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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23
N 1sl52 Ezra Meeker, pioneer, aged
twenty-five, drove an OK team to
the far northwest over the Ore

N 1852 Ezra Meeker, pioneer, aged
twenty-five, drove an OK team t.
the far northwest over the Ore
gon trail. In 19O6-O7 Ezra Meeker
pioneer, aged seventy-six, has driver
m OK team from the far northwest to
the east over the Oregon trail and far
beyond. Between these two dates
what m,lrvels have happened!
Ezra, Meeker, pioneer. is a poet,
though he does not write Nc
man save n whose soul is possessed
by healthful sentiment could have IN
dertakel1 such a trek as Ezra Meeker
IL just completing. For an old man
OF his years 1t il almost an epic
achievement. Yet Mr.. Meeker insists
that ho is 'only seventy-six years
young" and we must apologize right
at the outset for calling him old. The
pioneer declares that he hasn't known
q sick day for more than half a cen
fury. .He was twenty-five when he
took his young wife to the Oregon
country from the old home in Indiana
ifty-forr years ago. Mrs. Meeker-
the same young wlfe-still lives to
share her husbands fame. for he is
going to be famous as the preserver
and ~restorer OF the old Oregon trail.
hne Of our most historic highways.
So that has been the mission Of Ezra
Meeker on this eastward OK team trek.
this prairie schooner excursion from
the west coast to the east coast, which
has occupied nineteen months. Mr..
Meeker might have Travelled it in five
days by transeontipent1l train. but be
er bali u century Of pioneering he
would haye. nothing but q drive iden-
teal wNhtthdt. Of 1e52, only In reverse
direction andsccadpuin9 eight on to his
birthpl,ucs5n Builder comfy, Ind; then
to Nsa,s4mk.. city, which he has Just
lsachsd; then. t. Oyster. Bay to pre-.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23
Wheaton addressed the banker:

Wheaton addressed the banker:
"M.r. Morehouse. we've got orders
and writs of one kind or another from
the circuit court Of appeals at Frisco
directing that this money be turned
v to U.s." He showed the papers to-
war,i the other. We're not in a mood
to tlife. That gold belongs to us, and
we want It,"
Morehouse looked carefully at the
papers.
II can't help you" he said. "These
documents are not directed to me.
They're issued to Mr.. Mcnamara and
Judge Stillman. If the circuit court of
appeals commands me to deliver it to
you, I'll do 1T, but otherwise III have to
keep this dust here till it's drawn out
by order of the court that gave 1t to
me. That's the way it was put in here,
and that's the way It'll be taken out
1--WE want it now"
"Nvell. I can't let my sympathies IN
fluence me-"
'".rhen We'll take it out anyway
cried Glenister. We've had the worst
VI IL CSSIJ WllGIC GloG, ulo We lie o1CR vi
it. Come on: menu
Stand back, all Of your cried
Molehouse. Don't lay a hand on that
gate. Boys, pick your men"
He called this last to his clerks, at
the same instant whipping from behind
The assayer brought into view a shot
gun, while the cashier and clerks
armed themselves. 1t was evident that
the deposits Of the Alaska bank were
abundantly safeguarded.
g. don't aim to have any trouble with
you-all," continued the southerner,
but that money stays here till it's
drawn out right"
The crowd paused at this show of
resistance, but Glenister rallied at
them:
Come on! Come on. What's the
matter with your" And from the light
in his eye it was evident that he would
not be baked.
Helen felt that a crisis was come
and braeed herself. These men were
In deadly earnest-the white haired
banker, his pale helpers and those
grim, quiet ones outside. There stood
brawny, sun Drowned men with sci
Jaws and frowning faces and yellow
haired Scandinavians in whose blue
eyes danced the fame Of battle. These
had been baf1ed at every turn, goaded
by repeated failure, and now stood
shoulder to shoulder In their resist
anGe to a cruel law. Suddenly Heller
heard a command from the street and
the quick tramp of men, while over
the heads before her she saw the glint
| of rife barrels. A file of soldiers with
| fixed bayonets thrust themselves rough
" through the crowd at the entrance.
CLEAR the room.'' commanded the
officer.
what does this mean?" shouted
Wheaton.
at means that Judge Stillman has
called upon the military to guard this
gold, that's all. Come, now, move
qu.ckn.' The men hesitated. then sui
lnly obeyed, for resistance to the blue
of Uncle Sam comes only at the cost
of much consideration.
They're robbing us with our OWL
soldiers said Wheaton when they
were outside.
AYE" said Glenister darkly. 1--WE
hare tried the law, but they're forcing
us back to first principles. There's go
ms, to be murder here"
tro 10 Continual
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23
the DREAM OF THE STAR.

