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The Springdale news., 1909-04-02

Johnson folks during the past week: A new girl at Mid Aber- cromb bie's, fine boy at Bert kis- ner's and girl at Albert Maxey's.
 Ben Johnson and K. NJ. Lich- lyter attended court at Benton- vile Saturday where they were witnesses in one of the several whiskey seizure cases that are being tested in the circuit court.
 Drs. Perkins. Young and Christian performed delicate operation on Brack Greathonse last week. They removed can- cerous growth from his lip and throat and the sufferer is getting along nicely.
 Mark we'll that man,
 And note him we'll.
 Who comes around
 With tale to tell
 How wealth will grow,
 While you just rest"
 If you'll swallow his bait
 And "iust invest ;"
 The cool weather is very dis agreeable for the dusky sons of Ham who are adorning the banks of Clear Creek trying to catch a few fish. These fishermen journey out from Fayetteville but they're not catching many fish.
 Mrs. Edna Vernon returned Saturday from Bentonville where she had been to bring home her son, Charley, who was hurt in q bicycle wreck d few days be- fore. Charley and his brother John are attending school at Ben- tonville.
 John Wasson and Jim Reed, both formerly of Johnson, passed across the reservation this even- ing on their way to their homes near Elm Springs. John sold goods here for several months some years ago, while Jim was "one of the boys away back be-
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band and one daughter, Mrs. Lee Davis, of Southwest City, Mo-, besides many other relatives who have the tender sympathy of host of friends.
 To the past go more dear faces
 Every year.
 AS the dead leave vacant places
 Every year:
 
