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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02
land HUNGER IN IOWA.

That predicted stranger, the $500 an
acre farm, is on it's way to Iowa md
close at hand judging by farm sales
and the intense land hunger which has
developed within the past months. The
other day a race from northern Iowa
took place between purchasers in the
night one using an auto, the other a
train, to purchase a large tract. 1t was
race for twenty four times the price
the owner had paid for 1T not gen.
Grafton ago. Saturday Marshalltown
man bought farm at high price by
telephone to Waterloo. In 4 hour aft
erward the seller had been offered
81, 900 more than he had sold for and
the buyer refused to take his profit
close at hand. Farm sales at s400 an
acre are not at all uncommon and the
land owner talks as filppantly of $500
and $3.50 as he did last year Of 5000 and
$3.50.
- - Itit COIn gnu tiioG 10 cSliilS
at such prices corn land highly i'm
proved. The population Of the world
is growing fast but the good Lord will
never make any more corn ground.
That's one reason why such land is
selling high. and will always sell high.
Men are, learning to get more and more
| out Of the fertility Of such land. That's
| another reason; and still another rea-
son is that the average Iowa farmer
| has only corn and cattle and hogs In
mind as the best farming lines. He
buys corn ground. And he farms 1t
| with machinery very largely which
| permits him and his man" to do more
work and raise more crop. Another
reason for the present boom in land
prices Is the price Of all farm products
and the outlook and prediction that q
wrecked and starving world must look
to the American farm for It's food pro-
| duction for period Of years.
Are the farms worth the prices for
which they are selling? Hard headed
men are paying the price. No doubt
some men are buying without using
the best judgment, trusting to luck
and hard labor. Much land is beint
purchased speculatively. Of course
The best answer to the question Is
! that nyarv era ~ land adyapcea has
carried with it the prediction that land
was too high and that he'll never pay
for It," and that If he was sensible
! thrifty, businesslike and shrewd he die
pay for it and that he or his children
own 1t now.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02
lENlnisM IN KANSAS.

The state superintendent OF the KAN
sas school has issued an ultimatum. No
male teacher who uses tobacco In any
form will be issued state certificate
But that is not the worst. No teacher
OF the other sex may have state GER
tificate who uses powder on her face
or dabs a little OF that red stuff that
comes In the little boxes on her checks.
The later clause will raise the roof
As concerns tho men. only few men
teach school nowadays and they can
find jobs in plenty outside OF Kansas
II need be- Teaching IS woman's pro-
fcsslon and the feminine habit runs to
violet powder and in cases includes a
touch OF rose color whore 1t seems TO
be most needed. And woman isn't 60
ing to be Lenincd and TrotskIed out OF
her powder rag by all the she super
intendcnts between Kansas and Hack
ensack. II is one of the palladiums or
her liberties and she doesn't seem TO
care who knows IL.
II the situation is as reported the
state superintendent of Kansas seems
TO be u throwback TO Carrie Nation and
SoCkless Simpson, another of Kansas $
misCues OF course the girls will use
the kalsomine. Enforcement of an or
der like that would take a state con-
stabulary bigger and holder than the
Rainbow division. For when a woman
will she Will, you may depend ont, and
when she won't she won't and there's
ar end ont" Talcum and rice powder
will lend youthful smoothness of
jowl in Kansas just the same and the
pink camouflage of perfect health and
modesty glow on the cheek and there
viii s;:!! &c cigars and pipe mixtures
and ginger yet be hot i the mouth in
Kansas.
Under the prevailing order of the day
il may be that all the schoolma'ams of
the union will call IA general and SYM
pathetic strike with the downtrod len
sister Of Kansas, produce q nill in con-
gress and force 1t thru under threat of
a complete tieup Of ali education, Incl
dentally introducing a demand for a
four hour day with eight hour wage
and double pay for overtime. Certain
other organizations get away with II
thus: or perhaps the government will
take over the public school among
other public utilities to raise the
freight rates whenever grant o:
higher wages with retroactive pay shall
be made by one or another commission.
Or, If worst comes to worst the pres
ident may cable for compromise, per-
mitting only the milder pinks and the
most impalpable powders to be used
as differentiated from glazing YER
millions and coarse zinc whites.
Anyhow the girls will use it. What's
the matter with that woman superin-
tendent anyway? Doesn't she care
whether her own nose shines or not?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02
MBe1A dVeT7Eu lures 8 81
TX sllyny Coon R kH
k7sgEasSA @A{B.S 81
COUSIN BRUINS MEDICINE.

