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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17

feet wide by six inches thick for $1,000
per mile Freeborn county built ten
miles sixteen feet wide by six inches
thick for $3.50 per mile. Itasca
county built fifteen miles twelve feet
wide by six inches thick for $4,000 per
mile Nicollet county built twenty
seven miles from eight to twelve feet
wide and six inches thick for $1.562
Der mile. Pipestone county built
twenty miles eight feet wide by six
inches thick for $4,000 per mile.
Scott county built twenty miles twelve
feet wide and six inches thick for
1850 per mile all with the cost OF
grading included.
In Iowa last year Buchanan county
built six miles Of graveled roads six
teen feet wide by six inches thick for
$1,000 per mile. Buena Vista county
built two miles ten feet wide by six
inches thick for $1,000 per mile. Clay
county built ten miles twelve feet wide
by four inches thick for 81, 300 per mile,
and Worth county built nineteen miles
eight feet wide by six inches thick for
$3.50 per mile, grading included in
each cost.
In Illinois concrete roads cost $500
to $4,000 per mile when built ten feet
wide in De Kalb. Iriquois, Lawrence.
and Marion counties and from $4,000
to $4,000 per mile when built fifteen
and sixteen feet wide in Douglas, Full
ton. Grundy, Henry and Whiteside
counties.
In Ohio concrete roads cost $500
per mile in Medina county and $4,000
per mile in Trumbull county when ten
feet wide and $1,000 per mile in
Mercer county when fourteen feet
wide, the grading being included.
Roads sixteen feet wide cost as high
as ST. 1000 in other counties.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17
THE COST OF A HARO ROAD.

Highway construction costs for all
the work done in all OF the states dur
ing 1915 are now compiled and are in
print from which an idea may be
gained as to what hard roads Of gravel
and pavements are costing.
In Illinois last year Alexander county
built four miles of gravel seven inches
thick and fourteen feet wide for 81, 800
per mile including grading. De Kalb
county built ffty-five miles nine feet
wide at $4,000 per mile for grading and
gravel In Winnebago county grading
and gravel nine feet wide and ten
inches thick cost $500 per mile for
three miles.
In Indiana Delaware county built ten
miles Of graveled roads fourteen feet
wide, twelve inches thick. for $4,000
per mile. Howard county built twelve
miles ten feet wide, twelve inches
thick, for $1,000 per mile. Wells
county built two miles, ten feet wide
and eleven inches thick. for $2.eee pc.
mile White county built sixty three
miles, fourteen feet wide BY ten inches
thick, for $4,000 per mile. All OF this
above prices included the grading and
drainage.
In Minnesota, Brown county bull
thirty miles Of graveled roads eigh
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17
THE BOOSTER.
~Sd sealin6 max -d cabba6es.l k&

The booster is plain American citi-
zen with springs In his legs and op-
timism under his hat. 1t Is harder to
discourage a real, live booster than It
is to sidetrack a candidate for county
office who has the church vote in his
vest pocket. }tF5
All great American cities have been
produced and polished of by the
booster There are thousands Of
thriving, red blooded burgs in Uncle
Sans domain which would still be
getting their mail by star route Il
it were not for the booster family and
their descendants. = One OF, the surest
signs that the booster spirit has struck
in is when money can be raised for a
new interurban without holding a spe-
cial election and burying the next
generation in debt up to IT'S neck. The
booster who Is always willing to boost
with his voice. but leaves his check
book at home on the sldeboard. never
built any opera houses or concrete
bridges or Y N. G.. A. gymnasiums or
hotels with tile floors and individual
soap facilities. Money talks with the
booster. and any, other kind Of con-
versation falls upon his ear with a dun
thud. s.-s 49, 81, 49,. -,
The booster is surrounded with a
great many difficulties. chief among
which is the Village knocker. who is
usually an active and industrious cfti-
zen with money out at interest. II
the strident voice OF the knocker had
been listened to with proper rever-
ence. there wouldn't be four blocks OF
paved street between the Hudson river
and the Mormon tabernacle. The
booster however. goes along with his
head up and his pocketbook open and
invests in everything that will put his
town on the map in red Ink.
The most liberal booster In any
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17
suspiciousIy vviilins.

