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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03
VIVA. ca.o,.n, IL.

Gasoline, George Fitch tells US, was
originally used only for cleaning gloves
and ejecting hired girls thru the kitch-
en- roof, but has now been taught
great variety Of interesting tricks, such
as running automobiles, aeroplanes
motor boats, windmilIs, street cars,
hearses. core shelters, and bicycles
BY the aid Of gasolene we can travel
sixty miles ar hour thru the air, $50
miles an hour over the land and six
feet in the ground with the greatest
ease.
A gallon of gasolene can do as much
work in an hour as a horse can do in
day, and it doesn't have to be fed and
bedded down at night It can drive an
automobile twenty miles, and while do
ing this cause three runaways, a COLI
sion, $40 fine for speeding, a divorce
suit and an inquest.
gallon of whisky at a Saturday
night dance can cause a great deal Of
trouble, but it is tame and kittenish
besides gallon Of whitewater which
is conducting a joy ride.
Gasolene is a clear, nervous LIQUID,
which is composed Of speed, noise and
trouble in equal parts. 1t is made Of
kerosene reduced to a more violent
stage, and is kindly supplied to the
restless portion of mankind by the
Standard Oil Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03
AUTO HITS IN NEW PLACES.

The automo bile has hit Des Moines a
solar pleHus blow. Time was when
Iowa's state fair was little more
than Des Moines institution. pro-
NOTED by capital city business men
for personal benefit at state expense.
larger and greater than the city of its
adoption. 1t is state exposition in
TACT. Whhiie Ecs Mcines has suffered
nothing from this growth new trou-
BILE has arisen which threatens the eX-
istence of the dozens of third class
hotels and restaurants which dot but
do not adorn the business sections of
the state capital.
There has been a marked decrease in
the number OF farmers and residents
from small towns registering at the
hotels during fair week. This condi-
I ton is attributed to the automobile. 1t
is said that hundreds of farmers Wis
tied the fair each day. driving from
distances exceeding 100 miles and re-
turning the same night. Many of these
visitors from greater distances-or who
desired to remain more than one day
slept in their machines, according to
the evidence produced by Des MoineS
newspapers. Others carried tents,
Pitched them over their machines, and
made themselves comfortable for the
night. Oil stoves and the necessary
provisions for three meals per day
made the whole family comfortable
and satisfied
The possibilities of the automobile
are yet unGeveloped. Street car mag
mates in Des Moines predict automo-
oiles for everybody at $500 per car
Perhaps it will become the most pop
ular means of human transport,
whether on business or pleasure bent.
Paiatial houses on wheels, with all
the comforts and conveniences now af-
forded by Mr.. Pullman's palace cars,
will be at the command Of the well-to-
do classes. With hard surfaced roads
coming as sure as fate, it may be that
railroad passenger traffic will be con-
fined TO an obsolete coach hooked to
the rear Of a hog train.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03
Topics of the Times

Cummins was roundly abused be-
called himself republican but Elihu
Root. once chairman Of the Taft con-
yention, has now confessed that Cum
Minis was right and that he was
wrong.
When President Wilson changed
lawyers in the state department he
won a notable case against the Ger
man government. This will be the
verdict of history.
When Miss Miller was county super
intendent of schools in Marshall coun-
ty she was much laughed at because
she asked for an automobile in which
to travel from one rural school to an
other. Now comes Miss Jarnette, OF
Polk county, with the same request
and the chairman Of the board of
supervisors thinks she ought to have
the car Thus does the world move
even within board of supervisors.
The hard surfaced road in Iowa is a
financial problem far more than an
engineering problem. 1t is one for
business men and lawyers to solve
much more than for county super
visors, hence the unanimous decision
of the state bankers association and
of the state bar association for the
hard surfaced road is Of far more i'm
portance than divided vote Of a few
supervisors against brick paving.
Corn may be cured after Sept. l,
but it can not be grown after that
date. June, July and August are the
corn growing months in this latitude,
and it is then or never for the corn
crop in Iowa.
At Des Moines the hotel keepers have
discovered another good reason for
hard surfaced roads. The farmers,
they complain, who come to the state
fair in their autos sleep in their cars
or motor home by night and save hotel
bills. Why not put the price Of a hotel
into road bonds and have road that
could withstand a shower?
80
Looking over the landscape now
adays one can see just how far up the
side Of the hills from the ravines the
frost has killed the corn leaves and
just at that line should the silo have
been filed.
Iowa need not be alarmed. The war
is getting oEly Its smaller horses and
scrubs. None Of the draft animals are
going at the prices contractors are
paying. Later Europe will pay high
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03
peace prices Tor the pure bloods and

