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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29
Little Benny's Notebook
BY LEE PAPE.

This morning ! was carrying Mary
Weaknesses books to skool for her, and
all of a sudden herd some of the fell
lows coming up in back Of us. me
thinking. G, they'll make fun of me for
carrying her books, G., And / sed TO
Mary Watkins. Your books seem exter
lite today. carry them little vile and
see if they don't. .'.&
I was carrying them, l didn't notice
eny diffrents, sed Mary Wilkins. And
the fellows kepp on getting closer ana
sloser. and ! sed, Lets wawk a little
faster. let's see how fast We can wawk
GOODNESS, wat for! sed Mary Wat
kins.
Jest for curiosity, I sed, and she sed
don't feel curious about it. do you:
Kind of. I sed, shall We try it?
No sed Mary Watkins. WITCH we
dident, and thawt, G, know. Ill DROP
her books axsidently on purpose and
then maybe she will pick them up anc
carry them herself. And dropped them
and they fell with a fearse crack
sounding as if some pencils had bustel
or sumthing. me saying, 0, l dropped
them.
And stod there looking at her IN
intelligent. and she sed, Well amt yo%
going TO pick them up agen'
Lets have d contest to see witch one
is the quickest stopper md can pics
them up ferst sed.
o. don't be so silly, sed Mary Wat
kins. And ! picked them up and th'
fellows was almost rite in back OF us
and sed. Well tell you lets wat let'
have a slow wawking race. You wawl
Ground the other way and we'll mee
at the next corner and III cary all thu
books and everything and that will
give you big advantage, do you wun
to!
No. serteny not. my goodniss bll
you're tawking redickiliss today. sei
! Mary Watkins. And just then the fel
/ lows passed us, and all they did wa.
jest loox jeiiu, 40 e they wished the!
was carrying them instead of me.
Proving if you don't start to worr!
in the ferst place maybe you wont hal
| to start at all.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29

the United states totaiing barely eS2S.-
100000. prices OF building materiaic
had their greatest imitation. The sole
meaning of that fact IL that building
materials were so drained In supply
and clrtailed in their production so
completely that they went TO premium
levels and the conditions that put them
there have not yet been removed"
Matters pertaining to the problems
which confronted capital and labor In
wartime are discussed, and the Builder
concludes with the following;
Just so long as there is an abnor-
NAL demand for building construction.
the cost OF skilled labor on the job can
not he expected 10 go down, and
neither can the prospective investor
AFFORD TO wait for 1t to drop. for the
longer he waits the less demand he
will have and the less attractive will
he his project as an investment propo-
slton."
The plain fact is that construction
costs AZ they are today are not the
sole product of the war. The price ad-
vance began as far back as 1895. TAX
ing the compound of common brick,
cement, steel beam. window glass. yell
low pine and lime prices for each year
from representative centers of the
United States. based upon the zone
system of the Portland Cement Assoc
citation. we find that the index figure,
representing base prices for these
builli,e commodities
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29
Asle FIELD IN NEXT PRIMARY.

The next gubernatorIal primary
seems likely to develop big field as
the racing men say. Charles Rawson
has Cabled his hat into the ring. Ernie
Moore, present lieutenant governor,
Will be candidate; Nate Kendall is
practically an entrant. Those three
are the leading best bets 10 win. j.
f. Deems. late food administrator for
Iowa, is a tentative candidate; Attor-
ney General Havner II is known is
considering entering the race; Karl
KGehnle, several times a candidate,
may conclude TO take a chance, and
a half dozen others have hopes and
aspirations. Consequently the outlook
is for a record breaking crop OF can
didates to succeed Harding, who. II
may be assumed. will not be candi-
date for anything dependent upon the
voters of Iowa
At this distance the gubernatorial
fGturity seems TO lie between the big
three Kendall, Rawson and Moore.
Each has a strong following and
friendship thruOut the state. II candi
dates are TO be multiplied and the
favorite son racket brought forth again
Rawson might seem 20 have an edge.
He should be able 10 draw rather
freely from the Harding camp. MoOre's
acquaintance and opportunities as lieu
tenant governor gives him a possible
advantage while the known repuDli-
canism, oratorlcal prestige, progress
ivcness ability and personal popular
ity of Nate Kendall will bring him a
! wide seaport from all over the state
If, as might easily chance, no candi-
date should receive a sufficient num-
Der of votes to be nominated by the
primary, the state would see one of
the hottest conventions of late years.
However it is too soon TO make pre-
dictions as to who shall be Iowa's next
! S5-STEioI. it 10 lie: :SG soon &c hone
! that the candidate will be of unuues-
toned character and ability and one
| who shall bring honor instead of dis
grace upon the state and the party.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29

