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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-30

Seeing it's you" answered the Billy
Goat. who, you remember, in the last
story, had gotten very angry because
Billy Bunny and Uncle Lucky had
bumped into his motor boat with theli
whaleship, ri. forgive you" and then
he raced the Whale all the way &c
the shore and would have. beaten him
too, if he had gone faster. And as soon
as the whaleship ran up ON the beach
the two little rabbits hoped on and
got into their automobile and drove
away, and the Whale went back ano
told the Mermaid that the two little
rabbits had beautiful Luckymob1le
and she, felt dreadfully sorry that she
hadn't gone with them.
Well, after little ways. not so very
far. they came across a wonderful
beanstalk, which was growing up SC
high that you couldn't see the top. and
if Billy Bunny had only known the
story about Jack and the Beanstalk'
I guess he would have thought that the
story had come true.
!"My gracious!"S exclaimed Uncle
Lucky. my lima beans at home grow
pretty high, but never as high as this,
and he took out Of his waistcoa1
pocket his spyglass and tried to find
the top Of the beanstalk; but nj
couldn't, for it was hidden In the
clouds. Just think Of that!
I'm going to climb up that Dean
stalk" said the little bunny. Maybe
III find my fortune at the top.
And TIL go with you" said the Ole
gentleman rabbit, for he wasn't goine
to let his small nephew go up strange
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-30
Ripping Rhymes
~ WALT MAs0n
TRUE OPTIMISM.

l had a brand new suit of rags-the
sort of which a fellow brags-the
smoothest on this hemisphere; they
cost the savings of year. with these
glad buds of NINE" cried, TN be the
hamlet's boast and pride" And as
walked. two miles from town, large
wet rain came stopping down. The
lightning flashed. the thunder yelled,
no sign Of shelter beheld. and, drip
ping water like toad, toiled along
the muddy road. This rain" ! said,
with gorgeous smile, sis surely strict
~ worth the while. What though 1t
spoils my Sunday duds? It's bound to
save the crop of spuds; the meadows
will be loosened now. SO husbandmen
may yield the plow; the pastures, that
were burning brown, WIN drink this
water coming down, and grass Will
grow to beat Sam Hill, and hungry
COWS will have their ell. The suit
wear looks rather punk; the color,s
run, the stuff has shrunk; but who
would mourn his hand-me- downs
when all the thirsty country browns,
in cool. uplifting. wholesome rain. IN
water that is safe and sane? Ny rags
are spoiled; I'll get some more, II can
work the Blue Front store"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-30
Masonic Meetings
Visitors always welcome

MARSHALL LODGE, No. 1os A. F. q
A. M.-Special communication, FrioaS'
Aug. "a, 1880 p. m. Work in the flrs r,
degree. John W. Wells. secretary; W.
II. Steiner, W. NJ.
sIcNEr CHAPTER. No. 50, r. A. NJ
Stated convocation Monday eVenlns'
Aug. 30, at 8 o'clock. Business session.
Carl shafrner. H. P; John w. "el's'
secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solo
mon Council No. 20, r. 4 s. M NON
day Sept. II, 7:so. Regular business
1. y Forbes, recorder: George Gregory
I. NJ.
STATED coNcALVE, st. Aldemar
ccrmandery, No. 80. K. t" Iuesoay'
Sept. 1s, 8 p. m. Regular business; l.
=. Forbes, recorder; H. c. Mueiiei
commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81. Q. <
s-Regular meeting for business wea-
nesday, Sept. IL, 8 p. m. MIS-. Georse
{ Dovning, secretary; Mrs. J. T.
erick. W. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-30
he SPOKE the MIND OF AMERICA.