i
sue. sweet" said the swain. do you
think that II we got married secretly
your father would ever forgive us e
aIm sure he would. dear" replied
the girl, without hesitation.
"And would he give US house for
our own 2" III q,
Yes, darling s
And an income big enough for us
to live IN comfort z" @
The maid nodded decidedly.
! And would ne take me into the
fir1n?" s s
Certainly he'd do that. s;;.
And let me run the business to
please myself n
-! 7: Of course he would, silly
boy. = 3 81
She Struggled into his shirtfront, but
he put her coldiy from him 81
Il can't marry you, Miss Brown, he
said sadly Your father ls TO-,
HnxIUu5 Xrl - =. = In1
Philadelp1lia Record
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17

had TO 90 ana Til the cornnelu Win hOs ~
I paralyzed the noxious weed and scraped the dirt
around the and yearned to hear the dinner horn.
I'd toll day the band, till blisters came on
and hand. then the husbandman would ssy, -
he dug up my eager pay WAS that the best that YOU
could do? You must have loafed, the whole day thru
And the farmers ride cultivators tall and
WIDE that hill the and slay the weeds as they are
drawn by pracing steeds hundred frecled lads Witn
might all day along the and not achsye
az much. ween as would green and red machine.
The farmers OF these modern days know naught of OLD
tosome they do their labors sitting down
and In choo choo town they ind tho doodle
rowing rank. and have to stack II In the bank.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17
Iona Newspapers
THE MEXICAN OUTLOOK.
Tra6ar Papida Ran1f1,lifsan I

At the present the outlook for a
glorious achievement is not bright.
We will probably fail to get villa, just
as we failed to get the apology from
Huerta, when the navy went to Vera
Cruz and returned again, bringing a
score OF dead marines. To send a
few men after bandit in an outlawed
country seems foolish and hazardous.
The thing to do is either to stay out
entirely, or to go in force, without ex-
cuses and apologies. Either do 1t, OF
don't do it. And, perhaps, the wiser
course now remains to stay on our
own border and patrol that properly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17
Masonic Meetings.
Visitors always welcome.
-nua.IAtt~ ATTAIN NJ,

STATED COMMUNICATION Mar
shall Lodge No. 1os A. F. and A M.
Friday, April IA, p. m, Regular nusI-
ness. John w. Wells, secretary; b. o.
Frazey, w. NJ.
SlGNET CHAPTER, Nc. 50. r. A. NJ
Stated convocation Monday evenlns,
April II. Regular business. carr
Shaffner H. p: John w. Wells. sec
rotary.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solomon
Council No. 20. r. & S. Nj. Monday
April II, regular business. l. T roroes'
recorder; George Gregory. 1. M.
STATED coNcLAvE, st. Alderman
commandery No. 80. K. t.. TUESDAY
April IS. Regular business and WORK
l. T. Forbes, Recorder; IL. {. Mueller
Commander.
SPECIAL MEETING Central Chap
ter No 81, o. E. s., Wednesday, May D.
School of instruction at 2:3o p. m: dln-
her at p. M: work at p. m. E1za
S. Battin, secretary; Cora M mellow
ell, w. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17

subscriber. who cancels his subscrip-
ton for the coming year and grects
the collector with an Icy stare. IL the
booster newspapers Of the country had
the money which they have lost thru
advocating new sidewalks and city
halls, more editors would ride In tleirs'
own automobiles. ss5 d s5ti
II there were more boosters mpbt-
lized for service in the trenches there.
would be fewer towns looking az e.
they needed the attention Of an under-
taker. 49,, o. #s 33tj VIII f 4
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17

suppose that = sinking fund Of $4,000
per year be provided In the taxes, the
entire bond issue would be paid of In
twenty live years. Thus for $4,000
per year we would get bridges that
will last for ages and pay off the en-
tire debt In twenty 1--we years. There
would no longer be danger of traction
engines and heavy loads going thru
rotting bridges and killing or manning
men and causing damage suits against
the county. And why should not the
people who use the bridges during the
next twenty Ave years help pay for
them? And then for generations after
the cost of maintaining the bridges
would be very slight .s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17
PERMANENT BRlDGEs.

