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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-22
the WAY IT GOES.

! Most men foresee a time when they
! shall relax from the drive and grind
and ease up little. Most men con-
| tinue to keep on planning and putting
! off. And then
Well, there was Soandso. He was in
the-well any kind of merchandising
business you may choose. He had
done well. Had a boy growing up.
perhaps two. When they grew big
enough to look after the store Soandso
fully intended to "let up And the
boy grew up and they changed the sign
TO read and Son" But the old man
didn't let up as he had intended.
The business grew. So did his waist
line. He padded out for lunch and
home for dinner Went to club meet
ing now and then. Was heavy on his
feet. Didn't feel good most Of the time,
Was 'logy" and after meals felt sleepy.
Was going 10 take more time pretty
soon. Going to play golf more, going
to take a trip" But he didn't
And so it went on. Had spells of
sickness, short ones. Something went
wrong with his inside and the doctors
cut a chunk out of his Utmost recesses
and charged him $500. They told hin.
he'd have to let up. Well, he was go
ing to, just as soon as such and such
an arrangement could be made. To
make a long story short when the folks
came down town one morning some
body met them and said Mighty sud-
den about Soandso. wasn't it? Just
went out like a candle last night.
Yes, he had finally let up The
store closed for a day or two and the
newspaper related life and services anu
after that the boy ran the store anu
strange as it may seem did it as well
as Soandso. The widow-weil she
either went to live with her daughter
and worried along wishing that he had
lived or she had married another NAL.
And that was the end of Soandso.
Now the fact is that Soandso sui
cided the best part Of couple Of dozen
satisfactory years off his life. He could
have let up. The trouble with him was
that he wanted to boss every minute
of the day. He had an idea that no
body but himself knew anything about
the store. He wanted TO be consulted
on everything from pound Of nails to
a ward of calico. And so he stuck
around and traded span of life and
a lot of health and fun that he had
earned for the privilege.
The aueerest thing about Soancso
and his friends and neighbors is that
Soandso used to speak of the othe.
old fool who was killing himself and
the other old fool' used to put So
andso in the same category. Queer
things are human beings. Grandmothe!
| used to repeat an old rhyme that hits
us all pretty well when she chided us
for criticizing others. 1t went like this;
The faults of our neighbors
With freedom we blame
But tax not ourselves
Tho we practice the same"
! Nevertheless that is all straighi
goods abou, Soandso. Q. OF course i
doesn't hit your case-you can't le
loose Just now, say next year-but loof
at Jones! He's going just like Soandso
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-22

A lot of people who have been helping
pay for first-class navy regret to be1
told that battieship Of the first line
could eat our entire navy without get
ting red in the face, and then fifteehs
minutes later receive the assurances
that we can whip our weight In Wild
cats on the bright blue sea. III
When somebody has started q gem
eral purpose conflagratfon and pointed
It in our direction. 1t is good thing 70
get out the fire extinguisher. /.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-22
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., hreak their names gives them satisfacon e ke
,he,r forms In action, to strain their bones anu
80 J. z.,at III their shoes They have no govt OF
or yaIer janders, no spayins on tner
Z yaxrant pain should hit them they merely Ply
I. ouit them and promptly It aroints see tnem
e .,,ssc exertng musciethey cal sucn LOS
nv active days done MY joints are SIN
49, ~ Titskers gray and dusty creak wnen g FL.
tvs, 80 You may hear signing when am saniy
Wa.n - 6rsfl around block Oh, Youth wnen - =
trylhs 9 voar sports amazing and energy 50 nne 80
80 90 1ort5oa hitter. and says Tnouen nos = s.'
: ~ VIZ tslIs ID my sign sss
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-22
In THE SEVENTH DISTRICT.
(KnoxyilIe Journal. I

Hon. w. o. Payne, Of Nevada. paid
this office a pleasant call yesterday
morning. Mr.. Payne is candidate
for the republican nomination for con-
gress from this district. His only OPP
pnnent is the present congressman, 4.
G. Dowell, of Polk county. Mr. Payne
is engaged in making scouting tour
over the district to spy out the lay Of
the land. He was a candidate Two
wears ago and made very strons
showing, especially in Story ana FOLK
counties IL the other three counleS
Of the district had done as Wen pro-
portionally as those two, Mr.. fayne
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-22
waI aoS,s BID FOR wAR.

