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Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18
TRACTOR FOR FARM WORK
Gasoline Machine, With Eight-cyiinder Engine, Has Made Good Record
 In Flowing Tests.

A gasoline tractor with an eight cylinder engine has been built by a Minneapolis firm for farm purposes. In recent blowing tests 1t has made a good record both as to speed and fuel consumption. The engine develops a drawbar pull of g horse power on the three-mile gear ratio, and a belt power of 90 horse power. It is equipped with cut-steel gears, roller bearings, q high-tension ignition sys- tem, and double-chain drive, and has only two gear reductions. In blowing an SO-acre field of wet gum bo 1t pulled six 14-inch blows at a depth of six inches, the engine run ming on high speed all the time and making an average of four miles per hour; 12O gallons of gasoline were con- sumed, or one and one-half gallons per acre. Three gallons of cylinder oil were used. It is claimed that this tractor has been able to work in fields too wet for ordinary tractors.-Popu- lar Mechanics Magazine.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18
PUTS SNOW FLOW ON AUTO
Device Recently Patented Is an Inno- walton That Will Be of Great
 Use in Many Localities.

A snow blow and bumper for auto- mobiles has recently been patented by Claude c. Hyde of Otisyllle, N. Y. The blows are attached one in front of each of the front wheels and they clear the snow only from before the wheels, thereby requiring minimum of pow CT.
 They can be raised or lowered at will, and spiral springs make them ad- just themselves to variations of the road surface and rise over obstacles.
 When the blows are not needed they are uncoupled from the ends of tbe bumper; the ends of the bumper are turned up and covered with screw caps and the bumper is widened by its central coupling.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18
Look Out for Skiddino!

When a car is rolling it is a fairly tractable piece of machinery; once 1t starts to slide, it is not On slip pery road the car will roll across a bad spot in comparative safety. When the brakes are clamped on, under such circumstances, almost anything is apt to happen. It is not uncommon for a car to swing completely around and end by pointing in the same direction 1t was going when the wheels were locked. When approaching a slippery spot slacken speed until you know you are safe, then slacken some more. Practically all automobile accidents are divided between the brakes or ac- celebrating in a slippery spot.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18
Motorists Camp Stove.

Camping is supposed to be a hard ening process, and the camper, If he or she follow the logical order of events, will become callous to cold and minor discomforts of chilly mornings and chillier water. But if a camp stove accompany the camper, surely the small room 1t takes en route and the large amount of comfort t s.ves in camp can brave any accusations of weakness in heating the roadside tent. Besides, camp stoves are made espe- cially for the motorcar, to be used within them or the tents they so often carry, particularly on tours.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18
keep Cylinders Tioht.

A motor that is subject to consider able vibration is liable to have its cylinders work loose on crank case through loosening of the hoiding-down bolts or nuts If they are not watched. A wrench should be applied occasion ally to make sure that everything is tight. The trouble that arises from loose cylinders runs all the way from leakage of oil to a wrecked motor.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18
Watch the Wheels.

It Is wise to make an occasional in- spection of the wheels to determine if they wobble. This can be done in two ways-by lacking up each wheel and turning 1t, standing a few feet away to notice any wobbling, or by al- lowing someone else to drive the car while you observe wheel movement. Sometimes the wheel itself may run true, but the rim and tire may not be just right, giving the impression that the whole wheel is wobbline.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18
Pity Those Poor Motorists.

Automobile owners who fret at re- strictions should have a knowledge of rules and regulations in effect on Prince Edward island, one of the mari- time provinces of Canada. The auto mobile owners of that island may use their cars only three days a week, and then only for a few miles. Even from Charlottetown, the chief city of the island, the greatest distance they may drive on any road Is 16 miles.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18
Keen CeIIs Dry,

When dry cells are used for starting purposes, extreme care should be ex- ercised to keep them in a dry place. Even though the cells may be new any dampness will cause them to short cir cult, and when this takes place you will have hard work starting the en- zine on the magneto.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18

troubled with cramps and feel like . different woman. l cannot praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound too highly and I am recommend: Ing 1t to my friends who suffer as did: !" -Mrs. GEORGE R. NAYLoR, Box 72, Marysville, Pa
 Young women who are troubled with painful or irregular periods, backache. headache, dragging down sensations, fainting spells or indigestion should take Lydia P Pinkham's Vegetable stored to health by this root and herb remedy.
 Write for free and helpful advice to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (con- hdentiaD, Lynn, Mass. Only women
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18
Had Been Hardened.

