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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07
TREES ALONG THE ROADWATS.
TAltOn Democrat

We are of the opinion that. trees on
the south side Of the road-where this
new law proposed by j. S. Michael.
of Sioux City, would put them-are
menace TO good roads. We know OF
one road-the road between Alton and
Orange City-which Was always mud
dy for weeks and weeks in the spring
and after heavy rains. because trees
lined the road on the south. When
Expert Mcdonald came from Ames to
build the Hutchinson pike. the stretch
of road in question, he removed as
many trees as he could. and he made
the statement that the trees had to be
removed if the pike was to be sue
cess. In the winter time the trees
along the south side of a road hold the
snow and cause the snow TO drift In
the road. and the east and west roads
are usually bad in winter for this
reason. 1t is true, no doubt. that the
row of trees looks pretty. but we think
they would be detriment to good
roads.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07
The Victoria Cross.

Among British soldiers, to win the
Victoria cross is to achieve a distinc-
ton compared to which membership
in the house of commons is insignifi-
cant. No question OF rank or length of
service Is involved In its award. Who
ever wins 1t receives from $50 to $3.50
annually for the rest Of his life. The
medal itself ID simple little Maltese
Cross made Of bronze taken from can
non captured from the Russians in the
Crimea, and 1t bears two Words For
valour." A young mate named Lucas
is said to have won it first by Selling
a sputtering bomb and throwing 1t
overheard. That was in 1854, but the
cross was not presented till two years
later. Since then 1t has been won by
hundreds Of soldiers and sailors, and.
| tho the Gfeen who instituted It Is i6ns
since dead. and can no longer bestow
+, the CROSSES In person. as was once her
custom. tho .y. Co. az it il popularity
known. 10 more highly c0vetea the. =
eyer.-Illdianapolis News.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07
1HoansEss, eooo SENSE AND SAND.

sn..s.s g s:ssrT-S. sssit Tnornoerg. II the Dee
HoineE scacois ass cecieed 10 give
credits u ntGtsnts mo took up bibls
study during the annd2y meetings.
The school board evt1en,iy azrees with
tbs superintendent ~ its resolution
indicates By giving credits TO all high
schooi stuGeritn who pursue a pre-
scribeE courgs Of study Outside OF
school upon any rsib5eeL To til1se who
offered objections sne superintendent
explained that ne failed " recognize
any .ea$eS why credi,s es;oIId p0t b.
given by high schools fo- bible study
az far as for violin. voice and piano
Ia!i being part OF ting ztudenrg educa-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07
CARROLL COUNTY STAYS WET.
rco,,pcil Bluffs Nonpareil.1


The saloon men in Carroll county
seem to have won out in the their can
vas for fve year consent petition. But
the consent was secured with greater
difficulty this time than ever before.
F1ye out of the sixteen townships IN
the country were retained by the drys
and Il Is confidently predicted that
five years hence the whole country VIII
be captured. assuming that the mulct
law still remains on the statutes.
The most notable change In the
county IL at Coon Rapids. including the
township Of Union. Until within the
last few years the vets controlled the
town and saloons were operated. To
! do this they were obliged to hold a
majority OF the voters. They are in the
voting precinct about fve hundred vot-
| ers. In the recent canvas the Enter
prise says but eighty-one men signed
| the consent petition. Ont Of this mum
/ ssr the drys secured n1ty-four with
drawals, leaving but twenty-sever
naues on the petition from unior
township. ST.
Tue town has tried both wet ans
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07
IowANS IN CALIFORNIA.
rcadar panids pon,hitra0 I

