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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-08
A SITUATION ADMIRABLY SETTLED.

Charley" Rawson is out Of it. He
has decided that he will not be a can
didate for governor in a field so filled
with contestants. Mr. Rawson will de-
vote his campaigning energies to the
cause of the Iowa candidate for the
presidential nomination. He sees an
opportunity for Iowa and will go to
Washington to take charge Of the
Cummins headquarters there. The
chance Iowa has for the presidency ap-
peals to Mr. Rawson as the big thing
in Iowa now and he refuses to permit
any ambition of his own TO interfere
with il.
Mr.. Rawson is, popular IN Iowa
There IS hardly precinct where he
does not count his personal friends.
His opportunity for the governorship
was good In fact across the state it
was considered the best Of any should
the choice come TO the convention.
However. his conclusion is a relief
under the circumstances. The situa-
ton is sufficiently complicated as it
stands. Choice must be made between
two exceptional candidates. Cosson and
Allen. II would have been still further
complicated and embarrassed by the
entry of third of equal availability.
Furthermore Iowa, as Mr.. Rawson
says. is in line for a big thing-the
nomination OF an Towan of full presi-
Dental height by the republicans.
There is no Iowan who would be so
universally the choice of republicans
Of Iowa to conduct that campaign as
Charley Rawson. The situation has
settled itself admirably.
The Cumuoins movement grows III
the west and middle west. Opportun
ity knocks ct the gates OF Iowa ii is
a big task for a big man which has
been laid on Pa wscns shoulders. II
Mr.. Rawson can bring the presidency
TO Iowa even his most earnest friends
will forgive him for refusing TO run
for governor this year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-08

that such . wondrous change al We
now see has taken place within the
lifetime OF one who Is yet compare
lively young. '''
h. Instead Of Kentucky, Illinois and
states farther east being the great Live
stock producing states. and almost the
exclusive home OF the Improved breeds
today the states of Iowa. Nebraska,
South Dakota and Minnesota are
among the greatest In the production
OF live stock Of all kinds, and they
have moro good horses. moro pure bred
herds Of cattle and hogs, than any 9TH
.er four DtRtes In the union.
Already It lis well understood all over
the land that no section Of country u
producing better live stock, or more OF
4. than this northwestern country. Tho
best horses come from this territory.
It is conceded to be the greatest hos
producing section Of the United States
In no country are there more herds OF
pure bred cattle Of the highest quality
than are bred and raised here. Mo-
where do we find more intelligent
wide awake and up-to-date breeders
The tables are already turned. In
stead Of people going tc the states east
Of the mississippi river for their breed.
ing stock, as was the custom in years
gone by, stock raisers from the east
ern states are coming here when in
need Of new blood to improve their
horses, cattle and hogs. The pure bred
horses. cattle and hogs bred and raised
in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and
Minnesota have won most OF the COW
eted prizes at the great state fairs and
live stock expeditions Of the country
during the last few years. As stated.
the breeders in these states are up-to-
date and progressive men. and well un-
derstand the advantage they have in
the production of the best live stock.
by reason Of their climatic conditions.
and the rich grains and grasses grown
in this part OF the country.
and Breeder. z. III
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-08
MUD.

Mud is q combination OF water, bees.
wax, gnm-arabic and despair that
was originally imported from the
bottonless pit 1t Is spread thickly
over the face Of nature in the spring
and fall of the year. and prevents the
speed maniac from committing sui
eide by looping the loop thru a
barbed-wire fence It also has an
other noble mission, as people who
are afflicted with internal rheumatism
would rather battle in Il UP to their
eyeballs than sink lang orously into the
arms OF porcelain tub. Thousands Of
people who have never felt the deft,
appealing touch Of sciatic rheumatism.
however, are obliged to take mud baths
several times q year with all their
clothes on. ..r -,
Mud is caused by rain falling on the
earth for four days and nights and
refusing to run off. For some reason
or other, mud always prefers to locate
in the middle OF the public high
way, where 1t can clasp an approach
ing automobile to it's bosom and climb
all over the windshield. Why is It that
mud will not choose some other place
to lie down, like q pasture or a corn
field, instead OF curling up on the high
way to a depth Of nine feet and caus-
ing the restless tourist to breathe sui
phur and birthstone on the evening air?
The most deadly form Of mud
found on this continent Is the yellow
clay variety. which is harder to re-
move from q pair Of sp cream colored
pants than a wad of gum which has
been thoughtlessly sal upon 1t is
mournful to think Of the number Of
chirping SWANS who have left home
in lavender panties and a top buggy.
to court some fair maiden at her
home twelve miles from the town
clock, only to sink up to the horses
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-08
Topics of the Times