IA Song OF the Oregon Trail. Dedicated
to E:zra Meeker, Pioneer.1
a som for the men who blazed the
wayl
With hearts that would not quail
They made brave quest Of tho wild
Northwest,
They out the Oregon trail.
Back Of them beokonsd their klth and
And ali that they hold their own,
Front OF them spread the wilderness
drsad,
And ever the vast Unknown.
Hut ever they kept their forward course,
And never they thought to lag,
FER over them flew the Red, White and
And D Ii. dream Of /. star for tn. A.sl
q ehssr for the men who cut the traill
With souls as firm a., steel
And fiery AZ wrath, they hewsd the
path
For the coming cemmonwsai.
And ci6oO on vn0 N0Vl0 OV SU0 pt0ssSVtS
Tho eager throng closed In
And followed the road TO q far abode,
An Empire new 20 win.
And so they wrought at the end Of the
trail,
AZ sver must brave man do,
HiIl out Of the dark there cleaned q
spark,
- ~, d.>.r az %he star came tr,,el
Ill.,
Atoast tD the mon who made the road!
And a health to the men who dwell
n the great new land by the heroes
PLANNED,
Who hsIvs builded il wide and well!
Ia. temple stands where the pine tree
stoex,
And dim is the ancient trail,
But many and wide are the roads that
And sts,,eh are IN. ship. that sail!
For The land IL a grand and soodIy
lane,
And lie fruitful fields are titled
BY the SONS who 500 on the flag Of the
free
The drssnm Of the star fulfilled
RoBERTuS LOVE.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23
Make your sale Gates with
NJ. KENDALL
The Live Stock and Gen
eral Farm Sale Auc-
tioneer
NO. 81.

- EEFLEf EsdaEtIEtS.1EE
Trenton, Mo, May %. 1so7-To any
one in need of a competent ~auctioneer,
I would most heartily recommend Col.
M. NJ. Kendall, of Marshalltown, Iowa
L have watched Mr.. Kendall both in the
school room and at sale yard conduct
ing real sales. while attending the
Missouri Auction School. We found
him to be honest, industrious and sober.
He is a man with very pleasing adj
dress while on the block and will make
I'd" wherever an opportunity is at
forded. Respectfully,
w. B. CARPENTER'
President Dunlap State Bank.
Also President Missouri Auction school.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23
tTo Be Continued
How. This7

we offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
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we, the undersigned. have known
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Testimonials sent free. Price 75c per
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23
The Mack,

The women Of the farming districts
of Connecticut are getting the '.tele-
phone neck" according to a Derby
(Conn.) dispatch. Doctors say that the
sex is destined to be deformed. Some
time ago the telephone was Installed
in nearly every farmhouse. Since then
the women have used the phone by the
hour, standing In a position which
throws the head to the left side.
The muscles Of the neck do not fully
recover, and half Of the women walk
ing the streets incline their heads Sc
yerely to the left, as though standing
at q phone with the receiver at their
ear.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23
South Dakota Lands.