Sammy MuSkrat, Benny Mink and
Dick and betsy Otter. were all fishing
on Murmuring Brook, VIXEN the hall
storm came so suddenly. They
screamed WITH pain. as the big hail
stones hit them. and they dove and
swan under water. But when they
came to the surface, to get a breath
OF air. the big hailstones hit them on
the noses, and hurt them terribly.
And the little people were all yelling
and scampering for their houses to
get away from the cutting hailstones,
And the storm continued for many
hours and after the hailstorm the ram
descended in buckets-full. The little
people had been working. or hunting.
or playing ali night. and they were
very tired and sleepy SO all went TO
bed to get some sleep during the big
rain storm.
AS the rain fell in torrents Murmur-
lag Brook got full OF water and then
poured it's rushing waters into Mirror
Pond. The new and higher dam,
which the Beavers had built, held the
water until Mirror Pond grew bigger
and bigger, and 1t looked like big
lake, The high water began to run
into the front doors of Dick and Betsy
Offers new house, into the front hall
of the houses of Benny Mink and
SAMMY Muskrat and into the bed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29

planter.
Some Of the best varieties for the
home gardener to plant are: Glen
Mary, Sample, Senator Dunlap, Par
sons Beauty, Wdrfieid, and Marshall.
No small garden should contain above
three different kinds-indeed, one kind
is best in the very small garden.
In the early winter a heavy mulch
must be put over the strawberry
patch. This mulch may consist Of old
hay. straw or corn stalks. This COW
ring should be four inches deep so as
to keep the plants warm. and is not re-
moved until late in the spring; then
when the soil is again dry enough to
cultivate, one must give the ground a
thorough st!-ring-mp.
or course the gardener should weed
his strawberry bed at all times. and
should keep the soil around the plants
loose and free.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29

states II would constitute lastins
and marvellous memorial. And withal
It would be useful a. the men II would
memorialize were useful.
It could be amplined by states ana
counties II they chose 10 erect arches
commemorative OF the services Of regi-
ments and companies and individuals.
Its little parks along It's way might
bear the name of local man who died
N defense OF the welfare OF the world
There is no end to the opportunities
such n memorial road could ooffer.
There would be only one name for
highway like that, the name of the
man who stood foursquare American,
who bred on the potent lighting AMER
lean strain into four s;alwart fighting
sons and offered them gladly as he Of
fred himself TO the war. II the soldier
vote were TO be polled It would be
Overwhelmingly for such a natonai
memorial and the linking with IL the
name OF the first American of his
time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29

