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Evening journal., 1915-06-17

the following men: Bishop Frederick
]. Kinsman, General James Wilson,
General Charles Bird, Mayor Harri-
son w. Howell. Chancellor Charles
NJ. Curtis, Colonel George A. Elliott,
Judge G. b. Lands. DR.. John l..
Fisher and Edward r. Mack.
The regular meeting of Troop No.
Is was held on last Friday evening
AT its Headquarters in the Y. NJ G. A.
After the regular business was
transacted we went out on a march.
Most OF the time was spent IN drill
ing. The troop was dismissed at
$50 p. m Nearly all our members
are past second class now ana this
week we start off on our first class
tests. We expect TO have a good
number of FIRST class Scouts before
The summer is over.
The regular meeting or the troop
viii be held Thursday evening Of
this week instead of Friday.
The following Scouts have recently
passed the Red Cross examination;
Warren w. Grier. Franz Gradwohl
Fredcfick Grammer. w. l.. McAvaney
Howard sutton. Aubrey Weaver and
Joseph +. Wingate. These Scouts viii
receive their certificates sometime
about the first of September An
other class in first aid will be held
al the Y. NJ. c. A. starting sometime
in October and will be in charge Of
Or. John L. Fisher. the staff surgeon.
About rs Scouts have secured Ameri-
can Red Cross Society certificates
this past winter.
A meeting OF Troop No 10 was held
on Tuesday evening. June 8, With all
the officers present There have been
six new members admitted since
February, which SHOWS that the
troop is growing The troop went IN
uniform with ST. Paul's and Harri-
son Street NJ f. Church excursion
TO Riverview Beach. We administer
ed FIRST aid to three persons. On the
way home a contest was neid between
Paul wilkinson. our drummer. and
his assistant. Robert Sweeney ans
our first aid corps. Scott Adams anr
bis assistant. Crawford McRoberts
The contest was 20 see who could
bandage up a fractured skull the
best The first aid corps won and
received the prize, which was ice
cream cones.
We have purchased a large trooI
flag recently. Tire Scout master ap
pointed a second patrol watch wal
named the PANTHER. After a sho-
irill and a game Of ball we adjourned
HOMER ]. DAVIS, scribe.
Troop No. "A had a very pleasing
address from Mr.. Gray the pastor o
Eilverbrook Church at their weekly
meeting on Thursday last. Georg'
Andrews was presented with a cuI
that he won at the big shoot on jun
5.
Three Scouts went down on IN
18th and hiked 10 Becks farm tha
night and slept there over night Oh
Sunday they hiked from Deiawar'
City to Wilmington reaching ier
about D. m. covering the distnnc
In four hours. therefore giving ther
the title of champion mixers Of IN
city These Scouts, Rodney Warren
Earl Colgain and Earl Rash have bee
trying for the title ever since join
'ng the troop.
=. laNNN lNEoof oNilut.
Troop. No. 1 of Elsmere went O
an overnight hike Friday and sa
urday June II and 70 We left Ell
mere at 11.30 on Friday morning an
returned on Saturday mnrnir
around noon time. We made OF
camp al Falkland for the nigh
Scouts Gleding and Kaufman hiked
10 the Springs and on their way ha
10 camp lost the tran. The event
around the camp fire was spent /
Easiest Wav fO RpmoVa
Evening journal., 1915-06-17

The court of honor will meet on
Friday evening at S O'Clock sharp at
the Y. M C. A. to consider all merit
badge tests which the various scouts
have ready. These applications must
have the signature OF one expert
who has examined the Scout in the
particular test for wlnch he pre-
SCENTS the application. scouts are TO
report in fun uniform. The applica-
tion must be properly signed by the
Scout master aud the Scout. Scouts
can delay their own case by not hav-
ing the application properly hlled
out The court of honor consists OF
Evening journal., 1915-06-17
DIR. RANDOLPH TO
ADDRESS GLASS.

