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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-03
IS PIERCE A MENACE:
1scranton Journal


jim Pierce and the Iowa Home
stead are gaining altogether more OK
a hearing in this political campaign
The Iowa Homestead is IN =. par with
the Menace for sensatlonalism and
falsehood and its standing is just
about on par with the Menace with
well posted and Intelligent men, Tie
Journal editor has read it casually for
years-just about as he has lead
the Menace-and he long since con-
cluded that it stood for nothing ex-
cept the greed and malice Of its
editor. Jim" Pierce, and that such
greed and malice were abnormal.
Here's a quotation from a recent is
sue:
Rule or ruin. A sordid chapter
from 1owa's political history, por-
traying the methods OF the Des
Moines bipartisan ring, which should
make every farmers blood boil"
Sounds like the Menace, doesn't It?
The above are headlines over several
columns Of meaningless, sensational
and abusive editorial matter. The
Menace and the Saturday Blade fiEd
welcome in good many Iowa homes,
so it Is 10 be expected that the Iowa
Homestead vii! also be given con-
sideration, but people who look to
such authorities for their political
inspiration will usually be discon-
tented and unhappy. Spooks will
stare at them from every fence corner
The Iowa Homestead is a bipartisan
sheet itself. and II there Is a publica-
ton in Iowa whose editorial utterances
are inspired from the cash drawer
this paper regards the iowa Home
stead as 1t There are no powers
seeking to prey upon the happiness
and prosperity Of Iowa farmers" and
such stuff has no rightful place in a
right thinking citizens reading matter
It's poison.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-03
the COST or A CRUSADE.

When the editor Of the Times Re-
publican read in its columns upon the
authority of the Storm Lake Pilot
Tribune that he was a crusader in the
matter of good roads to the extent OF
| spending $4,000 year out of his
private purse in his crusade he felt
like rushing to the nearest notary to
make affidavit that he was still of
sound mind and in no immediate need
| of guardian or conservator for his
estate. He will acknowledge the
charge of crusader but he is still
canny enough to keep his postage bill
| down to a few hundred dollars each
year, much less than some other kinds
| Of men would spend on a weeks junket
TO the bright lights of big city.
The Pilot Tribune is to be thanked
for its expression of confidence in the
integrity of the Times-Republican
editor and the PIT. is not to be
blamed for an over estimate of the
ccst CT :: crusade sor the results oh
tanned in Storm Lake would have con-
WINGED anyone that $1,000 man were
in action, Mr.. Norris had been in
vited there by the board of supervisors
TO address mass meeting and obtain
an endorsement OF the boards plan to
grade and gravel the entire county
-
and bridge the entire county with
masonry, issuing bonds for the work
and paying the bonds without any in
crease in taxation.
When the day arrived one township
sent a delegation of forty retired
farmers and others to fight It. The
meeting was adjourned from a picture
hall to the opera house where every
seat and every foot of available stand
ing room was taken and men were
turned away from the doors. When
Mr.. Norris arose he faced such
crowd as had seldom been seen in the
county seat. He presented the boards
plan and showed that the work could
all be done in three years and paid for
in the eighth year without any in
crease in their present tax levies For
two hours ne was grilled with 9ues-
tons by the opponents when finally
men began 10 raise in the audience to
confess that they had come TO the
meeting preiudiced against the plan
A vote was then taken by tellers re-
sulting in majority OF nearly four
to one for the bond plan of doing the
road and bridge work of that county
at once and having the roads to use
while they were paying for them.
That was last spring. This summer
contracts were let for si1ty-three miles
Of permanent grading and thirty miles
of crawling and when the Des Moines
boosters started out on a tour this fall
with the Polk county supervisors the
model county which they visited was
Buena Vista county where the work
under an exceptionally competent
engineer is being done right The
county engineer is now making plans to
take some more township roads into
the ounty road system.
Under the circumstances the Storm
Lake Pilot Tribune's extrava gance OF
statement is excusable but the truth OF
the matter is that Mr.. Norris travel
ing expenses for that trip were paid
by the Storm Lake Commercial Club.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-03
THE STOCK DIVIDEND.

