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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15
Topics Of the Times

Harrison county farmers are UP in
arms over the Economical reorganiza-
ton" OF the rural mail service in that
county. Mr.. Burleson Is working tooth
and nail for republican party success.
tho he doesn't seem to realize 1t.
II the wet weather was bad for corn
1t was good for muskrats and the
prices are higher than ever this year
for all kinds OF fur. Let nobody sheer
over Iowa's fur crop. 1t runs into big
money.
Wilson f. long way ahead OF his
party" remarks the Sheldon Mall. And
in his war program he is 80 far ahead
OF the American people that they are
likely to ask him to sit down and rest
himself for four years dating from
March, 1917.
Up near LeMars farm sold the
other day for $212h an acre. And you
and could have bought that place for
&1s an acre long after we were mar
RED Tough. isn't 1T?
Fred Beckman, professor OF jour-
nalism at Ames, said something when
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15

Any person calling at Mcbride &
will Drug Co. and presenting the cou-
pom below. properly signed. will be
entitled to regular soc bottle Of
schiffmann,s New Concentrated Elk
pectorant for half price. With view
70: giving those who have not yet used
this excellent remedy an opportunity Of
trvins Il In the treatment Of All Bron-'
chisl AFFECTIONS, Including Bronchitis,
Bronchial Asthma. Whooping Cough.
Severe Colds. Group and Hoassenses;
to prove it, merits, all psTsons apply
inr arc thus given . chance TO obtain
a regular sos bottle for CSC By pre-:
senting the coupon below. Even tho
not In need q such medicine at the
present time, II win pay 70 buy now. -
some such medicine II sure TO be re-
ouired before the winter y over. but
this remedy cannot be obtained at half
price again.
This excellent new remedy u sufn-
GENTLY concentrated 90 that ounces.
when mixed at home With simply one
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15
why FARLEY SHELDON Is MAYOR.

Farley Sheldon is mayor of Ames.
He has long been its mayor, Electing
Tim :GS.s2- has become habit with
that good town at the parting of the
Northwestern ways. Moreover Mr.
Sheldon is old in years. versing toward
the octogenarian period
But he is young in spirit and pur-
pose. To illustrate: when the glad
news Of the AmeS victory at Iowa City
reached him ne warned all merchants
10 carry in whatever they wished TO
save from the alleys He sent word to
the collegians that everything COM
bustible found in alleys should be legal
prey to celebrants OF the Anes tri-
umph. Two hundred students cleaned
those alleys free of everything that
would burn. They hired fat cars and
transported the material 10 the campus
where monstrous bonfire told the
world the story Of victory and defeat.
And so the town was clean as
whistle the next morning and every
body vas happy,
Ames is finishing a 100000 hotel.
has paved her streets, has made great
advances in municipal improvement.
Am es people are proud of Ames And
at the head of all the movements. in
terested and active as youth is
Mayor Sheldon. That's why he is
mayor.
Salary Well, Farley Sheldon's SAL
ary as mayor costs him probably
twenty times what it pays but Shell
don doesn't seem 10 need or consider
the salary. He doesn't appear 10 con-
slider himself dsgraced as business
man because he does public service
for less pay han he would demand as
manager OF a wholesale house or a big
banking corporation. The man lives in
Ares. He is part of Ames. That's also
why Farley Sheldon is mayor OF Ames.
And 1t may be added that is why a lot Of
things have been done and done well
at Ames and along the Lincoln High
way and here and there.
Every town has men as big and ef-
fective in their way as Farley Sheldon
in Anes Most % them refuse 10 be
mayor. They can't afford TO work for
the salary. The city and the county
may have granted them honors as
Ames and Story have to Mr.. Sheldon
and their opportunities may have made
them wealthy; but they refuse to rec
ognize their debt TO the public. After
having had all that the community can
give they refuse TO render service.
That is why they are not mayors. 1t
isn't enough for such men to pay their
taxes. They owe service. Farley Shell
don pays his.
And that is why in his later years
Farley Sheldon finds his lease as lead
ing citizen renewed by common con-
sent. He Is both able and willing TO De
useful And so in the years when
other men are waiting for the under
taker Farley Sheldon. mayor Of Ames.
:s as far ahead Of the hearse as a six
cylinder human automobile ought 10 be
and is still going strong.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15
MEREDITH AGAIN.

