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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-18
Gilman News.

Mrs. o. Hulin, accompanied by Mrs.
Anna Paul, went to Rochester, Mimi,
Thursday, morning to consult special
lists in, regard to Mrs. Hulin's health.
She has been suffering for some time
with stomach trouble.
Miss Esther Graham arrived here
Saturday and is now with her parents,
Rev. and Mrs. J. g. Graham.
Clint Walkup and Elmer Moore have
arrived home from Camp Dodge where
they recently were discharged from
the army.
Miss Geniveve Morgan, of tDes Moin-
es, who attends Grinnell College, was
an over Sunday guest at the DR.. G. b.
Ward home. - -
Miss Fannie Frankforth went Tues-
day morning to Grinnell for a. few
DAYS visit with relatives after which
she will go to Cedarville. wis, to
spend the summer with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Frankforth.
The following ladies went Tuesday
morning to Ames to attend the bien-
Mai convention OF the Iowa Fedora
ton Of Women's Clubs Those from
the Woman's Club who went were
Mesdames G. Q. Dague, p. Cannon, J.
L. Wylie. ]. III. ,scurr, and Miss Eliza
beth Lowry. Those from the Twenti-
eth Century Club were Mesdames ~
q. Ward and F. D. Francis. n
Mrs. w. =. PAUL and baby daughter
arrived from Chicag 90 Tuesday morn
Ing and will. visit Mr.. Paul's parents.
Asra E'e... s:ies; yin nor
children who have been here sevsSal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-18
Rhodes News.

Word has been received by relatives,
amounting the birth of a son to Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Bentley, Of Hubbard.
Mr.. Ivan Elliot. Of Toledo. visited
over Sunday at the Abe Good home.
The Cemetery Aid Society was enter
tanned Friday afternoon by Mesdames
Charles Nirk and Kate Baker at the
formers home. Refreshments were
served after business was transacted.
Lester Breunig, who was a member
Of the Eighty eighth division and over
seas for months, arrived home Friday
morning, having been discharged at
Camp Dodge.
Miss Edith wallace went to Hub
bard Saturday to visit at the Frank
Bentley nome.
Alvin Goodman is home from Dubu-
que where he has been attending col
lege the past year.
Mrs Maria Baker and Mrs. Ethel
McCloskey have been visiting with rel
atives in Minnesota.
Miss Frances Cartwright deft Mon
day for Ladysmith, Wis, to visit.
Miss Marvel Robinson went Monday
to Des Moines where she will attend
school short time.
Ruth, the S-year-old daughter OF
Mrs Katie Baker. had the misfortune
of getting her curly hair caught in the
electric washer Monday. She suffered
badly bruised scalp and the loss Of
several pretty curls.
Mrs. Mamie Beaver, of Marshalltown
has been visiting at the T. B. Malloy
home.
Mrs. Clifford Emery and children re.
turned home Monday after visi'
with relatives at Valera.
Mrs. Bert Capron. Of Manila, has
been visiting at the p. T. MANSFIELD
home.
Mrs. Clarence johnson and daughter
Grace spent few days recently II
Des Moines. h
Messers. Henry Buck and DAME
Ruth have been attending the Masonic
grand lodge in Cedar Rapids this week
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20
S8,OOO,OOO IN CARS
STOLEN LAST YEAR

More than $4,000, 900 worth Of auto
mobiles we're stolen in this country last
year" declares the local sales man
ager Of the !. J. Cooper Rubber com
pany. Racine tire and accessory dis
%tributors. But few OF these cars are
recovered. Thievery Of automobiles Is
made altogether too Easy through the
carelessness OF some motorists. The
nan who protects his house and per-
sonai belongings Is often apt to forget
this matter when Ii comes to a motor
car. Whenever a machine is parked for
any length Of time, the motorist should
see that he Is protecting his machine In
some way against crooks and Joy riders.
Not only should the car be protected,
but the equipment as well. Many extra
tires are stolen which could be saved
through using a lock and chain"
Police and insurance companies have
watched with deep concern the growing
number Of automobiles stolen, and are
convinced that only a federal Jaw will
deal with the problem. There is now a
measure before congress. which, II final
ly written on the statute books. will go
far toward stopping the growing indus
try Of stealing automobiles. This bill
provides that a bureau be established
in the department Of justice to act as a
central bureau OF license registration Of
all automobile licenses issued by states,
to receive reports from police depart
ments and citizens about automobiles
and to supply information to the state
governments and police departments
about licenses and thefts.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20
Nash Motors Plan
NeW Factory For
4-CyLinder Cars