Gouverneur Morris, the New York Ntferateur, said at a luncheon in Brooklyn:
 "American society is the most ex- clus,ve in the world. Useless. quite useless. for a litterateur to try to fore, his way into it.
 q know a iitterateur who. on the strength of a best seller. managed to get himself invited to dinner at Mrs. Van Astercordf's.
 .sWeII. did Mrs. Van Astercord's cordiality stagger your I asked him the next day.
 con, no, not at ail.' he answered. sYou see. before I took up writing I vngked in an icemaking plant
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18

WSAi1 now " oSSy in bed several days every m onth. l tried all kinds of remedies and was treated by doctors,
 but my trouble con- tinued until one day 1 read about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound and what 1t had done for others. 1 tried 1t and now I am never
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18

Algernon Sartoris. grandson of Gen. U. S. Grant. has joined the Foreign Legion of France and is now training Ut Levallebone. He is a son of Nellie Grant Sartorfs and is forty-two years old. In the Spanlsh-American war Sartoris saw active service fin the Philippines and rose from lieutenant to captain In 1908 he was appointed chiefly through the good offices of Theodore Roosevelt. secretary to the American legation in Guatemala This post he relinquished after years service. He married. In 1904. Mile. Gerna,pe Cecile Nouffiard of Paris
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundrsss happy. makes clothes winter than mov. All good grocers. Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18
Butter. Eaas and Poultry.

Chicago. - Butter - Creamery, g G39c.
 Eggs-Firsts, 44c; ordinary firsts, 42q43c; at mark. cases included. 40 Q44c
 Potatoes-Wisconsin white, $2OOg 2.25: Michigan white. $215q225; Idaho. Washington and Oregon white, $225Q2.35.
 Poultry-Fowls, 21c; springs, 22c; turkeys, 23c.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18

If free advice was only a good fer ilizer all farm lands would be rich.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18
Chicago Live Stock Quotations.

Chicago. - Hogs - Bulk, $I210Q S12.30; light, $I1.65q12.20; mixed. $11.S0q1235; heavy, $11S0d1235; rough. $l1.soq12.o0; pigs. ss7OQ 10.S5.
 Cattle-Native beef cattle, S790Q 12.a5; Western steers, s7.s0G1O.30; stockers and feeders, $6.10q9.35; cows and heifers. s5.15a1O50; calves, $1o.25q1450.
 Sheep - Wethers, $10.50611.75; ewes. &s.ooQ1L2s: lambs. s12O00 1l.S0.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18
Fruit,
Vegetables.

Apples, Colo, fancy, box. .$1 .00I3.00
 Pears, Colo. winter, box. .. 2.5093.00
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18
CRAMPS
Suggestions that may savo
 Much Suffering

Marysville, Pa.-"For twelve year. | suffered with terrible cramps. I
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18

Roller skating dates back to 17eO.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18

Creameries, ex. lst grade. lb.. .3iG 36 Creameries, 2d grade, ID. .....31Q3f Process ................. .30q32 Packing stock .......... 25
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18

Boulder, Colo.-Tungsten concen- rates, 60 per cent. $17.00 per unit; crude ores, GO per cent, $15.00; 25 per cent. $9.40q12.00: 10 per cent, $s.70 Q10.00 per unit
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18
Qressed Poultry.
a U TATIO N s

Flour. Hungarian Patent $40
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Prices for Metals.

Bar silver-77Ac. Lead, New York-S8.00. Copper-$30.12h. Spelter, St. Louis-$10.16.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18
Butter,

Eggs. case count, misc. cases,
 less commission ...1l00G1i.5
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-02-18
Live Poultry.
Eggs. Eggs. graded No. l net. F. O. B.