Cheap rates every Tuesday to the
greatest grain and stock country in the
world, where government statistics
show the production Of wealth is high
EST. The Minneapolis & st. Loouis
Railroad Company's new extension is
just completed.
investigate this golden opportunity
before it is too late.
Excursion tickets good for fifteen
days-only $4,000.
Descriptive folder on application.
Call on Iowa Central agents or adj
dress A. B. Cults, 6. P. & 7. A., Min
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23

through Which he passed in 1852 was
largely barren plains, prairies, desc
late stretches of waste wilderness. He
found the scraggly buffalo grass sup
planted by the cultivated grasses Of
agriculture. He found orchards and
forests developed on what had been
! treeless territory. He found splendid
cities and thriving towns all along. He
found highly developed farmhouses.
the wide fields cultivated by motor
plows and the grain gathered by great
reapers which move by traction power
over the fields, heading the wheat,
thrashing it and filling sacks with the
golden store. For a considerable part
Of the journey he found a great trans
continental railway line following
practically the Oregon trail.
Whizzing automobiles passed the an
cient schooner outfit from time to time.
Occupants of these modern machines
no doubt wondered who 1t was in the
prairie schooner and why he was do
ing 1t. Perhaps some of them smiled
at the. quaint spectacle, as at 'the last
leaf ON the tree" But the well pre-
served pioneer, enthusiastic in his mis-
sion for preservation Of the old trail,
for building Pioneer way so that flu
ture generations may travel it and
recall the glorious achievements Of the
early pioneers, the men who settled
the Pacific northwest and made 1t
American territory - this young : old
pioneer cared not a whit what others
thought of him. File did care, though,
for what they thought OF his project,
and ut every opportunity he told the
people about it and urged their CO.
operation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23

The professor was welcoming a
niece, who had just returned from a
trip abroad.
aHad a fine time, had your he
asked.
Perfectly splendid"
Yet you were going around be-
tween showers all the time"
"Why, how can you talk So! 1t
didn't rain a drop while Il
Don't interrupt me, child. / know
what I am saying. 1t was raining
when you started away from here ,and
it raining now. Comprehend
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23
piIasI Piles, Piles!

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will cure blind, bleeding. liberated and
itching piles. 1t absorbs the tumors
alIays the itching at once acts as a
p,ultice, gives instant relief. DR.. Will
iams' indian Pile Ointment is prepared
for piles and itching of the private
parts. Every box is guaranteed. Sold
by druggists. by mail, for so cents n
si. Williams Manufacturing Company,
proprietors. Cleveland, O.. For sale
bv 3 A. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23
CO., Rates u Pacific Coast.

The Iowa Central Railway VIII nave
ON sale daily until October 18th. very
low rate one-way tickets TO California,
Oregon, Washington, British Coium-
bla. Utah. Montana. Idaho ind Mexico.
Rates $500 below regular fare. Call
on agents for particulars. or address a.
n. Cults, G.. T. & 4. A., Minneapolis
MINI,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23
Pioneer Way.

tVllVVl Voys
Ezra Meeker wants the government
to build a great national highway. fol
lowing the old trail from the Missouri
river to the Oregon country, to be
named Pioneer way.
eft will be a way" says this pio,
neer, "that shall make traffic practi-
cable by the trackless car, a road OF
cement that shall be thronged by the
coming generations
Mr.. Meeker left his home in Pu,
gallup, Wash, Jan. %, 1906, accomra-
MED by Miss Bertha Templeton, his
granddaughter. Two stout, sturdy oxen
pulled an ancient prairie schooner OF
the type of the Oregon pioneer time.
The Wagon bed was Of boat shape;
hence the name schooner. Pioneers
used to find the boat shaped bed handy
in crossing streams. Mr.. Meeker him
self crossed several streams by using
his wagon bed for a boat on his way
out to Washington. A considerable
part Of the wagon in which he made
the eastward trek belonged to the
identical schooner which he used in
1852. Els camp and cook outfit was
made up pretty much like that of the
early pioneer. There was even a dog
trotting alongside the tar bucket hang
ing at the rear. Ezra Meeker is moth
ing If not realistic in his doubling back
over the old trail.
The oxen were about the only mod
-. ~>,..A "a 49, n,{G% or1 Vot fhnv
looked strangely out of date as they
drew the covered wagon along the
dim old trail-dim in places and in
other places made over into good
roads and much Travelled for short dis
tances by the local inhabitants. One
Of the oxen made the entire transcon-
tinental trip. The other died at Lin
coin, Neb., where Mr.. Meeker was de
layed for several weeks looking for a
successor to that OK. This incident
serves to emphasize the wonderful
progress made by that part Of the
country since the fifties. In those days
long caravans of OK teams were trudg-
ing westward through Nebraska. Now
a man must wait weeks to find one
lone OK who knows his business.
Interesting Ceremony.
At many points along the way Mr..
Meeker stopped to erect markers OF
monuments. He vas not out for a
speed record. Usually he would adj
dress the people gathered at a point
which it was desirable to mark. At
several places the school children, hun
dreds tf them, contributed their mites
for the making Of the monument. Here
a rude bowlder was placed, there a
cairn OF stone and yonder a handsome
granite shaft. At the famous pass
through the Rocky mountains MI. Nee
ker travelled eighty-four miles from a
postot1ce to reach the summit and
place Il monument. Only twenty-four
persons witnessed this interesting eel
emony.
Ezra Meeker's memory is perfect.
recognized many spots which he
had seen as a young man. But he
found vast changes. The country
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23
Travelled by Men of Note.

