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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04
HE'D HAVE BEEN UP TO DATE THEN.

The definition Of a good road changes
with the generation. Some Of our as
semblymen appear to be getting their
definition out Of grandfather's die
tionary.
A good road fifty years ago or TWEEN
ty-five years ago isn't a good road
now. The straddlebug corn plow that
was a wonder in it's time wouldn't be
given glance except Of curiosity to-
day. Still some assemblymen act as
tho times, men and conditions were
unchanged as concerns the highways.
But these men are not using double
shovels in the cornfelds. They are
pretty good farmers at home. They
are thirty years behind the times in
the legislature.
There's quite as much sense in going
back to grandfathers farm tools as to
grandfathers road methods. Grand
father and his farm implements were
the best of their day. So far as that
is concerned so We're his grandfather's
and the grandfather Of his grandfather
and SO on back to Adam.
But times have changed since the
overseer of the road "deestrick"
warned out" dozen men to work on
the road" But some of us remember
the system and its results. Usually
it was sort of picnic where each
man and team endeavored to put in the
time with as little exertion as pos
sible. Any old man was good enough
to work OUT road tax Some good
old fellows who couldn't have Shout
dered a sack of bran to save their
lives did yeoman service under that
road system. Mostly they found a
shady tree and wiggled themselves
round it keeping just one lap ahead
of the sun. Thompson refused to send
his team into the ditch ahead Of the
pillow and Jones didn't propose to put
his horses ahead of the tongue scraper
because it made their necks sore. The
pathmaster usually was as derelict as
any. He totted up the hours and let
it go at that. The result was a con-
glomeration and Investigation Of in
efficiency and utter disregard which
ran from thankyouma'ams on level
stretch to bitches six feet deep on the
hillsides To be sure there were ex-
ceptions but these only proved the
rule.
Any man who can drive over Iowa
and Illinois roads now recalling the
conditions as they existed under the
old regimes and vote for the repeal Of
a good law which is certain to make
good roads and save money in bridges
and other expenditures ought to have
lived and been in the legislature fifty
years ago. He'd have been up to date
than
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04

ing the wheat rows closer together we
may yet get sixty bushels to the aero.
The government warns planters not
to buy seed potatoes from Maine un-
less the sacks are tagged with the
white label, Of the United States In
spection department.
destructive than the common green
aphis, and requ res spraying as soon
as It appears. When they first show
up they are oe q powiery,z SSiuish green
color, and they become pink in later
generations. Ths tobacco teas and the
weak kerosene emissions are the main
reliance along with promptness.
Now comes along the statement that
open air stables for COWS are better,
and Just before IL was one that the
man who had tight, warm stalls saw
no depreciation in his cows output In
severe cold weather. while one who
simply shielded his stock lost SO per
cent in milk at q zero depression. Who
knows? Maybe there IL compromise.
The world Is full Of them. They are
the hybrids OF the best extremes.
Molds arc working such deathly
havoc everywhere that moldy litter In
the henhouse seems interdicted. Chick
ems get . certain amount OF mold
spores in their systems while picking
around the straw.
II eggs are sold at 40 cents q dozen.
some one Is paying Is cents q pound
for water. Any peultrynaan can gee
|! the logic Of good watering arrange
mont In this. VI III IS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04
Topics of the Times

But when Turkey is dismembered
Russia will see that most Of the white
meat goes on the Russian plate.
Senator Fletcher has Withdrawn his
ship purchase bill Without preju
dice probably.
Waterloo saloons will open immedi-
ately as a result of the withdrawal OF
the temperance opposition "in the in
terests of harmo If the temperance
people were seeking harmony they
| could have had it any time at the price
General Cyrus Bussey, politician
soldier and business man prominent in
Iowa and Washington died Tuesday
at his home in Washington. General
Bussey is one Of the last of the old
guard Of whom himself and General
vivorS.
But that's nothing to what they'd
do to John D. if they caught him alone
back Of the hills in Colorado.
There is no sentiment in this state
seeking the abolition Of the state high
way commission. Perhaps the com
| mission needs rengthening but it is
generally considered as a business like
proposition and it's retention is de-
sired.
| The Scranton Journal is bitterly OPP
posed to woman suffrage and proposes
'if he isn't too lazy to give potent
reasons why it should be defeated. All
Of which suggests that Mrs. Scranton
Journal is probably better fitted to vote
reasonably than her husband. Fol
against equal suffrage.
The general conclusion seems to be
that whether the printing can be done
as cheaply by the state printer or not
that altogether too much printing is
done and that great deal Of utterly
useless printing might be eliminated.
First Kerberg was appointed post
master at Sioux City and then
"kbing!"
The Cedar Rapids Republican is in
agony over the thought that it and the
rest of US are to be regulated" by law
1t sees a state constabulary under
every leaf.
An Iowa newspaper suggests tha'
the farmers on every telephone line
should get together and have banquets
Pshaw, the Iowa farmer has banquet
three times every day and has pie for
breakfast If he wants it. What's q
banquet to an Iowa farmer?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04
THE WAY 10 s1Aa1 SOMETHING.

