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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
Topics Of the Times

Mr.. Cox Scores political Trickery."
The devil himself has been known
to rebuke sin on accession but it was
the devils own occasion.
Franklin Roosevelt wouldn't have
dared to talk that way about the
Monroe Doctrine to his fifth cousin,
Theodore. Teddy would have spank
ed him.
Happy the man who can make his
old overcoat do" another winter.
The farm bureau thre its president,
J. r. Howard comes out in indorse-
ment Of the Curnmins- Esch law and
the good roads program. The farm
bureau is doing the sensible and PRO-
gressive things that were expected OF
1t.
fication meetink if Illinois has clean
ed that Thompson gagn.
Marshall Foch is not to come to the
United States. General Fayolle will
come in his stead. OF course we IL
give General Fayolle the best we have
but we had our mouth set to boiler
for Foch. The marshall is going to
miss the time of his life.
According to the Army and Navy
Journal there were 15,045 commits
stoned officers and 1s7, 492 enlisted
men in the United States Army on
August 20, making total of 2O2,537
officers and men. OF this total 1853, :
1926 officers and men were in the I'M
tied States. 19,472 officers and men
We're in the PHILIPPINES and Is, 232
officers and men in Germany.
Automobile owners have paid more
than $2O,000,o0O in license fees or
enough to have built close to 1000
miles Of paved highways since the
license fee was imposed There are
about half million autos in the
state now which paid nearly $7,O00,-
600 this year. But where's the roads2
One reason why food products are
falling is that Europe is nearer nor
NAL production than she has been
since 1913. Another reason is that
the American farmer has been pro-
ducing to the limit. One reason man
ufactured articles are high Is that
production has been lowered and
costs highered. The farmer has been
producing all he could, the workers
jas little as they could get by with
while profiteers haye been careful to
keep the market hungry.
When an unsophisticated mer-
chant and preacher go cunning for
an experienced and trained states
man like Nate Kendall they may eX-
pect severe execution from the re-
coil. Candidate Herring andsPreach-
er Kirhye thought to do Kendall
great political damage by exposing
the fact that Kendall voted against
woman suffrage twenty years ago
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
1Obn BURROUGHS
F.. 8 s N :'s::
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.

Answers to Yesterdays Questions.
l. How will a. chimney swift try
and BRIGHTEN away intruders?
2. How does the elephants use of
mud show a trait higher than mere
instinct?
8. Which is stronger in birds. the
instinct of hunger or of fear?
1. Where do crows spend the win
ter?
In the fall the crows begin to col
lect together in large f1ocks and es-
tablish their winter quarters. They
choose some secluded wood for a
roosting place. and thither all the
crows for many square miles OF
country betake themselves at night.
The winter probably brings them to-
gether in these large colonies for
purposes Of sociability and for great
er warmth.
2. Will mice befriend each other?
I am quite positive that mice will
try to pull one of their fellows out OF
trap, but what the motive is, who
shall say? Would the same mice
share their last crurnb with their fell
low if he were starving? That, OF
course, would be much nearer APP
proach to the human code, and is too
much to expect.
3. How does the wild flower excel
the cultivated flower?
Why does the wild flower, as we
chance upon it in thevwoods or boys,
give US more pleasure than the more
elaborate flower of the garden or
lawn? Because it comes as sur
prise, offers a greater contrast with
its surroundings, and suggests a
spirit in wild nature that seems to
take thought of itself and to aspire to
beautiful forms.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
TREATY TREATMENT
Copyright
1920
By FLORIAN SLAPPEY
As Told to OCTAVUS ROY COHEN

