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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15
Billy Bunny and His Friends

belong 10 anybody but myself, SO II will
be perfectly honest" So the bunny
boy led the brown horse down the road,
and by and by they came to a gypsy
camp. There weren't any horses near
" as nice looking as the old brown
horse. and Billy Bunny thought he'd
easily sell him for maybe a thousand
dollars, But the gypSies wouldn't give
him more than So; but as this was
something, Billy Bunny took the money
and started off again.
Now II could only come 70 n flying
machine shop" thought the little rab-
bit. maybe could buy little one for
s32s" But there weren't any stores
around. so the bunny boy had 10 go
without an airship then.
But if you only don't give up, you'll
get what you want some day, and this
is just what happened TO BILLY Bunny.
He suddenly came upon the Jay Bird
sitting by his nest and under the tree
was his airship. ''Will you sell IT."
asked the little rabbit, climbing in. Just
TO see how il felt to be all alone in an
airship. The Jay Bird said he would
for So Wasn't that nice, for it loft the
little bunny boy with 20 cents to buy
candy with.
(And if Daddy Long Legs doesn't
put the garden hose on his legs and run
all over the lawn tonight, I'll tell you
how Billy Bunny got caught on tele.
graph poie)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15
Ripping Rhymes
THE ILL WIND
BY WALT MASON


Even as l write these stanzas. there's
wall of grief in Kansas. for the win.
ter that is going has beheld but little
showing, and the soil is dry as blazes,
so the weeping farmer raises such Il Bit
ter lamentation as should jar the silly
nation. "Oh. there's been no sign of
raining" bitterly he is complaining:
the alfalfa roots are dying and the
wheat Is shriveled lying" Yet the
roads are vastly better than If weather
had been wetter. Forty miles an hour
we travel over gumbo, sand and gravel,
and We couldn't hit up thirty II the
roads were wet and dirty. Fifty million
autos tearing over western prairies,
bearing happy people yon and hi,her-
let the blamed alfalfa wither. Fifty
million autos burning al the coin that
we are earning! Ger the lovely reads
were scooting, scorching, tipping. cal
lyhooting, tearing rubber tires asllnder
let the wheat fields go to thunder!
II the rain began to drizZle, every car
would be a fizzle. and enjoyment would
be ended; oh, a winter drouth is splen-
did.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15
THE 8 AND Us IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

The announcement OF the Marshall
town Building and Loan Association
that il is ready TO make loans for i'm
provements outside those made for
the erection Of new houses should re-
suit IN vast improvement OF the ap-
pearance of the streets by the addition
Of porches and various more or less in
expensive improvements 1t should
also add 10 the comforts OF families
that find Improvement hard to manage
by the changes that may be made up
on small loans al long time. bathrooms
and inside toilets and the variety Of
modern convenienCes which have be-
come practical necessities. For a
loan which may be paid off at from SO
TO $40 month extending over a period
Of years IS within the reach of many
houseowners who fear to take on an
obligation due IN a shorter period.
In effect it is an amortization of a
debt. The householder who desires to
improve by d porch or an added room
or two simply anticipates his revenues
issues bond to be paid off in regular
linstalments. He creates a monthly
obligation like rent, let US say He
pays It because he must He can not
divert that monthly payment else
where. In short it is sop to human
nature He could pay off in lump if
he were sufficiently thrifty to set aside
every pay day SO much toward his
debt. His obligation arriving monthly
makes him thrifty perforce That IS
about all there is to 1t; but that is
enough 10 mark the difference between
an Improvement and no Improvement
in a very large number Of instances
The B. & L. is responsible for a
great many excellent homes that other
wise would not be occupied by their
owners Il should De as successful in
Is effort 10 induce Improvement OF
homes which being fairly we'll located
need a touch Of modernity to the ad-
vantage Of their owners and improved
appearance Of the city in general
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15
GOING The PACE.

