Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-14
Creek and Leadville mining districts.
"A large attendance is expected at the
reunion and a pleasant vacation is as
sured to all who attend.

Mr.. B. F. Clayton, the president of
the Farmers National Congress. gave
the following facts concerning the
meeting of that body in a recent inter-
iview 1.-The congress will meet at Colo
lrado Springs, Col, August 2l-31. There
will be several excursions during the
convention and the rates for these will
be very cheap. On Saturday, August
%, there will be special excursion to
Cripple Creek and reduced rates may
be obtained to Pixies Peak at any time
while the congress is in session. This
is a rare chance to see the most mag
niticent scenery on the globe
The official route to this meeting is
the Chicago Union Pacific and North
western, and the official train will be
| the Colorado special, which leaves Chi-
cago at 10 a. M. August ls TheSratc
| of one fare plus 81 for the round trip
has been arranged for. The tickets will
be on sale east of the Missouri river
August is and l9 and ives, Of the Mis-
souri, August 19 and 20, With a return
limit of September 20. The delegates
are all expected to reach D-nver in
/ time to take the excursion over the
loop" on Monday. August 20.
/
.4It is expected that this vii, be the
largest meeting of this kind ever held
4 on this continent, il not in the world,
4 There will be many noted speakers
A present., Among them viii be r. G. +.
lCandage, of Brookline Mass; Booker
i IT. Washing ton, of Alabama; Callahan
lof New York; killborn, Of Tennessee;
4 Orr. OF Pennsylvania; Baron Herman
of the French legation al Washington
Professor Mead, of Wyoming; Profes-
4 sor Campbell, of Nebraska; Redding
IFof Georgia. Wickey, of Mississippi
and Coburn, of Kansas. The man,
81 speakers of note and the pleasures d
u the trip will make it Well Worth tht
{ time and expense. Pullman cars ma.
oe had for the entire trip IL desired
j, and in this way hotel bills may b.
!; avoided In my opinion, said Nh
!. Clayton, lit Will be one Of the best ses
| sions of the congress that has ever besl
heidi
Mr. H. S. Kneed1er, the editor of tn
Evening Republican, OF Boone, expect
s in the near future to begin the publca
: tion Of a small magazine to be know
!, as The#Optiinist. 1t Will have fron
= forty-eight TO sixty-four pages and vii
! be 4i.aS6 inches in size. Ii viii be print
I ed on fine deckle edge paper from IN
! new MaZarin type. with illuminate
( initial letters. The advertisements. o
! which there will only b. q few, VIII b
! printed in two colers No effort wi
!. be made to secure advertising and a.
n that comes TO tbs Office Will be careful
$ ly scrutiniZed, only that being accept
n ed that the editor can recomment
i The magazine will he circulated q
I. over che country. sSp slleciai effort wi
e be made to secure a local circulation
: but the paper will be on sale at all tt
I news stands.
g 1t Will have from time 10 time man
: noted contributors. In the first isst
y DIR. Beardshear. of the Iowa state CO
Il lese. Will have an article on The Phi
T osophy of Walt Whitman; Nj.
: Frances shaw vii write an article 4
i. Victor Hugo, buddhism vs.. Ghri
J. tianity" viii be treated by The cell
i brated DR.. j. h. Donaldson; The Dai
n gers of Labor Urionsi' by y. F. Taomi
'es son. of Alabama, VINO became notf
< for his testimony before the nation
= Industrial committee at Washinstol
X Earnest Ingenseii. Who has Write
Is many charming works. Will eontlIpu
d. am article on Nature study: Maj.
te. II. NJ. Ryers who represented th
10 country abroad fat over twenty yea,
will have a forfefil article on the su
iect "a Chance f'pi, Diplomats, viii
id will be OF senaraI interest; there "
te also be a poem BY n. G. Sourse.