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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08
THOSE STRAW POLLS"

The Monticello Express expresses
its opinion with freedom and plain
ness as regards newspaper polls on
candidates. 1t says:
4 syndicate of daily papers of
the state has commenced the poll of
the state on republican gubernatorial
preferences. There appears TO be no
limit TO the number of times a
booster for some candidate can cast
his vote, so long as he does not en-
close more than three ballots in the
same envelope. The poll will in no.
wise be even an approximate express
sion OF public opinion. 1t is simply
a matter Of how many papers a par
tisan of q candidate is willing TO
buy, in order that he may clip and
mail coupon ballots. II looks on the
face of it like a bid for all the fraud
that may be attempted, providing the
ballots are not stuffed into the box
in bigger quantities than blocks OF
three. The ballot box will be kept
open from week TO week. but the
Stuffing may lie done daily. The
showing will be worth no more than
the postage on a single coupon, and
the opportunities for fraud are so
patent that the result can be none
other than to cast suspicion upon the
candidate taking the lead in this
most childish Of straw voting.
Passing the question of possible
fraud up to the Express and the
poll printers to quarrel over the re-
ferring entirely to the value of the
poll itself the Express is entirely
correct when it says it isn't worth a
| continental except possibly to the
newspapers that conduct it,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08
PRICES AND PUBLIC WORK.

Almost prohibitive prices for paw
ing are giving the new road law
set back in Iowa WHICH may require
years to overcome and should force
a change of policy so far as control
of federal funds is concerned. The
vote in Webster county refusing to
accept federal aid for paved roads is
an indication OF the state of public
mind and there is no question ont
what present prices m3!le it a poor
time to make permanent public IN
proyements
1t has been announced from Wash
irgton that federal aid road projects
would not be approved hence federal
aid not extended for anything bot
pavement on primary rDnds in !,c
vicinity OF large towns where traffic
conditions make paved roads the
most economical in the long run. AS
q policy in normal times this would
De wise and sound but for a year or
two it would be better to permit fed
eral money 70 cooperate with auto
mobile license money in putting the
primary road systems to perma nent
grade preparatory to paving when
costs of construction find their, per-
ma nept Iayel
Most states have reached their
paved roads via gravel as IN educa-
tor and the leap from mud 10 pave
nIent is too far for an overly con-
sentative public to go at one bound.
SO long as paving remaina ut It's
present prohibitive cost reactionaries
nave undue influence with their ar
surnent of high cost. Road elections
that fail are worse than those that
are not held and yet the federal aid
and auto money continue to pile up.
n federal aid projects are not APP
proved the AUTO money remains i'm
pounded until all other approved
projects have been paid.
II would be wise for counties in
which PAVING must come soon oWIns
to densitytof traffic to be permitted
10 40 ahead with permanent grading
OF their primary roads 20 as 70 be
prepared Tor paving when tn price
III risht. This Would perHit road
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08

to draw attention from extravaganza
ard mismanagement In the war on
the principle that people will even
look out Of church windows at a dog
fsht.
It's ~ pity that the billion fooled
away by the administration refusal
TO buy that sugar crop couldn't have
been diverted to the service men. In
stead OF the sugar spectators.
Those fellows who Ind their can
didactes made nominal by their for
mer ro-German sympathies are
wondering how John T. Adams gets
by with 1t and remains national COM
mitteeman from Iowa,
The sorrow Of the man whose
cellar has been raided IL as nothing
to his agony when he buys quart
os the bootiegger and suspects that
it il out Of the case that disappeared
from his own store OF wetness.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08
THE DISHONESTY OF OVER
SELLING.

