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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10
Topics Of the Times

Too wet for Cosson or Allen, sore a,
Harding, Dave Brant has decided to
support Marsh and the democratic
ticket, but he still calls his newspaper
the Republican.
L, looks as tho II might rain and it
looks that way ali of the time.
The exchange editor thinks that
when ne gets ready TO retire and en-
10Y absolute rest he will apply for
Job as editorial writer on some Of the
Iowa daily newspapers he can name.
It has now been eight full months
since the settled weather of last fan
and during that time our roads have
beer, impossible to motor vehicles
three days out of four. In other words
if we could have good road every
day from now until Thanksgiving,
which we will not have, we would still
have had no roads at all for six full
months out Of twelve, one day out OF
every two in the year. For dirt road
half of the time this state is paying
$4,000, 900 per annum when much less
than twice that amount bonded would
pave the entire county road system
and give US hard and safe road every
day in the year.
Get your new silos ready. If the
corn crop is TO be soft put it where soft
corn and its stalks are worth more
than hard corn.
Kenyon is going to be squeezed in
the next campaign. He has said a
good word for Moore for lieutenant
governor and now the Harding bunch
have dispatched their bill collectors for
yon and Joe Allen was virtually the
leader of the Kenyon forces in the leg
islative fight which finally put Kenyon
on the map.
| This European war is pretty much a
war OF railroads. Whichever side has
its own railroads at its back can win
until hostiiities are pushed beyond the
reach Of the railroads to serve and
| LQeQ the OIleI Slue, Will 1LS Id1lIOdUS,
begins to win. Let's quit. What's the
use.
! Ernie Moore has the endorsement OF
the Fort Dodge influence. He earned
1t by hard work in Linn county in the
Kenyon Young senatorial campaign.
| Har6fnRss Sioux CITY advocates
would permit Cosson to remain as at
torney general, but Cosson's support
ers insist that there is no place for any
man Of Harding's kind in either Of
fee. The difference is between the
desire to obtain an office and the de-
sire to have the laws enforced by those
who do obtain office.
| People who travel and trust implic-
litly to the established means Of con-
tveyance for their safety can obtain an
object lesson as to the risks they run
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10
Iona Newspapers
WAS NOT ALWAYS SO.
rIoWa City CitiZen.1

johnson county has received in the
last six months from banks in whlch
the county funds are deposited the sum
of ss17.14 IN interest, paid under the
law on ninety per cent of the daily
balances maintained by the county.
1t was only few years ago that no
interest was paid on the deposits OF
county funds, and county treasurers
were in the habit, in many counties, OF
utilizing the distribution Of the FUNDS
for political advantage. The law re-
curing the payment of interest, while
it caused some friction for time, is In
line with the modern policy Of greater
efficiency in public affairs. shown IN
the adoption of new methods in many
departments Of government.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10
these courts is borne by the county

these courts is borne by the county
taxpayers.
There can be no doubt that this ex-
pense is largely due to contempt on
the part Of those who are incarcerated,
for the punishment the law imposes
under present conditions. The county
jail prisoners have a cool place to
spend ten or fifteen, or perhaps thirty
days. in the summer. and a warm place
in the winter. Their friends supply
them with cards. newspapers and to-
bacco. They while away the time
pleasantly, while the man who pays
the taxes gets out and hustles to
maintain them in this idleness and
comparative comfort.
1t is high time to make a radical
change IN this condition of things.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10

1t is said in London that Admiral
Sir Henry Jackson, K. G. v. o.. F. r.
S., the new first sea lord of England,
has promised that there soon will be
an end to the submarine war waged
by the Germans. Admiral Jackson Is
said to have evolved plan that will
safeguard ships off the coasts Of Great
Britain and Ireland. The new first
sea lord is chiefly known for his serv-
ices in connection with wireless teleg-
raphy. He is just over sixty years old
and stands next above Sir John Jelli-
coe in seniority.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10
Curious Chinese Records.