Den'ei ......-.- oe Eggs, graded No. ? net, F. O. B
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-20

are following at rapid pace. The
Rath Packing Company Of this city Il
now building big addition to its plant
and is in a very hourishing condition
as are the other plants of the state,
proving that Iowa Is good field for
this line of business, if properly man
aged.
And what Is the sense of sending
Iowa live stock to Chicago to be pre-
pared for the market, to pay the
freight and the handling-and shipped
right back into iowa again for con-
sumption? Why can not Iowa products
of all kinds be prepared for the market
in Iowa? Iowa is to become greater
stock raising state as time goes on. 1t
is hardly probable that meats and
their by-products will ever be so low
In price as they have been. The
butcher has long ceased to kill his own
live stock. He buys now of the packer
and gets seasoned meats. Iowa meats
will be the best in the world because
they will come from Iowa cattle.
Iowa packers can get up great repu-
tation for Iowa meat and products
The more first class packing plants in
Iowa the better the prices to the pro-
Queer: the better market Iowa will be;
the more business Iowa packers will
do. Who knows but Iowa meats will
some day be known all over the world
as the highest in quality?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-20
The POINT ~ THE VlLllScA CASE.

The Lake City News, commenting
upon the Wlkerson- Havner imbroglio,
says that Wilkerson may be on a
wrong scent but that he hasn't had the
square deal to which he is entitled,
criticiees the methods of the attorney
generals office in the steps il had
taken 10 put him out Of business" and
concludes that the public at large is
beginning that he is right and that he
will yet prove it,"
So far Mr.. Wilkerson hasn't shown
any conclusive proof or anything like
conclusive proof that Jones wac mixed
up in the appalling murder at Villisca.
this line is that his efforts have stirred
up maelstrom of suspicion. Wilker-
son is entitled 10 a square deal as s
every man which includes Jones as
We'll as ali other men. However
thoughtful persons far enough from
the neighborhood warfare to arrive at
thoughtful! conclusions incline to see
an effort 10 destroy a man in repute
and tix the shadow of a crime upon
him without sufficient foundation to
build upon. There is no desire TO
shield any guilty person bu, there is
a most commenda BILE refusal TO cry
cruelty MIN a the behest of mis-
enemies. There has been TOO much
Wtlkerson in the case. Altogether too
much. Surely there are other criminal
inNee tigators worthy of credence and
lit for the JOB beside Wilkerson.
This is not contest between Will
Herson and the attorney general, what
ever either or both of them may con-
slider it. As the thing stands the in
terests of justice appear to have been
TO the row which has
been managed in connection with an
untraC ed ASA ssin 1t isn't a question
IF WL!herSon or the dignity Of the at
torNey genera! bu; OF the most h=inous
murder ever committed within the
borders OF the state. While that mys-
terry remains unsoIved lets avoid par
t4cipation in the qu4rres of attorney
and detectives and insist that
state funds and al funds nomnally 10
be used in seeking the murderer shall
De so used and not expended in neigh
oorhood and personal rows.
For the good name Of the state and
IN the interests Of justice the news
papers should refuse TO take sides in
personal quarrels and neighborhood
wars. The real poin: in the whole
matter is that a horrible murder took
place at Vilisca and none has suffered
for its preparation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-20
Ripping Rhymes
~ WALT MASON
ExPE RTE nee.

logged along country road. in my
large choo-choo dragon. and met
farmer with load of pumpkins in his
wagon. Go back. 60 back" the
granger said, thru whiskers long and
ruddy; you'd best turn round-the
road ahead Is dangerous and muddy"
II never yet have seen the pike"
said, that scared this auto. and I'll
60 on. so help me Mike, for Get There
is my motto" I drove into q marehy
hole, when l had gone some distance.
and farmers took away my roll for
giving me assistance. We toiled and
wrought a night and day. to remedy
my folly, and when again ] took my
way, / reeked with melancholy. The
road Of life Is much the same. the road
we blitheIy follow; we're warned by
men who've played the game to shun
the swampy hollow. They tell US
where the way Is worst, and where the
bridge Is rotten. and when we've gone
a half verst their counsel 10 forgot
ten. We will not learn from sage and
seer who've walked the path before us;
we greet the prophet with a Sneer and
wise men only bore US. And every day
we pay the price, the cost this course
engenders: we stick in mud and break
thru ice, and bust our best eusPenas:=.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-20
Billy Bunny and His Friends

