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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11
Topics OF the Times

West Virginia comes into the suf-
fage ratification column but it was
q tight squeeze and left the ladies
GREATNESS.
The government will have to re-
turn a half billion taxes taken on
stock dividends. AS an instance of
tax payers getting something back
from this administration the situa-
ton is interesting.
II we were to establish universal
vocational training it would be a
very good protective measure from
within and without. For a trained
man can earn a good living and re-
spect himself and those make the
best soldiers in the word.
The Des Moines Register offers as
a reason for the election Of Herbert
Hoover that President Wilson
couldn't be elected the third time.
Which seems to be IN unanswera BILE
argument in its own way.
If we treat the returned soldiers
justly I~rhaps they and their sons
will be the more ready to enlist in
event of another war
The Charter Oak Times says VII
son and Lodge are holding back the
treaty. The Times view is rather
superficial. The treaty itself is max
ing the impasse. It's provisions are
its own death warrant
As long as the purchaser continues
to pay high prices just so long VIII
high prices continue. Nobody Is CO.
ing to drive a nail in his own coffin.
Mr.. Gompers occupies a sufficient
~ powerful position in America
without turning congress over 70
him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11
MR.. HOOVER'S LETTER

In n letter to a Los Angeles man
Herbert Hoover makes the statement
that he was a progressive republican
before the war and is an "indepen-
dent progressive" now. Much in Mr..
HooveTs letter to the Los Angeles
person indicates that Mr.. Hoover
has been" rarin' TO go" as a candi-
date despite his studied bashfulness.
If Mr.. Hoover wes a progressive
republican before the war he
managed TO conceal the fact most
successfully-for UP to this time no.
body in the United States had an
idea of what he was politically ex-
cept that he agrees with Wilson.
Just what an independent progress
sive" may be nowadays is rather diff
ficult Of definition unless 1t is
euphony for "mugwump." Also, the
average person will be puzzled to
know why Mr.. Hoover has withheld
this important revelation Of his po-
litical affnities before the war so
long when so much anxiety was be-
ing manifested for definite informa-
ton.
So far as the Los Angeles situation
l.. ;s
The Los Angeles Times Is making a
fierce effort to hold California dele
gates from Johnson which Is the core
of the California boom for Hoover
That assists to explain why the
Times, rock ribbed member Of the ole
standpat guard Is willing to use one
who confesses to having been pro.
gressive- before the war as a clul
to swipe Johnson with.
Mr.. Hoovers letter does not maxi
anything plain. There Is no comics
sion of political faith or outline o.
purpose in his letter. That he Is ar
independent progressive" may NEAR
anything, nothing or everything. Bu
one Item in the program of Mr.
Hoover should he chance to be elect,
ed to the presidency has been made
! clear and definite. He favors the
Wilsonian covenant from top L
bottom which, Of course Is an IN
! reserved covenant and include!
Article X.
Mr.. Hoover Is entitled to a very
I large measure Of praise as food ad.
n1inistrator. If another food ad'
rinistrator were to be appointed M
would be the choice Of most Of uE
| without regard to party. A mar
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11
GRANGE AND ORGANIZED LABOR

Sherman ]. Lowell, master of the
National Grange, the leading agri-
cultural organization Of the country,
has given notice from his headquar-
tiers in Syracuse, N. Y, that 1.-The
grange hereby notifies the world
that it does not intend to be kept
responding to the call, produce,
produce, produce so long as other
lines adopt as their slogan, reduce,
reduce, reduce"
The forty four hour week can not
support America, Mr.. Lowell says,
and the National Grange sees no
reason why it's members should work
seven days a week, and long hours
each day, to give cheap food to other
workers of the country who insist
on cutting their hours and enhanc-
ing the cost of everything. The
farmers doctrine for the reduction
of living cost, he says. is that every
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11
IOWA Norse ANo oesNIoN.