The Wapello sheriff who charged
50 mileage for serving subpoena over
the telephone affirms the right to
charge cents mileage in such cases.
OF course that's a matter for the court
TO settle but what's your verdict? one
of the sensible ways to settle future
cases of the kind would be to cut out
all fee business and pay wages and
actual expense as business men do to
those who serve them.
The granting Of a divorce to a wo-
man of 20 at Des Moines from hus-
band married three years ago shows
that there isn't so much difference be-
tween sixteen and seventy as folks
imagine.
Montana and Oregon fall into the
Cummins column and Oregon will
favor the western candidate AS the
situation stands Cunnmins leads all
other candidates. Iowa has her chance
this year and should play IL to the
limit.
SsTs Bat Nelson seems to nave
been able to hold her own with that
pugilistic person. At any rate he ap-
pealed to the referee and was granted
a divorce on a foul.
That split in the Iowa democratic
ranks may result in scratched tickets
! At present that is the outlook
There is a legal and technical right
promised every foot passenger to one
! half the beaten track on country
! highway. But it is not in evidence
that the man of average sense persists
in hanging on to his right when he
meets a six cylinder filled with drunk
en- men coming home from town al
fifty miles an hour. But b inks te'E
| got a right to half the road just the
same.
The new secretary Of war is a crack.
ing good street railway man; perhap
he had his war experience in a stree
car strike.
A democratic department also afford.
opportunity to take fall out of re
publican officials who have earne'
better treatment Perhaps by the tim
Mr.. Murphy gets around nobody viii
have escaped. 49,,
The United States public health ser
vice brands strong drink as the mos
efficient ally OF pneumonia 1t declare
/ that alcohol is the haadmafden Of tn
! disease which produces 10 per cent
the deaths in the United States. Thi
is no exaggeration. We have know
for a long time that indulgence 4: 3!
coholic liquors lowers the indfvidua
vitality. and that the man who drink
is peculiarly susceptible 70 pneumonia
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-08
VINO Ears TINE RoaO com,ssIos,

+ Times Republican,: What salary 90
| the members Of the good roads COM
| mission appointed by the governor get.
what business are the members in ana
! who pays the expense of the commis-
sion? Please answer.
Inquirer. Belle PLANE, Iowa.
The members OF the commission
serve without pay. The chairman. D.
W. Norris. is in the newspaper BUSH
! ness as chief Of the Times Republican,
| interested heavily in the Council Bluifs
| Nonpareil. majority proprietor of the
Lennox Furnace Company and large
land owner. Ex-senator Foster, Of
Guthrie is a banker. Hon. ]. M.
Brockway of Let's, is a farmer and
large land owner. j. C Davis is gen.
eral counsel for the c. 6 N. w rail-
road and a prominent lawyer Ed. T.
Meredith is the publisher of Success
ful Farming and Is being urged for a
high position in the U. 8. agricultural
department Ed. F. Rose is lumber
man and merchant at Shenandoah. G.
f. Cameron, of Alta, is chairman of
the state agricultural society and
state fair.
AS to the expenses connected with
the commission-the commission pays
its own expenses. 1t pays for all its
printing out Of the pockets OF its mem
bers. 1t pays its own postage. If a
member answers a call to appear be-
fore a meeting of any kind in the state
he takes the expense Of his journey If
IL is offered; otherwise he pays it out
Of his pocket. The expense of mailing
out circulars or Information is usually
mails out and pays postage to the
newspapers. Foster to the bankers.
Brockway to the farmers. Davis to the
lawyers. Meredith to commercial and
other clubs, Rose TO mayors and city
officials, and Cameron to county fair
boards, etc
The information requested by In
quirer' as given above is worth the
attention of those who have imagined
that the good roads commission is
salaried or supported by any fund or
chairman Of that commission from this
office on a missionary journey in the
interests of better highways. 1t is not
outside good taste to state that the
comm ission was created and is doing
its best at its own expense to discover
and recommend to the legislature the
cheapest surest and most feasible
plans of road improvement. without
pay and without any thought or pros
pect of personal profit. They are in
fact men who can afford the expense
connected with the work and who are
willing 10 bear IT The commission is
representative of the differe Mt interests
of the state, all are men who have
proved their capabilities as business
men and business advisers.
1t should not be an astonishing thing
that men are willing to do public work
without pay and without personal pur-
poses in view. We are arriving IN
Iowa at a condition where many men
still active and interested in public
matters find themselves with the 1nan-
cial freedom that permits them to set
aside such considerations as salaries
and personal expenses and assist and
encourage public movements from an
impulse of progressive citizenship.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-08
Live Stock centsr Moving Wsst.

