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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-03
Women centerins On Iowa.

Suffrage activities in the United
States for the next six months will
center about Iowa. according to pres
ent plans. The suffrage workers ex-
pect to make Iowa the connecting link
between the east and the west and.
protiting by their recent experiences in
the east. propose to center the activit-
les upon one state at time for the
present. BY the iir.t OF the year s,ioney
and workers will be sent into the state
from some OF the most active organiza-
tions in the country. New York. Penn
sylyania, Ohio. Illinois, Wisconsin. Min
nesota. Nebraska, North and South
Dakota and some Of the western states
already have given definite assurance
that they VIII help win in Iowa One
organization mas offered TO bear the
entire expense and wage the campaign
In one Of the eleven congressional dis
tricts. Illinois suffragists gave $500 to
the Iowa campaign fund recently. Vis-
consin heard Miss Flora Dunlap pres
idant Of the Iowa state association. de-
liver an address during their conyen-
ton and gave 500 to 10 cause forth
with. wisconsin for Iowa" is their
slogan. and 10 make II good the women
Of Wisconsin are selling suffrage pen
ellis bearing the date OF the Iowa pri-
mary and their newly adopted slogan.
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw will cam
paign in Iowa after the first Of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-03
Birds and the Railroads.

How many Of US have ever stopped
to think Of the number OF winter birds
that would undoubtedly starve II It
were not for the food they obtain from
the railroads In the northern states?
The birds also obtain water from the
same source. many times when 1t
would be impossible to get 1t anywhere
else.
The crow gathers many meal from
the grain that has been strewn along
railroad tracks. dropped from passing
cars Owls In the long cold nights OF
winter have been known TO seek. as a
favorite feeding place. empty grain
cars that have been placed on sidings.
where there are usually mice to be
found which furnish the birds with
their most coveted food. Bluejays.
pigeons and sparrows all obtain a
goodly supply Of winter rations from
grain elevators that are along the rail-
roads in many towns turnout the
country the bold English sparrows
even entering grain cars whenever OPP
portunity offers.
TO the railroad tracks, which are
the first places from which the snow
disappears, the birds come and md
what a kindly providence has ordered
for them.
Quail and pheasanfs also obtain
HES necessaries along the roadbeds OF
railroads. An instance IL recalled
when. few years ago, the heavy snow
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-03
OIL ROADS IN ILLINOIS.
burlington Hawkeye,l


They have been having some wet
weather near Seymour and now cor
respondent reports that about the only
road near Seymour that is At to travel
rs the oiled Springfield Champaign
highway. II is in the wet season that
the real value of oiling a road will be-
come manifest. OF coursa It is grand
thing to have a dustlessEroad in aum-
mer time, but people Nave Travelled
thru dust many years. and never have
suffered much loss or evil effects
therefrom. But when a road, that un-
der similar conditions would have been
bog. is made a good road in wet
weather by the proper application OF
oil, then there Is going to be an urgent
demand for more oiled road in that
vicinity. If the theory is correct, then
in a few years with one or two oilings
per year a road ought to become we'll
nigh perfect. The whole proposition
is yet in it's infancy. however, and 1t
remains to be seen just what the cost
of oiling roads and maintaining them
in good condition may be. To the pres
ent, the results seem quite satisfactory
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-03
A QUESTION or JUDGMENT.

The secretary of state has repudiated
the Ford peace party in that he will
issue no passports to its members ex-
cept to neutral countries. Moreover
he has notified all inquiring nations
that the Ford party has no connection
with the government of this country
and that the United States assumes no
responsibility with those engaged in
the movement.
1t is hard to see what the Ford
party can accomplish under the cir
cumstances. Without passports into
oeI!igerent countries and repudiated by
the administration it is not likely to
receive much consideration from the,
governments which are at war and UNI
der control Of war ministries. On the
contrary. it is not at all unlikely that
the members of the expedition will find
the gates securely barred against them
as disturbing element and one likely
to cause agitation against the prose-
cution Of the war and adverse to en-
listments
Mr.. Ford would have done well to
have consulted with the president and
Secretary Lansing before deciding
upon his plan. AS It is he Is not likely
TO win admiration or accomplish any
real good. Without doubt his motive is
excellent. II seems to be pureiy
question OF Judgment good and bad.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-03
Looker-On In Iona