Our genial friend. Ed Meredith de
feated for the democratic nomination
for United States senator. but given
something equally as good in the form
OF membership on the governing board
OF the federal reserve district, is called
to bat in the democratic governorship
game, Marsh and Palmer having
struck out.
The managers OF the team should
sign few additional men, so that it
would not be necessary to play Mere
dith in every game. No mans pop
ularity can long stand that.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15

out the proposed links without any
considerable initial expenditure. The
matter of maintenance can be cared for
by the regular park machinery. and
will not make an appreciable addition
to public expenditures Sioux City is
in great luck to get this playground
for grownups on such easy terms.
Not many years ago there might
have been some grumbling on the
ground that 1t Is no part Of the city's
business to provide places Of amuse-
ment for the idle rich. In the mean
time. there has been 4 democratiza-
ton OF the game OF golf. Now there
is complaint that municipality IL de-
linauent in its duty when 1t allows
wealth to have monopoly OF the phys.
icai and mental benefits Of golf. Sioux
City has been bit backward in rec
ognizing the needs OF sport lovers. due
in part to the fact that the idea OF
public service thru comprehensive
park system was rather slow in devel-
oping here. II the experiences OF other
cities with municipal golf courses are
repeated here, the Grand View course
next summer will be besieged by store
and Office workers wishing eagerly for
the opportunity to give their leisure to
outdoor sport, and for the most part
getting more fun ont OF their opportun-
ity than the players upon the more
arlstocratic private links. Its ac6essi-
biiity, as well az les economy will help
to make business for the municipal
course
While Sioux City is getting a start
in the cultivation Of park sports, ten
mis- should not be neglected. No park
system of any pretensions is considered
complete without a system Of tennis
courts. For young people Of both sexes
lawn tennis is perhaps the best all
around outdoor sport ever devised. 1t
/ is a game of skill. which develops mind
| as we'll as body. while carrying the fas-
cination of the game for the games
sake, which is essential to any success
| ful sport. AS q park game, tennis Is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15

must down thore In the hole Il WISH, signs tho
ditcLe the creature Of Drawn, that richer
than Andy John. But Fortune Is spurning poor
jay I'll 60 earning dollar day." II he
had quit wishing and dreaming his dream and spent
time fishing in Knowiedse's stream: IL he'd made
endeavor master trade he would forever be
welding spade; he would not be sweating in gumbo
and clay intent getting his dollar day wishes
horses the bessars would ride. but down where
IL the beggars abide. A wish 10 q daisy when
backed by toll. but II lazy your wishes will
spoil Your wishes dizzy u idly they but II
get busy they'll likely true
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15
BUSINESS OPTIMISM DOMINANT.

