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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23
At the Strand.

Wallace Reid and Cleo Ridgley, a
popular pair of stars of the screen,
have a pretty and we'll staged picture
which was shown at the Strand Tues
day evening under the title THE
House of the Golden Windows" The
picture play has a we'll defined moral,
namely, be satisfied with what you
have, and do not envy others.
The two principals have the parts
of a young sheep herder and his wife,
who are doing the best they can in the
oil country. The wife, however, en-
vies the rich oil well owner, and looks
longingly towards his mansion on the
hill which seems to her to be house
with golden windows" When their
little boy thinks he discovers oil on a
piece of land which the young herder
owns, the wife's ambitions go further
than ever, and she imagines they are
rich. But unhappiness soon follows,
and when she finds it is only a dream,
she is glad to return to her own hum
BILE home. where good fortune is
awaiting her in reality. The scenic
settings Of the production are espe
cially good. many beautiful rural ef-
fects being produced. Miss Ridgley
and Mr.. Reid are well suited to act OPP
posite one another, and little Billy
Jacobs, as the small son, is one of the
hits of the picture.
There are many interesting things
in the Photographs, which pleased the
good-sized audiences.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23
VancIeve Items,

John kennedys little son, who was
so very sick, has recovered.
D. NJ. Galentine and son William, of
Marshalltown, were here Tuesday.
c. v. Galentine, H. L. Galentine, w.
H. Smith, and Miss Vera Eberly spent
Sunday in Marshalltown.
Mrs. Alcorn, Of Winsor, Mo, who
has been spending few days with her
sister, Mrs. W. H. Ogle. has returned
to her home.
Tom F1atley. who has been section
foreman here for a few months, has
gone to his home in MarShalltown.
William Reed succeeds him as fore
| man.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. H. -Tigges are the
parents Of an eight and one-half pound
daughter. r7 T.
Mrs. Faith Leaf, of Marshalltown.
who has been visiting at the home of
her parents, returned home Tuesday.
| Miss Lucille Barrett and Miss De-
Voris, Of Hampton, are visiting the
Misses Lille and Ethel Glidewill.
Miss Esther Egan. of Manning, is
visiting at the home Of Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Dysar.
The aid society met at the church
Wednesday afternoon where they
sorted and packed paper to ship.
c. A. Harris, who has been in Cedar
| Rapids attending the implement deal
ers' convention, returned home Thurs
| day.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Smith and family
| left Friday for a few days visit with
| relatives in Minnesota.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Balch and daugh-
ter Dorothy. Of Marshalltown, spent
Friday with r. w. Stevens.
| The ball team went to Haverhill
Sunday, winning by the score OF II
| to I.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Ellis Dysart and
| baby son Julien and Misses Egan and
Wilson spent Saturday and Sunday in
Marshalltown and Grinnell.
Miss Altise Corder, of Marshalltown
spent Sunday at home.
| w. H. Smith spent Sunday with
| friends at Marshalltown and fearing.
Mr.. and Mrs H. A. Pothast and sons
and Miss Clara Quick and mother
were in Marshalltown Saturday.
| Willie Smith, and H. L. Galentine
were in Melbourne Saturday.
| Nate Markeland, OF Mitchellville
was in town Monday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23
LACK ONLY SMALL SUM.
Seventh Day Adventist Ladies' Want
1922 M ora to Make PAYMENT

In order to make their first payment
of $1,000 on the old Congregational
church property, which is sought as
a home for the Seventh Day Adventist
church, the ladies of the church who
have been soliciting funds today re-
ported that they lacked but s122 Of
having enough pledged to make the
first payment AS the money comes
harder as the solicitation progresses
the ladies hope that they will meet
with a generous response during the
next few days, so that the money may
be collected in and the payment made
on the Congregational property.
The cid Congregational property has
been offered the Adventlsts for $4,000,
with the present Adventist property
turned in on the deal at $4,000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23
LIKE RIDDLES? HERE'S ONE.
No Prize Offered, But Every Child May
Have Two Guesses.