The Nash Motors company is to build
a four-cylinder car In a plant TO be
constructed in Milwaukee. Transfers OF
Il acres of land at Clement street and
Oklahoma avenue, Milwaukee, have
been made to the Nash Motors COM
pany and contractors are ready to carry
out the construction OF this new fac
tory without delay.
The Nash Motors company Is also
making substantial additions to its
main factory In Kenosha, where Nash
Six passenger cars and Nash trucks
will continue to be built.
Work or the Milwaukee buildings
viii be completed within the next IL
months. 1t is planned to bring the pro-
duction Of the Milwaukee plant as
early as possible up to a point Of pro-
ductlon equal to the passenger car pro-
duction Of the Kenosha plant.
The buildings now planned include a
power plant, foundry, machine shop,
drop forge, body building plant and
sheet metal plant. Immediate expen-
diture of a million dollars is planned by
the company and It is declared several
times that amount will be expended In
the development Of the Milwaukee plant
just as rapidly as plans are worked out.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20

ing truck service these facts are either
unknown or ignored. The average man
renting trucks rents for the lowest
figure for which he can secure service.
Many of them after using jitney service
for years are contented, Ask them
how many miles the trucks run, what
the average load amounts to Or how
many hours are wasted daily en- route
and they express supine Indifference.
They know that three or four trucks
report daily for their loads and get
them delivered before night, They
know that every ono in q while one
Of the regular trucks gives trouble dur
Ing the day and Is replaced for a space
by another, To suggest to such as
these that 1t would be good business
TO rent their vehicles of the more re-
sponsible trucking concerns, paying a
higher fee, or that they buy their wi
fleet and hire a good man to manage
deliveries, is to occasion their scorn.
Yet there are thoughtful concerns
who are convinced that this Is the wise
course, Looking forward, they see the
time when the jitney operator will be
forced to withdraw, to be replaced by
another ne, perhaps as green as the
last, with attendant disorder. They see
their deliveries trucked over the streets
in rough docking trucks bearing the
name of a transportation company and
visualize the advertising valu of a well
painted, clean truck bearing their W
name In attractive style. Theq foresee a
possible withdrawal Of n number OF
jitney operators at once and a strln-
gency Of transportation and ~exorbitant
valuable load Of goods by fire or theft,
unprotected by adequate insurance or
surety bonds, looms large as the price
Of cheap truck hire,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20
LIGHTING PLANT
BOON TO FARMER
Irksome Toll Minimized by
Modern Home Equip
ment.

The farmers wife, after generations
of irksome toll, is coming into her own,
With the universal adoption OF the
automobile and the more recent per-
lection of individual electric lighting
and power plants, her home life has
undergone an epochal change,
The toll and monotony which attached
itself to woman's place In rural life, |
long has been proverbial, Removed
from the city the country woman for
the most part was without the scope
Of those many advantages which dur
ing the last century have come through
invention and development.
While engineering science was de-
veloping the reaper and binder, the
gasoline engine, the tractor, the truck
and other machinery to aid the farmer
In increasing the acreage and produc.
ton OF his land, II did nothing of vital
Importance to relieve the work OF the
farmers wife. She still was forced
to adhere to methods which came into
vogue In the time OF her grandmother,
For he most part she ohurned by
hand, washed by hand. swept by hand
and sewed by uncertain light, The re-
suit was that she grew old before her
time and enjoyed non of the pleasures
to which she rightfully vas entitled.
No development of the era has done
quite so much to better her condition
as the modern electric lighting and
power plants, With the perfection OF
these a decided change has been
wrought In her daily life, Where c
she bent over q tub she now has a
power washer. The hand churn she
has discarded for one operated by an
electric motor. The old broom has been
supplanted by a vacuum cleaner, The
smoking oil lamp has been replaced
by an electric portable. The sewing
machine and milk separator are now
equipped with motors. The ironing Is
done by electricity, There Is modern
sanitary plumbing and running water
in the house-improvements which may
be traced directly TO the new plants
which furnish the necessary power for
pumping.
For the first time the women folks
OF the farm are living like their city
cousins.
The recent announcement and dem
| onstrations of a new electric lighting
and power plant, known as WHY'S Light,
by the Electric Auto-Lite corporation,
| OF Toledo, has done much to bring the
| potential value of these modern home
electric systems to the attention OF the
farmer. Through an extensive distribu-
tor and dealer organization and by
means OF a concerted campaign OF pub
lloity, the WHY'S Light division of the
Auto-Lite corporation is furthering the
universal adoption OF electric light and
power In the rural districts,
The WHY'S Light plant is said to have
been particularly designed for rural
homes. The compactness and simplicity
OF its design, together with the sim
plicity, quietness and economy OF Its
operation, made possible by the Willys
Knight sleeve-valve engine, are de.
scribed as among the outstanding, OK
elusive features which make this PLAN
especially adapted to the farm home
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20
Analyze Work.

