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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29
PAVED ROADS COMING.
IDes Moines Capital.l

Predictions are dangerous things
because events SO often disprove them.
But the future course Of Iowa in the
matter Of roads seems so clearly de-
fined that it is hard to resist a fore
cast
The present assembly almost GER
tainly will enact a Florida plan" bill
which. in substance. will provide that
when the people OF any county say
by popular vote, that they want TO
issue bonds to pay for certain piece
OF paving. those bonds may be issued
and the paving laid. ..
There are certain things. about this
plan which will inevitably be found
unsatisfactory. Iowa will become
spotted" with paving. As time goes
on stretches OF intercounty highway
will be paved. and their continuity will
be broken by stretches the width Of
a county. which rec,n', iowa mud.
In the meantime intercity trucking
will multiply. ripping the bottom out OF
dirt highways when they are soft :;
placing before the eyes Of thousands
of farmers dull vistas of deep ruts
which no drag can wholly eliminate.
ne sentiment 1OT paving IS CERTAIN
to grow, normally. Statewide paving
will be a real issue before the thirty
ninth assembly. and it would seem now
that unless there has been a disastrous
crop failure or calamity OF equal
financial importance. that statewide
bonding will have an excellent chance
in the thirty ninth.
Perhaps state bonds will have to wait
over until the fortieth assembly. four
years hence. At any rate. the chance
seems better than ever that within Ave
years. Iowa will be safely on the way
toward commitment to a program of
highways improvement that will cause
to be paved at least one road each way
across every county in the state.
There is one great task ahead Of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29
BOUND TO HAVE THEM.
Davenport Timesl

That something must be done IL full
ly realized. The state OF Iowa "
spending Sl5.O00,00o a year on high
ways and as soon as rain falls or
spring comes the work is largely rend-
cred yalueless. Iowa must be lifted
out Of the mud for the reason .ha:
means OF highway transportation have
been revolutionized by the motor truck.
The number OF horse drawn vehicles
on the highways is decreasing each
year. Motor transportation Is increis-
ing. Farmers everywhere have their
own cars and not few have their
own trucks. The number OF trucks will
increase from year to year. Motor
vehicles require hard surfaced roads.
They are not efficient in mud. For
that matter no sort Of traffic Is effi-
cient in mud But in the past the
waste has been obscured because hors-
es could be made to pull harder and
time was not so important. Now
however, everyone has come to see the
need Of eliminating waste. The legfs-
lature IL going to devise some plan that
will permit the communities that want
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29
[By David Cory.1

The weathercock sat on the old red
barn
And wished il was summer again.
And SO did the little pig down below
Inside Of his clean wooden pen.
Cock q doodle do" sang Cocky
Docky. and then Henry Jenny began
to cackle. for she had just laid nice
white egg in her nest for the farmers
breakfast.
Good morning" said Billy Bunny,
looking thru the Old Snake Fence. It's
a cold morning. but don't care for
rye got on my new mittens." And then
he wiEgled his little pink nose to keep
it warm and after that he hoped
over to the shed to see Mrs. Cow. She
was polishing her little brass bell. for
she was very particular you know and
kept everything spick and span ana
used for mirror tin milk pan.
"How's your Uncle Lucky" she
asked. after she had inquired about
Mrs. Bunny.
"Oh, he's we'll. answered the little
rabbit, and just then they heard an
automobile horn 60 honk, honk. and the
dear old gentleman rabbit drove up in
his SIedmobile. And godness me. l
guess he was afraid he'd get his ears
frostbitten. for he had tied his blue silk
polkadot handkerchief over his old
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29
THE ~" WAS 10 PER CENT EFFICIENT.