The stock dividend 10 sosnethinS
which occurs when there u no other
place to put the money.
The object Of the stock dividend
is to provide senteel board and auto
mobiles with red wheels for citizens
who got In on the ground moor. BY
the simple process OF taking little
foresight and wrapping It around Q
500 bill, thousands Of people have
been enabled to retire from business
and live of OF semi-annual stock
sinking fund. This Ia why we SEQ so
many people who couldn't keep
books in shooting gallery living In
the lap OF luxury and wearing
thread-silk union suits.
The automobile Industry produces a
very swollen form Of stock dividend.
but 1t is nor distributed among the
common people 70 any alarming ex-
tent. When Henry Ford started out in
business the neignSors would not call
oIi hiie fe III taSSs aIi5..,rs his :.ccs
as ne was considered about % per cent
non compos mentis. This forced
Henry to take most Of It himself. with
the result that his yearly dividends
make the output Of the South African
diamond fields look like the earnings
Of an Ice cream social. This teaches
us that there are times when Il pays a
man to 50 plumb crazy.
While fortunes are being made In
stock dividends. 1t does net pay to
mortgage everything in slight unless
the dividend can be seen approach
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-03
Iowa Newspapers
SECOND DECREE MURDER
Burlington Gazette.l

A man named Frank Danselo. who
slew another man at Centerville, Iowa.
last June because the latter danced
win Ills girl. was found stiiis: CO !:anr-
der il the second degree. The Gazette
is not familiar with all the phases OF
the case, but If Dangelo's victim mere
~ danced with Dangelos girl and
let /: go at that, it would appear that
the Jury had condoned great offense
and put a premium upon murder.
The brand of jealousy that incites
men to take other mems lives just be-
cause other men dance with their
girls Is a menace to the social life OF
the community. All men do not have
girls" II their lives are endangered
each time they negotiate a bunny hug,
a grizzly bear or kitchen sink with the
STEADY" of some other fellow, they will
cease taking chance.
The mild punishment inflicted for un-
provoked murders in this country Is
becoming too common. II Dangeio
knew beyond a, doubt ne was going TO
dangle for permitting his murderous
Jealousy to assert itself. he might have
contented himself with giving his rival
a good beating instead OF taking his
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-03
You Owe Your Friends.

You ought 10 be fine for the sake OF
the folks
Who think you are fine.
If others have faith in YOU doubly
you're bound
To stick to the line.
It's not only on you that dishonor de-
sends,
You can't hurt yourself without hurt
ing your friends.
You ought TO be true for the sake Of
the folks
Who believe you are true;
You never should stoop to a deed that
your friends
Think YOU wouldn't CO.
If you're false to yourself, be the
blemish small,
Ynn have injured Your friends: you've
been false TO them all.
For friendship my boy, is a bond be-
tween men
That IS founded on truth;
1t believes in the best Of the ones that
it loves.
Whether old man or youth,
And the stern rule il lays down for me
and for you.
Is to be what our friends think we are
through and through.
Detroit Free Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-03
GUESS AGAl n.

The MarShalltown Times -Republi-
can is worried because of the fact thai
Harding supported a public utility
measure IN the Iowa legislature when
he was member of the house. At the
ZANE time the Marshall county mem
Der of the senate supported the same
bill. The metropolitan never
criticized him II we mistake not tho
Times Republican supported the bill
and endorsed the action of the Mar
shall county sena tor."-Vinton Eagle.
Not guilty. Senator c. H. Van Law
represented Marshall county in the
state senate in the Thirty fourth gem
eral assembly when Harding voted in
the house TO give every public utility
company in Iowa a perpetual extern
sion of its franchise and Van Law
had bill Of his own before the SEN
ate. He proposed 10 permit city
council TO have access 10 a public ser
vice corporations books for the neces-
sary Information as to cost of produc-
ton when the city council had occasion
TO fix rates. He was one Of those in
the senate who voted without debate
TO table the Crist public utilities COM
mission bill and the Times Republican,
at Its own expense, sent letters to
every mayor in Iowa calling attention
to iniquities in the public utilities bill
which Harding had helped to put over
in the house.
Now that the Eag7e stirs up the sub
iect we hope the Eagle will publish
for information of voters in Benton
county that Harding did not quit help
ing the public utilities lobby and has in
effect earned the contribution made
to his campaign fund by Colonel Bows
for. when he became lieutenant COVER
nor. ne appointed Crist as chairman
Of the senate committee on public utili-
ties. Crist had been the author Of the
bill which the utility companies had
wanted and for which Harding had
voted when in the house. Then Har-
ding packed this committee of thirteen
with nine members all Of whom had
voted for the Crist bill as Harding had
done in the previous session. This
committee then Matched up another bill
much like the first which was defeated
at the request Of union labor
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-03
THOSE INDIANS.

