Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-17
Generally Believed That Vote For Rail
road Tax Will Carry.

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Special to Times Republican,.
Girinnel. Feb 1.-THE newly cre-
ated firm of Belden & Son in the car
ria ge business. is the first TO actually
occupy office room i'm the reconstructed
Proctor building. the lower part of
which is occupied by Grant Ramseys
grocery store.
1t is stated by active workers in that
line that there has been but lttla
trouble in securing in Grnncll town
ship more than the required number of
names to the petitions for calling new
election to vote on the question of
three per cent tax in favor of the pro-
posed railroad, and also that there
seems to be no doubt that the vote for
the tax will carry by a goodly major
ity. The township trustees met today
to canvas the names on the petition
and. if found sufficient in number and
kind, to order the new election for the
18th OF this month.
The congregational church was well
filled yesterday morning with people
eager to listen to the mission story of
Secretary a. n. Hitchcock. of the
American board. and many were the
1 49,
of the address. AS missionary SER
mon it was entirely out of the or
binary 1t was world in its COM
prehensiyeness: clear, concise and
forceful in it's presentation. and so
graphic in its descriptions as to make
the scenes and facts actually live to the
nearer. There was no attempt at ora
tory and yet it touched the imagina-
ton, the brain. the sympathy and the
heart OF the listener with even more
force than the most studied and poll
ished oratory 1t took the audience
round the world over 10000 miles of
latitude and longitude and. touching
but a few of the most prominent of the
hundreds of places visited, it included
the general attitude and development
of the various peoples as We'll as the
strictly mission work. With such
presentation and such a spirit behind it
there is little reason to wonder at the
growth of the student volunteer move
ment in the colleges of Iowa and else
where. The Student Volunteer conven-
ton closed with the meeting of last
evening when about forty of the student
volunteers We're gathered on the plat
Mr.. Woodward of Grinnell, Coe of Cor
nell. Peckham of Penn, Bailey of Cen
ira! College and Miss Longan of
Drake and Miss Hinkhouse of Grnnell,
and the meeting closed with another
stirring address by Secretary Hitch
cock.
The February monthly meeting of
the MEMS Club" of the Congregations
al church on Wednesday evening of
this week will have for the subject for
discussion, "America's Attitude Toward
the Orient" The discussion of the
political phase of the problem will be
opened by Professor Jesse Macy; of
the commercial, by DR.. d. P. Breed;
the industrial, by Professor G. p.
Wyckoff; and the missionary by Hon.
W. G. Ray. These monthly discussions
have become increasingly interesting as
the membership Of the club has en-
largcd. 1t is earnestly desired and
hoped by all concerned in this work
that large number of men not atfili-
ated with this or any other church Will
be interested in this club work and
come into its membership. All such
are gladly welcomed to the meetings
of the club whether members or not.
j. H. Stewart who has been sick for
the past week with pneumonia, died
at his home, lilo Hamilton Avenue,
about 10 o'clock yesterday morning
The funeral took place this afternoon at
2:30, conducted by Rev. Elias Handy.
The body was taken in charge by his
comrades of Gordon Granger Post and
laid to rest in HaZelwood cemetery.
This is the third member of this post
mustered out by death since Jan. I,
1905.