The amateur gardener buys straw
berry plants from nurserynan IN
bundles of from twenty-five to fifty
plants, as soon as his garden soil is
dry enough to crumble in the hand. He
then sets out the plants about eighteen
inches apart in rows which are about
three feet apart. OF course the soil
has been previously spaded and en-
riched with manure.
The two most popular systems OF
planting strawberries are the hill sys-
TEN and the matted-row system,
but l will consider only the latter be-
cause il is the one best lifted to
the home gardener. In this matted
row system, when the plants begin to
send out runners and to make new
plants. instead of cutting off these
shoots (as Is done in the hill sys-
tenn we encourage them and thus
multiply the number of bearing plants
many times, training them along the
rows, from plant to plant.
To be sure. by allowing the young
plants to grow we shall not have
such large berries as we would have
by using the hill system. where
there is no crowdinc of plants, but
nevertheless the amateur gardener
would best choose the matted row
system of planting.
In setting out the original plants.
great care must be exercised. Each
yearling strawberry plant consists OF
one large central bud or crown,
around which are clustered old leaf
stalks and from which hangs the
mass of roots. Now, this crown-bud
must not be covered with soil, and
neither must it rise far above the earth
which would result in it's being dried
out: II should rest exactly at the sur
face of the earth.
Great care must also be given to the
training of the plants. Watch.
your plants closely. after setting
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29

month while he was gone wouldn't
resign. like . good sportsman, and
whom a majority OF tho board Of sup
ervisors would not Gust because there
was no expressed agreement to return
the soldier to his job, although there
was the generally understood agree
ment among ali patriotic employers to
take back the boys when they DOTTED
the uniform.
If the Rainbow boys should hear OF
this, they might refuse 20 be welcomed
by n people who would tolerate such
treatment Of man who wore the uni
form honor;r'ily.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29
THIS is THE BIRTHDAY OF
Edward w.,
is IT YOURS?
April 20 CD li42.


To be a king in the olden days
was TO live life of adventure. Ed
ward ". OF England obtained his
crown only after numerous battles
and retained il for years by constant
warfare. plots, counterplOts, espion-
age and murder.
He was the father Of the two little
princes who were murdered in the
Tower, a romantic and pitiful story
that will live forever. And the enmity
that finally caused their death began
when Edward ". married elizabeth
Woodville against the wishes OF the
powerful Warwick. Warwick, indeed,
was so incensed that he raised an army
and took the king prisoner, but was
himself finally defeated and Edward
was restored TO his throne.
However, his brother Richard. OF
Gloucester, married Warwick's daugh-
ter and enmity and rivalry continued
during the rest of Edwards life, but
this time il was domestic, rather than
national quarreling. 1t was Richard.
however. who wanted the crown and
who. in order to get it, had the two
little princes, his nephews, murdered
in the Tower. and their other uncle,
the mothers brother. arrested.
How much of this tragedy might
have been averted historians can not
guess. Edward was not strong char
acter. He was pleasure loving, as were
most Of the old kings, and his popular
ity rested upon his great affability and
apparent democracy when talking with
his subjects. The method of disposing
OF your enemy those days WAS to muir
der him. but Edward had too many
enemies to be able to kin them all off.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29
For the v Loan,

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New York Times,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29
NO LOWER PRICES.
Building Authority Cites History to
Prove Contention.


The man who holds off on his build
ing projects in the hope that prices
soo1A will go down is going to be dis
apb0nted. according to the National
Builder. The potential construction
program in the United States, not
counting engineering work. now APP,
proximates s2.250, o00, 900, it says, and
the building material production ca
pacity is barely sufficient to take care
Of construction totalling $s00,o00,000.
Did he ever know Of q condition
where demand was abnormal and
prices were low?'' it asks. Has he
considered that with building material
production so abnormally low and a
scarcity of commercial and industrial
building so generally great his post
ponement OF present day construction
will put him year or two years hence
more completely at the mercy of the
high price level than he is today?
I'm no year In the foregoing table
have there been conditions like those
now existing. Note that In 1918. with
the total volume Of building construc-
ton going to permit in 167 cities On
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29