Reinbeck, Dec. 3.-From reliable re-
ports it seems the pop corn industry Of
Sac county was more or less injured
this year by the freakish weather all
Iowa experienced in 1915. Prices are
higher than last year, that Is for good
stock, and the number of tons to be
shipped out will be considerably less
than heretofore.
Sam Nelson, Jr., Of Grinnel1, Pow
eshiek county. this year had 300 acres
contracted with farmers nearby Grim
nell. The Poweshiek crop escaped the
early frost and the yield and quality
is about as usual Unless one stops to
think Of the number Of pop corn wag :
ons, OF the boys ana ssii:!= everywhere
peddling pop corn. IS cents bag" Of
the thousands Of corn peppers Sold and
them these winter nighta,, 1t seems as
tho the carloads Of pop corn shipped
out Of Sac county would find no mar
het. Bat BID. ..hs se pep ee-n . k:.s.ness has
got down to a system. There are
wholesale and retail dealers in pop
corn. Carload iors ana Smaller Juan :
titles have regular quoted prices. Again
there are grades OF pop corn, some va
Heties sell Tor much more than others.
$50
A trip over western Iowa and some
talk With farmers and stock shippers.
goes far to prove the opinion formed
from observation thru tho car win
dows, and that fs- Iowa this year OF
1915, has more live stock than ever be-
Fore Especially frne 81 this Of hoes.
And Iowa is fortunate this year Of soft
corn. in having these hogs and cattle
! q" 10 sage the crop" B,,t now there's a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-03
THE CHILDREN IN THE COUNTRY

From Central City subscriber to
the Times Republican comes an ap-
peal TO the Good Fellows club for a
family of little children living in the
country who shall see no Christmas
unless some good fellow or good fell
lows make it for them. The lady writ
ing describes family of four children.
the eldest 10. They came from 2
homestead in the northwest 10 a small
home near Central City having lost all
they had. The father is helpless with
asthma and unable to work, the mother
sick in bed. And with the letter Is en-
closed little note written by the TO-
year-old girl to Santa Claus in which
she informs him that while she knows
there isn't any Santa, the younger
children do not and she wants them to
get certain little things that make
Christmas for children. For herself
and her mother she asks nothing I'm
less a guilt to keep US warm"
These children are not to be dis
appointed. Already a good fellow has
taken that duty upon himself And
as the correspondent suggests the
activities OF the Marshalltown Good
Feiiows' Club rarely go so far afield
but this circumstance suggests
that the Good Fellows or
ganization should extend to the
smaller towns and to the countryside
and that whether the children are in
the town or in the country no child
should be permitted to fail of some
happiness on Christmas.
Good people on the farms and in the
villages look into it. Have you such
unfortunate families among YOU? Are
there strangers who have just moved
in and what do you know about them {?
May there be little children who be-
lieve in Santa Claus only to their sor-
row on the morning when all children
should be happy and merry? And if
any such are in your neighborhood are
you going to be good fellows?
Seek them out. 1t is the Christmas
time, the festival of His birth who
loved little children and knew their
hearts and who warned US that unless
we became as they We must lack much
OF the Christianity He came to bring
the world.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-03
Topics of the Times