Jimmy Coon are you over sick7"
asked Cousin Bruin. "and what do you
do then, ifyou are far away from your
doctorw
Tho only time I am ever sick IL
when eat too much, and I can eat an
awful lot before that happens"
"Oh, there is q certain kind of grass
that my mother taught me to find and
eat. Then ] find hollow tree, and /
take long nap and wake up we'll"
And said Cousin Bruin, II have tho
root OF a certain kind OF fern and TINT
always cures me. but I arm never sick
from eating too much. l nm sick II 1
don't get enough to seat. That always
gives me a horrible pain. SO that ] have
to be very careful. My mother taught
me that not to have enough to.eat was
very dangerous to the health. so come
on, Jimmy. for truly feel that shall
be very sick II ! don't get something
hearty before long!"
Now. Jimmy Coon, roots of skunk
cabbage are the very best, tonic In the
world to help a failing appetite, or
dandelions are the best green's in the
world, so as we go along we must look
out for skunk cabbage in every marshy
hollow we pass, for 1t would be an aw-,
full thing il we SHOULD lose our appe-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02

rsctly 70 President Wilson and NAVE
asked him, whether Or not he wants a
third term. He Ers
or course, there II no knowing.
whether he will honor them with .
reply. Perhaps later much later. ~
II seems strange that great polit-
ical party should ask one OF its leauers
VI he wishes to commit suicide and NIL
the party at the same time,
Wonderful, indeed. Is the hold that
Wilson has on his party. II can not be
said that they love him. Far from 1t.
But they certainly fear him. Lake a
lot OF little school boys that are ever
ready to do his bidding, and appar-
emily they will meekly and humbly
commit harlkari II later on, he deems
them worthy Of an answer and com
municates his wishes to them.
IL Is as II he had them hyNnotized.
II can scarcely be explained In any
other manner. and as II they were be-
reft OF all will power and were unable
to take the initiative In anything.
Whatever he may appear to others.
Wilson surely seems the Great Medi-
cine Man TO the members Of his party.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02
Topics of the Times

That was a million ocular rain. OF
course it spoiled the roads but it paid
it's part toward primary road system
that good stiff rain will not affect.
49, ~
II Villa starts cutting up this side
of the border will we suppress him or
wait to see whether league OF
nations will spank him or say
naughty. naughty?'
Des Moines lost lot Of money by the
70 day strike but If she can schedule
enough parades the crowds attracted
are likely to bring lit all back to her.
80
still clings to the shattered German
nation. It offends the nostriIs Of a sem
sitlve world. 4
The q. A. r. once had 100000 mem
bers. 1t has now about 10000 meh-
bers 1t was organized In 1885. fifty
three years ago. What will the mem
bership Of the American legion be In
1872?
The extreme care which the military
medical authorities are using to pre-
vent the distribution Of coolies thru
delousing stations is said to be because
coolies are vehicles Of typhus rever,
dead1test Of all epidemic diseases.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02

There IL . sseosstton In that tor
towns. vasrents. LA men. tinhsrns
and Ioafers are the coolies on tho
civic body. They carry all manner, Of
moral dises~e. why not delouss COM
munities3 ys
a memorial which will always re-
mind Of the great war and the men
who fought It Ia the captured German
guns set up in public places. Towns
that desire to place such memorials
In their public squares and other spots
OF assembly should be getting busy.
First come Is often first and best
served.
Some men who took little interest In
the struggle between democracy and
autocracy are enthused to the boiling
point over the willardiDempssy fight
wherewith Toledo proposes to dis
grace herself July 4. gate money
affair between bruisens. Nc a battle
but business. Neither has a chevron
white or gold,
Kansas is placarding Kansas city
and other points with placards offering
80 cents an hour to harvest hands
Kansas wants 10000 men for the har-
vest
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02
Wilson,a handicap.