The five largest creditors were dis
cussing the affairs OF retail mer-
chant who had got out Of his depth.
only one thing TO do" snapped
the smallest creditor, "and that's to
shut him up. we'll get about so
ccRts on the dollar now while we
lose more II we lot him go on"
Two other creditors seemed to
agree 10 this proposition. while the
fourth was obviously undecided.
They all looked at the NTH creditor.
who happened to be the largest.
How much did you sell him on
your last bill?" the largest creditor
asked OF the first speaker.
About $500 worth"
That's a pretty big order for your
goods. isn't ~"
"Ye-es.'
What would be a fair sized or
der from such retailer as our
friend!"
II should say about $3.50"
80 you sold him twice az much as
he really needed"
ne Wds Tree " uuy vi hos' NHS
smallest creditor defended. I'VE nat
uraily sell a man all he will buy, II
we think he can pay for II"
How about you other fellowsT'
the largest creditor turned TO the
other thyee men. How much did you
overselI him."
Their tale was similar to the first
-, No. ha. anld
him from IS per cent to 100 per cent
more than he could dispose OF In a
reasonable time.
Tn Just as bad as you fellows"
the biggest creditor said seriously.
I'VE oversold him at least so per
cent Now granted he IL 10 blame
for buying so heavily, we are also to
ELAINE for letting him buy more than
he should, We should stand IN re-
lation TO him as an assistant buyer.
Instead of which we merely consid-
cred our own sales books with the
result that we knowingly drove him
into his present condition.
Now propose that we take notes
for our present account and give
MIN FnanCe 10 make SOoI. II We
warn him aga inst over buying and
tell him that was the cause of his
present mSarrassment he will do
netter. Except for his weakness of
falling victim TO the salesmen's per-
sua sion he is a good merchandise.
would feel criminally liable II let
This debtor go under when am
more 10 blame than he is. for knew
he was buying too much and he
merely believed what our statesmen
told him
Some discussion followed. the out
come Of which was that the mer-
chant remained in business and, he
ing on guard AGAINST over buying, he
soon got well on his feet.
What pity thar statesmen are not
educated TO sell the buyer not az
much as they can. but as much as
the buyer needs to carry him over to
the next buying period. Many mer-
chants are put out OF, business be-
cause they believe the salesman's
word as to what they could sell In
all such cases il is safe TO say that
the buyer was a fool, but the saies-
man was dishonest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08
Ripping Rhymes
By WALT MASON
GREAT TIMES.

fellow
father pulled down day
he
safely he could
his often wonder
could
wage they roue
burned blow TO buy
wasm
panic foresee should
ayen7 head
in and sad and
seep hours min
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08


Why Take Either Jobl
! have Just graduated from my first
year at high school and have the ops
ton OF entering a large machinery
company or a reliable retail store.
Which would be best? w. ID.
From the confidential note at
tached to your letter gather that In
the machinery company you would
have an office position anu would
develop into a Nbookiseeper and ac-
countant and so on. and In the retail
store you would be first salesman.
then buyer and so on. up to q store
proprietor.
Frankly. don't think there 10 a
pin to choose between the two. II
depends upon where your inclina-
tons lie. Do you like accounting
better than selling? II so. go to the
machinery company. II. however.
you find more pleasure In selling, go
10 the retail store. The job which
appeals most to you Is the one at
which you would be most successful
More important. still, however, Is:
do you need either Job as much as
the rest Of your high school work?
Think II over.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08
Topics OF the Times

do we need more sedition laws"
asks the American Civil Liberties
Union" whatever that is. Well,
leaving the query for future consid-
GRAFTON it may be partially answered
b the reply that we need some ac-
tua2 enforcement of the sedition laws
as they stand. A law is like a hoe;
unless those whose business it is to
use it get on the job the weeds con-
tinue to flourish. .h
president Wilson accepts with
reservations" the proposals of the
French and British premiers Of the
alian situation. SO the president
isn't utterly against reservation-if
he can make them himself.
Harding is 70 issue statement on
the proposed session today. Let's
hope he will not get things as badly
mixed as his statements on tho Rath-
bun case.
Another confederation Of feminine
initiative and capacity in all lines
RIA, be had Of Waukon banks where
a pretty forgeress got by with two
comfortable checks. Don't under
estimate the future development of
the ladies in every avenue Of en-
deavor. Those women are keen to
pick up things. Watch their smoke.
The Baltimore Sun, strong pro-
Wilson democratic paper is authority
II. the Statement that democrat
leaders are planning to mobilize the
saturated and moist wet vote How
erer they are wondering what w. j.
b. win do to them when he finds It
oGt. NevsTtheiess II i wet and dry
,nght could bs started It would help
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08

elections to be deferred until the vot-
ca IL satisfied that paving can DC
done as cheaply as It ever will he
and II VIII give progress a fair
chance 20 function. Recent paving
bids even tho they were rejected
upon advice OF state engineers have
given the mud road crowd pre-
ponderance of armament.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08
John Burroughs.
{, Nss''ss:::

