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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12
OLD MRS. sIAaR's GARDEN.

Old Mrs. Starr, Of Waterloo. is g
years old. She has garden plot on
her back lot. So tar there is nothing
astonishing or peculiarly strange
about that; but old Mrs. Starr sold
tho best part Of $500 worth of garden
truck and posies of that patch Of
hers this summer.
It shows what intensive cultivation
can do with a patch Of Iowa soil In
. back yard. It shows up the man
who has such patch Of garden
ground and doesn't work it. He's the
person who paid Grandma Starr the
money for tho stun she grew on her
back lot. He IL also the same per-
son who sQuealed over the price OF
asparagus last spring and is now de-
pressed over the cost of new cab
bage and who wants green peas but
hates to buy them at the prices. But
its = safe bet that old Mrs. Starr
had all the asparagus and truck she
wanted for herself and besides that
she has that complaining persons
coin in her inside pocket.
At IS day the receipts from the
old lady's' garden required sixty
days work to buy. That's two
months Of work days and Sundays.
Somebody worked more than two
months for what he might have
saved on his back lot if he'd been AZ
thrifty and as good a man" rs old
Mrs. Starr, SO years old, of Waterloo,
Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12
Ripping Rhymes
By WALT MASON
By WALT MASON
THE CIRCUIT.

THE CIRCUIT.
statesmen
that's peslential
they'll
their
their shrtfronts
whskes
for thinking
Who
dmpened
hunger for the mob
they remained thru all greatly
House will day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12
INDIVIDUAL HOME OR FLAT.

WY oSNiho'J
The housing problem in Sioux
City In acute. 1t is the same in dit
ferent degrees all over the country.
Instead of getting better with the re-
turn OF peace conditions it grows
rapidly worse hTe influx of people to
the cities makes a demand on ho'us-
ing that keeps the problem an ever
important one. The prosperity OF
Sioux City and Its future develop
meut and growth depend upon in
creased housing facilities. Unless a
serious and constlS ctive view Of the
problem 10 taken the city viii stag
nate. sCongested populations are not
permanent ones. People who are
forced to accept home conditions
which are sitting In conveniences
and staggering In costs are not con-
tsflted, yet contented people make
eontented and prosperous cities.
There is much sentiment in favor
Of the individual home. It Is urged
that the Home owner is the founda-
ton Of safe and orderly society. That
IL true. There is a sentiment nbout
home owning that makes satisfied
individual out OF a dissatisfied one.
Nothing can be urged that overcomes
that supreme Importance in the i'm
dividual and to the community But
facts must be faced. The cost OF
erecting individual homes is greater
in proportion than the cost Of erect
ing homes in flats. The home life in
''S"'n' and cramped. But
In this age these things are accepted
as part of human existence and there
- :. constant development of senti-
ment in favor Of the compact con-
veniencas of the flat against the
larger and freer conveniences of the
individual home. The time has passed
in Sioux City in which the city man
can expect to have his garden, his
COW and his chickens, unless he get
out in the suburbs. He cannot have
the conyeniences of the country and
the city combined except b.! sur
rendering considerable ofethe city, for
property values are too high to con-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12
TIMES REPUBLICAN. MARsHAuLToWN IOWA. JULY H. 1920

but the Ave OF them did not know as
much about the game Of politics as II
was played by Murphy Taggart-
Brennan as Col House knows In his
little finger. The colonel should have
been there and he should have been
at work In his quiet and unspeaking
way.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12
THE ROAD MILLENNIUM.


