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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03
By David Cory.

As Twinkle Tail left the parsonage,
he felt very worried. Where was he to
get the ring? And II ne didn't get the
ring. there would he no wedding. There
was little Miss Squirrel waiting at his
hnnsa To be married, and there were all
the guests who were coming at .
o'clock. Parson Owl had promised this
very moment TO be on time. There was
only one thing missing. and that was
the gold ring.
There's only one person who can
help me. and that's Billy Bunny cried
Twinkle Tail. as he set off at a run for
the Old Brier Patch. Billy Bunny came
to the door in answer TO Twinkle Tails
Impatient knock. Then they both sat
down on the doorstep, while Twinkle
Tail explained all about his trouble
'.Parson Owl says there can't be a
wedding without a ring" said Twinkle
Tail. finishing his story with tears in
his eyes and where to get ring
doR't know.
Il do said Billy Bunny, jumping up
quickly Come with me 10 the Old
Barn Yard"
They ran up the Old Cow Path to-
gether. Billy Bunny with hop and
Jump and Twinkle Tail running as fast
AZ he, could.
BY and by they came to the Old
Farm. There stood Duckey Daddles
near the old creaking gate. He had
just come back from swim in the Old
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03
A SChCCl SUGGESTION.

\ writer n an industrial publication
predicts that = new type Of school
building must appear N every indus
tria. center which will De adapted es-
psc.ally 10 the various occupations and
equipped 10 offer instruction and praC-
lice along the lines Of ocCupaIional in
dustr!es. He says they should be plac-
ed near high schools or other common
schools 50 that children in the regular
schools who are about to enter en-
p.Oyment can easily prepare them
selves by going for pa.t Of the time 70
the .ndusig.a. scAoo! and argues hat
this training WI! largely supe-sede
tina. meaningless ineffective stuff
which We have called manual training.
Into u Schoo! located close by e!emen-
tary and high schools where ma9ua!
training 5 taught the working chill
dren Of the city can come for one or
Two half days each week 70 he taught
the occupation they elect. and manual
training pupils can get che manual IN
structiOE they ought 70 have. which Is
very different from what most OF them
now get. Instruction can De specialize
ed TO any extent that the situation
warrants and for any number Of pupils.
particularly when the central vocation
al schools equipment is supplemented
by class instruction in shops
Into this school many concrete or
hand minded children can come a u
or later for regular aIl-year instruc-
ION, eight hours daily five and one
half days a week. fifty weeks a year
and thereby secure 200 hours Of in
struction per year as against $50 hours
in the ordinary nigh school This will
give them more schooling in two years
than does a nigh school in four And
il gives them a trade besides. so hat
at sixteen they go into the occupations
masters Of themselves and we'll along
II .ht-nathway TO success and good in
comes. Precisely this IS being done
r,ow IN various cities. The pupil hour
''Dst = approximately midway between
ne elementary school cost and the
h: gh school cost.
These schools are Complementary 20
he present academic schools They
can carry instruction 20 The highest
>o!nt circumstances warrant and for
all ages. the older workers coming
Mostly for evening instruction. BY
them and not otherwise will our great
democracy become educated. efficient.
,roady' intelligent and happily Coop
rative.
Such schools are not uncommon in
Europe and are said 70 he extremely
we'll adapted to their purposes. The
uggestion is at least worth considera-
| ion in every city which has any con-
| iderable working population. Some
| hing of the kind is needed that will
send the 16 and IS year old boy out
able to earn a living.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03
THE SUBSCRIPTION PAPER,

The subscription paper is polite
form of taxation without representa-
ton which makes the life of the retail
merchant one long, sweet song.
A reasonable amount of taxation Is
good thing for any community, as it
is followed by many blessings, includ-
ing the rib-wrenching paving assess
ment. 1t is depressing sensation,
however. to meet a series of special as
sessments which produce more black
and blue spits than falling out of a hay
NOV and then run into Il subscription
paper for the benefit of Chinese
orphans home. presented by some GUS
toner who never asks the price of any
thing and pays by. check the first Of
the month.
The subscription paper is always
headed by somebody who puts down
$50 in a bold, round hand and then
leaves several blank lines which defy
the next victim to lower the ante.
Nothing is more painful than to be
confronted with a subscription paper
which has been signed up for large.
juicy sum by men who have not paid
their coal bill for 1911, and then be
obliged to inquire nervously II there Is
a two-bit size. After a man has been
in the retail business for several years,
however. and has looked at the
familiar, weather beaten features Of
1000 subscription papers, he will not
sign anything which is not backed by
the buying power of a church Of 400
members.
The subscription paper is always
circulated first at the court house.
where il is signed by everybody who
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03
In the SAM Beat.