Nowadays" remarked Florian
Slappey as he settled himself COM
fortably in Lawyer Evans Chew's
swivel chair and ignored the patent
d1spleasure of the colored attorney:
Nowadays, it strikes me q Teller
ought to be real proud of bein' a
German"
"Huh?' Lawyer Evans Chew's feet
came to the floor with a bang and
he Strengthened beIligerently. "Evy
time you opens yo' mouth, Floian
Slappey-nothin' comes out"
I repeats an says it over again"
persisted Florian blandly.
How you splains that foolish
ment 2"
Florian chuckled triumphantly. He
mad succeeded in pulling Lawyer
Chew into an argument.
IT'S thisaway," he grated. "ThS
Germans is the fellers which in
Vented efficiency. They sho' done
that--or they claims to of done it
anyways.
Back in nineteen -fo'teen they
i'vaded Belgian an stahted a war
that was considerable squabble.
Slong's they was winnin' they was
happy. They sent out one fleet to
Jutland an that fleet showed it's
fleetness soon's the big English ships
'peared. They fifteen on in the land
war until they stahted to git licked
AN then they s'rendered,"
What else should they Of done?'
queried the attorney,
They might of took a lickin' be-
fore quittin' like yaller curdogs. But
that amt Germans way. She's done
gotten this heah 'ficiency bug. She
was jes' nachelly boun' to win the
war even i'm she los it. So she goes
an let's the alleys make a good
peace treaty which all of them has
done gratified 'ceptin' Brother Wood
row Wilson's country. An l reckon
,that'd be enough TO- any nation-but
Germany hadn't even stahted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
POOR LOS "uN1u1oReD MIND"


verbal since the poet wrote the IA
maliar lines, 40. the poor Indian
whose untotored mind sees God in
clouds and hears him in the wind"
seems like everything else to have
suffered change. Perhaps "it is the
war;" but anyhow a suit brought in
the federal court by the CHIEF and
council of the Mesquakies suggests
that the lines may be changed to
read:
Lo the poor Indian whose kneen
modern mind
Gathers the coin and grabs all he
can find.
seventeen thousand dollars is al
legged to be involved in the suit
which is brought by Chief Jack Old
Bear and others against Robert
Young Bear and others inclusive OF
the federal superintendent located
there. The PLAINTIFFS charge. ac-
8 i i
cording to reports, that certain
poWWows held By the tribe nave
brought in the large sum mentioned
above and that contrary to UNDER
standing and agreement these pro-
ceeds have not been divided between
the members of the tribe. So comes
Chief Old Bear and members Of the
honorable council as poor persons
seeking relief from the courts of the
Great Father at Washington and the
wampum which they claim is the
just due Of the braves and warriors.
@, tempora, o, mores! How times
change and men decay and the good
old days go by to return no more.
Times was when Uncle Old Bear and
his bunch would have smeared on
some yellow ochre and vermillion
red, put an edge on the tonlahawks.
danced a few steps about the war
post and set about seeking scalps
instead Of dollar bills. The war cry
would have thrilled across the paper
mill reservoir and the wood have
rung with a tumult like that when
Tama and Toledo fight out a good
roads election or the Tama council
and the street railway company dis
cuss the cost of paving. In those
free and happy days Of the untutored
mind somebody would have got hurt
suddenly. g
But now, isn't it Il mercy that ].
Kenmore Cooper and Ned Buntline
have passed beyond knowledge of
earthly vicissitudes and change?
Shades Of Shingacook and LeGros
Serpent. ct al. isn't it just awfulg
Forget that untutored mind stuff.
The poet meant well, perhaps he had
his facts right in the period of which
he wrote but the tutored mind of
the modern red man runs to receipts
and balances and he screams for his
dividends where once he keened the
death song or raised the scalp YELL
He dances in pow-Wows at an adj
mission fee instead Of around the
shrinking victim Of torture. The
stake itself has changed from green
wooden post set in the ground to
the long green OF currency. AS our
beloved president would say "Tut,
tut"
But who shall deny that the noble
red man is conner IN this age and
rapidly attaining the ability to hold
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
Reproduction
Prohibited.