II transportation charges are high
u IL because distances are long. But
there is hope ahead When a pro.
ductive state is honey -comlcd Win
brick roads or roads with some other
hard surface the automobile trucks
will transport millions OF pounds of
produce. The producer can ow.a his
own truck and he can drive II. Soon
there will be. In states like Iowa.
public parks instituted for camping
purposes where the men who drive
loaded trucks may camp for the night
in safety and security. not having
teams Of horses that must be cared
for.
Transportation may come back to
the old style OF caravans or the style
not SO old Of the big four horse wa
gon with the curved wagon box
Transportation by truck would be q
great blessing to producer and con-
sumner alike and the good roads
movement will be essential to this
new enterprise which Is SO full OF
hope.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12
LANDLORDS AND CHILDREN

A woman disguised with landlords
who refuse to rent their property to
families with children writes to the
daily papers OF her town begging for
q law to make such refusal illegal
In return she would have the parents
sign an agreement to pay for any
unreasonable damage" done to the
property BY their children.
It is doubtful whether such a law
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12
1obn Burroughs
{, Nss'ts*:::

lis the chewink a congpicuously
marked bird?
Are animals and birds equally
observant?
3.-How does the lichen add to the
Jeauty of scenery?
Answers to Previous Questions.
lis the bluebird strictly song
ster?
The bluebird is not. strictly a song
ster in the sense in which the song
sparrow or the indigo bird is. All his
notes are call-notes, and are address
sed directly to his mate. The song
birds take up a poASsion and lift up
their voices and sing. 1t is a deliber-
ate musical performance. The blue
/ ird, however, never strikes an at
titude and sings for the mere songs
sake
2.--Do Americans consume much
salt?
We Americans are great eaters of
salt, probably the largest eaters Of
salt and drinkers of water Of any Of
the civilized peoples. the amount OF
the former consumed annually per
capita being more than double the
amount consumed in England and on
the continent; and the quantity Of
water with ice in it) we drink is In
still greater proportions.
3.-How do hickory leaves grow?
In most cases the bud has an in
ner wrapping, in the hickory this In
ner wrapping is like great livid
membrane, an inch or more in length.
thick, fleshy, and shining. It clasps
the tender leaves about as If both
protecting and nursing them. AS the
leaves develop, these membranous
wrappings curl back. and finally
wither and fall
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12
lowa Newspapers
DEFYING DROUTH,.
tWaterlooIourieJ

WdteFIoolCoufiefIJ 7-7----@-7-.'-
Well. Mr.. Drouth. . cof1ie on now
and do your durndest. The soil In
this part Of Iowa, at least, is
soaked to depth of seventeen feet.
and we'll disposed roots that find
things getting dry near the surface
can get all the Juice they want by
Just wiggling.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12
SOFT FOR MRS. McADOO.

Huntington Hawkeye]
Mrs. McAdoo has her wish. We
must give the estimable lady the
credit that she meant what she said.
Evidently she loves her home more
that the transient glories Of politl-
cal publicity.
The world has nothing to bestow:
From our own selves our Joys mus,
flow,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12
POOR JIM REED.

lDes Moines CapitalJ
During the ensuing campaign there
will be democrats who will talk about
the death OF liberty" and the sup
preston of free speech" on the part
OF republicans, but they will be
careful! to say nothing about the re-
vengeful and brutal treatment be-
slowed upon Senator James A. Reed,
Of Missouri.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12
OR THE HIRED NAN,

lSuVHtsoI SAIottc.J
II Jim Pierce can invent excuses
Is plausible for being out late At
night As he can for his defeats poll
tically he certainly never has 4 great
deal Of trouble at home. His ex-
plantations for the defeat Of Brook
hart should rank as humorous
literary masterpiece.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12
And that dear hut, our home"

. IF HOUSE HAD BEEN THERE.
lCedar Rapids Republican,
All the same it does not look quito
right for Colonel House to have left
Ills friends without his advice at
critical time. There were five cabinet
men In San Francisco-and Josephus
was accomplished by his navy"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12
MAILS FIFTY YEARS AGO,
TDes Moines Capital.l