a -.
Among the immense mass Of ancient
Chinese records and manuscripts
brought hack from the buried cities
and caves OF ancient Khotan, IN cen
tral Ada, and now stored In the Brit
fish museum. Il one called the Tun-
Huang-Lu, . Typographical description.
OF part Of Khotan itself. This little
geography was written In the time OF
the Tang dynasty. In the seventh cen
fury, but probably contains matter
from earlier authors. Among the
specially interesting natural phenom-
ena Of the country described in, the
Tun-Uuan9.Lu II large sand hill.
which at certain times gave forth
strange noises, 70 much % that .
temple IN its vicinity was entitled the
sThundaf Sound temple."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10
PEACE OR PREPAREDNESS.
rredar Psnids Pep,1hlicanl

lN6udI ISSpdp13Sdo.l
The American papers that believe
in preparedness for war are using the
case of England persistently to show
the follies of unpreparedness. Eng
lands plight after the war began, they
say, will be our plight unless we now
heed the lesson. And yet we are told
on the other side of the ocean that
England began this big war, that she
planned and plotted it all, even to the
assassination OF the crown prince Of
Austria. How are we to reconcile the
two statements? Or, are we TO believe
that England was So foolish that she
started a war for which she was not
prepared and for which she is hardly
yet prepared after spending eleven
months in hard work to assemble men
and munitions?
A great many preachers who believe
in eternal peace did some loud talking
against the so-called military spirit
that is being aroused in this country.
But are they sure that we do not need
g little nlilitaristic virility? Are they
sure We would not be better off if some
of our young men we're serving few
years in the army and navy instead OF
slipping highballs or lemonades and
playing pool? Which, after all. Is the
better place to spend few years. SOW
ing wild oats or learning military dis
cipline? There are two sides to this as
to almost every other question. And
are the preachers morally certain that
We shall never need an army again ?
And If We do need one and thousands
are murdered because we are not pre-
pared, on whom win the blame fall?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10
.elcomed the liberty bell as the rep

welcomed the liberty bell as the rep
resentative of the spirit of revolution
airy, days which made this republic
possibility They did not view II mere
~ as a curiosity. nor yet as thing
merely unique: they viewed 1t with re-
spect and deepest pleasure. It is one
of the few material objects left TO the
people that connect the daring hero
ism Of the early days with the magni-
ficent grandeur and tremendous power
of the nation today, while the liberty
it proclaimed in l77S is no less dear
TO the people of the United States in
1915
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10
R1rup Up COMPANY A.
IDunuaue Telesra pa Herald J

dubuque TeiegTa phi e:ald
An effort is to be made by the new
officers of Company A, the local mill
tary organization, to bring back to that
body something Of the glory. popular
ity and efficiency that gave 1t more
than a local reputation years ago II
is planned to recruit the company 70
its full strength with desirable mem
bers in the hope that within the next
year or two the Governors Greys Will
again be the crack military organta-
ton Of Iowa.
Columns could be written OF the past
of Company A: Of its part in two wars.
it's famous officers, etc. but at this
time it should only be necessary to say
that it behooves the citizens OF Du-
buque to lend their announcement to
Captain Ellsworth and the others VINO
are making personal sacrifices In the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10
A Low PRICE FOR PAVING.


Considerable interest will be taken in
submitted in Sioux City. The NJ. L.
Finn Paving Company's bid on the
paving contract for Eleventh street in
that city was s1.10 square yard Two
other bids were received at s1.17 a
square yard. The report from Sioux
City did not give the specifications.
but il is understood they are practical
" the same as those for concrete paw
ing in this city. The Sioux City news
papers state that competition was
keener earlier in the season and prices
even below s1.l9 were made on several
contracts. but that later average prices
were around sI.20. w h. Carter, one
Of the bidders, some two or three
weeks ago, took seven contracts on an
average bid OF s1.17.
If specifications are approximately
the same here as in Sioux City, Coun-
Gil Bluffs should get pretty Low figure
on the new paving ordered. 1t would
mean a big saving here If the figures
could be reduced owing to the large
amount of paving contemplated. Cen
orally speaking cities have found the
winter or early spring the most ad-
vantageous time for letting paving
contracts, but Sioux City's latest bids
seem to have been equally low with
those of the earlier season. This city
has been paving from s1.36 to sl.44
for IL concrete having
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10

The old Scandinavian sages repre-
cent . among the delights Of the Inn
mortah The felicity OF feasting and
Arink1ng to dTunkenness from the
skulls q the 5ocs they had vanquished
On earth. Mandeville goes further. and
ropeGsents IL 0uebfes . exposing;
The dead bodies Of thetg parents to the.
fowls Of the air until nothing but the
skeletons rsmatnsd. and preserving
~ oknIls 70 - usod y drinking ours
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10
LET THE FARMERS VOTE.