The presidents answer to ths
pope's peace proposal is definite. The
war must go on until Prussianism
submits. The reply carries all the re-
spect due the prelate and is con; der
ate Of the purposes he had IN mind,
but it is not the less firmly asseitive
Of the decision Of America and CT her
allies to carry on the war until IN
perialism is on its knees. That IS the
tenor of the presidents ,ote. An erica
will not accept any guarantys of peace
except as expressed by the German
people. Kaiserism and militarism may
not speak for the democracy Of Ger
many. 1t must speak for itself There
will be no peace after the fashion of
an armistice which would enable mill
tarism and autocracy- to renew strength
and gain breath for a new attempt =.
override and rule the world
The presidents reply to the pope de-
fines fairly the position Of the republic
in this war. We are fully involved as
an ally Of the French and English
We shall demand restitution for the
destruction wrought. We make an
issue of the menace Of military
power that scraps treaties, defes inter-
national law and usage and covets con-
quest of the world If Germany had
doubt Of the purposes of the United
States in entering the war that doub,
has been dispelled. The presiden;
| makes very clear that militarism and
that the German people and not Ger
man imperialism will be considered ir
the peace terms.
The country as a whole will sub
scribe to the presidents answer. 1t is
the reply Of the nation. There is II
it no desire to shut German industry
! and German thrift and German energy
directed toward honest objects from E
| place in the sun, but it is a plain ane
unqualified proposal to put kaiserisn
and its philosophy of arrogance ant
! conquest in cells or under ground fol
the safety Of the world. And that i.
| the demand and conclusion Of thu
American people.
| Summed up the presidents reply
| means just this:
The United States makes common
cause and common war with France
and England upon the common enemy
of the world and will stand with it!
allies to the bitter end. 1t is time tina
some definite statement Of that kim
were made by one with authority t
speak for the American people. Nov
| that it has been said 1t should b.
| understood at home as abroad. TIL
| war will go on until Germany plead
| for peace, offers sufficient guaranty
| that peace will be preserved not TO
| a time but for period and with thos
! xuaraItys isss;aass. COME restitution 70
the damage she has done. So says tn
i American president and 80 says tn
american people
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-30
ASK THDM TO ''BEHAvE.'
" tcedar aRpfds Republican,

The esteemed Dies Moines Register
to avoid publicity Of an unenviaole
and notorious kind for Iowa wants US
all to keep still about the few In
stances-or many-of disloyalty, treat
ing them as mere differences OF opin-
ion. OF some kind. That's advice CIV
en- to save the good name OF the
state. But would 1t not be just as easy
and better to advise and admonish the
disloyal to become loyal as to advise
the federal authorities to go a Dill
easier in exposing and Furnishing dis
lovalty2 why must those who are 10y
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-30
IOWA OPINION AND Morgs.

The Iowa Falls Sentinel says 1.-THE
citizens Of Hubbard and Buckeye are
generally a loyal people and give nc
sanction to utterances that are not
strictly patriotic. These people stand
ready to fight for American principles
and many are displeased the way the
press misrepresents them There are a
few displeased the way some mer
speak and act. There are few peo-
pie who do not seem loyal as they
should be but they will probably now
keep quiet. We have ministers and
men in congress who are making state
ments that should not be tolerated In
this country"
WELL nobody can say that the gov
ernors did not threaten the coal barons
anyway" remarks the Waterloo Times
Tribune.
The Burlington Hawkeye says there
are people, millions of them, who are
inquiring why government that fixes
the price of wheat at 81, can not and
does not fix the wages and salaries in
proportion. They opine that IS wages
would be in just proportion to So
wheat"
"We must confess that we have
never seen an extract from German
language paper in this country that
voiced clear cut expression in favor
of America or anything that may be
called American" says the Cedar Rap
ids Republican. There is always an
insinuation and a sneer in these ex-
tracts, even when the writer's profess
to be for America and parade the flag
at the heads of their columns. 1t
seems that the German Language edi-
tors in this country simply can not
think of anything except Germany and
its kaiser"
Not every one about whom some
male gossip spreads a rumor is prop
erly to be tagged copperhead," says
the Sioux City Journal.
The yinton Eagle predicts even
Senator Doran, of Boone. will be
ashamed that he ever opposed good
roads"
The Atlantic ws-Telegraph warns
men who are impelled to vote against
the amendment on prejudicial grounds
to ponder well their action before they
take it
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-30
fneY couLpn,r sur rNEY plp.