The scheme to have the national
guard do police duty is all right ex-
cept that it might fall into the police
mans habit of never being around un-
til the trouble is all over.
A test at the public school building
at Hansell emptied the rooms of chill
dren in just one minute. Like as not
somebody hollered that the circus was
coming ~
A car load of Iowa prize poultry has
just arrived back from the Panama
Pacific exposition. And 1t came back
growing.
The consolidated school building
keeps poking its head up in the Iowa
news dispatches one day after another.
Thank heaven, the consolidated school
is not at the mercy of Burleson and
his rural delivery inspectors. For a
consolidated school house is of more
use to Iowa than a big battleship or
an ammunition factory.
practically complete satisfaction. It
had taken years OF care and expendi-
ture to bring them into that state of
efficiency. Tearing them to pieces is
like taking down part of the barn to
build play house.
The general impression seems to be
that Henry Ford is using the wrong
mixture and ought to send his peace
carburetor to the garage for adjust
ment
The presidents message Is not to
exceed 1000 words this time. The
messages over that private telephone
wire are however another and longer
story.
The cost OF getting out a paper now
adays is perhaps twice as much as it
freeman Tribune.
And the paper is twice as good as
it was twenty years ago-perhaps.
Irwin Cobb's excruciatingly funny
article which recently appeared in the
Saturday Evening Post, Speaking Of
Operations" has been published in
book form by the George H. Doran
Company, New York. 1t is ridicuiously
delightful and the funniest thing Irwin
Cobb has written. AS an inexpensive
gift speaking OF Operations"
should have a large sale
An editor Of a fraternal insurance
paper at Des Moines will accompany
the Ford party on the peace ship"
Incidentally that ought to be fertile
field for the fraternal life insurance
solicitor over there Seems like an ac-
cident man should have gone along,
TOO. 4
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-03
HISTORY OF IOWA SCHOOLS.
Great Undertaking Carried on BY
kiAtorseaI AaeiAtv

Great Undertaking Carried on BY
Historical Society.
A history Of education in Iowa. such
as has never before been prepared In
any state In the union. Is being pub
lished at Iowa City by the State HIS
torical Society Of Iowa. Two volumes
dealing with the history OF the ele-
mentary public schools of the state
have already appeared. Two more
volumes are now In press. In volume
three Will be found q history OF the
secondary schools In Iowa, such as
academies, seminarfes. business col
leges, private normal schools. and the
public high schools. Volume four con-
tains an account Of the main events IN
the history OF the State University OF
Iowa, the Iowa State College OF Agrl-
culture and Mechanic Arts. and the
Iowa State Teachers College. Two ad
ditionai volumes are now being pre-.
pared, and these will be devoted TO tho
educational work In the other state in
stitutions, and to the history Of tho
various denominational colleges in
Iowa. The author Of this great, six
volume work Is DR.. Clarence r. Aur-
ner, who has not only had tl1oro
academic training both at TIE atsse
Teachers College and It the state uni
versity. but has also has Dyears Of
practical experience As superintendent
Of schools at waverly, Abel. Avoca.
and Upton In this state. g
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-03
TAXES THAT ARE TAXES.

Talk about the burdens Of an income
tax or the danger of confiscation in our
road taxes; we ought to live In a coun-
try that is at war to realize what tax
alton means. The man who pays 1 per
cent upon his income above $4,000 in
the United States will pay 10 per cent
on all Of his income in England under
the provisions OF the new budget for
raising war revenues. Citizens who
earn from 800 to $4,000 per annum and
who are exempt from income tax in
this country will all pay from s12 to
500 per annum in England. And in
comes above $4,000 which would come
in for 2 per cent in the United States
Will pay 20 per cent in England and
the swollen fortunes must disgorge to
the English government up to one
third .hetr income for the big ones.
Likewise with manufacturing corpo-
ras.sns, per cent upon net profits in
this country gives way to q full half
Of all their profits In England Il their
profits appear to have increased $500
or more above what they were before
the war beganI The intent is to pre-
sumo that war conditions have caused
the increase and the government seeks
10 satder ia It's half c. the uaearned
::iSSS.=====ee:.
The man In Iowa who pays 40 cents
:ss- hare power license tax upon his
automobile win pay in England one
third Of ita purchase price as a war
tax. Patent medicines. motorcycles,
moving picture films. clocks. watches,
musical instruments. plate glass and
hats must pay import duties to one
third their value. Beer and whisky
taxes, however, have not been boosted
In England because % the hold the
liquor interests have upon English
politics.
AND the woI5t ! 1st 70 COME In Eng
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-03