Des Moines Register and Leader.1
The Register is pleased to welcome
a recruit. TO the cause of good roads
in Iowa. even tho he conditions
the loan Of his energies. Alex Miller
OF the Washington Democrat feels his
way across in the following para
graph:
There may be a great clamor for
paved roads, but you do not hear the
farmers saying much about II. They
are pretty busy just now, but we
doubt if they will come out strong
for paving. However, in order to
show our friend Col Harvey Ingham
of The Register and Leader how fair
we are, we will submit it to vote OF
the farmers of Iowa. the chaps who
pay the fiddler, and If they vote for
paving, we win urge 1t every issue for
the next FIVE years. or until the roads
are all paved. What do You say! Are
YOU SPORT?
The most enthusiastic hard road
advocates in the state have never
asked more than permission for the
farmers and other voters to decide
whether they will have paving. No
one contemplates, surely, that boards
OF supervisors shall be permitted to
bond the counties irrespective OF the
wishes o. the taxpayers.
The Washington Democrat Is far
more progressive on the good roads
question than the last legislature was.
The legislature refused to permit farm
ers to vote on the proposition, hence 1t
is impossible. at the present time, for
Editor Miller to carry out his proposal
of a referendum.
This year and next year should at
least see a definite alignment of all
open minded men in favor Of per-
mission for the voters OF a county to
decide the road improvement question
for themselves.
Alex Miller doubts whether the
farmers will come out strong for hard
roads. Let's find out. Give them a
chance to say what they want.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10

Interviewed just before he sailed
aboard the White Star steamer Adri-
attic to spend six weeks in England and
France, Sir Robert Borden, premier OF
Canada, said :''Some Of the time shall
spend with government heads planning
stronger cooperation in war supply
matters and some shall spend visiting
our brave Canadian troops. Canada
Will continue to send men to the front
until her limit is reached. It will not
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10
Masonic Meetings.
STATED COMMUNICATE


Marshall Lodge, No. los A F. & A. ~ NJ
regular meeting Friday, July 10, Wv
p. N. John w. Wells, secretary; W. IL
Steiner, w. NJ.
e,eNET CHAPTER. No. IS. r. A. n.
Special convocation Monday. Jul!
for work IN Mark Masters degree. L. -
Ikilborn. H. P, John W. Wells Zee
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solomon
Council No. 20. R s. NJ. Mohua,
after the third Sunday. l. 1. Fof0'
recorder; George Gregory, I. l. M
REGULAR coNcLAvE. st. Aidemal
Command8y No. 80. x l" ,sss
Tune % ar o'clock. Regular business
a.. s. Mcfarland, Rec. George Gregory
z. c.
REGULAR MEETING Central chap-
ter No. 81, Q. E. s, Wecnesoas.
a., p. m. Business. Anna L'oE NJ ~
secretary; Mary Black Collins '"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10

be difficult to raise half q million men.
There have been over 100000 casual
ties in the Canadian ranks, and the
wounded are in scores Of hospitals in
England and France. and am going
to make 1t my business to visit as
many as can" In the accompanying
illustration are shown Sir Robert and
Sir Joseph Pope. secretary Of the In
terror OF Canada, Just before the ship
sailed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10
NORRIS KNOWS HIS BUSINESS.
TDes Moines Capital.]