III ltS tS1uiAio VI ZIG uoWo Va EoAsS
Years Ago" the Sioux City journal
prints the following market note:
In this market wheat now sells at az
cents bushel, oats at Is cents and
corn still brings S5 cents. Butter and
eggs are plenty, the former bringing
10 to Is cents pound and the latter
s to IL cents a dozen in trade at the
stores. Flour sells at from 1895 To
s4.75.
Those were days when farmers came
to town. not in $4,000 autos, but in
lumber wagons with mother and father
sitting on the spring seat while the
children bounced about on a board
.cleated on each end and placed across
the wagon box. The cleats kept it in
place and prevented it from slipping of
at either end. There were no luxurious
cushions then. Perhaps al old guilt
was thrown over the board and the
spring seat for comfort. Some few
aristocrats had a two-seated buggy
Also an occasional carriage might be
SEEM but that was magnificence and
luxury unknown to the ordinary farm.
Those Scent eggs were carefully
packed in bran to stand the jolting OF
the wagon over highways vastly dir
ferent from those of this day. II e
were winter the family came to town
sitting on straw in the wagon box now
s1NI cs
sled" The 10 to 15-cent butter ana
scent eggs helped pay for the sugar
and other groceries. The grocery bill,
however, wasn't what it Is today. That
75-cent wheat had been taken to mill
and ground into -four for a toll" The
meat had been ''butchered" and picked
or hung, il in cold weather. to be eaten
fresh" The cellar was full of vege-
tables and potato pits pimpled the
patches all over the prairies. Little
money came to the farm. When the
wheat was sold II went to pay interest
on the mortgage and the notes given
for farm implements. Perhaps a sma'i
payment was made on the principal
owed fer the farm. bought at $40 an
acre.
or course it couldn't be done-the
task of paying for farm with oo-cen'
corn and 75-cent wheat and cheap
eggs and butter-but it was. Most Oh
the big farms inherited by their sons
and grandsons were paid off by their
grandsires in precisely such way.
They raised big families fed them wei
and worked them hard and left them a
good start when they finally finisheo
IN at the cemetery. Thirty five cent
corn and dollar wheat looked Dig 10
them They managed. They went
u;+hout But they won where most OF
us would fail.
Of course there were those in those
DAYS who told them they couidn tfh'e'
MAT they lost money on every ear OF
corn they raised. Boies gave the exact
e,nres Of loss. figures that put the
Iowa farmer into hole deeper than
plummet ever sounded Still he never
was able to make the Iowa farmers de-
sert the farms entirely. They STUCK
and the COWS gave milk and mother
made butter and the hens kept on lay
ing and the wheat grew and the corn
and folks kept on breaking up more
prairie and here we are.
Still 75-cent wheat, 3o-cent corn
-four at 1925 a barrel, Decent butter
and scent eggs have an attractlon -
t,e obvious and an anthropologlcai
bearing to the student They are ms
tor,ca, all right enough. museum mate
rial And they will never come AGAIN.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-30
Topics of the Times

.eNacht verdun" has been chanseo
N Nix Verdun."
ANYHOW soft corn fed INTO ~
hog doesn't mean desperate poverty Oh
the farm. And so far frost hash
touched q cornfeld.
To the proposal to forbid the use OIL
German in newspapers should be adoeo
another which would confine Lafoi-
,a.+e entirely to the use of that Ian
guage.
Governor Harding will call no spe-
ci.l session to pass law to buy bonds
with taxation. When the new loan
| makes it's appearance patriotic Gu
zens will have to use Inducements
| to loosen the grip of tightWads. Anu
tina. is the better way. Those 1eilo"e
can be induced"
| An astonishing spectacle Is the man
who born a peasant and an underilns
| in an autocratic country slavishiy re-
ver,s to a feaity to overlords after ne
has attained eminence and independ-
ence In a. country which adopted him,
offered him equal opportunity ana
refuge from oppression and gave him
wealth. When such men turn against
| this government Judas Iscariot has
gained a new companion.
/. T.
| In, time like this the people must
depend upon their own sense OF
righteousness and patriotism and not
on the leadership of time serving poll
ticians Leadership we must have and
shall have It ie up to the American
| people to choose true leadership. de-
mand unity and disregard or resent at
] tempts Of self serving politicians to as
semble dissatisfied elements to their
own selfish purposes. In the end all
will come right for the people are to be
trusted. They may be deceived for
time but they can not be fooled all
the time or for any length Of time.
Il Having settled the points raised by
the pope we can turn again to the big
business in hand Of saving Russia and
walloping Germany until she Is not
only willing but anxious to be good.
II
i A Cedar Falls workman has faller
heir to $4,000. Looks as tho he'd neet
it all too.
Two million soldiers and $4,000, oJo..
zoe the first year Of the war ought t
convince the kaiser that America II
getting peevish with him.
In order to make bathtubs stand leve
, lon uneven floors, Adjustable feet TO
IAt.x ;vH~ &<szH
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-30

al Americans always be asked to make
the concessions? And why are those
who are disloyal Americans never TO
be reminded Of their duties to the
state and nation? Is good repute for
the state worth such a price? And I'm
ally would 1t add to the good repute O
the state to let those who are against
the government go their ways in peace
and do their work at WIZ"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-30
COST OF DELIVERY.
IDes Moines Register.]