M, Edwin Box, editor Laiies Home
ever he may assume 10 speak with
knowledge says the Y. ". c. \. abroad
was at least 70 per cent efficient. He
says the truth lies between those VINO
accuse without consideration and those
who defend the ~" as unIeasonably
without consideration Of proved dere-
Lotions.
Mr.. Box relates a conversation be-
tween himself and a contributor TO the
Y fund The contributor, wealthy
manufacturer, wanted TO know the facts
as to the alleged failure Of the !. NJ.
c, A. abroad He still owed $4,000 OF
his pledge Of SIS, 900 and was uncer-
tain as 10 whether he desired to pay
or repudiate. If the Y was 100 per
cent efficient then he would pay. 9th
erwise-.
Boks defense was to ask the manu-
facturer whether his plant bad beer
100 per cent efficient whether he hac
been 100 per cent efficient in filling his
richly paid contracts. wetner the gov
eminent had been 100 per cent effi-
Gent in it's dealings with him and
whether any business or government
organization had been 100 per cent
"Of course" relates Box. that was
the end of argument. He saw it.
The war industries headed by Bar
UGH according to Mr.. Baruch's state
ment to Box was SO per cent efficient
that percentage is all that Hoover
| claims for the food administration
and both are proud of the efficiency o
their organizations under the abnor-
NAL conditions. The war industrte!
and the food administration could &c
| it over much better now. SO coult
| the Y. NJ. c. A.
Ten per cent of the secretaries were
inefficient according to Mr.. Box. He
explains that the Y. had to take men
out OF the ages not included in the
| draft which helped to make the tas
harder but he points out that ever.
| man of them underwent a searchin
| government investigation as we'll a
! the test Of the Y. NJ. c.. A. But W.
hear all about the 10 per cent and lit
tie OF the 80.
When the evidence is all in and thu
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29
DoolI IN POLITICS.

Washington political forecasters are
cancelling the saloons as a factor out
of the next presidential election.
The forecast is perhaps somewhat
previous. If the saloons have gone
out Of existence by that time theii
non existence will have an effect. The
ganglions OF rotten politics and bso
government will have been badly dis
| turbed. The saloon element however
viii count in the next general cleo
ton.
There is no element Of politics in this
country-or another for matter of that
so quickly and readily aligned, sc
TO orders as the hooze element. The
saloon has been gone from Iowa some
yearS hut the old gang rallies to the
tocsin stiIl II comes to the call OF
deceptive promises offered il by de-
signing players OF the political game.
Il rallies to job Of throat cutting OF
candidates who have been opposed to
the liquor traffic. and lacking a vic
,;,,, u.,o has deserved its onnos,tion il
Sits the political weasands of those
who have been neutral. The unblest
,.:-,... a. 40. ,,,5s .bo;r ,,i,arad
a.:.... -. -, ho.rroo,, .,a .r,o
booze elements. That old guard dies
-, :. -. .ou,.a Tho o,, ,,i,c
:. lit =, =. =. ,oovo r.xos may
..-.. -. .o,,cs- ,,.
"a en- uooa. w s.ro,cb
., -. ,.,.-.. e ,,,,,. ,.,,.,-. ,bo
... .f,.- .,,5 -,,,r,.,,.. s,ir,
,...-. -......, $500, ,,---.,u,,,,, ny,
IT. -. ,...-.- ..,-,,,:,-- .ho bic. OH
... ,, -.,a.,s .r.,. .,,.o ar,,tss
..,. ,a,.,o ,,-,,;,a , ,,.,,r,, ,,oo,.od
,bo .o--b Tho s,r,rtI,. hooze element
could s,icL, ,,riIe rho world rocked
Ito ras,.;o,,,o ,,,a,. mould stand nm
~, ,bo burning dec. If affairs and
,ool;,r toward the fnrIanen Of the
liouor interests cry 20. father shall I
STAY" That's how we'll the true ad-
vocate and sunnorter Of booze STAYS
b,. bis ono idea
II will REQUIRE years Of elimination
to remove the booze element from
politics in the United States. But
under the wisdom of nature old orders
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29
Topics Of the Times

The What Cheer Patriot says Iowa is
not ready for hard surfaced roads
yet, But some parts OF Iowa are
ready and willing; and those ought not
to be held back to the slower pace Of
What Cheer. Why dog and manager the
road legislation?
Now that the governor has become
convert to good roads 1t is hard to
sing while the lamp holds out to
burn" without thinking Of the lowe.
Homestead and jim Pierce.
Those eagles Of Henry Ford's will
be Of about the same use in peace that
his peace ship was in war. Henry will
have to rest his fame on the hivyer.
One thing about the Iowa farmer
when he makes up his mind to q good
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29
Iowa Newspapers
WHEAT PRICES IN IOWA
Cedar Rapids Republican. ]