Hon. B. Murphy. the veteran editor
Of the Vinton Eagle, suggests tha.
Governor Clarke appoint commission
to investigate and report upon all mat
ters pertaining to the building and
maintaining OF public roads in Iowa.
The suggestion is called out by the
fact that the legislation establishing
the state board of control. also reform
ing the public school system. came as
results following investigations by
commissions. The suggestion has been
endorsed by the press generally.
Iowa is the twenty state in
good roads progress and should not
maintain that rank,
Mr. Murphy suggests that Mr.. Nor
ris, editor of the Marshalltown Times
Republican. should be chairman of the
commission. Mr. Norris is a thorough
business man and any work he would
undertake would be we'll done. The
report should be ready for the next
legislature. We have no doubt that
this movement would result in great
good for Iowa. Mr.. Murphy on several
previous occasions has inaugurated
movements which have accomplished
much for the state.
II there are no funds with which to
pay the expenses of the road investi-
eating com mission we believe the same
could be secured by subscription.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10

The Sioux City Tribune believes
that The country can get along very
well without any of those celebrated
imported aniline dyes. Those rug max
ers of China and Persia and kurdls-
tan and Turkey did not have them un-
Ill lately and yet their products are
largely sought for at fabulous figures.
BY way of deriving comfort from
discontinue the Cedar Falls Record
concludes that 1T is better TO have
dirty pavements and much building
activity than to have clean streets an6
nothing going on.
The members of the Iowa State Bar
Association in session al Fort Doose-
SAYS the Constituencies al
Keoknk hit the nail squarely on the
head when they passed resolution
asking such changes in the Iowa Ill
yorce laws as will permit the MAKING
of judicial inquiries into the merits Oh
divorce cases where defendants fail TO
appear in answer to the charges.
The Sioux City News announces that
"A pou taken by newspaper III
Washington indicates that the next re-
publican nominee for president VIII De
2 standpatter. Many letters were sent
u leading republicans and the replies
indicated q preponderance OF repupii-
"a, sentiment for Senator Burton.
F,lih,, Root and Senator Weeks cum
MINIS and Borah, the only republicans
wbo are inclined toward progressiv-
ism, did not attract much attention.
To the Cedar Rapids Republican III
seems that no provision was made Tor
The publication of those laws which
went into effect on the Fourth OF July
and 50 we have the laws, but not even
q nudge on the bench knows what they
contain"
I, is rhe belief of the Dubuque Tele-
graph Herald that the practice o.
protecting belligerent transports ana
merchant ships by the use OF the
American flag is no more TO De con
doned than 10 attempt to afford the
s.a protection TO British army sup
Div trains on land. The principles are
the same
The pubudue Times Journal friend
Inv 10 Harding. admits that NO mat
Ter how one feels about the aoVisaoii-
ity OF putting Mr.. Cosson in the gov
errors chair, it must be admitted that
his statement announcing his canol-
dacy is straight from the shoulder. his
advice TO his friends to devote their
energies 10 him and not to opposlns
candidates is both fair and practical.
| In defense Of democratic policies the
Waterloo Times Tribune says:
lingo would have, long ago, left the
flower of our youth rotting in the can
yons of Mexico; he would have imper-
| illed the lives Of our seamen In the
vain attempt to clear the seas Tor our
ocean steamers; he would have cast 10
the winds the policy OF. non-interven-
ton in foreign affairs and would nave
made necessary the hanging OF crepe
at nearly every door in our land.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10
TINES REPUBLICAN. MARsHAILTowN, IoWA JULY 10, 1918

hope that crack company shall be
secured. ;.a
1t should be the aim and ambition
OF young men to hold membership In
the military organizations Of their
home city. They should be encouraged
In this by their elders.
Let us consider 1t part of our duty
to assist in bringing Company A back
to its former high place. We have the
young men in abundance here. All We
need to do Is to stimulate interest and
pride in the historic Governors Greys.
CONCEALLNG COST OF PAVING.
webster City Freeman Tribune.1
We noticed that many of the re-
ports OF paving contracts let this year
do not give the price per yard Of bids.
but rather the aggregate amount to be
paid. The papers state the contract
was let for $4,000 or for $4,000. as the
case may be. instead of for $3.50 per
square yard. This is probably done in
pursuant to the wishes of some con-
tractor or contractors. II prevents the
public from comparing prices paid in
various towns. II Fort Dodge lets a
job at $50 per yard and Algona lets
the same kind OF contract at $1.75
the people of Algona have right to
know why there is such wide dis
crepancy in prices. But when Fort
Dodge pays sS7.15e for a job and AL
coma pays s95,67S for another Job Of
the same character of work no COM
PARSONS can be made, because the
public does not know how many yards
of paving are included in either of the
contracts.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10

