Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-04

Hell hath no fury like Homestead
scorned.
Politica! sewer extension is being
made by sending extracts from lying
publication thru the mails to heavy cost
to somebody. 1t would be interesting to
know who the abutting property own
ers are who are paying the postage
tax and what the contractor is likely
to clean up on the contract
The Des Moines Register acts like
a newspaper that would be tickled TO
death to have a chance TO prove in
court the assertions it is making in the
newspaper about certain public per-
sonages. But nobody peeps to con-
stable.
Shenandoah is being sued for $25,-
600 damages for the loss of a childs
eye destroyed by a big firecracker
carelessly thrown in the street last
Fourth of July. Next thing we know
somebody will sue city for damage
caused by unrestrained auto speed
maniacs and get a verdict too And
then perhaps the authorities sworn
to enforce the statutes will take notice.
The author of two Biographical and
historical books on Woodrow Wilson
has concluded him failure and is out
for Hughes. A little slow that; lots
of people who read only current his
tory came to that conclusion long ago.
The democratic program of pre-
paredness with its vast proposed ap-
preparations and expenditures has been
figured down to the sum 1t will cost a
family Of five. The estimate ia that it
will tax every family table where five
are fed about $50. Which is something
to give pause just at present.
Speaking Of democratic prosperity
since the war began our exports OF
twenty-three Of the leading articles Of
| war value have increased more than
two billions dollars year. That two
| billion increase is almost exactly the
| increase in our foreign trade. If the
| democrats caused the war then the
democrats should be given credit for
the prosperity"
The Sioux City Journal says Mr.
Harding voted for his constituents
when he opposed the fve-mile limit
| bill to drive saloons out of our uni
versity towns. He voted for the same
constituency when he ovted for the
only paved road law ever passed in
the legislature and insisted that tbs
| cost of paving country roads shouit
be borne by the farms along the paved
| highway. He still lives in Sioux City
and it is suspected that very consid.
cradle number Of his constituents
there and elsewhere across the state
would be pleased to Sc the saloon baci
legalized or illegitimate. It is onl!
step from a near beer faucet to on
where the "Wurtzburger flows"
L
The state free employment agenc!
may be pretty good place to seek
few corn huskers. In these days o
rapid transportation 1t doesn't TAX
long to get to job anywhere in tn
state and good long corn huskinl
Job at cents bushel is worth goin
, good way for.
Il Mayor Berwaid, OF Davenport. WI
said that conditions in Davenport wer
worse now than when the saloons wer
open has been cited to the merchant
and business men of the city by tn
4 ministerial association. The mayo
e seems to have made laughing stoc
r OF himself by his assertion and ais
r to have aroused some vexation froI
y those who consider that Davenport ha
!, been placed in false light. Neve
mind. never mind; 1t takes time
bring the ancient advocate Of saloon
. to the place where he will tell the trut
about conditions whether in DaveI
Il port or Marshaltown-but they CON
K at last,