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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19
John Burroughs
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!. Do bees on leaving hive go In
any special direction to seek honey?
2. Are young birds pushed from
their nests by their parents when
fully fledged9
3. Can weasels climb trees?
Answers TO Previous Questions.
1. Why do weeds multiply so rap
idly?
Weeds are 10 full Of expedierts.
and the one engrossing purpose with
them is to multiply. The wild onion
multiplies at both ends.-at the top
by seed. and at the bottom by off
shoots. Toad-flax travels under
ground and above ground. Never al
low a seed to ripen, and yet 1t will
cover your field. Cut off the head of
the wild carrot. and in week or two
there are five heads In place of this
one; cut off these. and by fall there
are ten looking defiance at you from
the same root.
2. Are matches prearranged while
the birds winter in the South2
The first familiar spring birds are
cocks: hence the songs and Tits and
I1cHCt dlSp tHe 1dCt lndt
they are slightly In excess Of the other
sex, to make up for this greater ex-
posure: apparently no counting il
done In the south. and no matches
are prearranged. The males leave ir-
regularly without any hint, sus-
pect TO the females as to when and
where they will meet them.
g. Is the famprey eel vampire
The lamprey eel fastens itself to
its prey and sucks the life out. A
friend OF mine says he once saw in
the st. Lawrence a pike as long as
his arm with lamprey eel attached
to him. The fish was nearly dead and
was quite white. the eel had so
sucked out his blood and substance.
The fish, when seized. darts against
rocks and stones. and tries In vain to
rub the eel off, then succumbs to the
sucker.
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Mifflin Company
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19
Their Pay Not All They Get.


There Is. It seems, something more
to be said about the frequent resig-
nations from various public services
that have occurred Of late than that
they showed how wretchedly paid
are the members of these classes.
Also II can be said. and has been by
William H. Allen. Director of the In
stitute Of Public Service, that those
who are resigning must have been
getting, in addition to their meager
salaries. training Of sort that en-
abled them to command much high
er remuneration from other en-
ployers. The intimation is, therefore.
that at least some of the complaints
about underpayment are not well
based.
1t is true that we hear of the very
great betterment in their financial
condition which public servltors are
able to get from private corporations
in need of expert workers. and those
thus favored can hardly be called
victims of an evil policy. Still, there
remains the fact that it is not OBJ
yiously desirable that the several
public services should be turned into
training schools for the benefit Of
later employers.
The public. too. needs expert SER
vice-perhaps 1t cannot trust safely
to that Of long succession of tyros.
Yet that is precisely what Mr.. Allen
says is state of affairs to be view
ed with composure. Officials who
And Il difficult or are unable 10 get
the appropriations they would like
for their departments may be In
clined to agree with him. or at least
to hope that he is right.-New York
Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19

Even the vets are anxious for a
dryer Iowa printed after the crops
are in.
When General Wood went back to
his duty he did precisely what any
other good officer would have done
and there is no occasion to make
mountain of campaign CUFF out Of a
molehill 0 duty. He did what he
was expected to do and what every
man fit to be a candidate for any
American office should do.
II might be a pretty safe system
to begin now TO cut wood and have
it seasoned against another fuel
famine caused by strikes and
scarcity of cars.
One reason so much notice Of a
favorable character has been attracts
ed by the appointment Of Meredith
is that he is so much different from
NIStk anu IlGpSOcu anu bihNI, CT az
Georgia moonshiners have formed
union. Perhaps next thing We
know they'll threaten to tie up the
supply of corn Juice unless the presi-
dent helps put thru sort Of Adam
son law for them.
The market talk about the next
wheat crop Is not reassuring at the
moment. The acreage in winter
wheat is short and the crop is said
20 be not in prime condition. Just
now the southwestern states are very
much in need of rain. Moreover re-
ports from the spring wheat states
OF the northwest say that the acre
age this year will not be large.
The premium upon United States
exchange in Canada is not fixed or
regulated in the United tSates. II
results from the unbalanced state OF
trade and from the competition in
Canada for Canadian credits in the
United States. There are not enough
such credits to meet the demand for
means of payment. 1t IL a natural
trade Phenomenon, and illustrates the
workings Of economic law. In a
state of unbalanced trade all the
natural influences work to restore
the equilibrium. The present situa-
ton operates to discourage exports
from the United States ~ C:::a:
and to encourage exports from
Canada to the United States.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19
IOWA REPUBLICAN OPPORTUNITY

