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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06

about 10 days FOR thsir maturity. hut
how often does Il happen that the
corn can be W out Of the ground BY
the 10th OF May? One-half OF the
time there arc delays in planting, due
10 wet springs, or the corn does not
come up because the ground 10 too
cold. Il Is more often we'll on toward
the first OF June before the corn 10
really in growing condition. Then
there are untoward spells to be count
ed on during the summer. 1t may be
too wet or too dry or too cold for the
corn to grow rapidly, II grow at all.
The truth is that we can not count
on 100 growing days. We should have
corn that can be matured In not to ex-
coed 100 or ITO days. And while the
ears of such corn may not be -
heavy as the bigger corn, there may
be more Of them on an acre and take
It one year with anothey 1t will pc
found to produce more pounds OF ma
tured corn per. acre.
AT the rate the agronomists and
seed producers are going We Will soon
have stalks that are twenty feet hieh
and ears that are two feet long and
we will have to build additions to our
summer weather to mature them, even
in the southern counties OF the state
We need to come back to common
sense on this corn growing question
and then we will not have to stow
and worry all summer over the frosts
when some Of us we're boys on the
farm we never heard the frost danger
mentioned. They had corn that ma
tured betimes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06
WILL USE BRAIN INSTEAD OF sRAwN.
Word comes from France that &c

Word comes from France that Cen
erai Fershing has decided to initiate
some fighting tactics for his men that
| will be different than those now prac-
| ticed in the trenches of the allies. He
| has witnessed the hand-to- hand COM
| bat Of trench warfare, the hand bombs
and bayonet thrust and 1t is his con-
cIusion that the men from the United
| States are fitted to do more of their
| lighting with their heads and their
skill than with their Drawn. He plans
Tor them to do more shooting as they
advance than rushing for hand to- hand
combat
This is the first intimation of a fact
which observers in this country have
believed to exist, namely that the in
telligence OF the personel in the Amer
lean army is going TO permit of far
more initiative on the part OF the pri-
vate soldier.
We do not have our peasant classes
in any such numbers as exist in Eu-
rope. Our armies are going to contain
a far greater proportion of skilled and
educated men. Illiteracy in the United
States is SO far below that of European
countries that the general average of
intelligence among our men is going
TO be high in comparison.
The boys from the United States of
America are going to develop into
fighters in a class with the Canadians
and the Australians, who have been so
conspicuous at the stragetical points in
all the big drives.
Instead OF rushing the enemy's lines
by brute force, General Pershtng be-
lieves that the American army will be
an army of sharpshoOters who can be
more effective and waste less Of their
own forces by using their bullets in
stead of their bayonets. 1t sounds like
an American plan fitted TO American
intelligence and skill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06

| IJameS Is. weaver
| From bands Of settlers scattered
over painless prairiesswe have become
two and one-third millions busy with
the complex activities of the twenu>Sl
century. From the age when the home
made everything we live amidst the
hum of COCO factories, with $4,000
wcrkmen, employing 100000 Of
capital and turning out 100000 GOO
product every year. Ny father as a
to! drove hogs on the hoof ninety
| miles to Alexandria, Mo-. to market,
while today our 100000 hogs feed the
world and a hundred million dollars
is the annual roduct of our own thir-
.y-f1ve packing plants. The groan OF
the prair'e schooner mas given place
to crash end roar along the shining
grooves of our 10000 miles of railways.
Amidst our waving prairie grass have
Strung 500 towns and cities, nine to
the county young cities, now rapidly
being paved, severed and lighted in
modern fashion. The creaking OK cart
has disappeared and the Schuttler
wagon is relegated to heavy traffic
only while one -auto for every nine
family within forty miles. The log
schoo. house is but memory, while
over half million of Iowa's youth
Tile into modern structures, whose eX-
cellencc is proved by state illiteracy
% less than , per cent.
My father lost the nomination for
governor in 1876 because of his tenn
pcrance views, but today Iowa has not
a single saloon and out OF the very
skies comes the message TO rally on
Oct. Is and end the possibility in Iowa
forever and the inevitable partnership
of the saloon and the politician. Yer
lily not since the message that rang
over Bethiehems plains. has there
come out Of the heavens a more vital
appeal.
The Indian boys. like those with
whom my father wrestled and played
along the valley Of the Des Moines
are seeking college degrees, and what
was thrilling tragedy along the Santa
Fe trail for our fathers Is for MS but
an hours relaxation at the movies after
dinner. From the days when the whole
of the farmers crops could be housed
In his barn and cellar, seventy can
ming plants send the product of Iowa
fields to armies fighting about the
ancient city of Bagdad, to mining
camps in the arctic circle or TO Bsrt
and Bill huddled in their dugout
somewhere in France"
A thousand changes have come and
are coming But can we rest with our
present achievement as sufficient? Co.
operative marketing We should have
b.! all means thoroughly expert WON
an food demonstration to follow up.
stimulate and instruct on the home
conservation of food that under war
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06
DON'T MOVE TO TOWN.

