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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26
TIMES UBfIcAN MAIsHHA EIid6wN fowx NAY q 1saa

present price levels Of. TO make ltns
In advance contracts Tor future lie
livery" declares the Sioux City Jolr-
nell The retail trade understands
that Il the consumer u supplied from
reduced price sales he win not be In
the gehSral market Tor such COM
modities until the ones purchased ct
these reduced price sales ere used
up. Thus late spring buying has
become early fall buying to the CON-
s11rn>r."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26
HOW TO DRIVE A Can

We nave Deem learning to drive .
car. Almost at once we discovered
1t IL not tho complicated, confusing
ART that garage men and books Of In
struction would have you believe.
It's really as simple a. running into
ditch. And for the benefit Of those
OF our readers who enjoy q soothins.
lulling amusement, we have act down
a lew practical hints which. II care.
fully followed. should make q ssA-
soned driver Of anybody In aye or
ten minutes.
Obviously. the nrst thinr 70 do n
to step on your SELF starter. II
sounds cruel. but II has to be done.
IL you can't find It with your foot,
get off the seat, kneel ON tha floor
and push it in with your finger.
Then. II the car still refuses 70 move.
get out. and approaching II from the
rear, give IT . hard shove ana leap
on the running board while Il Il In
motion. This 10 sometimes q littis
difficult unless the car 10 on Q steep
grade and the brakes are loose.
Once back in the car, the gears
and clutches come into use. There
are three varieties Of gsarp-drst,
second and third-and half q dosen
clutches, as In wrestling. tho I'll OF
them are worked with the fest nm
less these. meanwhile, are busy With
the accclerator, the spsedomceaP ar
the timelock.
Before approachinG the eaafA
however, It Ii necessary to have .
clear understanding with your IN
structor. Do not quarrel With the
instructor. II be, or she, a. the easo
may be, shows any signs OF iutuAoe.
ing. simply bean him with q 3ac1k or
a crank handle; tho. Of course. his
should be done ~ quietly ana unoe-
tentatiously as possible. Il N not
safe to have q nervous psrpon n XAe
car.
Now then--procssd Win yen 49,
son. Clutch the brake firmly and
stall the engine into third. o. Taxhsr.
break the stall and clutch the third
engine. Sometimes It II bsttsP to
clutch the stall ana msrsly break
the engine. Then apply he gss,
press the pedal and come smArtly In.
to second, tapping tho home plate
with your left foot, neutrelizins the
magnetic and stripping the gears.
BY this time the car has acquired
an easy, rolling motion, fnclinine
about % degrees Of latitude south. II
Is now important to leave the brakes
alone and step Of the gas. II the
wheel works stiffly, step on the gas.
II you fail to turn the corners fast
enough, step on the gas. II you nee
a man crossing tho street ahead of
you and haven't time to run him
down, step on the gas. You may
beat him past a given point. II an
other car tries to pass you, step on
the gas. Whatever emergency con-
fronts you. never forget to step on
the gas.
Your feet are now fully occuplsd.
one clutching the accelerator and the
other on the gas. Keep one hand
firmly on the steering wheel and the
other on the horn. The car should
now be doing about 900 revolutions
a minute with the axles at their full
tension and the engine occasionally
turning over. Steer directly Tor the
nearest hospital And do not take
your hand or the horn. as 1t il only
fair to notify them that you are
coming. IF f. v.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26
story Of In. Vegetables.

Does the amateur gardener give to
South America the credit that issdue
her? Does he whisper blessing upon
the civilization Of ancient Peru FOR
putting the potato within his grasp
Does he drop tear for the early
Aztecs who made It possible fog him
to have green corn?
It was somewhere In Mexico or thu
northern part Of South America tina:
corn was first grown. The old boy,,
had 'en all-flint. dent. pop and
sweet. The legend runs that Monte
xuma used 1000. 900 bushels ever,
year in his palace. Columbus wrote
home that he saw eighteen miles OF
cornhelds.
The faithful old potato sprang UP
in various parts Of South America.
Peru undoubtedly had 1t before tn
christian era. The Spaniards found
It in Ecuador and took it to spair,
whence it travelled to italy ana north
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26
Topics Of the Times