When the state convention selects
its delegates to the Chicago conven-
ton 1t will without any manner Of
doubt be for Lowden for president.
Lowden's candidacy in Iowa has
met with approval generally from
republicans. This convention should
be republican and its delegates be
selected as republicans.
II an attempt should be made
to handpick delegates by leaders OF
any existing or pre-existant faction
or coterie to the exclusion of anoth-
er and others merely because cir
cumstances offer such an opportun-
ity then the convention will have
neglected and failed in a great OPP
portunity. 1t will have permitted pol
iticians who desire personal and fac
tioral advantage for themselves to
destroy an entente cordiale which
looks forward to thoroughly har-
monious republican party in Iowa. II
is important that Iowa republicans
stand shoulder to shoulder whether
the nominee be Mr.. Lowden or an
other. Should lightning strike Mr..
Meredith at San Francisco a feeling
that factional and personal advan-
tage had ruled the Iowa convention
and the dissatisfaction consequent
upon such a feeling joined with the
tendency OF state pride to support
state candidates would not be assets
to the republican party. On the con-
t-srv. The convention should be
republican convention and its dele
gates named with party common
sense and with a view beyond the
de sires of any faction or any leader
ship OF former faction.
There is a live opportunity at
hand. 1t can be made much or lit
tie Of by large or little leadership.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19
Waco. IN III. 7,xtjl. Indu,tr;.,,-,

wages have been advanced in tine
textile industries since the beginning
of the war by something like 40 per
cent, which is considerably more than
the advance in the cost Of living as
calculated by the official authorities,
and at the same time production per
employe has been reduced by short
ening the hours of labor. The labor
leaders in the industry point to this
Is q great achievement. and say that
ANY attempt to go back to the old
conditions vi! BE Bitterly resented
and fought by the workers" These
leaders are the Representatives Of
their own group. We assume that
they are honestly devoted 10 the
cause, and due allowance may be
properly made for their zeal, even
tho II carries than to lengths
;Khi<h are harmful q workers In oth-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19
NOW LAY NE"

A minister writing in Religious
Education objects to the bedtime
prayer Of childhood, Now l Lay Ne
Down to Sleep" He asserts that it
is morbid" Psychologists are quot
ed to the effect that the closing lines,
IF I should die before l wake I pray
Thee, Lord, my soul to take" fill
child minds with pictures of terror.
Now we, millions Of u.s. who learn
ed that little prayer at bedtime from
lips that have ceased to smile on US,
except in dreams and memories, will
be very slow to accept the dicta OF
the preacher and his guiding psych-
ologists: and those of US, millions
too, who have taught the old prayer
to our own babies by our knees or
at their cradle sides will refuse to
accept the conclusions of the minis
ter and the alleged scientists upon
whom he depends for confirmation.
Now lay me down to sleep" means
too much to us. 1t lives with u.s.
There Is that in it which is deeper
than all science and beyond all ad-
monition ny thnse uhc assnn,e wis.,
dom-love, the love Of the child for
those who taught that little prayer
in the dusk of evening, love of those
who taught it for those who learned
half in solemnity and half in laugh
ter. The little prayer is so woven
into the sweetest memories Of life
that all the kings preachers and all
the kings psychologists can not sep
arate 1t.
Perhaps there are those who i'm
press the thought Of death on the
child by their manner of teaching
the bedtime prayer. 1t may be that
some impressionable children find a
fear in its lines. Some teachers of
the scriptures in the Sunday schools
manage to fix Elijah's bear story in
the child mind as an act of God. Per-
maps there remain those who believe
that a merciful Power sent raging
she bears TO tear the bodies Of babes.
Then there are others who impress
the children in their care with the
infinite love and mercy Of Him who
sees the fall of the sparrow. So too,
IL we were to teach that death is not
a farewell to all light and happiness
but the open door TO higher exist
ence to our children the thought Of
death would not alright. So taught
and 30 told there IL nothing morbid
In the child's conception Of death but
natural trust in the loving cars OF
that watchful Power that broods
thru the niEht over the csalles and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19
THE BUSINESS DOCTOR
Oy HAROLD WHITEHEAD.
Professor o. oaIss Relations In Cosos eusIrsss
Administration Of Boston University, Boston, Mass