peace prices for tho pure bloods and
drafters. H
An Ottumwa bootlegger was sent to
the penitentiary for year. More pen"
sentences and less fines are going to
take much Of the fun out of this busi-
ness.
Like a bloody chapter from Hair
Breadth Harry" reads the news story
of the hunting down and killing Of
General Orozco and his band Of
brigands in Green River canyon, Texas.
Give the Texans gun room and they
are likely to take care of any overflow
Of the Mexican rebellion across the
Rio Grande.
Automobile thieving is likely to be-
come as unpopular in Iowa as horse
stealing if the organization being pro-
NOTED in Muscatine to insure car own
ers against theft and prosecute thieves
is perfected. The plan is a CO. operative
one and ought to work like mutual fire
insurance.
For the love of Mike are we going
to have that Thaw- Nesbit White mess
of slime all stirred up in a Thaw suit
for divorce from Evelyn?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03
MATCHING QUALIFICATIONS.

AT Eagle Grove one of the very few
cases of arrested development within
a newspaper office finds expression
upon the read problem and as if to
furnish the justification for the reac-
tionary's complaint the Iowa City Re-
the Greater Iowa Association might
carry us.
The Eagle Grove Eagle long known
10 have been a stumbling block in the
highway of progress, remarks that 1T
is easy 20 sit at desk a nd write
voluminousiy Of paving roads, but it is
only men who know practically moth
ing of what is involved who are doing
1t. The supervisors are practical men,
who know the problem and know it's
financial aspects and have them to
face" etc. with reference to 1.-THE Nor
ris paper theorists and the impra ctical
Missionaries Of the newspaper desks"
Before Dave Brant is introduced
with his reference to some i'm
practical visionary it will be just
as well TO consider qualifications to
discuss the read problem Mr.. Norris
in his college days had training in
elemental engineering until he learned
to operate tho surveyors transit and
level, TO lay out railroad curves, com
pute cuts anG fills and worked on the
county surveying gang. How many
supervisors ever did that much? In
the building operations of his business
life he has probably paid for and SUI
pervised the moving of more dirt than
any supervisor ever moved in his pri-
vate business of farming. He has
spent five years of close study of road
engineering a e practiced in other states
and in Europe and he has Travelled
personally to see the roads that have
been built III this country from one
ocean to the other. 1t Is ALTOGETHER
likely that few supervisors have ever
ATTEMPTED anything Of the kind In
financial operations he has had ex-
perience which would compare favor
ably with the farming business Of the
average supervisor and he had training
upon the farm in his youth so that he
is not altogether devoid OF the farm
owners viewpoint. The mere fact that
he can write for the newspapers
should not disqualify him as a prac-
teal man.
Rnt now comes the Iowa City Re-
publican with the statement that TT
would cost q billion dollars to make
concrete roads three miles apart in
Iowa. This is estimating the cost at
$4,000 q nile what they cost in New
York If the Eagle Grove man had
In mind the theorist to which
the Iowa City editor refers as the
visionary he would not be so very far
wrong for such writing does tend to
make the paved rural road look ridicu-
lous. No one in this state or in any
other state has advocated T. paved
road every three miles and the con-
crete road has been laid in this state
for $4,000 per mile. The Iowa City
Republican outlines a sane plan for
improving the main roads leading into
market towns.
The main travelled roads Of any
state carry most Of the traffic. About
40 per cent of the miles. Travelled In
Iowa are travelled on the county roads.
To pave 10000 miles of the county
road system for Iowa would cost $780,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03
PROGRESSIVE OR BUST.