Page county last year spent $75.0OO
for bridges. $4,000 OF 1t for repairs Or
temporary work and $4,000 for more
or less permanent work. That is 2
big tax Cor enc county. Now suppose
that instead OF taxing the people S75.-
900 a year the county should issue
bonds for half million dollars and
build substantial permanent bridges
an over the county. bridges that would
last hundreds Of years.
The interest on the Uonds wuus;s7 e
at an per cent $4,000. or less than
one-thi OF the cost last year hen
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17

Apolima, the smallest Samoan is
land and one Of those taken from Ger
many by the British will be fortified by
the latter into an impregnable work. It's
natural confederation as an extinct vol
cano readily lending itself to that pur-
pose. The inhabitants will receive land
on another island
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17
WHAT DID MULLAN Do?


The Cedar Rapids Republican, which
is supporting Harding for Governor
has figured that it is costing the state
ST., goo a year to operate the attorney
generals office. against $4,000 in Az
torney General Mullan's time. Suppose
the Republican were asked to tell what
the state had 10 show for the $1,000
spent in Mullan's time, what would II
answer? In those days the office of the
attorney general was more ornamental
than useful. Now the attorney -gener-
ais department is the center OF the la"
enforcement machinery OF the state
and the additional expenditure has as
much to show for It as the expenditure
of an equal sum of money in any other
department OF the state-certainiy
more than in most departments. Nobody
but a aw-breaker would want the Of
fic.s to return to it's former uselessness
for the saving of many times the pres
ent expenditure. =
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17

so again we say to the women. it is
up to YOU says the Shenandoah Sen
tinel. II you want citizenship and
the men know you want 1t they will
vote for you, but If you go around say
ing that you don't care and you don't
know and that may be it would not be
good thing, you won't get it. &c:
busy-ali Of you"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17
WISE ADVICE.
TKnoxyiile Express

1a' I'll IhHOXNlle ItNpTeSs.J I'VE
The democratic party in Iowa should
this year take a chance of doing some
thing, Let's say something and stand
for something and be something. We're
really all right on the moral issues
before the state-why not say so?
Why sneak around the alleys and back
streets and scent our breath with
cloves in order to make people think
we're as bad as ever? The democratic
party is no longer whisky party
why not say so? 1t is not opposed to
equal suffrage-why gradually drift
into an attitude Of opposition by rea-
son of sullen reticence upon the sub
ject? You gentlemen who are think
ing Of running for office next fall
don't you know that the voting popu-
lation will probably be doubled by that
time. and you will need your share OF
the increase? Two years ago the
democratic party should have gotten
In the lead on prohibition and suffrage.
Are we idiotic enough that we are still
going to hold back?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES,

Some men are born great. others
achieve greatness, and still others have
vote or two cast for them in a pres
;denual preferences primary" remarks
the Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17

81 Some Some sssm 50 feel that anything
which viii put dollars into the pocket
u proof Of success, but It is not. It
may prove the power to get money,
but, q another has said, 1T takes
nOzaaNSusia0 80 -
cap. varsity suit, frat pin, . bull
Dr. pipe. and .raA-rahra1 70 make .
saecsssful man.s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17

The primary vote on presidential
preferences was light admits tbs
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, but al that
it beat the old caucus system at least
to J."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17

heart disease, was fastened by his
physical exertions, altho he was strong
ly built and more than six feet tall. Mr..
Davis was in his fifty-second year. He
left Instructions for the cremation OF
his body. - 5#$z 4 "a 2+7 H IA 54s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17