 And we are sea-ward drifting Every day the sands are shifting, and seldom a week passes with out the passage of some dear friend. As little boy I knew Mrs. kib Terry and Mrs. Will Brooks. and during the long in- tervening years they have been true friends of Mulkeepmo.
 MULKEEPMO.
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record as the champion fisher woman so far this spring. Her most recent catch numbered ten of the finny tribe and averaged nearly two pounds each in weight.
 A pugulistic encounter that is now the talk of the country, took place one day last week near Langley between Jess Byrd and John Langham. Johns father acted as referee and called the time for the active gladiators. The contest was not caused by John l.. desire by either party to win the championship belt of this section, but rather a request on the part of Byrd that Langham should not make public road through his (Byrds) farm. Langham resented, declaring he had right to go where he pleased. Their case will be tried in Justice court next week.
 William Carloek is visiting his sister Mrs. Everett this spring. MT. Carlock has reached the three score and ten mark, yet he is as strong and active as many younger man. He is great fisherman and reads Mully's spoutings of spring fishing poetry in The News with the greatest of enthusiasm. He was an earn est worker in the News piano contest helping one of the lady contestants with many subscrip- tions. Mir. Carlock was a Feder- al soldier in the late struggle, having espoused and fought for the Union while his brothers fought for the Southern cause. His stories of his adventures during the great civil strife are very interesting and would fill q volume if written.
 Mir. Kruseman, living a few miles north of this place shot himself with suicidal intent near Spring Valley Friday afternoon. No cause for the deed could be found other than his brooding over the separation of his wife on the morning of the tragedy. He secured 22-target rifle from Beryl Honesty to go squirrel hunting. A short time after he was foundN in dying condition behind Mir. Homesly's orchard with a bullet hole in his forehead asd two scalp wounds showing that he had made two attempts to enter eternity before being successful. He was carried to a home nearby where he died in an unconscious condition Saturday morning. Kruseman came here last fall from the north where he
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Mrs. William Broadriek is ser iously i'll with pneumonia.
 Mrs. Shirley Cox and children, of Vale, Ark, are visiting rela- t1ves here at present.
 The "newsiest" Johnson items
 Are the ones we dare not write.
 Lest we'd lead mighty foot race
 Or be defendant in fight
 Summer time is a coming,
 In fact twill soon be here.
 And will the fight on whiskey
 Bewaged as fierce on beer
 Big John Luper is arranging for more room for hIs stock of groceries out there by Stony Point.
 The local lime plants have been hit hard by some of the new freight rates which are just doubled.
 The road overseer of Elm township has been doing some good work around Johnson dur ing the past week.
 Pink Garrett cut his right foot pretty severely with an axe Mon- day evening, and will have to use erutehes for awhile now.
 So many conflicting reports are flying about '.the peach crop that Mully declines to accept any of 'em-but tllere'll be peaches. A mad dog scare over east of Johnson causes local folks to look with great disfayor on every strange forlorn dog that trots along the highways.
 Readable items are scarce around here this week cause we asked Hugh Liehlyter and c. C. Couch for news, and they said they "didn't know a thing"
 Teddy Roosevelt's ideas have been carried out by the following
The Springdale news., 1909-04-02
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Uncle Bob Greenhouse was visitor in this vicinity last week.
 J. NJ. Wood has set out 375 Elberta peach trees on his farm.
 Ed Wright has been setting out apple trees the past week on his farm near Stony Point.
 Mrs. Dennis Pardue who has been sick for some time is still very poorly and it is feared she will not recover.
 Mrs. Dora Hinshaw of Mt. Comfort, has been staying with her parents MT. and Mrs. Sulli- van the past few days. They are both sick.
 o. (. Wright's baby has been quite sick with cholera infantum, but we are glad to say she is im- proving. Dr. Cooper of Savoy, was the attending physician.
 Misses Bertha Delozler, Bertha Shipley, Leona and Mable Be- ment, Messrs. Curtis Yeager and Will Franklin were the guests of Maggie last Sunday. Understood of course that We had an enjoy able time.
 Arve Thompson claims lie has right to have his name in the paper as he has just finished his cellar which IS 9x15H it. in the clear, over which he is building a SmokehouSe with sheds around. There, Arve, your name is in the best of all papers, The Spring. dale News.
 John Beasley wishes me to tell you all that lie has a new yard fence, five new gates, new eurbing around his well and has five acres of ground sowed in clover, and we might add if judging by appearances count for anything, that he and his family live as peaceful and con- tented a life as one could wish for.
 Mrs. Bement was very unfort- unate with her first brood of chickens matched from her in- cubator, she having had eighty chickens matched of which she has only eight left. But, being true to the old adage, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." she has her incubator setting HOW and we trust she will have DSltCl luCh ucAt tlulc.
 Last Sunday was our public meeting of the w. C. T. U. In the forenoon Bro. Charley Sher- man gave a lecture on Prohibit tion and the object of the W. C. T. U. He gave us an interesting and instructive talk, which we appreciate very much. We also had a few temperance recitations and songs. Bro. Gilmour could not be with us in the afternoon at his regular appointment so Bro. Sherman filled the engage ment.
 MAcGyY
The Springdale news., 1909-04-02

Don't use harsh. physics. The reaction weakens the bowels, leads to chronic constipation. Get Doan's Regulets. They operate easily, tone the stomach, cure constipation.
The Springdale news., 1909-04-02

left divorced wife. Soon after coming here he married the wid- ow Hamilton. This marriage was a mutual failure leading up to the separation and suicide.
 WILKINS MICAwBER.
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meI, nke
 would have known ho the proper decision bot the inception of the fir heart l never doubtes the crisis.
 Even Percy Darro liness of the mems at. his usual good sense div
 You chaps are getu he. Why don't you Where's the captain ?"
 They growled somethil being nothing to do and the captain preferred to
 Don't blame him. { s'but he might give us , squeaky company occri, I'll tell you someth' The old bull seals whiskers-a foot long. there's a market for tt We'll, there is. The { them in gold and use t CTS for their long pipes. is worth from six bits 1 q quarter Why don't hull seals for the 'trlmr
 ssNOthin' to do witt grunted Handy Solomon
 Darrow laughed anus, 1s the truth, " IT assured what: III give you boys for tho whisler hairs n tho esIla 1 Goet % pron
 No3t morning they . lethargy and went seal
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an escort tir. started. The tho, kill this man and s make cause with the common sense forbad to think that common foolish faculty indeed. 1t taught me the ( this idle, vaporing ta enough among men ( common that it woule murder, would hard warranted intrusiorI ployed ne. How me to go to the my mouth:
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-04

