Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-30

democratic" "The war was hand
made---made In Germany by the teach
ings OF the German philosophers, We
are doing our part to dissolve the part
ners,hip between tho kaiser and Colt
that Gott does not seem to know any
| thing about" I'VE did not start the
war, but this republic will have some
| thing to say az to how and when II
| will end" "'rhe kaiser has six bomb
proof sons" were some OF the striking
| sentences OF Senator kcnyon's shpGech.
Iowa Farmers Place In War.
| That the farmers OF Iowa have IA big
| part to play In winning the war was
declared by Senator Kenyon. Tho hand
directing the plow Is as important as
| the hand that carries muskct.
III Uncle Sam realizes that the Iowa
| farmer is now producing three times
| as much food to tho acre as the aver
age farmer OF America" said Dean {.
+. Curtiss in introducing Senator Ken
yon. "he would see to It that Iowa has
| All tho man power and machine power
| needed to work every fertile acre to
| It's limit. II necessarys the government
ought to take the idlers and compel
| them to work on farms in the same
| way that It Is forcing our boys u"
| fight In tho army"
In discussing tn" part that the
women are plnNIn In the war. h"ah
| G. J. MacKay. head Of the home econ
| omlcs division at Iowa State College
declared that men were not standing
! by their wives In the conservation
| movement
Women attending our short cours"
| today told me that their husbands VIII
| not eat conservation goods. ! say lhat
| the men must change their habits ana
| do so They must stand by their wives
| We must do without apple pie dur
| Ing the war to save fats. We must cut
| down on meat 50 that beef can be
| shIpped across We must III up on
vegetables and fruits and eat cheese
made OF skim milk In place OF meat.
What Is the hardship OF doing without
meat or pic compared to the DOMINIC
Of khaki and going over
Rural lifc Conference Thursday.
Perhaps the greatest feature OF the
short course which il being held at
Amos this week. is that of the rural
life conference which Is 10 be held to-
morrow afternoon This liz to be II
three hour conference beginning after
noon and lasting until all of the spcc!-
| hc problems have been discussed. the
| conference Is usually held In the sum
| MGR time but the promoters or rnni
sociology at the college scheduled II
| for this time hoping that more OF the
| farmers OF the state would be reached.
In this meeting all OF the problems
| OF rural sociology which are or pnru-
| GUAR interest to the war time farmer
will be discussed
The conference OF teachers OF nsrl-
culture held this afternoon attracted
| many persons. Four hours were cor
sumed before all of the business OF the
meeting had been disposed of.
Turnout the whole counsc. pcrman-
| cnt continuous exhibits of fruit. rruit
storage. canning and drying. gardens
| spraying. pruning. sheltcrbelt and wood
lot. and preservation of wood on the
| farm are being shown.
Registration for the course Indicates
| a slight falling of from last year. A
| goodly number over thousand are
known to have registered. latest reports
are that more than 1000 have signed
ND. Anticipation or n larger crowd
| leaves goodly number Of rooms stu
vacant Thcrc are In the neighbour
| hood of $50 places down town which
the committee located before the
course began. Few remain at tho
college, however most all of them be-
ing taken up.