Here's a conundrum for you, young
sters.
What is it that is about nine feet
wide, ten feet high, over mile long
and red and yellow in the early hours
of the morning; yet which is anywhere
from ten to sixty feet high. acres long
and acres wide and mostly white in the
day time?
Why. it's the Ringing Brothers cir
Gus. For just before dawn it is packed
snugly aboard it's four long, red and
yellow trains but by the time the sun is
out. IS spread in its white tents over
whole acres of ground. 1t is at once
the most compact and the biggest thing
of its kind in the world.
Tho the 1870 people, hundreds OF
horses and more than 1000 wild ami
mails of the circus have cozy quarters.
there is absolutely no waste space. A
for the giant vans, every one Of them is
loaded TO its utmost capacity and con-
tains more to the square inch than the
trunk of a feminine vacationist. So
Systematically is the Ringing Brothers
circus loaded on tbs trains that the
addition Of a single wagon or cage
would mean the addition Of another
railway car. And already there are
eighty nine such cars groaning under
their loads of wonders. This season the
big show carries more parapherlalia
than ever before.
Because Of the great war. many for
eign performers have sought employ
ment under the Ringing banner in this
country. Their acts require the use OF
heavy properties such as immense
aerial riggings, stagings of unusual
dimension or platforms and pedestals
used in numbers in which horses play
part. Likewise, the new spectacle
built around the fairyland theme of
cinderella" is by far the most pre-
tentious production yet attempted by
the Ringing Brothers. The stage upon
which a ballet of hundreds Of girls
dance the Waltz of the Fairies Is Of
tremendous proportions, the scenery is
on scale only approached in size by
grand opera productions, while the
electrical effects require special dyna-
mos and an unusual array Of equip
ment.
The addition of a complete animal
circus. given as part Of the main tent
program, has in itself added several
carloads of paraphernalia. Just how
the vast amount Of material is packed
away and loaded is in itself of untold
interest, as will be apparent to those
who give it attention when the Ring
| ling Brothers come here Friday,
-A6varti.ayyoant
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23
Railroad Adopts
Ne,D Policy: Will
Tell of Mjshaps

Believing that the old idea that a
railway employe should say as little as
possible about accidents, delaying Of
trains, and other matters which were
formerly supposed to be to the detri-
ment of the road, is not the best one
to adopt, the Chicago Great Western
has just issued a bulletin to employees
which will be Of interest to the travel
ing public.
The bulletin is signed by J. A.
Gordon, vice president and general
manager, and will be posted in waiting
rooms in few days. 1t sets forth the
facts that the travelling public is al
ways eager and anxious to know the
reason for delay Of trains, and the
particulars regarding washouts, wrecks
of freight or passenger trains, ana
other causes Of inconvenience to pas
sengers. Attention is called to the
fact that railroad employees have
formerly been very reticent about CIV
ing out any information Of this kind.
The fact is stated that the general
manager believed that most OF the in
quiries are made because people are
really anxious to know the cause OF
the delay, and not because of mere
idle curiosity.
After stating these facts, the sug-
gestion is made that in the future en-
ployes should be ready and willing to
dispense such information about any
delay of trains as they have knowl-
edge of, and that conductors should
take pains to tell passengers on trains
why the train is being delayed, and
the same courtesy extended to those
waiting at stations. Caution is ad-
vised for agents at small stations,
where details are often lacking, and
the tendency is to exaggerate reports
of wrecks, but instructions are given
to tell as much as has been reported
from headOuarterS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23
LiscoMB PASTOR RESIGNS.
Rev. W. p. Clark to Give Up Church
of Christ Passionate.

Rev. W. P. Clark, pastor of the
Church of Christ Of Liscomb. has re-
signed, the resignation being a surprise
to most of the members Of the congre-
CATION. Rev. Mr. Clark will leave the
charge Oct. 20 to become field secre-
tary for the International Christian
Missionary Association, headquarters
at Minneapolis. Rev. Mr.. Clark will
have the northern half of Iowa for his
territory. His work will be to solicit
funds and students for the associa :
ton. and to conduct its publicity work
in his territory.
Rev Mr.. Clark has been very sue
cessful in his charge at Liscomb during
his pastorate Of three years. During
that time sixty five members have
been added to the church. 1t is ex-
pected that he will continue to make
Liscomb his home for a time at least
after entering his new work. The
board of the church has not yet made
an effort to supply a successor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23
NEW WADlNG AND SWIMMING
POOL AT RlVERvlEW FINEST
IN THE STATE.
NEARLY HALF MILE IN
LENGTH AND GOOD WIDTH
Width Will Vary From Fifty to
Seventy Five Feet, and Depth Will
Be From Two to Eve Feet-lrresular
Shore Line to Add to Beauty
Rubees Plans.