lies MONIES HesiSler.J
1t is explained by Des Moines coal
retailers. whose opinions were quoted
in recent issue Of the Register, that
there is unlikely to be ay decrease In
the retail price of coal because it
costs 81 a ton to handle and deliver
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-30

Fine Ethical Point.
Old Lady-"My goodness. that parrot
swears something awful"
Deaier-"Why, lady, In parrot Ian
guage them amt swear words at all. r.
Puck. s53s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-30

q The magasine rifIs dates to the
Franco Prussian war.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-30

In order to make bathtubs stand level
on uneven floors, adjustable feet for
the tubs have been invented.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-30

Two million soldiers and $4,000, 00o,-
noe the first year Of the war ought to
convince the kaiser that America Is
getting peevish with him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-30

A Cedar Falls workman has fallen
heir to $4,000. Looks as tho he'd need
it all too.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-30

To the proposal to forbid the use o,
cerman in newspapers should be ADDED
another which would CONNIE Lac VI
,ette entirely to the use of that ian
guage.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-30

Having settled the points raised by
the pope we can turn again to the big
business in hand of saving Russia and
walloping Germany until she is not
only willing but anxious to be good.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-02-16
GERMANY RETRACTS US. MEN STAY WITH
 RELIEF IN BELGIUM
By Review Leased Wire)

LONDON, Feb. 15.-Representatiyes of the American commission for re lief in Belgium will not withdraw from the occupied portions of Bel gium and northern France. as previ- ously has been arranged, but will re- main for the present it is now stated. This was contained in dispatches from Rotterdam saying the German author ities had announced that the repre- sentatives might remain.
 WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.-News of Germany's retraction of her order forcing the American members of the Belgium relief commission to leave Belgium and northern France was re- ceived by state department officials and by Herbert C. Hoover, chairman of the commission. with surprise and pleasure Apart from a brief tele gram from Brand Whitlock saying ne gotiations of some sort were under way, neither the department nor MT. Hoover had any official advices on the subject. The impression here is that Germany did not expect the com missions prompt and final response to the suggestion that "a few Ameri- cans, among them Brand Whitlock, might reside in Brussels and exercise general supervision of the work
Bisbee daily review., 1917-02-16
AMERICAN LEAGUE
 QUITS FRATERNITY
Sewers Relations With Players Organization, Aping
 Nationals.
Ry Review Leased Wirel

NEW YORK. Feb. 15 Relations with the Baseball Players Fraternity were severed by the American League at it's scheduled meeting here today when similar action taken by the Ma tional League was endorsed by the following resolution:
 Whereas the players fraternity has repeatedly violated the letter and spirit of an agreement entered into with them on January 6, 1914, there fore. be it
 Resolved. by the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, that all relations with said fraternity be and the same hereby are terminated 70
 The playing schedule for the com ing season was adopted. the action of the national commission in reference to the requests of the National Asso- citation of Minor Leagues was approv- ed and while the playing rules were discussed, no changes were recom- mended.
 Endorsing the assertion that base
 
 ball should do it's part in a movement looking toward the cOuntry's prOtec- tion. the league passed resolution suggesting that the players be given an opportunity to become civilian sol diers The proposals were that at each spring training camp one hour day be devoted to military instruc- ton: that military training camp be established at the close of the worlds series, and that President Johnson be empowered to consult with Major General Leonard Wood concerning the details of this project.
 President Johnson was directed to contribute liberally toward a fund for g monument in Boston to perpetuate the memory of Timothy II. Murnane
Bisbee daily review., 1917-02-16
bISBEE HIGH AND
 TUCSON BASKETBALL
 FINES PLAY SATURIhY
Enthusiasm Is Running High, and Hope of Garnerins State Championship Lives In Hearts of Locals.

