Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-12

ana another to the person living in a
rented house with the best looking lawn.
Over in the Sunflower state this kind of
q thing is done and Is meeting VIII, a
deal of success.
KATE SHELLEY IN CARROLL.
LCarroll Heraldl
Miss Kate Shelley was the guest Of
Miss Alice Manning over Sunday. She
spent several weeks in Wright's hospi-
tai last summer and visited the man
agement while in town. 1t will be
twenty years on the 9Th of next July
since she tagged the train at Moingona
and saved the train of passengers and
crew. Miss Shelley speaks freely but
modestly of the incident that gave her
ienown. and when asked about the
probability OF the new Northwestern
bridge being named for her stated that
she knew nothing about it save what
she had seen in the newspapers She
taught school for some years after re-
turning from her studies In the east
Her health is not rugged now, and she
and an unmarried sister live at home
with their mother. Their land is under
laid with coal, is not covered by any
mortgage or other indebtedness and she
gays they live happily and comfortably.
She is a pleasant woman to meet,
cheerful sprightly in conversation, in
harmony with the world and its ruling
order. thinks we'll of her fellow beings
end ism sour on anything. Her expert
ence has not puffed her up and life has
not cast her down.
80
BOB BURDETTE IN HOLY LAND.
Huntington Hawkeye.l
From far-off Galilee, in the Holy
Land. on the brow of Mount CARMEL
Robert ]. Burdette paused in his happy
journeyings to send a message of love
|and greeting to his old Burlington
friends. Only part of his letter can be
quoted here. but all of it breathes the
sweet. happy nature which Won for
Bob" the love and admiration of every
enc who knew and came in contact with
him during his life in Burlington. He
says, in part:
Il send you a few wayside messages
20 tell you that you were fellow.
pilgrim on our tour thru Palestine
They will bring you q message from the
hills and fields that He loved so we'll,
and YOU will interpret their message as
lovingly and tenderly as they speak 1t
to you
The rest of the message. while per-
sonal in nature, speaks warm and
cordial greeting to all the Burlington
friends of former days, and includes
the good wishes of Mrs. Burdette and
'Bobbie," the youngster. who is grow
ing up to be fine, wholesome image of
the father.
Enclosed in the letter is a package
OF pressed blossoms, each carefully
Fastened to sheet of paper aud appro-
priately inscribed with the name and
Gate of the place from which 1t was
gathered. One is a rich pink and yell
lew flower. plucked from Mount Carmel.
On the date the message was written.
March IA. 1t has the form and appear
ance of Wild lily, and is believed TO be
the flower to which our Lord referred
when he spoke of the "lilies of the field. =
Another blossom is marked Naza-
reth, March 3. and resembles the blue
bell of our own fields. Another. like a
dog tooth violet, IS marked sweet Cali
lee. March )" and another. a delicate
spray of white flowers. has Cana of
Galilee" inscribed under 1t. From He
bron, Feb. %. the pilgrim plucked a
sweet yellow blossom resembling our
field daisy. Attic the flowers Travelled
far. they retained their coloring and
beauty to remarkable degree. and are
received with the keenest pleasure and
interest by those to whom they We're
sent
AN, IOWA EApNyE,y2 rN-4ntyr AtYr&SA
[John Troxel's Guthrie. Okla. letter
in Lake City Graphic.]
Since have been here have investi-
gated regarding the conditions of the
present land boom in this country. My
findings may be of benefit to some of
my neighbors and friends around Lake
City and Lohrville.
I. If you want to buy land here, pur-
chase of the farm owner himself and
not of the land sharks" who often
charge and collect $500 or over beyond
the farmers price.
2. Do not invest your hard-earned
money in the western part of Oklahoma
unless you can bring the rain from Iowa
along with the money.
3. Do not invest very much in town
lots while the boom is on.
AS to the opening of new lands, / have
good information that there will be no
rush this time. The opening will be
conducted in this manner: You Will APP
Fly by letter, inclosing s14 for 1850
ceres; then you will get ticket. and if
you are winner 1t will give the descrIp-
ton of your 100 acres in which case no
man can Jump" your claim. conse-
ouently there will be no contests; in the
other case you will find blank, then
the railroad companies and hotels III
Oklahoma will be the winners. II you
stay here little while and listen to
some of your friends before buying you
will save from $500 to $1,000. and fur
thermore you must not buy the land by
the acre from land dealers. The farmers
here sell all the land at certain price
per farm. which will average from $1,000
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