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Not TO Waste Money on Europe

me American people are ouick TO
sSmpathize with humanity In dis
tress. and they have never vet failed
TO give lavishly OF their means to
succor victims of calamity. But they
exercise a common sense lIberality
before they open their purses. They
must be convinced that would be
beneficlarics are needy. because OF
circumstances beyond their own con-
troll" said Frank P. Fenwick, or Hos-
ton. at the Willard According to re-
ports. the restitution and suffering
In certain war-stricken sections of
Europe still Is very great. From var
ious sources come appeals to less
troubled lands for huge loans or
credits government or private, to aid
unhappy millions.
The sum required for this purpose
| Is estimated to reach into the billions,
and most OF 1t would be looked for
from the United States. But there is
serious doubh over here that so much
money Ia required, or that Europeans
are doing all that they can to help
themselves. Great numbers of men,
imbued with radical ideas, are disin-
clined to work. refusing to speed up
production. or paralyzihg industry by
unnecessary strikes. Mr.. Hoover has
shown that there is no sense In
'granti1lg the great financial assist
janice called for. lie would advance
sufficient to prevent famine, but not
so much as would spoil the industrial
lmorale.n-
Wherever the people in Europs
displaM-a more self helpful DISPOSE
ton, reasonable assistance might well
Ibe extended from more fortunate ma
tons. But it would be folly for the
people Of the United States to add
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21
iowa Newspapers
THE LITTLn JOKER.
TWaterloo Courier,1

A citizen of Waterloo who has .ust
returned from a sajourn in Colorado.
brings tho amazing intelligence that
the current price for granulated sugar
in that state is fifteen cents per
pound. 1t is freely sold at that price
in Colorado everywhere and one can
get all one wants-provided he does
not try to ship 1t. out Of the state.
Naturally this gentleman was con-
stderably puzzled over the situation
and at hrst thought IL to be q PASS
ing cut for some sinister purpose
but he discovered the price Of fifteen
cents per pound to be stable and per-
manent. It was taken as a matter of
course. There was an abundance, OF
sugar and the price was fifteen cents
and that was all there was of it OK
cept the transportation feature. I,ur-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21
Ripping Rhymes
By WALT MASON @~
POLITICS.
By WALT MASON

POLITICS.
WREATH the
politics.
everlasting but
spanes won't listen worth cent? they
politics. politics.
makes old things talk
lead
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21

provement in industrial methods and
the increasing use of capital, produce
ton gains over population. and as eff
ficiency. initiative and self restraint
are more generally developed distrl-
button increases and broadens, labor
receiving relatively larger share.
The more productive the industries
ditions of life for the masses OF the
people. and the more favorable for
the development of that equality in
Individual capacity which must be
the basis of industrial democracy. As
men approach equality In productive
ability, equality of rewards will nat
urally follow.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21
THE STATE TICKET.

The state ticket as 1t stands is one
that all factions and groups of re-
publicans, past and present, can and
will support unanimously and en-
Enthusiastically. On the head OF the
ticket Moore and Kendall had a horse
race and thee better horse won. Either
or those candidates would have been
highly acceptable and so received as
the nominee of the party Kendall
seems to have been the choice Of the
agricultural interests over Moore. to
have had the wider state support and
possibly the wider confidence Of all
classes and all interests. No DOUBT
the evident desire of certain ancient
leadership to reestablish the old time
dictatorship had somewhat to do with
the result. There was considerable
feeling aroused by the attempts to
dismiss RawSon, which drew men to-
gether who otherwise might have
been in different camps. In the final
analysis, however, the farmers OF tne
state are responsible for the nomina-
ton Of Kendall Kendall suited the
organized farmers. They felt and
freely stated that they had cause OF
complaint against his principal con-
testant for the nomination.
Hammills nomination for lieuten-
ant governor was made plain by the
first ballot when Moore. of Guthrie
and Hammill showed impressively
greater strength than the other two
candidates. The opposition to Moore.
Of Guthrie, which contained the ele-
ments Of the opposition to Moore, Of
Linn, concentrated Immediately on
Hammill. the second high man. whose
group of northern and northwestern
counties had given him an attractive
nucleus of strength. The big contest
was over and 1t was bandwagon time.
Hammill had his wagon ready and
the delegates climbed on.
Ciibson's quick defeat of Evans for
attorney general was In the nature
Of II surprise to many members Of the
convention who had figured Evans
Into the nomination. The Gibson
strength was concentrated wnere
that of Evans was more diffused. It
was the difference between phal-
anx and a formation. AS to Haynes.
there was no doubt in the minds Of
most observers that he\was invincible
before the convention. His support
came from every direction and was
not to be denied.
Kendall will make great cam
paisn for himself and his party in
Iowa. His nomination will strengthen
the ticket-if republican ticket
needed strength this year in Iowa. IT
was an old fashioned. fighting con-
vention from start to finish It's NOM
fnees will be accepted willingly by
the republicans of the state as the
result Of fair fight with the prizes
to the victors.
One thing this convention made
clear: That the organized farmers of
the state have become a power po-
litictlly and are to be reckoned with.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.