cloud on the horizon. When this soft
corn Is saved" many fear there will be
such a rush of stock to the markets
that prices will go to snithereens..
On the other hand there Is more sound
corn on Iowa farms than is generally
believed to be, and many Iowa farmers
have faith and nerve enough to ship in
sound corn to finish off the stock fed
the soft corn as long as it lasted.
In a hotel office in New-town, the
debating society was in session. TOO
many churches in this town." said one
young man. Kills sports of all kinds.
Everything runs to churches" Well"
said young doctor, would you like
TO live In town where they had no
churches? Before / located here I
heard there was good opening in
Last-town. so I went there to look over
the ground and found out there was
not a church in the town. Now / have
a wife and two children. Do you sup
pose I'd raise family In town with
out church? I'll be damned If I'd
live in such town"
Where I was raised" said another
Young man I'VE had a pretty good
scheme to get out regularly to Sunday
school. A record was kept of atten-
dance About two weeks before Christ
mas the officers of the Sunday schools
bought a nice lot of presents. some of
them quite valuable and the cheapest
were pound boxes of nice candy. not
cheap barrel stuff. Then few nights
before Christmas these presents were
placed on tables In the Sunday school
room. There were enough to go
around. every scholar got something.
but the boy or girl with the best rec
ord for attendance. had the first choice
and so on down to the boy who had
been only two or three times He got
a box of candy. But l must say there
was quite a falling off in membership
the January following
The train was pulling out of Boone.
Boone is wet" will get "-wetter' every
day from now to Jan 1. 1916. Got to
make hay while the sun shines" And
In the smoking car was the usual
crowd going home TO other towns.
Some were very quiet suspiciously SO.
SD that they dozed off to sleep. and
had TO had to reminded by the brake
man that next-town was where they
got off Others had brought along a
few bottles in suit case and were
saving them before getting off at
their home, Drytawn. They were not
sleepy. And across the aisle were four
young men who frequently visited the
toilet room, two or three at time
BY taking a trip to Boone they had
crown rich. The loudest talker thus
himself fprofanity omitted): |
Yes. sir I've got the money I'm GO
ng to Chicago. I've got $3.50 in my
pocket and my wife uses $3.50 at home /
and I'm going TO Chicago to have a 1!
good time
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-03

The bicycle IL two-lcgged REM
infscence which started out ~ a oom-
mon carrier, but II now almost a. rare
as the chicken In : chicken sandwich.
The time was when bicycles were ~
thick as wheels Of fortune at . street
carnival, but nowadays they are big
ger curiosity than fresh egg.
The bicycle was put on the market
about thirty years ago. and the hrst
model was not intended to be used by
anybody except reckless individuals
who were at least three-fourths pure
para rubber. This model consisted Of
a front wheel seven feet high. followed
by a small wheel with a step on 1t.
This step was responsible for more
broken sninpones than ali the spit balls
ever thrown. as il had to be located
with one wildly waving leg, which
usually ran into It In the wrong de-
gree Of longitude. This bicycle was
also highly productive Of the unpre-
meditated header, which ruined thou
sands of new Derby hats and filled the
hospitals with people who had to be
treated for concussion instead Of
vacuum.
There were so many accidents and
disloeated ears as a result Of trying to
suhdue this dangerous machine that
the safety bicycle was invited. This
had one big advantage over the high
wheel machine. as 1t could he mounted
without climbing out OF the second
story window. 1t consisted Of $12
worth of mechanism and S113 worth
OF patent rights, and did not weigh
much more than a prize steer. When
the owner of one of these early models
had pushed the machine down to the
postoffice and back, without having to
stop for lunch and Swedish massage.
he felt able to propel a player plano
thru a four-reel overture without
buckling at the knees
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-03
A CLUB JUBILEE.
fSin,,x civ journal