CCedar Rapids Republican.J
In the New York Review we find
printed scathing letter, written by
Wilson Mizner, whoever he may be, in
which the Iowans in California are at
tackled. 1t seems that In California
certain restrictions are to be placed
upon the worlds fair and these re-
strictions are labeled the puritanical
! offspring of Iowans who have gone TO
the southern part of that state, to eke
out an old age or decrepit existence.
Mr.. Miner says he is native son OF
the golden state and he wants Iowans
to stay in their native state. which 10
good enough for their puritanical no.
tons.
Mr. Miner says, Bret Harteism
crawled into the sea as Iowa crossed
your borders" He predicts that q fair
without Bret Harteism. whatever that
is, will not attract many Americans
who are ready to spend their money.
They would rather sidestep shrapnel
and hurdle trenches in Europe than
watch the seals in the bay and go to
bed at 9 o'clock, according to the Iowa
standard
The reforms that have been worked
out in California under the name OF
"progressiveism" in politics and morals
evidently make q native son like Mr..
Miner ashamed of his state. When
you put California on hotel register"
he complains. THE knowing clerk in
stinctively assigns you to room with
out bath and gives you 'drummer's
rates" And what has wrought this
change, he asks? Why is not the
east packing It's trunks to go to Cali
fornia? He tells California 1t is your
puritanical laws. narrowing and blue
copied from the ancient code of New
England. and imported by the smelt-
faced sons Of Iowa, who infest the
southern part Of your once glorious
state" And then he adds these body
blows. right on the solar plexus for
Iowa:
II you should ever have to stand be-
fore a jury Of your peers (Which you
probably wilD, be sure that no Iowan
Is to share in arriving at verdict, for
in Iowa the babe In swaddling clothes
is taught to say guilty instead OF
mamma" or papa"
How did these Iowans get footing
Why did not the state make an appro-
priation to fight it, like they have the
"feloxira" in your vine. or the "weevir'
in your wheat?
Just think how California stultified
herself when she excluded the China
men and admits the Iowan, for / be-
lieve the complaint against the oriental
was cheap labor" but against Iowa
/, the cheapness can not be confined.
All of this is terrific, but 1t may be
serving the Iowans who have gone tc
California right-and the Californians
too. who have made SO much OF them
Only 1t is no, treating Iowa at home
right We who are left In Iowa. We
want to assure Mr. Miner, are not that
kind of folks. We have shipped all we
had Of that kind to California, which
is better suited for their anemic blood
and their blue morals. The Iowans who
are left in Iowa are really red FLOODED
ones-and they sometimes stay out Of
| bed as late as 10 o'clock at night. al
though they don't get thoroughly
soused, according to the Miner for
mula for true happiness.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07
THE STATE PRINTING AND BINDING.

This legislature VIII have before it
the -ecurrent proposition TO abolish the
offices Of the state printer ard binder,
These are not salaried Offices. They
are elected ~ TIE legislature. Their
term IS TWO years. Ths.r oonper@a
..o-. i according 10 ,h= state official
register Profits"
The <a.= 5-ys 1ae paper Stock FOR
II 80 .. - s-a,= p-1o-e-. holds il
z-5 -=szas /. = .- u rs r=qu.s.tioa.
- go g-- : s-72os=d % main
III -z-- e 1lz-T 19=s rhis ~
z.--z-g=-=-- Xxx $50 established
-zz- ri zzz ~ ny. toos -1=-=- =
.1ss =.as1-Es - r-c== a=o-& Inn lis
r-e = x-s. ~ s-zs= 2-o-=- :
z19@rr -z3- .. TIE p-.----z re-s.T=s Eaa
--t=-z- - -1s ze-z 5c-s. 1s.ly=-z -
;a-z-s-=1 11---.=z-s z15 gag IL rza=-
Tae SIZE a.-5=- =z17.i@z I'll --=-@--2.
e1cao: 1z1=- -@ea.-=5 =. 100. binding
Ee uz1a..y rnaa=s =E--lz- z--a-E=-
n@a- 70 taz- mea:toa@1 al d=.:vs-z
orde-z as -a= szt= o.,d=- and lzlz@s
lis profits cae same ~&y-
I Al Iowa p1oi.cze.on calls tae az
ra.gezaenr graft L za- !: Il :a=
ARRANGEMENT made ~ -he z.@ce legls-
la1ure and merely carried OUT 81 ne
binder and the printer. The officials
are doing just what other Officials
hare done There haz been graz II
the Offices as those wao recall me seT-
era! SILVER" scandals reminder B1'
the state printer and binder Offices are
not graft offices unless n taat u.i.te:
sense which attaches To I'll legislative
offices where salaries are paid in
profits and IN that senxe the charge
rests upon the Legislature and not or
the incumbents.
! The state printing and binding 81
very much Ike misunderstanding and
other appointive Offices; man wh1
might hold 800 or sl25 dollar q
month JOB draws double that in Official
poshion. On basis IF '-prohts' he
may or course find his incorne very
largely augmented. But me charge Of
graft can not stand sgainst him Il
ae conducts his Office honestly under
TIE Sta,utez.
Eo~sver. there would be 10 regrs
a-aong -ss Foiers II the state were the
Iez.aias1-s ~ a.to!!sh both Offices ant
1T. 1as4r duties over u committed
IN printing AID binding. And it is also
2 ,,sseettor1 ~ ~ argued whether or no
tbs s-z,s vol!d szye money ny tn.
latter ARRANGEMENT: SIN there woulc
BE- no excited oaposltion were the leg.
. islatGre ~ try.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07