The French plead to retain Their
language as the language of diplomacy,
| But as the world sooner or later is TO
| speak United States why not make a
start now when the starting is good?
! Chicago bakers are striking for more
| dough. However, that isn't altogether
an unmiXed evil. Maybe some of tho
| husbands will get a little home made
| bread TO eat while the strike is on.
|
! An eastern court says that man 81
| years is not too old TO marry. Maybe
| not, but he's certainly old enough 10
have learned better.
Old Chaunccy NJ. Depew warns the
1 nation that its greatest and most dan
gsrous problem is extravaganza.
ChaunCey has been watching this ad-
| ministration spend the peoples money
after the manner OF intoxicated sailors
ana get little except a headache.
II we permit any immigration at all
IOi IIIt I'Ni LSN years ~ shodih NC
Thoroughly deioused.
CarranZa says he wouldn't recognize
tie Monroe doctrine if he met ii in the
road but when the old man meets il
he can't miss knowing it. II will in
troduce itself. And then it might be
that he wouldn't recognize his own re-
lection when he next looked into the
mirror
Funny lot we Amer cans are. The
proposed prizeIght between couple
of bruisers gets more space and seems
to arouse more int eres; Than the ar
engagements to~ an ai.sh.p ace across
! the Atlantic.
Whatever else may De said OF Or
lando it is not TO be SAID that he is
without honor in his own country c,
that he lacks the confidence Of his own
| people.
Poor Creel, nc gets it going and com.
ing. But after all he was only one of
| the symptoms OF the administration
Speaking Of Burleson-but why
speak of the unspeakable.
| When Orlando is In Rome the Ro-
| mans do as Orlando does.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29
Gods Pity.

God pity all the brave who go
The common way. and wear
No ribboned medals on their breasts,
Nor iaurer on their hair
Gcd pity all the lonely folk
with grief they do not tell,
Women waking in the night,
And men assembling well.
In common courage of the street
The crushed grape is the wine,
Wheat in the mill Is daily bread
And given for a sign.
And who hut God shall pity them
Who go so quietly,
And smile upon rs when we meet,
And greet us pleasantly?
Louise DrisCoil
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29
zE:} G&&cisnt: Il !. I:
@1IE Laura A KrKrnan
PLANTING THE ST RAweERRY BED.
Laura A klrkrnan

them out, and when. the very first
runners appear. train them in a
straight line along the row, before al
lowing them to take root. All other
runners but these first runners must
be cut off. As soon as these first run
ners have taken root, the should be
separated from the parent plant, so
that the drain on the parent plant will
not be too great.
During this first season the bios
som stalks should be cut or as soon
as they appear. Strawberries planted
in May, 1919, can be harvested in June,
1920. This is one reason why the
strawberry appeals to the amateur
gardener-it gives such quick results,
requiring only about thirteen months
before yielding. Whereas apples.
peaches. grapes. currants, etc, require
no end of patience on the part OF tbs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29
NY GARDEN.


Brussels
IL mpson
would be
and
kingdom
amedha to ais 3.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29
LET Them FALL TOGETHER.

Krupps is going bankrupt. Bertha
Krupp richest woman in Germany and
perhaps in the world is going broke.
Sixty-fve thousand men drew pay
Of the krupps at Essen, At "re time
1900 people were ou the payroll. And
now the Krupp establishment IS
busted higher'n a kite
But is the world mournlusH Arc
workmen rising up and threatening a
strike because the annihilation OF the
murder plant at Essen is under way
Who is wearing buttons NO Cannon
No Work" Nobody.
It was a murder factory, built and
maintained for profit from the killing
OF men 10y men. So nobody is sorry
that it is to be junl,ed.
But where the hrups product killed
its tens and hundreds the product Of
the distlleries and brewers killed
their thousands and tens Of thousands.
Where war Impoverished thousands
the output Of the distilleries bore pow
erty and want TO millions. Crime and
the devil are much indebted TO the
Krupps but as a dime TO a dollar in
comparison 10 their GeUt - the dis
tillers and brewers We know that IS
so. The figures are at hand There's no
getting around il.
Let the deviltry go together, the
murder mills fsll together. Why JOY
over the destruction OF one monstrous
menace to human life and happiness
and mourn that another miehtier and
more morstrous dies in the same bed?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29
Iowa Newspapers
THE HAMILTON COUNTY PARK.
(Burling ton Hawkeye.1