-.-.-. GSiOux City journal
II the United States is drawn into
war with Germany. the Journal will
be found supporting the United States
government without any why's or
wherefores.
In the Ineaa::i.s:;e, while the war IS
she trembles In the balance, with the
kaiser,s little finger possessing lever
age enough to push it in either direc-
t;on the journal desires to record It's
d,sapprpyal Of President Wilson's ulti-
nnatnm TO Berlin. and Of the way IN
witch It was sent. In the opinion Of
this newspaper, Germany's failure TO
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-22
Iona Newspapers
THE NEED OF VIGILANCE.
[Des Moines Capital.l

Iowa will not be safe until the pres
ent generation. with its appetites and
it's liberal tendencies. has given away
to the new generation which is growing
UP practically free from the influences
Of the liquor traffic. .e.,&. #-s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-22

The Iowa democracy Is putting IT.
best foot foremost when 1t sug gests
Editor e. T. Meredith for the Hawkeye
governorship. 1t Is to be questioned.
however. whether Mr.. Meredith = own W.
interests are properly conserved by hts
fellow Bourbons in such an agitation.
The democrat who seeks political hon
ors In Iowa is to be pitied. perhaps.
more than laughed at-but he isn't to
be congratulated.---St Joseph Gazette,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-22
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

After we have whipped .tTerlnan9
the dictates of humanity probably VIE
! demand that we go to the orient anc
whip Japan for being mean to pool
John Chinaman." predicts the SiouA
CITY Journal When a nation under
takees to direct the course OF events o.
the world it is starting a job that II
will take a long time TO hnlsh.
I In event Of war SAYS the Des Moines
REGISTER I'VE shall throw away all the
advantage we might have had in the
day Of final adjustment. we snail Gre
ate enormous internal irdemnities here
at home, we shall involve ourselves in
race hatreds of Europe, we shall spend
billions of money hastily and unwise-
~ in getting ready, and because OF
what? Because of so-called rule OF
international law which the president
himself proposed to Europe to abandon
as out of date and impossible OF rec
ognition and which he declared this
country would refuse to recognize even
if the others did not join
president Wilson is justly subject
to much criticism. But let that criti-
Qcism be postponed until the present
crisis Is past. We are hopeful that his
conduct may not bring on war" says
the Des Moines Capital. In a big
sense we have nothing to gain by war.
If we can gain the privilege Of the sea,
that will be worth while. It may seem
coWardly to say So but it might be bet
ter to sacrifice some of our rights on
the Sea than to engage in this present
bloody conflict, altho We are not MAX
ing any such suggestion"
They do say that Harding Is FOX
hard roads. That's news for, as nearly
as We have been able to discover, Hard
ing is hard for Harding, and that's not
hard to see," says the sGrundy Republic
can. @|t.5 \
THE republican party should take
notice and govern itself accordingly.
Unless the republican platform comes
out fiat-footed for prohibition, woman s
rights and contains no side-stepping
there will be grave danger of Horace
Boies history repeating ITSELF" says the
Shenandoah Sentinel Post 1.-The very
hest timber for governor ought to be
selected and in fact must be selected II
we hope to win over Mr.. Meredith who
is one of the strongest men in the
state. q
The gubernatoriaI situation has
created a feeling of uneasiness in the
republican party. At least three Of the
four republican candidates are devel-
oping marked strength. Cosson
KUehnle and Harding are doing effec
tive work while Allen does not appear
to be gaining momentum In the eastern
section of the state" observer the
Cedar Rapids Gazette.
One interesting and amusing thing
in connection with the democratic pro-
hibition conference in Des Moines
last week." says the Pella Chronicle,
will be to watch certain whisky editors
who don't dare bolt take their medicine
and whoop it up for candidates who
stated they would accept the nomina-
ton only on condition that prohibition
and women suffrage be declared for by
the party" . ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-22

Rapid filters at Fargo. n. D. reduce
the number of bacteria per cubic CEN
timeter in the Red river OF the north
9s to 99.5 per cent. In the raw wafer
the counts range. from 100 to-
The hardness which varies from 100 ~
400 parts per million Of carbonatess y
reduced about one half, making ~ g.
timated saving 81 $1,000 IN the cost IS
soap. ii4tt BID e
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-22
A SOBER" DEMOCRACY.