the Cedar Rapids Republican,. Ten
years ago Il Connolly had dome euch
thing no would not have dared TO
show up In his home city for 1t least
ten yearA"
"Mr. Wilson Ia on on the wronS
foot on this government ship ownins
and operating business. The plan 10
take over and operate the railways
would be more feasible, and this prop
osition is not ripe for the plucking as
yet" says the Council BLUFFS Nom
pareil.
IF vollmer had read his bible to any
purpose he would not have dragged
sacred things into an embittered de-
Tense of modern liquor traffic. says
the Emmetsburg Reporter.
The Des Moines Capital says "Mr.
Clark ic in many respects brilliant
man but the American people will not
elevate any booze fighter to the presi-
dency in 1916"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07
Masonic Meetings.
e-ArEn COMMUNICATION

Marshall Lodge. No. los A. 3. q A. NJ
Friday, Jan. S. 1880. Work on nrst o1-
gree John w. Wells. secretary; l. l.
Forbes, w. NJ.
STATED coNvocATloN' sisns e
Jan. Is. $50 p. m Regular BUSINESS ness
John W. Wells, secretary; l. 5. AL
born, E. H. P.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King solomon On
Council No. 20. R. & S. NJ. Moho cardsr.
the third Sunday. L T. Forces
George Gregory. T. l. N.
REGULAR coNcLAvE St a, A ,dssax'
commandery No. 80 K T. Iu es IN .
Jan. 10, 1850. Regular business ana IL
stallation. F. NJ. Wilbur Z. I" ~ "
Mcfarland. Rec.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap-
- n s. Wednesday, Jan.
cars -, Anna Downing. secretary; Mary
Black Collins. W. n.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07
rnars REPUBLICAN. MARsHAlL7owN lowAs JANUARY lsas

dry systems ana Il very much prefsrs
the latter Business man and that
money which went to tho saloons when
they were running. goes into other
channels OF trade when they arc closed.
dry regime and there Is very much less
need Of police and charity work.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07

New York.-Philip D. Armour Sd.
heir to the Armour millions, will wed
Miss Gwendolin B. Condor. society
girl of this city, on Jan. 8. They will
be married in the Church of the Heav-
emily Rest. Young Mr.. Armour is
grandson Of the late p. D. Armour,
founder Of the famous packing indus
try. His uncle. j. Ogden Armour, IS
present head Of Armour & Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07
VanOrman & VanOrman
GENERAL INSURANCE
over First Natl Bank
MARsHAILrowN IOWA
Odd and Even.

His wffe-'T don't want you to Do
oomin9 home at such odd hour" Hus-
hand-"All right, dear, I'll try to make
7 4 four instead Of three.'-PhiiadeI
DA3a Bulletin.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07
Daily rhouoh..

1naee are three relationships in hu-
IN HE commercial, which depend
Sou WAAt you have; social. which de-
DsnA = what you do; and real, which
$500 ON what ycu are
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07

what If Governor Clarke did nap
pen to have an ambition 70 go 70 the
United States senate" INQUIRIES tne
Sioux City Journal. 1T woulont pe
theft ret governor OF Iowa TO Nurse .hat
sort OF an ambition-and 1our OF them
achieved"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07
IOWA op!AIoh AND NOTES.

Iowa City people are not crying
their eyes out because Senator Trewin
has resigned from the state board Oh
education" gays the Perry Chief.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07

The accompanying map shows the
region Of operations in Alsace and In
dicates the extent Of the territory held
by the allies as well as the locations
of the various towns mentioned In the
recent dispatches. The French are now
50 close to Altkirch that they have
been able to lombard train In the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07
Iona Newspapers
SAW HIM FIRST.

