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The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-01-18
C0rns Peel Right
Off With "Gets-IT'
2 Drops, and the Corn is a "GOnerF'

When you've got to walk on
the sides of your shoe to get away
from those awful corn-pains, there's
only one common-sense thing to do.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20
IHE LABOR RESERVES.

II is not a question OF money AND
wage entirely on the west coast that
has induced the strikers 10 hold up the
| necessary building Of ships and other
government work. The question OF
who shall work Is involved, Also the
question OF whence the lumber shan>os
taken for the work. Lumber produced
under conditions not satisfactory TO or
ganiza-ons is barred from use by the
demands the strikers The Seattle
strike has all the earmarks OF q boy
colt.
When war is on and lumber is need
ed for ships and aeroplanes, when the
question is Of victory or defeat OF
saving a.million American lives or
wasting them thru delay and dispute
responsibility. If il is merely ques-
ton OF wages that can be settled quick
" and under the strenuous circum-
stances to reasonable satisfaction: but
TO attempt to refuse any pair OF hands
work when every pair of hands is so
desperately needed and 10 refuse mater
ial because it has not been produced
in accord with the regulations OF any
organization approximates the GRIMM
a. under present circumstances. 1t
lacks patriotism. No doubt the average
striker would resent with blows the
charge that he was siding and abetting
the enemy: but il the kaiser were to
look about for an effective weapon for
Germany he could find none better
suited to his hand than an American
boycott at the present time.
Settle the question Of wages if that
IS Il question There is work enough
for all and all are needed. There is
slight danger OF reduction OF wage De-
cause of competition. The great dan
ger is that we shall not be able to find
hands TO do the work. Labor is as pa
triotically responsible to the country as
the army. 1t IS the reserve behind the
fighting men. II must do its part 1t can
not afford TO be held responsible for
disaster to American armies or defeat
Of American arms.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20
Ripping Rhymes
y WALT MASON
Observation-Disclosures
WEATHER INFLUENCE.

The weather man has much to dc
with making people glad or blue On
dreary days Of fog and rain men are
discounted, and complain: when
weather is as bad as that. I'd never
pass around the hat: for when a man
is chilled. alack! with gooseflesh up
and down his back, he won't chip in a
pair of straws to help along a worthy
cause He feels that he will need his
roll to purchase blankets, grub and
coal. He looks with pessimistic eye
on everything beneath the sky, and
says the Germans can't be licked, and
all their foes will be gold -bricked.
But when the weather mans begun to
trot along his good old sun, and when
the skies are blue and fair. and IKE a
tonic is the air. and dismal clouds
don't come to bat, like to pass around
the hat. Then people reach down in
their jeans for coin to buy new sub
marines, to help Red Cross, Y. NJ. c.
A., or anything that comes their way.
Then optimistic are all guys; / hear
no deep. heart-rending signs. and peo-
pie say, Wen bet some mon we'll have
the Germans on the rum" The wealth
er man should realize how much de-
ponds on being wise, and dish up days
no man can knock-the very best he
has in stock,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20
II,

tfs
| with Apologies to Rudyard k!pl!ng,)
| If You can hold your tongue when
German hackers
Are losing theirs and damn!ng Uncle
Sam;
II you can keep from cussins out the
slackerS
And faying SNUG hypocrisy and
sham;
If you can wait and not be tired by
waiting,
While reptile papers keep US on the
rack:
If you can stand the pacifstic pratt
ing,
And never have yearning to strike
back.
II you can see our country's cities
plastered
With sycophantic warnings against
war:
If you can watch a yellow livered
bastard
Refusing TO confront things as they
are;
If You can see swarm of crawling
lizards,
Squirming thru the marriage license
Men with atom souls and smaller giz-
yards,
Disgracing those whose honored
names they bore.
If YOU can hear an orator denounc-
ing
The liberty for which our nation
bled;
If you can let him go without a trounc-
ing
Or punching in the bally traitors
head:
If you can smile when lying propa-
ganda
Seduces men who ought to know the
truth:
If you can tolerate their rotten SIAN
And bear it with an idle fist, for
sooth-
If you can sneer at men who wear tho
khaki
Or jeer at those who wear the navy
blue:
Ii you can whisper like a skulkins
lackey.
About the men who have the nerve
to do;
If vanquishment of brutal foes appals
You,
If you can't prove your right to be
a man
You may be everything your mother
calls you,
But believe me, you are not Amer
lean.
Edwin Carly Ranck in the Brooklyn
Eagle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20