/. Is the chewlnk often seen In the
open?
The chewink seems to be aware
shat his color betrays him, for there
are few birds In the woods 30 careful
about keeping themselves screened
from view. When in song, its favor
ite perch is the top Of some high bush
near to cover. On being disturbed ct
such times, 1t pitches down into the
brush and is instantly lost to view.
2. How are boys like wild crea-
ures9
The world the boy lives in is sepa-
rate and distinct from the world the
man lives In. How they ignore tho
presence of their elders on the street,
shouting out their invitations, their
appointments, their pass words, as
from the veriest solitude! They have
peculiar calls. whistles, signals, by
which they commqnicate with each
other at long distances, like birds ~
Wild creatures. And there is as gen.
uine a widness about these notes
and calls as about those of a fox OF
q coon.
the winter
Some Canadian lakes contain large
brook trout. The largest ones are
taken with live bait thru the Ice In
winter The Indians and the hab-
itants bring them out of the woods,
or used to do 80, from Snow Lake,
on their toboggans, from two and
half to three feet long.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21
Topics of the Times

That convention was 80 much to
the taste Of the delegates that most
of them favor change In the pri-
mary law which will afford oppor-
tunity for more good old fashioned,
fighting conventions like we used to
have before the war;
Bob Healy talked Americanism witt,
the bark on to the convention and
the delegates simply ate 1t up.
They say that the democrats are
going to pull Claude Porter off the
ticket and put John Clarkson in his
place. But didn't Claude serve notice
that he was likely to refuse to run
with the Cox bunch? Ii doesn't
matter which Of the boys run. Iowa
likes them both and win smile and
Some folks have the Impression
that the law Of gravitatiou has been
repealed and that which goes up
mustn't come down but keep right on
going up.
Not many years ago folks ran out
into the street to see an automobile
go by. Now they run out of the
street to let them go by and in
order to avoid funeral expenses.
One of the most popular indoor
sports nowadays is organizing polit!
cal parties. All that is needed is a
room big enough for q few bugs TO
meet in.
Governor Clements, of Verm ont
doesn't believe In woman suffrage
ard has other reasons for refusing 10
bring "a vote in the legislature; but 1t
doesn't matter about the other
reasons.
Any one who looked that conven
ton of more than 1000 men over
would go home and rest easy on the
red peril in Iowa. II any should stay
awake and watchful these days
ENTHUSIASTICALLY inclined should sit up
nights and listen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21
HANDY DIRECTORY
of The
MASONIC TEMPLE
Masonic Meetings
Visitor. Always Welcome.

MARSHALL LODGE NO. 10s. A..
n. A. M, Wednesday, July 81. FIRST
degree, o'clock sharp. c. c. Jeh-
nings, w. NJ; John w. Wells. sec
rotary.
srGNET CHAPTER NO. 80, r. A.
NJ. Monday, July -. Business session
Frank n. Nokes, H. p: John w.
Wells. secretary.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL NO.
20. stated assembly: July 10. bnsi-
ness session. o. c. Fox. master:
John w. Wells. recorder.
coNc'LAvE ST. ALnEMAR COM
.MANDERY NO. 80. Tuesday. July
30, s p. m. Business meeting'
Clyde Fl. Stewart. commander: John
w. Wells, recorder.
cEN1,RA AT CHAPTER NO. 81 o. f,
&, Special meeting Wednesday,
July %, at s, for initiation. Mrs, w.
J. Richards. w. NJ; Mrs. Archer
Walton, secretary.
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Austraiia's New Capital.

Australia is going to have new
capital. The Prince Of Wales has
visited the country and laid the cor
nerstone. Work is proceeding rap
idly. But the strange part of the
story is the location of the place and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21
DISCORDS.

DlSCORDS.
A bolshevik In a BARRIERS chair.
A proflteer waving the American flag.
An lrishman at peace conference.
Corned- beef and cabbage served in
rose garden.
A tin Lizzie towing Limousine.
Summer furs.
A modern workman smoking a Ave.
cent cigar.
A squirrel watching a Red parade.
A vamp on a camping trip.
A pretty girl struggling with plate
or spaghetti.
A tat lady in revolving door.
A living skeleton at a food show.
A man trying to get in the last word
with his wife.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21

The Davenport Times says The
big question before the country, so
far as the league of nations Is con-
cerned. is whether Gov. Cox II he
should become president. would do
something else. The democratic
platform backs up the stubborn ana
persistent stand taken by Preside 4
Wilson. Cox is running on that plat
form. Would he follow the platform
or repudiate it2'
The Des Moines Capital condidsrs
1.-THE present freight congestion all
over the United States Is probably
the most serious matter confronting
this country today. 1t entails rhe
loss Of millions OF dollars and it's re-
suits will be apparent for many
months to come. But it has had the
effect. too, of bringing the American
people(to q proper recognition OF the
transportation problem"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21
Who 10 Profiteerino?