]. Are ostriches Ioyai w. '"e"
mates7
II. why is forest OF pine usually
succeeded by forest of oak?
IT, VIII dish ever eat fish larger
than themselves?
Answers 70 Prsvieus Questions.
I. How does the phoebe bird hunt?
A phoebe-bird perches here and
there and makes sudden swcers ="
the ground for the insects which she
can not find on the wing. Her eye
seems telescopic, rather than micro
scopic like the warbler's. She ex-
plores the air and the ground and
sees her game from afar. At all
hours az the day she perches on the
brown dead branches of the apple
trees, and waits for her prey 10 APP
pear, her straight. stiff tail hingeing
10 and down her rump. .
II. Can q flower grow thru as
phalt pavement?
One, of the most remarkable ex-
hibitions of plant force ever saw
was In western city where OBJ
StTNeu d cptGitS VI Nho
forcing It's way thru the asphalt
pavement: the folded and compressed
leaves OF the plant like mans fist.
had pushed against the hard but
flexible concrete till IL had buiged
up and then split, and let the ire
pressible plant thru. The force ex-
erted must have been many pounds.
III. Where does the chipmunk
liver
The chipmunk usually digs his den
away from the fences and other
cover In clean open ground. leaving
no clue whatever as to its where
abouts. He carries away all the
soil. and either makes pile of II
some feet away. or else hides 1t com
pletely, His chamber is about three
feet below the surface OF the ground.
and has but one entrance. thru a long
crooked passage eight or ten feet
long.
(Rights reserved by Houshton
Miffl!n Company
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08
VERSE LIBRE.
Burlington HawlSeye

mere mas been much discussion
regarding free verse, and il still
seems TO be undecided. where free
verse leaves off and prose begins.
Some one has offered the following:
see a world
Where thrones have crumbied
And where kings are dust. ...I
The aristocracy Of idleness Il
Has persisted from the earth.
| see world without slave. va
Man at last is free
Natures forces .s
Have by science been enslaved:
Lightning and light.
Wind and wave.
Frost and flame.
And all the secret subtle powers
OF earth and air
Are the tireless toilers
For the human race.
see a world at peace
Adorned with every form Of art
With musics myriad voices thrilled:
While lips are rich
With words of love and truth:
\ world in which no exile signs.
No prisoner moIrns:
\ world on which
he sn"e. SHAUN" ooes NOT ram
a "of'o where iAoor reaps its tnii re-
"a'u'
where "ofh anu "orth 20 hahd III
n"ha'
''e " ""ii"
"i'iout the "essaTs outs'fetched
palm.
ne m'sers heartiess' stony Stare
Inc plteous wall OF want
me VIVA ups vi Hes
Inc cruel eyes OF scorh.
see a race
M''""' o'seaSe Vi iiesh ana Drain
@Hupeiy ana iaF.
Ana,
Az ! LOOK.
Liie .ensthens' .,.
Love cahop,es the earth
!nha over al Ia the great doihe
SHINES the e'erhai STAR
vi human nope.
iha' sooh'ie hke 'oihe vi t''e 'hihSs
tha1 milhohs peie'ea III ie" years
ago. VINO 'hous". tha' iiie phrases
""'u c'anse VIZ ""'i' hu' II
'ates of'ch W r'o''ert ~. ihser"oil anu
! ne wrote II III prose. mere VIII Ne
ciai11S tnd' ! - not iTee verse out
surely lhaNes sooo reao'r's anu
SOUNDS well
| nat mas peen oohe VIZ niger
son piose ''iIs 'e uoi,1 WIZ i','.c'
"tner prose, lhere ~ Apr"''a'n LIN
'"h ihns " "
WHICH &c" seh'eee' sii"'Seu as
Tree verse seem 10 so'po AZ wen az
"r'''eh ."e way i.'h."'' "'"'' '''e'h'
IN vow "H"
MY a'ssa,'st'eu reno" -'o'''i''s' i'eh
ana not ~ hiihe
IL the moHehtohs issue VI civil war
Inc government VIII no' assai' you.
rou can nave no cohIhct
without being yourselves the agsres-
sors
you nave no oaph
! SeS!stsrH. ~ !.SASen
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08
HANDY DIRECTORY
--OF THE -
MASONIC TEMPLE
Masonic Meetings
Visitors Always weleoms.