BY way of deriving comfort from
discontinue the Cedar Falls Record
concludes that 1T is better TO have
dirty pavements and much building
activity than to have clean streets an6
nothing going on"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10

Published Daily BY The
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Delivered by carrier by the month .eV
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Entered at the postoff1ce at Marshai-
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Sioux City Tribune believes
that The country can get along very
well without any of those celebrated
imported aniline dyes. Those rug max
ers of China and Persia and kurdis-
tan and Turkey did not have them un-
Ill lately and yet their products are
largely sought for at fabulous hsures.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10

To the Cedar Rapids Repuoilcan ~
seems that no provision was maze iol
the publication OF those laws winch
went into effect on the r'ourtn OF july
and so we have the laws, put not even
q judge on the bench knows what they
contain"
The border vidette., 1915-06-05

MeSSrS. Coleman and Payne. two well known Arizona cattle men, of Flagstaff. who have a big stock ranch in Sonora, a short distance south of NogaleS. have been in town a couple oi days this week, returning south Thursday, by automobile.
 William Colburn, treasurer of the G., l.. & c. Mining & Re duction Company, was busi- ness visitor in town last Wed nesday, from the mines short distance from Nogales. George D. Gross Is preSluenU, Wm. N .. Lester, vice president, and A T. Bird, Jr., secretary Of the company, the name of which stands either for Gross, Lester and Colburn, of for gold, lead and copper. MT. Colbnrn was very enthusiastic over the splen- did showing being made on the property under the personal Sn- perviSiOn of George Gross, who certainly knows all there is to know about mining conditions in his section of the country.
 Thursday Hon. Theodore Geb- Ter, the retired business man and capitalist, accompanied by Mrs. Lydia Burch- Bass, left for the Pacific coast, on pleasure bent. The grand old gentleman, who has already reached the eighty fourth mile stone, has re- gently been slightly under the weather. While in San Fran cisco he will consult specialists. in the hope of securing relief. Mrs. Bass. who will be joining at Tempe by her little daughter. will spend a month at Oakland with her mother, Mrs. Walton, formerly of this city, now a re- Sident of Oakland. At San Fran cisco, MT. Gebler will be joined by his nephew. Adolf Walman, of New York City, who for more than twenty-five years has been connected with the U. S.. GUS toms house.
The border vidette., 1915-06-05
TESTING FEDERAL GAME LAW

In a case planned to test the validity of the federal statute forbiddiug the killing of migra- tory birds in Arizona during cer- tain seasons of the year, Homer Harrison, Tucson sporting goods dealer, had himself ar rested last Tuesday, on a charge of killing birds.
 The case will be tried before the United States Commissioner
 Harrison contends that the state law creating the office of game warden specifically de- fined the duties of the warden and fixed the open season for game.
 Game Warden Willard, Harri- son says, is overstepping the duties of his office in attempting to arrogate to himself the pow CTS that are vested in federal officials alone.
 Local sporting men are in terested in the outcome of the test case.
The border vidette., 1915-06-05
[. E. Bowers Ranch Not Looted

The Mexican bandits, between forty and fifty of them, who last Tuesday night raided the little hamlet of Querobabi, on the So- nora railway, and killed five of Governor Maytorena's soldiers, did not loot the l. E. Bowers ranch near Noria, as was an nounced last Wednesday.
 A force of soldiers was sent from Hermosillo to round up the bandits. who burnt three small bridges between Noria and Poza, before they made their escape to the mountains.
 On Wednesday, MT. Bowers who was in Nogales. received a telegram from Mrs. Bowers that everything at the ranch was O. K.
 Late Wednesday afternoon MT. Bowers left by auto for his ranch. The machine broke down at Agua Zarca but broken parts were sent from Nogales, and Thursday he reached the ranch,
 Officers of the La Cobriza Min ing Company, whose copper camp is near Noria, say the Americans were not molested by the bandits, notwithstanding re- ports to the contrary.