Going the pace is a pastime INDUCED
in by young men who are trying to see
who can spend the most money with
out finding out where it came from or
how much more is left.
About the worst thing that can hap
pen to a boy is to fall up to his ears
into a wad of money that somebody
else earned. When we look about us
and see the men who are putting In
sixteen hours a day in order to lay up
money for a son who has to have the
collar buttons put into his shirt by n
hired man. We are inclined to doubt
the wisdom of the plan of creation.
Some Of our colleges furnish bright
and shining examples of the young
sprout who can't spend his income
without playing poker with total
strangers and who throws away
enough money on wire wheeled speed
cars to feed thousand children OF the
tenement district for a solid year.
The habit of going the pace is due
to surplus OF easy money and a
shortage of character. 1t is hard to
keep the character in good working
order when everything is wide open to
the boy with roll and a lose lower
lip. The hardheaded millionaire who
put his son at work in overalls, for
day wages, never had TO bail him out
of the police court or send him TO
some home for inebriates before he
was thirty years old. The cabaret and
the all-night dance hall are not very
enticing 10 boy who has to earn his
own board and clothes and stand up
to his work ten hours a day with
other men
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15
PLANT POTATOES.
TBurlington Hawkeye.1

ION hi"
There has been good advice showered
upon the people-advice which was
perhaps superfiuous-Jto the effect that
they should get busy and plant pota-
toes. just as soon as the soil and the
weather would permit, The majority
OF the people who are paying extra
VACANT prices for tubers now, had al
ready made up their minds TO DO that
very thing. long before the good advice
was thrust upon them.
And now that it appears as If there
was going to be much gardening and
that there were going to be few I'M
used vacant lots in the towns of Iowa
this year, other advisers are coming to
the fore, who warn the people against
planting too many potatoes, as there is
danger that the tubers will be a drug
upon the market, and that there will
be more than can be used or disposed
o..
Be not alarmed. Some of the people
who have never grown potatoes in the
past and are going to try to grow pota-
toes this year. may and may not grow
more than they planted. And as far as
most people are concerned. if they get
a fair crop-Say enough for their own
use-that is Just what they are after
They viii find that a few too many po-
tatoes are by no means a burden TO
them. II they have all that they want
they are not going to worry about an
overpIus on the market After paying
slC0 a peck for something that they
needed, all thru a very long season
people are not apt to worry Il there
should be all and more potatoes than
are needed in some other season.
Keep right on planting that potato
patch on somebody's vacant lot.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15
Thai EASY FEDERAL ROAD MONEY.

The federal road money which is to
De distributed among such states as
take advantage Of It and conform to
me conditions must be used upon post
roads: that Is, II must be expended
upon highways over which United
States mail are carried. The farmer
who awaits his market report eagerly
will find no fault with that provision.
1t Is explained that this federal road
money may be used to make hard
roads, graveied roads and dirt roads.
Improvement Of the post roads-and
every main highway and most Of the
less used cross roads are post roads IN
Iowa. improvement Of those roads
may be taken to mean abolition Of
heavy up grades, fills, general road i'm
provement upon which all Iowa is q
unit.
But this government road money is
not to be turned over to be used in a
haphazard fashion or in accord with
the notions OF ignorant road makers.
Certain specifications as to road max
ing come with tor it doesn't come. 1t
must be spent to advantage. make the
most and the best road for the money
according TO engineering knowledge
and experience. II dirt road is TO
he made it must be built to a plan
and not according TO the vagaries Of
inexperience and ignorance. 1t is to
be spent to plan. the best plan that
q wide knowledge and the experiences
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15
Masonic Meetings
Visitors always welcome.

MARSHALL LODGE, No. fos A. F. &
A. M.-Stated communication. Regular
meeting Friday, March Is, 1880 ?. M
John W. Wells. secretary; ". II. Stein
er, W. II.
sIGNET CHAPTER. No. IS. R A. NJ.
Stated convoca,ion Monday evening,
March 10. 80 o'clock Business SEES
sion. Carl ShaHner. H P John W.
Wells. secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solo
mon Council No. 20, r. & S. NJ, Mon
day, March 10. Regular business. l. I.
Forbes. Recorder: George Gregory
|. N.
STATED coNcLAvE. St. Aldemar
Conmandery. No. 40. K. 7. Tuesday
March 90 for regular business ana
work. Order Of the Temple, 80 p. m
]. T. Forbes, recorder; H. c. Mueller,
commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81. Q. &.
S.-Specia! meeting for initiation We'd
nesday, March Is, at 80 m Mrs
George Downing. secretary; Mrs. J. E.
Frederick. W. NJ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15
favors sunday .hea.ers and ball games