But two shifts q eight hour days
on the farm would keep the farmer
himself working sixteen hours as
boss. He'd still be putting in the old
time.
Hoover says We may have to Inn
port food. What for, to store in
warehouses under guard while the
price goes skywaAdf It seem, to be
q long, hard way between the i'm
porter and Bill's dinner pail and the
family sugar bowl
80
Just at present the system u to ret
tho old crop on the market and the
money for It back into the banks In
payment Of speculative paper. Then
the man who needs accommod aticn.
ana ought to have II, win have less
trouble getting It.
General Wood was kept out Of tho
big light ovsrseas much to his disap-
pointment, but he'll know what it
was like after the convention in Chi
cago.
Nobody ever disappeared without
apparent trace more thoroughly than
Colonel House. When the truth il
told-as sooner or later It always ts--
the chances are that it will be 4 story
OF AGOti afica1 IN $ro fStuA> <--,.s .
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26
HANDY DIRECTORY
of THE
MASONIC TEMPLE
Masonic Meetings
Visltors Always Weloome.


MARSHALL LODGE NO. 1os. A.
r. A. NJ. Friday May Is. at 1880
o'clock sharp. Second degree. c. G.
Jennings. W. NJ; John w. Wells
secretary.
sIGNBT CHAPTER NO. ss, r. A.
NJ. Monday, May "a, p. m. Royal
Arch. Frank T. Nokes, H. p; John
w. Wells, secretary.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL. NO,
30. stated assembly: May II. busi-
ness session. o. G. For. master;
John w. Wells. recorder.
coNCLAvn ST. ALDEMAR COM
MANDERY NO. 80, Tuesday. May
aS, 1880 .. m. Red Cross. Clyde H.
Stewart, commander: John w. Wells
recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81 o. e.
8. Special meeting Wednesday. June
:, at 8, for initiation. Mrs. w. j.
Richards, W. M: Mrs. Archer Wal
ton. secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES,

Tho DEBORAH journal (dem.) an.
nounces We should be very CRATE
full to the democratic national COM
mittee Il It would quit sending N a
lot OF drtvel In favor Of woman SUI
frage and q lot Of hypocrisy about
the soldiers bonus. We are trying
to run q 100 psr cent democratic
newsaper ana don1 IKE to be dis
courAGed from national headouart.
ers."
The Knoxville Journal wonders III
those few farunsrs in tbs county who
arc nghtin senator Cuumius and
supporting Smith 0rookhart, know
that the Nolan bun. proposing a tax
on farm holdings h excess Of ten
thousand dollars, vsS Iathered and
supported IN congress BY tho leaders
Of organized labor"
"Brookhart win finA that h WIN
not set - much OF q labor vote for
United States senator q he u sx-
pectang. The labor men are no 70.
Ing to DO led to slauEntor BY q lot
of paid agents from New York, who
are out for their own interests. and
not that Of the union men. Railroad
men In Hampton say that they *
pect to vote for Senator Cummins,
and they hope his proposed BIN to
prohibit strikes becomes Z law" re-
lates the Hampton Chronical.
'Profiteers win attempt 70 steady
the slump and convince the public
that the decline in prices in the ma
ture Of reduced costs IL artificial 30
that these profitssss may consun.
mate the robberies they have planned
by unloading their 0oods at inflated
prices. But the retail trade of the
country is aroused and it Is evident
that 1t does not propose to buy at
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26
Lolua Newspapers

BRoOKHARTS RDPUBLIcANTSM
CRolfe Arrow.1
We DON'T pretend to be much
fof a republican, but know enough
about the party to realize thitt
the bunk Brookhart Is standir &
for IL not republicanism. never has
been. and never will be. He is ss
much out Of place in q republican
convention as Free Methodist mir
lister would be In q Presbyterian pul-
pit trying to thaw out the icicles. II
Rrookhart's dope Is republican.sn1.
then we are q democrat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26

The office OF the director of state
telsgraphs u now studying propo-
sition to run = telegraph line from
San Carlos de Bariloche, in the terri
tory OF Rio Negro. to Paerto Varas.
Chile. q distance Of approximately
100 miles. to connect this region with
southern Chile. There Is . growing
commercial intercourse between the
southern territories OF Argentina and
southern Chile, especially In the sheep
industry, At the present time all
Geographic communications are car
ried on via the Atlantic port Of Raw
son. Buenos Aires and Santiago. The
new line viii shorten the distance
more than $500 miles.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26
PICKS WOOD TO WIN
[Monticello Express.1

Tho Express. from the beginning
Of the discussions regarding presi-
Dental possibilities, has been partial
to General Wood. He 10 going to he
the leading candidate. With the field
against him, but he has 80 muc b
strength in the field, that 1t does not
seem. likely that all the delegates
pledged to others ~ frst choice can
be kept away from him. za
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26
The w ndmill.
UsEI .Rss KNOWLEDGE.