Nr. Wilson will be handicapped in
his presentation of the leagues case
because Of the general opinion in
America that he put the cart before
the horse in forming the league before
! making peace. The Era :tical Amer
lean citizen saw that Germany was
beaten, and the next step to his logi-
cal mind was the making IF q quick,
strong peace and the shipping of the
boys back from Europe.
Americans went reluctantly into
Europe. and only because of necessity.
Their first desire was to get out OF
Europe. They were surprised aud dis
quieted when they saw Mr.. Wilson en-
ter .;..o e.sage::ents which involved
the United States government in. Eu-
ropean disputes and required Amer
lean soldiers to remain in Europe for
an indefinite time. II will take much
explaining to convince the average
American that 1t was unaroidahiy nee
essary to participate In Europe's dis
putcs, even to the point Of parceling
out a town here to one party and q
river there to another. with the
United States setting itself up as an
infallible Judge OF right and wrong in
old controversies going to the very
roots of the human race. The average
American is apt to ask. What had
that to do with licking Germany
After Germany was licked. why Didn't
you tie her down and bring the boys
homer
No American will dispute the state
ment that peace In Europe Is com :
plicated problem. but many Ameri-
cans will. disagree with the proposition
that il is Americas duty to take part
In Europe's disputes from this time
forth forever Everey American Is
willing to go back to Europe to fght
| in defense Of free government against
an attack formidable enough t. men,
ace the worlds freedom. Few Amer
leans can be found. in our opinion.
| who will be willing to pledge them
selves to foreigners to go back to Eu :
| rope to fight for any reason whatever
Washington Post. e; II
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02
Seeking Wider Expan.s..

Already there is talk Of flying an
airplanc across the Pacific. That,
nobody seriously doubts, will be done
some day. but will not be tomorrow
or next week. for the present the con-
quest of the Atlantic Is so far from
complete that the attention of aviators
should not be distracted to the greater
ocean.
Yet the broader reach OF water does
have its attractions. and 1t would not
be at all difficult to chart a course
across the Pacific that might be fol-
lowed by an aerial navigator even now.
For the Pacific Is as well provided
with islands as the Atlantic Is i'll pro-
vided with them, and tho not a few
OF the islands would be troubled rest
ing places for airmen, in amajority OF
them they would be safe enough.
At any rate. they would have q wide
field of choice, and descent in the la
COON of an atoll would be ideally safe
and couvenient.-New York Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02

and shrewd businesn management ana
keen Judgment to make money on =
$500 or $500 acre farm no matter how
well prices stand up. When that IN
vestment In made farming becomes
business and not an avocation. It's
owner must raise more. raise better
forecast markets and world markets
at that, sell shrewdly and save as care
fully as the packers who say they
make their profits out OF by-products'
such men win pay for land at any
pr,cs they are willing to pay.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02
49, e.
THIS Is THE BIRTHDAY OF
Henry Jones,
Is 1T YOURSf
Is IT YOURSf
JUNE 2, 1911.

SS-NE1 AoAt'
Perhaps for greatest clarity the
Henry James whose birthday comes
today should be called the elder to
distinguish him from his famous
son, Henry James, the novelist.
For the father of two OF the most
brilliant men OF modern times was
well-known man and deep thinker
himself. Those who have read his
works realize where the sons deep
psychological insight into human ma
ture came from.
Henry James was born in Albany.
y. Y. and at first took up law as a
study. Then he changed to theology.
but some Of his unorthodox views
made him so unpopular among the di-
vinity students that he left college
and America too. and went 10, Ems
land. Here. in his search for 4 broad
christianity. he at first got in with the
Sandemanians, and finally with the
Swedenborgians. He had two sons,
Henry the novelist and William. the
psychologist OF them someone said
that Henry's novels were physolosical
treatjees and Williams physiological
essays were romances.
The elder Henry James believed
that human society, was the mai
object of creative intention" and
that social redemption rather than
individual salvation was the end and
aim Of christianity. He has been
considered one Of the greatest thee
logical thinkers of the country.
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serviceabls. bsrreis Of standard siss
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02
HAPPY.