IknOXFlle Express iuedH-).1
The best days work done by Iowa
democrats in many years was at Des
Moines last Saturday. The ticket sug-
gested (Which will be nominated by
the party at the June primary may
or may not be elected; il Is splendid
ticket and has better chance Of sue
cess than any ticket for quarter OF a
century. But that is not the great
point Of the matter; the really import
ant thing was that Iowa democracy
has at last seen the light and is facing
forward on the great issues in the
state. 1t was an epoch In the history
Of the party when the man who was
the unanimous choice OF the assem-
blage for governor stood up and boldly
announced himself as the ''driest OF
the dry and that it would be useless
to talk of his being candidate ex-
cept as an absolute dry And the
thunders Of applause that greeted his
words showed that he was not giving
his hearers any new idea, but was
simply giving expression to what they
thought and felt. And a similar scene
was enacted when Senator GARRISON
declared himself for. equal suffrage. 1t
would be wrong to say that Iowa dem
ocrats turned to prohibition and snff-
rage last Saturday as new discov-
cry. The assemblage at Des Moines
/ simply gave the expression which the
party has somehow been unable to get
in its platform. The party has for
years strangled it's better aspirations
and blindfolded itself against what II
saw when docking forward It has
CROPPED in the beer-soaked atmosphere
of the Boies regime for some issue
that would achieve success Ignoring
the fact that issues present themselves
for approval or disapprovai. and by
our handling Of them we must be
judged. We do not make issues. but
our treatment of the issues that have
made themselves will make or mar
the democratic party OF Iowa. We
can not unlock the futures portal
with the past's blood-rusted key nor
can we tap the great fountains Of pub
lie sympathy and approval with cork
screw The day has gone by III. in
deed, it ever existed save In inagina-
tion) when popular approval followed
pandering to lower tendencies and de-
PRAYED appetites. The democratic
party is wholly sober. and realizes
with the clearness Of vision that comes
only with sobriety that the right is
the greatest expedient in politics. The
whisky traffic is morally wrong and
can never be politically right The
democratic party Of Iowa is bidding
farewell forever to it's bestial boon
companion of the SOS. and proposes to
compete on equal terms for the sup
port and esteem OF the clean. sober
aggressive and forward-looking mer
and women who are the state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-22

says he would have been congressman
now instead Of Mr.. Dowell. Mr.. Payne
is q newspaper publisher at Nevada
and one OF the strongest editorial
writer's In the state. He has been ac-
tive in state and district politics Tor
many years and Is thoroughly In
formed upon all public questions.
Should he win the nomination he will
make an able and effective represent
tative In congress. u
FUN AND FUNDS AT JEFFERSON.
Jefferson Bee.l
They used to say OF TEDDY" Roose-
welt that no matter how much official
hot water his enemies got him In.
he would emerge from the boiling
LIQUID with his pockets full OF fine
fish," He now has counterpart in
Jefferson-one Mart Taylor by name!
Mart is somewhat OF a joker him
self-but there are others. Yesterday
when Mart was absent from his office
rooms in lthe basement Of the Lincoln
Theater building, some OF his ac-,
quaintances concluded 1t was time to
get him In "hot water" They secured
-somewhere--a fine specimen Of hog,
white in color and then drove the
beast thru all the mudholes in the east
part of town, thence by prodding and
pushing down the stairs Of the Lin
coin building and into Mr.. Taylors
office. Upon returning from his mis-
sion elsewhere Mr.. Taylor found his
office in possession Of the brute, and
things more or less unused up as
the result. ~ 49,
But Mart was game. He sized his
pigship up and concluded he weighed
200 pounds. He called the local butcher
and the deed was done. The animal
brought . cents "in the hoof'' as well
as in the office. Mart took no re-
sponsibility---in fact took nothing at
all except the SIS which his hosship
brought, and this sum Mart froze to,
and the freezing process still con-
tinues. Mart says the boys can do this
every day from now on, and he will
look after the other end Of the deal
carbohydrates the board of health
gets wise to the new stockyards. In
which case of course he would have
to disinfect and clean up. But then
umpsteen dozen swine at SIS per head
would buy plenty of cleanup material,
and it might even purchase few in
dulgences" from the board OF health!
Here's to Mart Taylor. When the boys
really get zone on him" we want to
publish it on the first page!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-22
M.r.dith,. Position.

stance of his ultimatum secret until
after it was beyond recall.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-22
Preparedness.