How often Colonel Roosevelt hits The
! buiiSeye, Herr is q sentence taken
I from his preface To the biography OF
! ths late Booker r WasnIn gton: The
| simple fact IS that here in America we
! are ali in the end going UP or down
| together" .
| We have no choice. We are all COM
mitted II is as IL every mothers son
! and fathers daughter OF lis were en-
barked upon a ship running from the
| port OF our commencement TO the port
of our destiny. and without iifeboats
or wireless 10 call for help, or other
means Of rescue from wreck-sink or
swim, survive or perish. ali together
whether we like il or not. whether We
iove or hate our fellow voyagers. what
ever our varying sentiments, belefs,
and hopes.
r. The white man and the black man in
/ The south are going up or down to-
gether. So are we Irish, Swedes, Nor
wegians Germans, English, Italians
Austrians Poles. Russians. Indians and
7 Yankees north and west. Whether we
choose to recognize the fact or not.
doesn't matter to the fact little Bit
altho II will matter TO our children and
their children.
We are simply fated 10 be Amer
| leans, whether We wish TO be or not
| Destiny has deCreed our status. re-
gardless of what We think or whence
we came We are all, the diver kinds
OF US. here together. and in the words
Of BENJAMIN Franklin, We shall have 10
| hang together or We shall hang sepa-
rately Our welfare is common. but dis
| aster : suffered individually. so far
| a. feelings 60.
Hence II behooves us for our own
selfish lakes and our children's sakes
| to get rid of this ridiculous notion that
| Europe has a claim upon us, that we
are Europeans residing here for our
| fortunes sake. What we are. is Amer
| leans who must pull together or perish
| together.
We need not despair of democracy.
| Democracy IS neither failure nor an
| experiment. II is here for rs to make
| il what we wish and will The fault
will be ours and not the systems, IL we
neglect our heritage and do not exer-
else our chance.
| Besides, it is a very fine distinction
to be American citizens of the great
! republic free to think, to syeak, TO do
as one desires, lowered with an oppor-
| :uiiity such as NC ordinary man or
woman in Europe ever had or can
have. And our children, who in Eu-
rope would be cannon-fodder. or toilers
with little of hope, here can make
themselves pretty much what we
would like. Minneapolis Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03
LOCATE THE "lEAK

Senator Stone who is by way OF
democratic mouthpiece speaking to the
house admitted that leak had oc-
Cured and that spectators had used
advance informa ton Of the contents
of the presidents peace note to make
a stool. market killing. If such had
occurred the senator was certain that
some "employe" had been responsible.
However, the senator confessed that
he knew that leaks had occurred be-
fore and that confidential communica-
tons with foreign governments had
bene betrayed. Then the senator took
a fall out Of Lawson and advised that
no attention be paid to his 'bellowings.
Chairman Henry after a consultation
and interview with Lawson asserted
that Lawson had told him nothing that
seemed 10 call for an investigation
Lawson said he had told him enough
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03
A Russian Reformer.