Mild weather and delay IN crop mar
keting tend to retard retail buying of
heavy seasonabie goods as dis
agains; this is to be noted increased
demands on jobbers. wholesale dealers
and manufacturers, which point to a
veritahle trade ground swell. such as
was witnessed IN years like 1912. just
before the Balkan war began, and in
the flush times Of 1906 The fact seems
to be that in general trade, as in iron
and steel and kindred lines domestic
demand had Jagged behind AID stocks
in final distributors hands were de-
pleted. causing recent eager buying,
which has resulted n mass of orders
for immediate shipments, and which it
is impossible TO fill without some delay.
In industry the pace is, II anything,
GU cker: foreign war demaiG and n
stent domestic calls cause orders n
heap up with iron and steel men: the
lumber trade imprny ement, FRS. visible
northwest, where prices have been ad-
vaneed: nte.-wheat marketing g
freer, thus improving collections, and
sales Of spring wheat are large. de-
spite holding by farmers; hour mill
ers are crowded with orders; long Idle
capacity is being put into activity in
coke manufacturing: wheat exports
break all records: demand TO- coal IS
better, activity in steam grades testi-
flying to enlarge industrial operations;
railway transportation is of record pro-
portions. the margin Of idle cars has
about disappeared and shortages loom
up as the railways strain to move the
/ freight offering over crowded rails and
/ thru congested terminals.
Reports by sections point TO the de-
cline in cotton toning down slightly
some OF the exuberant feeling noted at
the south hitherto, but unprecedented
industrial activity, large diversified
crops raised at low cost, depleted
stocks. and improved methods Of dnan-
cling crop movement. are backlogs to
demand from that section. North
western farmers are still busy thresh
ing or fall blowing. but expected freer
marketing of grain in the near future
will swell retail demand and improve
collections.
In the far northwest trade is slowly
mounting, but much is hoped for from
the expected larger demand from rail-
ways for lumber In the southwest
/ optimism rules. and a typical example
of current demand is furnished by the
report from st. Louis that manufac-
since August have done the largest
business in their history. Exception
| ally good reports as to trade distribu-
ton and industrial activity come from
the cities along the northern border,
from Milwaukee and Chicago east to
! Buffalo. Eastern trade reports are Of
busy industries war demand, of course,
being a feature, and seasonable goods
are selling well at retail, despite the
| handicap Of warm weather.
To sum up. optimism is now the
dominating note, record fall and
winter trade is weil-nigh assured, and
the country's industries are receiving
such en- impetus from bounteous crops
at high prices and unparalleled foreign
! q
the present year will set up number
Of new records Of measure and move
ment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15
WOULD MOVE s. U. /.

lGrundy Republican,
1t is really amusing at times to read
some of the junk about how this and
that fellow from Four Corners -cs
able to get drink in dry Des Moines
Just now there halls a story from Iowa
City in the Iowa City Republican about
a man who was curious to see if he
could get bottle of beer in Des
Moines. He went to Des Moines, re-
marked his wish for the bottle to a
friend and after while a man came
up and whispered to him that he would
get the bottle. The man gave up his
dollar, and accepted shoe box as
security. but the stranger never re-
turned. Later the man opened his
shoe box and was surprised to find in it
his bottle Of beer and considered that
it was great joke on himself and
that he was very wise man. in fact
about the wisest and cutest little guy
in all Iowa, judging from the way the
Iowa City Republican tells the story.
We don't suppose there is a town in
the whole state Of Iowa where the
curious citizen from Iowa City could
not get his bottle of beer for dollar
and it occurs to us that if the example
of our state university has not been
able to teach Dave Brant and his cute
little friend enough for them to COM
prehend that even fool can get
around about every law ever written.
save the law of death. then we are not
wasting a blamed big pile Of money
In maintaining the institution in such
barren soil. We move the consolida-
ton of the s. L. I. with Ames.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15
TO ENFORCE RIGHTS.

Preparedness on the part Of the
United States should simply mean pre-
pairing to keep out Of trouble. We
have wisely avoided a conflict in Mex
leo and we shall hold our horses
while the war steeds in Europe are de-
vastating continent to no purpose. But
we should be able to say and to say
right out loud-that those who wish to
fight must keep 10 the other side Of
the Atlantic,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15
Got Even.

Got Even.
A young man who had been snubbed
at the theater door decided to get even
with his girl friends.
The girls occupied the first four
seats in the sixth row and the young
man had the NTH. They paid no at
tention whatever to him. On the pro-
gram was . monologist who began to
talk love to get few laughs, as these
artists often do. He said ":All the
girls who are in love. please stand
up"
Turning to the girl next to him the
young man who had been snubbed
said:
please let me out"
Naturally the entire four had to rise.
When they were on their feet the
young man sat down, while the re-
mainder OF the house roared in glee
at the four girls standing up.-Nation-
al Food Magazine.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15
Masonic Meetings.
STATED COMMUNICATION

f" STATED COMMUNICATION
Marshall Lodge No. los A. F. and \. NJ.
Regular meeting Friday Nov. -. I:SV
D. N. John W. Wells. secretary, W. II.
Steiner, W. NJ.
siGNET CHAPTER. No. So, r. A. NJ.
Regular convocation Monday evenins'
Nov o. l. S. Kilbo-n, H. p, John
". Wells, Rec.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King solomon
Council No. 90, p. & g. NJ Monday
after third Sunday. I. T. Forbes. re-
corder; George Gregory. T. I. Nj
REGULAR coNcLAvE, st. Aideuaar
Commandery No. 80. K L TUESDAY
Oct. 1s, 1880 o'clock. Regular business.
NJ. S. Mcfarland, Rec; George Gregory
e. c.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap
ter No. 81, Q. E. s., Wednesday. Nov
II. 1880 p. m Business. Anna Down
ing, secretary; Mary Black Collins
W. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15
PARK GOLF. ETC.