"WNsn AomsbuilAses caA beessW
money g easily - wall street
gamblers can. the house dhortess VII
end" asserts the Burlington oasettc'
To The wavsriy Independent. IT
now looks a. II the democratic party
propoees to nght out the booze dues-
ton In the coming primaries. we
cannot help viewing 1t as . forlorn
hope, as the American people are
learning every day that the eight
eenth amendment 10 demonstratins
the good II IL doing the country py
the vacant Jails turnout the length
and breadth of the nation"
Putting the opposition In the hole
is not always statesmanship. con-
structive administration or legisla-
ton must rise above such selhsh-
ness and seek to serve the ENDS OF
the commonwealth. II the legisla-
ture has failed or refused to carry
out the advice and suggestions OF
the governor and now insist that he
give IL an opportunity to DO so, 1t
hardly meets the demands by Citing
the LEGISLATURES delinquenoies." ar
CUES the Sioux City Journal on the
Governors statement.
The Davenport Democrat says
THE facts OF the business appear to
be that the governor doesn't care to
be bothered with a legislature on
his hands. His excuse that these
things, having once been placed be-
fore the members. should not be
presented again until after a new
legislature is elected isn't convinc-
ing"
Perhaps the men out Of the ser
vice would prefer to receive the bon
uses TO seeing war memorials erect
ed. Eating and wearing things are
still more than things to look at
suggests the Cedar Rapids Republi-
can.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes,
among those trying to come back
in politics are Joe Bailey, John Bar
leycorn and High Tariff"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11
Ripping Rhymes
By WALT MASON
CONVALESCEN1.

I've feeling and weak and
Raced and broken
that priceless diaphragm
ribs Tapping loose have pains
deuce feeling
cheerful thoughts think something else
blink And the learned physician
hale talking MS
diseases wait round the corner
they'll ride till I'm dead
victims OF when
should
Rachel used to for the chill
OF broken
I crouch blamed flu
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11
HOW DID HE GET THEM?
lSan City Sun-l

The Iowa Homestead is publishing
private correspondence OF Gov. Hard
ing which shows that In his can
didacy for office he asked improper
favors OF corporation heads. The
Homestead is not publishing any
thing that was not suspected OF
Harding's opponents years ago. But
if It is a fair question. how did the
Homestead get hold Of his correspon-
dence?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11
WHY THE MISSOURI IS MUDDY
Davenport Democrat

II they notice, down at Kansas
City. that the Missouri river is mud :
der than usual. this spring, 1t will
he because someone has revived the
story that vessel loaded with TO-
900 gallons of whisky was sunk
somewhere near Council Bluffs back
in prehistoric times, and the search
for 1t has begun again with unusual
vigor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11
THEM WAS THE DAYS.
Spring,

| Spring.
One day when you ran out OF
school at recess. q breeze came hur-
| rying across the mud and grimy
snow of the playground and told you
that winter was over. And the sun
felt so good that you hollered and
ran idly about. just the way Dash
did when you defied parental au-
thority and unIeashed him.
That afternoon when you went
home, the job of filling the wood
box was more repugnant than 1t has
been for months. The errand moth
| er sent you ON to the store was an
.interminable journey. You nodded
| and yawned even more than usual
| over your examples after supper.
Spring had got you. just the way
| it's going to soon now. But now.
you can't ransack your room and
collect the marbles that you put
away last summer and sally forth
to the sharp shooting and vociferous
debate of the marble ring.
But then on the other hand, you
can't be cornered, protesting We
hemently, and be forced by higher
authority to imbibe g. nauseous mess
Of sulphur and molasses. for the al
legged good OF your interior depart
ment.
Spring report cards were terrible
things to bring home to your family.
Your mark for department was
always the deepest blot On an
escutcheon not particularly immacu-
late at any spot
It was hard to concentrate ana Ia
Dor assiduously when tho wind was
from the south and the first black
birds were walking sedately about
the yard outside. It was hard to be
good when the breezes called you
and you knew that the first grass.
was turning green down by the
brook and the river ice had broken
up and drifted away.
And, unless the boy who was has
left you completely 1t isn't 50 darn
easy to be industrious and reputable.
even now.
When winters here austere and
white
In labor we have small delight,
When spring arrives, all green and
gay
We keep on loafing, anyway.
THERE'S HOPE FOR HIM.
He may torture all his offspring; he
may likewise beat his wife;
He may ham, string his old mother
and then laugh to see her
flops.
But ere they spring the scaffold
| trap, say this to save his life;
He never starts to leave .
q show
| Before tho curtain
Drops.
Multiplication" said the distract
ed parent, stopping his ears to tho
walls OF his infant while attempting
to add up the bills OF the doctor
and the hospital and the nurse and
the milk company and the drug store.
"is vexauon."
! s1-;osaoossyy h:= yet suggested sending
the kaiser TO Siberia
Nick and Leon, the bolshevictim-
|izers, must be losing their grip.
They're beginning to explain things
4 to reporters.
Now It's only the revenue agents
who can take it or leave It alone.
a & q IA ll.ss..la f., Fl. ".
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11
DIRECTORY
-oF The
MASO NIC TEMPLE