tSioux City Journal.l
In the winter of 1890. w. +. Cramer
who was principal of the Sioux City
high school at the time, had a happy
thought. He called together a few of
the older boys of the school organ
lied debating society and christened
1t the Civics Club. His idea was to get
the boys interested in what was going
on in the world and to SO equip them
that they could give intelligent express
sion to their opinions. not only in
every day conversation, but even from
the platform.
The project was more than a sue
cess. The boys took hold with an en-
thusiasm that exceeded all Mr..
Cramer's hopes. The organization was
thoroughly democratic. Mr.. Cramer
had no more to say in its deliberations
than had any other member. The boys
conducted their sessions AZ strict ssc-
cordance with parliamentary law, and
many Of them came to be almost as
expert on Roberts Rules of Order as
Asher Kinds himself. Early meetings
We're held in private homes. Later the
board Of education gave recognition to
the good work the club was doing by
providing quarters. No question in
politics, government or sociology was
too formidable for discussion. Debates
were held that gave promise of abund-
ant future crops Of Patrick HenryS
and Daniel Websters. Elections were
held that were the real thing in the
way OF competition for office. Here
was at least one branch of high school
work that was no bugaboo TO the stu
dent body. Interest in and loyalty to
the organization continued even after
graduation and resulted in the organi-
zation of an alumni association with
double purpose-to treasure the
memories and perpetuate the acQuaint-
anceships OF high school days and give
counsel and announcement to the
younger boys who had succeeded the
veterans in active membership. Now,
this evening, staid citizens who were
graduated from the high school more
than twenty years ago, and callow
youths who have replaced them on the
rah- rah line viii sit together around
banquet board in celebration of the
twenty fifth anniversary OF the or
ganization OF the Civics club--an just
plain C-i-vi-c-s, Civics, without re-
gard to age, station in life Or any other
condition.
Question has been raised al various
times as to the value of the high school
clubs. If 1t were put up to the MEM
bers Of the Association of Old Civics
they would almost unanimously vote
that out of no other part OF their high
school education did they extract 50
much lasting benefits as they got out
IF club work-in the way Of self con-
idence, for instance, and independ-
ence Of thought and sane interest in
public affairs. Since the Ciyics Club
was organized in 1890. many other
clubs have been organized in the high
school along the same iine--for girls
as well as boys. All Of them are doing
work. II the Civics club were
not good club, 1t would not have last
ID twenty Ave years. How many other
clubs that were in existence quar-
.er Of q century ago in Sioux City are
"A existence today? A
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-03
TIMES REPUBLICAN,. MARsHAlLrowN IOWA: DECEMBER 1915

lish taxes for the war is costing $2s.-
oo0.0 per day and even with In
creased taxes 1t will require eight
years Of war taxation to pay. for one
year of war. II IL firmly believed tina:
the government will be compelled to
the private property Of the
wealthy classes before 1t can meet it's
burden for three years war.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-03

making It impossible for these birds
to get anything to eat, large quanti-
ties OF grain were thrown from the
platform OF an observation car Of a
passenger train.
The water tanks at various points
along the railroads are not allowed to
freeze, and II is not uncommon for the
birds to get water that tricxles from
these never falling sources. It must
be seen, then, that tho railroads are q
benefit to the birds. and believe they
might we'll be used to greater advan-
tase In distributing food for the birds
whenever the time and the place are
suitable.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-03

us customary then 70 sco~i ana lean AGAINST renee
howl brrndish hattleaxes. But all bowling
doesn't help protest, groan yep. must
dig up the rakes in the dust
notice disgust about troubles. And
since doesn't pay roar what IL the acting
though bereft OF sensesf Why not produce
little rolls, and II hearts and souls. to
help to pay expenses? 'Twere better far sing and
SMILE cough up meagre pile 10 keep the
wheels a-turning: twill help future day, when
the good old fashioned for Public Trusts we're
yearning. Some day. make store increase you'll
Justice Of the something Of that nature
you may higher yet aspire, and through the
your desire to Join the legislature. Then
always raised baw when paying taxes in the fall the
will confound you'll true patriots arise to
dot you between the eyes, and flash their knives
around Won.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-03

grown tired of acting as chambermaid
for the family driving. horse. A man
with long, 1.-THE legs can learn to ride
bicycle in short time, as he can
prop himself up at a moments notice.
with one leg pointing rigidly toward
the setting sun. 1t is harder work FOR
short man. who usually has to spoil
few picket fences before becoming
proficient.
Owing to the rising cost OF gasolene
and differential gears, the bicycle 10
becoming more popular than heretofore
with people who object to being towed
into town after dark by some kind
Samaritan whose time 10 worth $3.75
an hour