"Nossuh, I'll say she hadn't. Right
away after they want no more war
she stahted in yellin' that she
COUNT live up to the peace treaty
i'm she would, an we all knows that
she wouln't i'm she could SO where
is we to git off at? / asts YOU
Lawyer Evans Chew thought care
fully for a moment. How come all
of that makes a man happy TO- bein'
German?"
"'Cause," returned Florian, "it
pears to me like Germany is gittin'
the laugh on all them alleys which
beat her up. To heah Germany talk
you'd think she was the on'y army
which gotten any men kilt, an the
on'y country which spent money in
the war. An the joke of it is, she's
most got us United States to b'lievin'
it,"
"Mebbe it's also true, Lawyer Chew,
that you is got mo- sense that what
| is got. But it amt! l asts you
now: S'pose Germany would of won
that war, Use astin' you how much
| tention would she be payin' if us an
England an France was yellin' on
count she was treatin' us rough?
Ev'y time we let out yell, she'd
kick us ag'in.
t An ] reemahks fu'thermo, Law
yer Chew; Germany is gotten a con-
tempt TO us TO bein' so easy. Ger
many is soht of like wife which
thinks she en- lick her husband
| 'One day she tries it an she gifts
beat up herownse'f. Ise heah to say
that when that happens an the hus-
ban let's her on'erstan' that things is
| gwine run his way FUN then on
| fo'ever after-they is gwine be mo
happier times in that house. Amt il
a fac'?''
Lawyer Chew nodded, "Yelis'' he
agreed, 80 the husban!"
well" clinched Florian, '.who else
| counts?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18

which will prevent them from ever
amounting to very much.
From now on 1t Is going to be
harder for the young farmer who
does not have money to start with to
secure u farm of his own. On the
other hand, 1t is going to be easier
for the young farmer to rent a good
farm on favorable terms. Some peo-
pie think that land in the corn belt
will advance still further in value.
Perhaps it will; but the time is COM
lrg soon when the price of land will
be based on It's productive value and
there will be mighty little speculative
value in it.. When that time comes,
tie owners of land will be satisfied
with a very low interest yield on IT.,
and the young man who does not
have an abundance of capital can
make more money as renter than
as q land owner, provided he can get
q long time lease with the right sort
Of landlord. Land owners will be
more and more anxious to get
thoroughly dependable young farm
ers to rent their land.
thing for the young farmer is to es-'
tablish q character. Nobody can do
this for him.. The right sort of home
training gives him the right start and
makes it much easier for him to do
it: but after all he must do it for
himself He must become known as
thoroughly dependable, as a man
whose word can be trusted, as a
steady worker. If he establishes this
sort Of character for himself, and il
he has good health, he will never
have much trouble in securing all the
working capital he is Qualified to
use. There is nothing else that will
fix" him SO solidly as the right sort
Of reputation which grows out Of the
right sort Of character.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18

OF more recent times when he cam
paigned for woman suffrage four
years ago and Mr.. Herring appeared
as member of the executive COM
mittee Of the Iowa Association of
Men Opposed to Woman Suffrage"
AS Kendall remarks the women
needed Herring then whereas Her.
ring needs the women now so he en-
treats their support by methods
which one more experienced in poll
itics would not use.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
Ripping Rhymes
n WATT MASON
Bv WALT MASON
THE MAN KILLER.

IS
by rural thru
byways snortng with
blessing make him glad When it
seldom deri1ed
suffer- breaks And beads
strpngs night Twoud
should
will cry, "Hurroo Eurroar!"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
AS TO TEXAS.

|
In his speech in Traer last week
Mr.. Herring, democratic candidate
for governor, complained bitterly
about the increase of taxes, and of
course blamed it all on the republic
cans. This Is the old threadbare
democratic argument. OF course tax
es have increased. It cost more to
operate a city, maintain roads.
schools, or to take care of the blind
insane and poor. Who could expect
lit otherwise? The big expense
third more Of all our taxes, goes to
the schools. The republicans do not
run the schools. The levies are made
by the taxpayers themselves, right at
home. We used to pay rural teach
ers in Tama county $25 to $40 per
month. Now we pay them $50 to
800. Can Herring hire road superin-
tendents or county officers at the
wages Of ten years ago? (Can he
board insane and blind and poor
people at the old prices? Can he
contract for steel bridges or cement
can he can draw $4,000 year man
aging big business, which beats $1,000
a year as governor. Taxes are high
year as governor. Taxes are high
more than double what they were, but
so are wages, so is living. Can he ex-
pect $500 land to pay more taxes
than 5000 land? Should a stock of
merchandise worth $4,000 be Taxed
no more than when it was worth $40,
900? Taxes are no higher in repub-
lican counties than in democratic
counties, and as a rule republican
states are run more economically
than democratic states. The demo-
Gratis have run things since Wilson
kept us out Of war, and the world has
never witnessed such financial de-
bauchery, such reckless and often
criminal squandering OF money as
has disgraced the democratic admin
istration.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
CIDER.
IOelwein Iowan,1