I'm let no srouchy pumpkin
behold all ntheE
grubs size up
the nappy
eating
az
eel:
And gents
they
I'm that
all
lso doggone happy youdt !.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02
Masonic Meetings

MARSHALL LODGE NO. 10S A. F
a NJ. special communication Wednes-
day. MAY -. mt 1880 p. IN. First de-
gree. Friday, May 30, 1880, school OF
instruction. A. L. Frazer, w. NJ
John w. Wells, secretary.
sieNET CHAPTER, No. 50 r. A,
NJ, Monday. June 2, at 1870. Marx
Masters Degree. George Gregory
IN p; John w. Wells. secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solo
mon Council No. 20. r. 4 s. NJ. Mon
DAY. sIay 10. 1919. Business meet
ling. Ira A. Davenport. I. NJ; John
w. Wells. recorder.
Special Corclave ST. Aldsmar Com
mandery No. 80, K. r, Tuesday, June
liz, at 1:s0 p. m. Order Of the Temple
| ]. E. Frederick. commander; John W.
Wells. recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81, o. E.
ST. Regular meeting, Wednesday eve
ming, June II. at O'Clock for business.
Mrs. J. f. Schultz, w. NJ; Mrs Archer
Walton, secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02

1T is dawning upon some people
that an era Of high prices Is not neces-
sarily an era of prosperity. That after
all 1t Is not the money earned but the
money saved that counts. And that
saving may be easier in periods Of
moderate prices" says the Burlington
Hawkeye.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02

The Pacific coast salmon pack, OF
1917 was 9,S47.435 cases. of which g.
los, 900 cases came from Alaska. 1857. :
l35 from British Columbia. 1.s6o,ooo
from Puget sound and 10000 from
Columbia river
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02

The Walnut Bureau advises Its read
ers: IF a promoter tries 10 sell you
stocks that will double in year and
promises to pay 10 per cent annual
dividends, be assured that somebody is
trying to make an easy living on your
hard earned cash. Don't be a fool.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02
Iowa Newspapers
SHORT SPORTS"
burlington Hawkeye.1

While the world, and especially AM
erica, was singing the praises of Har-
~ Hawker, the daring aviator who
failed in his brave attempt to fly across
the Atlantic, Hawkeri himself spoiled
everything when he! in a public ad-
dress, made slurring remarks about the
American aviators who succeeded in
getting across. es..
1t is too bad for II means that an
other popular nero has tumbled from
his pedestal.
Certain peorIe are so constituted
that they can not bear to see others
receive any credit for anything. There
was Perry, the polar explorer. Re-
member the remark tina: some woman.
name now forgotten, made: DIR. CooE
has proved himself a gentleman but q
iiar-Perry has proved that hefis Meth
err Then there was the Sampson
Schley controversy. Sampson making
the United States a Fourth of July
present of the Spanish fleet, Schley
saying there was glory enough for
ALL" And you can go on and on with
the list In sporting slang there Is a
pat name for such people-"short
sports"-it fits them nicely. Thackery
evidently had them in mind when he
wrote his plea:
Come wealth or want, come good or
i'll, -
Let young and old accept their part
And bow before the awfu! will,
And bear 1t with an honest heart.
Who misses or who wins the prize,
Go, lose or conquer as you can;
But, if you fail, or If you rise,
Be each, pray God, a gentleman.
WANT TO KNOW.
burlington Hawkeye.1
A number of prominent democrats
want TO know where they are at"
,-.-x ,AIrauua6 tbaraoIvoa hi
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

To the Council Bluffs Nonpareil--
General Wood talks like a man who
would not refuse the presidency If It
were rendered him. He also talks like
a good, sound American"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02
Jonah Gay Dseeiver, Too?

What are you THINKING OF my
dear?'
II was wondering IL Jonah's wife
believed him when he explained his
absence from home by telling her he
had been swallowed by a whale
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02

Mr.. McAdoo, notes tho Des Moines
Register, who was recently photo
graphed with Douglas Fairbanks,
looks as proud as President Wilson
did the day he posed with King
George" .y
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02

On the grounds of the Confederate
Soldiers home in Texas, there is a
trolley System by which the residents
many of whom are blind, are enabled
to guide themselves from one part OF
the grounds to another.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02

For what is probably the first time
in history, . member Of the English
royal family is doing routine work
in government Office. Prince Al
bert is now engaged in work In the
Office Of the air ministry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-02

serviceabls, bsrreis Of standard siss
are now made Of spapsrs
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
STIRRED IRE OF BOY SCOUT
Youngster Properly Rebuked Woman
Who Threw Sacred Flag Into
Rubbish Receptacle.