LODGE NO. ios a
Ia. NJ, Monday. March 5, at .
lock sharp. Second degree. c. {.
|nings, w. NJ; John w, Wells sec
hry.
kIGNEr CHAPTER No. rs, r. A.
| Monday. Feb. rs. 1880, Business
bvocatlon. Frank T. Nokes, II. ~
hn w. Wells. secretary,
trNG SOLOMON COUNCIL No.
stated assembly Monday, Feb. 10
k,ness session. u. =. iroS. .s."5ss;;'TT:
In w. Wells. recorder.
toNcr.AvT ST. ALDEMAR COM
NprRy No. 20 X. T, TnesdaV'
|rcb o 7.so o'clock. The Temple
Fde Fl Stewart. commander; John
Wells. recorder
hrNTRA Al. CHAPTER No. 67 o. "
spcciaI meeting Monday Marcn
school Of instruction at 2;so'
alton nj 7:s0 dinner NJ $50 MIS-
Richards. w. NJ; Mrs. Archer
ton, secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES

Whatever isn't, Is highly desir-
able: II ham and eggs could only go
TO $50 an order, instead OF a miser-
able dollar fifty, ham and eggs would
be the fare of the nation rather thar
tenderloin. lobster and blue points"
asserts the Cedar Rapids Gazett.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08

sitions in the public schools OF the
country either are vacant or filled 10y
teachers below standard. and the at
tendance at normal schools and
teacher-training schools has decreas-
cd twenty per cent in three years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08
STOLEN FRUIT.

[E'rom sin One Sense published
by the Three-1n One Oil Co.
New York City)
Mother" asked Tommy, do fairy
rales always begin with once upon q
time"
No dear. not always. sometimes
trey begin with. No. We don't have
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08

The first newspaper published west
Of the Alleghanies was the Kentucky
Gazette. issued at Lexington in 1877,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08

The Boone News Republican says,
Skendall ts undoubtedly In the lead
and would win against single con-
testant. but with the following COM
manded by his rivals. 1t Is more than
likely that the republican convention
this year will have something to do
besides passing resolutions
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08
The Windmill
uR GREAT SERIES OF HEART

OUR GREAT SERIES OF HEART
SONGS.
Don't Divorce Your Husbands.
Some chorus girls we're chatting in
The back room Off the stage
When all at once there came To
them W
A woman bent with age.
Her cheeks were thick with paint.
for she
Had been the same as they,
And as they gathered round to list
She then to them did say:
Chorus:
Don't divorce your husbands, girls.
They may be coming back.
They might get hold OF some guys
roll
Or clean up on the track.
tied the can to seven when
l heard the footllghts call,
How happy l would be today
II I'd a-kept them ALL"
The girls were struck by what she
said,
II got them where they lived,
Some husbands each OF them had
tried
Which more or less had flivved.
They sadly thought of all the dough
They might have turned away.
Their laughter turned to sorrow as
They heard the woman say:
Chorus: F
Don't divorce your husbands, girls.
The turn OF Fortunes wheel
May make them movie magnets or
The Cheese in Vodderveal.
There is not one of those I canned
That hasn't made his haul.
I'd be more prosperous today
IL I'd a-kept them all"
a machine gun stands at the top
of the stairs leading to Trotsky's Of
flee in Petrograd. the papers say.
ENemplifying, no doubt, the conf
dence the bolshevik brethren have ia
each other.
|. Presidential booms have increased
to drum fire all along the line
Southern delegates TO, the repub-
lican convention have been instruct
ed TO support the soldier candidate
for the nomination. All ma. Il mig
ger in the wood pile,
Summer may be coming in. as bid
once said, but IFS apparently comins
this year by mail.
POEMS OF FOUR SYLLABLE,S.
To March:
Spring!
The nasty thing.
10 Fayorrte Sons:
-Boom; loom;
Doom; gloom.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08

And so Mr., Wilson steps aside and
by that act drops the checkered flag
chat starts McAdoo and Palmer in
the race few laps behind Edwards.
We are told he said: Bless you. my
children, and may the best man win
Touching spectacle. wasn't it?" asks
the Waterloo Courier.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08
WHAT MAKES a CONGRESSMAN
LAUGH