The Waterloo Times-Tribune sug-
gests that the attorney general while
seeking to enforce the liquor laws
should pay some attention to the
cigarette law.
The suggestion is suggestive. Why
doesn't Waterloo pay some attention to
the cigarette law and also to the liquor
laws? This matter of law enforcement
is two sided. There are towns and
newspapers that pay slight attention to
law violation until the fact that the law
is violated may be used in an attempt
to discredit officials who are trying to
enforce law and better conditions. Then
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04

there are towns and newspapers which
actually strive to better conditions and
demand and attempt law enforcement
thru local officials.
The natural manner Of going about
law enforcement would be to call on
the mayor and the police force and the
sheriff and county prosecutor to look
after law enforcement in a city like
Waterloo. Failing to interest these the
attorney generals Office may be re-
sorted to and with confidence under Its
present head. If Waterloo is anxious
for the enforcement Of any statute
nullified by the refusal Of local officers
to do their duty, evidence of such
breach of duty and denial of official
oath when brought to the Iowa de-
partment of justice is likely to bring
about some agitation among derelict
officeholders.
A thing that everybody knows ought
to be known to the Waterloo police
prosecutors and executives. The infer
ence to be drawn from the Times
Tribune's remark is that law violation
Is common in Waterloo and that it Is
common knowledge.
The fact is that the attorney generals
office has in the past few years and
under the last two incumbents become
force for law enforcement. However
it does not follow that the department
of justice must attend to every justice
court hearing in the state of Iowa. 1t
is entirely supposable that a commun-
ity has within it those with nerve
enough to speak for themselves and
law and order and that reputable COM
munities desire to conform to the
statutes made and provided.
The cigarette law is being violated
and so are other laws, notably the
liquor laws. Waterloo appears to have
been one of the rankest offenders in
the latter respect, and violation appears
to have had the countenance if not the
support Of persons esteemed reputable
in business and private life.
It's anxiety for law enforcement has
not reached the point of an appeal
under the provisions Of the Cosson
laws. Five good men and true might
at any time by their signatures start
something. Why not start it in an eff
fective way by getting out of the high
grass and standing straight up? Why
Why not be man, mouse or long tailed
rat? Give the department of justice
start and foothold. It's willing to
work.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04
THERE SHOULD BE A BETTER WAY.

Among our friends the democrats
the offices make all the trouble. 1t will
be recalled that fur flew while Louie
Murphy was distributing the official
plums and the caterwauling Of the
Meredith Connolly cat fight still rings
IN the ears of the state. And now the
postoffice at Sioux City threatens to
disrupt the democratic organization of
the Eleventh district
One man wanted it and found he
couldn't get it. He then fixed things
so that his business partner landed it.
And then the hungered and disap-
pointed outside the gate set up such a
bowling that the appointment has gone
back into committee.
Rather sordid performance, don't
you think, whether it is democratic or
republican?
1t lacks dignity, presupposes poor
service. pays off debts with a public
office of vast Importance, cheapens the
public service, puts the most import
ant service which Immediately con-
Germs business and industry and indi-
vidual communication into a grab bag
to be bobbed for by politicians and
makes the congressman political
broker OF public snaps. 1t isn't a good
system. In fact it is a party graft. 1t
is time that this people found a better
way to manage the biggest business of
the nation.
Political patronage is the evil COM
panion of politics. 1t is bad company.
1t doesn't belong with business admin
istration of public affairs. OF course
the Sioux City fight is amusing but
it and its like is an expensive amuse-
ment which no business corporation
could indulge itself in and pay divi-
dends.
There ought to be better and more
business-like way of making postmas-
tiers. Aside from the undignified
scramble for the office there seems no
good reason why a 500 a month man
should become worth $4,000 a year
thru the magic of political appoint
ment to an office where the salary is
paid by the people.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04
Iona Newspapers
BOOTLEGGERS AND THE POLICE.
GIloca Mnix,or, Mil hun I