PROGRESSIVE OR BUST.
tDes Moines Register and Leader.]
But whatever debate there may be
over his purpose. there can be no de-
bate over his estimate of the trend of
the times, and that after all Is the i'm
portant matter for everybody right
now. The senator may or may not be
a candidate for the presidency, but
the senator knows that whoever is to
be the candidate for the presidency on
the republican ticket, must stand for
new ideals and new service, that now
less than ever before dare the re-
publican party come before the people
with a reactionary program or a re-
dictionary candidate.
Senator Root has won the distinct
triumph of his life, and he has had
many notable triumphs before, in the
dominating influence he mas eAeI'tedd
over the constitutional convention that
is to present to New York in a few
days the results of it's labors. He has
committed the state, the republican
party of the east, the country at large
to new and larger view. And he has
done it over the heads of the political
chiefs who have in times past relied
upon the prestige of his name, and
of the old order.
SUPPORT YOUR COUNTY FAIR.
[Aplington News.]
If there is one institution above all
others that IS entitled to the loyal and
unwavering support of both town and
urban population 1t is the county fair.
State fairs and shows of international
character should not be allowed to de-
tract from interest in local events be-
cause Of their greater magnitude. BY
all means attend as many OF the big
exposition as is possible and consist
ent, but utilize the knowledge and in
formation SO gained in boosting and
rounding our the county shows. Not for
a minute should the state and district
fairs be regarded as competitive.
In the matter of exhibits at county
fairs it is an open question whether
to limit them to county owned live
stock and products of field and factory
or to throw open the doors to the
world. 1t is a two-sided problem, with
arguments In favor of both, one which
local associations will have to work out
for themselves. 1t takes money, and
plenty of it, as we'll as some other
things to cohGuct county fair to a
on the patronage at the gate
which seems to depend alto
gether on the prospect held out
in the way OF attractions to be seen
inside. Blu: the county fair above all
should stimulate and encourage local
industries and enterprises Of every
kind. 1t should provide annual sources
OF inspiration for the citizens Of a
county, botn town and country. But
whatever view you may entertain Of
these various minor problems support
and encourage your own county fair
at every turn and on every occasion.
When you attend this year-as OF
course you will-study the fair as a
critic who would improve, rather than
as a carper who never gets beyond the
point of being an obs .ructionist. II all
the words, time and mental effort that
are wasted in criticism of existing con-
ditions were turned to boosting how
the county fair business would hum!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03
EDUCATED FARMERS.

lSlOuA lily 1rlDune.J
Persons connected with agricultural
colleges are much inclined to exag-
gerate the importance OF graduates
going out as teachers and experts, and
to minimize the Importance Of grad
::ss.e. going hack To the farms as
trained additions to the producing
forces. This erroneous estimate is
easily apparent In the publicity bull
letins from Ames, Bookings and Lin
coin.
To the extent that the agricultural
colleges are educating the hcys ard
girls back to the farms, thus far they
are fulfilling their real mission.
Twenty-Five years ago almost any
kind of business, trade or profession
offered better opportunities than farm
life, but that estimate does not hold
good today. Farming has developed
into business enterprise that is
worthy Of any young mans best per-
sonal application-not as teacher.
but as farmer and stock raiser.
Every agricultural community has
need Of more and better farmers and
the agricultural colleges arc supposed
to assist in supplying these needs.
These are wandering from the path
Of greatest usefulness in featuring
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03
CHARITABLE REBUKE.
TGrinnell Herald.1