favors Sunday theaters and ball games
the authorities are blind.
None of us would like, to see the Par
isian Sunday imported to. Iowa A
wide-opsn Sunday is not desired by
the people OF Iowa. Ii is the consen-
sus OF opinion that shops and stores
with the exception OF pharmacies can
sell as many goods In six days as In
seven. And the average business man
is satisfied to shut up his store Sat
urday night TO reopen Monday morn
ing
When Ii comes to baseball and the
theaters there is a difference OF opin-
ion, Some think that a ball game or
movie in the afternoon is not objec-
tionable But as before stated it is
probable that the legislature will al
low the statute governing this phase
to remain-which will virtually con-
time local option statute.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15
why A U. S. SUPREME COURT

Mr.. Lee, head of the hrotherh pods Of
railway trainmen. is credited with an
astonishing assertion in the press dis
patches. He is quoted as having made
the statement that as the brotherhoods
were not parties to the agreement with
the government that nothing would be
done to change the situation pending
the decision Of the supreme court upon
the validity of the Adamson law, We
are going ahead as If there were no su-
preme court"
When Mr.. Lee or any accredited
leader Of any organization OF any char
acter and purpose says we are going
ahead as if there were no supreme
court he lacks but one step from an
nouncing intention TO go ahead as if
there were no constitution and funda
mental national law, organization Of
government or any check upon the &C.
ton Of any brotherhood or body organ
ICED for its own individual purposes. II IS
gerous as astonishing in the revelation
il makes Of the spirit Of his leadership
Such an announcement from such q
source is in effect a proclamation that
the congress and the courts are to be
suhordinated to force and the imper;-
alism Of strength and opportunity.
Organized labor is not likely TO &C
cept as gospel doctrine so anarchist!c
in its tendency and which might much
more reasonably have been expected
from minor leader OF the I. ". W.
than from the head Of great brother
hood Of respectable and comparatively
well paid and prosperous American
citizens
Il IS quite possible that the brother
hoods bought gold brick with their
solid support Of the president who
seemed before election so subservient
10 their demands. IF they did they
bought i. The public was not a party
20 the purchase. II IS their brick and
they should await the acid test before
aoolishing the function Of the supreme
court Of the United States and going
ahead as Il there were no supreme
court"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15

diameter before 100000 spectators. On
Sept 10. at Versailles, before Louis
XVI and his court. balloon was sent
up to which was attached basket in
which were placed a sheep. cock and
g. duck These nameless heroes were
the first 10 prove that animals. and
hence man. could live high in the air.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15
The First Recorded Flight.

The idea of flying by aid of a bal
loon was conceived by Stephen Mont
golfer while watching wet shirt.
driving before fire, swell and rise I'M
der the infiueice of the hot air. On
Aug. 81, 1888, at Paris, the Montgol-
fiers sent up a balloon twelve feet in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15
SUNDAY LAWS.

It looks very much as though the
policy Of the legislature relative to the
Sunday laws will he that nf doing
nothing. As matter of fact the sun
day laws are somewhat elastic--as far
as their enforcement is concerned. In
communities where there is strong
sentiment in favor of cutting out
amusements Sunday they are elimi-
mated. In cities where the continent
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15
Iona Newspapers
z GRAMMAR CLASS.