USELESS KNOWLEDGE.
I know where brown swift waters
run
Past cliffs of ancient, lichened stons.
Where wind-awakened pine tres
drone:
Thru meadows basking in the sun.
know whore falls with names Of
white
Eternally their chorus shout
Above a pool where savage trout
Are waiting for my flies to light.
The looping line; the cunning twist;
The nash; the spray; the steady
wrist
Away with auto. street and traml
Yet here am.
know where lily pads are spread
And yellow lotus flowers CLEAN:
Where by the placid. quiet stream
The dodder spins its golden thread
Ger water like looking glass
Save where the skippers play their
game
Or where dilating rings proclaim
The foolish frog has met the bass.
A reel that runs both smooth and
fast;
A steady boat perfect cast
Oh. hence with cities noise aad tam.
| Yet here I am.
know a pond where one may Aona
Within an old fat-bottomed boat
Above the deepest hole afloaA
While Phoebus boldly skins his nose:
Where one may grip his bamboo POLE
And watch lis bobber fall anS rise
With dream filled. uninquirins eyes.
Ana let the bright sun bleach his
| soul.
The bobber dips and he. thus warned
Hauls up Q catfish fiercely hornsAs
Oh, curses. obJurgafiona, DAMMIT
YET here am.
The presidential candidates impo.
lite to each other? Dear, NO! They're
most particular about the oonven-
lions.
Wilson" contemporary had
lines. Calls for Fight on Raserva-
TONS"
For five minutes we've been sryins
to think Of something that needs
calling for less.
The Swiss guard at the vatican -
demanding higher wages ana we're
daily expecting announcement Of Z
drive for an endowment fund tor the
college Of cardinals.
zoo LYRIC.
Observe these rare beasts, children.
do,
They steadily grow fewer.
The older one II called the gnus
The Younger one. the gnusr.
Bolshevism has been unable 10 ret
hold on China, reports say. Thsre
isn't sufficiently organized govern
ment there, apparently. to break
down.
Dempsey ard FAIRBANKS and Pick
ford all being scrutinissd b. the
courts? Republics were always nm
grateful
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26


"A dog never becomes really at
tachsd to q blind man" That was
the astounding statement recently
made by q dog expert. Asked how he
could prove that 70 be true, and IL
20. why It was true, he asserted that
dog loves and understands more
than anything else the eye of his
master. And. he said. quite truly,
that the dog, worshipping his mas
ter. always looks up into his face.
The expert aSrssd that it was quite
possible that . dog should, when he
had gone blind. still show affection.
but that II was impossible for a see-
ing dog. who had never seen the eyes
OF his owner, to become really at
tachsd TO him. He would be 4 faith
ful. willing slave. but there would
not be . real deep affection.
James Polk was the first president
Of the United States to learn OF his
nv SA1Asrra,,h
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26

Dempsey ard FAIRBANKS and Pick
rord all being scrutinissd By the
courts? Republics were always un-
grateful
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26

The presidential candidates impo.
ute to each other? Dear. NO! They're
most particular about the oonven-
tions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26

Bolshevism has been unable to ret
. hold on China, reports say. Thsre
Isn't sufficiently organized govsrn-i
ment there, apparently. to break
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26

The Swiss guard at the vatican =
demanding higher wages and we're
daily expecting announcement Of Q
drive for an endowment fund Tor the
college Of cardinals.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-26

Wilson" a contemporary had
Lines. Calls for Fight on RAserva-.
TONS"
For five minutes we've been sryins
TO think of something that needs
calling for less.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-16
| oday's Events