MARSHALL LODGE NO. ios a
r. A. M, Friday, March IL, at
o'clocb sharp, Second degree. e. u
Jennings, w. NJ; John w. Wells, Sec
rotary.
sYoNrr CHAPTER. No. -. r. A
NJ, Monday. Feb, 10, 1880, business
convocation. Frank T. Nokes' H. T."
John w. Wells. secretary
xrNo SOLOMON Council No
10. stated assembly Monday, Feb, 10
6us,ness session. o. C. Fox. master;
John w. Wells. recorder.
coNcLAvr ST. AI.DEMAR COM
NANDFRy No. N X. r Tnesdnv
March "a 1880 o'clock. The Temple
clyde II. stewart. commander; John
W. Wells. recorder
crNTRAr, CHAPTER No. ~ n. "
Sp,s.a: -.--.!-= Monday, Marcn
"a School 81 instruction at ESQ
initiation Mt 1880. dinner Mt $40 Mrs'
". 7. Richards, W. NJ; Mrs Arcner
walton. secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11
NO PURSES FROM SOWS EARS
Mount Vernon Hawkeye.l

Until within recent years news
papers never quit-they just passed
on from one owner to another: But
now publishers fail in business, Just
like other business men. Publishing
has become a matter OF frst i'm
portance in the nation, and likewise
it's hazards heve increased. The time
has passed when yon can take dull
boy and make an editor outen Of
him." as the poet VIII Carleton put
~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11

Calling Attn, the extremity of the
Aleutian islands, the most westerly
part OF the United States makes
San Francisco the geographical CEN
ter OF the country from east to west.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11

1t is n maxim at sea that ship
returning a salute always fires fewer
guns than IL receives but the Swedes
and Danes return the compliment
without regard to the number OF
guns fired to them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11
The Windmill
A CAVE WoOIN0.

J. Hercules Smith was an up-to-
date cave man.
An antediiuvian, dashing and brave
man.
No woman he wanted would lead
him astray.
He'd grab her. he said. ans he'd
drag her away
He vowed that he'd whisper nc
turtiedove stuff to her,
He'd throw her around and he'd be
awful rough TO her.
And when they were one, so he
said, he'd be both
He swore all of this with a terrible
oath.
Along there came Susan, . maiden
Of parts,
A muscular girl and q breaker OF
hearts.
]. Hercules straightway was struck
and was smitten,
He snatched her-'twas done In
less time than It's written.
Before she could powder her nose or
could dab
Her lips he had hauled her perforce
to q cab.
He took her, despite all her strug-
giles and wrath
To his cave-which included three
rooms and q bath.
.T'm a oave-man." he yelled, land
by Gosh! I'll subdue you'll
And I'm a cave-woman. she cried
II pooh pooh you'll"
And she was. So they wrestled three
days and three nights;
He fought for his theories, she
fought Tor her rights.
The morn Of the fourth found the
pair still embattled.
With Hercules groggy and Susan
quite ratified,
And both much. much gentler. And
SO, before noon,
The contest was over. They lay In
q swoon.
They then came together: both cried
out: Lets quit"
MY muscles are sore and my con-
science Is split!
Lets be reg'lar people OF virtue and
grace,
Lets can the cave stuff" And with
that they embrace.
Thus discord gave way to JOY and to
laughter,
And they lived very happily ever
thereafter.
The Indians are rich and grow
ing race. That shows what real
reds can do.
"Cannedidly speaking says the
president, and another cabinet mem
Der bites the dust.
Politics makes strange bed-fellows
but we do wish they wouldn't
snore.
Spotlight" many would-be can.
p,tt ofiII fhaN
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11
A CROSS QUESTION.
FSiouS City Jourpal.l