Mr. J. J. Smith OF Mount Vernon,
who is the owner Of wheat lands m
Dakota, Is quoted in the Record as
saying that he thinks the government
ought to withdraw the $226 price Of
spring wheat as the farmers have not
yet sown the wheat and they can
change to other crops II given due no.
tice. For himself, he says. he is will
ing to forego the profits that are APP
parently held out and IKE his chances
with other crops.
So far as the Iowa farmers are cob
cerned the $3.50 wheat price Will not
hold out man" Compilations. nor would
they grieve much If it were Withdrawn
and It is one Of the war contracts
that the government may at least mo-
dify on the basis Of equity. In Iowa
we do we'll to nope for AZ. average "
Is bushels Of wheat to an acre, and II
the season is ct all unfavorable we maS
have less. Iowa wheat does not grace
the best and 80 the top price IL not
paid for it and the S2.e6 Is based on
Chicago SO that the farmer IN this
state viii not get two dollars busn-i
and il he grows fifteen bushels he Will
have $50 an acre. But II he grows foi-
ty bushels Of corn and gets only sew
enty-fve GEMS bushel for 1t he VIII
have his $50 and Il corn holds around
a dollar he will have more. And corr
m Iowa Is q surer crop than wheat.
Wheat Is a gamble. but corn is almost
certainty.
A GOOD OBJECT LESSON.
Iowa City Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29

better roads 10 have them. II this IS
done the force OF example and the
experience OF communities leading the
way will result in the improvements
becoming general in comparatively
few years. And the plan will have
nothing In it thst will serve to rally
all the opponents Of highway improve
ments against II,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29
Masonic Meetings
~ Vlsitors Always Welcome.
MARSHALL LODGE NO. 1903. A. r,


MARSHALL LODGE NO. 1903. A. r
A. M.--Special communication Friday
Jan. 81 at 1880 p. m. Second degree
4. L. Frazer, W. NJ; John W. Wells
secretary.
sIoNEr CHAPTER. No. 80, r. A. NJ
Monday, Feb. 3, 1919. Past Mas
ters degree. George Gregory, n. p
John W. Wells, secretary.
SPECIAL ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No. 20, 2. & s. M
Wednesday. Jan. 90, 1919. Rehearsal.
Ira A. Davenport. I. NJ; John w.
Wells. recorder,
Special coneiavc St. Aldemar Com
nandery No. 80. x. r. Tuesday, Feb,
II. 1880. 1llustrious Order Of tho Red
Cross. j. z. Frederick commander;
John W. Wells. recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81 o.S,S
Regular meeting Wednesday evening
Feb. IL. 100. for business. Mrs. Ar
cher Walton. secretary; Mrs. J. f.
Schultz. W. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29

good roads propagandists, and that is
to convince the people OF Iowa OF the
fact that the motor vehicle tax, equit-
ably Increased. can be made to pay for
rs per cent or more OF the intercounty
paving. When the Iowa farmer knows
this when no has been convinced that
Il is true. tho problem Of paved roads
sentiment will have been completely
solved.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29

road hen raise merry hadss uatil Ihs
gets II.
Wages and the II. C. Of L. Keep on
bowling ana saying to enc another you
first my dear Alphonse."
In the midst Of II all the rural mail
carrier keeps on pegGing, aronnd his
route, getting along on his 3l25 and
doing as little complaining as any man
In America.
Well, we'll see now what effect
SloO,o000o0 worth Of nti-boisheviki
serum from the farms Of the Missis-
sippi valley has upon the European sit
uation.
II LaFollette were to run for presi-
dent you'd be astonished at the vote
he'd set, All the slackers aren't dead
yet.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29
OF, Your Rubbers.

I5s3s15T1851- OIL your Hubpers
'iSs 4 n.sare wearing your rubbers rub
welI With vaseline, lard or sweet
q Ieafing It remain on for day or
The greater part will be 'ao-
~ the rubber and the grease
rrsvent the rubber from breaking.
A aspsrAuous oil can be removed
~ = sOft cloth.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29

From the mass meetings and re-
unions and confahs that are being
called TO save the country, the Cedar
Rapids Gazette surmises that there
must be lot of folks who should have
a Job"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29

The county option system can be
put into effect at once. without wait
Ing for the tedious process that q
state issue of road bonds would neces-
state points out the Boone News
Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

People or the state have every
reason to believe that the thirty eighth
assembly will establish a record for
progressive and constructive legs.
lation." says the Waterloo Courier.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29

We no longer use frankincense.
but our statesmen keep right on
franklin nonsense" says the ,Burling-
ton Gazette.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29

The drys are satisfied. the vets are
dissatisfied. But how about the class
Of our citizens who are wetter than
dry and dryer than wet--how do they
take it"' asks the Mason City Globe
Gazette.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29

French navy. Il 10 considered the
most powerful undersea craft yet
constFuctsd. Meta the destroyer
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29