Birthday greetings to Henry Watterson,
so years old today.
Today will witness the opening of the
annual Mardi Gras festivities at Pensacola
and Mobile.
Game commissioners of the United
States are to meet in conference at Salt
Lake City today
The annual convention and exhibition
of the Manitoba Dairy association and af.
filiated bodies begin today at Winnipeg.
Ohio will launch. a statewide drive for
school teachers. Meetings will be held. adj
dresses will be made, and telling facts viii
be shown by means of motion pictures.
The Goth anniversary of the opening of
Upper Canada college is to be celebrated
today with alumni dinners in many cities
Of Canada and the United States, and in
England, Bermuda and Mexico.
Stockholders of the Crueible Steel com
pany will hold a special meeting in New
DIRK today to act on a recommendation
to increase the common capital stock of
the company from $25, 900 coo to s75. 900 900.
The first inter-denominational pastors
conferences to be held in the southwest
on large scale viii be opened simultan-
eously today at Kansas City and Wichita.
The salary ueqstion of the underpaid min
lster will be one of the chief topics.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-16
In the DAYS News.

George KEENAN,, celebrated American
Journalist, traveller and lecturer. who
reaches his seventy-ffth birthday today
has probably done more to make the Rus
STA of the past known to his countrymen
than has any other man. By residence
and travel in Russia, when he was toler-
ated as visitor, and by correspondence
with her sintellectuals'' and her lovers of
freedom he has kept in close touch with
Russian internal evolution over a long
term of years. He went to Siberia as an
explorer and telegraph engineer as far
back as 1865. Twenty years later he again
visited that country to investigate its CON
Wet system. His disclosures gave him in
ternational fame, and did more than any
thing else that has ever happened to fix
suspicion in the minds of Americans. re-
specting the rule of the Romanoffs. Mr.
KEENAN, has been prolific writer of books
and articles for the press He was born
at Norwalk, Ohio, and began his career as
a telegraph operator at Columbus
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-16

state are fortunate in that good gravel
is obtainable at a cost that permits a
generous use of this natural and ex-
cellent road material. Motorists who
have occasion to traverse the high
ways of the White River velley, for in
stance, are wont to return to their
home towns and with enthusiastic ac-
counts of enjoyable trips and to com
plain of the road conditions in the vi
cinity of their homes They do not
take into consideration the fact that
the White River valley has been ia
vored by nature and that road con-
struction in that section presents
few of the problems that confront the
officials in many parts of the state. In
the first place the White River valley
is we'll drained, the soil is lighter than
IN many localities and then there is
the gravel than which no better can
be found. Road building in the White
River valley does not consist of much
more than two operations. The gravel
is hauled and distributed and the traf-
nc does the rest. Southern Bennington
county presents a direct contrast. The
soil is heavier and more difficult to
work and good gravel is scarce and
hard to obtain. As result there Is
no justified comparison between road
building in the two sections.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-16
GROWING OF CIDER.
Lowly Apple Juice Has Become Much
Desired Beverage

Instead OF alcoholic drinks with a bead
on them, we find ourselves today staring
at lnnocuous beverages with a crown on
them. Grape juice had a long lead in the
race tor, the throne. But this season 5
developments indicate that cider NAV be
king OF them all From the proetarian
cellar OF the rural resident has arisen
this aspnant to social and convivial
honors. The erstwhile farmers drink
IS IN a far way to be courted by city
folk and even by the millionaire unstock-
ed against dry years ahead
But the newly crowned cider of TODAY
is not the beaded vintage that used to
SIT in earthen pitchers against the old
fashioned hearth, alongside a plate OF
Northern Spies and handful of steel
paring-knfves. 1t has been arrested in
its naive and innocent progress from the
clder-press and deprived by processes OF
boiling or treatment with benzoate OF
soda of any procliyity toward evil-doing.
No faint remains of the apple that
tempted Eve and caused the fall of Adam
incidental to the crowning of cider is
the prospective property of those satellites
far-slghted enongh to corner the apple
crop of 1919. This prosperity began with
the orchardists, who discovered to their
astonishment-here in Maine at least-that
although the crop was heavy the demand
exceeded all records. Never before in
the history of the state was known
that a man could afford to pay IS day
for men to pick up apples Yet as high
as tins wage was paid to pickers and
packers-in emergencies. Cider mills did
rushing business. New ones got into
working order. The roads were converted
into professionals of hayracks piled high
with bags of apples destined for the con-
eoetion of the new national drink
As a result, in New York, cider is selling
at forty tn fifty cents a gallon in barrel
lots, with every prospects that it will re-
tail over the counter at from sixty to
seventy cents a gallon. The price may
even go higher, because while Maine
had an abundant apple crop, the national
returns are about one-third normal. Al
ready a scramble is on to obtain corners
on cider and the end is not yet.
Cider, it may be mentioned further, is
by no means American or modern. Al
though 1t is not mentioned in the story
of the Garden of Eden and so far as we
recall does not appear under the label
anywhere in the Good Book, its deriva-
ton goes back through the French
'scidre" the Latin "sicere" and the Greek
'Ssikera" to "shekah." the old Hebrew
word for strong drink 1t is possible
that Noah-the first recorded drunkard
-partook of beaded apple juice as well
as wine. However that may be no
twentieth century Noahs may hope. for
soporifc sleep on the modern commercial
drink that is today retaied as cider.
Lewiston journal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-16
A PECULIAR SITUATION.