Marshalltown is to have the most
extensive municipal lagoon system and
outdoor swimming pool of any city IN
the state when the work now in prog
ress at Riverview park under the
direction of S. w. Rubee is completed.
The waterway will be nearly half a
mile long and vary from fifty to
seventy five feet wide and from two to
five feet in depth.
EXcavating is now in progress, and
the city water will soon be piped to
the park. Beginning near the entrance
the lagoon will be dug deeper than the
bottom is to be when finished, and will
be lined with layer Of blue clay
eighteen inches thick. This clay will
be put thru a brickmaker's pudding
machine, and plastered on to the bot
tom Of the lagoon for it's entire length
in a plastic state. It is this layer Of
puddled clay that will hold the water
and the only serious problem so far
has been to find the clay.
Sand Bottom Over Clay.
After the bottom has been sealed
water tight s'ith the clay, clean sand
will then be spread over it so as to
make the pools clean and afford sandy
beaches for the kids at the wading
pools.
At the north end Of the park the
lagoon system will end near the river,
where there will be an overflow or
outlet for water from the lagoon into
the river but no water from the river
will be admitted to the lagoons. This
will all be city water, clean and pure,
and will be ref1lled whenever neces-
sary to keep the entire lagoon clear.
Shore Lines Add to Beauty.
Mr. Rubee has designed the lagoons
with irregular winding shore lines
which will add to the beauty Of the
park. At intervals the banks will
come close together and then will
widen out into large pools. The
greatest depth Will be five feet, so as
to guarantee against any possibility Of
drowning but there will be plenty Of
places where the water will be only
two feet deep for the youngsters to
wade.
This system Of lagoons Is to be more
extensive and likewise more expensive
than was at first planned, but when
completed will not cost much to main
tain, and the park revenues of the
future can be used to help pay for
some Of the first cost.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23
News Of liscomb.

DR.. Mahlon Russell of Bangor, has
purchased the residence property
owned by the Updike heirs and will
move to Liscomb as soon as some
minor repairs to the property are made.
Mrs. NJ. n. Clifford and daughter
Joyce, of Eldora. spent Monday with
Mrs. Maude Haggin.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. X. Peterson ana
children and Miss Starbuck returned
Monday evening from visit with rela-
tives at Cedar Rapids and Whittier.
Mrs Cora Bixby accompanied Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Trip and family to
their home in Worthington, Mimi, Fri
day.
Mr., and Mrs. Barnes, who have been
visiting their daughter, Mrs. E. j. Dill
ion, left Thursday for their home In
Wichita, Kan.
Mr.. and Mrs D. G. Bauman and Miss
Clara Bauman and Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. w.
Ritter spent Sunday at the Achenbach
home near Gladbrook.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Elliott has been seriously sick
with a complication OF pneumonia and
inflammatory rheumatism.
John Weatherly, of Doom, addressed
the open air meeting at the Christian
church Sunday evening. Mr.. Weatherly
returned to his home Tuesday morn
ing.
Miss Jay Barnes, Of Wichita, Kan.
will teach the rural school two miles
east of Liscomb.
The NJ. & st. L. painting crew Is
painting the station.
All Egerton and daughter, Sarah, Of
Rock Rapids, are visiting relatives in
Liscomb.
Mrs. Lloyd Trimble and children, Of
Armstrong, are visiting at The A. Read
out home.
relatives.
Mrs. B. F. Worries and guests, her
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23
TIdEsREPUBIcAN MARsHA1LTowN. IOWA: AUGUST 49, 1916

sister, Mrs. Russell and mother, Mrs.
Dent( Of Athens. o., are spending the
week with friends at Harlan. D
Mrs. James Bolts, of Rock Rapids, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. NJ. A. Gately.
s Messrs. j. o. Gould and Jay Gould
attended the fair at Hampton Tuesday.
Carol Boyd is spending the week at
Hampton with his sister, Mrs. James
Carter.
Mrs. Clarence Steelsmith of Melvin,
Is visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
s. Fl. Rolston.
e. w. Fannon has returned from Des
Moines. where he has been taking
work at Drake University during the
summer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23
At the Casino.