I
BY some people Iowa Is called a
new state and is c,assed with
Kansas and Nebraska. BY others
the state is considered middle-agec
and classed with Illinois and Indiana
But certain it is that the state is
not old. The Capital finds in tn,
Leon Journal of June a, q repub-
LEGATION from the Leon Journal fifty
years ago, The reader. will discover
by this article that fifty years ago
the mails We're carried in the vicinity
OF Leon. Charlton, Corydon, and
other towns In southwestern Iowa by
horse conveyances. for there were nc
railroads. The Leon Journal OF fifty
years ago, said:
AT the recent letting OF the mail
contracts. the following awards were
made: VIM. G. Baker. osceola Ia
Leon six times week. we under
stand that this contract has been
sub-let TO Wagner and Williams, OF
Osceola: Charlton to Leon three
times q week. S Parks Charlton,
Thomas d. Bradfeld, Leon;
Leon to Elk. three times q
week, to Decatur and one time on
residue. Isaac a. Fletcher Decatur.
Corydon to Leon. once week
A strong effort is being made to have
the route from Leon to Princeton
continued as 1t now exists"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12
The Windmill
OUR GRnAr SERIES OF HEART
!yfSN(lQ

A kAANA141j
OUR GRnAT SERIES OF HEARTl
SONGS.
Don't Never Leave Them Gappinx atj
tbs Church..
"A oeauteous bride Rtood all alone.
NO husband by her side;
he got a. scare and beat IL off
Before the knot was tied,
The bride was sobbing lit "a ki,,
And as her tears she shed.
An old man took her lily hand
And to her hen he said:
Chorus.
Don't cry that way now, deariaL
please,
Just cast your lamps on me.
1 married seven DANES and got
Sent up for bigamy.
No gent would bust his plighted word
And leave them In the lurch.
The wedding bell
May sound IKE hell,
But never leave them Gaping at
the church,"
The bride she wiped her tears away.
A smile beamed on her face.
"Oh. sir" she said, ITO talk to you
think It's no dissfice.
Your looks amt what they must
'a-besil.
Your hair, are thir and gray,
But Eosh-you look oil right to met"
Then he 3, her did say:
cherus.
It's true, my hairs are thin and
grey,
And rye seen In tina nen.
Too old to try as..in.
So for that bum who passed Won mn
You need no longer search.
Just 'Iay the word
And I'm your bird
I never left no lady It the church!"
The bride .,he grabbed him 70 her
arms,
All swell lng UP with pride.
She slippe,i a golden ring TO him
As he wiIked by her side.
And done q first .rate lob.
He was her old man then for faiA.
And to him sine did sob.
the,ua.
II never raet YOUR othey ~,iyan
But will tell the -yorid Won rat
A symp athletic heart.
And II the bulls come round hare nov
To pull you Off your perch.
JUS. tell them when
You reach the pen
You never left NO lady ~ the
church,n
AS A 1o.yEAR OLD Srrs t1fs
Father -con,b,na,,or ~ cS.r an.
preme court i,,stice exocutton.r ero
hero.
Mother-part defender. part Ae;..
part won,hipner. ,vfth suat : sonsb o.
Brothe Pirate. gunman. en4n,.
and aceompiice.
sister--Just plain fathead.
ticians 1ayk about a league a na
tons to J, population rather yitaIls
interested in a reduction OF the pIes-
ent cost Of living.
now bu wing dogs to match their CO.'S
tune. IN air,dals for an outing cos
tune. for instance: a scotch terrier
for afte rnoon plnids: chow for the
dinner gown; a Mexican hairiess for
the bathing beach, and. we pr61une,
a little bull for the costume in which
ance ont OF her husband.
The Wood winds have ceased TO
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12

Life
10 . photographs,
WIKI, says
Look pleasant yisase."
And al the while
He IL showing
The iron collar
OF convention
Against
The baa:k Of ysssr NECK.
Consequently.
When history
Gets the picture
Nobody
Recognises Il.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12

The Cedar Rapids Republican ex-
poets that THE whole question OF
divorces may come under discussion
now that one OF the candidates IL a
man who has been dragged thru such
4 MILL"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12
HANDY DIRECTORY
-OF THE
MASONIC TEMPLE
Masonic Meetings
Visitors Always Wsleems.