Several camps Of Indians from the
ing near Marshalltown gathering flags
from a large pond wherewith to make
waffle work for their teepees, baskets
and other articles for sale or family
use. It is an annual visit. The no
ticeable thing about it Is that each
year the Indians come with better
horses and conveyances and better
clothed The Musquakie Is modern
iz!ng. Some of them drive automo-
biles. Some Of them live in good
houses and raise good crops. There are
more $1,000 bills than scalps in Mus
quake teepees.
Cato Sells, an Iowan. who went out
of Iowa to come into national proni-
hence as Indian commissioner, has
been digging up interesting statistics
about the Indians. They own S0,00o,Oo0
acres of land They have within their
inside pockets ss00,OOo,0Oo in actual
hard cash. currency and legal tender
In the United States at its face value.
And instead of the lonely survivor
standing on promontory Of the Pa
cific the Indians are gaining in num-
bers. There are $4,000 Of them in the
United States. And the other day the
Society of American Indians met at
Cedar Rapids and quarreled over minor
matters Just like white convention
and threatened each other like sena-
tors and were auelled by the presiding
officer in conformity to the most par
liamentary usages in vogue among
pale faces. Nobody was ton1ahawked
Nc-e ran rhe gauntlet. The only stake
in evidence was the grubstake It wa1
strictly modern affair with which
Uncle Fenimore Cooper and Buffalo
Bill and Ned Buntline and other vera
cious clroniclers OF the Mingoes and
| Iroquols and savage Sioux anu 5u1i
like would have been ennuied u no
diss ustsi.
Seems like there isn't q Beadle az
cents at all bookstores in our youth
or a Cooper Indian left. Those Tamt
Indians run grocery bills and give
notes for lumber wagons and driv'
good horses. Imagine Chingachgooi
| driving Ford while Deerslayer KEEP
a good lookout, Killdeer ACROSS his lal
lest lying Mingos burst out Of tn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-03
Topics of the Times

Perhaps fellow feeling makes
Frank Gotch kind to M. Harding when
publicity is unenviable.
The Sioux City Journal says that
the Fort Dodge Messenger after
twenty years Of waiting jumped off
the fence. In other words the Mes
senger regular to a fareyouweN for
twenty years" was knocked off the
fence by a nomination that even its
years OF regularity couldn't stomach;
or taking the Sioux City viewpoint for
it the Messenger foresees the certain
defeat of Harding and jumped off on
the winning side. Either way it is put
there seems no comfor: for the Hard
ing outfit in it. The Messenger may
expect slurring references from the
Harding contingent That's part Of
the price of political decency.
a
The Sioux City Ministerial Associa-
ton at it's first fall meeting passed
resolutions which boldly assert that
Mr.. Harding Is mot fit person to hold
the highest office in the state" Is the
conclusion of the associated ministry
OF his home city to be accepted or are
all those ministers of the different
churches Of Sioux City lying about
| IIardlng?" They are where they can get
information first hand. Either they
are right or they are lying" Will any
sane person believe that the assembled
ministers Of a candidates home town
meet and pass such resolutions with
out knowledge and careful consfdera-
| ton?
| A Des Moines woman is asking the
| courts to furnish her information as
/ to her husbands wealth. What's the
matter with the old fashioned way OF
going thru his pockets before ne
gets up?
The purchasing agent for the board
OF control classifes navy beans as
l..xnrv and saws that only the wealthy
4 will be able to eat them IL the price
continues to advance. And Of course
/ II they cost more everybody will bt
crazy for beans. Why is 1t that pota-
toes taste better at ~ a bushel thar
when they are 10 cents g. peck?
Perhaps the reason the straw vote
!s-s aga!nst Harding Is that the STUFF
Harding stood for in the legislature Il
never drunk thru straws.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-03
Ripping Rhymes
n. WAL n aAM
Vacations
BY WALT MASON