in the west the Cummins candidacy
continues to grow and is the only
avowed candidacy anywhere that Is
growing. So IS the matter stands Cum
Minis is growing and Roosevelt is
growing while the Hughes movement
is in difficulties and other movements
without standing at ALL" says the Ne
vada Representative. "As the matter
appears now the question is between
Cummins and Roosevelt, and there we
apprehend II will continue to be until
the finish
The Mason City Times finds fault
with Hughes because his whiskers re-
minds it too much of CarranZa's.
For instance" suggests the Har-
din County Citizen, suppose that such
primary had been held in 1912 and
that Taft and Roosevelt had been the
candidates.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil finds
TT is just a little difficult to place
Mr.. Harding. 1t is surprising to find a
man aspiring to the office of governor
appealing so palpably to ignorance and
prejudice for support" explains the
Nonpareil. He has no plans. no is
sues. and no apparent purpose other
than to catch the votes necessary to
land him in the coveted place. OF al
the aspirants now IN the field seeking
the republican nomination for this Of
Ace Mr.. Harding offers the least prom
Use of progressive administration. He
is a suave. courtly gentleman to meet
but he Is clearly a politician of the op :
portunist type. Iowa should have IN
the office of governor a courageous,
constructive, forward-looking man.
Harding is about as far removed from
this ideal as any man who has been
suggested for the office OF governor in
the last twenty years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17
WHERE TILE TAX GOES.


Everywhere you hear complaint
about high taxes, but when one looks
INFO i. he finds that the bulk OF the
taxes are levied by the people them
selves i'm their several townships. Do
you know tia, the public schools Of
Tama county this year require over
$230,0 in taxes? The exact sum Is
S204.437. This you see is more than a
third OF all the taxes paid for every
purpose. Who is responsible? The
people at home-the school directors,
of whom the people themselves demand
the best in education. This Is almost
$40 per year for every man, woman
and child in Tama county or an aver
age OF say $40 per year per family.
The teachers in this county will draw
s1234 75 in wages this year Eight
years ago they drew only $ss,76a. and
there were about the same number as
now. There is a small increase In
some of the towns. Then the increase
in the school house fund is astonisl-
ing. Eight years ago only $11. 800 was
levied for this fund. This year the
amount is 5000, more than twice as
much. In addition $15.327 is levied for
the school house bond fund to pay in
terest on money borrowed to erect new
school buildings. People demand up
to-date school buildings and apparatus
and they want the best teachers in the
business. They should not complain
when they have the matter in their
own hands. ~."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17

town Ii usually the newspaper, which
makes enemies by advocating crsosotes
block paving. sewer extensions and
public Fairgrounds. This Is . source
Of profound grief to the delinquent
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17
CONSOLIDATING PRIMARIES.

tSiouX City Journal 20
If Iowa likes the presidential pri-
mary idea. but doesn't relish the
bother and expense. the principle can
be applied with only trifiing increase
in expense and trouble by following
the South Dakota plan and holding a
consolidated primary. The cost OF
printing and counting the national bal
lots would make but trit]ing addi-
ton to the cost of the regular state
primary. The trouble of marking the
national ballot would be the only new
tax on the voters patience.
The consolidation is commended 10
the attention of those who are not
ready to drop the presidential primary
as dead. The sum of s200.00 Is worth
saving to the taxpayers of Iowa. In
cdentaIly the consolidation of the pri-
maries would help to insure full ex-
preston Of opinion on political ahairs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17

Rritains regular army costs the gov
ernment 81 500 per year per man,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17
THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.

.4- Nevada Representative.
1t is the fashion just now to de-
cry the presidential primary and to
figure up the cost Of the election ma
chinery. It Is fact that popular gov
eminent Is expensive in a good many
ways. and it is another fact that any
election in which a fight fails to de-
velop has a farcical appearance when
it is over. But the man does not live
and actively. participate in politics
now who ever before saw the repub-
lican party pussy footing over it's
presidential nomination rs It Is doing
this year. and the voter is liable to be
yet very young who may reasonably
expect to see 1t doing so again, while
the democrats always develop q fight
unless they have a president In the
white house and running for re-elec-
ton, which is a political phenomenon
Of very rare occurrence. Four years
ago there were presidential primaries
that were the real thing, and four
years hence there is likely enough TO
be another real one. It takes more
than one political experience to make
a political rule and deductions should
be very sparingly drawn from the
present proceedings. The people are
liable to wake up at any moment and
to make effective use of all the polffi-
cal machinery they have at hand. All
OF which does not imply that the
presidential primary may not be sim
plifed and its cost reduced. Upon
the contrary the presidential primary
law in Iowa is poorly worked out
proposition; but that does not alter
the fact that the people in political
party had better be accorded free ana
full opportunity to direct It's policy be-
fore election. Otherwise. 3 8 s. y = =
demonstrated four years II q go.55at lsTe
may be vengeance swift and sure ~
the general election IT is better 70
have several tame primaries than one
such election. Nj #
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17