Many OF them have investigated,
looking deeper than the price of q
truck per day, They have analysed the
amount OF work, expressed In ton
miles, which hired trucks are doing,
and nave compared this with the
amount which could be done by a we'll
managed fleet under the watohful eye
Of their own manager. These studies
have brought startling results at times,
showing that half the number Of trucks,
In many instances, are really Needed,
They have found hired trucks delih-
erately loafing; they have found them
doing other Jobs on time they have
paid for. They have ever found the
drivers of hired trucks responsible for
loss of trade by %lnsolence to their GUS
toners,
In the building trade the lowest bid
der by no means always gets h job,
and 1t IL only q question OF time until
buyers of truck service will also look
beyond the immediate dollar.
Though sentiment no place In
business, It. Is doubtful II so many
firms would willfully encourage the
ruinous practices OF jitney truckmen
II they realized that they were Undue
Ing deserving men, as most Of them
are, to commit business suicide through
ignorance; that they were embarrass-
ing q great and vital industry, the
motor truck industry; and that they
were making 1t impossible for many
legitimate trucking to continue
business, Dog eat dog Is a poor busi-
ness principle.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20
YORK ON TOUR IN
DODGE BROS. AUTO

Sergt. Alvin c. York. 1.-The greatest
hero of them all" who captured almost
an entire company Of Germans single
handed, has undertaken a lecture tour.
For the present, however, it will be
confined to that section of Tennessee
In which he was quite well known even
before the wal as an elder Of the
church. His purpose is to raise enough
money to build and equip a modern
schoolhouse for the children of Fem
tress county. He will make his lee
ture tour by automobile, having bought
a Dodge Brothers touring car of the
Cumberland Motor company, in Nash
vile, Tenn. York had ample oppor-
tunity to observe the terrific conditions
under which motor cars operated dur
ing the war In France, and it was this
observation that Influenced him in his
choice Of a car. Fentress county is
even more sadly neglected in roads
than In schools. he says, and 1t viii
require a car like those that passed
the test in France to carry him through.
Read News Scimitar Wants.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20
COMMON SENSE IS
NEEDED IN HIRING
Trucks THESE DAYS
Cheapest Rate Per Day Is Not
Always the Most Economic
cal as Experience Has Often
Demonstrated.

This Is the day OF the jitney truck
nan. Many business houses rent motor
transportation service OF trucking con-
tractors Instead Of owning them TO
escape the cares Of truck operation and
maintenance and because the idea has
gained footing that trucks cannot be
operated economically except in large,
fleets As a result a type OF enterprise
known as iltney trucking has been given
birth, composed for the most part Of ex-
teamsters and chauffeurs. who, thanks
10 liberal credit extended by truck deal
ers, are able to do a transportation bust
ness on a shoestring.
There are scores OF cases on record
where a jitney ~truckman, starting with
a few hundred dollars saved or borrowed
from friends, has been able to build up
a business employing from five 70 a
score OF trucks. has paid for his vehicles,
earned the goodwill OF his patrons ana
established ar independent business by
which he derives a comfortable income,
This is the sort Of individualistic enter
prise in which true Americans take
pride, Many others, impressed 10y the
success which a few Of the pioneers
were able to achieve, failed in the at
tempt to dc the same thing. Today In
all the principal cities Of the country
there are scores OF jitney truckmen with
their vehicles partly paid for who are
waging a warfare Of ruthless price cut
ting. Daily statesmen OF motor trucks
are meeting with rebuffs from substan-
tial business houses, who refuse to con-
slider the purchase Of trucks so long as
they are able to rent trucks for less
than they can operate them themselves.
Blame Ignorance.
Most Of these men know that the low
rates AT which they are able to rent
trucks are due to the ignorance Of their
operators This ignorance is chiefly liz.
norance Of costs. One OF the funda-
mental errors which jitney truck opera
tors make is in purchasing inferior
equipment and assuming hat II can be
operated for AS little as the high grade
and usually high-priced trucks which
arr found in the fleets of successful
trucking contractors Your jitney truck
operator keeps his accounts by check
stubs and notes scrawled on the backs
OF old envelopes, At the start he is told
by an INSCRIPTIONS salesman what his
operating costs should be. These esti-
mates usually consider gasoline, oil,
tires and drivers wages. To this the
operator adds the amount OF payments
he must make on his notes and the
cost of garaging the vehicles. He totals
this and arrives at a cost Of $40 or $12
a day for a 3-ton truck. He then gets
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20
ANNOUNCED FOR
NATIONAL AUTO SHOWS