Next we have obedience. which
seems to me to represent the gears
in the automobile. Unless the gears
mesh and work together in the way
and speed the driver desires, q
stripped gear and repair bill fol-
lows In sequence. Unless you work
with others to tho plans OF the con-
Germ for which you work. you are
stripped OF your Job and you pay the
price Of disobedience.
Sense OF humor-- what q helpful
quality in emergencies! IL You pos
sess a sense OF humor you will never
get mad" or act on hot-headed i'm
pulse. Sense of humor is your fire
extinguisher. An automobile may
never catch fire, but IL It does a fire
extinguisher is mighty useful. Many
a man has destroyed his prospects
with a concern mercy because he
lacked sense Of humor-- which
would have saved him from taking
Irritating happenings too seriously.
Sincerity Of purpose makes for alb
solute reliability. II is quality OF a
person. Just as an automobile which
has quality material in its construc-
ton will stand up under severe strain
and. in consequence, fetehes a high
er price than the cars of cheaper ma
terial so you can command and get
a higher price for your services II
they have the fine tempering of sin
cerity.
Just two more knowledge and
life Itself
knowledge is like the man at the
wheel. The auto is just junk unless
there is someone to drive it-and IL
that someone does not know how to
drive ne will quickly turn the car
into junk
You may possess all the qualities
mentioned. but you are mere man
Of potentialities until vitalized by
knowledge.
You must know how to drive your
self so as to use all your qualities to
a good purpose so that you will
travel along the road OF life happily
and usefully.
As the man at the wheel drives
the automobile along the highways
and byways of the country so you,
by your knowledge. will progress
along the road OF life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19
MAN BUILDING
No. 7-comparina the Two Machine.

No. T-Comparing the Two Machines.
In the third OF this series Of ar
ticles on Man Building / have a
list Of positive traits OF character and
compared them to certain parts OF
the automobile which are to the au-
tomobile what the traits are to the
human machine"--you.
The next three articles illustrated
those comparisons. Today I will
complete them.
We will take up these comparisons
with the trait Of recollection that
quality which helps us to keep ap-
pointments, make good on promises
and avoid contradictions. II may be
compared to the spare tire of the
automobile. for both recollection and
the spare tire help US to keep APP
pointments and TO get there on time.
You may make five thousand miles
without a puncture- but when IL
comes you are held up for some time
and have the mean job OF repairing
a tire while on the road unless you
have a spare tire. With it you can
go ahead again in a few minutes. To
forget an important matter may
cause you much waste energy and
time to repair the damage thus
caused.
Neatness in you is compared TO
nestness in the automobile. Both ma
chimes may be working well. but
il untidy. both are under a handicap.
People don't care to be seen in
shabby looking untidy car nor with
a sloppy. untidy person.
Cheerfulness- that's the pump.
Suppose you were gloomy and mo-
rose and respondent. You would not
be very coura geous would you? On
the other hand. cheerfulness develops
courage Cthe tires) Just as the pump
blows up the tires. Be cheerful and
YOU will not worry over the trifling
bumps" on the road of life-your
tires (courage) will be well expanded
and able to carry you over the rough
places without trouble.
And health-we may consider that
as the radiator which keeps the en-
CINE Industry running efficiently.
Let the radiator cease to function
and the engine quickly becomes over
heated and there's trouble!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19
Ripping Rhymes
By WALT MASON
SUFFERING GERMANY.

The Huns dece things are not slick
both
Ne
smhhy
gloom is
smile
troubles Of the Hum and
trouble by
had
phz might dty Of coincidence
whiz!
thinks himself classy
with
him
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19

the white beds OF babes and children.
Now I lay me down to sleep" IT
has been the prayer of millions oil
little children. Men have whispered
II ms they lay dying in the wooded
ravincs Of the Argonne. Old men
have said 1t as in childhood when
the light faded to closing eyes and
prayed as little babes. u pray Thee,
Lord. my soul to keep"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19
COMPARATIVE PROPHECY.
TCounncil BLUFFS Nonpariel.l

lCounnCll BUNS Nonparlehl
Go up and down the line and II
will be found that not one OF the
score Of gloomy prophecies made ny
the liquor people have become real
tiles. Buildings used for distilling
brewing and dispensing are not Idle
They are being used for better pur-
poses. All these fellows who lost
Jobs in the liquor business hold bet
ter ones in other lines. The man
who was a success in the liquor bull
ness is a successful man in some
other line. No backward steps VIII
be taken on this line. Every phoph-
ecy of good made TO the country ny
the temperance forces has become
100 per cent reality. Those made q!
the liquor people are total failures
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19
WORKING ON cREEL