| As another harvest approaches the
crib and another season of hard worR
upon the farm draws to its close
father looks across the table at mother
whose hair has long ago turned and
the two begin to talk of leaving the
farm. Visions Of ease in town with
no chores to do. no fields to conquer
| and rest from toll absorb the am
billions of a pair who have succeeded
| in their business task. Both begin to
plan upon selling out and moving to
town.
Don't do it this year Your county
needs you upon the farm. Your ma
ton is at war and It's allies, fighting
your nations battles, are cryirS for
food. Half a million men have been
taken from the farms and the neAt o.
the hour Is for experienced farmt,r: 10
stay at their posts Hold your part e.
the lines men, unul the war is ever. 1t
is your duty to do it and your oppor-
tunity will pay big profits for the ser
vice.
Instead of moving to town il would
be better to build tenant house and
move reliable family from town to
the farm The heavy work could be
done by the younger man and woman
90 Ha 1S
sistant family could help at the chores
ana in the garden. A serious problem
of feeding a family in town during
these war prices would be solved and
work made lighter for faded souls
upon the farm without loss of eff
cheney which follows when the success
full farmer moves away.
Your government is calling upon
every man, woman and child to do his
bit. The women are working like
beavers a; the conservation OF food.
The children are being enrolled in the
garden clubs. The farmers are called
upon to enlist for more wheat and she
stuff in the pens is ordered to produce
as never before. The farmer who
leaves his post OF duty in times like
these should feel that he had been a
deserter in the hour of dtrest need.
This IS no time for farmers to re-
tire. Those who have retired like the
army officers on the retired lists should
enlist again. Ii is fair and just 10 lift
some of the burdens Of hard labor
from shoulders bending with age but
the expert supervision Of the farmer
who has succeeded is needed upon the
farm. High prices of food is driving
men from the towns. Build FOR them
and draw them TO the farms but hold
your part of the battle line. This is
no time for farmers to move 10 town.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06
The Lesson Of Io,Da Week
flames 3. weaver in Des Moines R

In Des Moines Register.1
I stimulus Is making marked progress
The good roads movement now well
| established and promising to shake it.
self loose from politics will, with fed
eral aid now being advanced, forge on
| to a completed system of improved
highways second to none in the Mis-
sissippi valley. Vocational education,
the bill for which, to meet the federal
appropriation. had the honor to Of
fer at the last session, must receive
our closest attention tina: no Iowa
youth shall go out of her schools with
out real training for life Of useful
labor. The movement over the state
for community centers must be en-
couraged bringing to rural life close
at home those Social and intellectual
recreations and delights which are the
right of every community. There should
be prepared for the schools and H.
br;lries of Iowa, at state expense. text
books portrayins her part in the his
toric development of the state and ma
tion-the fact that Grimes of Iowa was
the author OF the bill that led to the
building of the Monitor, that the sur
render at Doneison was precipitated by
the action of Iowa troops. Dodge's SER
vice to the nation at Pea Ridge and on
a score of other fields, and the story OF
his building of the Union Pacific -
these and thousand other incidents
should be set forth so that the youth
of Iowa will imbibe state pride and
patriotism with their lessons in his
tory.
The manufacturers Of Iowa, and the
merchants handling their wares should
by all means prepare and place In the
hands Of every farmer in the state
booklet such as is issued by the big
mail order houses, listing the products
of Iowa's factories and the places
where same may be had. We make In
Iowa hundreds of articles not known
to the average purchaser as Iowa pro-
ducts. This knowledge must be brought
to the firesides OF our people. But II
were asked to name 1owa,s greatest
need I would not name any Of these
tangible things II is rather, q spiritual
achievement, namely. that an era OF
good feeling and friendliness obtain in
Iowa citizenship. Just as in this ter
rible war the government needs back Of
1t a people highly organized, deter
IiSe AAo1iA NAoSSA-
sions and suspicious. to the end that
America may emerge with a triumph
that shall crown democracy and our
claims for democracy, so Iowa with
her glorious traditions and her unsur-
passed resources is calling today to all
her sons and daughters to rise to the
dignity OF the great task ahead of us.
Tins is a good time to remember the
purpose that takes Iowa's sons across
The seas
Peace on earth and good will to
mer."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06