Il have notic,d with great interest
your account Of the meeting of bus
mess men Held ait the call of the may
to devise ways and means to secure
adequate servicts in the way of cleo
stricity and gas.
Believing that the correct solution of
this question IL; Of the greatest inn
portance to all of our people and es-
pecialiy tosthe hundreds of consumers
OF gas and electricity, it seems to me
that the entire proposition should be
carefully and fully considered from all
points before any decision is finally
reached For this reason / desire to call
the attention of the people Of Mar
shalltoWn TO the following facts and
knowing that the best way to do so
is thru the columns of your valuable
paper, / ask that you give them pub
licity.
{ 1t was certainly a mark of patriotism
for the many business men who have
done so to subscribe for stock in en-l
other company Ito supply these neces-
stiles. But as a practical proposition,
1t is not as desirable to have a COM
pany operating these utilities whose
stockholders are local citizens, as it is
to have the same owned by outside
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-04

on our funds" and so they are the
ones that become so active in opposi-
/ ton to anything that enlightens the
farmer or common people. Mr.. Sumter
writes very affectionately about Gus
| farmers our schools" and Our
teachers" ETC. This all sounds very
nice, but l will call Mr.. Sumters at.
tention to the fact, If he is not al
ready aware of it. that we farmers
does not mean only the township
school treasurer and his friends and
| possibly the bank they are interested
In. but also includes the other $50 or
200 families and their children who
live in the township. and who put up
the funds year after year, and fur
thermore, that the rest of US are. little
by little, beginning to realize this fact
and that in the near future these old
time managers will have to figure us
in too. or there will be something do
ing. The people in some localities have
settled this matter already, as, for In
stance, in my township. but they are
few and far between. Yet this move
is on and in little while the cry will
be heard: I'VE are coming, Father
Abraham, a hundred thousand strong!"
The first time this cry was heard. 1t
meant the liberation of four million
slaves from the cruel grasp of heart
less, selfish masters. This time 1t will
mean the liberation of the rural child
rem from the cruel grasp of the equally
lheartless and selfish fund managers"
that rural school boards and officers
have principally been up to this time.
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ertheless a fact that any one with his
eyes half open has observed. and a
fact that any one, who may not yet
have seen it. may readily see il he
will but look around u little and use
his common sense.
A 100000 investments.
Without going into details now,
will make a statement that any one
can very easily verify for himself. The
township is now the so-called unit"
for school purposes. 1t is n small piece
of ground six miles square. Our boys
and girls have the privilege OF attend
ing school until they are II years old.
Now we few farmers on this spot of
ground six miles square. put up the
funds" We have done so
willingly as we expected it TO be used
for the education of our children SO
they may be u little better able to meet
the world. How much have we put up
for ;his purpose from the time our
boy was born until he was of age and
supposed 10 he ready to meet the
world3 Now, llsten some of you older
men who have boys just grown up
who have received their education in
the rural school provided by your
school school boards during that time.
Listen: During the time stated, you
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-04
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Times-Repnb lican:l
The pleasure and advantage our
lakes are to the, public would be hard
to estimate in dollars and cents. Par
ties often buy a location and pay an
advanced price for it because it por-
sders on. or is situated in the immedi-
ate vicinity of a lake. This is because
itscarries with it a variety of pleasure
and profit, and whatever is harmless
pleasure to the people is of great val
ne. It Is not so often the worth of
the fish we may take in an hour or
two, but the great pleasure we have
derived from the act. The camping,
boating, fishing, bathing and hunting
all go to make a variety of healthf'll
sport So any community which is so
fortunate as to have a lake in their
midst is naturally upset and very
much disturbed if there is any effo.t
made to injure the lake or destroy it,
and that Is the case at the present
time here in Hancock county. Twin
Lakes, situated in the south part Of
the county and the only lakes in the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-04