I ing them carefully with his polka DOT
blue handkerchief so as not to loss
one Of the polkadots, for he was very
fond Of his handkerchiets, was that
kind old gentleman rabbit.
Eyes, he only left here little while
ago" said the beaver, and he made
face at himself in the water which
made him laugh so hard that he fell
OF the log dam with q big splash and
nearly scared a little minnow to
DEATH
Which way did he go?" asked the
Jay Bird, giving the Luckymobile horn
big honk so as to help Uncle Lucky,
who had been doing all the work and
all the talking up to- this time.
THAT way" said the Beaver. point
ing to the right. So the old gentle
man rabbit started of again, and
pretty soon, not so very long, he saw
the friendly bear who had given him
back his stovepipe wedding hat the
day it blew on his head.
But the bear hadn't seen Billy Bunny
since that time. so he couldn't answer
Uncle Luckyis question, which was ex-
actly like the one he had asked the
beaver, so Uncle Lucky didn't wait. but
made the automobile go faster than be-
fore.
Well. this is the way it went. Every
body was asked whether he had seen
Billy Bunny, and some had and some
hadn't and still the old gentleman rab-
bit kept on until, I'm sorry to say, I'll
have to ask you to wait until tomorrow
to hear when and how and where he
finally did find his little bunny nephew.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-20

Come on" said Uncle Lucky to the
Jay Bird, who, you remember in the
last story. asked the old gentleman
rabbit to help him find Billy Bunny,
come on. Get into the Luckymobile.'
and away they went, and by and by
they came across Robin Redbreast,
who always knew just where the little
rabbit was, but how he did don't
know, so / can't tell you.
II saw him this morning" he replied
in answer to Uncle Lucky's question.
He was hopping along with his KNAPP
sack on his back and his striped candy
cane in his right paw and q beautiful
smile on his face, and"
Never mind what else interrupted
the old gentleman rabbit impatiently.
which was rather strange, for Uncle
Lucky was usually very patient. Tell
us which way he went"
Down that road" said Robin Red
breast. pointing to rough path that
led thru the forest. That's the way
he went"
So Uncle Lucky turned the automo-
bile into the woods, and, oh, dear me,
how it bumped over the rough places,
but Uncle Lucky didn't care and the
Jay Bird didn't, either, and after a
while they came to Danny Beaver sit
ting on his log dam and looking at
himself in the water, which was just
as good as a mirror If you weren't too
particular about how it made you look.
Have you seen my little nephew,
Billy Bunny?" asked Uncle Lucky, TAX
ing off his automobile goggles and wip-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-20
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-20
SPENDING OUR MONEY.
Jefferson Bee.

Congress has voted a war credit OF
s., 900, 900 900. That is $50 apiece for
every man. woman and child in Amer
lea. Our snare in Greene county Of
this great debt is sl.l5O coo Yes. it
is. and we will have It to pay. The
unthinking man may say we will not
have it TO pay, that the government
will pay it. We are part of the gov
eminent to the extent of 1880 souls.
Our proportion in Greene county is
stated in the figures above. We Will
pay it. II will come out of our pockets.
We may not see il IN tho Bill but II
Will he there.
Now then. what would happen II
We were asked to vote Sl.i5t,O00 III
bonds in Greene county to build good
roads? Wow, And yet. st/S2.000 per
mile--a figure that will double grave
every highway in the county that is nos
already finished-we would have our
road problem solved, and We would
have every day in the year roads
henceforth.
Goovernor Harding, who prided him.
self upon being the mud road can
didate," went before the last legisla-
ture and asked for 100000 de
Tense fund" in Iowa. The legislature
passed IT with a whoop. What would
have happened in the Legislature if
Governor Harding had asked that sum
for the River to River Road and Lin
coin Highway-both Of them-should
be finished with grade and gravel from,
the Mississippi to the Missouri? You
know what would have happened-so
do we. The governor would have been
thrown out Of an upstairs window.
The writer is not, in ay way, opposed
10 the million dollar appropriation. Ear
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-20