-.. Huntington Hawkeye.1
There is much talk Of state parks
and county parks these days. Now
there is Hamilton county. It has just
been presented a tract of ground. lying
three miles south Of the city, knows as
Briggs woods. and long famous as
picnic ground. The mere fact that
Hamilton county has park OF that
kind will help arouse interest in other
counties. And il they can not prevail
upon some one to donate land for that
purpose they will find other means Of
providing what they want. What bet
ter means for preserving the name and
the memory Of a pioneer family could
be found. Doubtless there are old
families in many other counties who
will note what Is doing in Hamilton
county. and will make up their minds
to do likewise.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29
KEEP IT QUIET!

dubuque Telegraph Herald.1
Dubuque Is getting ready to well
come and acclaim unit Of the Rain
bow division, which fought so valiant
ly in France.
Let no one. in the midst Of the
festivities, tell the Rainbow boys that
the welcome Is show window stuff"
and that an engineer who quit 1928
month to make $40 month and take
a chance on being shot in service OF
his country, was refused his old job
because the fellow who drew the 1928
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29
Proud of II Too.

Miss jones'" said the hostess. per
NIT me to introduce Mr.. Hogg, author
of those delightfully."- clever poems you
must have read"
II am glad to meet Mr.. Hogg." said
thei young woman. Pardon the ques-
ton. but is that your real name"
Certainly" said Hogg, bristling up.
did you think 1t was my pen name?"
Boston Transcript.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29
oWA OPINION AND NOTES

IF We put as much energy and OK
ertion into il as does Chicago. for III
stance. We could raise enough money
in Iowa to pay every nations wal
debt" declares the Waterloo Times
Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29

Until the people. Of the United
Ss.tes gain the upper hand Of the boot
leggers and the auto speeders. It is
hardly worth while to shift TO high
gear in our criticism Of the failure in
central Europe to conserve law and
order" says the Burlington awkeye.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29
Masonic Meetings
Visitors Always Welcome.

MARSHALL LODGE NO. 1903 A. F
A. NJ. special communication Friday
May :, at 1880 .. m. Third degree
A. L. Frazer. w, Nj: John W. Wells.
secretary.
sIGNET CHAPTER, No. SO r. A
NJ, Monday May s, S o'clock, Marx
masters degree. George Gregory, II,
P: John w. Wells. secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No. 20, r. & S. NJ, Mon
day, May 10, 1919, Business meet
ing. Ira A. Davenport, |. Nj John
w. Wells, recorder.
Special conelave ST. Aldemar Com
mandery No. 30, X. T. Tuesday, Aprii
90. p. IN. nlustrious order of Red
Cross. J. f. Frederick. commander;
John w. Wells recorder
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81 o. {.
S.-Regular meeting Wednesday. May
"A at s o'clock for business. Mrs. !. I.
Schultz. w. NJ; Mrs. Archer Walton.
secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29

The Mason City Globe asserts that
School strikes are the thing now,
and teachers are allowed to keep their
jobs II they conform to the rules OF
the pupils union"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29

THE person who has had occasion
recently to acquire a few ounces OF
real hog fat otherwise lard, in
stinctively thereafter takes off his
hat in the presence Of the once-d dis
dained swine. Oh, you pie and
doughnut," exclaims the Waterloo
Courier.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29

The Hampton Chronicle remarks
that Charley Wits congressional
boom got badly nattened out in the
Rathbun pardon investigation muss."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29

Remember when YOU almost came
to bloWs with your friend while try-
ing to decide who discovered the north
pole?" inquiries the Perry Chief.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29
Topics of the Times

The French plead to retain Their
language as the language OF diplomacy
But as the world sooner or later is TO
speak United States why not make a
start now when the starting is good?