Iowa will not tolerate alien teach
ers in her schools II the Byington bill
passes" says the Democrat Times land
the war has made it plain that only
American citizens should teach 1owa's
young idea how to shoot"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29

A GOOD OBJECT LESSON.
Iowa City Press.1
Possibly this weather with it's almost
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29

a Marsha Ilto~n, Iowa
- foe5ths UNION LABEL on your
u 1890 MISTER, and read newspapers
EnA - entitled to its use.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-29

The Cedar Rapids Republican be-
lieves Senator Cummins. we are right.
In spasm Of altru.stic International
ism we do not want to make the old
L. s. A. the guardian of all the i'm
beetles in the world. If we will come
back home, leaving Europe 10 look
after some Of her own internal affairs
we will find plenty to do IN this coun-
try"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27
George Moore With Note on "Sster Teresa"

under new titles, Muslin and Le1cis Sey-
mour and Some Women.
Sister Teresa, which has just been re-
printed without a preface by the way),
is the second volume of a non-existent
trilogy, the first of which is Erelyn InHes.
l suggest to Mr. Moore that be write q
sequel to Sister Teresa. The fascinating
character Of Evelyn ought to be COM
pleted- feel I have been deprived Of
part of Evelyn's story. At the end Of the
first book, you will remember, Evelyn, in
an access of religious ardor, goes into a
convent; at the end of Sister Teresa she
is resigned, it is true, but she is not yet
old, nature as full and rich as hers is
surely capable of further artistic exploit
tation
Technically, Sister Teresa is superior
to its predecessor: the story is more close
knit and the style more fluid. The art of
the story teller is a finer, more delicate
thing in the calm sequel than IN the
tempestuous Erelyn Times. Sister Teresa
belongs by reason Of its style to the later
period of our authors development; has
lie not yet thought out the story of
Evelyn's last years? Is thers not little
of Evelyn in the George Moore of to-
day7
SISTER TERESA NEW reprint. BIZ
GEORGE MOORE. Brentano's- sl.5O.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27

is the apprentice George Moore Take
A Nammer's Wife. This novel it was
l think that gave Arnold Bennett many
a hint in his early years; it is fair ex-
ample Of the French Naturalistie novel
adapted to English life and the English
scene. Its literary style was, to say the
least, patchy and journalistic, but there
was an effort sometimes apparent, always
felt, to write we'll"
As novel succeeded novel this effort be-
comes more and more successful-and
less obvious. In Esther Waters art al
most concealed art; in Hail and FareueH,
after the novel writing days were over,
the style and thought were one.
To read the novels then is TO observe
the development of the mans style. For
some years it has been impossible to OBJ
tain Moore's earlier novels. Now, thanks to
the House Of BreHtano the early novels
and some of the later works, are being
reprinted in attractive form. To date
they have published Confession Of q
Young Man, Let0is Seymour and Some
Women, Impressions and Opinions, A
M~mmer's Ffe, The Book Kerith,
Spring Days, Muslin, Cefbates, Esther
1lGters, The Untitled Field and Sister
Teresa. These are not merely reprints:
some of them are revised editions, and at
least two of them have been rewritten
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27

to a Spanish manifestation of something
common to the whole of humanity.
Except at the last, where he quietly
sends home his point that the populace,
the crowd in the amphitheatre, is "the wild
beast, the true and only one" he does not
even comment, let alone upbraiding or
shriekng. We may quarrel with Mr..
Goldberg's choice of phrase when he calls
Blood and Sand "a singing indictment
against the authors countrymen, thrown
in their faces with dauntless .aerimony"
Nothing is acrimonious, nothing IS "sting-
ing nothing thrown in anybody's face
Mr.. Blaseo Ibanez Is several sizes too big
for the sort of strident reformer's his
trionics that implies, and so is Blood and
Sand. You can imagine that he was ex-
ecrated in Spain when it came out and
that he had well known before hand that
he would be. 1t must have had small
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27

effect on him. Suggestion that his work
has aUght in common with a piece of
Uncle Tomming pitched into a crusade
seems to me to miss half its nobility.
So far as it contains a propounder Of
general ideas, this is DR.. Ruiz, who con-
siders the bull fight sublimated survival
of the Inquisition and invites the nation
without cruel sports of its own to east
the first stone at Spain. And DR.. Ruiz, as
Mr.. Goldberg notes, is only stating the
national ease as a matter of justice on
the authors part. He is not stating the
authors case / was obliged to take Mr..
Goldberg's word for DIR. Ruiz's defence,
for it seems to be cut out of this edition.
If that is true, Mr.. Blasco Ibanez has
ground-for complaint, unless, which is I'M
hkely-he did the cutting out himself.)
The translation might be freer and less
scholastic with advantage. For instance,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27
BlasCO IbaneZ'S Novel of the Bull Ring