" Visitors Aiways wsIesms.
MARSHALL LODGE NO. 1cs, A.
=. A. NJ, Friday, July 9. SECOND
degree, o'clock sharp. G. c. Jen-
ning,,, w. M; John w. Wells, Sec
rotary.
sraNEr CHAPTER NO. 50. r, A.
NJ, Monday, July 10. Business session
Frank T. Nokes, II. P; John W.
Wells, secretary.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL NO
20, stated assembly: July ~, bust
ness session. O. c. FOX. master;
Johrl w. Wells. recorder.
CSoNcLAyE BIT. ALDEMAR COM.
MANDERY NO. 80. Tuesday, July
70. 8 .. N. Business meetins
clyde r. Stewart. commander; John
~. Wells, recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81 Q. f.
g.. ner,,lar meeting Wednesday
July II. Mt q, for business. Mrs. W. J.
Richards, w. MI Mrs. Archer Wal
ton, secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12

Some people prefer to ut COM
fortably on their porches and read
how tho wicked capitalists are corn
srinS the food supply. than to get
ont III the back yard and raise sonie
vegetables" remarks tho Mason City
Globe Gazette.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12
IOWA OPINION AND MOTIFS.

The Burlington Hawkeye says 1.-THE
democrats have thrashed themselves
80 thoroly in the San Francisco con-
vention there 10 not much left FOL
the republicans to do"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12

vert city lots into large gardens and
chicken runs.
Individual homes will still be built
They must be encouraged In every
way possible. But at the same time
the future housing OF Sioux City de-
Ponds upon the erection Of large
numbers Of flat buildings. No indivi-
dual home builder can erect flat
building. That is a matter of invest
ment. It is a financial undertaking of
such proportions that it becomes a
business proposition instead of a
home building one. That proposition
Is now up to the financial interests of
the city.~If they are not willing to
invesr in home structupe they must
expect business, which III the founda-
ton Ut the city's prosperity, to suf-
fer accordingly. The average indivi-
dual who rents a home In the city
looks upon that home in the same
light as tho he owned 1t. His rent is
the income on the would be invest
ment in q home OF his own. Being
identified with the active heart of the
city, It is important to him that his
homo be in or near that heart, rather
than far out where individual home
owning is possible. He cannot have
an individual home on land that sells
for the prices realized for desira BILE
inVe stment property In Sioux City. To
make such land valuable as residence
portions Of the city. buildings must
contain many floors and the struc-
lures must be so compact that the
greatest number OF people possible
can be supplied with comforta BILE
homes in the least space possible.
Investment homes must be pro-
vidad at reasonable cost. The rent
profteer is having his day now, but
the time will come in Sioux City
when the cubby- hole homes which
are now rented and used as such at
prices that pay for the structures In
few months will be abiding places
for owls and bats. No individual oh.
Jects to paying rent for home which
yields fair and just return on the
investment, after the cost OF upkeer,
interest. taxes. insurance and de-
probation are deducted. Such an In
vestment Is safe and sound and the
income is as certain as the income on
bends or mortgages. The financial in
terests OF Sioux City have an op.
portunity to make such investments
ard serve their city as It can be
served in no other way. The invest
ment probably could not be made at
this time OF negative work and high
cost of materials. but il must be one
OF the civic enterprises of the near
future If Sioux City is to forge ahead
as its opportunities permit.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12

Fhe Rolfe Arrow sermonizes. 80
long as political parties are made up
OF human beings there will be points
upon which any and all Of them can
be assailed. and the leadership that
can't see the weak points In the other
side is not virile enough for America.
Let the boys hop to it. euiogize their
own and lambast the other, and the
common fry will look things over,
strike an average and decide how to
vote"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12

Kenyon is being cursed for having
done some investigating into the ex-
pense accounts of presidential can
dates. Has the political moral sense
of any great part of our people
reached such depravity that it has
become a crime to question the
amount and purpose Of money spent
in pursuit Of Officer" asks the Iowa
Falls Citizen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-12

CH1mH-UY 30o0
The fuse blows onts ~ Aaa1o -
dark
You 'scarceiy dare % GnsAse
Yet 70 doubt the sun Shines te)ooN.
~ down
In tbs Antipo.1es-
Evening star., 1920-12-18
SALARY CUT BRINGS
CLERKS DISAPPOINTMENT