The Rev. DR.. Randolph, pastor of
Grace NJ. r. Church will address the
social meeting of the Baraca Bible
class of McCabe NJ. e. Church tonight.
Evening journal., 1915-06-17

tenlng 70 storiea by the SCOUT IlasIVT'
The home Of Troop No. p has re-
Gently been renovated and placed In
such condition that the boys are very
active and making rapid strides TO-
ward increasing their knowledge OF
Scoutcraft. as we'll as their numbers
Last week they added TWO more TO
their number and prospects are very
good for several more TO fall IN Inc
during the summer months. Al the
present time they have one Of the best
drill floors in the city, OF which the
boys are very proud.
Evening journal., 1915-06-17

Troop. No. 1 of Elsmere went on
an overnight hike Friday and sat
urday. June II and 70 We left Els
mere at 11.S0 on Friday morning and
returned on Saturday morning
around noon time. We made our
camp al Falkland for the night.
Scouts Gleding and Kaufman hiked it
TO the Springs and on their way back
10 camp lost the tran. The evening
around the camp fire was spent lis
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-17
the VERY HOME OF the .H,ck ,,

Des Moines seems to be the very
home Of the chick" A llick is, by
way Of general definition an easy mark.
Green goods men and the gentry who
toll not and spin nothing except webs
for the utterly unsophisticated coined
the term to designate an ignorant and
utterly unsophisticated class Of coun-
trymen such as Is seen nowadays no.
where except upon the stage. In it's
later application it applies particular
" to certain residents Of the capital of
Iowa, the principal city Of the state,
(see census figures Of 10000 )home of
the Greater Des Moines committee, etc.
ETC., including in some part the Greater
Iowa committee.
Listen: A woman comes into Des
Moines-blows in might be better
phraseo1ogy-says she Is heir to a
$500, 09O, 600 estate as descendant Of
that famous pirate Sir Francis Drake
whose methods while more messy and
crude than that OF his alleged inherdtor
were scarcely more effective In bring
ing home the bacon. The lady claimed
to be heir to so per cent She sold out
certain percentages cs the inheritance
at bargain prices. And the hicks Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-17
HIS AUTO HIS TRACTOR.

Tho day Of the automobile as a
tractor is about to dawn. People little
realize its tractive power which is four
times its carrying power. In the Chi
cago Tribune of Wednesday is a pic
ture of an emergency jitney in use
during the street car strike. 1t was a
Ford delivery car hauling a dray
wagon. Besides the seats full, four
men stood on the running boards and
twenty or more people crowded into
the dray and still the darned thing
ran"
In Marshalltown not long ago man
ufacturer of trailers to be used behind
automobiles tested one behind Ford
jitney on steep grade and the auto
mobile easily hauled forty-two school
children up the hill on high gear.
1t is said that careful tests made at
the plant of the White trucks have
demonstrated that an automobile will
pull on trucks or other vehicles four
times the load it can carry on it's own
wheels; therefore. the time is not far
distant when farmers in Iowa will be
coming to town hauling loads Of hay
behind a cheap automobile. Hogs will
go to market at night in joy rides and
the self binder will work all night be-
hind the glare of the electric lights of
the modern auto.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-17
HARD SURFACED ROADS IN OHIO.

Portage county, Ohio, with Ravenna
as county seat, county about equal to
Marshall county, Iowa, in population,
paved with brick, ten miles of maca-
dam, and eleven miles of concrete.
These roads We're improved under
short time bond issues running for five
years and the county is raising about
100000 per annum during that time
for road Improvement whereas Mar
shall county raises now about $4,000
per annum for mud roads and bridges,
much of which goes for repairs to
wooden bridges.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-17
THE TEXTBOOK BUSINESS.

