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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31

grade and gravel at a cost Of $4,000 per
mile. clays total cost was $1.250, 900.
Marshall's need not exceed $550.000.
Clay's county board voted to levy
special tax to pay the bonds in twenty
equal annual installments with inter-
est at ~ per cent which will average
$9o,625 per year. The average cost per
year for gravel on the county road
system in Marshall would be $40,237,
and the present county road funds arc
$4,000 per year.
Clay's special tax for stone roads will
cost each farm of 160 acres an annual
tax of $17.15. The present county road
tax in Marshall costs each farm Of $50
acres an annual tax OF $3.50.
The assessed value of farm land in
Clay with 402 square miles is $4.227,-
O7O, and in Marshall with 572 square
miles 1t is $7,14s.000.
Clay votes special tax Of S17.15 per
farm and will get 2o2 miles Of stone
road. Marshall already has a tax Of
$3.50 per farm and could have 1s5
miles of grayeled roads without increas-
ing 1t. Which county is going to get
the most for its tax money?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31
Topics of the Times

If Villa knew his opportunity he'd
come to life again and make another
demonstration next week. But poor
Pancho can't read.
Well, if the strike lasts long enough
it may teach a lot of US that there are
a lot of things we can get along with
out And, sly as we keep it, there's
a lot Of us that need a lot of instruc-
ton along those very lines.
Did the Sioux City ministers and lay
delegates who voted unanimously
"misrepresent" Mr.. Harding? What's
the usual action Of home folks in cases
Of that kind? Isn't it true that one OF
the hardest things to do is to impeach
witness or discredit politician in
his home town?
The University of California has IS
sued an edict against rich students
coming to school in their autos. Now
how far does that order go, is it
against autos or only against the rich"
Here in Iowa almost as many poo-
folks as rich ones have automobiles
and an order like that would simply
be grinding the face Of poverty in the
dust.
Perhaps the housewife will under
stand somewhat Of the horrors Of war
when she reads that Austria is taking
the metal cooking utensils from the
kitchens to make ammunition. How'd
you like to lose your dishpan?
turning into real ones at election time.
The primary. like the marriage cere-
mony, should be binding under all
usual circumstances; but there are
times when divorce is the only way to
avoid a worse situation.
Work hard this week. 1t looks as
tho vacation of indefinite length may
begin next Monday.
man who is everything in gen.
eral way usually isn't anything in a
particular way. A man who is on all
sides isn't square. Square things don't
roll from place to place easily. Those
who never disagree with us never
really agree with US.
The northwest Methodist conference.
held at Sioux City, unanimously con-
demned Harding's candidacy and de-
clared him unfit for the governors
chair. Among the signers Of the reso-
luton against which there was no dis
senting votes, were Rev. H. A. Keck,
pastor Of Hardings own church In
Sioux City, and DR.. Craig, president OF
Morningside College, OF which Harding
is a graduate. Now this was in Sioux
City, where the Methodists ought to
know Mr. Harding personally and well
1t was the refusal OF neighbors and the
pastor and the college president who
ought to know whether Harding is
right or wrong, to support member
CT . their community, o. their ciluref
and an alumnus Of their own college
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31
RAN>N):D0M REELS J 5
IL & 9yl !! ! Ram R
OF shoes and ships End seelk6 uK.f eeooa&es knsS
EASY MONEY.
MHUAI6ld ,LRd1ln !,
of Shoes. and sl1tps ia,d SeelM& usx.