BY the sudden death Of Richard
Harding Davis, novelist. short story
writer. playwright and war correspond
ent. the United States lost one. OF its
most picturesque and best known fig
ures It is said that his end. caused by
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17
PROGRESS

cornhd with hoe All II ~
weary parayzd the al
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17

The Mason City Times finds fault
with Hughes because his whiskers re-
minds it too much Of Carranza's.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-09
tIIIIEf NIIEYIEIl

-EBEN CUSHINGHAM: / am.
hunting for big Hawaiian flag to put
on the capitol for Kamehameha Day.
The other one has begun to get rather
ragged.
ROGER C. RICE: AS engineer.
for the water commission, | have to
visit Hillebrand glen on an average of
once week to keep the clock at the
weir in working order
III. E. WESCOTT, city purchasing
agent: ! have been charged with ir-
regularities in the conduct of my
office, and although the newspapers
have published enough of the evidence
taken at the investigation to clear me
in the eyes of fair-minded people,
there may be some who would like
to see the evidence themselves.
wish they would come to my office
and look over my records. They ars
open to the public, as all city records
are, and / only wish the public took
more interest in them. would really
enjoy showing any citizen what the
purchasing agent does for the city.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-09

OPTION;sTARS
TOCOME HERE
Kahanamoku win Enter Big
Swimming Meet in July;
Other Stars Coming
r. 3. Benjamin, Ii: ...=....@".. .
Chicago, iII.:: -s..@ H..
i Cancel arrangements contained in
letter Of May IL. .....~

This cable. which was forwarded to
the mainland today, settles the status
CT Duke Kahanamoku. allows him TO
enter the coming swimming meet In
July and brings to honolulu the great
est collection of swimmers in the
world today.
Since the announcement was made
in the Star-Bulletin of June there
has been question as to whether
the swimming stars of the mainland
would come here in July for the cham
pionships. Officers Of the A. A. L..
have held meeting after meet TO de-
eide whether or not to ask the star
natators TO come here until the status
OF Duke kahanamoku was deter
mined. z
At a meeting this afternoon John
sSoper, w. T. Rawlins and Lorrin An.
have held meeting after meeting to de-
cided that il the worlds champion
would assure them that he would not
become a professional before August
ll they would cable at once for
the stars TO come to Hawaii. As re-
suit of the conference Duke decided
that he would send cable to R. b.
Benjamin, calling eff the tentative OPP
ton that was signed last month.
At that time Duke signed an option
agreeing to go to the mainland TO.
exhibitions, upon receiving contract
calling for $3.50 week and expenses,
together with one-half of all booking
fees. BENJAMIN was in Honolulu last
month as manager of Willie Hops
and Koji Yamada, the billiard stars.
After the cable was signed and for
warded to Benjamin, the committee,
consisting of W. T.. Rawlins, Lorrin
Andrews and John Soper, sent cable
to F. w. Ruben, secretary of the A. a.
u, asking him to send Herbert Voll-
mer, Ted Cam, Ludy LANCER, George
Gunha and others to compete here ia
the mpionship meet which will be
held on the harbor on the evenings Of
July %, % and 30. fsT
This action will mean a big boost
for the swimming in Hawaii, said
John Soper today. The meet which
will be held IN July will bring the best
swimmers of America and viii be the
biggest aquatic event ever held in
America
Duke wifi do his best to win
against the stars, and we are conf
dent that he can do SO. We have Sc.
cured the best swimming talent that
can be secured and the coming Of the
natators will be 4 big thing, not only
for swimming here. but for a publicity
| move Mainland people will be watch.
/ imp for tho rnSu1tS and this meet
should go down in the annals of sport
| in Hawaii as one OF the biggest things
ever attempted"
The swimming meet, which will be
held on successive nights at the naval
slip, will bring out the stars of the
mainland and Hawaii in races for all
distances, carrying out the same pro
gram as was announced in the Star
Bulletin of the issue of June 2. In
addition to Duke, Kruger. Kelii, Lane
and many other local swimmers will
compete