The 1900 statutory clerks Of the
District government. the only city en-
pioyes who have not had q. pay in
crease. since the era Of high prices, are
keenly disappointed over the action
OF the District committee Of the House
appropriations committee in cutting
salary increases from the Commissio :
ers' estimates. In view Of the fact
that policemen, fremen. school teach
ers and per diem workers have all had
raises in pay in the last two years,
the small group OF annual clerks had
the justice OF their claim at this ses-
sion.
Although there remains the possf-
bflfty Of having tho increases put back
in the bill In the Senate. there is little
hope at the District building that this
will be done.
These annual employees Of the Dis
,trict are now pinning their expecta-
tions to the Lehlbach reclassification
bill. Even IL this bill is not ed
at the present short session, the Dis
trict clerks hope 1t will be passed by
the new Congress. Although a few
annual employees Of the District. here
and there have had increases in recent
working for many years on the same
wage scale. +. = -...sEt
Many of these statutory clerks are
compelled to take odd Jobs at night in
order to make ends meet at home.
In the gas inspection bureau Of the
Public Utilities Comm mission the vol
ume Of work has nearly tripled, while
the salaries Of employees Of that office
have remained At the same level.
Evening star., 1920-12-18
STILL STUDYING PLANS
TO UTILIZE GREAT FALLS
Ensiueers Hay Submit Report
to Federal Power Commits :.
sion Next Week.

Army engineers, headed by -39At 81.
&C. Tyler, in charge of the United
States engineArs' ONCE for. the Dis
'adct. today were still engaSed In the
work Of winding up their investiga-
Sion of the economic feasibility OF har-
Messing Great Falls.
Every effort is being made to com
Ilete the report and have 1t IN the
hands Of the Federal Power Com.
mission by the first OF next week.
The commission is planning TO con-
slider the report at a public hearing
to be held the latter part Of next week
and to transmit 1t, together with fts
own Recommendations, to Congress
by January !.
Lieut.. Col. William Kelley. chief en-.
gineer Of the commission, assigned
from the Engineer Corps Of the Army.
stated today that he did not know
what conclusion the Army engineers
had arrived at. He said the harness
ing Of Great Falls was possible from
an engineering viewpoint, but whether
,it would prove economically 5expedient
remained to be seen.
The report of the Army engineers Is
expected to- take into consideration
the question whether there is to be
any substantial reduction in prices of
labor and materials, and the probaofl-
ity Of the proposed project becoming
economically feasible in the future u
1t Is not at the present time.
Evening star., 1920-12-18
PASSING OF "OLD WEST"
SEEN BY COL. FURL L0NG
Geographic Society Hears His De-
scription Of the American
Cowboy.

How the old west Of pioneer and
range days is passing before the
growth Of cities and the turn to
farming was told Yesterday afternoon
Temple before members Of the Ma
tional Geographic Society. by Col.
Charles Wellington Furiong. Pointing
out that cowboy sports and .feats of
horsemanship were to be met with in
the old days throughout the west. the
can rarely be wftne ssed except At the
cowboy carnivais held Al PfndIeton,
Ore. each fan. and at-similar cesebra-
tions.
These Olympic games ef..tne COW.
10 be "the most characteristicsiIy
American thing today" He point ed
out. also, that the cowboy attire. Sbn-
sisting OF broad-briu1med hat. bright
scarf. flannel shirt. 'chaps" and boots
icsn costume that has been developed.
Lantern slides and motion pictures
taken at the Pendleton round up.
gave intimate views of the strenuous
and dangerous sports Of broncho:
lures Of the celebration shown were
relay horseback races. riding on
bucking bulls and races in old-fash-
toned stage coaches of the plains
Inc cAfHiVdlS. ~nlCn COnst1tute pfac-
tically the last vestiges Of the old
west. were described by Col. Fur
long as many times more thrilling
than circuses or the wild west shows
known to the east; The champion
rough riders of these celebrations are
famous through the west, and are, as
much the idols of that part Of the
country as famous base ball stars in
the east.
Col Furlons spent many years in
the western cow country" and shas
himself won the rough-riding c. n.
pionship.