The earnings OF the New York Fed
eral Reserve Bank for the half year
ending June 80 amounted to approx
mately 104 per cent. or at the rate Of
EOS per cent for the year.
Under the law a very large part Of
this excess profit reverts to the gov4
eminent, and will be used. it is said
to add to the gold reserve.
Nothing comparable to the profit
teering the government is guilty OF
thru the Federal Reserve System has
ever before been witnessed, either in
this or any other country.--Manufac-
turers Record.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

If Secretary Baker resigned as the
head Of the war department, would
there be a vacancy" seriously In
quires the Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21

/. Does the turtle dove have n
vigorous song2
DO streams and brooks suffer
from deforestration?
3. What weapon of defense has
the rabbit
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21

have recently arrived at the canal
zone
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21

Canada used an average OF 94.s5
pounds Of sugar per person last year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21

Staircases were not used In dwell.
ings until the middle ages.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21

The Philippine islands are connect
ed with Borneo by submarine ridge.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21

England has 10000 persons en-
ployed In the hosiery trade.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21

japan has two alphabets and two
both written and spoken.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21

to their own burdens In order to aid
those who are making no apparent
effort to work out their own saliva
tien."-- Washington Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21

Most Of the JOY IN the present
seems to be found In thinking what
good time we had in the past.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-21

One of the most popular indoor
sports nowadays is organizing politi-
cal parties. All that is needed is a
room big enough for a few bugs to
meet In.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-12-09
BOOK LIBERALIZATION.

CHAPTER I.-Warned by his physician
that he has not more than six months to
live. Failing sits despondently park
bench. wondering where he should spend
those six months. friendly squirrel
practically decides the matter for him
His blood is pioneer blood, and he decides
to end his days in the forests of Oregon
Memories of his grandfather and deep
love for all things of the wild help him
in reaching a decision.
CHAPTER II.-ln a large southern Ore
gon city he meets people who had known
and loved his grandfather. famous from
tiersman. He makes his home with Sllas
Lennox, a typical westerner, The only
other members of the household are Len
noxs son, Bill" and daughter. SNOW
bird" Their abode is many miles from
civilization" in the Umpqua divide. and
there Failing plans to live ou, the short
span of life which he has been told is his
His extreme weakness in the face of even
slight exertion convinces him that the
doctor had made a correct diagnosis of
his case.
CHAPTER III.-From the hrst falling s
health shows a marked Improvement. and
IN the companionship of Lennox and his
son and daughter he fits into the woods
life as If he had been born to 1t. BY
quick thinking and remarkable display
of nerve" he saves Lennox's life and his
own when they attacked by mad
coyote. Lennox declares he is a rein
carnation of his grandfather. Dan Fail
ing l. whose fame woodsman is g
household word.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-12-09

A moment before the rush and whir
of the grouse flock had dried the roof
of his mouth with terror. The tall
trees appalled, him. the shadows fell
upon his spirit. And when he heard
this final sound. when he saw the
CLINT that might so easily have been
gun-barrel. his nerves and muscles re-
acted at once. Not even n fraction of
second INTERVIEWED His gun flashed
up and little. angry cylinder of
fame darted. as a snakes head darts.
from the muzzle
Hildreth didn't TAKE aim. There
wasn't time. The report roared in the
darkness; the bullet sang harmlessly
and thudded into the earth; and both
of them were the last things In the
world that Cranston had expect
ed. And they were not moment too
soon. Even at that instant. his finger
was closing down upon the trigger.
Hildreth standing clear and revealed
sponse that few men in the world
would be self-disciplined enough to
prevent occurred at the same instant
that he pressed the trigger. His own
fire answered, so near to the other
that both of them sounded as one re-
port.
Most hunters can usually tell, even
II they cannot see their game fall.
whether they have hit or missed. This
that Cranston. could not have told. He
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-12-09

