Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-15
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Dedham, April 15.--In one respect
Sioux City Is place after Roose-
velt's own heart. Race suicide has yet
to gain a standing in that thriving
city. For instance, up in the residence
part OF the city, near where Jud We'll
liver dwells. there are families of
eleven, ten, nine, eight and seven chill
dren. In half a block near Twenty
ninth and Thirtieth streets, this to
include both sides of the street, there
are thirty children under twelve
years of age. In four houses consecu-
lively numbered there are fifteen boys
and new family just moved in adds
three more boys They are all boys
with a big b. too, for the youngster
over four years of age that will not
climb one of those big dirt piles, fire.
quently $50 to 200 feet high-made by
cutting the street thru the hills and
slide down in the we'll worn furrow,
is promptly ostracized and sent to
Jericho to play with the girls. So
common is this practice that all we'll
regulated families in this district have
special kind of washing machine,
warranted to remove yellow clay,
ground into the small boys anatomy
by the friction of sliding down dirt
pile in sitting position. This kind
of outdoor, strenuous gymnastic per-
forming life, made it possible for one
six year old to fall off the porch roof
to the cement sidewalk below, say
twenty-five feet, with damage only to
the cement walk.
All of us read with much satisfac-
ton the efforts of our state game war
dens to prevent illegal work in fishing
and hunting. Nothing in the papers
is more favorably commented on than
when a heavy fine is imposed on some
luckless hunter, especially if said hunt
er is rich and we'll able to pay the
fine. I'M this line of encouraging the
| wardens to keep up the good work we
have this story from the Kansas City
Journal: "a bird dog belonging to
the station agent at Yale, I. T., pointed
to a trunk, which upon request the
owner refused to open. The station
agent then broke it open and found it
packed to the cover with quail. The
owner was apprehended and fined $50.
The trunk was billed to st. Joseph,
Mo-" This story is almost as good
as the one of a pointer, whose owner
| could never get him to pass a store
with a sign over the door, A. Part
ridge.
| The actions of the authorities at
Allison, Butler county, in capturing an
insane farmer and sending him to the
asylum before, instead of after he had
killed someone, is to be commended. In
| this case there is now an effort on
I the part of the relatives to have the
| unfortunate man released and turned
loose in the community. One can UNI
derstand easily enough the motives
| inspiring such action, but the state in
all such cases has duty to perform,
regardless of the feelings of relatives
and friends. There is altogether too
much sentiment in effect now, in pre-
venting the confinement and control of
| the actions of many insane people i'm
Iowa. Nearly every town has one OF
more persons at large, that are off
| in mental condition. They are re-
ported to be harmless, only little
off," but the writer can recall at
least three cases, where these harmless
cases, aggravated by the jeers of tn:
small boy, and the smaller men, became
| positively dangerous to life and prop
erty. One can hardly believe it, but
there is or was on the road, as trav-
cling man, doing a good business too,
crazy man, actually and positively
insane, as any one can find out if they
| start the subject of conversation this
man is loft" on. This statement has
| no reference to large number Of the
| travelling public who "act like insane
persons"
And that brings to mind a case
which is will do to publish now for
the man is dead and none of his rela-
tiyes or friends will recognize the