LSiouX CITY JOUfnaI.l
The decision OF the city council to
provide . municipal golf course viii
be received with . chorus OF approval
lin which there will be . few jarrin1
notes. ,r..e generosity Of private prop
erty owners in the vicinity Of Grand
view Park makes II possible to lay
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15

Pianos are played BY people who
are equipped with enthusiasm and
high tension technique. Some people
have more enthusiasm than technique,
and can be heard on quiet, moonlit
night by neighbors who would rather
listen to good band. Technique is
obtained by careful study with some
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15
Iona Newspapers
sHUcKINe. HusK1NG. PICKING.

When the writer was a boy. we al
ways "shucked' corn but after we had
gone to school We always "husked" the
corn. A neighbor. however. persisted
in picking" the corn. much to the
amusement of us youngsters. We
learn, however. that picking is the
proper term to use in this section this
wear
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15
On, wou,dn. Tell.

When Claire was about I'VE years
old she had picture taken for her
s.enA and was told not to tell It, for
II was 10 b . surprise. Tina. evss:::S
when he returned from the ONCE she
saiss: Papa, we'se got Q s'prise for
you. but won't tell, won't tell; Just
wait until you see the proof
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15

especially desirable because . little
ground will 80 . long way In accommo.
dating players.
As the vacant spaces fill up, Sioux
City will feel the need OF baseball dia-
monds TO meet the demand from
amateur players. 1t IL to be hoped
that the work to give time to this
wholesome sport shall not be hampered
by lack Of facilities.
Sioux city Is going to get along with
out the saloon as an amusement center
next year. It will be mistake If the
community falls to bid for the employ
ment Of some OF the time thus to be
liberated by Offering more wholesome
forms OF entertainment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15
No MIX. No Fsver.

Scarlet fever IL practically unknown
in the tropics and doctors say this II
because 20 little fresh milk II drunk
there. The strepococcus. which occurs
in large quantities in most raw mix:
10 always present In scarlet FEVER. ano
experts see In that cause ana erect
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15

body who secured q surplus while In
Europe and has returned home to sell
1t at 81 per kilowatt. When student
has absorbed enough technique so that
he can play Gottschalk's Last Hope"
without contracting writer's cramp, he
is allowed to practice his profession
upon the chautauqua circuit.
The piano would stand higher In the
community II 1t were played with more
technique and less physique.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15

some time ago. Mr.. Breuklander hav-
Ing no insurance. Our idea was that
the claim Of some religious bigots that
life and accident insurance Is immoral.
and that the man who does not at
tempt to protect himself by them viii
Be immune from injury would be in
clined to give up this notion with a
lot OF other TOM foolery II they were
obliged to stand up and allow a sur
geon to carve of part Of their anat-.
omy for man who had taken their
advice to his sorrow. We are looking
forward to the future welfare OF the
community when We are opposing
medieval superstition; 1t il too much
to expect to change conditions in q
few days or weeks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15

THE supreme court OF Kansas has
declared the Webb-kenyon liquor law
valid" notes the Council Bluffs Nom
pareil This is good as far as it goes.
but the supreme court of the United
States has the last say on this law.
Temperance people Will not be sure OF
their ground until the court of last re-
sort has reported.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15

1T is about time for some one 10
suggest Colonel Young for governor of
Iowa suggests the Webster City Free
man Tribune. The colonel must be
getting lonesome. as he has not been
suggested for anything in several
months.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15
A CASE OF TRANSFORMATION.