BooTLEGGERs AND THE POLICE.
[Des Moines Trl5une.]
"Chief jackson stated that the only
| reason for the, trouble formerly was
that the police and the bootleggers
worked MISUNDERSTANDING new item.
Now was 1t the force tina; stood in
with the bootleggers in the OLD days or
was 1T the head of the department.?
The Evening Tribune has asked this
question of many men who ought to
know where the real responsibility
rests, and almost invariably the answer
is that the policemen follow the policy
of the head of the department.
When they sort pedal IT'S because
that is the word from headquarters;
when they arrest it is Cor the same
reason.
When the law is not enforced 1t is
frequently made to appear that the po-
licemen are to blame, tina. they tip off
raids, etc. But men who ere on the
inside tell the Evening Tribune that
the real trouble is higher up.
head Of the police department who
wants the law enforced and gives the
force to understand that he wants it
enforced, always gets results.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04
why CHILLY WEATHER
BRINGS RHEUMATISM
SAY SKIN PORES ARE closED
AND URIC ACID REMAINS
IN BLOOD.

Rheumatism Is no respecter Of age.
sex, color or rank. II not the most dam
gerous OF human affiliations 1t 10 one Of
the most painful Those subject to
rheumatism should eat less meat, dress
as warmly a. possible, avoid any un-
due exposure and, above all, drink lots
Of pure water. =
Rheumatism IL caused by uric Aid
which Is generated IN the bowels and
absorbed into the blood. Il u the func-
ton OF the kidneys to hitter this acid
from the blood and cast It out In the
urine; the pores Of the skin are also
means OF freeing the blood Of, this
impurity. IN. damp ana chilly. cold
weather the skin pores are closed thus
forcing the kidneys to do double work,
they become weak and isluggish and
fail to eliminate this uric acid which
keeps accommodating . and circulating
thru the system. eventually settling in
tho Joints and muscles causing stiff
ness. soreness and pain callsd irheuma-
tism. .si15 3S,i d
At the hrst twinge a. rheumatism
get from any pharmacy about fcu.
ounces Of lad salts; put . tablespoon
full In glass Of water and drink be-
fore breakfast 'each morning for q
week This 10 said to eliminate uric
acid by stimulating the knidncys to
normal action. thus Kidding the blood
Of these impurities.
Jad Salts AZ inexpensive. harmless
and Is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon Juice. combined with lithia
and Is used with excellent results BY
thousands Of folks who are subject to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04

Approval.

Approval.
you approve Of your wife's public
speaking?" Ek
"Yes," replied Mr.. Meekton. I'D
rather she told her views about econo-
mics and sociology to the throng than
have her handing them out to me as
little bedtime stories"- Washington
Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04
"A Masonic Meetings.
!" SPECIAL COMMUNICATION

Marshall Lodge, No. 1Os A. F. & A. M,
Friday, March 5. Work in second
degree. John w. Wells, secretary; w.
III. Steiner, w. Nj.
SlGNET CHAPTER, No. SO, r. A. M.
School of instruction March 10, con
Quoted by Cd. Custodian Charles Z.
shrader. L. s. Klborn, N. p; John w.
Wells, Rec.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solomon
Council No. 20, R. & 8. N. MONDAY ara
the third Sunday. I. T. Forbes. recoroer'
George GregorS. T. I. M.
REGULAR coNcLAVE, st. Aldernar
Commandery No. 80. X. IT, iuesuay'
March % at 1880 o'clock. Regular nusl,
ness. George Gregory. E. C.; NJ. p
Mcfarland, Rec.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap
ter No. 81. o. E. s., Wednesday Maich
~ 7:3o o. m. Anna Downing. secre-
tary; Mary Black Collins. w. M
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04