1.-Two Sy0CN SVsSOV UVvIU0 SsWNss y >
When the writer was q boy, living on
d farm in southeastern Iowa, the
northwestern part Of the state was stili
unsettled. Even the homesteader had
hardly ventured 50 far west Stock
raising had Just begun In the older set-
tied portions Of the state. At that time
there was scarcely any pure bred stock
In the state OF Iowa. When an enter
prisfng farmer decided he should Inn
prove his Hive stock, Il was necessary
for him to go to Kentucky, Illinois or
other states farther east for what he
needed for his purpose. In those days
the blue grass region OF Kentucky pro-
iucad the best cattle and the finest
horses. Illinois had inst begun to I'M
port good draft horses: II had rev
good herds OF ShOrthbrn cattle, and
had made a start in the improved
breeds of swine. Ohio and Indiana
were then the great hog producing
states. and most sof the cattle feedng
was carried on IN atilese two states and
Illinois. Cincinnati, st, Louis and Chic
cago were the great live stock mar
kets OF the country. 5se
In these early days all the western
4 live stock interests eentered IN Chi
cago. The states along the upper Mis-
souri, were then unorganized terri-
ne ptus1 a and
roamed the prairies Of the Dakotas and
western Nehsas III, q ID the s IA Asnsssca:'
Indian still held away In the north :
western country. 4 - hard 20 realize
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-08
Masonic Meetings.
Visitors always welcome.

STATED COMMUNICATION Mar
shall Lodge No. los A. F. and A. M
Regular meeting, Friday. March II,
1880 .. m. John w. Wells. secretary;
B. o. F'razey, w. M.
siGNET CHAPTER, No. 50. n. A. NJ
Stated convocation Monday evening.
Feb. 81. Regular business. Carl Shaft
ner. H. P: John w. Wells. secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solomon
Council No. 20. r. & 8. M. MONDAY
Mar. 20. regular business. l. T. FORBES
recorder; George Gregory. !. M.
STATED coNcLAvE, St. Aldemar
conmandery No. 80. x. t. Tuesday
March 81, 7:3o O'clock. Regular ous'-
ness. /. T. Forbes. Rec; H. c. Mueller
E. c.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap
ter No. 81, o. E. s.. Wednesday March
IS, T:3o p. m. Eliza S. Battln. secre-
tary: Cora NJ. Mcdowell. w. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-08

running for office look like somebody
who would rob the babys bank on
Christmas Eve. II woman who
thinks she has married an alabaster
saint will allow him TO run for Office
just once, she win learn that she il
cemented to q reformed jaiIbird, 4
robber Of henneries, an oppressor NJ
union labor and four-time bigamist
who FORCES checks for living. This
is mud singing reduced to; an exact
science .'.
- II mud doesn't strike any deeper
than the clothes, 1t can be put up
with.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-08
PLAYING WITH FIRE.