The county supervisors of Iowa, in
convention at Des Moines condemned
by resolution the movement being
urged so strongly to secure for Iowa
roads paved with cement, brick or as
phalt. They did not condemn gray
eled roads because most of the super
visors favor graveled roads, and are
laying gravel as fast as they can. In
counties where gravel Is plenty and
cheap graveled roads are being laid. In
other counties the supervisors are us
ing money judiciously and economical
ly to pike, grade and straighten the
roads against the day when 1t will be
possible to gravel them.
There are counties in Iowa where
there Is no gravel. and where the ex-
pense Of surfacing roads with gravel
will cost $4,000 or 5000 a mile. Pow
eshiek is one Of them. The Herald
has been hoping that as soon as
Grinnell has been paved to the city
limits movement will be started to
get the River to River road in perfect
condition with roads which will stand
the mud from Iowa county to Jasper
county. Naturally we would prefer
that this road should be paved with
bitulithic, for as far as our experience
goes we believe it the best. But If
we can't have bitulithic we would ac-
cept asphalt, brick, or even cement,
which is fair substitute for real paw
ing. Next comes gravel, and after
gravel comes oiled roads.
The Herald favors the best, and aft
err that would accept any of the rec
ognized substitutes. The supervisors
are doubtless close to the farmers and
know how the farmers feel. In con-
demning brick asphalt or cement for
country paving they may be wrong,
but they doubtless are voicing the
sentiments of the farming communi-
ties, and for this reason are entitled
to respectful consideration. What
Iowa now wants Is material which
can be laid at price within the reach
Of the people who foot the BILL Paved
roads are mainly beyond these purses,
and on this account can only be made
in especially rich and thickly settled
communities. Gravel, in many coun-
ties, is cheap and can be laid easily.
In others the cost may be thought to
be almost prohibitive. In such COM
munities possibly oiled roads will
make a good substitute We suggest
that some one in this corner Of Powe-
shiek start movement for surfacing
the roads.
AS to bonds, the Herald favors a
law which would permit county to
vote bonds to build roads. There are
difficulties in this proposition. In
Poweshiek there wouiu &c g. a::os
contest as to where the surfaced roads
should be built. The same in Jasper.
But law permitting the voters to
vote on bonding is reasonable and just
and should be enacted at once
As to the action Of the county SUI
pervisors at Des Moines. we think hey
were wrong to adopt any resolution
sSa:ns. any kind of roads However.
what they did was done in good faith
and because they think the present
boosting for paved country roads is
hurtfui to the cause Of good roads. We
believe that nowhere on earth are
there more capable. progressive or
honest men than Jowa's county super
visors, and for this reason we are in
clined to consider well before con-
demning any action they may take.
l
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03
Masonic Meetings.
Special CONTAMINATION

~ SPECIAL CCMMuNicATioN
Marshall Lodge, No. 1913, A. F. & A. NJ,
work In second degree Friday, Sept. D.
Z: 30 o'clock. John w. Wells, secretary;
W. H. Steiner, w. NJ.
SlGNET CHAPTER, No. SO. r. A. M.
Regular Convocation Monday evening
Sept. 90. l., S. Kilborn. H. p, John w.
Wells, Rec,
STATED ASSEMBLY, King solomon
Council No. 90 r. & S. NJ. MONDAY
after the third Sunday l. T. forpes'
recorder: George Gregory. t. l.. M.
SPECIAL coNcLAvE, st. Aldemar
Commandery No. 80, X. T.. TUESDAY
Sept. Z, o'clock. Work In the oruei
of the Red Cross. NJ. S. Mctariaho'
Rec, George Gregory, E. c.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap
ter No. 81, o. E. s., Wednesday, sept
Is, p. m. Business. Anna Downing
secretary; Mary Black Collins, W. NJ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03
Copyright by the Bobbs- Merrill Company.
CHAPTER u.
Second Sight.

Southampton Water Ne. - ogna'
mental lake dotted with fairy lamps.
It was . midsummer night, tagging Q
whole season behind ito fellows. But
already It was 20 late that the EnSflsh
passengers on the Kaiser Frits had
abandoned all thought Of catching the
last train to London.
They tramped the deck In thell
noisy. shining, shore-going boots; they
manned the rail in lazy inartioulAte
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03
m.. Fixed Gaze.

3 when woman gazes fxedly ut her
husband 4 doesn't necessarily mean
that she ID admiring either his manly
Pawn or his noble features. The
chances are ths& she IL looking MIN
over in an effort to discover grease
srots on his clothing.-To0sks Capt.
-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03

minor Careers" outside Of the farm
ing business.
Why not get back to first principles
and emphasize, in publicity bulletins.
the young men who have returned to
their homes to become better farmers?
A little Of this spirit would encourage
the students along right lines and
would help to establish better feeling
for the institutions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03
Iona Newspapers
TURN IN THE LAMBS.
TSbeoopdoob WorJd1