Alexander Trepoff. the new Russian
premier, is widely known as pro-
gressive and reformer. He is "a
years old, and was one of the right
hand men Of Count Witte.
General Trepoff, his father was as
cordially hated by the Russian masses
as the son is loved and respected. 1t
was after the bloody. Sunday riots.
when unarmed mobs of strikers and
their families were shot down by the
troops. that the elder Trepoff became
dictator, and the real ruler of Russia,
succeeding the liberal and enlightened
Sviatopolk- Mirski. During the Trepoff
reign the whole empire was in state
of upheavaL Peasants attacked the
manor houses, policemen were assas-
sinated and Grand DUKE Sergius was
slain in Moscow
The car was soon convinced that
milder measures were necessary than
those put into effect by Trepof and
issued a decree establishing the duma.
as well as instituting reforms Of vari-
Gus kinds. Trepoff was dismissed and
Counte witte given the position of
prime minister.
The new premier Alexander Trepof,
son of the dismissed dictator, was one
of Whites ablest assistants, and sug-
gested a number of reforms inspired
by the new constitution. In 1914 he
was appointed a member Of the i'm
perial council. Since the outbreak OF
the war he has been minister of ways
| and communicat ions. Not long before
his elevation to the premiership he
was appointed secretary OF state to the
emperor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03
TIMEsREPUBIICAN MARsHALLTowN. IOWA: JANUARY 1917

that some one who claims to be wise
to all the minutia and merits may fol-
low or perhaps to draw the fire of the
directors. and let me say right here
that there will be many objections ano
a hard fight before Iowa will adopt thi:
easy economic safe and simple system
OF registering titles.
| F'irst-What is the system? Wher
you have received your patent from the
state Of government for your rea-
estate, either by original entry or grant
YOU have started or commenced the
| Torrens system of Insurance and reg
| istration, for the sovereign authority
has given you title both insured and
| in2ontestable. Now could you had
this simple system Of having a patent
| or certificate issue at each time there
was transfer of pour property your
title would lie just as good and secure
today as when YOU first received the
original patent. but the difficulties
now arise against this new system be-
| cause we have been so long under the
old and burdensomel plan by transferr-
nG by deed of conveyance. recording
the whole instrument. securing an ab-
straCt of the record, actions to quiet
title. actions in ejectment. actions to
test the rights of minor heirs and an
cestors and curing the mistakes of de-
scription. names and descent caused
by the ignorant and careless grantor or
sCrivener and finally the bringing to
date and examining the abstract at
the time of each conveyance or incum-
brance of the title till our records are
-, Il
inss and DEGREES and all these proceed
ings must show on the new abstract
and every lawyer that makes eNamina-
ton of the abstract finds some new
flaw or defect in title and another act
ion to quiet title follows.
our present system is certainly ex-
penSiVe especially to the poor man who
has the small property that is trans
ierred more often than the larger hold
iu=s
Now all these burdens will be remov
ed by the new system after YOU have
had one judicial inspection Of Your title
by the court or by a competent person
appointed who viii issue YOU a csrtiti-
cate or patent incontestable and an in
Sured title and render il eligible FOR
registration. IN other words. it will
SHOW just what your title is with the
incumbrance at that date. ana no going
back over the wears that are passed.
You take HoYr certificate to the re-
COrder and he viii! issue You duplicate
OF the registration which You can
transfer /" any grantee 3E simply
writing Your name on the same ana de-
!ivering to him. Then ne follows up
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03
Billy Bunny and His Friends

, Mil Pond. On seeing Twinkle Tail
and Billy Bunny, he stopped and
waited.
Good afternoon" said Billy Bunny,
I've come to ask you for favor. -
What is it," said Duckey Daddles.
You explain matters, Twinkle TAIL
said Billy Bunny, land then I'll tell
i Juchey Daddies something else" So
Twinkle Tail told Duckey Daddles just
what was the matter. How Miss
Squirrel had agreed TO marry him that
afternoon. How all the Little People
of the Forest We're coming to the we'd
ding at ). How Parson Owl had agreed
to marry them. How everything was
all ready. except the little gold ring.
How do you know I have little
gold ring" asked Duckey Daddles.
Il don't said Twinkle Tail '-but
Billy brought me here. SO I suppose it's
all right
Yes, it's all right" said Duckey
Daddles with funny quack and now,
Mr.. Billy Bunny. what is that some-
thing else you wished TO say"
Just this" said Billy Bunny, won't
you give the little gold ring you found
in the Babbling Brook TO Twinkle
Tall"
Then Duckey Daddles took out Of his
beautiful feathered waistcoat pocket
little gold ring and handed it to Twin
kle Tail.
I'm tomorrow nights Times Repub-
lican you can read all about the we'd
ding.l 80
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03