The toiler needs good vacation,
. time Of rest and recreation" We
hea. the sases say; ''for work, without
an tnte1mission. without q fortnight on
for fshin', VIII make him old and gray.
This year shut down on my 1abors,
and, emulating sportfve neighbors,
toured, on pleasure bent; backed be-
side some golden fountains, and climbed
q bunch Of snow-capped mountains,
and slumbered in a tent. thought
that. to my work returning, my bosom
would with seal bo burning, and !
would out much grass; refreshed b.
fourteen days OF resting, I'd sail into
my lahors jesting and make things
come to pass. Alas, the grind seems
twice as dreaTJ. and an twenty times
as weary as when went away. the
task ahead seems harder. bigger. and.
wanting all my old time vigor, sigh,
"Alackaday!" do not care for more
vacations: I'll stick to work and earn
my rations, II I'm alive next year; Of
course. they are a thing OF beauty. but
they unfit man for duty, and put him
out of gear.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-03
THE ISSUE IN IOWA
Flyr., rrtp,ar srr;h,,ua

/ NdleiIoo
What use TO complain? Why this
worry among some democrats because
wei democrats are inclined to vote for
Harding? Why this worry among some
republicans because dry republicans
are going to vote for Meredith?
1t is amusing to observe some OF the
republican newspapers denouncing the
boiling republicans. 1t is amusing to
observe some Of the democratic news
papers denouncing the boiling demo-
Gratis Amusing because the republican
newspapers accept the boiling demo-
Gratis as patriots moved by principle
and the democratic newspapers accept
the dry republicans because they are
moved by principle. 1t Is fine show
Of principle for voters In the other
parry to bolt, but an exhibition of dis
loyalty. almost treason, for the voters
in our party to bolt.
And this Is making the campaign. 1t
is interesting and the result Of the ball
loting will be interesting as showing
whether the combination Of vets OF
both great political parties can elect
the governor of Iowa or whether the
drys can outvote them.
Harding claims that mud roads Is the
issue and says he Is glad to be known
as the mud roads candidate. But vot-
ers have made the issue. They made
it before the primaries and served no.
tice Of 1t on primary day 1t was made
because the wet democrats Joined IN
putting Harding over 1t Is decided
again by Chairman Rawson of the re-
publican state committee, who does not
hesitate to say that the wet democratic
vote Harding will get will make up for
the dry republican vote that he will
lose. II anything were needed to clinch
the argument 1t Is found In Rawson's
statement.
Let the campaign 90 on as 1t has
been going and is there wet vote
that Harding will get that will not de-
mand its share Of the victory? Hard
ing accepted this support and was glad
to get it. If he would, provided he Is
elected, will he be able to rid himself
Of the vets? He has not repudiated
them. They will have every reason
to think they elected him, provided he
gets the plurality in November. They
have every right to expect he will make
good with them. They are going to be-
81. .:s..:: .5ss.es r;!.: the tc .. I'm
mediately he takes the chair. And
why not? They understand that Is
the program and Harding tells them
nothing different. II Harding tells
them after election that he will enforce
the law. will they believe him? Why
! she.iA they? And under the ctrcrm.
stances, should he try to enforce the
law, would he not have a fine time thu
arresting mis- iriends ami supper IS
Looking at 1t another way, II Hard
Ing liz elected, would he not have
right to assume that the tide has turn
ed and that the voters want the Law
winked at? And has Harding beef
known not to wink, when the winker'
were in the majority; when winkin;
would bring what he wanted?
i The election is a test OF the senti
ment Of the state on the wet and dr.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-03
THE PRIMARY VS.. THE RECORD.
council Bluffs Nonpareil