The Council Bluffs Nonpareil says
"the demand is general among all good
citizens of Iowa that the legislature
supplement the repeal of the mulct
law with additional law enforcement
machinery" 4.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04

1T will not be long in Iowa till wo.
man Is legally regarded as a full-fiedg-
ed person. says the Waterloo Curier
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04

The Burlington Hawk Eye advises
that ''the best amendment Of the Iowa
highway law is to let it alone and give
the new system q fair trial"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES

THAT promised reduction in the
cost of gasoline will be received with
vastly more enthusiasm than a reduc-
ton in the cost Of cars" says the
Sioux City Journal. "As you may
have heard someone remark at one
time or another, it is the constant
drain for upkeep rather than the
original investment that populates the
poor-houses,'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04
Rural Items.

Rural Items.
For pasture, Nebraska farmer
especially commends rye as safe and
efficient. II 1t is to be followed by
corn in the spring, he suggests the kind
of blowing which covers well, else the
rye plant will become weed. Keep
dairy cows of it..
About 60 per cent Of the sheep raised
in the west are brought up on the ma
tional forests.
Now coa:cS ai.onS the early kkee::- and
produces q mold dust that gives man
as he harvests it fearful catarrh and
threatens his permanent health. What
will not the parasitic mushrooms dc
after while?
1t is asserted by those recently there
that it costs $50 an acre to put land
into permanent pasture in Scotland
1T would seem that 1t had better be
temporary pasture.
They are going to try self-feeder ex-
periments on hogs at Iowa station In
1915.
In reply to what is best for wet land
an Iowa writer replies, "Alsike clover
We wonder what broadcast Sudan
grass would be as a soiling crop.
Soils may become acid in two ways;
The first is by teaching out Of thu
original lime salts by continued raini
and erosion. The second. not very fire..
quent, by too much humus, or fresf
green vegetation souring IN It Thii
last is the reason that swampy lant
is SO sour and needs potash.
1t ii believed by many that by SOW
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04

The Cedar Rapids Republican is Il
agony over the thought that it and tn
rest of US are to be regulated" by law
1t sees a state constabulary unde
every leaf.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-04

But that's nothing to what they
do to John D. if they caught him alon
back Of the hills in Colorado.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-20
TRAVELETTE
By NIKSAH
ST. MARY

st. Mary Maryland, is the Ply
mouth Rock of the South. There
came George Calvert and his two
sons, Cecelius and Leonard, In 1882,
and planted this, the first settlement
in Maryland. For two centuries the
community waxed rich and populous
and then the ebb came.
st. Mary is lost to the modern
world. When George Calvert settled
theer 1t was in the very front door of
the wide mouth of Chesapeake Bay
and turn to the left up the first
stream. This was the Patuxept River.
the natural habitat of the best oysters
in the world. Those were days when
commerce went forward by water, and
gentlefolk were satisfied to ride
blooded horses.
But with the growth of the railroad,
water traffic died and horseback rid
ing became confined to the outlands
St. Mary has never heard the whistle
of train. 1t is but occasionally that
an anitquated river steamboat pushes
up to it's old wharves. The roads
are not inviting to the automobilist.
This one time metropolis of the South,
this. busy mart of the pre-revolution-
airy times, has found Itself in an eddy
of the centuries and gone to sleep.
st. Mary, the town, ana st mary,
the county, are typihed by an old estate
that stands a little further down the
Patuxent. 1t is known as Sotterley
and the house was built in those early,
gala days of Maryland by an inden-
tured man from a London prison who
was an architectural genius. Here is
to be found interior woodwork of ma
Ihogany and walnut, great easy stair
ways that invite the feet, hign-ceillng-
ed rooms of ballroom proportions,
gable roofs, dormer windows. Deep
throated chimneys invite the backlog
The moss of ages has accumulated on
the roofs. Only the glory of the past
remains.
Yet here dwelt the early governors
of Maryland. These people, though
Catholics, invited the Puritans to come
from New England into their land of
plenty and share 1t. From this settle
ment went Father White to convert
the Emperor of Piscataway, who was
mighty Indian chief living where
/ the city of Washington now stands.
Old st. Mary fought for century with
Annapolis before yielding 1t the capi-
tai, and for a like period with Baltl-
more before granting THAI CITY the
palm of being the metropolis.
Yet in the strange metamorphosls
of time once proud st. Mary has found
itself stranded beside a sluggish la
COON and forgotten, while infant Chi
cago and Pittsburgh are Haunting the
world with their achievements.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-20
ROTARY CLUB ADOPTS
FINE NEW PLATFORM
Joins With Others All Over World
to Raise Standard of
Its Service