TO warrant any intelligent man to look
farther and proceed with an investiga-
ton Of the entire stock exchange stu
ton.
The fact is thus established that the
contents Of the note became the prop
erty of stock spectators in advance
of its release and that stock specula-
torsu sed it to clean up somewhere
about SEQ 900 in stock gambling. OF it
SELF the fact as established seems suf-
fictent to justify and demand complete
investigation and tracing of the leak to
the guilty parties. The president him
self can scarcely sit satisfied until the
matter is cleared and sifted
Senator stones advice 10 give Law
son no attention and his arraignment
If Lawson is beside the mark. Lawson
y nol on trial. The administration,
that was unfortunate or weak enough
t. he u"ed as a catspaw to rake stock
gamblers CheSlnuts out of the fire. is
II upSSH ma Ter ABOUT Lawson. VINO
is one of the stock gamblers and
who as a stock gambler would feel free
10 use any information valuable on
the market wheresoever and however
il might have come. The point is that
those gamblers stole or were given in
formation Of the contents Of a >tate
Taper Of the most confidential charac-
Ter and use it to their own vast prof,
on the stock exchange and 10 the dis
grace Of the United States That is the
point. Not Lawson.
The incident is more than unfort-
innate: il IS disgraceful and alarming
Wha; state secret shall he safe when
the secrecy Of the presidential cabinet
H. vioiable a; VIII Of stock spectators
Who "leaked"?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03
Masonic Meetings.
Visitors always welcome.

SPECIAL coMMU NicATlON-Mar-
shall lodge No. los, a. F. & a. NJ. Fri
day, Jan. 5, 1880 p. n. Work in miro
degree. John w. Wells, secretary; 3
O. Frazey, w. VI.
siGNET CHAPTER. No IS, r. A. NJ
Special convocation Monday evening
Jan. s, 1880 O'Clock. Work in the Marx
Masters degree Carl Shahner, II. ?,
John w. Wells, secretary.
SPECIAL ASSEMBLY. King Solo
mon Council No. 20. r. K :. NJ Mon
day. Jan. Is. for installation. I. l
Forbes. Recorder: George Gregory
l. NJ.
SPECIAL coNcLAvE, :: Aldemar
Commander. No. so X T Tu@>da!'
Jan. I6. 1917 for installations. :.
Forbes. Recorder; H. c. Mueller |om-
mander
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO 81. O. E.
ESPECIAL meeting. Installation OF o.
dcers Wednesday. Jan. -. so P m
Eliza S. Battin, secretary; Cora VI. NC
Dowell, W. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03
The Torrens Land Syste m.

Although Australia, many Of the
countries of Europe. part OF Canada
and thirteen Of our own states have ad-
opted this system in whole or in a
modified form. yet many of our people
are wholly ignorant OF the system and
most of our educated and business
men only have a vague and intangible
idea of what it is, how it is operated
and it's results.
The Marshalltown Real Estate board
have asked me to open discussion OF
the general features of the subject. sc
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03
Ripping Rhymes
UNWiSE PRAISE
ey WALT MASON

explain to callers he's q peach. the pride
and glory of the race, the only pebble
on the beach. And soon that kid an
Aleck grows a smarty all swelled up
with pride: and people long to twist his
nose. and lam the sawdust from his
hide. The greatest bore that ever was
Is that obtrusive. forward kid. whose
parents gave him wild applause for
everything he ever did. When grave
and thoughtful people call, to talk OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03
THEOLOGY IN THE NEWSPAPER
TGraDd Junction Globe.

Strangely enough. controversy up
on the question of the existence of God
has been agitat!ng the editorial page
Of one OF our capital city dailies. The
discussion had its inception from a
comment on the religious aspects OF
the war. Few papers willingly open
their columns 20 theological discus
sion. but when one does. the readers
are treated to a rare spectacle. All the
old artillery OF archaic fashion and
ancient origin is brought into action.
1t is a glorious day for the cranks.
There is much waving of tin swords
and shouting in an unknown tongue.
There is nobody loves an argument as
does a crank and no species Of crank
so bellicose as is the religious crank.
and no religious crank so pathetically
ludicrous in his bigotry as is the
atheist We have q lot Of sympathy
for the agnostic-the man who doesn't
know ant knows lie doesn't know: but
the atheist is the man who has picked
up a scrap of intelligence here and a
morsel Of knowledge there, but lacks
the ability to piece all together that he
may have some. understanding Of the
| whole universal plan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03
Iona Newspapers
GEORGE COSSON.
fTraer Shareholder.