Mason City Globes Gazette.I
The Webster City Freeman Trip :
une seconds the motion of the Cedar
Falls Record THAT Fritz Norris, OF
Marshalltown, be made a member OF
the state highway commission. II
declares that with him as mem
Der of the commission something
worth while would be doing all the
time That's all right. but the
Globe Gazette claims first honor OF
having nominated Colonel Fritz.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07
His Talents

HE Talents.
what makes you think Dauber Will
succeed as q painterT
'"He has the soul Of an artist and the
perseverance OF an agent. "-Philadel.
phia. Ledger. y
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07

Rerna rking that farmer near NOR
way has mortgaged an Soo-acre farm
for $4,000. the mortgage going 70
big corporation for its stock the Ceaal
Rapids Gazette says here's hopiHs
| the farmer knew what ne was ooins'
1t takes awfuily good corporation |.
stock 70 look better than 500 acres o.
Iowa land"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07
BETTER THAN ELECTRIC SIGNS
Iowa Trade ReVieW.l


Recently a number of electric signs
were placed at the gateways OF plants
of the Illinois Steel Company, Chicago.
putting squarely before the employees
the question whether liquor was doing
them any good. This was we'll and in
harmony with the progressive policy OF
the company, but even more to the
point was the action of 100 officials OF
the company last Saturday night in
giving a wineless banquet. Instead OF
having dinner at SIS per plate at a
downtown hotel, as in past years, the
officials met in the club rooms of the
works, where 81 dinner was served
and the "a which would have been
spent for wines was given to the needy.
The 81 dinner is to be commended OF,
account of The money saved and given
TO the poor, but it Is of even more i'm
portance as showing that the officials
of the company are willing to adopt the
same temperance policy which they de-
mand of the men. .
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07
POPULATION AND POPULATION.


OF course no state and no city
wants declining population. That
would pc Instantaneous in many
ways. A population should increase
steadily, but there is no sense in rak-
ing a lot of people together in state
or in a city for the mere sake of being
able to boast that we have more than
some other state or city. Such rival
ry is unworthy OF sensible people
A city or state ought to have as many
people as it can employ and support
to good advantage. A desirable popu-
lation is more than a mere numerical
one. We might pick out hundred
thousand or three or five or seven
times that many living in New York
whom we would not care to harbor at
all in Iowa. Among them are the
gun men," the detectives and dis
eased Of all kinds-and yet the count
in the census for as much as a better
man
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07

Take notice Of Carter Harrison VINO
az.s mis- wife if ne can run for mayor.
and note also that self sacrihcine
helprnee. who sadly but firmly answers
veg"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07

Taere is compensation always To-
loss. II 80 many Iowans hadn't gone u
California the world might never have
heard Of Wilson Miner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-19
ATTACK ON FRANK

T<HE attack on Leo NJ. Frank as
he lay asleep in his cell in the
Georgia penitentiary. is without
doubt the result of the mob spirit
that has attended every feature OF the
Frank trial and sentence.
The life-term prisoner who stabbed
Frank never would have been prompt
ed to do so had not his mind been
infamed by a lawless public. Here
we have an awful example of the evil
influence of perverted public senti-
ment on minds already inclined to
crime. Thousands of people who
cried out for the life of Frank, but a
large number of them too cowardly
to have put their loudly expressed
blood-thirsty desires into execution
even had the opportunity afforded,
have driven a criminal to attempt the
murder of a fellow prisoner because
"he thought he was doing right"
Georgia has been everlastingly dis
graced by this final act in a drama
that already had brought shame be-
yond measure to the State. There is
a lesson here for other Common
wealths. Popular opinion that over
rides the plain mandates and provi-
sions of the law is anarchistic in its
tendencies. Now and again the law
or the courts may work an injustice,
but remove their influence and chaos
comes. Every individual who sets
bimself IN IN, onnosition to law makes
himself responsible for just such
crimes as that committed in the
Georgia prison yesterday, and he who
weakens the bars set up by the law
breaks down the protection that
generations have labored to provide
for the safety of the public, himself
included
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-19
THE OPERA IN GERMAN