The happy cider making days are
here again. But they bring their
cares. Cider is a hog for work and
will get you in trouble with the
unions by working more than eight
hours day. Besides, working makes
1t hard" and that renders you a
"soft-mark' for the booze hounds.
But if you don't let it work. 1t never
develops energy enough to keep you
in high spirits. So there you are
The way to tell when cider is hard
they say, is to throw an AK in it. If
the AK floats, it is hard.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
SEEING AMERICA.

The American who visits Europe
spends considerable OF his time leis-
urably looking for the curfew bell
which did not ring to serve him for
a long time as pegs upon which
David Copperfield wrote Charles
Dickens" or for the site of the battle
of Ballahooley. He gets a good deal
of emotional satisfaction, historical
interest and literary stimulus out OF
these localities and surroundings.
They serve him for long time as
pegs upon which to hang his memo
ries, and when he begins when I
was in" he has fairly vivid i'm
preston Of the dramatic setting Of
his story. At the very least, he
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
An Honest House Seller,

I have a large barn-looking no
eight rooms, on Bellevue place, Evl
thing run down and the poorest nel
borhood In the city. I am asking Il
as much for the house 40 It - vi
but need the money, as I ana naE
a collection Of silver dollars.
I bought the house I got soakedk
now I want to soak someone
Come and see me. E. SunoeI
kalamazoo, Mich, Gazette.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
lowa Newspapers
SOME COULD WEAR EN-.
lBayard Bulletin,1

With leather suitcases selling for
IS and shoes for SIS, it would be
matter of economy for the sale of
the species to sew buttons on the
suit cases and wear them instead of
shoes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18

speedometer and the other on the
arrow pointed marker indicating 207
miles to supper and bed.
He reaches home close to nervous
prostration and instead Of telling
what he has seen and felt and visited,
he says. "Sa-ay! one day we did $50
miles on fifteen gallons and we hit
the top Of every hill at forty-five
miles per hour. Oh, boy! some va
cation!"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
The w ndml'.
RETURNING.
will go down to Arareek.
Ere suns grow pale and night
chill Z

RETURNING.
| will go down to Arareek.
Ere suns grow pale and night
chill.
l shall go back again to seek
Blue shadows running Ger the
And on the upland I shall find
White birches blowing in the v
Tho light my pack and pocket
My heart is lighter still than t
| go the mystery to see
OF sunlight on the marie tree
And wash away the city's stair
In silver bursts of summer rain
will go down to Arareek
And when l reach the grass 81 /.
That leads from cobbled streets !
bleak,
Away will drop the sullen load
Or years. and as I tramp.uy wa,
l shall clasp my hands with =, sserui
Inc brook will hail me as pass
And smells will meet me as co
OF woods and dust and ripened gra
The leaves will call their weIco
home,
And there, beside the open gate.
l know. dear heart that you ,
wait.
will go down to Arareek
Away from thoughts of sfrikes1
And ! shall hear the tree tops s...s
Their midnight message to =
stars;
The heavy dew drops falling, fat.
And in the dark the crickets CAT
With these here labor unionf
lers supportin' Cox says US
Abimelech Bogardus. Of Preakn
N. j., cant see for the life u
where the republicans got all {
money" !.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
THE REASON.


With prices going up and mp.
How can a poet dine or supp
He must, you know, have fooa
drink,
Or else, we ask. how can we thin
The cost of living's on the wing !;
They're charging more for eYeryth
For furniture and forks and apoG
For caviar and even prunes.
For autos and for country homeoII
For everything except for pomod 4
The poet gets no more per lire
Than poets got in ninety-nine.
And SO we rhymsters snort ana b
And scatter
Out our verse
Like this.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
SAD THOUGHT.