Easy money is a slang phrase which
means putting nothing in and taking
something out.
In the pioneer days of the republic
there was not much money in circu-
lation and people who had dollar
were willing to work four days for an
other. Many man who now owns
a church pew and limousine with a
summer top started out in life with a
hickory shirt and an appetite for work
that wouldn't stall on crossing. He
never saw any easy money unless
some kind-hearted neighbor gave him
a quarter on circus day, and the
chances are that he would salt the
quarter and crawl under the tent. Up
to 1880 the boy under Is who had 81
on his person was considered a greater
catch than an Italian count with a
coat of arms and reputation that
could be heard from Maine to CALI
fornia.
Money is made so rapidly and in
such large, rectangular blocks nova
days, however, that people put it in
the banks and forget where they left
it. A dollar today looks smaller to the
average boy than dime did thirty
years ago. This is not because the
boy is naturally a spendthrift but be-
cause the average father looks back
upon the time when he went to the
Fourth of July celebration with Moth
ing in his pockets but fish hook and
a doughnut The trouble is that the
boy who never has to work for the
money he spends gets to thinking that
1t grows on bushes. like the goose
berry. and when the supply runs short
at home he is tempted to take enough
from the till to get into the next jack
pot on high.
Easy money is responsible for nine
tenths of the graft being put over in
high and low places. The healthiest
sight in the world Is that Of a man
who is content to live in a small town,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31
Masonic Meetings.
Visitors always welcome.


] SPECIAL MUNlcATioN-Mar-
eshall Lodge No. Jos, A. F. & A. NJ.
tWork in second degree Tuesday, Aug.
l29, 1880 p. m. John w. Wells, Secre-
ttary; B. o. Frazey, W. NJ.
SIGNET CHAPTER. Nc 50. r. A. NJ.
iStated corvocation Monday evening.
sAug. q. Regular business. Carl
lSchaffner, H. p: John W. Wells. Sec
eretary.
Z STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solo,
fanon Courcil No. 90, r. & S. M. Mon
DAY, Sept. IS: regular business. 1. T.
Forces. Recorder. George Gregory. 1. NJ.
STATED CONcLAVE, St. Aldemar
Commandcry No. 80. K. T.. Tuesday.
Sept. 10, p. NJ: regular business. l..
T. Forbes. Recorder; H. c. Mueller,
y Commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81. 0. E.
S.-Regular meeting Wednesday. Sept.
Ia, D. m. Business. Eliza 5. Bat
tin. secretary; Cora NJ, Mcdowell
W. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31

One million fresh troops have been
the force with which Roumania has
held her neutrality sacred until she
was ready to choose her own course in
the war. Ambition for a greater en-
pire has been the object of her policies
for years, and the heads of her gov
eminent have long looked with envious
eyes on Temesvar, Pennsylvania. Buko-
wilma and Bessarabia, the three former
iustro- Hungarian territory and the
latter Russian province. When King
Ferdinand saw the Balkan situation
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31

complains andEawill unearth q single
one who is not tooth and toe nail for
the Globe -Gazettes candidate for gov
ernor, it will have a real SCOOP Be-
cause nobody has yet been able to find
one.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31

liberation was an accomplish ed fact
Gotten has hurt the cause of the
convict more than he has hurI 4lie
friends who aided him to obtain his
freedom. He has made new skeptics
for the prison reform system. No man
likes to have his judgment proved
awry, and that is what Gotten has
done for the people who aided him
Hereafter they viii be more inclined
to tighten UP with their commisera-
ton for the oppressed convict" 1t
is the Gazettes opinion that Gotten is
either several different kinds Of an in
CRATE or insane.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31

growing dangerous he convened con-
ference of representatives Of all the
political parties, former premiers,
former presidents Of the legislative
chambers, ministers and government
representatives with the idea Of ascer-
tanning the views Of all sections Of
public opinion on the situation. Direct
ly after this he declared war on Aus
tria. The portions Of map above show
the object of Roumania's ambition.
King Ferdinand and his minister of
war. Take Jonescu, are also shown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31
Iona Newspapers
WELL. SHOOT AND RUMBLE.
TCedar RAPIDS Gazette