Iowa's delegation in the house, ir-
respective Of party voted against
tabling the MLemore resolution Of
warning. In doing so there is not the
least doubt that the Iowa congressman
expressed a practically universal con-
considered without respect to party.
Repu blicans Of the eastern states
which are protiting vastly by the war
and Of coast towns historically favor
able to heavy ornaments on land and
sea voted with the democrats who had
been herded into a phalanx by the
activity Of the presidential forces.
Some democrats there we're who re-
fused to be driven and stood out. But
the White House won. The president
is commander in chief of congress as
of the army.
The democrats were up against the
buzz saw. damned there by the only
candidate their party finds available.
No party was ever throttled into sub
mission by a leader more than the
democrats are being held by Wilson
the president thru the power OF Wilson
the candidate. 1t was up 70 them 10
stand by their administration or con-
fess that which would weaken that
candidate in the coming effort to retain
power, and of the two they chose to
stand by the president"
If the point raised were one vitality
important instead Of technical the
country would be behind the president
as unit: but il isn't. In the light Of
the presidential treatment OF Amer
cans in Mexico the presidential policy
in this case IS hard for the average
man 10 explain TO MS own satisfaction
Mr. Murphy in the democratic depart
ment Of the Des Moines Register in
sists that the Mexican policy Is in re-
preston Of business interests who de-
sire to profit from L. S. demands upor
that country. Without doubt DIE
business interests have their projects
lCOnneCIGO with Oh lelOS anu -iN->-~
profits but thousands Of legitimate in
yestors were warned to care for them
selves In Mexico. No doubt the Du
Pont powder company whose pront'
amounted to more than s5soo0ooo iol
1.-The past year is in favor OF a standing
army of zoe, 1000 or 100000 and look!
on the possibility Of war with SINUS
eauanimity should the technical right
of Americans to ride armed snip
wherever they may go thus involve tn
United States But the country
large breads even the possibility
war. Not because this country l
cowardly, not because the average citi
zen is not ready TO stand up for an
real right Of this country and ~
people. but because it fears involve
ment in the insane orgy Of death thr
some minor and technical insistence.
The president won a victory in tn
congress. It is however one OF thos
victories of which it has been said tina
two such would be worse than de
feat. The presidents successful Dull
: ing thru of his individual views ha
not strengthened but weakened hin
However well the people may haV
thought of him there Is g. strong dis
taste in America for dictatorship an
autocracy from the executive mansiol
The president is playing with mr.
lit is to be hoped that ne will burn
fingers save his own. So .t
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-08

sies his books about = million debts, and
figure there CROOKS misfortunes pets
to play the honest game when they got tin
and may be they'll do the soon their ships
ships come in But some ships travel mighty slow, Of
winds land the sport: hit OF Nor
mans VICE. and come to port The merchants have
to charge for everything they SELL to tho
defaulters score. c. Of L whener you buy
a pound OF pills. quart Of pumpkin rtnd you're paying
something the bills Of those who behind. you
who read these simple would pay your bills
time you'd help price prune ana make your
sublime. ...- tl.r M
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-08
WHAT TRAINMEN DEMAND.
rSioux City Tribune. ]


The railway managers are flooding
the country with publicity regarding
the increase in wages that Is being
demanded by the members Of the four
railway brotherhoods who are engaged
In actual handling Of trains. It seems
the railroad managers can not make
an honest presentation Of this issue
any more than they can Of the rate
question, the question of their Talu-
atton, or their inside financing.
The railway employees are not ask
ing for an advance OF wages. In FACT
they are asking for the adoption OF
plan that will decrease. the income OF
many of them. They are asking for an
eight hour day, instead OF being COM
PEELED to stay out on the road from
twelve to sixteen hours.
Their argument in favor OF this
change Is reasonable. They say thai
passenger trainmen and fast freignt
trainmen would not be materially al.
fected by such a rule. as few OF them
are now on the road more than eign'
hours. The men who would be AFFECTED
are the trainmen who handle dead
freight trains. These men are on tins
road usually the limit permitted BY tns
s federal laws-sixteen hotirs-and otter
!. longer than that before they get pacf
to their homes. Their expenses on tnt
: reed :::.::.ss casis cit % = :
j wages.
1 The greatest evil. heweyes, s. y e 2. q
! physical and mental effect upon mel
working that length OF time. = nse0'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-08

country roads:t 30 to- the sIraets pr tina
woods. breathe the fresh c0untry5airi
climb around and exercise some s0f the
muscles that arc asleep all weak. It
Isn't wicked 70 DO that; it's good horse
sense. When the commandment was
given not to work on the Sabbath day,
il was not intended that man should
stuff himself like glutton at noon and
spend half of the day under news
paper. There are much better ways
OF resting than the old Puritanicaq no.
ton that folded hands and inactivity
are the essential evidences Of piety
has vanished in this day of enliglrten-
ment y s&aN %s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-08
PITTS open LETTER"