value. either as a tonic or stimulant o.
in any other therapeutic way.
Phillips Brooks for the Protestants
has said
If you should sweep intemperance
out of our country there would be
hardly poverty enough left to give
healthy exercise to our charitable Inn
pulses.
Archbishop ireland for the Catholics
has said:
When I hear of a family broken up
and ask the cause--drink. II l so to
the gallows and ask Its victim the
cause. the answer-drink. Then l ask
myself in perfect wonderment, why do
not men put stop to this thing2
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06
Billy Bunny and His Friends

won. And the way tho little rabbit got
hold OF the ball was this way.
Chatterbox, the red squirrel muffed
the bali and Billy Bunny grabbed It
Just In time and started OF for the
squirrels goal. Faster and faster Ne
hoped, lodging this squirrel and then
that one, hopping over that one ana
running around this one. until all OF ;
sudden he hoped between the goal
posts and made touchdown. And
then everybody cheered and cheered.
Even Old Mother Maybe clapped her
hands and Uncle Bull Frog croaked
50 hard that tears came to his eyea
As for Uncle Lucky. he honked on the
Luckymobtie horn until 1t burst ana
he had to buy q new one the next day;
or be arrested by the policeman FOR
breaking the rules.
Wen, sir, it certainly, was mo
game, and when 1t was all over Prof.
Crow pinned little American nag on
Billy Bunny's coat and said he was the
best football player in Lettuceville or
anywhere else. and this made Mrs.
Bunny 80 proud that she invited the
whole team home for supper and they
had lettuce cake and carrot marmaladc
and lollypops with creamy tops ana
pumpkin cake and chocolate shake ana
everything that you can think. ano
candies too. blue. green and pink. AND
II that isn't enough for lot OF Bunny
boys, please write and tell me what
more she can give them next time.
for can't think OF another thins.
And in the next story If Billy Bunny
doesn't get stomach ache and have
to send for DR.. Quack, the wise old
duck doctor. I'll tell you another adj
venture which the little rabbit had
when he went out to seek his fortune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06

whom would give W scAnt hearing
II we were to talk OF one only.
! However II much 10 overlooked ~
forgotten after the week has ended,
much will have been gained. II the
impression has been made lasting. that
we can not benefit Iowa by building up
Chicago and other non-Iowa cities, and
that we can not build up Iowa by going
outside of the state for all manner OF
products that we can get right here
at home. $3.50
What we really need is fifty-two
Greater Iowa weeks in the year. And
everybody in the state busy making
success Of each one Of those weeks.
WANTED-SHORT TIME CORN.
[Cedar Rapids Republican,
A young farmer from northern Linn
dropped in the other day to congratu-
late The Republican and Times on
their suggestion for quicker maturing
corn for northern Iowa and for all
Iowa, in fact He said he had become
convinced that the advice was good.
The so-called agronomists, that Is the
corn culture experts, had carried the
development Of the ear, In size to
ridiculous, extent. He cited one field
in which some Of the ears were nearly
twenty inches long and they were still
growing in the last days OF september.
with frost long over due. That sort
of corn will not ripen in this climate.
Last year the same man. altho the sea-
son was favorable, did not have an
ear of really hard corn on his whole
farm.
Our point is simply this: That for
every part Of the corn belt we must
have corn timed to the length OF the
growing season, that is from the time
the corn can be gotten out Of the
ground growing, until the killing
frosts come. From the 10th OF May
TO the 10th of September is 100 days
and this period constitutes the poten-
tial growing season. And most Of the
big dent corns, like Reeds. require
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06