Right here and now the Gazette will
serve notice on radical republican" pa
pers that further and continuous at
tempts to put John T. Hamilton. of &C.
dar Rapids in the list of saloon advo-
Gates, now or in the past. will be re-
sponsible for touching off some consid-
cradle political happenings. accor1ra-
MED by dumblings and violent vibra-
tons
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31
Ripping Rhymes
BY WALT MASON
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A man came feebly to my door; he'd
walked hundred miles or more. since
last he ate a meal; he said. 1.-THE road
Is harsh and long, and words. however
fierce and strong, can't tell how tough
feel. beg you for half PUNK. that
may get myself bunk. and something
i can, eat: for am old and fear I'd die
il again must hungry lie in alley or In
street" I'm sooth." said. I'm glad to
aid the man whose fortunes are de-
.cayed. his prayer do not spurn: but IT
would pauperize you, = ha My My
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31

l should give or lend some coin you do
not earn. I'll give you fifty cents, I
said. iii you will paint yon cattleshed.
and prune those Eastwood trees, and
make the sidewalk good and straight,
and nail some hinges on the gate, ana
herd the bumblebees. And you might
paint the window screens, and hoe that
patch Of Lima beans, and see what ails
the pump. and skim the milk in yonder
pans, and gather up the old tin cans,
and take them to the dump" That pil-
grim, ancient and forlorn, regarded mi
with blighting scorn, and shuffied out of
reach: it merely shows that homeless
men don. really want 70 earn t...s ven
they soulfully beseach.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31

characteristics Of q Gentleman.
Propriety Of manners and considera'
ton for others are the two main char
acter,stics of a gentleman.-Beaccns.
ueld. ee
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31
ASK THE VETERANS.


It is to be regretted that the men
who have so little patience with con-
citation and are so eager for a strike
can not get their fill Of one, without
involving all the rest OF the railroad
employees and the public generally in
the attendant troubles. II the i'm
patient trainmen Of today would con-
suit some of the veterans who have
been thru past strikes, that method OF
settling an industrial issue might lose
some Of it's attractiveness-
THE CASE. OF PETER GOTTEN"
Huntington GaZette.]
A convict in the Fort Madison peni-
Tertiary calling himself Peter Gotten
after trying for year or two to OBJ
tain a parole, at last succeeded. He
had been at liberty but few days
under the terms Of this parole when he
disappeared He next was heard OF
in the east Warden Sanders got busy
obtained a trace Of Gotten and had
him arrested and brought back to the
prison to serve the remainder OF his
sentence.
Gotten was not an ordinary criminal.
He was above the average in intellect
and employed his time while In prison
in writing "uplift" stuff about con-
yicts for the newspapers. Incidentally
the newspapers thought so we'll Of the
Gotten stuff that they paid him for it
and they were not cheated. He en-
listed the sympathies of the news
pa per men in his cause and they were
largely instrumental in obtaining for
him a parole. He had been sent to
prison for forging a check in DUBUQUE.
| but expressed such sincere repentance
that he won the sympathy OF scores of
/ good people. wha made life nj s'.s r e e
! for the board OF parole until Cotten's
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31

The near beer saloon may prove to
be near ISSUE" confesses the Sioux
City Journal.
To the Des Moines Capital at would
seem that every man who announces
| himself as a banker ought to be sub
ject to government examination and
control, However a number Of states,
including Iowa, have allowed private
bankers to run their own business as
If it were private affair" e.
dubuque people may not be in YIN
pathy with the law which did away
with the saloons in Dubuque bnt they
are for the enforcement of existing
laws and will not long tolerate viola
ton such as has characterized the
violations so far run to EARTH de-
clares the Dubuque Telegraph Her.
aid.
1T is a democratic characteristic in
congress, in the administration OF
state. country and city affairs to
handle finances in a most reckless
manner" points out the Dubuque
Times-Journal. The extravaganza Of
cur present national administration Is
not surprising; it is merely character
iStic"
The Fort Dodge Chronicle thinks 1T
is a two 70 one bet that The railroad
employees would run trains for the gov
eminent if called upon TO do so in case
Of strike. But the best way cut is
for the railroad operators to join Their
employees in accepting President Will
Son't plan and keep the trains moving
without strike
The railroad owners and their en-
ployeS serve purpose which is dis
tinctly public. The people have y
right to continuous service, and un-
less congress is derelict in its duty.
there will be no railroad strike on La
Dor Day" says the Des lMoines Reg
lister.
In some respects it issa fine thing
to be your own boss" says the Chero-
kee Democrat, but many. a man has
quit good boss and made a failure
Of bossing himself" F..
The Riceville Recorder says: we
are not ready to q Omit that he lizard
ing) represents the principles of the
republican party in the state of Iowa"
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31