carried by the post Office. It Is vastly
more important that the news and the
knowledge be carried than that the
post office pay profit on its service.
Publishers, who have investigated, in
sist that they are paying the cost Of
their service, but as to this there is
| dispute.
There can be no question, however,
that whatever postage rate is charged
is paid by the people who read. Ne
cessity compels publishers to pass the
buck" to the consumer and any in
crease that congress makes in this
postage rate will be merely tax in
crease upon news and knowledge. The
senate members of the conference COM
mittee are opposed to any increase IN
the postage tax upon news and knowl-
edge while the house members are
fighting for a raise. 1t would be far
wiser public policy to adopt rules that
would require all publications to col
mum portion of cost of publication in
order TO receive the second class rate
for postage. This would confine the
governments service at that rate to
the carrying Of such news and knowl-
edge as the readers considered worthy
of a minimum price from them. Ii
would eliminate abuses of the second
class privilege, but whatever congress
does to the newspaper and MAXINE
rate will be passed on to the people.
1t will be an increased tax upon news
and knowledge which ought TO have
been taken from profits and parucu-
lsrly from war profits.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20
Billy Bunny and His Friends

well, here we are In tonlghts story,
said the old gentleman rabbit, as he
looked over his spectacles at little Billy
Bunny You see. they had got home
safely after their automobile ride, and
the old gentleman rabbit was reading
the ''Bunnyville Gazette" and wasn't
it funny, there was a story about him
and his little nephew right on the front
page. And picture, too, and the old
gentlemans wedding stovepipe hat
looked almost as good as new, and this
made him feel quite happy, for he was
very fond of his cid hat, was dear, kind
Uncle Lucky.
And just then the telephone bell
rang, so BILLY Bunny hoped over 20
the desk where Uncle Lucky had his
telephone and said '.Hello!"
rs Mr.. Lucky Lefthindfoot there?'
asked voice. and. oh dear me, it was
a dreadfully growly kind of voice.
wait a minute. Hold the wTe!'
answered the wise little rabbit, and
he hoped back to his uncle and whis-
pered in his ear that somebody with
a ireadfully cross voice wanted to see
him.
Find out who it Is said the old
gentleman rabbit, and he took off his
spectacles and wiped them on his blue
polkadot handkerchief. and then put
them away in the case. So Billy Bunny
picked up the receiver and said: Who
wants to see him.
Il do" said the growly voice, "and il
he doesn't come to the phone I'll come
over and knock on the front door, and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20

( maybe on the back door and the from
parlor window pane" &
And then of course the little rabbit
| didn't know what to do and I'm sure
Wouldn't have, either; and maybe
| neither would you.
'.Oh. pshaw!" cried the brave ole
phone In his front paws and said
Hello! Hello! Who wants to see Mr.
Lucky Lefthindfoot?"
$50 you're there. are you?" an
swered the growly voice well. I'll be
over in three short seconds" And that
was all.
Lock the front. door, said Uncle
Lucky, and pull down the shades.
don't like the way he talks"
So Billy Bunny hurried up and locked
the doors and the windows and stuffed
the fireplace up with big sofa cushion
And then he took his popglm out Of his
knapsack and stood by the front door
while Uncle Lucky shut ore eye and
looked thru the keyhole With the other.
But they couldn't see anything only
the moonlight on the front lawn, for
1t was quite late, you know, and time
for them to be in bed
81 wish I knew who is coming" said
Uncle Lucky. and he shut the other eye
and looked thru the keyhole again.
But still there was nobody in sight.
And then, all of sudden. just like
that. loud knocking came at the door
and voice said, Let me in!"
And in the next story you shall hear
who il was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20
REGENT HAllER'S CASE.