Attorney General Co>son, who in our
opinion would have made an eNcep-
tionally good governor. will retire from
office this week with an enriable rec
ord. Cosson is a brsiny fellow and
fearless il. the discharge of his duties'.
1t is claimed ne has turned into the
state treasury in the past sixty days
$4,000 in fines levied upon v!olator>
Of the liquor and automobile law )
principally. Among the laws declared
unconstitutional by the Iows supreme
court In the past year or TWO Mere the
zee cream law. the hotel law and the
blue ky law. Cossou secured 4 re-
Ncr>al from the United States supreme
court in the first two and rewrOte the
blue sky law SO we'll tina, il has NOT
since been attacked
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03
THE TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC,
davenport Democrat

The opening OF the free clinic for tu-
berculosis patients, nd for those VINO
suspect that they may be threatened
with tuberculosis. is another gratifying
development Of the work that has been
under the charge of the Visiting
Nurses for some years past.
Originally Davenport had but one
Visiting Nurse. There was room Tor
the efforts of several. and as the city
grew and the value of the work was
-ealized. these were added. There
have been various extensions of their
work from time to time, and the orga :
nization and opening of the tuherculo-
sis dispensary and free clinic Is the
last af these. 1t can be made move
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03

TO begin with says the Cedar Rap
ids Republican. the Harding admins
tration will be hampered with an in
augural ball-a piece of fantastic social
nonsense in connection with business
undertaking.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

In the annals OF American legisla-
tive pro .edure there never was a more
conscientious. a more fair. a more
worthy. & more able speaker than
Champ Clark OF Missouri" declares
the Waterloo Times Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03
EVERYTHING COSTS SOMETIME
Burlington HaHknye.l

burlington HaUkaye.
At Montezuma a new library is TO he
established. The proposition was sub
nittsd TO the voters at special cleo
| on and there was considera Bile oppo-
sition. 1t was all on account Of the
cost. The argument was that taxes
would be increased. To be sure they
will. And who would want to live in
town where there are no taxes levied.
or where taxes are unusually low. Ev-
er!body kicks on taxes. but nobody
would want to live in a town where the
taxes are very low. For everybody
knows that there is no such thing as
getting something for nothing. and
that consequently the place where
taxes are very low in this state or in
the United States. is a place that is not
fit for human beings to live in. Monte
yuma will be all the better off because
OF that library, and il it cost her three
times the expected amount or even a
larger figure, it would still be profita-
bic and most wise investment for Mon
tezuma.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03
Topics of the Times


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pe,...,,,s ar, ana, ....r..,,o1., no.
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mach s-r,:ring has COM. ON IN the ,,s.
folr wears -ha, ,ha si-,at.oD ougb, nv
Among other things of less ronse-
.ouence the legislature might take
slant at the Torrens land sysrem this
session.
4 New Jersey woman who had killed
her husband vas ecoui,,ed hy me i,,r,-
after she had related = story NJ hr,-
1al;fy 50 long continued Tho i,ry ac-
centsd ber. nlaa NJ selr dafensa and
seems TO have figured that she took the
only safe way ont
II IS excellent news that ''Ding"~is to,
stay in Iowa and continue to deal with
Iowa subjects in his inimitable mid
western way. Mr. Darling belongs 70
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03

Whatever we may finally decide to
do let us face this road proposition
frankly" advocates the Des Moines
REGISTER There is no make shift way
to get good roads any more than there
was a make shift way to get drainage.
or thing, or town paving"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03

The water wagon is getting so
crowded that the moldy old joke about
climbing onto it was resurrected only
in a few widely scattered places re-
marks the Davenport Democrat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-03

Along with Villa and zero weather
and other undesira bles. insists the
Council Bluffs Nonpariel should be
listed the man who wont clean off his
sidewalk.