parties. While these gentlemen, with
out doubt, agree at this time to put
the money into the proposition from a
purely patriotic motive, human nature
lis such, that within few years they
will begin to desire larger dividends
on their stock and they would be IN
position, to secure ordinances SO as TO
bring this about. If these gentlemen
were Interested in electing municipal
Officials favorable to their interests,
and of course they would be, it is5read-
lily seen that they would have, a 2o-
litical influence that would be the
dominating factor in local politics
With local ownership, public utilities
are shounds to be active in local politics.
IF we must have a private company
it is better to have parties owning shp
same who have no particular influence
locally, as then, politics does not enter
the question of rates and control and
these questions are decided on a pure
ly business basis. With local private
ownership it is always difficult to re-
duce rates but with the owners living
elsewhere the tendency is generally 10
fix the rates at as low a figure as pos
sible and yet give reasonable return
on the Investment.
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and modern plant the city could furn-
ish both gas and electricity at re-
duction on the present rates and still
make a large progtit that would pay
for the entire plant in a few years.
With municipal ownership the gas
mains and electric wires could be ex-
tended to all parts OF the city. If it
were not desirable to ray for the plant
in the first years OF its operation, out
of it's earnings. but simply to pay the
fixed charges and operating expenses,
very material reduction could be
made in the present rates, and gas and
electricity placed within the reach of
all. And at the same time with new
equipment the Very best of service
could be rendered.
With a modern electrical plant the
city could sell power to all of our
small factories at a price that would
be a considerable saving over the
present expense in the way of steam
power, and yet make 9. profit on the
same. The loss Of power with sufficient
lines, none of them over two miles in
length, would be almost nothing, and
all will agree that a large central
power plant would be much more
cheaply operated by the different fac
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-04

!, business done by the ordinary rura
school board, and ] know that any one
who is i'm the least familiar with the
| parliamentary law and business meth
DDS employed by said boards will rise
and support my prayer with hearty
amen" Among the offices that would
be abolished he mentions the loca
school treasurer. Advsedly or perhaps
accidentally, he mentions the treasurer
last He ought to have mentioned him
first and in prominent type because
there is where the rub comes In" AS
a matter of fact the abolishing of the
local school treasurer is the very
change that causes the most opposition
ito the county unit and the proposed
law. But. of course. 1t would not do to
bring that out too prominently or
speak too plainly on that point. These
men that are so exceedingly and I'M
senshly Interested in the welfare OF
our schools" and our children know
very we'll that even farmers have COM
mon sense enough to know that until
we need our funds for our schools,
they can be just as we'll left with our
county treasurer who has collected
them as to send them to our local
treasurer to be managed by him and
the board. Where the money is held
until we need TO pay our bills has no
effect on the education or welfare of
our children. Furthermore they also
know that the farmers that live in Iowa
and have to put up the taxes. do not
dislike half so much to be relieved
from paying a yearly salary to about
1500 usless local treasurers as these
local treasurers dislike to be cut out OF
that salary. SO they do not say very
much about the treasurer Except when
they consult with each other in low
voice around the street corners.) but
they are after. We may just as we'll
call black, black and white, white and
be done with 1t. But my article is get
ting too long.
What tho "Hornets" Did.
AS a pointer to other localities, Mr.
Sumter's inclued, @et me state what
has been done in my locality by a few
hornets who five years ago stirred. up
rural school matters which up to that
time had been so "peaceable" as one
of our ofd-tlme managers" expressed
it or as Mr.. Sumter would have us be-
Iieve 1t generally Is. That fall our
schools opened with six third grade
teachers at $50 per month, two second
grades at $40 per month. All hired for
one term or two months. The town
ship was supposed to furnish free text
books but there was hardly a book in
the schools fit for child to use. This
IN CT dor <,f A. hi &c
each term year from year. No black
boards except small piece OF the wall
had been slated some twenty years
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taken in an Illegal way, it means t.fa7
what waters, there are he 1'E es.'''-ft
state should be zealously guarded. "
any attempt to injure or destroy :.}oi,G
be met with a strong protest By tae
state.
Would it not be a good plan in case
a residence hunters license law were
enacted to provide that a certain per
cen. of the money derived from tins
tax be appropriated each year for the
purchase OF land bordering on lake
or river of any suitable place conven-
lent to the public, and to be known as
state parks, and where the land was
not timbered, or where it was not suf-
ficiently timbered to plant it to forestry
and improve and beautify it. With a
working capital of from $4,000 to- $70,-
900 annually derived from a 81 hunt
er's license we would in a few years
have q state park in every county in
the state. and it would be highly APP
preciated as camping grounds for the
public on lakes and rivers, and an adj
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tories. This. In itself would be great
inducement for new factories to locate
in Marshalltown. and under municipal
ownership the price could be put at
almost the actual cost and we would
have power that we could sell at a
price that could not be met in any
other city in the state.
Another great advantage of mu-
nicipal plant would be that the money
invested in the plant could be Sc
cured at probably A per cent interest,
while the bonds on q private plant
would have to bear or per cent in
terest and then sold at a discount. This
saving in interest alone would be
enough to justify q reduction In the
price of the output over the price that
any private company could possibly
give.
There could be no question but what
the city would have the right to use
it's streets for the purpose Of erecting
electric wires or for laying gas mains,
and instead of a long litigation, prob
ably requiring several years, to annul
the present franchise, it would be
possible, in case the present company
cid not at once improve it's service,
for the city to erect it's plants during
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the School Law and Hancock Couns Way With Her Schools