Close Last November's national
election. Closer-The lower house OF
congress and the speakership. Closest
The Iowa house on the Pitt-John-
ston road bill
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15
The young sprout can't spend his in.
come without playing poker with
total strangers.

or get measured for some more silk
shirts. The curse of riches is not on
the man who makes them. but on some
SQUAD headed beneficiary who burns a
path up and down each side Of the red
light district and staggers home to a
broken hearted mother morally i'm
poverished and mentally bankrupt.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15

The cure for going the pace is pow
erty and hard work, with plenty of
both. There are lots of worse things
than being poor, and one of them is
TO have so much money that 1t is a
serious problem whether to play pool
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15

The man who gets up in the Iowa
legislature and proclaims that wha,
teachers need is not pensions, but
economy, surely should not be taken
seriously" concludes the Burlington
Hawkeye.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15

The legislature has knocked Jut the
necessity of registering in towns from
$500 to 5000 population notes the
Boone News Repubiican and suggests
that Everybody will probably be salts
fed except those who are in the habit
Of serving on the registration boards"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15
RAILROAD TINE TABLE

CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN
"Corn Belt Route'
GOING SOUTH
No st Joe and K. c.
limited NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1855 a. m.
No. 3-K, c. Mail e. Express s:1s p. m.
No. kansas City and st.
Joseph northumberland 0:05 a. m.
No. 55-Des Moines MAIL. 6:55 p. m.
GOING NORTH
No, Irwin Cities Limited, 1888 p. m.
No. 4-Chicago and st. Paul
Express ................. 3: 80 q. m.
No. 81 .................. 1855 p. m.
No. s-Chicago Filler ...... .10:35 p. m.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15

In other words, the Iowa house has
concluded that the present road law is
worse than some other road laws might
be and better than some other roa dis
laws might be-" remarks the Waterloo
Times Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15

THE idea Of forbdding the issuance
OF bonds for road building purposes is
archaic, and should be abandoned
says the Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

With men like Anderson in the leg
!slature, is it any wonder that our law =
makers receive criticism?" inquiries the
Dubuque Times-Journal. His com
parison Of farm hands to the teachers
is an insult TO Iowa. Represe
Of the Anderson type bring criticism on
the Legislature He may represent the
views Of the county he comes from,
but he is typical OF Iowa sentiment. a
legislator who is not above insulting
the educational forces of Iowa is a dis
grace to the state
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15

why not give all the money that is
needed 10 both great sChools?' sug-
gests the Winterset News. referring to
the state university and the state ag-
r!cultural college. Iowa can afford it.
And il ought 10 support both schools
with all the money they need
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15
CHICAGO Z NORTHWESTERN
Effective i1:o1 .. m. JunO 4
GOING WEST

ESS.. go, 80.
ranru0 UHar
80. Sa..,., 49,.
A.-.i.s Ts,.,t:s 80.
~, Chi,. srA J.nen
W. :,
E1pfess p.:... go. 80 N
~ ~ .-n.. No,n.. Ps.::n.
~ =. s.,.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-15

Uphold the Law.
The highest liberties are those with
In the realm of law. II the law of
the land were removed liberty would
be IN empty name. Blessed be law!
Let rs uphold it.-Exchange.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-19
7Of' NEeP0F'S GO ID
 CAMP OCTOBER q
Secretary PepperIna.. Per fects Plans for Soldiers
 Departure

Between $50 and 700 Birmingham negroes will be sent to Camp Dodge, Ia, about October 27
 B. A. Pepperman, secretary of the local exemption boards, yesterday morning reported to Adjt. Gen. G. J. Hubbard at Montgomery that he is now ready to entrain Birmingham s full quota of negroes, between $50 and TOO men, All preparations for the en- trainment of the men have been com pleted, and it is probable that all will be sent on October 27, although delit- nite instructions have not been re- ceived yet.
 MT. Pepperman made his report to the adjutant general following the re- ceipt of letter which instructed the local boards to report immediately the number of negroes who could be sent to the camp during five days begin ming October 27. All the local boards are iii receipt of a letter to the same effect, and although the registration of negroes was greater in this district than white men the boards are now practically ready to send the full quota.
 Meetings of the negro civic organi zations were held last night to ar range for suitable celebration of the departure for their camp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-19
Hay, Not Prisoners, in
 SOuthside Jail Now