OC1F1t&<'1
No one questions a woman when
she says all men are alike. but the
question Is how she found 1t out.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11

When a party adopts platform
pledge, its candidate ought to carry
out its plank--or walk 1t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11

FAMOUS RENUNCIATIONS.
az am not a candidate, but II the
country shall call me, I will not deny
yryself"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11

spotlight" many would-be can
didates are crying. But still they
remain in the dark.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11

Politics makes strange ed-fellows
but we do wish they wouldn
snore.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11

Nick and Leon, the bolshevictim-
izers, must be losing their grip.
They're beginning to explain things
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11

the kaiser TO Siberia
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11

West Virginia comes into the suf-
fage ratification column but it was
a tight squeeze and left the ladies
GREATNESS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11

Multiplication" said the distract
ed parent, stopping his ears to tho
walls OF his infant while attempting
to add up the bills Of the doctor
and the hospital and the nurse and
the milk company and the drug store.
sis vexaton."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-11

Now It's only the revenue agents
who can take it or leave II alone
y z a & fA 5ts1a T.. II. ".
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-04
Many Scores, More Hits and No
Errors Shown in the Box Score

In the parlance of the baseball
world everybody made hit and there
were no errors at the first annual ban
quet of the Fairmont Printing COM
pany and The West Virginian held at
the Y. NJ. C. A. last night. Everybody
batted 1000, although Deacon" En-
gle made about is trips 10 the plate
while the rest of the hitters for the
occasion, the box score will show, ap-
peared in the oratorical batter's box
but once. The Deacon" also acted
as official umpire and called the
speakers out. No kicks were regis
tered against his judgment, except by
Major Rollo Conley and Jimmie"
Herbert. They made mild protest, but
were not ordered of the field. The
longest hit Of the game was registered
by BOSS" Wiegel, when in the nintL
inning, he knocked the ball over the
fence with an employees insurance
proposition, while the crowd cheered
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-04
Special Car After
The Contest ONLY

So many members of the crews Of
the Traction company are i'll that it
win be impossible to have an extra
car 70 take the fans to the basketball
game at the Normal school this even
ing for the Bethany game, but an ex-
ira car will be operated after the con-
test. However, the Edgemont and the
regular city cars both leave down.
own at 7:45 and arrive at the Normal
in plenty of time to see the opening
Of the game. Traction company Of
ficials stated this morning that it
would be impossible to operate spe-
cial car before the game, owing to the
fact hardly enough men to operate
the regular cars could be found.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-04
HARRY HAS
AL|BI FOR
GAME HERE
stansbury Getting Worried
About the Normal
Battle.

MoRGANToWN, Feb. Al Yves,
Virginia gets away with a victory
against Fairmont Normal at Fairmont
on Saturday night of this week all
her supporters here will consider the
team lucky. Examinations have prac-
ticaly prevented practice ALI through
the week and in addition to this Daw.
son was called home on Monday by a
death in his family and may not even
be on hand to play on Saturday, much
less TO take part in this weeks work
outs.
Coach Stadsvold has been continu-
ing his experiments at the forward po-
sitions with first Hawkins and then
Outright in the lineup, and, too, has
TO take notice OF the possibility OF the
absence of Dawson from Saturdays
game.
There will likely be eight players
taken to Fairmont including Captain
Morrison, Kiker, Hill, Hawkins, CUT
right, Gaines, Parker and possibly
Woods, making nine in case Dawson.
gets back. Dawson has written from
his home at Lost Creek that the bes.
he can expect to do is to get to Fair
mont Saturday afternoon in time for
the game. The Mountaineer five will
not go to Fairmont till on the after.
noon Monongahela train arriving there
just in time for the contest. A num-
Der OF students bound home for the
three days of vacation" between
semesters will likely witness Satur-
day nights game at the Normal gym.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-04
TRYING TO FIX
DATE FOR GAME
Buckhannon and Fairmont
May Meet Here on the
18th.