keep within his income, go without an
electric washer, II necessary, and give
his employer an hours work for an
hours pay. without trying to lead the
procession in an auto costing more
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31
An Arbitration Law.

The right of any man to work or not
to work is unassailable. No employer
can or should force reluctant services.
The right of an employer to select MS
own men likewise should be unassall-
able In a larger sense any LABOR or
ganization has an unquestioned right
to bring about increases in pay through
collective bargaining.
Even on the great public service cor
porations, which have public duties to
perform, the employees even as body
should not be estopped from striking II
any obvious injustice has been done
to them.
What is urgently needed however, is
some agency which will protect the
public interest," and prevent national
tie-up as a result of trivial or unjust
demands. There need be no compulslon
in the law except in the prevention
of a. strike before an investigation has
been made The Canadian arbitra-
ton law undoubtedly is the best that
has been evolved by any country or
colony. It establishes the machinery
for an expeditions investigation into
the merits of any railway dispute with
the announcement of the report The
law makes it illegal for employers to
declare a lockout, or employees to de-
clare a strike until there has been
complete investigation and report by
the official arbitration agency. The re-
port is not binding upon either side.
Once announced, it is within the
power of the employers TO declare a
lockout or for the employees to declare
strike.
The essence OF this plan is to be
found in the fact that it virtually con-
stitutes the entire public as jury
Public opinion invariably approves the
decision OF the arbitration agency. The
result is that there has been but one
instance where strike has not been
prevented Washington Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31

The starnst has no nose, but the
whole Of It's underside is endowed with
a sense Of snnen 49,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The near beer saloon may prove to
be a near issue" confesses the Sioux
City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31
FIRE WHISTLES.
TDayenDort Tines

Now that the Davenport fire appara-
tus is be all motor equipment and
the city has advanced to a higher class
insurance rating. is Davenport going
back to the volunteer fire department
system?
One would think so if the suggestion
fer fire alarm siren horn capable of
being heard FIVE or ten miles and placed
on the city hall dome is carried out, or
even taken seriously.
Such general fire alarm contraptions
are q necessity where there are yolun-
teer departments. but when a city has a
paid department they are not needed
to cal. the men TO the fire stations. The
men are supposed to be on the job all
the time.
II the fire trucks are not equipped
with sirens powerful enough to clear
the streets ahead of the apparatus, the
city had better invest in gongs or truck
sirens.
There are excellent reasons why a
general alarm of that kind should not
be provided 1t disorganizes every Of
flee and business establishment when
ever the alarm is sounded. 1t disturbs
hospitals ana SICK people III the HoIhe'
1t causes nervous women in the homes
to be alarmed about the safety of MEM
bers of their families And as the tele-
phone company refuses to give out in
formation concerning fires the sus-
pense due to inability quickly to get in
formation concerning the location of the
supposed general confiagration when a
chimney burned out would cause nc end
Of distress.
Moline several years ago abolished
the practice of blowing a whistle when
fire alarms are turned in and the fire.
men there are getting along very nice
~. Imagine Chicago with a siren on
the city hall blaring out the fire alarms
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31

The Ricevlle Recorder says: we
are not ready to admit that he CHarti :
ing) represents the principles of the
republican party in the state of Iowa"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-31

In some res'pects it isaa fine thins
to be your own boss" says the Chero-
kee Democrat, but many a man has
quit good boss and made a failure
Of bossing himself F.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-09
Some DAINTY Aprons.