, mus and hardening OF the think ara
teries. There would be more unanimity
on the preparedness issue II anybody
knew whether our navy is in fourth
place or Just two degrees above Spain.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-22

They do say that Harding is fol
hard roads. That's news for. as nearly
as We have been able to discover, Hard
ing is hard for Harding, and that's not
hard to see," says the Grundy RepubIi.
can, @"s.5 &
The Washburn leader., 1916-06-30
LIGNITE MAY FURNISH
CHEAP AUTO FUEL

Washington, June 27.-A new
method Of meeting the napidity
of the increasing cost of gasoline
and other fuel and power pro-
ducts is receiving a lot Of atten-
tion at the capital this week on
acc0unt of the visit of E. j. Bah
cock, Dean Of the School Of
Mines, Grand Forks, North Da-
kotaA The quantity of Ignite
coal in North Dakota and other
western and northwestern states
is almost without limit and if an
economical method can be found
to extract benzol and other by
products from the coal it will
solve the fuel and power prob
lem on the farms and in the
workshops and homes Of the ma
tion. A number Of Congressman
met at the office Of Congressman
P. D. Norton to hear Professor
The Washburn leader., 1916-06-30
STICK TOGETHER SPIRIT
HELPS EVERY TOWN

In making the nei'ghboring
towns of late it was on more
than one occasion said to us that
the reason Parshall was making
such strides was due to the unity
Of the business element, that the
''town stuck together. We
rather judged that by implication
their own towns were not alto
gether a homogeneous whole ;
that at any rate the Parshall
situation made appeal in that re-
spect. There is truth in the con-
clusion, and we trust it will al
ways prove true Of Parshan. 1t
is alri ght for each Of the business
men in a town to he up on their
tip toes putting their best foot
forward as regards their COM
petitors, but the longer we live
the more we thing that knocking
a competitor is generally adjud-
ged by the general nun Of people
as evidence the knocker is gett-
ing the worst of it. They may
be too polite to say SO, but at
the bottom that is what they
think. Ignoring a competitor is
a far better policy, both as.re-
spects the disinterested public a.
The Washburn leader., 1916-06-30
World. HIGHEST Auto Road.


The worlds highest automobile road
and one of the most remarkable pieces
of road building on record has just
been completed in Colorado. The new
highway runs to the very top of Pixies
peak, whose crest is more than 14.O0O
feet high.
The man who discovered Pixies peak
said that 1t would never be climbed.
Today the topmost point is accessible
for seven passenger touring cars. The
new road Is eighteen miles long, and
in that distance it rises 5000 feet The
engineering is SO skillfully done that
the average grade is only 6 per cent
rise Of six feet In every 100-and the
maximum grade does not exceed 10
per cent. The road is never less than
twenty feet wide, and around some Of
the sharper curves is % much a. fifty
feet. Guard rails at the more danger
ous edges reassure the nervous driver.
There is a system Of auto supply sta
lions and water stations along the
whoie road, which IL also followed by
telephone line a
To blast out the new highway, run.
ming for much Of it's length through
almost solid rock, fifteen carloads Of
dynamite were necessary. SO carefully
was the work carried on that not q
single laborer was injured in the blast
Ing 3,7.1 e,
The Washburn leader., 1916-06-30
ALL SHOULD BE TEACHERS
OF MORALS TO WORLD

A wave Of excitement is pas
sing over the United States. Dis
quietihg rumors Of the dangers
which menace the nation are
being disseminated.
Our reliance in the past has
been placed, not in regiments an
cannon, but in the intelligence
and the normal character of
our citizens.
It does not take much courage
in these days to demand a great
army and navy. 1t is the way
of popularity. Much braver are
the men who are protesting
against this undue excitement.
The task of America is to be a
teacher Of morals to the world.
She has the power to be the
healer of the afflicted as she
has proved herself a Thousand
times in the past.-Ex.
The Washburn leader., 1916-06-30