Estate, outside Of Mr.. Sumter's, to thu
Ilevel where it could handle such mo-
mentous questions with the ease ant
IeNpedition he would lead US to believe
| they did. and SO no time should be los
in rendering us help. But enough OF
this. Il Amy one knows that If a protest
was got up at all in the manner stated
some one was doing" that commun-
| ty, and did it proper. instead of the
community doing something.
! L will venture to suggest to
that community, or any other
community, that it take as lit
tie time to look up the moving
spirit in the sentiment of this COM
munity" as Mr.. Sumter calls it, Per-
haps the community may learn some
thing to it's advantage. This has been
done in some of the slower going com i
munites and frequently it has been
found that the apparently selfsacritic-
ing moving spirit" was some bank or
township school treasurer or interested
members of the school board who had
got into the habit of feeling little
upon investigation, were found to be
llipiG iHASISGlN llltStGSlS III lIc care vi
our funds" than in the care of Our
schools" as Mr.. Sumter so Affection
ately calls them. Follow this sugges-
ton. 1t may be an eye opener to you
and pay you well. This initiatory state
ment of Mr.. Sumter's would have been
sufficient to make most men skip the
balance of his article If it had not been
that the ridiculous absurbity of it
aroused in them. as 1t did in me, a
morbid curiosity to see what else his
fertile brain could produce. Likewise
my reference to this first point would
perhaps be sufficient answer to his
article. However, with the permission
OF the editor, L will touch some of his
other points,
Calls for Common Sense.
This revision of the school laws as
we'll as the usual condition Of our
rural schools Is a problem that is well
worth the while for every farmer to
bring all his common sense to bear
upon. On the one hand we farmers
employ altogether too little common
sense in the management Of our
schools, and on the other hand we have
left this management too much in the
hands of men who manage our
funds" to their own financial benefits
instead OF managing our schools to
the benefit Of our children. 1t Is FROM
these plen that most of the opposition
to reform IN our school laws and rural
school management comes. AS we far
mers, little by little, begin to wake up
aud learn more and demand changes
and improvements, these men realize
that, in the same proportion that we
set a new grip on learning and benefl-
cial reforms, they will lose their grip