At the annual meeting Of the Ma.
tional Automobile Chamber OF Com
merce the manufacturers decided to
hold their national shows In New York,
Jan, . to 10, and In Chicago. Jan. "a TO
81. for both passenger cars and motor
trucks.
Space win be allotted, II was agreed.
on the basis Of cars or trucks sold
during the year ended June so, 1917,
because 81 the war work so generally
taken on by the industry during the
last year.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20

the prices which other operators are
charging and fixes his figure according
ly, usually being willing to slightly un-,
derbid his competitors. His price may
be SIG a day. At this he figures Sc a
day profit on each truck.
Successful operators know that Il they
are to continue in business any length
of time they must charge depreciation.
The depreciation rate win vary with tha
quality Of truck, from q maximum nt
80, 900 miles for a low priced truck to
450, 900 miles for the highest class Of
vehicle. They know that the interest on
the investment must be charged as an
operating cost. They know that n fixed
sum per. mile or per month for main
tenance and repairs must be charged,
and that this must not be put off until
the eyentuolity occurs, but that from
the time the truck first turns II wheels
they must begin piling up a reserve for
this purpose. They know that insurance,
particularly theft, liability and fire COW
erage. must be taken out, and that the
premium Is part OF the cost of running
the truck. They recognize their W
efforts az worth money and a legitimate
charge against the truck, In other
words they realize that overhead Is a
big charge, and that idle time Ia eXpen-
sive time, Consequently their rates are
higher than their, unsophisticated
brethren.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-20
Operator Suffers.

When competition becomes keen 1t
Il the we'll Uniformed operator who is
the first sufferer. He knows that his
irresponsible competitors are losing
money every mile their truck operates.
He knows that II is only a question
OF time before they will be forced to
give up the business because their
trucks will have been worn out and
no sinking fund will be available to
repair or replace them. He dare not
cut his own prices and yet he has the
greatest difficulty In competition.
To the average business house rent
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-12
MiIer's Antiseptic Oil Known as
SNAK g OIL
Positively Relieves Pain in Few
Minutes

Try 1t right now for rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Lumbago, sore, stiff and
swollen joints, pain in the head, back
and limbs, corns, bunions, ETC. After
one application pain usually d1sap'
pears as if by magic.
A new remedy used internally and
externally for Coughs. Colds, Group,
Sore Throat, Diphtheria and Tonsi-
litis
This Oil is conceded to be the
most penetrating remedy known. It's
prompt and immediate effect in re-
heving pain is due to the fact that
1t penetrates to the affected parts at
once. AS an illustration, pour ten
drops on the thickest piece of sole
leather and it will penetrate this sub
stance through aud through in three
minutes.
Accept no substitute. This great
oil is Miller's only. Every bottle
guaranteed -30c, Coo and $1.0o a
bottle at Scott e O'Reilley. 600 Main
street.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-12
April Term Opens with Light Docket,
insofar as Anything of Much
Public Interest is Con
cerncd.
mi SIX CRIMINAL CASES
Al But One Burglary are Cor Violation
of Liquor Laws, and a Dozen
Divorces are Set for
Trial.