Greatly exaggerated ideas prevail
concerning the total number of text
books sold in the United States each
year and the annual profits resulting
from such sales Confidential data OBJ
tanned by the United State Bureau Of
publishers in the United States show
that their aggregate total sales of text
books for use in public and private
schools in 1913 amounted to S17,274, $50.
The aggregate for public schools, ele-
mentary and high, amounted to $14,-
2s1,76s.
The total enrolment in public ele-
mentary and high school for the year
was approximately1ss 100000. Exclud-
ing the elementary school enrolment
of California, since California prints
ia sown elementary books, the number
becomes 1s,213,7S6. For each child en-
rolled in the public schools in the
United States, therefore, the total an
nual sale of textbooks is 1873 cents.
The total expenditure per child for all
school purposes is approximately
1881 The cost of textbooks Is thus
approximately 2 per cent of the total
cost of maintenance, support and
equipme nt. The cost per child on the
school population basis (5 to Is years
of age is 56.6 cents; the annual per
capita cost of textbooks on the total
population basis is less than Is cents.
These figures indicate that there is
little ground for the fear sometimes
expressed that the introduction of free
textbooks will add greatly to the cost
Of the public school system and will
greatly increase the rate Of taxation
for school purposes. AS matter Of
fact the cost for textbooks is a rela-
lively small item in the total expendi-
| ture for school purposes.
Bureau of education officials feel
convinced that the figures obtained af-
ford a trustworthy statement of the
| real facts about the size Of the school
| book business. The forty three firms
from which data were obtained handle
| probably 80 per cent Of the total text
! book sales in this country. Besides
| California, Kansas also now prints its
| own textbooks. but the plan was not in
| operation in 1913.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-17

the metropolis fell for 1t like Silas at
the fair
A district Judge, several attorneys, q
president of a loan association, a hard
ware dealer, restaurant :. proprietors'
physicians, learned professional men
and alleged wise guys bought Mary's
stuff to varied amounts from $25 worth
to past the $4,000 mark. In two days
the lady sold enough Devonshire in
heritance to keep financial emharrass-
ment away from her front door five
years Sold it to hicks. At Des 'Moines.
When she was arrested, the hicks
fought for her. They bought it while
the officers waited. And the officers
took her to a court which itself was an
investor. At Des Moines. Biggest city
in Iowa Does things. Also is done.
Something ought to be done about
this. While we are farming COM
munity in Iowa we are not commun-
ity of hicks No descendant OF Sir
Francis Drake or John D. Rockefeller
would make livery hire trying to sell
shares on an Inheritance to Iowa farm
ers. Up state nobody buys the masonic
temple for $50 down and deferred pay
ments. Any smooth person with graft
however seems to do well in Des
Moines. 1t is a bad thing for the state.
Des Moines draws grafters as honey
draws flies. Its population OF 10000
seems to be divided into 100000 easy
marks and 5000 folks. 1t gets us in
bad abroad. Des Moines needs a school
of instruction.
The suggestion is that Des Moines
should arrange with the shrewd heir
to the Drake estate in Devon, to stay
in Des Moines. A wise plan would be
to make her chairman of the Greater
Des Moines committee; for whether or
not Mary has a slogan she seems able
to do" things. And she could watch
out and protect Des Moines' army of
hicks against the man with the con-
federate money and the agent of the
Spanish prisoner.
But something should be done at
once. Some step should be taken i'm
nediately. Des Moines should not be
suffered to continue to spread far and
near the erroneous impression that
Iowa is an easy mark.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-17
TRIAL BY NEWSPAPER.

Former President Taft, speaking
before the constitutional revision con-
vention Of New York, at Albany, urged
that some provision be made to pro-
tect the courts from what he pleased
to call the trial Of cases by newspa-
pers. He said that it was often very
difficult for courts and juries to arrive
at the facts because of this activity
Of the press.
The former president was dealing
in generalities. He should have been
kind enough to cite particular in
stances. He would have been more
convincing if he had given evidence
instead Of mere assertion for the con-
sideration of the delegates. The rea-
son that he did not give evidence, it
is believed, is because none can be
given.
AS a matter Of fact newspapers have
function to perform in connection
with the enforcing Of laws quite as
important as that which Is conceded
to the courts if the question is looked
at in broad way. 1t is the constant
possibility Of notorety in connection
with the administration Of Justice that
holds certain class of men in the
public service to their duty-that
compels them to make good. II the
newspapers were debarred from say
ing more than that man had been
arrested for such and such a crime
and that his trial was set for such and
such time and place, 1t Is quite
possible some would be unjustly con-
victed and others unjustly acquitted
because of dilatory action on the part
OF prosecutors or undue zeal on the
part Of detectives and other officials.
There appears to be no good reason
to assume that there Is any more like
| lihood Of injury to society as whole
being caused by newspapers than by
| those charged with hearing or pre-
senting charges against accused per-
sons.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-17
~
Iona Newspapers
THERE'S LOTS OF HIM.
TShenandoah World.l