De Wolf Hopper made his third
successful appearance in the movies
at the Casino Tuesday night in a char
acteristic production, 'Mr. Goode. the
Samaritan" which was witnessed by
good-sized audiences Tuesday evening.
Hopper is Alphonso Irving Goode a
benevolent philanthropist. who is sue
cessfully worked" by a crook to buy
a stolen automobile. Goode gets put
in Jail for the supposed theft. while
the crook, Foxy" Monte, makes love
to Goodies daughter
Goode gets acquainted with the &C.
cupants of the Jail, is instrumental in
having the place furnished UP, and
after he gets out, invites some of his
former Jail bird pals to his own ele-
giant home. where Monte is posing as
a gentleman of class. The crooks rec
ognize Monte, and tip him off to Goode,
who is thus saved from a second
fleeing.
The unusualness of the story and
the comic CharacterZationS which
Hopper gives to his part go to make
the entire picture a good one.
Fred Mace gets many laughs in his
comedy. "Bathtub Per;ls.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23
Women Golfers Matches.

In the weekly tournament for Coun-
try Club women, played Tuesday
Mrs. w. F. Innes won first prize, three
golf balls, with a gross score of u and
a % handicap in nine holes of medal
play. Miss Adeline Thayer, with a
score of 73 and a handicap Of 27. won
second, and Mrs. H. w. Householder,
with a score Of 80 and handicap of
40, was third. Mrs. Ida Statler gave
the prizes for the days matches.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23

$122.44. Claim Is made for 800 under
an alleged agreement by which Gervich
was to ship the plaintiff company a
car of paper within a specified time,
and claim is made for $22.44 for an
alleged shortage of weights in the car.
H. G. Lounsberry and e. N. Farber
have filed suit against Ruth A. Loney
and Ormanthus Loney for $153.45, for
professional services in an action for
divorce.
N. A. Evans as guardian of c. A.
Sawin. has brought suit against w. E..
Crawford and Mrs. Belle Crawford to
collect on a promissory note for $7o0.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23
Local Weather Record.

Seventy eight and As were the eX-
tremes of temperature Tuesday,
range that registered drop Of forty
nine degrees, from the maximum of
81 Monday. The minimum Tuesday
night was ten degrees colder than the
minimum Monday night. A year ago
Tuesday the extremes were 81 and 81.
At I o'clock this morning the tenn
perature was 81, compared with 81 at
the same hour Tuesday morning.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23
FERGUSON News.

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Brandt returned
home Monday after spending a few
days with the latter's father, James
Stevens.
DR.. F. W. Cowgirl and family are or
a vacation to Wisconsin, visiting the
latters parents.
Miss Vessie Reese gave a picnic to
a number of friends in the park at
Marshalltown Sunday.
A number of people from Ferguson
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23
Grasshoppers Open Season.

The Tigers and the Bunnies wen.
into the lead in the newly organized
Grasshopper league at the Fairgrounds
Tuesday morning. O'Connor's Tigers
beat Esmer's Elephants IL to II, and
Moody's Bunnies defeated Phillips In
dams IS to 4. Both games were five
innings, and were umpired by Davis.
The teams will change around and play
again Thursday forenoon at 10 o'clock
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23

and its vicinity attended the Indian
pow WOW and ball game at Tama Sum
day. The Indians won to 4.
w. Moore, of Laurel was in town
Monday.
Miss Lena Brown, Of Cedar Rapids,
is visiting her sister. Mrs. c, r. Wright.
and family.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23

$685., in Justice Peek's court Tuesday
evening. They promised to pay the
fines by Saturday. Those arrested were
John Fanton and Harry Teskey and
Mrs Jessie Swain and Mrs. Bessie
Poynes. B. o. Spence was the COM
planning witness.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23
Gard Of Thanks.

