Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-08
|: LOCAL COMMENT

with Marshalltown almost COM
| pletely removed from the outside world
owing to a lack Of railroad tranric que
to the high water, people living In tne
small towns, accustomed to ENJOY
Il ing their Times Republicans, have
| rendered q real public service In the
emergency by using motor cars ana
boats to serve the newspapers 10 SUD
scribers in their towns and rurai
routes In these days of tense excite
| ment due to the war 1t Is hard TO ne
without ones favorite newspaper, ana
the men who have lent hand in help
ing their neighbors get their papers
arc entitled not only to the thanks OF
the newspaper but it's subscribers as
vel! It is hard enough to circulate
newspapers without train service, but
when roads and bridges are washed
out, and automobiles are unable to get
over some of the roads, the task is
doubly difficult.
Even Uncle Sam has had to recog-
nize tn. high water, lack Of train serv-
ice, and the washing out Of bridges,
Usually there are no ifs and ands IN
the registration for the selective draft.
The rules provide for no excuses, yet
on June this year it was an utter i'm
possibility for all young men Of draft
age to register as the law prescribed.
The government recognized the emer-
gency and made it possible for the
boys to register at the earliest moment
following the restoration of traffic.
Failure to register as soon as possible,
- 1. 4 no NJ
ishment that governed failure in the
first draft.
Many discoura gements will result
from the damaging Of farm crops and
war gardens in the low lands in the
river and creek valleys, but they
should be met in the best spirit posi-
BILE and crops planted to replace the
ones lost. 1t win be hard to think OF
the time and money wasted, but these
are war times and the land can not lie
idle. Sweet corn may be planted in
stead Of field corn and small grains.
and late potatoes will replace early
ones. Just imagine that low ground
fields and gardens are trenches, and
that we may fight the Hun here as
we'll as over there.
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The membership campaign OF the
Hawkeye Commercial Mems Associa-
ton is a movement which every local
member should get behind. While the
prizes OF war savings stamps and lib
erty bonds offer an inducement to join
in the canvass, they are not the first
aim. Insurance organizations must
ha yrnyr,harchinc IN order
to be successful, and the organizations
are fine institutions for the cities
in which headquarters are maintained.
The success Of the Hawkeye means
much to Marshalltown. and all local
members should be boosters.
q
The large class Of the Marshalltovn
nigh school, and especially the fact
that the class is the second largest in
the history of the school, is encouras
ing in the face of war times, when
even high school boys become restless
and enlist. Until there is demand fer
the boys Of school age they should re-
main in school, for before this war is
over 1t may be that college courses will
be cut short to the graduates Of today.
Another primary election has passed
and before another is held 1t is to be
hoped that the law will afford rem
edies whereby the primaries may be
made more Of strictly party affairs. as
was the intetion originally. When large
city precincts cast almost solid repub-
lican votes at primaries, and then shoT
big democratic increases at regular
elections, 1t is a pretty good Indication
that democrats are not affiliating with
their party at the primaries. However,
Marietta can not be accused Of such
practice, as that township showed a
100 per cent gain in its democratic
primary vote. Heretofore there has
been one democratic vote; this year
there were two.