The old Oregon trail led out from the
town Of Independence, Mo-, overland a
matter Of 5000 miles to Vancouver
and Astoria. Lewis and Clark. the
first official explorers Of the region,
traversed parts of the trail. DR.. Mar
Gus Whitman %traversed it time and
again between his home, neal Fort
Vancouver, Wash, and the national
capital In his efforts to induce con-
gress to Americanize the vast region
and secure a permanent hold. Joaquin
Miller. the lyric poet of the pioneers,
traversed the old trail as a boy with
his fathers family.
Whatever may be the outcome of
Ezra Meeker's mission, no person who
is acquainted with the story OF the
pioneers and the history Of the strug-
gle for the Oregon country and it's
splendid development can withhold re-
spect and reverence from this man
who In his declining years has written
with the wheels Of an OK team an epic
couplet In lines 5000 miles long. The
trek of Ezra Meeker belongs to Ameri-
can history. ROBERTUS LOVE.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23
Terrific Fate.

It's a terrible fate to suffer from
serious bowel trouble. Ward it off, with
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. 25 cents.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23
AEEMRS LONG Trek
Pet Project OF Pioneer Who Has
Been Tracing Old Oregon
Trail
BUILD GREAT AMERICAN ROAD

Meeker Would Have Historic High
way Established and Makes Jour
ney to Washington by Prairie
sehooner-Would Name Road "Pio-
neer Way"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23
PICTURESQUE Abode.

At the Lewis and Clark exposition
in Portland two years G l TALKED
with Ezra Meeker from time to time.
H. was a feature" of that expesi-
tlol. He. lived on the. greunds.ipA
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23

cozy house made of a section OF a 81
gantic Washington tree followed out
and rooted over with canvas. 1t was
a strikingly picturesque abode, delight
fully appropriate to the occupant n
the occasion. There sat Ezra Meeker,
selling his books to those who would
buy, talking with his visitors o
the old days and the new days and
discussing his pet scheme for person
ally ~retracing the trail and having 1T
restored. In his tree house, the room
being at least fifteen feet in diameter,
Mr.. Meeker had relics Of the old days.
l never met a man than Ezra
Meeker. He Is a widely Travelled man.
He has known both wealth and pow
erty. Early in the Washington terri
tory days he discovered that hops
grow with remarkable fecundity in
that region. He planted great hop
yards and waxed wealthy from the
product. In those days he was called
the hop king.
Daniel Webster and other fasteners
strongly opposed the acquisition of the
Oregon country. Webster held that all
the country beyond the Rockies was
barren desert, worthless wilderness,
and made some comments on the
worthlessness of hat region which
look like hilarious hunor today. But
Webster was serious. He knew little
or nothing Of the great west beyond
the backbone of the mountains. The
fight for Oregon, which meant a great
deal more than the present state of
that name. was carried on by the pio-
and men Of his stamp, who drove OK
teams across that trackless. worth
less wilderness. 1t was waged also
by men like Benton and DR.. Lewis
f. Linn in the United States senate.
both of them from Missouri and both
able to SHOW" what Webster couldn't
see. Linn really began the battle in
the senate. and after he died Benton
took up the struggle. The state Of
Oregon has named counties for Linn
and Benton.
The United States did not get all
VI lAC OllSAla 0AS6OA wv
got the territory now comprised in the
three states of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho and a small portion Of two
other states, but the greed Of Great
Britain and the dilatoriness of some
of our own statesmen robbed us of the
rest Of it. The slogan Of 't1fty-four
forty or fight is well remembered. 1t
meant that by right of discovery and
exploration the land was ours up to
the parallel Of "a degrees 40 minutes,
marking the southern boundary of
what was then Russian America. BY
final compromise we got the southern
part, and England took the northern
section. Had America held out for
the whole Of the Oregon country the
United States now would extend in an
unbroken line from the tip end Of
Florida to the icy cap Of northernmost
Alaska. Wouldn't 1t have been worth
whila2
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23