This morning. oh so early,
heard q robin call.
Just as the sun was climbing up
Above the eastern wall.
He hoped upon my windowsil
And sang his morning lay,
And after that he said good-oy,
And swiftly dew away.
wish I could remember the way hi
told me the news about Billy Bunny
It was all in rhyme, you know. but
was so dreadfully sleepy that m1
alarm clock was ashamed to wake me
up. SO maybe half dreamed what tins
little robin told me. But. anyway, IN
tell YOU what | remember, and this II
the way it goes.
Billy Bunny was captain OF the
Friendly Forest Football Team. Yes
sir. That's what Robbie Redbreas'
said, and he ought to know. for he -"
the first game between the Lettuce
Vile Dummies and the Nut Town SOUR
rels.
You see Squirrel Nutcrackers son
Shadow Tail. was the Captain OF the
Squirrel Football Team, and Billy Bun
ny was the Captain of the Lettuce
VILE Bunnies, and they had chosen the
Pleasant Meadow for the game. and. Of
course all the Little Forest Folk were
there and the Little People OF the
Meadow. Some OF them sat on the Old
Snake Fence and some sat on the
ground, and few, like Robbie Red
breast and Prof. Crow. perched them
rhy
And, oh me, oh my! Wasn't the
game exciting! Well, I just guess II
was. And IL Billy Bunny hadn't got
ten the ball just in time before the
game ended. tthe Squirrels would have
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06
Topics of the Times

The worst is yet to come. The in
ternal revenue collector has rounded
up 200 farmers IN Dubuque county who
should have made their income tax re-
turns for the past four years and have
not done so.
The farmer who holds his grain now
is running needless risk for the bot
tom will fall out OF prices for grains
the moment peace is in sight. There is
enough surplus wheat in Argentina
Australia and India now to ill Eu-
ropes shortage if there were only ships
to transport It, Every time there is a
rumor Of peace corn drops IN price on
the board Of trade. The thing to do Is
to sell while there is a war to make
war profits possible.
ievpie vino suusvTiueI Tor o;a pei
cent bonds Of the first Liberty Loan
issue can now get per cent bonds by
instructing their banks to change thei,
order.
At present prices for live stock one
new bidder at farm auction is worth
his weight il gold. The way 70 set
| bidders~is to advertise the auction /,
| good newspaper that goes every.
where with the news.
The drys now fear that their aviator
used too much water in his gasolene
Common crooks are abroad to roi
| farmers wives of their canned fruit
In Minnesota men are representing
| themselves to be government inspec
| tors sent out to examine canned goods
They always find too many cans OF
| hand and carry away the surplus say
| ing that the woman is boarding in VIC
| lation of the governments orders. The,
are swindlers and should be run in
thority over canned goods in the hom
| call the dog.
Coal in the bin even at $3.50 per tol
! :: better than 1io Goa, at IS.
| 800
The British have smashed the Ger
man lines with terrific force but tn
war is not ended yet. There ;s an arm.
facing the French, another facing tn
Italians. another facing the SaIonik
forces, another facing the Roumanian
! and still another facing the Russians
dent in one place and perhaps shatte
the nerves OF few in high places.
Corn fed to s1s hogs ought to g
to market at 4190 per bushel prizes
Should the war end suddenly the pric
Of corn will come down faster than III
price OF hogs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06
Iowa Newspapers
THRIFTY PATRIOTIC 1owANs
Waterloo Courier.l

w alerlOC lOuTlST.J
III savings banks, trust companies
and state banks, under the super
vision OF the Iowa department of
banking. Hawkeye people within the
past year have Increased the amount
OF their savings deposits nearly
$l00. 900. 000---or to be exact. S94,720,-
2is75 from. Sept IL, 1916, TO Sept. II,
1917, the dates of the two correspond
ing reports.
This increase is the showing made
In financial institutions under state
supervision alone - nationally banks
and private banking institutions are
not included.
1t is reasonable to assume that the
savings deposits in national banks OF
the state would show correspond
ing increase for the twelve months.
Therefore We have Iowans piling
UP cash at the rate of s200,000,000 a
year; truly a wonderful record.
While they will never be called upon
to do so, the Iowan of the next decade,
when a war tax bill ispnder discus
sion, may be ,pardoned Tor exclaiming,
What about It? Let's pay the dern
thing and be done with III"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06
Masonic Meetings
Visitors always weieom'