have tried to pull him in with main
strength, and are still somewhat
dazed by the result. 1t might be done
with a steel cable. but an ordinary
line or leader breaks like a cobweb.
When his majesty the steelhead takes
the fly and decides to run. it can be
learned after time that the one
thing that may be done is to let out all
the line and with prayer and humble
ness try TO keep up with him.
Dan no longer wore his glasses
Every day his eyes had strengthened.
He could see more clearly now, with
his unaided eyes, than he had ever
seen before with the help of the lens.
And the moonlight came down through
a rift in the trees and showed that his
face had changed, too. 1t was no
longer so white. The eyes were more
intent. The lips were straighter.
Its been two months" Silas Len
nox told him, half the four that you
gave yourself after you arrived here
And you're twice as good now as when
you came
Dan nodded. "Twicel Ten times
as good I was wreck when came
Today l climbed halfway up Baldy-
within half mile of Snowbird's cab
in-without stopping to rest"
Lennox looked thoughtful. More
than once. of late. Dan had climbed up
toward Snowbird's cabin. 1t was true
that his guest and his daughter had
become the best of companions in the
two months; but on second thought,
Lennox was not in the least afraid of
complications. The love of the noun
tain women does not go out to phys
ical Interiors. "Whoever gets her."
he had said. will have to tame her."
and his words still held good. The
mountain women rarely mistook a ma
ternal tenderness for an appealing
man for love. 1t wasn't that Dan was
weak except from the ravages of his
disease; but he was still a long way
from Snowbird's ideal. Although Dan
had courage and that same rigid self
control that was an old quality in his
breed. he was still a long way from
physically strong man. 1t was still
an even break whether he would ever
WhOAiy ACSONCi 1AOIn Ills Lndlduy.
But Dan was not thinking about
this now. All his perceptions had
sharpened down to the finest focal
point. and he was trying to catch the
spirit of the endless forest that
stretched In front of the house. His
pipe had gone out. and for long time
Lennon hadn't spoken. He seemed to
be straining too. with ineffective
senses. trying to recognize and name
the faint sounds that came SO tingling
and tremulous out Of the darkness Az
always, they heard the stir and rustic
Of the gnawing people; the chipmunks
In the shrubbery. the gophers who.
like blind misers. had ventured forth
from their dark burrows: and per-
haps even the scaly glide of those
most-dreaded poison people that had
lairs- In the rock piles. -,a.s-..
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-12-09
BOOK TWO
The Debt.
CHAPTER I.

September was at its last days on
the Umpqua divide-that far wilder
ness of endless, tree-clad ridges where
Dan Failing had gone for his last
days. Everywhere the forest people
were preparing for the winter that
would fall so quickly when these gold
en- September days were done. The
Under Plane Of the forest-those
smaller peoples that live in the dust
and have beautiful. tropical forests in
the ferns-found themselves digging
holes and filling them with stores Of
food. OF course they had no idea on
earth why they were doing It. except
that CULVER at the end of their tails
told them to do 80; but the result was
entirely the same. They would have
a shelter for the winter.
But the most noticeable change of
all. In these days of summer. was a
distinct tone Of sadness that sound
ed throughout the forest OF course
the wilderness note is always some
what sad; but now, as the leaves fell
and the grasses died. II seemed par
ticularly pronounced. All the forest
voices added to 1.-THE wall Of the
geese. the sad fiuttering Of fallen
leaves, and even the whisper Of the
north wind. OF course all the tones
and voices Of the wilderness sound
clearest at night-for that IL the time
that the forest really comes to life
and Dan Failing, sitting in front Of
LennoS's house, watching the late
September moon rise over Bald noun
tain, could hear them very plainly.
1t was true that in the two months
he had spent In the mountains he had
learned to be very receptive to the
voices Of the wilderness. Lennox had
not been mistaken In thinking him a
natural woodsman. He had imagina-
tion and insight and sympathy; but
most of all he had heritage of wood
lore from his frontiersmen ancestors.
Two months before he had been a
resident of cities. Now the wilder
ness had claimed him. body and SOUL
These had been rare days. At first
he had to limit his expeditions to
Few miles each day. and even then he
would come In at night staggering
from weariness. He climbed hills
that seemed To tear his diseased lungs
10. shreds. Lennox wouldn't have been
afraid. In n crisis, to trust his marks
manship now. He had the natural
cold nerve of a marksman. and one
twilight he brought the body of lynx
tumbling through the branches of a
pine at distance of rwo hundred
yards. He got so he could shatter
grouse out of the air In the half of
second or so In which Its bronze wings
ginted in the shrubbery; and when
II man may do this fair number of
times ont of ten he is on the straight
road toward greatness.
Then there came n day when Dan
caught his first steelhead In the North
Fork There Is no more beautiful
thing In the wilderness world than
stc.ihc;id trout In action. He simply
seems 10 dance on the surface of the
wafer Ieaping again and again. and
rncing nj nm uiiheard-of speed down
-hc rirples He weighs only from
rhrer to fie'ecn pounds. But now and
ngain nniuteur fishermen without souls
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-12-09

madden him. They made a song to
him, strange. wild melody that even
such frontiersmen as Dan and Len
nox could not experience. A thousand
smells brushed down to him on the
wind. more potent than any wine or
lust. He began to trembIe all oyer
with rapture and excitement. But I'M
like Cranston's trembling, no wilder
ness ear was keen enough to hear the
leaves rustling beneath him.
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