We wish to thank the Western Groc-
er Mills, the Levin's store, Let's
Fletcher Company, and many friends
for their kindness and beautiful flowers
shown during our recent bereavement.
James Dunn and family.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23

Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Howe and
sons. Robert and william, arrived home
Tuesday from their six weeks stay iE
Danvers. Mass, Mr.. Howe's old home
where they have been visiting Mr.
Howes sister, Miss Margaret Howe
Mr.. and Mrs. Howe spent much tins
in and about Boston.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23
IL The PaIice Court

The two couples arrested on South
Center street early Tuesday morning,
charged with disorderly conduct, were
fined SIS and costs each, a total OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23
Licensed to Wed.

Zeak Ellington, farmer, aged %. and
Ella knisely. aged 90, both of Con-
rad.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-07-27

But Clem only laughed. Her slim
body swayed to the bends OF the road !;
her shoulders were hraced: she leaned
slightly back, steadying her horse with
taut rein. Alan tried to draw even.
but every time he urged his horse into
a squirt Ciem's spurted too. Alan grew
angry. He watched Clem's whip, but
II never moved. He settled into the
saddle and rode blindly. His horse
must catch up or he would kill him.
He was gaining. A moment more at
the same pace and he could reach
Clem's reins below her horses neck.
Then Glenn swerved again into half
hidden wood-road and Alan's horse
plunged through the brush, broke out.
and followed, . poor second.
Alan's face and hands were badly
scratched, but he rode on doggedly. II
never occurred to him to give up the
chase. In the end he would catch up;
he knew that. but what puzzled him
was what he should do to Glenn when
he caught her. Anyone else, man oy
woman, he would give a taste of their
own riding whip for their own good
but not Glen. Alan suddenly knew
that there was something In Glen
that q man could not break.
The wood-road made a gradual
ascent that the willing horses took a,
a steady, hard gallop. They left tbs
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-07-27
G61ApTeR
{ XXXtt-

Alan did not draw rein until he
reached the top II the bluff dividing
the valley from West lake. Then for
a moment he sat and stared down the
long slope. There was smell Of mois-
ture in the air. The valley, the whole
world, was expecting, waiting for rain,
and even as he stared the rain came in
a fine, veillike mist that steadied the
tones Of earth and sky to one even
shade Of endless gray. Out Of the gray
came the click of iron on pebble. Alan
recognized the quick, springy tread
Of a climbing horse. He turned and
faced Glen. He felt the slow color
rising In his cheeks and his hands
trembled.
They did not smile at each other
they even forgot to say good morning
Alan licked his thin lips. They were
as dry as ever they had been with
fever. "Where's your hat" he asked
A flicker Of amusement showed In
Clem's eyes, She was quite calm and
she could see'that Alan was not, that
he was biting his tongue at the feeble
words he had saddled on heavy mo-
ment. Hats are for sunny days." she
said 81 like rain on my head. Have
You anything special to do? Don't let
me bother you"
mo" stammered Alan, nothing
that can't be put Off"
do you remember" Glenn went on,
years ago / asked you to take me
for ride, and you said not then but
sometime? I've never had my ride
with you. I want 1T now"
Her eyes were fixed on his and held
him. az am ready" he said through
dry lips.
She turned her horse and he fol-
lowed. They rode In silence at a walk
and then at trot. Glenn turned into
wood-road. Her horse broke into a
gallop. She fiicked him with her whip
and his gathered limbs suddenly
stretched out for free run. The 60
ing was soft. Alan had fallen behind.
Clots of messy loan struck m in the
face. Swaying branches showered
drops OF water on him. He lost his
hat. Then his lips frightened, his eyes
flashed and he began to ride. He was
himself again.
He urged his horse forward, but he
could not get on even terms; Glenn held
the middle of the narrow track. Sud-
denly they burst into the broad Low
road. With terrific CHATTER OF flying
stones and slipping, scrambling hoofs,
they made the turn. Alan rode at last
on Clem's quarter. "Ciem." he cried.
stop II isn't fair to the horseA-