Babcock who had previously ap-
peared before committees of
Congress. Among those present
were Congressman Frank Mon
dell Of Wyoming; Congressman
George M. Young and H. T. Hell
geson Of North Dakota; Grady Of
South Dakota; Taylor Of Colo
rado; Howell of Utah, and John
son Of Washington.
Professor Babcock has given
more. time to experiments with
Ignite coal than has any other
man in the United States. By
his experiments he has already
demonstrated the presence of
ben1ol and other valuable by
products in Ignite coal, but as
the Government of the United
States has never furnished him
with a single dollar, even to
make experiments, he has reach
ed the point where it is absolutely
necessary to have some money
in order to ascertain what the
economic cost would be to hand
lie the coal in large quantities
for the purpose Of producing ig-
mite coal, briquettes benzol, car
bolic acid, high-grade tars, and
basic materials for aniline and
high explosives.
Congressman Norton is ask
ing for an appropriation Of 500,
900 to be used in experiments
with Ignite coal and will have
the cooperation Of Congressman
Young and Helgeson. Perhaps
the most interesting and surpris-
ing disclosure made by Profess
sor Babcock was that there is
more benzol and oils in Ignite
coal than in what is known as
bituminous coal or anthracite
coal. A profitable industry has
recently been built up in Aus
tria where benzol and other pro-
ducts are being extracted from
Ignite coal. Benzol is said to
be of equal value for automobile
and tractor use, as gasoline.
The Washburn leader., 1916-06-30
CITY COMMISSIONERS WILL
HAVE SIDEWALKS BUILT
Wash burn, N. D.
.I1lne L. 1916.

WhkulUIIu, ~. II.
June IA, 1916.
Commission met at 8 90 O'Clock
p. m. in special session.
Present, President G. w. Poe
and Commissioners o. V. Bow
man, G. M. Diesen and G. M,
Wallbrecht.
The minutes Of the previous
meeting were read and approved
On motion the following bills
were allowed and ordered paid.
Jos. Willis, work in water
department ...... .... $1,000
Jos. Willits, street work 500
G. A. Brummund, III gal.
gasoline go. 80. 80. 1857
N. w. Stamp Works, Dog
checks go. .... ...... LOO
Obenchain & Boyer, mdse. l.6O
On recommendation Of the Com
missioner of Streets and Improve
ments and the City Marshall, it
was decided to have a number OF
blocks Of cement sidewalks laid.
Bids for the construction Of same
and their location to be published
in the Leader. The walks are to
be completed by August l.
On motion board adjourned
to re-convene as board of review.
r. w. Brownson,
City Auditor.
(SeaD.
June 20, 1916.
Board Of City Commissioners
met in. regular session.
Present-President G. w. Poe
and Commissioners O. V. Bow
man, G. M. Diesen and G. M,
Wallbrecht
Minutes Of previous meeting
read and approved.
On motion bill Of the Wash
burn Leader for printing in the
amount of $1.25 was allowed and
ordered paid.
Communication from the First.
National Bank relative to NOV
ing the City Hall, read and on
motion was referred to- the Com
missioner Of Police and Fire De-
partments. -.
On motion the board adjourn
ed.
R. w. Brownson,
City Auditor.
(Seal)
The Washburn leader., 1916-06-30

your competitor, who will natur-
ally meet you on the footing
you extend. Vie with him in:
public enterprise. That kind of
spirit is what leads to the YER
dict your town sticks together,
and that is the kiml of verdict a
community should seek.-Parsha
Leader. Z .Ii. Z
The Washburn leader., 1916-06-30
THE HORSE WILL DISAPPEAR.
This 10 Prediction by Kansas State
hiahWay Engineer.

Hio ohway Engineer.
That within ten years the horse will
practically disappear from the public
highways Of Kansas for both pleasure
and business is the prediction by w. 8.
Gearhart, state highway engineer. The
horse, he holds, cannot compete with
either the auto or the motor truck any
more than the old freighter with his
OK team could with the iron horse
driven by steam, and it really looks as
though old Dobbin will soon have to
stay home on the farm with the cows.
"These new methods of transporta-
ton require new and adequate systems
Of highway construction and mainte-
nance" says Mr.. Gearhart. "The sys-
tenn Of earth roads which the counties
and townships of Kansas built up and
were maintaining during the last six
years was probably the best and on
the largest scale the world had ever
seen, but the rains, snow and frost dur
ing the past year have given them the
appearance now of European battle
fields.
"Untn recently many Kansans had
begun to believe properly graded and
constantly dragged earth roads would
answer every purpose. However. it is
now clearly evident that II the main
roads, those highways radiating out
from the market centers and connect
ing the cities, constituting about 10 to
Is per cent of the total road mileage,
are to be maintained in the eastern
third Of the state as 1856 day highways
which will carry modern traffic at all
seasons It will be necessary to surface
them with more permanent material
than puddled earth secured by drag
ging the roads while they are wet"