sent his plea to the president and then
on to Washington for further pushing
of his pet project What that project
Is may be told in q few words.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23
CHAPTER XII.

A RAW, gray day. With a driving
~ dr.zzle from seward and a
~ leaden rack Of clouds drifting
4 "A Low rnatchad the sullen. ftful
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-23
IncurabIe.

The professor was welcoming
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-06-13
The Redco ats and tho Ragged Boys.

In 1896 or therea bouts an old lady
who must have been nine or ten years
old in 1910 told me that OF the nth
of March of that year she saw General
Washington alight from his horse at
her fathers inn at the head of King
street, in Boston. l think this had
been the headquarters of General
Howe, who had left Boston with the
English army that morning Wash
ington with his army had entered In
triumph, think he stayed in this inn
till he moved with the army to New
York. Washington was fond Of chill
drcn, and he called the little girl, took
her on his knee, think, and said to
her:
you have seen both the armies to-
day, and which do you like best?"
The child could not tell a lie" and
said that she liked the rcdcoats best,
to which she said General Washington
replied;
"They look the best, my dear, but il
takes the ragged boys TO do the fight
ing"
I believe this story to be true. and I
recommend 1t to the people who say
that Washington never smiled,-Ed-
ward Everett Hale in Woman's Homo
Companion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-06-13
THE EARLY BIRD.

Bishop Brewster of Connecticut is noted
for his funny stories and his latest is said
to he about an Old reprobate who decided
to repent. and announced to every one
that whatever wrong he had done should
be made right. So a man whom he had
cheated out of large sum OF money went
around at midnight to demand It.
"But whit did you come at this no ir
for, and wake me up2 why not wait TIL
Tomorrow" said the old sinner. GROSSLY
Il came now" replied the man, ito
avoid the rush. "-IIarper's Weekly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-06-13
CHAPTER XIV.
] Make an Engagement.

The south bound train was now due
In ten minutes. A few students had
boarded the Chicago train, but
greater number still waited on the
farther platform. The Girl in gray
was surrounded by half dozen stu
dents, ell talking animatedly. AS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-06-13

The Daniel Electric Light & Power
plant Of Hardwick has been sold to the
Woodbury. Granite company for $4,000
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Still Another Reason.

But there Is another reason why
those Egyptians ceased to honor the
name Of Joseph. The disasters which
flowed from the stay of his people In
Egypt were so overwhelming that Jo-
seph's services were forgotten. They
could not mention his name unless at
the same time they recalled the ca
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-02-01
SHAW'S IDEA
In Speech at Concord He Suggests
Bonded Ports for United States.

Concord, N. H., Jan. 30.-ln a speech
tonight before the New Hampshire
Board of Trade, Leslie M. Shaw, secre-
tary of the treasury, advanced the
startling, if not novel, idea of bonded
or free ports in the United States.
Merchandise can now be produced
from imported material in bonded fac
tories" he declared. ut seems to me, -
he continued, ito be safe and wise to
carry the logic of this provision one
step further, and have bonded or free
ports. Without attempting a lengthy
elaboration of the idea / content my
self with throwing out the suggestion
Suppose instead of bonded factory
we bond well defined section of land
containing, if you please, several tnou.
sand acres. Within this bonded terri
tory all kinds of factories could be
built and into this zone all kinds of
raw material could be entered without
the payment of duty. This port should,
Of course contain no dwelling. l
would allow free coal and every other
element of manufacture, except labor,
to be entered free"