Coach Kahn and Coach Ross, repre-
senting the local and Buckhannon
high schools respectively, are still try
ing to fly, up date for the Buckhan-
non high team to play the locals here.
The tribe from Buckhannon was or
iginally scheduled to appear in this
city ON the night of the 9th of this
month, but the big Valley basketball
tournament causes this date to be
changed. Coach Kahn has suggested
February % as a good date for the
contest, and il Coach Ross can get his
faculty to agree to the team making
a long trip. he will bring the "Buccos"
here on that date. Buckhannon will
likely enter the tournament here,
which starts on the 9th and Ross is
figuring on playing Fairview the oath.
Fairmoht the 25th, resting up the 26th
and getting into the tournament the
next day.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-04
GREAT CROWD
VILE LIKELY
ATTEND GAME
Weatherman As Usual serv
es Up Soft Weather
For Contest

Honest to Pete II Sandy Toothman
scheduled big basketball game for
July 4th there would be half-rain
snowstorm and plenty of slush and
slcp underfoot. Just as soon as We
jumped out of the hay this morning
and ran our warm feet into little
pile of cold, damp snow that had
blown In the window during the night,
we were reminded OF our engagement
this evening at the Normal school
gymnasium to see Bethany and the
Normal do few stunts on the basket
ball floor. There has not been sin
gle big game here all season for which
The weatherman furnished brand OF
weather that was fit to print. But in
spite of all this, great crowds have
turned ont to the game and a capac-
ity house Is anticipated this evening.
The game tonight promises to be
one of great interest and should be
we'll played from start to finish. TINT
local lads are in good condition now
and will endeavor to take tonight's
battle and the one with West Virginia
on Saturday evening. To grab off
both these contests would make up
for all the hard luck the team has
bumped into during the last few
weeks.
: Coach Toothman announced this
, morning that Pete Hamilton would in
all probability be found at one OF the
guard positions at the opening of the
game and Tough at the other. Jimmie
knight and Mike Hamilton will work
the forwards, while Longfellow Shu-
man will be at his old stand in the CEN
ter of the floor. Some good looking
substitutes like FATTY" Duncan, Fer
guson. WEIGH and Smith will be on the
side lines ready to jump into the game
at any time IL need be.
The Bethany team comes with a
good reputation for fast basketball
and the fans should be treated to a
good game. Don't mind the weather,
come out to the game.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-04

him to a finish. "Ad" (Advertising)
Wright had a little trouble getting
down the base line after he hit sharp
ly to center in the seventh but made
the circuit in good time and slid oven
the home plate several seconds before
the ball was relayed from the farthest
pastures. Ray Mapel gave clever
exhibition OF how lark Twain and he
used TO steal home when they were
playing on the Mississippi Valley
league long before the time the catch
ers stood up behind the bat and when
the only time ball players wore gloves
was in the winter. Uhler Dunlap read
a six volume history of baseball re-
citing all the sensational plays made
by CRY" Hermann in cincinnati and
elsewhere. Owing to the fact that
the N. P. RS have been increased and
the fact that pace is tight" (Which
is about the only thing we know that
gets tight around newspaper office
any more) we beg to say thirty"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-04
Three Are Discharged
For Want of Evidence

Lack of sufficient evidence gained
James Tumulty, of Rlvesville, his lib
erty yesterday in Justice Musgroye's
court when he was arraigned for trial
on a charge of stealing S45 from a
boarding house keeper. Tumulty told
Deputy Sheriff Woodward that he has
q hundred scars of wounds received in
France, which may be true. At any
rate, Justice Musgrove thought James
was telling the truth when he denied
having stolen the money.
Mike Turello and orval Yerkey,
both of Watson, were tried for having
IN their possession more than the linn
tied Quantity of beverage with more
kick" than the prohibition law al
lows. After legal battle between
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney NIL
Ter and Former Judge G. A Vincent,
for the defense, the Justice stopped ali
kicks by deciding that the presence
Of the prohibited kick had not been
proven and discharged both men.