CHALL we reject everything that
y has in any way to do with Ger
many because the Imperial Gov
ernment has offended us and dis
graced itself on the high seas?
1t is a silly question, but one that
must be considered in view of the
proposal of those cultured" persons
who are back of grand opera in New
York, to eliminate all operas of Ger
man origin during the coming season.
Sentiment is said to incline toward no
German music during the coming
winter.
1t is difficult to follow the mental
meanderings that would lead to such
a conclusion. Grand opera is the high
est form of vocal art. Art knows no
nationality. German music is beauti-
full. In some respects there is none
to match it. Shall we cut off our
noses, therefore, to spite our faces by
rejecting some of the most charming
operatic compositions in the world
simply because blood thirsty,
ambitious ruler has brought down on
the heads of his unfortunate people
our wrath as a nation?
Regardless of all that has been said
and written in recent months, the good
predominates over the bad In the Ger
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-19

readily appreciate how much of his
States history he has lived through
during the last few Years. DR..
March devotes considerable space.
Tor instance, to the great Civil war
veterans reunion at Gettysburg in
1913
Harrisburg's early days, the es-
adjustment Of Harris Ferry, the
quaint old town as a stopping place
on the cross-State stage routes, it's
Importance as a lumber, rafting and
canal center, it's later growth as a
railroad pivotal point, are a few of
the subjects which are treated in a
more than ordinarily interesting man
ner The selection of Harrisburg as
the Capital City of the State, the
building of the old Capitol, it's de-
struction by fire, and the erection of
the present structure are dwelt upon
with equal attention to detail Some
views of the Capitol building are in
cluded.
In touching upon the movement
begun in 1897 for removal of the
State capital site to Philadelphia, DR.
March says, The agitation had at
least one good effect, for it awoke
the people of Harrisburg from their
lethargy and made them introduce
their city among the most progressive
of the State"
In this prefare DR.. March expresses
cordial thanks to DIR. Nathan c.
Schaeffer, State superintendent of
public instruction.; A. D. Glenn, DR..
j. George Becht, Reed B. Teitrick and
Miss Katherine Ulery, of the Green's
burg high school, for assistance in the
preparation Of his book.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-19
MIR. HENsEIis EXAMPLE

TIME estate of the late ex-Attorney
General w. U. Hensel has just
turned over to the trustees of
Washington Memorial Chapel at VAL
ley Forge the deed to tract of land
that has upon it the soldiers cellars"
of Revolutionary times. Mr.. Hensel
owned a farm at Valley Forge. He
promised to turn over to the Chapel
Trusts this property when a fund Of
$4,000 was raised for the chapel. This
having been done, the heirs now carry
out his promise.
Mr.. Hensel was at all times a public
spirited man. He was a student of
history and was especially interested
in the preservation of historical sites
in Pennsylvania. He understood as
few men do the value of such lessons
in patriotism to coming generations.
His Valley Forge gift was from his
heart. What an excellent example he
has set for other Pennsylvanians. Too
many spots hallowed in history are
allowed to go unmarked; to sink to
the common level of the ground
about them.
Man is but trustee for life of the
money or property he chances to ac-
cumulate. At death he must leave 1t
all. Certainly he owes at least share
of his holdings to the land from which
he wrung it; to the people who made
his fortune possible. But how many
there are who selfishly horde their all
in family funds that often work more
harm than good.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-19
DOWN GO THE TOLL GATES

NNE important announcement fol-
" lows another from the State
Highway Department. Th e
organization of the patrol system of
road repair in Pennsylvania is followed
by the decision of the State Highway
Commissioner Cunningham to do away
with fourteen stretches of toll roads
in various parts of the Common
wealth.
The toll road was once a necessity
Now it is relic of an age long past
and has outlived its usefulness by
many years. 1t is not fair to make the
property owner pay road tax, assess
him for the use of his wagon and auto
mobile and then charge him what are
often unduly high rates for the use
of roads that ought to be free to him.
1t is wonder that in sections where
toll roads are numerous that the auto
mobile has come into as general use
as it has. The last toll gate must
come down in Pennsylvania. The high
ways must be open to all and kept IN
good repair. The Commissioner seems
to be headed in that direction under
full head of steam.
The public will agree with Mr.. Cum
ningham in his decision to tolerate no
hold-ups by turnpike companies in
the matter of price. He proposes to
offer a fair figure for the roads to be
taken over. If the companies will ac-
cept all well and good. If they do
not. he plans to build stretches of
parallel roads which will put the old
toll roads out Of commission. This he
is enabled to do by lately enacted
statute. The owners of turnpikes are
entitled to a fair consideration. If
they attempt to loot the public
treasury for their own benefit none
will pity them if the State exercise it's
right of what in this case amounts to
confiscation.