Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-17

work he prefers to drop titles. Another
thing he wants to assert to the public
is that he Is mot lighting the Catholic
church, bu; is fighting the priests" he
says the troubles recently at storm
Lake and Webster City will result In a
suit he will bring for damages. He
spoke to the high school children here
one afternoon, which caused some I'M
favorable comment on the part OF some
OF the citizens, not because or what
he said, but because these citizens
thing such lectures should not be de-
livered to school children. Mr.. Spur
geon is his own lecture bureau. He
goes only where he is called and has
many dates ahead. He has an assist
ant who travels with him. taking sub
scriptions for a magazine which ne
publishes, who also sells number oil
anti-Catholic publications Mr. Spur
geon says he does not take suescrip-
lions for the Menace as he considers
his own magazine a better publication
In that he leaves out some objection
able features in language and contents
Mr.. Spurgeon asserts that il he had had
fair play during the late political cam
paigr, instead OF receiving only .i.0oo
votes he would have been elected. He
is glad. however. OF his defeat, as his
entrance into political life would have
destroyed hts present career
The city OF Tama has commercial
club with q record unusual. With
membership Of about one hundred.
over Atty attend regular meetings, a
percentage many towns would like TO
equal. Thirteen new members were
added at tho regular nesting in Janu-
airy And Tama furnishes an object
lesson on good roads. Considerable work
resulted in securing the present loca-
ton Of the Lincoln highway. y direct
result was the sale by G. W. Carpenter
OF sixty Eve acres on this highway nj
price of $500 an acre. Now these
acres have been plated and Tausa has
large number OF buildings lots ut
reasonable prices and "a chance TO
grow
Probably Wniteside county. Illinois
IS known 20 some o. the readers OF this
column. 4 Toledo man visited there
this Nintcr and says as high as ST. an
acre cash rent is paid for some farms.
Another form o: renting is for the
owner 10 give half OF everything. and
% receive 81 an acre cash rent for the
entire farm. This story was brought
out by the writer telling OF farm
owner near Hampton. who wants Sl2
an acre cash rent or will give half of
the farm products. Another man pres
eat said the farmer, owner or renter
wno did not pu, In every foot of land
TO some kind o. produce this year
makes big mistake The feed yards
should tie plo~ed up and around the
houses and barns and sheds some kind
OF a crop should be raised Even along
tire fences a furro~ or two nearer
should be turned this year, for tho
present big war VIII cause a great de-
mand FOR everything produced on Iowa
farms. Furthermore Iowa soil has now
had 50 long a rest both winter and
spring wheat viii again be paying
crops In Iowa
Economical hoassheepers don't like
the present price Of flour about TO
ii1 cents a pound 50 they are looking
Tor substitutes one woman recently
made bread by adding potatoes and
Biu keep up the practice, as she had
good luck" She added a big howl Of
boiled potatoes TO the ordinary batch
% wheat -four bread. with gratifying
results In one OF the hotels gre par
took OF some genuine bread. made Of
corn neal rye -four. wheat -four and
potatoes. and the way that black bread
,lisap pea-ed, leaving white bread neg
lec:ea on the same plate. one would
rhlnk all travelling men were Germans.
Try a good cook book receipt and save
nalt u your -four bil.
Preba Big the youngest postmaster In
rGsa, ara possibly In the United States
iq clyde Woods ~ Gar~in. He is Just
q .stfle over = years OF ase and as ef-
Recent az some ~ the gray boards with
SIS many years Of Office holding In this
column was reported the youngest
county treasurer on record e. when
elected in his county. The item was
not showed under Eow. then. bring
on your young postmasters PostInis !
,resses are designated by Uncle Sam
az postnasters but can not enter this
contest for obvious reasons