I life Of the farms can ne greatly multi
! piled and II ought TO be multiplied II
/ that IL done there will be more coz
I tentn.ent among the boys and the girls
On the farms. to gay nothing Of the
! women and the babies. We want 70
4 commend that Franklin townsnip in
cident. Il hits us as the right thing
and IL hits Us all over.
WILL not NOT ENFORCE ITSELF.
lDes Moineg Capital
About the only expiration which
can be maize II the defeat Of the An
derzon bin IN he fO-se last Friday sf-
failed 10 understand its provisions
This is no. altogether fa;tering 10 q
BODY Of statesmen, but an inportan
issue mus; Be iealt with frankly.
The Anderson bill extends me police
powers Of the state so as 70 make il
ipoEsible for the attorney generals stat
to nave authority to appoint special
prosecuting agents 70 assist In ferret
ling out criminals and bring them u
the bar Of justice. In other words y
Is a measure designed TO aid In the en-
forcernent Of the anti-liQuor laws o
the state.
The legislature has taken drast'
stand in regard 10 the saloon in Iowa
l. has decreed that the saloon mus
go II has placed the entire Hquo
dealing business, under the OUTLAW ban
30 far as the saIe thereof az beYer
age is concerned.
To stop right there the Legislature
vii. have left itg work but partly done
Prohibition Is 70 be a state wide laH
II will have 20 have a state legal ma
chine, backed by state-wide senti
n1ent, 20 make it's provisions effective.
t To leave the enforcement or anti
; liquor laws In certain communities Z
local officers will simply mean ina
nothing viii be done, the Law VIII b
made a. by-word, and the last state Q
Euch a community can easily becom
y worse than the first.
|, There should be no faltering nov
G Y the sen.!..ea. CT the PEOPLE III 10
: statewide prohibition let US have pro
e hibition not only in theory but In fac
q The Anderson bill should be recon
e sidered and passed.
GET IOWA ON THE AFT J: = y Y
: (Des Moines Register and Leader
II Iowa can gel about making road
g in wsy 20 challenge the attentio
# Of the United States. And why not