Birmingham's business of filling Jalis with prisoners is still below par. Yes terday Commissioner Barber announced that the Southside stockade, vacant for the past two months for the lack of prisoners, had been filled with hay, pro- duced on the land surrounding the jail.
 The hay, according to the commissioner of public safety. is valued at not less than 5000.
 The number of arrests in the city has been far below the average for the past three months and the number continues on the decline. The city is now onlJ maintaining one bastile, the Northside jail in the alley by the city hall 1t con tains only few prisoners, the number reaching a minimum last week when II fell to 10 No time in the past three months has the number passed the score mark.
 Usually Saturday and Sunday mean an increased business, but the arrests o1 these two days are also on the wane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-19
HOST TO THE BOYS
 OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS
w, H. Stockham to Entertain Them This Afternoon at the
 Boys Club

This afternoon at 3:30 w. H. Stockham, president of the Birmingham Sunday School association, will be the host 10 about 150 Junior boys from the Sunday schools of the city. MT. Stockham mas promised the boys a fine time and they will gather in place where they can feel free and lat home" ready to enjoy the afternoons events to the fullest extent the Boys club.
 Harry Denman, superintendent of the association, will be in charge of the en- tertaininent of the boys and promises all of them the time of their lives. Athletic stunts of all descriptions will be engaged in and games of interest to all Will be offered.
 The feature of the afternoons enter tainment, at least as far as the boys are concerned. will be the big feed await ing them. Here at least everyone pres ent will find enjoyment and none Will encounter disappointment.
 Letters have been sent to the boys lnol- vidually by the president of the associa- tion. telling them of the plans he has made for each one of them to swing a big deal'' and thereby help his Sunday school A large number of guests are expected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-19
Pig Skin and Roads to Be
 Auburn Alumni Topics

The members of the Jefferson County Auburn Alumni association will hold their regular meeting and lunch at the Civic association today at 12:30. A short talk on Better Roads" will De made by S. R. Batson. a member
 A goodly number of members are expected to respond to the letter sent out which follows:
 My Dear Sir-Pigslxin and paved highways will be the attraction at tt- morrows Friday) Auburn luncheon at 12.3O p. m. at the usual place-Civic association cafe. Our esteemed fellow alumnus. s. R. Batson, county ensi- neer, as well as President Jere Gwin of the board of revenue, another ot our bunch. will bring short message on good roads. They want us to get behind Jefferson county with that in domitable Auburn spirit which rolls the old football along.
 Speaking of football. we must plan for the coming of the Orange and Blue squad. which next week tackles Told Mississippi A. and M. You are human and must eat, so there Is noo excuse for not spending one hour and 50 cents meeting Auburn faces you have never seen. Bring at least one other Auburn man with you-also your 1 pep"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-19
THREE WOMEN HURT IN kJT0 COLLISION
Taxicab and Private Car Crash-Mrs. B. l.. KiHian in Hospital

Mrs. J. H. Adams, 512 North Eighth avenue, Mrs. J. w. Roberts, 512 North Eighth avenue, and Mrs E. L. Killian, 4110 Avenue E, south, were painfully but not seriously injured yesterday about G:45 o'clyck at Eighth avenue and Twen- ty-second stl eet north, when an automo- bile driven by E. l.. Killian, 41l0 Avenue E, south collided with another machine. the property of the Whitman Taxicab company. and driven by Dan Gilmore. S3li Sloss avenue, East Lake. Mrs. Kill fan was rushed to the Birmingham in- firmary i'll Johns ambulance, while Mrs. Adams and Mrs Roberts were taken to their homes.
 Gilmore and Kililan were placed under arrest immediately following the accid ,nt by Officers Sandifur and Lynn on a charge of reckless driving. Both auto- mobiles were badly damaged. The acci- dent occurred on the street car tracks and blocked traffic on the Norwood line for almost an hour
 Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Roberts and J, II. Adams were occupants of the taxicab He made the following statement last night to reporter of The Age Herald i've were going east on Eighth avenue at a very moderate rate of speed. The other car was going north on Twenty second street at lively clip. Our driver did everything possible to avoid the acci dent, hut was unable to dodge MT. Kil' Hans car It appeared that MT. Killian'l car was not under control"
 NSrr Adams and Mrs Roberts were cut on several parts of the body by flyini glass and were also considerably bruised Mrs Killian was also cut on the body She was the only occupant of MT. Xii | Hans car who was injured