On the az erage Iowa farm the stub
BILE fields are this year overgrown with
green feeds that might be turned from
taste into cash If western lambs were
bought to clean up this aftermath The
heavy rains helped to produce an
abundance of forage in the grain and
corn fields il the form of clover, tim
othy and other plants, and also in the
form Of weeds which are nourishins.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

To the Dubuque Times-Journal ut
would seem that owners of all vehicles
should, as preventative measures,
equip the same with lights similar
to those used on automobiles. A great
many accidents have resulted from the
fact that automobile drivers are unable
to distinguish horse drawn vehicles in
the road"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03

Some solid concrete markers that
would make splendid grave stones"
remarks the Grinnell Register, have
recently been placed at the intersec
lions of the principle business streets
as a guide or rather warning to the
drivers. They have one advantage,
however Frivolous auto drivers will
not reach out of their cars and pick
them up as souvenirs, as happened to
several of the former markers
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03

One OF the advantages Of the use OF
electricity is that it will be possible
to "cook by the clock.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03

"Des Moines finally has found a
place for the allies horse buyers"
the Mason City Globe Gazette tells us,
observing that "the Iowa farmer can
now sell his horses at a price to buy
tractors and autos to take their places"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03

The Burlington Hawkeye predicts
that. Ultra progressives, it must be
confessed, will not look with much
favor upon the candidacy of Mr.. Root,
as they will always remember that he
was chairman of the republican nation
al convention of 1912 which turned
down Colonel Roosevelt for Mr.. Taft"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03

"Occaslonaly you may hear some
disgruntled individual making direful
predictions concerning the future value
of Iowa lands" confidently declares the
Pocahontas Record. Don't worry over
any possible slump I'M that quarter.
With the secrets Of soil renewal and
conservation mastered there can be no
deterioration. 1t is out of question.
Iowa will always be in the corn belt.
and for that one reason, leaving out
several others, land values of the state
will always be found at the top"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03

Broken bones are now healed by an
injection Of bone dust in petroleum
around the ruptured ends.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03

"Bryan's peace movement is a great
thing to kindle and keep glowing the
neutrality spirit even after the worst
of the conflict is over but he has not
the political policy to commend him
to the people any more than he had in
1895. We should not lose sight of this
fact. Bryan is good man, a liberal
mixer and a popular lecturer, but he
is rot now any more than in the past,
big enough for president" blurts the
Abba Union.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03
@s<oM DYSPEPSIA pss

jill relieve your indigestion. MANY
eople in this town have used them
...... re have yet to hear Of case where
they have failed. We know the ior-
mula. Sold only by us-25c . box.
Mcbride q viii Gr.5 Co
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1915-01-19
OU SOCIAL CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS

7 h Gu Soclai Club, Lihue,
held a meeting at the office of S.
l.. Hannestad Thursday evening
elected officers for the ensuing
term and adopted a number OF
amendments to the bylaws. One
of the amendments provided for a
secretary and treasurer III place OF
a secretary treasurer as at pre-
sent. The election of officers re,
suited as follows:
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1915-01-19
PULPIT AND THE
SCHOOL TEACHER

For bis text at Lihue Union
church Sunday morning Rev. J. Nj.
Lydgate took for his text Tim.
2;24, and said:
III common with some of the
+ { Of vou, I attended Il c
Teachers Convention held at Ka-
paa a few days ago and was very
much impressed by what | saw
and heard there. | suppose if |
had stopped to think l might have
known that there must be a good
many teachers OIL Kauai, perhaps
even | did know in vague way
that there were upwards of hum
dred, but it is quite a different
thing to see them all together in a
dav. Also in a vague way, had
known that they were an invalu
able factor in the development of
our Island ana reaSSurlng guar
antee-6ff 6f ffoi- table and efficient
conditions of life. To attend one
of these conventions is to quicken
a Il d intensity these convictions
and to call forth a large measure
of admiration for the intelligence,
enthusiasm and faithfulncss of the
fine body of teachers one meets
there. And as one deeply Inter-
ested i'll the highest welfare of
our island | wish to express my
appreciation OF these teachers and
the work they are doing and also
my appreciation of how much it
will mean for our future.
Continued on page S.