The Des Moines Register comes 10
the defense OF Frank L. Halter, over
whom as a regent Of the Nebraska
state university a sharp controversy
as arisen. Halter, it appears, was
intensely pro-German," before the
United States declared q state Of war
existed between US and Germany and
appears TO have been prolific of pen
and loud Of voice. II is asserted by
MS friends that the demand for his
resignation is based on those ante
oellum utterances and Halter himself
asserts that he has never been disloyal
in thought. word, or deed. AS between
Germany and England he was in
tersely pro- German" AS between
America and any other country he is
loyal to America. The Register con-
siders the Nebraska row case of
''heresy hunting" and it may be as
the Register says. Also it may not
That the public is prone to quick
criticism, not always justified, is true
enough. Without knowing more If
what Mr.. Halter has done or said or
left undone or unsaid since America
got into the war it is hard to render
verdict in his particular case. But
what he has left undone and unsaid
since has great deal to d. with his
case before the public when it con-
siders him and his regency together.
The demand upon a representative of
the public in any public position ana
that upon an individual are properly
differentiated.
Complete loyalty to America in this
war goes farther than between
America and any other country" II
includes Americas allies, and especially
France and England. We are financing
Russia, lending vast sums to other
countries with which we are allied,
| their war IS now our war, their sue
cesses our successes, their failures our
| immediate failure and our future dan
ger. We can not be completely loyal
| to this country in this war without
being anxious that our allies shall
| win.
Granted that it is hard for Ameri-
| cans, who had been neutral or favor
| able to Germany before we were in
| volved, to readjust themselves to the
later conditions, that is the require
ment Of full loyalty to this country.
Millions of Americans have made that
readjustment: and they very naturally
require similar readjustment on the
| part OF those who hold representative
positions of all and any character in
public life.
No where is It more requisite than in
! the schools and universities we can
not strafe England without strafing
America. Joy at German success over
French army g Joy over IN Ameri-
can defeat. The nations allied against
kaiserism and world conquest are not
to be separated from the cause they
fight in.
| II there is regent Of state uni
versity, mayor Of q city public
i0fricial in any position. professor IL
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20

fright an officer thrust his head out o.
the coming tower and In English ask
cd Il he could have some fish.
Sure" said the excited fisherman a.
he turned over basketful. Can you
get us some eggs!" asked the German.
Sure" said the man in the boat.
and promptly pulled for the shore, dis
appeared into his hut and reappeared
with several dozen eggs. which he
brought out to the hungry submarine
crew. Then. instead Of Offering to pay.
the crew said Thanks" and, closing
down the hatch, disappeared from view.
the fisherman explained he thought
they were English. or he would not
have supplied them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20
TAX on NEWS AND KNOWLEDGE.

Over the main entrance to the mag
rificent post office building in the city
Of Washington is inscribed the mis-
sion of the post office department as
service OF democracy. It is stated in
the following language chiseled into
the stone:
Carrier of news and knowledge
Instrument OF trade and industry
Promoter Of mutual acquaintance.
of peace and goodwill among men
and nations"
Every congressman who leaves that
city should be able TO read this legend
as he passes the new government
post office building and as he reads
it ne should reflect a moment uatii he
understands. Having once understood
there should be no more controversy
ever postage rates for newspapers ana
magazines.
Carrier of rews and knowledge"
That is the purpose Of a vast d1trio-
i.tiug organization maintained ny a
ecple for heir own benefit. News
and knowledge are the fundamental
requisites for success in governing
themselves. It is because Of the lack Of
news and knowledge tina. other nat:o7s
fail when they attempt to do for them
selves what this nation has done.
A postoffice system, however with
out the printed page will carry very
little news OF knowledge, hence it be-
comes vital to our people that the
maximum of news and knowledge be
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20
THE ADO ABOUT TOBACCO.