II viii surprise most people to learn
that of the 1900 revolutionary agitat-
ors and propogandists rounded up
by Chief William j. Flynn of the de-
partment of justice on the second day
of January not single one has been
ordered deported. 1t was flamboyantly
announced, that every alien agitator
would be deported and the secretary
of labor has ruled that the Communist
party is a criminal organization de-
signed to overthrow the United States
government and all its members are
subject to deportation. The authori-
Ses announce now they have 1900
perfect cases. out of the 1900 de-
tanned but no warrants have been is.
sued for their deportation, and most of
these Reds have been released on bail
to continue their work throughout the
country.
How is this situation to be ex-
planned? Are the department of la
Dor and the department of justice
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-16
MONDAY. FEBRUARY Is. 1920.
THE LANSING DISMISSAL.

Perhaps no other act of President
Wilson has surprised the country more
than his summary dismissal of Robert
Lansing as secretary of state. That
the two men were not in harmony had
long been known but the secretary had
shown loyalty to the President that
was eommendable and the charge at
this time that he had attempted to
usurp the powers of the President is
not only surprising but one that calls
for further explanation. What had
Secretary Lansing done that usurned
the powers of the President? Has the
cabinet performed any acts or assumed
any rights that belong to the execu-
tive alone2 If it has its acts have
been unconstitutional and the dpcis.
ions it has made are of no force. The
! President should make public at the
earliest possible moment the time and
manner of usurpation that the govern
ment and the country may know where
it stands.
Both the President and the secretary
have presidents for their actions dur
ing Mr.. Wilson s disability. Presi-
dent Garfield and President Mckinley
were disabled for weeks from the time
they were shot by an assassin until
death came and made the office of Pres
ident vacant. In neither case was
the vice president called upon to as
sumo the duties of President until
death actually took place These cases
give sufficient precedent for President
Wilson's course in retaining the Pres
idency while he was i'll and unable
to see his subordinates or issue decis-
ions on public matters.
! When President Taft was making
his tour to the Pacific coast Secretary
/ Knox called two sessions of the cabi-
net to consider questions of unusual
Importance. Secretary Blaine called
/ several sessions of the cabinet during
President Garfeld's illness and during
a long illness of President Taylor the
/ secretary of state did the same thing
These cases form sufficient precedent
for Secretary Lansing's action. There
can be no valid claim of improperly
against him on that ground
If there has been any usurpation OF
the President s powers, it must be in
some other act and the country is en-
+! titled to know the full facts in the
case.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-16
Sale of Sweet Spirits of Nitre.
Barre Times.)

A new phase of the prohibitory law
enforcement is introduced by the fin.
ing of two drug store clerks in White
River junction for selling sweet spir-
its of nitre, the drinking of which
caused the death of man in that
village a few days ago. The clerks
were fined $500 each although it was
their plea that the sweet spirits of
nitre was sold on representations by
the customer that it was wanted for
use in case of sickness among horses
in logging camp and not for human
beverage purposes The court consid-
cred the plea of the drug store clerks,
but could not see wherein the usual
fine should not be imposed That view
point might not be taken by all pre-
siding judges in Vermont courts, but it
is evident from the nature of the case
that drug stores and their employees
must exercise unusual care in the sale
of such of their products as sweet spir-
its of nitre, which heretofore have been
sold without question as to the use for
which the products were intended. The
advent of nationwide prohibition has
necessitated new caution.