"the fuel is finished" seems 10 be a
Spanish vcrnacular idiom corresponding
now to "alI out of soap" and now to "ah
over and done with" Why not write
something of the kind? On page IS 1
gagged on "a double chain Of gold Ike
ladies wear That emetic abuse of Ike
will be getting TO be good usage If we
don't hook out. 1t has not got there vet,
however ." Whom he knew had
always hated him." is referred to Mr.. =.
=. Adams with recommendation TO tenn
per mercy with justice. The matador's
killing sword is not a "raFier" exactly
yet would have preferred lot of free
dom of that variety to the awkward re-
peated footnotes ordering me again and
again to a glossary that lists only severn
teen words.
BLOOD AND SAND. BY VICENTE BLAsCo
IBANEz. E p. Dutton d Co. $l.9O.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-17

ing up good position to fight the
Hun. He served over a large part of
France in all sorts of important engi-
neering work.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-17
CITY NEWS.

Choice chickens at Jos. Hau-
bert's, 100 Main.
Attend the social on St Peters
church lawn this evening.
Final clean up sale. Every hat
must go regardless Of cost, at Miss
Kings, 322 Main street.
August Droe of the battleship
Arizona, is visiting at his home near
Keokuk.
Don't fail to see the bargains in
hats. Every hat greatly reduced in
price. Lowitz.
Attend the u. p lawn social at
the home of Mrs Volkenburg at Sum.
mitville, Tuesday evening, July %.
Mrs. J. M. Plough was operated on
Monday at St Joseph's hospital and IS
doing as well as could be expected
Miss Dorothy Taylor has returned
to her home in Quincy, after making a
pleasant visit with Miss Florence Belt.
Burning weeds between the boule-
ward and the railroad track called the
firemen to the old Moose beach yester.
day at o'clock
-Puckechetuck lodge No. AZ meets
every Friday evening at 500 o'clock.
c. J. Spring, N. G.; w. L. Utley, re-
cording secretary.
Rev f. J. Swanson, of the Swed-
ish Methodist church, will preach at
the Union Mission this evening at 8
o'clock.
First Sergeant Russell R. Fry has
wired his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Pat
terson, that he arrived at Hoboken
yesterday. He Is with the 45th engi-
neers.
Quincy Moore. of Co. A, s04th Pho
neer infantry, is at Camp Mills on his
way home from France, he writes his
father, William Moore, Of 315 Ex-
change street.
-Sergt. Archie o. Wieligan, of The
motor repair corps at Camp Boyd
Texas, is spending thirty day fur
Tough with his sister, Mrs ]. J. Rabe,
at FIT. Madison.
james Crotty, of the 18th engi-
neers, has arrived at Newport News
after year in the army. the last six
weeks of which he worked on the
famous Pershing stadium. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Crotty,
of 904 Timea street
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-17
CITY NEWS.

Fresh catfish at JOS Haubert's,
709 Main.
Miss Margaret Ewers left for st.
Louis this morning to visit friends
there.
Final clean up sale. Every hat
must 60 regardless Of cost, at Miss
Kings, 322 Main street.
Classified advertising must be
paid for in advance. Telephone or
ders are accepted at the risk Of the
patron.
DR. j. Gray Dorsey, leading occu-
list of Wichita. Kansas, motored to
Keokuk with his family. They ar
rived yesterday. and will be guests at
the home Of DR.. F. B. Dorsey, in Or
leans avenue, for awhile.
Subscribers to The Gate City
should notify the business office i:
their paper is not delivered promptly.
All complaints should reach this Of
flee before o'clock as the business
office closes at that hour.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wright, who left
Keokuk in May to visit in Lineville,
Iowa, will visit in Milo, Iowa, the last
two weeks Of July and then go to St
Z dul, MILL, hoi d liohtu 'ioit.
Patrons OF the classified columns
sending advertisements in over the
phone must arrange to send payment
for same on day the notice is to ap-
pear, as all classified advertising is
on a strictly cash basis.
Sergeant w. e. Miller, of the 2Sth
regiment of engineers, got back to
Keokuk yesterday afternoon after
seventeen months in the army in
France. He returns at once to the
Mississippi River Power company
which he left when he enlisted as
soon as America entered the war, CIV