The April term OF the district court
opens here next week with docket
which promises little of public interest
III the proceedings of the term.
The docket contains only six Grim
inal cases, one for burglary and FIVE
for various violations of the liquor
laws.
There are an even dozen divorce
csses on the docket since the last
terms records were closed, but moth
ing sensational in sight in any of
them
The grand jury his been summoned
to appear next Monday, April IA, at
2 o'clock, and it is believed that Its
session will be short.
The members Of the grand jury
are, L. A. Bassett, of Charleston; John
Cruze, Of Vincennes; ]. F. Daugherty.
of Keokuk; James Hayes, Of Argyle;
Frank Jones, of Keokuk; j. p. Ken
needy, of Montrose; Albert Linneber-
ger, of Jackson township; Perry Nc
Pherson, Archie X. Peters, Of Jackson !:
r l.. Reid, Of Montrose; w. D. Shelter,
Donnellson, and S. w. Wells, of Van
Buren,.
The petit Jurors have been sum-
moned to report for duty on next Tues
day. at 2 o'clock.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-12
One of the Crafts.

From several eastern points come
reports Of men In uniform taking sub.
scriptions for unknown papers and
magazines with patriotic sounding
names. The subscription price is
"only a dollar year" and the i'm.
preston is usually given that the
profit from the publication is used for
the benefit of returned soldiers.
The subscriber receives a card as
a RECEIPT, and this is to be mailed to
the publisher Of the paper. In one
instance, the paper is purported to be
published in New Jersey, but the
printed address ON the mailing card
is a town in Ohio.
Many who buy such subscriptions
never mail the cards, says the bulletin
from the association-but, It adds.
they may be fortunate after all, for
after receiving one issue of such a
publication recently, the viligance
committee believes the subscriber
would better save the time required
to look 1t over.
This form of graft Is made all the
easier because of the reports in cir
culation that so many returned sold
iers are unable to find work. Sym
pathetic citizens are not inclined to
hesitate at handing dollar to sold
Ter out of work. even though they
know that the article they are pur-
chasing, or the subscription they are
giving, Is of little value. Nine times
out of ten, says the bulletin from the
committee, they are helping CRATER
who was a Stacker, during the war
and one who Is either using pur-
chased uniform and stolen discharge
Papers, or, If the man really Is dis
charged soldier. he Is one whom his
fellow soldiers would be the first to
condemn for bringing dishonor upon
them and the uniform they wore by
forwarding a scheme of "jobber'
who employs uniformed men for such
purposes
The national vigilance committee
urges employers the country over to
give honorable employment to every
discharged soldier possible and other
things equal, to give them the pref
erence In employment, but says the
bulletin, I'VE urge you In every case
such as cited, to report the incident
to the proper authorities, and should
the man in uniform be able to prove
His identity, do everything possible to
tchtain respectable employment for
him"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-12
FIELD MEET
AT CARTHAGE
Three Dozen Schools Have Been In
plted to Participate at Garth
age College Early
in May.

Carthage college will hold it's flrst
annual high school invitation field
meet May at the fair grounds.
This meet promises to be a real one
and plans are well under way at
present.
A. C. Odell of Keoluk, has donated
fine silver cup for the winner OF
the meet and the literary societies
of Carthage college have given three
silver cups to the winner of the med
ley and relay races. A cup win also
be given to the individual point win
ner and medals will be given for
first, second and third places. gold
silver and bronze respectively.
Preliminaries will be held IN the
100 and 220 yard dashes and the
hurdles in the afternoon. The meet
will start promptly at l o'clock All
the usual events will be given In
Guiding javelin throw, both hurdles
and the medley race in which the
first man runs 220 yards, second 44O
Yards, third $50 yards and the last
man three-quarters Of a mile.
Thirty-four schools have been In
yited and all the county schools are
expecting to be present as well as
others.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-04-12
HONEYMOON
COTTAGE THEN
But Lately It Has Been Little
Squatty, Unsishtly Shack,
and Il is Being
Raced Now.

On sixth street between Blondeau
and Concert streets, across the alley
from the EIks building, there STOOD
for Years a small one-story brick resi-
dence, which has just been razeo, "
make way for more modern s'fuo'
ture.
The old building was an unslgntiy
SQUARE, fiat rooted, squatty thlng,
about sixteen by twenty-four feet, put
in it's palmy days, was one of keokuK s
modern houses.
A Keokuk woman, well known, re-