When traction workers cali Il
strikes
The poor dear public hikes
hikes,
And when the strikes ct last are G
To ride the public pays much mr.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
Curiosity,

OuTTOSIeys
The usual crowd was gathered
around the usual motor car and the
usual goggled one was endeavoring
to right matters in the usual way.
'Hallo!" suddenly cried the voice
of a new arrival Whats the mat
ter Hobbins-car turned turtle?"
Hobbins smiled with expressive
sweetness.
"Oh, no; not at all, old chap! he
replied. "These kids here wanted to
see how the machinery worked, so I
had the car turned upside down just
to please them."-FIouston Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18

The Sim Fieners and The bolks
Wiki seem to be the only organixat
able to keep their members on
job an the time. 4
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18

Sunfiower seeds yield drying oil
nearly equal to that of linseed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18

Captive weaver birds have the
weaving habit so firmly developed
that they will weave fiber around
their cages.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18

Vow that Attorney General Pal3
has arrested most OF the wicked q
fiteers, we do wish he'd turn his
tention to the prices They're s0al1
us for ice cream sodas these day
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18

Ancient bronze needles have been
found in Egyptian monuments.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18

The thousand Russian ref
children chased by the bolshi
across Siberia should be sent
by America to Russia, says Conn
Martens, the soviet ambaSDO
Since the Poles got difficult, Lei.
and Trotsky are sadly In needg
someone to chase some more.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18

The negroes have elected q III
of Africa and we, far from the 10
of our forefathers, now demand 81
we be chosen emperor OF Europea
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-18
Zoo vprr

zoo LYRIC.
An agile beastie is the flea
It's vain to seek to bind him.
Alas, he never seems to be
Where you expect to find him.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-28
DenicoIa Heads Deputies

ROME, June 26.-Signor Denicola. Of
the Ministerial party was elected Pres
ldent of the Chamber OF Deputies to-
day over Signor Lamizzari, the vote
being $50 to llS.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-28
Trooper Shoots Autoist
Speeding to Aid Others
Francis Haggerty Wounded in
Arm, but Explains and Is
Awarded by Courtesy

Francis Haggerty, Of 257 East
Forty eighth Street, is ready to tes-
tify to two sterling attributes Of the
men of the State Police Haggerty
will tell the world that the troopers
can shoot. He will tell the world
also that they are courteous and po-
lite in the most trying circumstances.
Haggerty was driving yesterday
evening on the Albany Post road
through White Plains. Ahead of him
was a touring car, which suddenly
burst into flames. Hurrying to the
assistance Of those in the burning
car, Haggerty heard shot and felt a
pain in his right arm. Thereafter he
lost interest in the troubles of others
and found it necessary to pay strict
attention to his own.
M. J. Boyer, of Troop K, of the State
Police, appeared while Haggerty was
examining gunshot wound. Boyer
demanded to know why Haggerty was
speeding Boyer told him.
accept my humble apologies" said
Boyer "The doctors house is three
houses down the road on the right
Haggertys wound was treated by DR..
William Miller, of Croton. On arriv-
ing in New York, he went to the Roose-
welt hospital.
The persons in the burning car put
out the fire
New-York tribune., 1920-06-28
Wilson May Yield
To British Protest
On Shipping Bill
Only Republican President
Will Carry Out Spirit of
the Measure, Says Pub
licity Board of the Party

From The Tribune's Washington Burcdu
WASHINGTON, June 27.-"It is quite
probable that President Wilson will
turn a sympathetic ear to the British
protest against the Jones shipping
bill" the Republican Publicity Asso-
citation declared to-day IN a statement
urging a permanent American mer-
chant marine.
But after March A, 1921 the
statement continues, when a Republi-
can President will be in the White
House to carry out the policies ADOPT
ed by Republican Congress, there can
be no doubt that the spirit OF the
shipping bill will be maintained and a
permanent merchant marine will be
established"
Referring to the opposition of Grea.
Britain to the provisions of the ship
ping bill, the statement continues:
"lt is announced that the British gov
erNment is preparing to make formal
representations to this government in
opposition to two features of the mer..
chant marine bill recently enacted into
law by the United States Congress-.
One provision is that which prohibits
the carrying of merchandise in other