"A
Council Bluffs NonpareiL] -.
Fifteen Dreweries in Iowa will close
their doors as breweries on Dec. 81.
On Jan. following, most OF these in
situations will reopen in some other
line Of business.
One brewery in Des Moines Will be-
in the manufacturing of telephone de-
vices. In Cedar Rapids a brewery is
arranging to manufacture yeast.
Eight Iowa cities now have brewer
les. These institutions are capitalized
at about four million dollars. The sup
porters Of wet policy have en-
phasized the property feature Of the
liquor business. But as a matter OF
fact nothing more is involved in this
case than a transformation from one
business to another. OF course. some
loss Of property is involved. But the
main, tangible values Of property
which has been used for the produc-
ton Of liquor may become equally val
liable for the production OF other lines
Of goods.
Such changes are frequent all along
the line. In the west paying vein
OF ore is struck and a city leaps into
being in a few weeks. Then the end
Of the lead is struck and the city van
ishes as quickly as it came. The au-
tomobiie came into existence and as a
result hundreds OF buggy and car
riage factories have been obliged to
transform themselves into factories for
other products or go out of business.
1t may be argued that we have no
right to legislate people out OF busi-
ness. but the point has been settled
| for generations. The right to prohibit
the manufacture or sale OF liquor il as
generally recognized as the right to
quarantine against contagious dis
ease. Economic law and the welfare OF
| the state government in these cases.
| Vacant buildings are frequently cited
az evidence that prohibition OF saloons
kills business. AS a matter Of fact it
| is simply an evidence that pfohibi-
ton forces Transformation. These
changes require time, but when adj
| justments have been effected 1t il al
ways found that the volume OF busi-
ness continues normal That portion
which formerly went thru the saloons
| has found new channels and invariably
the community and its people are bene-
lficiaries because OF the change. When
a man who formerly spent his money
for booze finds his supply cut on he
naturally spends his money Tor some
thing else more appreciated by hia
family. Prohibition does not, there
|fore, destroy property; 1t simply COM
pels transformation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15

TWENTY FIVE CENT couPoN-No 4 $500.
beetle e
viii Drug your
eauda filled
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Should they be given what they
ask, the people who are clamorins
for free tickets to the state fair,
would soon be demanding free trans
portation to and from the grounds.
with pay for the time they spent
away from their home or loafing
place" declares the Perry Chief.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15
THAT TROUBLED POOL"
Manson Domocrat.1


The Marshalltown Times Republican
one OF the most unreasonable and can
tankerously republican sheets In Iowa,
insists that the conversation about
John T. Clarkson az q prospective
democratic gubernatorial candidate be
continued. Oh, very well. II Johns
friends among the prohibition repub-
licans are crazy to keep on talking
about him, it may be that some Of the
democrats who are opposed to him can
start some talk that will make John
wish that he had never been "men-
toned" for governor on any ticket
And il the MarshalItown Times-Re-
publican Is so anxious to put him in
the running, 1t has every right in the
world to Jump over into the demo-
cratic party and tear its shirt for the
man from the woods Of Monroe coun-
ty The prohibition water is fine and
there is plenty Of room in the pool.
Jump in. T.-R-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15

The Dubuque Times-Journal compli-
ments the Iowa State Teachers Associ.
alton on the refusal to indorse bible
teaching in the public schools. THE
proposed plan Is against the spirit OF
the constitution of the United States,
which guarantees equal religious liber-
ties to all creeds," says the Times
journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15
WHEN THE HIDE COMES OFF.

The Knoxville Journal misses the
point in its comment on a recent ref
erence in the Chronicle to the people
who oppose accident insurance, when
it asks. would insurance save skin =
The Chronicles suggestion was that
the people who don't believe In in
surance= prove their faith by their
works by giving portion OF their skin
to Huip Breuklander to patch uD the
places on his body burned so badly
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15

The Blencos Herald remarks that
where tried it is being proven that
medication and sanitation are controli-
ing the hog cholera. The length of time
it win take 70 rid the country OF this
expensive disease will be measured by
the aid the farmers lend in the matter"
III the sun shone every day 1t
wouldn', be November" says the Wat
erloo Courier.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-15
RFST MFDICINE FOR SEVERE COUGHS,
BRONCHIAL AFFECTIONS AND COLDS

pRUo CO. sEL L.Mo MEDICINE At HALF PRICE.