Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-23

W lNNfrM-
after July i. iowa ws>k be q bone dry
state without any qualifications what
eoever. There will be no escape from
the most drastic anti liquor law Q
enacted in the United States except by
the way Of repeal OF the present statute
prohibiting the manufacture and sale
Of Intoxicating liquors.
SHOULD HE RETIRE TO TOWN?
[Clarion Clipper.l
Clarion in the last few weeks has
added to its population a number OF
farmers. Several moved in a year ago.
Others will come, a "a from now.
Others are bordering the question of
retiring on the farm or in town.
To each farmer and his good wife
who are In a position to cease the
strenuous farm labor and begin to en-
Joy the fruits of that labor Is pre-
sented the problem Of the proper place
to which to retire. Shall 1t be on the
farm or shall 1t be in the nearby town
or city? Since the advent of graveled
roads and the auto it really does not
make SO much difference. 1t Is a prob
lem for which no uniform solution can
be offered. 1t Is a problem that is best
for each farmer and his wife to decide
for themselves according to the Pc
culiarities Of their circumstances.
John KRISTEN retired to town instead
Of retiring on the farm because, he
says. that to stay on the farm would
have meant tho construction of a new
howe fhnf nnceih1y nn,II mt hn dis
posed Of to advantage in the event he
and his wife should later change their
minds.
Lyman Spencer, at SO, is ready to re-
tire. but he says he believes he ought
to stay on the farm: that he is so near
town that he can get to town as often
and for as long a time as he may care
to; and hat he fears that to break
away entirely from farm work and stay
in town would mean discomfort for
him
Jelske Cramer, on the other hand,
an older man when he was ready
to cave the farm. and found himself
in such circumstances and of such
frame of mind that he could enjoy the
closing years of his life in the city.
Mr.. Cramer was correct in judging his
family's circumstances since his neigh
bors in town here often remarked how
contented he and his wife were before
his last serious illness came to hin.
SO ii is a problem that each farmer
and his wife can best decide for them
selves.
THE PANAMA BUILDING MORAL.
ISioux City JournaI.l
The Journal is unable to work up a
of deep melancholy over the ac-
ton Of the senate in killing the bill to
contributors to the fund for
the construction of the iowa hliilding
at the Panama-Pacifc exposition. The
means among other things
that a few live Iowa boosters viii have
foot the bill for advertising that may
have beer of benefit to the state as a
In a way this Is reGrettable,
but II is impossible 10 get away from
fact hat the boosters undertook
this obligation voluntarily. after the
official spokesman for the state had re-
fused TO make the investment. AS a
of strict legal and moral justice
no propriety is violated when men who
have voluntarily assumed an obligation
are required to discharge it.
AS the amount Of money involved in
reimbursement easur was not
Target was some thirty-odd thous-
dollars-the assumption Is that the
stood pat on a matter OF
principle in it's unwillingness to let the
taxpayers foot this bill. 1t is on prin-
,iple that the refusal is to be com
pended. Before the opening Of the
San Francisco exposition the ndvan-
Of being represented there was
urged pom the Iowa legis-
ature. AS an advertising proposition.
he legislature looked the matter up
side and down another and finally
declined TO make the investment. Then
| building charter was granted to the
The building was erected.
understanding that the boosters were
o pay for the building. This charter
vas taken over by the Greater Iowa
ooosteers. The building was erected.
\ later legislature provided an appro-
for an exhibit. The results
we're fairly satisfactory all around.
Possibly it would have been more
on the part of the legis-
ature to pay for the building after the
act. Maybe 1t would have been more
sportsmanlike for the boosters to stick
their original offer to pay far the
building. However that "A be, the
moral OF the transaction as it stands is
mis-: The time to induce a legislature
to pay for a public building is before
the building is built. 1t is a pretty
good moral to have on record in the
archives Of any state.
SAFETY IN BANKING.
lSloux City T%ribune.]
All established hapkarc in any state