He wouldn't think of putting danger
in chiid's way but every day when
automobile past some one of the school
houses at a speed that should insure
his arrest even with our kindly 20
mile hour limit. He wouldn't throw
brickbats at a passing pedestrian but
in the wintertime he never cleans the
snow from his walks and they are q
glaze of ice after every snow storm.
He wouldn't poison his neighbours well
but he is SO careless about the dirt
and refuse about his premises that the
flies have a delightful breeding place.
There are lots OF him and he is con-
sidered a fairly law abiding citizen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-17

the club, display their ankles In their
white seeks, not knowing that they are
proclaiming one Of the weaknesses OF
the great republic. 1t is pity that
this great, rich country has not at
tended to details; has not looked after
small things. This country affords
every known material for the manu-
facture Of dyes. Yet we have been
importing them. Germany has been
able to make them cheaper. There
being no tariff, Germany has held the
market. Germany has furnished Great
Britain with her dyes and an effort
to organize a great company for the
manufacture of dyes in Great Britain
has failed. When men were asked to
buy stock. they replied that the British
demand for British dyes was only
temporary and that after the war
Germany would make the dyes cheaper
and better than the same could be
made in Great Britain.
These lessons ought to sing into the
hearts of the American people. This
country should not be dependent ape:
Europe for anything, not even for
music teacher When the next Euro
pean war breaks out. we should be able
to laugh at the warning countries.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-17
WHITE SOCKS.


Fashions come 80 easily that we
scarcely stop to discover how and why.
White cocks are now the fashion for
men. The people Of the southern states,
several months ago. commenced wear
Ing white cotton. This Is all innocent
enough and the general notion has
been that those who set the fashions
have been busy doing this thing. But
the truth is that the American manu-
facturers have never learned to make
dyes that would stay put. Such dyes
have always been imported from Ger
many. At the present time Germany
is not making dyes, but II engaged in
filling up graves ana using quick lime
on the dead. Germany being busy
with other matters, the helpless manu-
facturers OF America are making white
socks for men. Gentlemen sit around
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-17
JOE ALIENS CANDIDACY.


The entrance of Senator Joe Allen,
of Pocahontas, into the republican
field for governorship nomination is
received here with regret. Senator
Allen, as has been stated before in
these columns, is an able man. and is
OF governorship calibre. But the situa-
ton this coming year is peculiar in
that the fight will not be between can
didates but between principles. The
vets will oppose the drys. OF the drys
Mr.. Cosson has the lead. He is more
widely known, and will secure more
nearly universal support than Mr.. AL
len. OF the two men he will lead in
the primary. but with Mr.. Harding, the
wet candidate also in the field it is not
at all certain that Mr.. H will not Sc
cure the necessary thirty-five per cent
while Mr.. Cosson and Mr.. Allen will so
divide the other sixty five per cent that
neither will have enough to win.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-17
IOWA MADE GOODS.
CIowa Factoriea.l

There are thousands of merchants
and their statesmen who habitually run
down Iowa made goods. You 60 into
almost any store to buy shirts, hosiery,
suspenders, fountain pens, shoes. ma
chinery, implements, flour or any arti-
Gle in the manufacture Of which Iowa
excels and quietly remark, Give me
something made in Iowa." the chances
are great you meet q poor imitation
of a French shrug genuine shrugs are
not made in Iowa), twist Of the COR
ner of the mouth and the confident
side remark, I'VE don't handle It; 1t
hasn't the quality our trade demands"
If You are malick you will conclude
at once "Oh, see! have often won
dered why Iowa dealers do not handle
Iowa goods. Now know"
But II you are hawkeye you will
react. You will phone or write the
Iowa factory producing the thing you
want and tell your experience. You
will get the prompt answer that your
SNUG informant was o base traducer.
You will be told why he does not
handle Iowa goods, the name Of a
dealer who does handle an Iowa make
Of the goods you want and that dealer
will get new customer augenblich-
Itch!
Iowa is noted the world over as
the salesman's paradise. It should be
the kitchen garden Of the Iowa manu-
facturers. Iowa manufacturers ask no
favors, nor kopek: but they respect
fully suggest that their goods be not
lied about.
"A thousand persons scattered over
the state who would make little fuss
about Iowa made goods every time
they buy would scare these traducera
to death. They would think every
body Is dom Il" and sing another tune.
Do you know why the Irish and the
Jews are not ridiculed now on the
stage and In the funny papers the way
they were twenty years ago? We VIII
tell you. A few, Just = few. Of those
down trodden races got together and
Missed the stage and cut out ads when
even the outrageous monkey business
showed its head. IN q few weeks Irish
and Jew whiskers and paragraphera
were drug on the market I'D Ao
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-17