The Rotary Club of Harrisburg has
adopted the new Rotary platform of
the International Rotary Clubs. 1t
was read as follows for the first time
at this weeks meeting by President
Arthur D. Bacon and is as follows:
Recognizing the commercial basis
of modern life as a necessary incident
in human evolution, the Rotary Club
is organized to express that proper
relation between private interests and
the fusion of private interests which
constitutes society.
ITO accomplish this purpose more
effectively the principle of limited and
representative membership has been
adopted, the Rotary Club consisting
Of one representative from each dis
tinct line of business or profession.
Each member is benefited by contact
with representative men engaged in
different occupations and is enabled
thereby to meet more intelligently tho
responsibilities of civic and business
life.
The basis of club membership in
sures the representation of all inter
ests and the domination of none In
the consideration of public questions
~elating to business. On account of
It's limited and representative mem
hership the Rotary Club does not con-
stitute itself the voice of the entire
community on questions of general i'm
portance. but its action on such ques-
tions is of great influence in advancing
the civic and business welfare of the
community.
The Rotary Club demands fair
dealings. honest methods and higk
standards in business. No obligation,
actual or implied. to influence busi-
ness exists in Rotary. Election to
membership therein is an expression
of confidence of the club in the men,
ber elected and of its good will toward
him. AS his business is an expression
of himself, he is expected actively to
represent It.
Membership in the Rotary Club is
| a privilege and an opportunity and its
! responsibility demands honest and
| efficient service and thoughtfulness for
ones fellows.
Service is the basis OF all business.
He profits most who serves best"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-20
To Demonstrate Edison's
New Submarine Batteries

The new battery developed by
Thomas A. Edison for submarine use,
deliveries of which are already being
made to the United States Govern
ment will be shown to the public for
the first time at the Forthcoming Elec-
trical Exposition, October s. The
army and navy departments of the
United States Government will show
the uses of electricity in modern war
fare.
An accident in the radio research
Laboratories of John Hays Hammond,
Jr., at Gloucester, Mass, has de-
stroyed his selenium cells and there
fore made impossible the first public
exhibition of his wonderful invention,
the stramoscope. Mr.. Hammonds in
vention, which promises to revolution
ize modern warfare, depends for it's
operation on selenium cells. These
cells come from Europe and 1t is quite
improbable that any more can be OBJ
tanned until after the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-20

Gettysburg, Pa, Sept 2O.-As the
State authorities, Charles H. Myers,
secretary of the town council of Lit
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-20
ANU!sE rs! MENTSIssI
MUNICIPAL WEEK AT MAJESTIC
CALI 1s91-ANY PHONE

MUNICIPAL WEEK AT MAJESTIC
Municipal Week celebrationns really
have their start at the Majestic, ac-
cording to the clever offerings that are
slated to appear there for both the first
and last halves of the week. the run
started this afternoon by rollicklng,
pleasing company of girls and youths
called "The Serenaders." Wood and
Wyde, the very clever couple, who won
so much favor at the Orpheum two sea-
sons ago, are slated as the chief Keith
hit supporting The Serenaders. MISS
Wvde is altogether charming and she
and her partner offer one of the bright
est and incest" Irritation skits with
songs, that local vaudeville ,deyotees
have seen. Ward and Howell, known
as the "Tantalizing Tenors," will bring
some fine harmony and good songs with
them on this bill; while King and King
will exhibit something new in equili-
bristic stunts and The Lavine Cimeron
Trio will offer thoir eccentric, comedy
called Imagination" The last half of
the week Will ind Max Comedy Circus.
vaudeville's best comedy animal act, in
the big position. And next week we are
to enjoy a return engagement of VIII
Oakland and company. Mr.. Oakland
It will be recalled Is the splendid tenor,
whose voice is so popular on the phono-
graph. - Adv.