The pubic quite enrlaiiy is ais
gusted with Creel and nauseated with
his unfailinE and unfading gall. His
only claim upon the administration
was that he had written a fulsome
eulogy of President Wilson. hence his
appointement. Congress is doing q
good work in exposing George Creel.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19
Tomato Crop in Mexico.

The tomato is one OF the vege-
tables shipped in commercial quanti-
ties from the west coast OF Mexico
the state Of Sinaloa furnishing the
entire supply. The 1888 crop fill
ed 7so cars. and 1t is expected that
the 191s-1s2o crop will be consider
ably larger. Approximately 20 pei
cent Of the tomato growers are
Americans
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19
MIGHT AMT IS"

IDNS .uVEffVD INVEF"NNfI
II Hoover should win in California
II would be taken as the elimination
Of Johnson, for nothing could sustain
his campaign IL he should loose the
Pacific coast. Contrarywise. de-
feat for Hoover will be serious, altho
not 80 serious as for johnson. for
Hoover's candidacy is OF n different
sort, his nomination II II comes must
come largely in response TO popular
demand from all over. He might en-
ter the convention without a delegate
and yet be the nominee, and that on
o fairly early ballot.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19
GOOD LORD DELIVER"

8. w. Brookhat has now come out
Tor United States senator against A.
B. Cummins. Brookhart is the same
one who made a speech In Oskaloosa
not long ago. who berated everything
except himself. praised the non -parti-
san league, said the entire press was
subsidized to big business and found
fault generally. He offered nothing
constructive but his speech was ~.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19
THE TEST.

mason City Globe Gazette.j
There were no aliens who voted
for Johnson In the Illinois primaries.
That is evident because they all had
to write Hiram's name on the ballot.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19

other just as the whole community
is bidding for cotton goods now. I'M
TIL all the wage gains We're absorbed
by higher prtces.-National Econo-
mist
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19

me lur,he SILK, the gem. the lace!
From balm south to desert north
The traa struggle has its place.
And all forthat, this pain and pray
er?
That woutI may allay her passion
And make T. crowd look back and
stare
"hen shettruts by. the slave of
fashion Lester.
JOBS who NOT CovDT.
Policeman b Ireland.
Secretary oestate.
Sergeant-at-tms in Mexico.
Masseur for srotzly.
Doorkeeper Il the kaiser.
Companion Il THE crown prince.
sodysuard 70 the sultan.
And now tlt've organized ar
Overall Club" d beat the h. c. of /.
The slogan. to b>sure, is: Keep the
overalis Up andthe Prices Down
We don't know v ich is harder.
THERE'S HSPE FOR HIM.
He has strangled little children and
has led in tiff and wreck,
He has tortured many people who
were old and Healthy sick,
But ere you drapethe deadly moose 4
about his gully neck,
Pray consider this
he never. lever
wroe limerick.
aAvpb. ess S1~s As.L..
willing to go home il he is undssirr
able. Reminds US Of the bloke who
kept calling on giri until her father
kicked him downstairs. Now !
know" he said, "tha, I'm not want
ed"
NONE OF US is PERFDCT.
All friendly games of chance spurn,
| take home every cent I earn,
For long. domestic nights yearn.
Dim married,
l never stop to fight or firt.
When gay stenographers assert
Themselves, I'm very stiff and curt
U'm maried.)
And If. upon q windy day
An anatomical display
chance to see. / turn away.
Il DO notD
Edna says the woman's vote
seems to have started some OF the
candidates to flirting instead OF run
ming for office.
And speaking Of running for office
the average ce.amutes mar have
the speed. but Bryan certainly has
the stamina
Some Of our rural constituents are
SO het up over these here citified
dudes who think people ought to stay
up after O'Clock ct night that they
are shout ready to knock the day
lights out Of EN-.
A crowded street car with a TO-
year-old boy Jazsing all over your
feet, somebody's umbrella TANNED
into the parallax of your duodenum y
and somebody else's newspaper saw
ing away at your Adams apple is
nice, restful place to compose a mon
ograph on the freedom Of the press.
Gosh" says Uncle Abimelech Bo-
gardus, Of Preakness. N. j., ..if things
keep on, the only folks with enough
money left to buy coal II be the
miners"
Johnson captures Michigan, Japan ,
takes vladivostok. France occupies
several German cities, Germany in
vests most of the others. the reds
have Odessa, and In the midst OF
such an acquisitive world, It is Just
as hard ~ ever to obtain q raise.
It is possible that the good old
German Colt has become French
citizen2
Did you ever: h
Try to teach parrot to talk,
And break a pup.
And ciyiliEe the heather.
And live with tsmperamental fog
horn,
And pose as reliable encyclope-
dia Of all human knowledge all at
once?
You did? Greetings. fellow parent
" 1eIs :.cee= :::> =s::. . sc {: c>c.. ynn z
get nowadays ever receive the Inn \
preston that she can?
The modern COOK II q our way
OF thinking q runnsr-up n the mis-
homer championship to the "efficien-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19
lowa Newspapers