Here Is pretty boy scout story. III.
s. Hera OF Germantown told il to Ed
ward Box. who passes 1t on to me.
Zone thing I have always admired
about the scouts" said Mr.. Hera. lis
that they are eager to teach the Ell
quette of the American flag.
Some time ago | heard woman
storekeeper say that she had thought
Iessly thrown away small American
flag. and it somehow found it's way
into some rubbish about TO be collect
ed by the street cleaners.
But only a short time after n box
with waste. containing that soiled flag.
had been put out on the curb. n wee
little scout came into her store, Saluted
In grand military style and said:
Madam. I found this flag out there
I'm your rubbish. Don't you know that
you should not insult the American
flag that way?' Then he handed the
woman the flag and told her please not
to let that occur again."-Philadelp
Ledger
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
Each Had a Wife.

His fiiyyer was out of gas. And il
was out of gas on country road seven
miles from town, and the rain was
falling in sheets.
Leaving his wife in the protection of
the machine he dashed out into the
middle of the road. holding high in
the air an understood umbrella that it
might protect his new, neatly pressed
spring suit, while he shouted TO mo-
toriSt whose headlight came dimly
through the rain:
stop I've got my wife,"
$50 have II interrupted the mo-
tOriSt who had gas, and his car sped
on without letup.
And then it did rain.-Kansas City
Star
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
IN TIL lLn[lIdnI
ENDORSED BY AMERICAN LEGION

Establishment of soldiers COM
munity settlements through reclama-
ton of cut-over timberlands and wet
lands of the South. irrigation of arid
lands in the West. and development of
other unutiIized lands throughout the
country, as contemplated in the Mon
dell bill, is Endorsed by the American
Legion, the great organization or
world war veterans of this country,
for membership in which 1000 600 men
are eligible.
AT joint meeting in New York OF
the executive committee of the Paris
and ST. Louis caucuses of the Ameri-
can Legion the Mondell bill was APP
proved in principle
BY authority of the meeting legis-
lative representatives of the Legion
are in Washington to do what they
can to further the enactment of the
legislation. The legislative committee
is made up of Col. Luke Lea (portrait
herewith, formerly United States sena-
er. who was formerly member of the
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22
Envy.

Nineteen-year-old Henry has just
come home from his first year in an
eastern college. His siXteen-year-old
brother Bill looks on many changes in
him with scorn, one which is response
bic for the most of this scorn being
Henry's bit of mustache. The other
day Henry went into the bathroom to
trim the edges of that imitation of a
mustache and Bill happened in while
the operation was in progress. For a
few minutes he watched his brother in
silence and then he called TO his
mother:
"Oh, mother, be sure TO have Jennie
sweep up the bathroom Immediately.
Henry is trimming his beard and ]
don't want the little kids to get their
feet all cut up indianapolis News.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-22

As Might Be Expected, Many of Them
Have to Do With Eating
and Drinking.

A good rustic toast is likely TO be
concerned with beef and beer. like that
comprehensive toast of Arcadian wilds
1.-THE Nine BIS" which is as much as
to say: Bakers best bread. butchers
best beef and brewers best beer. In
another form it runs. 1.-The inside of
loaf. the outside of Jail. pound
of beaksteak and pot of good ale"
The pillow is toasted by an enigma
life before. dead in the middle and
body and soul behind. The shy car
ter gives for a toast. ''Scofched bread
and Well buttered." adding. IF that
amt toast. I'm bothered" Some toasts
are little unkind. as: May i'm as
wunt wurrk in the eat go 'ungry when
the frostes come" To farmers wife
it is polite TO raise Your glass with the
words. "'Ere'S good 'ealth TO zee.
mum. an may yer allus ave the
strength to push about same as yew
does now. and set pattern { all the
farmers wives way round. London
Morning Post.