Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-13
Wen Defined Movement Toward
the Country Noticeable in
the Cities
THE. SITUATION IN DE.s MONIES
Sons and Daughters Of Prominent Pso-
Pile Are Anxious to own and Guilt
vate the Soil = Reasons for Making
the Changes an Interesting Study -
State Fair Exhibit.
special to Times Republican.

vestigate rural life in America AMI
report what is needed to encourage
the movement from the city to the
farm, will be able to make some inn
portant suggestions. In the mean
time however; more than 100 young
people of Des Moines have shook the
dust of the city from their feet and
have gone to the country to get a
start. True most of them have nat
OF necessity rather than choice They
have been forced by the limitations Of
their pocketbooks to go where land is
cheap and can be had from the gov
eminent. What is true in Des Moines
is true in all the other cities of Iowa
and 1t is believed that thousands have
left the cities. for country life.
The movement in Des Moines has
gathered considerable impetus. 1t Is
sort OF mania with a large part Of
the people Tales of hardships on the
frontier seem not in the least to de-
| ter others from making their start in
life in that way. Some Of these peo-
pie will not remain on their farms
after they get them proven up. Many
of them will remain, however, and 9TH
ers will eventually drift back to their
ranch life.
A little inquiry into the matter
shows an Interesting situation, and
the reasons for making the changes
are an interesting study Claude Jar
nigan. a newspaper reporter of this
city. and son of the editor Of the Ce-
dar Falls Record, has taken up claim
in South Dakota and In 8 short time
will prove up on 1t. He had desire
to get 100 acres. Of Uncle Sans do
main in his own name. Don Berry, son
of ex-State Senator Berry Of Indian
ola, gradual eds from Simpson college
and then started into newspaper busi-
ness in Des Moines He is now farT1-
ing IA half section of land in warren
county, and one of the leading citizens
I'm the lu6inmunity. He had always llved
in the city, but the attractive features
of the glitter wore. off and he says ne
will never return to the city.
John Swift, Davis county boy,
was also newspaper man in TINS CITY.
The filthy lucre wasn't attaching TO
! his fingers fast enough to suit MIN SO
he. ana his wife went up to northern
minnesota where he found 100 acres OF
the public domain that was subject TO
homestead entry and was covered with
babout $4,000 worth, Of lumber IN the
! tree. He filed on it and some Tune
next fall will prove up on IT ana
!: own it.
SSSTes Staipr new spaper men OF pes
tHfasass-af1s@-isnown to entertain ampl-
j.tions 10 get out onto mother earth
and will as soon as they can ar
range it.
Fred .Colville. a photographer here,
who at one time was located al To-.
| Dodge. has gone to Wyoming where ne
| intends TO get a fruit ranch. ne 80.
tired of breathing the smoke Whlch
| every winter is nuisance IN Des
/ Moines.
/ Miss Pearl Davis and a Miss Ander-
son. University Place girls in TINS clty'
are living now on homestead IN wy
oming. Chester Bunce who was an en-
Move In the office Of the stat board
of control, has proved UP on 16O acres
lin south Dakota; Misses Flora ana
Daisy Laird. Miss Kreigh, principal OF
| t,e Carey school in East Des Molnes'
i Miss Nell Brown. have all gone to wy
oming and taken up claims. j. w.
Gooder. one of the janitors at the
state house, and his daughter, have
taken up claims in Colorado. MISS
4 Alta Ownes. Miss Edith Wrags,
| daughter of NJ. j. .Wragg. the nursery
man; A. q. Schultz, a lawyer OF Les
| ,Moines; DR.. e. r. HutchfnY, physl-
! cians Will Drake and his sister, Carrie
Drake: Miss Maude Leeser, DOCK
4 keeper: Ella Wvekoff, a stenographer'
! Miss Margaret Jones, a trained nurse
DIN and Lew Lyons, MI. Mccormick
John w. Wright, a bOokkeeper; Henry
In. Colburn, an attorney; Mr.. OCon-
nell. an attorney; Miss j. F. Hide
brand, all Des Moines city bred peo-
ME have within the last year left the
glare of the electric lights for the
plodding life of the frontier nome
steader. -
There are scores Of others but In the
bulk of the cases. mentioned apoee
there has been real desire to get 70
the quiet life Of the farm as we'll as 3
desire to get hold of 100 acres OF
ground. -
Miss Viola Shell who was county
superintendent.of schools in keokuk
county believes; that there is one par
lticular thing that can be done to fur-
ther, this movement of back to the
farm, and she, believes that one thing
Iis TO be worked thru the schools 1t is
that the. farmers must 'loosen up or
their money and be, willing to pay more
for their school privileges and have
better schools.
.rhe farmers are too close" said
Miss Shell @rhey must hire big teach
ers and pay them big wages. They
must. Improve the looks of their schoo
houses and Of the school grounds max
! ing them inviting to the farm boys ano
4 girls. They must make the schoo
4 house, a. social center and. have q
teacher that IS: brainy enough to en-
gineer the school as a social center
lYoung folks On the farms get lone
I some. That is the sole reason why they
| come TO the city. They want to be II
! the center of life and activity
sThere was time when there was
/ every excuse for not having better
schools. That time is past now The
farmers are rich. Many Of them come
to town to get the advantages Of the
city schools for their children when II
4 they would be willing to be taxed as
-lmuch in the country for schools a