FIGURING ON KEEPING IT.
[Vinton Eagle.l
We took this country from the red :
skins, but we are not going to give
it back to the reds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19
The Wi;ndmill
FASHION.

In France where once the r.,,ns
Burned deep his mark upon IN. .o,,
ana tore the brightness from the sun
a woman sits. in endless toll.
FOR those who fought ana fell she
grieves;
Then IL no promise in the moryov
me pea0ty OF the lace she weave.
Is deepsned by Il warp Of sor,
In Russlas hleakest stre,, ,Jf gray
A hunter trails Ne fuy pack.
There Is no friendto cur his day,
No light to brSk y hopeless
black.
But stili he KEEP hisvivtd cream
OF home acros the caring seas.
or LOVE beside aSeaoful stream,
or orchards al Of summer breeze.
In old Japan a alden spins
A silk no brnter than her eyes;
And many-void nature dins
Her heart tcome and pluck its
prize.
She hears thsall Of constant spring
To wander'eely as a lark.
Up. up aboHhe earth to sing;
Yet she mi drudge from dawn TO
dark.
In Africa liner strives
To find a w 1; the scorching light
Has burnedway his comrades' lives
And spre on every side it's blight.
Day after ~ his soul has pinned
For hidth wealth: while he has
brew
He'll seeHis fortune and will find
AT last diamond pit-and death.
How manhopes and tears bring
fortt
The fur, ne silk, the gem. the lace!
From balm south to desert north
The traa struggle has its place.
And all forthat, this pain and pray
er?
Ihat woutl may allay her passion
And make T. crowd look back and
stare
When shel fruits by. the slave of
fashion Lester.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19

THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
IC!ariOn Clipper.l
The Importance OF the office OF
lieutenant governor in the state oil
Iowa is often overlooked.
In Iowa there are numerous candi-
dates for the nomination for ieuten-
ant governor on the republican tick
ct. We believe the test in every
voters mind should be Would you
like to see him in the governor
chair for no one can tell what
chain of events might place him
there.
There is one of the candidates con-
corning whom the question can be
readily and quickly ans Hered Yes.
He is Wallace II. Arney of Mar
shalltown. who is 50 years of age and
who has lived 50 years in Iowa.
Senator Arney stands on both his
feet and leans on no one for sup
port. He is a successful banker and
farmer. His integrity is unquestion-
able. His enemies will admit that he
is one Of the last men in Iowa who
might be bought. One associate IN
the senate described his as "abso-
lutely fearless"
Steel Is what is needed in the
backbones of public men and We be.
lieve that every voter should con-
slider Senator Arney when his ballot
is cast, for the Marshall county man
has a real backbone and he would
make a safe lieutenant governor.
Give this office some thought. Look
up Senator Arney's record. II in
your opinion a vote for him means
greater efficiency in our government,
remember his name. II begins with
A-the first letter in the alphabet.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19

tirely OF the crouch" order. From
all such candidates. good Lord. de-
liver w.