Of the leading members OF the pres
ent senate and is eminently qualified
to fill the position he seeks. The
Eagle falls to see, however, why 1t IL
necessary to announce names now FOL
position which will not be filled fol
year. This Ia an OF year and the
/! Eagle Is going to take the benefit OF
the law providing for biennial cleo
| tions." -"
IF President Wilson is gleat man
he deserves support as matter OF
recognition. If he is not great man
| he should have the greater support be-
cause he fills great office and must
discharge great trust" argues the
| Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Even a peaceful June wedding is
in one sense an enlistment in the
battle Of life." asserts the Des Moines
Capital.
Let us forget Bryan for season
and hold fast to our faith in Wood
row wilson, says the Ottumwa Re-
view (dem.)
Senator Allen can find most any
thing he wants in the way of press
comment concerning his entry for the
primaries a year hence remarks the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil. IF he wants
to get true perspective of the situa-
ton he has helped to create, however,
he should read Lincoln's speech in
which was used the quotation, A house
divided against itself can not stand
To the pes Moines Tribune "the
wonder is that Mr.. Bryan issues so
many statements that net him nothing
in the way of hard cash.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-17

The accompanying photograph Of
Major General Hugh Z. Scott was
taken at the recent commencement ex-
ercises at West Point. The cadets OF
the famous military academy were re-
viewed by Secretary Of War Lindley
M. Garrison Major General Scott ana
Colonel Townley. who is superintend-
ent OF the academy. The maneuvers
of the cadets were closely watched by
Major General Scott, and after the re-
view he expressed himself as highly
pleased at what he saw.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-17
WILLIAMS AND THE NEW JOB.
TVfntOn Fa gle

Governor Clarke has appointed Ora
Williams, the prominent Des Moines
correspondent. to the office of docu-
ment editor-a new position created by
the last legislature. It is a responsible
position-one that will be hard to fill
as it Is liable to create friction be-
tween the editor and the state official
who considers quantity cuts a larger
swarth in his biennia! report than
quality. Mr.. Williams has had large
experience with public affairs and has
acquired a large amount of diplomacy.
He will know that kind word turneth
away wrath. The Eagle has great
faith in Mr.. Williams ability to handle
the difficult task he has assumed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-17

/ surgeons and our money do all the dis
agreeable things that are to be done
and in many cases submit to insults as
well. l am not prepared to say that
would stop such work, but the general
| treatment bestowed upon Americans
who are trying to do good in Europe
causes many Of them to stop and in
Quire.
In some countries In Europe where
American money Is poured out the
| sight OF an American Is as full Of Curl
| osity as the appearance OF dancing
| bear In q crowded street. We have had
SO much to do with the war business
in Europe that all those countries feel
| in measure that we are partly to
! blame. In this respect am not refer
! ing to Germany alone.
| We infer that those whom our
| women and surgeons are serving do
not always appreciate the services
| they render. We infer also that
Americans may be regarded in some
of the world We are afraid that we
have within US many OF the follies
| that entitle us to be so regarded. We
serge many who laugh at US and some
who despise us as mere money maxi
ers, SO much money that we do not
know what to do with it. In Bel
GUM, for instance. we have spent
enough money to support an army.
relieving the invading Germans OF the
duty to maintain the people they had
rendered helpless to take care Of
| themselves.
We have assumed the role OF re.
lieving every sufferer in the world,
no matter where or when 1t may be-
we are the prodigal knight Grants Of
the world. You seem to like to do
\ that sort of work and we pride our
selves on our philanthropy-but we
| hope others appreciate 1t as much
as we boast of it here at home. Mr..
Young intimates that the others do
not uniformly place that high an esti-
mate on our services. It makes us
wonder,