Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-17
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Sioux City were open on Mondoy ar
Tuesday, or on both days. Before Mar
shalltown gets excited about II. how
ever, let it be understood that it was
merely for the removal Of furniture
and axtures-Sioux City Journal.
Take all the time necessary. The
T.-R. has been long enough aiding to
bring about this state Of affairs tc
fail of excitement over a day or two.
Take time to get the whole bag Of
tricks out and out for good.
Fort Dodge is trying to revive the
Old shoe factory by raising $4,000. But
politics remains the leading industry
there just the same.
With all this talk about Mr.. Ford
you notice don't you that nobody 10
trying to blow up his factory. Per-
haps, however, everybody Is too busy
blowing up the proprietor to pay at
tention to the factory.
Mexico is the international pigs IT.
clover puzzle.
The moose yard will be located con-
ven;ently to the republican convention
headquarters, thus affording oppor-
tunities OF easy capture and reclama-
ton if the hunting party uses the right
kind of ammunition. But it will be
easy to stampede the herd by sending
out Boies to round it up.
Des Moines seems to be having the
same old loan shark troubles. Next
time the legislature considers the loan
shark question it should be without
consideration for the shark.
If we create that park in Aallamakee
county we can move that herd Of Pot
tawattamie deer over to the new loca-
ton and stop all the outcry over de-
struction of crops. Allamakee was
made for deer in the first place. Its
construction is plain evidence of that
fact.
The man who Is most opposed to
woman suffrage is always the one who
REQUIRES HlOSl waiting oAi ~ 1to "~~>
$3.50
Those barkeepers who demanded
that the state of Iowa furnish them
new jobs must have thought that po-
licemen were appointed by the state.
1t is hard to see the vast difference
between killing Americans on board
| ship with torpedoes and butcherina
| them on land in Mexico; but there
seems to be difference in the minds
| of certain statesmen. However, q
corpse is a corpse whether it is float
| ing in sea water or lying mutilated
| on Mexican desert.
The day Of the livery horse closes al
the day Of the hard road dawns.
\
! If Mr.. Harding ever becomes gov
ernor he will oppose state liability In
surance to protect the injured work
man and guarantee him his compen-
sation. Harding, who is constitution
ally a standpatter, believes the en-
ployers should form their own insur-
ance companies.
The Times Re publican is heartily
ard enthusiastically in favor OF the
Hardin county idea to gravel It's en-
tire county road system. Gravel viii
always be the best kind Of hard sur.
facing material for most of our roads
in purely rural counties but more fire.
quent traffic near some Of our large
cities and on trunk lines Of travel vii
ravel a graveled road until 1t become.
too expensive to maintain. Whenever
traffic conditions OF that kind are Y
be met the people of any communit,
ought to be free to adopt the higher
type of paved surface and distribute
i its cost equitably over a period o
years by means of bonds.
Des Moines has S1ss::ss 90 dry In,
druggists are no longer selling grap
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