Enthusiasm is running high at the Bisbee high school for a state cham pionship basketball team or two. with chances that Doth the boys and girls teams will attain such honOrs. The toughest games on the local calendar are those coming up tomorrov night at the local high auditorium. when Tucson's two high school teams come here for return games
 The play begins at 7:45 When the Bisbee teams were in Tucson last Fri day. the cities broke even. the Tue son girls winning 22 to r and the Bis bee boys winning 4S 10 41
 This time the local girls team will be strengthened by Miss Jessie Wa eek, the star forward, who was out Of the Tucson game because of a sprain- ed ankle.
 Should the girls win this, it will give them an even claim on the girls southern title with Tucson. Each team will then have lost one game. Bisbee boys haven't lost a game this season, and a victory from Tucson tomorrow should entitle them to match with La Mesa high schools five which is defeating everything in the Phoenix neighborhOOd.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-02-16
GOLF BUGS MANY AT COUNTRY CLUB LINKS;
 SPORT AT ITS HEIGHT
Scores of Local WeiLders of the Club Garner Light from TuteIage of Professional J. C. Wilson.

The Warren District Country Club links have come into their own at last. and the warm weather has lured forth fat. lean, short and tall from all over the District to revel in the sport of presidents and kings on the local sward.
 The sport has been popularized to degree it has never approached heretofore. through the services of MT. j. C. Wilson, professional, who has had big classes in tow daily on the local greens. The club members playing has developed appreciably un- der the tutileee of the Kent Club. Grand Rapids man. and in fact the Country Club has engaged his servic- es up until March F, when he will wend his way among the clubs of the south, and back up the Mississippi to his northern home.
 It has been since Mir. Wilson's ad- vent here that the local club through MT. Harry Zeisemer and others car ried off high honors in the Southwest ern tournament held here a few weeks ago. Bisbee is reputed to be rapidly forging to the front in this branch of sport. and local men say large part of the credit is due to MT Wilson.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-02-16
BASKET BALL NOTES.

The Y. NJ. c. A. employed boys last night defeated the Lowell boys in a fast basket ball contest played at the local Y The score was A to II. The c. & A and P. D. store lives will play tonight and the weeks games will be brought ro a rousing close tomorrow night when the Twenty-second infan- try and Y. NJ. c. A. teams will clash for the championship of the southwest. The teams that will play tonight will also meet in a preliminary contest to- morrow night.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-02-16
SEVEN BIKE TEAMS TIED.

CHICAGO. Feb. 15.-Seyen teams of the ten contesting in the six day bicycle race have travelled 1863 miles and seven laps, with PiercySmith and Lawrence-Carmen one lap behind and Ohrt-Grimm two laps behind. The. rid CTS have been going ninety five hours, the record for which is 1884 miles and two laps.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-02-16
OUCH! LUMBAG0?
Try Musterole. See How Quickly
 It Relieves

You just rub Musterole in briskly. and usually the pain Is gone-a delicious, soothing comfort comes to take its place.
 Musterole is clean, white ointment, made with oil of mustard. Use il instead of mustard plaster Will not blister.
 Many doctors and nurses use Muster ole and recommend it to their patients.
 They will gladly tell you what relief 1t gives from sore throat, bronchitis, croup, stiff neck. asthma. neuralgia, congestion, pleurisv. rheumatism, lumbago. pains and aches of the back or joints, sprains, sore muscles. bruises, chilblains, frosted feet. colds of the chest Git often prevents pneumonia). Always dependable.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-02-16
TENNIS MATCH DELAYED.

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Only one match was decided in the national in door tennis championship tournament today because of the poor light In the third round of the doubles, s. How Jr.. New York. defeated A. s. Craigin and King Smith. regimental cham pions. 5-7. 7-5, 6-2 The winning pair gained a place in the semi-dnals sec tion
Bisbee daily review., 1917-02-16
BOWLING

Intercity bowling games between the Douglas and Bisbee Y M. C. A
 will be rolled at the local "" alleys Saturday night beginning at 7:30. First and second teams of each city will compete. Admission is free and everyone is invited. The lineup of
Bisbee daily review., 1917-02-16
Basket Ball.

The (. e, 4. five will play the P D. Store at the Y. NJ. c. A. tonight at o'clock.