from it. 1t is sum all too small for
the purposes of war. But that is not
the point we make. We want to show
how easy it is TO uncover the rank In
constituencies of human nature. II We
can spend a million in Iowa for de
struct!on" why can not we, at the same
time consider a million for "construc-
tion?" II We can spend a million on
things with which to kill" why can not
we spend Ave million on things that
make "alive?" If that question was to De
answered by the writer we would say
il vas because the average human OF
this day must have sprung originally
from Adams off OK" He puts his
money willingly into stuff that goes
UP in smoke" but If you suggest that
he spend something to improve ms
town. county or state, he belches forth
with angry venom, and swears that
The supervisors will waste half OF
it ir we attempt TO build good roads
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-20
The Soft Hat. tho Thing.

Where are all the derby hats OF yes
terday" Why do only few men wear
them any more?
Blame it on the seductive soft hat.
Blame it on motor cars. which do not
agree With derbies or high hats. A
man under derby III a motor car go
ing more than three miles an hour
looks as incongruous as a derby wear
or, coat of and a cigar between his
teeth. padding a canoe.
Blame it on the war. This may
sound fiippant, but 1t isn't, The war
has done great deal to popnlarize the
soft hat Look into the windows
showing summer styles for men a@d
note the military lines and names.
Note the wide brims the absence or
conspicuous bands. the trim touch that
suggests training and discipline.
The soft hat has passed thru many
freak styles and experimental said a
haberdasher Its comfort is its first
quality. 1t conforms easily to the head,
IL light in weight, and isn't badly hurt
If it happens to be stepped or sat on
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-20
STOP THE HOLD UP.

The country IS getting good and
ready for any kind OF a price control
board which may he devised by con-
gress aItho Congressman Goods dis
closures have disheartened many OF
us as 10 the accomplishment Of results.
II the administration is putting shoe
manufacturers in charge of the buying
Of shoes from themselves and names
coal barons to buy coal from them
selves as CONGRESSMAN Good contends
il will be fully as apt to name coal
barons 70 regulate the price Of coal and
the majority in the senate does not
promise US much relief.
The senate has voted 70 modify
the original amendment TO the food
control bill. Originally it had voted 20
prohibit any government agent or
member of an advisory council from
selling MS own goods 20 the govern
rnent thru any direct or indirect agency
but the amendment vas changed TO
merely prohibit such government
agents buying from themselves. This
leaves them free to sell to some other
government agent and by a simple log
rolling process fat contracts can be
exchanged. The leather man can BUY
coal Of the coal members company and
the coal member can buy shoes OF the
leather members company. Senators
Cummins, Kenyon Bo7aa. G-ocna,
Gore, Johnson and a few other honest
progressives opposed the substitute to
no avail.
However. the public is more concern
ed IN those who are robbing the people
than in those VIII rob the government
BY overcharges hence the universal
desire for control Of prices. \ purcha ser
Of large quantities Of coal is respon-
sible for the statement that when
coal mine owner made affidavit TO him
as TO the increased cost Of mining in
an Iowa mine the increase was placed
al 20.7 cents per ton. In the face Of
facts like this an increase Of sl.00 10
$500 per ton at the mines needs resu-
lation by authorities.
Experts in the making Of print paper
are authority for the statement that
4 so per ton will pay "a per cent profit
upon the investment necessary to OPP
crate a. paper mill hence the price Of
ss5 to SIS per ton now being charged
needs regulating.
The same purchaser OF immense
quantities of coal says that the coal
barons themselves are responsible for
the car shortage. He says that they
being sold and then reconsign it and
keeping il rolling from town TO town
until they get :neir exorbitant price for
it This ties up the cars and also gets
the price for the coal.
Lumber mills are adopts al that saizasoo
too. They start lumber to rolling from
Pacific coast mills to Minneapolis and
then their brokers begin to wire about
the country to sell it and the lumber is
reconsigned from place to place until
it finally finds purchaser at the high
figure the railroads furnishing storage
as well as transportation.
A wholesale grocer is authority for
the statement that his syndicate has
made half a million dollars extraor-
! binary profit this year out Of dis