tCedar Rapids Republican,
We have received a card, unsigned
in which the writer protests against
sending tobacco to the soldier boys
1t makes him literally swearing mao
TO see such things done. ITO hell with
tobacco" he says. nobody needs 1t, il
is just crazy foolishness." and he fears
that If we go on using the weed we
will be worse off than If we permitted
the kaiser to come over and rule us
We are afraid that our anonymous
postal card writer is more friendly to
the kaiser than he Is to tobacco. The
kaiser would know how to regulate US
how much TO smoke. drink and SO on,
and the fellows who believe in the
kaiser are always willing to be told by
him for ne represents to them, divine
rights. But It Is hardly necessary to
reply to charges made against tobacco.
While 1t Is true that no one needs 1t,
it is not true that 1t spells degenera-
ton. The human race has endured the
use of tobacco for many generations
and that without serious deterioration.
Too much tobacco may be had, but
there is no danger of the boys In the
LlSutIlSS ISSiiIs otlhAiS wv AAAbSh -
it They will be fortunate il they get
a few whiffs day.
And when it comes to things that We
can get along without, there are many
more than tobacco. We might get
along without coffee or tea or even
chocolate. There are natives who live
on nothing more than bananas. One
half of what we eat could be done away
with and the human race might be
better for it. But so long as we are
human beings we are bound to do a
certain number Of things that are not
necessary to our existence but which
contribute something to our pleasures
or to the diversity Of life.
For ourselves, we are bound to be-
lieve that a Whit of tobacco smoke
per day will do less harm to the hui
man constitution than such violent
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20

murrer of the plaintiff BENZ. Reesink
disposes of Muscatine's coal yard case
AS Attorney J. kammerer expresses 1t,
the opinion simply throws the case
back into the courts to be tried upon
its merits. In plain English 1t leaves
the case where 1t was before the de-
murrer was filed.
The opinion upon the surface, how
ever, does seem to go a long way In
establishing the right of the city TO sell
fuel in extreme cases where hard
ship seems to rest upon citizens thru
the influence of the scarcity, exoroi-
tant prices or thru other untoward
circumstances. 1t remains now for the
courts to determine whether such con-
ditions existed during the time that
the bonds were voted and the city
passed the ordinance to create and OPP
crate coal yard for the relief of Mus
catinS citizens.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20
Wants Pay for hia Eaa,.

Germany will have lot Of bills to
pay when the war is over, and one Of
the most important Of them Is bill
for basket Of fish and eggs. There
is today 'at an English port as the
censor makes US say, A fisherman
who is mighty anxious for the war to
come to an end. He Is poor man.
and therefore the bill he holds against
the kaiser is all the more important
to him. This certificate of indebted
ness will be handed to the German en-
peror personally. II the fisherman has
his way.
1t so happened that one peaceful az
ternoon in the early days Of the war.
while alone in his boat within rifle
shot Of the harbor. submarine sud-
denly emerged alongside. Before the
man had time to fall overheard from
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20

passions as our correspondent seems
to have worked himself into over this
tobacco philanthropy. Doctors tell US
that men can poison their systems by
spasms Of anger. Every time man
gets mad he shortens his life by a
little bit-and some .invetera.e users
of tobacco have lived longer than 1t
Is necessary for any one to live. There
Is proper time for dying, also.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20

a state college or = teacher in the pub
lie schools who finds such readjust-
ment impossible, a demand for his res
ignation is neither unnatural nor un-
patriotic.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20

The United States government
should be powerful enough, in this
national emergency. to compel CO.
operation from selfish or disloyal
interests, whether the seifshness or
disloyalty is shown by employers
Of labor or by labor itself" says the
Des Moines Register.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20

Labor is entitled to a good wage;
hu. II should be able to get it without
paralyzing any large units OF the ship
building industry, at a time like this.
The nation needs every man at work,
says the Davenport Democrat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20
THE PIrTE PLAN.

. Davenport Democrat
The Piu.e Indians know how to deal
with Stacker. If an Indian refused
to fight or showed cowardice in battle
he had to dress like aTsquaw and do
a squaws work as long as he lived
and he couldn't have any squaw, either.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20
Iowa Newspapers
KE11Y,s CONFESSION.
[Sioux City Tribune.