In the Ladies' Home Journal a mum
Der of pretty aprons, each with a
touch of newness, are described and
illustrated. One is made of silk mus
lin, made rather full by four points of
shocking below the band 1t is square
with three half-inch tucks above a
rather deep hem. Groups of embroid-
cred dots trim the hem, band and
ends, and both these and the smock-
ing are done in pale blue.
Another silk muslin apron is pink
and white striped, and being only a
straight piece is easily made. It is
shirred at the top and pocket, and
ties with pink ribbon. Perhaps the
prettiest of all is of soft lowered silk,
trimmed with black velvet ribbon.
The ends are at the left side, instead
of at the back. The bib is wide at the
bottom, but curves into a width of
four inches at the top, where it is
squared off. Three parallel bands of
the black velvet cross the four-inch
panel Of the bib, which is less clearly
defined in the skirt.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-09
Novel Shoes Are the Order.

The shortness and the f1ippant far
ing of the skirts make it quite neces-
sary that shoes, slippers, stockings
and anything else that might be in
Guided in the term footwear should
be of the neatest, as well as the smart
est, variety. Women are now begin
ming to think of the low shoe that is
to take the place of the ten and fif-
teen inch bot which has been worn
during the last season. An example
of the smartest model in pumps was
seen recently. The pumps were made
of white buckskin and had for an I'M
usual trimming two inserts of black
patent leather right across the front
of each shoe. The black note was
again introduced in the heel.
The manufacturers of footwear have
been more successful than ever this
year in making pumps that fit snugly
and yet comfortably. To gain this fea-
ture it is necessary to make them
higher, especially at the front. Their
efforts are really directed toward
smartness of cut rather than diversity
of trimmings.
On many Of the colonial pumps
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-09
USING SULPHUR FOR
CONTROL OF DISEASE
Applications for Potato Scab in
Spring Are More Satisfactory
Than Those in Fall.

An agricultural scientist has been
carrying on investigations to obtain
data regarding the effectiveness of
sulphur for the control of potato scab,
and his preliminary report has been
received by the department of agricul-
ture. The results thus far obtained
indicate that spring applications are
more satisfactory than fall applica-
tions. The benefits derived from the
use Of sulphur were greater when ap-
piled to land where no crop had been
grown the preceding season than on
land where such crop had been
used.
Seed treatment with formaldehyde
and the application of sulphur to the
soil gave better results than the sum
Of these two treatments used separate
ly Broadcasting of the sulphur on
the soil after planting is considered
the best method Of application.
When used in connection with fer
tilizers, sulphur was found more eff
fective with ammonia sulphate than
with sodium nitrate, with acid phos-
phate than with steamed bone, and
with muriate than with sulphate of
potash.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-09
PLANTS FOR NORTH WINDOWS
BY BETTY PAkE.

To make boxes in windows with a
northern exposure attractive and
cheerful fiji them with the following
plants:
For vines, plant either variegated
vincas or English ivy, or both inter
mingled. Vincas are very bright, but
they will not survive exposure to
freezing temperature, while English
ivy will stand unhurt all through the
winter. Either of these vines should
be planted about one foot apart. The
main part Of the boxes can be planted
with begonias, which can be procured
from any florist in various colors,
white, pink, red. The boxes, if planted
wholly with material of a uniform
height, are apt to have an artificial
appearance, to prevent which, plants
that grow taller and having a more
graceful habit should be placed, say,
one to every half dozen of the others,
and for this purpose few plants equal
dracaena terminals.
Pansies do fairly we'll in the shade,
and so does saliva or scarlet sage. II
English ivey is used for vine, it will be
found to be of advantage in that when
the other plants in the boxes are
killed by frost the ivy remains and can
be left all winter, with the space taken
up by the other plants filled with
small eyergreens.