Representative Pitt, Of Harrison
county IL out in an open letter against
Cosson for governor. The excuse for
the letter was one from Governor
Garst, asking him to assist in organic
ing for Cosson. Mr.. Pitt contends that
Cosson stands for centralized govern
ment at Des Moines and for extrava-
gance. and cites measures he favored
in the last legislature. Mr.. Pitt an
nounces that ne will support Harding.
When Cosson was in the senate
Harding was in the house. and in his
third term was speaker. Can Mr.. Pitt
point out whether the one was much
different from the other? While Mr..
Harding was in the house and since he
became president Of the senate, the
taxes of the state have increased over
10 per cent. What did Mr.. Harding do
more than Mr.. Cosson to prevent this
enormous increase? Did Mr. Harding
vote against any bills that had for
their purpose the increase of commits
sions and the Capitalization OF power
In Des Moines? This is asked not to
embarrass or to favor or to oppose any
candidate, but for the purpose OF get
ting information. ~.
Mr. Pitt seems to be especially OPP
posed to highway expenses, and pre-
suma bly, his record in the last leSis-
lature is along the lines Of those who
sought to tear down what had been
accomplished.
Presumably Mr.. Pitt. when he re-
fers to cosson's activity in increased
expenditures. refers to his position
relative to custodial farms, Jail and
prison reform and other things In
tended for the good of the unfortunate
Iowa has been slow to act upon these
things, much to it's d!scredlt, and of all
the candidates. Cosson appears to be
the only one who thinks or cares much
for humanity. as affected by laws and
their administration,
II Mr.. Pitt is to be taken seriously.
the only effect Of his letter will be to
place Harding in the don't do it
class. which we think does him an In
Justice Il Harding stands tcr what
Mr.. Pitt says he does, We surely do not
want him for governor. The letter
will hardly be taken seriously enough
to harm Cosson or help Harding.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-08

no argument to prove that after eight
Or ten hours continuous strain, ones
ply steal and mental activities get slug
gish. q It 10 during these periods. say
trainmen. that wrecks most frequently
occur: and then the railroad manage
ments blame It on to the ''carelessness'
of the railroad employees.
Even the traveller In the Pullman
gets tired after a tel.-hour ride during
the day. But the man in the engine
cab must keep fresh: he must keep
his mental activities keen for he must
SEQ every signal. keep in mind every
order, and when he enters . raiirOsd
yard must know Just what every one
Of all the way from so to 500 switch,
signal and block lights mean, and II
they are as they should be to guaran-
tee him clear track. Yet eye fatigue
is one OF the first symptoms and re-
suits Of long hours Of work, and mental
dullness comes a close second. Safety
first" for the travelling public demands
that men on railroads be not over
worked. ,7. =, :, ~ ~ -. asss e. Y
There is yet another side-one which,
affects the commercial side Of rail-
reading. Why are some freight trains
handle them are not on their run over
eight hours, while other freight trains
hauled with the same class Of motive
power and over the same right-of- way,
are fourteen to twenty hours clearing
one division? Why Is carload Of fruit
from sixty to seventy-two hours COM
Ing from Ner Orleans to Sioux City
while a carload of other freight Is three
to four weeks? - 5
Trainmen say the railroads 50 over
load dead" freight trains that they
can not make their time. This Is done
in order to increase the railroads profit
This Is why the trainmen who handle
these trains must LAY OUT on sidings
and at way stations, and be on their
run fourteen to sixteen hours.
Trainmen also offer the hint to the
shipper that II the eight hour law goes
into effect, It Will solve the freight cal
famine to great extent. Railroads will
then speed up their freight schedule
in order to avoid overtime wages, a11t
freight cars will be rushed to their edes,
tination and unloaded instead OF ding
donging along on the road for weeks
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-08

n cold. silver copper, quicksilver 0.
mercury, iron, nickel. tin. zinc. lead and
aluminium are the ten minerals gen.
orally to be found in every housA IL.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-08

The United States public health ser
vice ~ = conssrvAtive body. It does
not engage In alarmist propaganda.