MARSHALL LODGE, No. 1903 A. F. q
A. M.-Stated communication, Friday
Oct. 10, 7:30 O'Clock. Regular meeting
John w. Wells, secretary; w. II. Stem
er, w. NJ.
sIGNET CHAPTER. No. 3s, r. a, nj
Stated conyocation Monday eVen'"s
Oct %, at 80 o'clock. Business sss-
sion. Carl shaffner H P; John W.
Wells secretary
STATED ASSEMBLY. King SOLO
mon Council No 90. P. 4 s NJ M9n-
+ day Sept. II. 1880. Regular business
T. Forbes, recorder: George Gresois'
I. ".
STATED coNcALVE. 81. Aldema'
cc,manderv. No. 40. K T. TUESDAY
Sept, IS. s p. m. Regular business,
r, Forbes recorder: H. { Mueis''
commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. o. o. (
s.-Regula- meeting FOR business
nesaav. Oct. -. 7:3o. Mrs. Gso3se
Downing. secretary; Ms. j. + rrea-
erick. W. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06
JUST ONE THING.
TBurIington Hawkeye.l

The Greater Iowa week Is going TO
be a success. IL number Of things
are brought home to and impressed
upon the people Of the state. These
things have been well set forth by the
Greater Iowa Association. Ly the gov
ernor Of the state. by the state super
intendent of public instruction, and by
many others.
AS rule, We never accomplish all
that we set out to do in campaigns Of
this kind. Perhaps we undertake too
much. Again, by having many differ
ent subjects to talk about, we shall
appeal to greater number. many Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06
RIPPING RHYMES
3y Walt Mason
TOO MODEST.

-
depressed
pick his
blooming
rebuff sales
al
garden wall do not want
PUNK OF nothing
he'd sell
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06
MUNITIONS AND BIBLES.
IMuscatine News Tribune.

Next to guns and shells the biggest
war demand seems to be for bibles.
Publishing houses find IL impossible
to keep up with the orders There
is the biggest rush for bibles we have
ever known" they say.
Orders for future delivery are piled
up to an extent suggestive Of steel
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06
ch.... ..rtIoned n DlbIe.

Cheese Mentioned In Bible.
Cheese Is mentioned only thres times
I'm the Bible and on each occasion I'M
der a different name In the Hebrew
Job, 10 10; Samuel 1913; II Sam
uel, 17:29). It Is difficult to decide
how far these terms correspond with
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06
"a No. 4.

When You say anything is "A 1" or
- No. /" you unconsciously use the
akpresston employed In Lleyd's regis
- to Indicate that the ship beside
vAcse name this notation occurs Is in
fsst-ciass condition and Is well
anlnnad With STOKES Tor i. Toxaga..
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06
THE WISDOM OF OUR GREAT MEN.

Abraham Lincoln once said:
The liquor traffic is a cancer in soci-
ETY., eating out the yitals and threaten
Ing destruction. There must be no
more attempts TO regulate the cancer.
1t must be eradicated not a root must
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-06

Corn fed to $40 hogs ought to go
to market at 41.90 per bushel price.
Should the war end suddenly the price
Of corn will come down faster than The
price OF hogs.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-11-20
RAILROADS CLAIM
SHORTAGE OF CARS

The railroads and the shippers and
receivers Of freight are being con-
fronted with tho seriousness OF the car
shortage, which is approximately l0e,-
900 freight cars, according to circu-
lar issued local agents by their re-
spective companies. The greatest
shortage occurs during the movement
OF the fall crops, which In their nature
require preferred attention to pre-
served food products.
Owing to the exceedingly heavy de-
mand abroad for food products that
this country is expected to furnish. 1t
will be necessary for the railroads to
give preferred attention to the move
ment for this character Of freight and
many shippers will be unable to Oh.
tain satisfactory service. To bring
out the maximum amount of service
in transportation facilities the ship
pers and receivers of freight are urged
to cooperate with the railroads by
loading cars to their capacity and ex-
pedite the movement by reducing the
time consumed In loading and unload
Ag their shipments.