In response to the suggestion that
Mr.. Harding withdraw as candidate
for governor and allow some good re-
candidate in his place, the Sioux City
Journal naturally, and in the absence
of other reasons, refers to the primary
vote.
Isn't is an amazing situation when
such storm of protest arises in spite
Of this primary endorsement?
Now, the truth OF the matter is that
Harding's amazing primary vote is
due to two primary causes. The first
and most important is the amazing
number of democrats who came into
the republican party for no other pur-
pose than to help nominate and elect
Harding. The second was his appeal to
the voters who were fearful that paved
roads advocates were going to confis-
cate their property.
Since the primary the record has
been examined. The alliance of Har-
ding with the vets has been revealed.
1t explains in large measure his larg.
primary vote. The record of Harding
on the paved road issue has been Il
revelation to the tax leaguers. He sup
ported BIZ! authorizing supervisors
to order paved roads in the county and
secured an amendment providing that
not less than half the cost should be
charged TO the abutting property. He
went out in the primary and got the
votes of the farmers, many of them
strong temperance men. by claiming
that he was their friend and that he
was opposed to paved roads. He was
amazingly successful in convincing
them that he was for everything they
were for.
The primary vote of Harding is
political parallel to the crime In com
merc!al lines of obtaining money by
false pretenses. The Journal does well
indeed. 1t does the only thing pos
sibie-when 1t ignores the record OF
Harding and appeals for confirmation
of the primary judgment.
The voters, however. will not likely
be influenced to an appreciate extent
by such appeal The election judg-
ment will properly be based on the
evidence rather than on the judgmen.
OF the lower court. In an appeal case
the higher court considers whether or
not the lower court has rendered
decision in harmony with the evidence
and 1t also takes into consideration
new evidence. The Journal and others
who are. reluctantly still supporting
Harding are forced 10 ask that the prt-
ry decision be final. They do MOI
have the temerity or the nerve to cite
the record outside The primary in JUS
tiiics. icn. for the reason that ii affords
no justification except TO the vets. and
no argument is necessary to get them
TO support Harding.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-03
BrIuht Idea.

According to this story Of pioneer
life, all the hero's lneighbors assembled
and helped him to build his house"
II wonder II scheme like that WOULD;
be feasible now" whats your idea ~
~ was thinking Of Inviting four Of
I'VE Of my neighbors to come over sand
help me work MY EArden. : = ss :ss u
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-03

Length, seven and one-fourth inches.
Among thrushss having the top Of
head and tail nearly the same color
- tho back. this one Is distinguished
by its tawny eye-ring and checks. The
Pacific coast subspecies IL russell
brown above, while the other subsps-
cies 10 the onve-backed thrush. The
remarks below apply to the species .
. whole.
Range: Breeds In the forested parta
Of Alaska and Canada and south TO
California, Colorado, Michigan, New
York, West Virginia (mountains), and
Maine: winters from Mexico to South
America.
Habits and economic status: This
IL one Of small group Of thrushes
the members Of which are by many
ranked first among American song
birds. The several members reseM-
BILE one another In size. plumage. and
habits. While this thrush 10 very fond
Of fruit, its partially for the neighbor-
hood streams keeps It from frequent
ing orchards far from water. II -
most troublesome during ths cherry
season, when the young are In the
nest. From this IL might be inferred
that the young are fed on fruit. but
such IL not the case. The adults eat
fruit, but the nestlings, ~ usual are
fed mostly upon insects. Beetles con-
stituts the largest item Of animal food,
, and ants come next Many caterpil.
lars also are eaten. The great bulk
Of vegetable food consists OF fruit, Of:
hiian two.ii;ttns is CO cultivated vsrs-
cites. Where these birds live in or
near gardens or orchards, they may
do considerable damage. but they are
too valuable - insect destrcyers e
be- killed II the fruit can be protscte4
In any other way.
1
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-03

bushes along the Lincoln Highway
seeking blood and scalps.
The Indian Of the dime novel ana
Cooper exists no longer. There "aint
no such animile."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-03

Minerals that carry radium are fair
Nv easy to determine. One OF them,
ptichblende. AZ generally found. IL q
black MINERAL about as heavy as ordf-
nary iron, but much softer. The prtn-
cipel radium mineral, carnoltits, has a
bright canary-yellow color and v gem
orally powdery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-03
Don't Bot With a Girl.

II took my girl to tine ball game yes
terday," sid the younG fellow: as he
met his friends.
"Yeah?"
"Uh-huh! I bet a pound Of candy
against pack Of cigarets on the
game"
who wonT'
II did
= ...c.a she pay IN 81
'say what kind Of cheap skate do
you think am? Why the girl felt 50
bad about losing that I had to buy her
two ,uads RI caEdy 1Ae swear "
smoking cfgarets for life before !
could cheer her up