NsILy 1IIOu1IC.J
II seems that startling confession
of the ak murderer obtained by Iowa's
attorney general had been duplicated
many times before he risked his indlct-
nlent in getting one.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

IF the Swedes don't look out they'll
have the rest Of the world calling them
Scdandi- knavians," says the Burling-
ton Gazette.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20

eyclaims the Burlington Hawkeye.
I'm other words" says the Waterloo
Times Tribune, Kelly looks like h
did and looks like he didn't
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20

What lot of unpatriotic things
people in the United States can say
now to be repented Of after the war is
over and their family record made up!"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20
Masonic Meetings

VtotS0F0 always "o'SS.
MARSHALL LODGE. No. 1903 A. f q
A. M.-Special communication, Friday
Sept. p, 1880 O'clock. Work IN FIRST
Degree. John w. Wells, secretary; w.
n. ssteiI er W. NJ.
sIcNET CHAPTER. No. SO, r. A. nj.
Stated convoca.ion Monday evening"
Sent. II. at S o'clock. Business SESSION
Carl Shaffner, H. P; John w. "eHs'
secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solo
mon Council No. 20, r. & s. NJ Mon
day Sept. II, 1880. Regular business
I. I. Forbes, recorder: George GREGORY
!. NJ.
STATED coNcALVE, ST. Aldemar
cornmandery, No. 80, K. T., TUESDAY
Sept. IS, s p. m. Regular business; l.
r. Forbes, recorder: n c. Muenei'
commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81. Q. T.
s.-Regular meeting for business Weu-
nesday,, Oct. II. 7:S0. Mrs. George
Downing. secretary; Mrs. ]. f. fFeu-
erick. w. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20
JUDGE w1LLcocKsoN's COAL.

[Oskaloosa Herald
Judge Willcockson did his bit AM
filed his coal bin at Sigourney with
$3.50 Illinois lump. during July. The
price now is 81. Is the judge down
heartedo No! He says he still has
the coal. and that Is more .han some
people he knows can say.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20

MUNICIPAL COAL YARDS.
tNuscatine Journal
IT must not be inferred that the
ruling Of Judge F. D. Let's on the de-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20

patriotic
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-06-01
RICHLANDS NEWS NOTES.

Richlands, May 30.---The cold rain
is greatly retarding the farmers in
their work. Nearly all the corn has
had to be replanted.
Mr.. Arthur Vance has moved to
Seabord where he is employed by the
Carter Coal Co., running machine
cutting coal at night.
Mr.. Noah Coe has moved in Mr..
John Whites house, which was va
Gated by Arthur Vance.
Mr. G. w. Rimmer is moving a
say mill boiler from West Virginia
to Coaldan for the Carter Coal Co.
Mr. and Mrs Walter Lester were
visitors to our town Monday,
Mrs. James Beavers, of Maxwell,
is visiting her brother in law, Boss
Brown at this place this week.
w. B. Spratt and J. B. Mutter at
eended the trial of the Commonwealth
against Charley and Henry Phillips
Saturday.
Mr.. D. I'll. Nipper passed through
town Monday enroute TO Raven to
look after his timber business. Ha
advises us that he has recently pur-
chased the Spencer place from Mar
vim Mcclure, which joins his land.
The purchase price was $4,000.
Mr.. John C. Green, of Paint Lick,
was in town last Thursday on busi-
ness.
Messrs. A. C. Gardner and J. B.
Altizer returned from Tazewell Sat
urday, where they had been serving
on the special gradnd jury.
Mr.. E. H. Davidson, of Wittens
Mills, was pleasant visitor to our
town this week.
The death angel came to the home
of Moses Davis at Wardell on the
29th and claimed Mrs. Davis. She
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-06-01
THE COLORED PEOPLE AND THE
WAR

So far 10 Stacking" or trouble has
been reported among the colored peo-
pie here or anywhere. They have been
forward to offer their services and
will be on hand at the registration
office Tuesday. r. b. Warren, the bar
ber, and his brother, Bcjaminc, prom
inent among their own people, and
regarded rs leaders. are both enthu-
siastic aE also proud Of the atti-
tude Of their people in this test of
manhood and patriotism.
Not less than ten million men will
rise up in the United States and an
Swer the call to the colors next Tues
day. What a day it will be!
Ten million of the strongest and
best of America's manhood, of all
classes aSd races. will pledge allie
glance to our beloved land, and place
themselves in readiness to follow the
Stars and Stripes TO the uttermost
ends of the earth, willingly, if need
be. Such day this country, nor any
other country, has ever seen as will
be next Tuesday.