WHAT MAKES \ CONGRESSMAN
LAUGH.
(Clipped right ont of the Congress
sionaj RecOrd)
Mr.. Blanton-l wanted 10 see IL the
gentleman from Massachusetts viii
pefmit the gentleman from Missouri
(Mr. C.ark) to tell the house what
the people of Missouri think about
republican rule in congress?
Mr.. WaIsh--Yes: l would be very
glad to have him tell the house, but
notice that he probably anticipated
the request. for he has disappeared
u.augbter.)
Mr.. Madden---I was interested in
the gentleman's statement to the eff
feet that he objected to the water
being stored in reservoirs. particu
iariy IL a dry time should come
that there might be difficulty.
think 1T might be well enough to call
the attention OF the gentleman to the
fact that the dry time Is here and
everybody is on the water wagon.
I.aughter)
. Mr.. BlantOn-Mr. Speaker, 1t Is an
extraordinary circumstance when
any man appreciates attention paid
to his wife by some other man.
I.aughter.)
Mr.. LittIe-Mr. Chairman, after
the encouraging statement Of the
gentleman from Vermont a member
of the military affairs committee,
think / can say that l have achieved
the result that / had in mind, and
which ! started ont to obtain: and
nov. Lord. let thy servant depart
in peace" and you gentlemen go on
with your bill. Uaughterl
1t is comforting to read the Con-
gressional. Record. There isn't much
plot to it and not much dialog. but
when people can laugh at the things
that move the guiders Of our destiny
to mirth, there surely can't be SO
much wrong with the world.
HEROES WE KNOW.
We know Va man who'd brave a
whale,
A bear-cat or an alligator:
He'd twist lion by its tail;
But how he quails before a waiter!
The doctors die but the, sick man
OF Europe lives on.
The man who can tell you the diff
ference between the various reserva-
lions for Article X. undoubtedly can
explain all about the numerous pro-
posals for F1ume.
A. FALL IN EXCHANGE.
She had been going around
To parties.
Quietly depositinE kisses Z!
In the bank Of experience.
When the news
Got around the street
There was run on the hank
And she became her own
paying teller .... 4.
Today she Is still paying,
But
In quite q different coin.
s'KAMERAD!" a
Isn't 1t remarkable how docile and
amiable Tavarish 1enine has become
the. &c Il: =: sc: cred 81: g.. E..:
capitalists and middle class In Boil
shevikia and wants something from
the fellows outside? Blood wouldn't
melt in his mouth. would II?
Scientists have discovered that
space Is limited Editors beat 'em
to II long ago
hut the space IN u column neeIns
practically unlimited II, instead OF
reading IL from tDp down. you are
writing " from the bottom mn
Without 50 much M one wan smile
MOSCOW in .Dir.s the world that Gen
cfrI Wrn nTie Inns stacceedrd to the
/ rs,ans " sls ttes'sd A lslre
fDyceG. " ~ l gss
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08

The doctors die but the, sick man
OF Europe lives on.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08

The world has not yet returned To
normal. and will not return TO nor
NAL for some time. We do not know
what will be needed In the way Of
defense II IL appears. later. thu. &c
do need universal training. there will
be plenty of time TO work out a plan
that will mt nation that has return
ed 10 normal conditions" save the
Storm Lake Pilot Tribune. But II
would be the height of folly to pre-
tehd that We are in hanger at the
present time. or 10 try to devise {
plan in these days OF unrest and un-
certainty that will prove adequate
when the nation has once more re-
turned to peacetime conditions Tho
military committee should be com
mended for it's action in this matter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08
Why Take either Jobf
sy HAROLD WHITEHEAD.

that. but here is something ,ust as
good!'"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08

Dut the space in column seeIns
practically unlimited II, instead OF !
reading II from TIP down, you are
,.sriting Il from the hottnIn mn W. W.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08

without 50 much M one wan smile
MOSCOW Ia '0rn-s the world tbat Gen
gcraI Wrn nTie Inns sticceedcd 10 the
command :uk me Shat tss's ,I1eriik ins 4
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08

Scientists have discovered that
space is limited. Editors beat 'em
to IL long ago
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08

The man who can tell you the diff
ference between the various reserva-
tions for Article X. undoubtedly can
explain all about the numerous pro-
posals for F1ume.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08

Southern delegates TO, the repub-
lican convention have been instruct
ed TO support the soldier candidate
ior the nomination. All, ha: a mig
ger in the wood pile.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08
HERoEs WE KNOW.

We know Va man who'd brave a
whale,
A bear cat or an alligator:
He'd twist lion by its tail;
But how he quails before q waiter!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08

Summer may be coming in. as bid
once said, but IFS apparently comins
this year by mail.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08
"KAMERAD,"

Isn't II remarkable how docile and
amiable Tayarish Lenine has become
rcry th:. &c .ss s=:c:cS 81: g. s..:c s
capitalists and middle class In Boil
shevikia and wants something from
the fellows outside? Blood wouldn't
melt In his mouth. would IL? ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08

|, Presidential booms have increased
to drum fire all along the line
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-08

A machine gun stands at the top
of the stairs leading to Trotsky's Of
flee in Petrograd, the papers say.
ENemplifying, no doubt, the conf
dence the bolshevik brethren have ia
each other.